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Familia figures

Posted onFebruary 12, 2019February 16, 2019

Science communication can come in many shapes and sizes. But a picture still tells a thousand words. And in this case, there are about 6,000 words worth of mosquito communication Read More …

CategoriesCommunication, MosquitoTagsAedes aegypti, mozzie, SciComm

Social media and scientists – the communication must go on

Posted onJune 29, 2018November 14, 20181 Comment

The grey (US: gray) literature is that written material which is not part of the “traditional” publishing model – unpublished, privately published or non-commercial writings.[1,2,10] GreyLit can also include blogs and Read More …

CategoriesCommunicationTagsSciComm, social media, SoMe

Why the current influenza season is a big one…

Posted onDecember 27, 2017

We wrote a little something on this topic for the Conversation back in November. It may be of interest you in the northern hemisphere. You can read the entire piece, Read More …

CategoriesUncategorizedTagscommunity engagement, Flu, influenza, SciComm

900 words on some general stuff about viruses and those other bugs…

Posted onJuly 15, 2017July 12, 2019

We (Dr @kat_arden and I) were invited to contribute one part to a four-part series in The Conversation this week – and after a lot of no…yes/no/yes from yours truly (I do that Read More …

CategoriesCommunicationTagsSciComm, science communication, Viruses

Climate and science denial….

Posted onJune 18, 2017July 12, 2019

I’m in a reading-and-watching phase at the moment – not much time for writing. Two videos I recently came across are so good that I’ve embedded them below; they are Read More …

CategoriesCommunicationTagsClimate change, SciComm, Science denial, TWADAL

Science needs to talk more but I know many scientists who don’t…

Posted onFebruary 10, 2017July 20, 2019

A comment I replied to on LinkedIn which I thought was worth expanding on here – a rare moment of clarity pre-coffee. Scientists don’t engage the community while wearing their scientist hat Read More …

CategoriesCommunicationTagsSciComm

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