Motorvation

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Motorvation is a science game where players control a robot and help it assemble a motor neuron cell. Players can explore a number of rooms based on the Blizard Institute, where they find various parts of a motor neuron (and some that don’t belong to a motor neuron). They are then tasked to assemble and test it on a muscle.

The game can be played on a dual-display touch table interactive inside the nucleus of the Centre of the Cell STEM pod.

Centre of the Cell is an informal science education centre opened in 2009 and conceived to engage young people with cell biology and biomedical science, to raise aspirations, to encourage positive health choices and inspire the next generation of biomedical scientists and clinicians. It is located in the Blizard Institute at Queen Mary University of London in Whitechapel.