For anyone who asks me how to get started in scicomm, Dr Soph Milbourne 's podcast is always the first resource I direct them to!

📢 MRC Public Partnerships Strategy Consultation📢 For literally anyone whose involved in public and patient engagement and involvement in any way (PE/PPI professionals, researchers, students etc) - please please take some time to respond to the MRCs consultation 🙂

Seeking scientist volunteers! Want to practice science communication and help author a ✨comic✨ about your research? I need collaborators for this spring's cohort of SciComm & Comics art students! Please share widely. #STEMeducation #Science #sciart

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Interesting insight - originally in @NeurosciIBRO - into how TikTok can be used more effectively in science communication #scicomm 👉 Original research by Ben Rein, PhD ibro.org/nsc-article-se… IBRO - International Brain Research Organization #neuroscience #science

Save the date! The BIG Event is coming to Cardiff! We welcome your session proposals from now, so if you’d like to get involved & take advantage of the discount that our speakers receive, visit bigevent.info Find out more about The BIG Event at big.uk.com

That’s it, I’ve found it. My favourite tweet of all time.

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If you want to really really get better at presenting, training and courses will only take you so far. There comes a point where you need to DO it, get feedback and do it again. The feedback loop is what helps you improve.

Our newest Science Journalism Master Class covers how to "own" a science beat. Check it out. And hey, this course, and all of our master classes, is entirely free. theopennotebook.com/science-journa…

There are currently 1,428 science writers in our database. Check it out, add yourself, connect! theopennotebook.com/writers/

Raise your hand if you’re a scientist that’s ever been forced to use Henrietta Lacks’ (HeLa) cells in the lab 🙋🏾‍♀️ I cried. I said are there ANY other cells we can use? They said NO. Not for the protocol we were using. SO MANY scientific discoveries were made using her cells.

Science is at its best when we ALL have a voice! Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science 🎉 All areas of science are enhanced and enriched by both the work and presence of women and girls in the discipline. #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScienceDay

Free Public Engagement Training from me & The Royal Society! On Thu 14th Mar I'm running a free online workshop exploring Impact and Public Engagement. Plan, deliver & report on high quality engagement. Open to researchers postdoc onward. Info & booking here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/impact-throu…

Wherever you are in your career, TON's Science Journalism Master Classes will help you sharpen your ability to find and vet story ideas, craft effective pitches, report and write impactful stories, spot scientific hype, collaborate with editors, and more. theopennotebook.com/science-journa…

We’re having a new FREE guest Masterclass 🎊 On Friday, 12th of April Mushtaq Bilal, PhD will tell us about AI and scientific writing, and how to use these new tools to improve your academic writing.🙌🏼 Just register at the link 👇🏼 #AcWri #ECRchat #NewPI

Just on time for #DNADay let me introduce you to Pol the polymerase. Pol was happily replicating a strand of DNA when something unexpected happened... 1/6

🧬Happy DNA day🧬 Introducing, Pol, Hely, Topy, and the Repair Squad! "What’s wrong with this DNA?" Thanks to Claudia Flandoli for working with Claudia Arnedo Pac, Dr Soph Milbourne and me on this fun project - and making #LesionSegregation accessible to everyone!

Delighted to launch our first science comic this #DNADay Follow along with Pol and learn more about some Unit research. Get your comic here: mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/public-engagem… Huge thank you to Claudia Arnedo Pac Sarah Aitken Aitken Lab Claudia Flandoli for their work bringing this to life