I’ve set-up a new account to tweet about all of the exciting things I’ll be doing at The University of Edinburgh in 2018/19, so if you’re interested in #embryology, #historyofbiology, #historyofagriculture, and/or #ScienceAndTechnologyStudies, feel free to give me a follow!

Enjoyed talking about the amazing animal-related collections we hold at the Centre for Research Collections to the lovely folk at The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies earlier today. And what a view!

Honoured to meet Helen Muller today, daughter of Nobel Laureate and #genetics legend Hermann J. Muller. Some astounding stories and this lovely card. #lovemyjob

Our Learning, Teaching and Web Gender & Equality intern, Francesca, manning the Centre for Research Collections stall at today's @UoE_genderED showcase!

Fabulous fungi from our autumn-themed display in the Rare Books Room JIC Archives John Innes Centre Open session for staff tomorrow between 11 and 2 pm

Super thrilled to receive Ben Martynoga's brand new book on my favourite subject of #Edinburgh #science!

Hooray! Created my first Wikipedia article, on Margaret M. Perry, whose research at The Roslin Institute helped create the first warm-blooded animal developed completely in vitro #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_…

From Bletchley with Love: Irene J. Young (1919-2017) – Diverse Collections ⁦Centre for Research Collections⁩ #womenintech blogs.ed.ac.uk/diversecollect…

Gender & Equality images intern Francesca explores the WOW factor of one of our newest accessions! The Wider Opportunities for Women course offered by the University during the 1980s:... blogs.ed.ac.uk/diversecollect…

Everyone's heard of Boots! But how much do you know about their amazing #archives? Hannah Jenkinson blogs about a Wellcome project to impose order on the company's massive collection: healtharchives.co.uk/2018/10/31/red…

*Favourite-thing-just-digitised-klaxon* Centre for Research Collections Curious Edinburgh @dmyelnikov Dr Melissa Highton Have a flick through this photo album showing the diverse staff at the Institute of Animal Genetics in 1955 - 'Drosophila Ballet' and more! 😍images.is.ed.ac.uk/luna/servlet/d…

Indulging my mild #zebra obsession with a new purchase...

Super impressed with this amazing new digital resource at RCSEd Library & Archive - what an achievement! #archives #histmed

With their fingers on the interactive histropedia timeline ⁦Rachel Hosker⁩ ⁦Ewan McAndrew⁩ launch #vote100 interactive display ⁦Centre for Research Collections⁩ ⁦University of Edinburgh Main Library⁩ #womeninitexcellence

In #earlymodern Edinburgh medical practitioners often ignored occupational territories by prescribing cures, applying plasters, performing bloodletting & other surgical procedures. See our digitised 16th-18th century manuscripts, now online! buff.ly/2U6y92A #histmed

We're sliding into #Ancestryhour this week to tell your about our new digital resource! Trace your #familyhistory on a searchable database with details of all men & women who qualified with us, from the 16th century barber-surgeons to 1918 buff.ly/2QaoCZP #Genealogy

Historic document show Mary Queen of Scots protected surgeons from war thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/scotla…

Great seminar today from Cheryl Lancaster is always at home on her work looking at Geoffrey Beale's lecture notes at Centre for Research Collections - these are an unusual and valuable resource for the history of genetics! #histsci #archives

Curious Edinburgh (Curious Edinburgh) comes up without another fascinating tour. I'm guessing Edinburgh Uni's own spaceman Matjaz Vidmar is involved in this, so it should be good. Definitely worth catching if you're in town.

Our Librarian is off to #Glastonbury & to celebrate we've digitised a recently discovered photo album of the first Glastonbury Festivals (ran 1914-26), incl. performers & sites of local history & folklore. You can view & download these rare images here! buff.ly/2FuurKo