It has been an exciting few months for me as a PhD researcher!✨ 🏆 I received a Doctoral Recognition Award @uniofbath.bsky.social 🍺 Spoke at @pintofscience.uk 🇩🇪 Presented at the Construction Grammar, Creativity & AI Workshop 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Exchanged ideas at the Cardiff NLP Workshop @cardiffnlp.bsky.social

🧑‍🚀🧑‍🚀London - Wed 8 July we have two astronauts for you! Don't miss our special evening with astronauts Ken Ham and Steve Swanson. 🎟️Tickets: pintofscience.co.uk/event/an-eve...

An evening with astronauts Ken Ham and Steve Swanson

Join Ken and Steve for an unforgettable evening of space stories, adventure, and inspiration. Ask your burning questions, and snap a selfie with a real ast…

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A couple of weeks ago WWA landed in the UK 🇬🇧 to present our story at @pintofscience.uk @filonico.bsky.social talked bout the importance of #DNA in todays world, bringing examples from #ants and #ctenophores altogether! 🐜🦑🧬🖥️🍻 So many interested people were there enjoying our science 🥹 #SciComm

Had an amazing time speaking at @pintofscience.uk about how the #GutMicrobiome 🦠 shapes #AntiTumourImmunity 💥 Thanks to my #Lab @cruk-mi.bsky.social, the organisers, the speakers, everyone who attended and the #TeamManchester🐝 @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk @mcrcnews.bsky.social

Science + Beer One of my favourite days of the year #pint26

Last week, myself and Simone Durr, hosted the 4th @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @pintofscience.uk at @murphysdistillery.bsky.social. We hosted three evenings: Tech me out! 🤖 Our Body 👩‍🔧 Planet Earth 🌍 Thanks to everyone who presented, helped and attended. Looking forward to next year! #pint26

Over 100 people joined our @pintofscience.uk events in Newcastle, Bristol and London last week to meet NC3Rs-funded scientists pioneering new approaches to replace animal use to study disease and develop medicines – including human tissue, organoids, organ-on-chip, 3D bioprinting and fruit flies.

We went on to cheer @acha020.bsky.social at @pintofscience.uk last week! Staff at ACHA are dedicated to improving care & support for older people in North East London through research, education & training. We're proud to support them!

✨Thank you to KwizzBit who hosted our Pint of Science quizzes last week. ❓Over 1000 people across the UK battled it out each day of #pint26 to see who could score most points. 🧵Top ten winners for each quiz are shown in the thread below!

Just wrapped up a very busy week where I gave a talk at the @pintofscience.uk titled: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Life in the Universe. Thanks to everyone who came along and to the organisers for putting up the event. #PintOfScience #pint26 #Astrobiology #ScienceCommunication #Geomicrobiology

@pintofscience.uk A big thanks to all the Leeds @pintofscience team for putting together such a great evening at #TheAttic on Wednesday night - and also for the gift of my #pint26 beer glass - which is already being put to good use…

This week I participated in @pintofscience.uk to present my research at the @johninnescentre.bsky.social identifying genes important for controlling ageing and protein in wheat.🌾 It was exciting to discuss my science with the public!💬 Thoroughly recommend getting involved in the future!✨ #pint26

Had great fun representing @durhamqlm.bsky.social alongside the amazing @chronodile.bsky.social at Durham's @pintofscience.uk quantum night! Thank you so much for the invitation 😊

Had a blast talking about plant agency and more-than-capitalist economic relationships at @pintofscience.uk Thanks to the organisers and all who attended! 🌱🌻🦠 #pint26 #pintofscience #coventry #warwickshire #hemp #dandelion #moss @pintsworld.bsky.social

Still buzzing from my @pintofscience.uk talk on the 'Sweet and sour history of Chinese food in the UK' - such a great audience, and amazing fellow presenters, I've learned so much! @livunihss.bsky.social @livunienglish.bsky.social #pint2026 @hannahmelia.bsky.social

One of our PhD students Katie O'Flaherty gave an insightful talk this week at @pintofscience.uk in Sheffield! Katie's talk was on quantum photonics for quantum key distribution for satellites using semiconductors. shefnews.co.uk/index.php/20...

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Had a brilliant time repping Drosophila at Pint of Science with @helenweavers.bsky.social this week 🪰 🔬 🧬 Thank you to the Bristol @pintofscience.uk team and @nc3rs.bsky.social, and everyone that came out to see us on a rainy tuesday night! 🍻 #Pint26

Had a great time at @pintofscience.uk this week with @krisda.bsky.social @livevobiomech.bsky.social talking about why our feet are amazing!

Had an excellent time at the @lstmnews.bsky.social @pintofscience.uk #pint26 event presenting on #HIVcure and the current state of #HIV #AIDS. A great evening focussed on discussions of equity in global health and the paths toward this

Last night we enjoyed one more round of excellent talks by @johninnescentre.bsky.social scientists telling us all about starch and proteins in wheat🌾 We were sad to wrap up yet another exciting edition of @pintofscience.uk but happy to have brought science to so many people around Norwich! #pint26

Always a pleasure to present at @pintofscience.uk🍺🧠 This time about the intricacies of our second brain (enteric nervous system), how it develops 🧩 and how systems biology helps us learn more 🖥️🧮 #pintofscience #phd #systemsbiology

#pint26 is over and this is how it looked in the UK ✨Thanks to our teams, speakers, and partners for making #pint26 possible and thanks to YOU, our fantastic audience - nearly 18 000 of you✨ 🙏Please share your experience and feedback to help us improve! forms.gle/pFC6zzrTgKzF...

It was a great pleasure to be a speaker in this year's @pintofscience.uk. I talked about Love and AI and afterwards had some very insightful discussion and delicious pizza. Huge thank you to the organisers and everyone who showed up! #pos26

The best thing about presenting @pintofscience.uk ? Speakers get given a @pintofscience.uk pint glass and beer mats! 👍😀#PINT26

From black holes to eyes with Dr Penny Lawton Who btw is doing improv at @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social on Saturday and will also be doing a samurai sword demonstration at Durham Botanical Garden. So talented!! @pintofscience.uk @thecommonroomgn.bsky.social #Pint26 #Newcastle

So these are the particles that make up all of everything. Think I need a few more Charm. Doing ok for Strange. 🤓 @pintofscience.uk

Local fun this evening speaking at a @pintofscience.uk event organised by @sci-tech-lancaster.bsky.social the Gregson Institute in Lancaster. Thanks to everyone who came and for the great questions asked!

As part of #pint26 (and thanks to the hard work of @ddpsyuea.bsky.social, Katerina Kokmotou and others) we were able to host our first BSL interpreted @pintofscience.uk event in Norwich. It was a fascinating evening of science and a great opportunity to connect with the local deaf community

Such a great night at @pintofscience.uk The Exposome Strikes Back in Manchester learning all about how different external factors can impact our health, a great event ran by the organisers and speakers 🦠🍄🌞 special shout out to Team Lung @becky-dodd.bsky.social and @hollysedgwick.bsky.social 🫁

Great night of @pintofscience.uk in Glasgow! Fantastic talk delivered by our GTOP member Dr. Arianna Passarotto on how urban noise and light influence owl facial disc structure and hunting behaviour - interesting to see how urbanisation may shape this functional trait of owls. #owls #ecology