Dr Soph Milbourne

It's out there! My little podcast passion project is published! Excited to talk more about science communication Deets 👉🏼 sophtalksscience.com/scicommtoolkit/ #scicomm

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 @clarnedo @S_J_Aitken @aitken_lab @ClaudiaFlandoli for their work bringing this to life

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 @ClaudiaFlandoli for working with @clarnedo, @sophtalkssci and me on this fun project - and making #LesionSegregation accessible to everyone!

We’re having a new FREE guest Masterclass 🎊 On Friday, 12th of April @MushtaqBilalPhD 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

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Free Public Engagement Training from me & @royalsociety! 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…

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

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

Interesting insight - originally in @NeurosciIBRO - into how TikTok can be used more effectively in science communication #scicomm 👉 Original research by @dr_brein ibro.org/nsc-article-se… @IBROorg #neuroscience #science

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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

And we are back for another year! Who has a new year's resolution to experiment with or do more #SciComm or #PublicEngagement? Maybe I can help....

Soph talks science is checking out for 2023 (not hard when it's been quite quiet over here for a while!) Have a fab break over the holidays and we will be back in January with more science stories and scicomm tips 2023 highlights ✨️⏭️ instagram.com/p/C1Fn-QwNnSL/…

📢 NEWS: Researchers from the Willis and @Thav_Lab labs have redesigned future mRNA therapeutics to prevent potentially harmful immune responses Read the full story: buff.ly/4a5qvwh #mRNAtherapeutics #mRNA #immunology

Search 👀 bpod.org.uk for your favourite topics - here's some 'super-resolution' 🔬. BPoD's archive has more than 4000 biomedical research images with explanations written by professional science writers such as @rooph @DrJohnAnkers @Kat_Arney @AntDLewis @sophtalkssci