🏳️‍🌈 PROUD | Today we celebrate the amazing members of the #LGBTQIA+ community who work in STEM. This thread will showcase some of our amazing CVR Staff and Students and their experiences being a member of both the LBGTQIA+ and STEM community. 🧵👇 LGBTQIA+ STEM Day #LGBTQinSTEMDay

Such a cool resource from Hutchinson Lab! ❄️

🌏 #WorldAIDSDay 🌏 Today we #RockTheRibbon to end HIV stigma, for equal rights & better healthcare. We are proud to be partnered with THT Scotland as part of our #UnseenHands project to raise voices of people living with HIV in the research. Read our thread to find out more👇

Super excited to be at #BSI22! 🦠

🦠 #BSI22 | Dr Gavin Meehan from CVR CRUSH presenting his research now on 'Phenotyping Virulence of SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Golden Syrian Hamsters' at BSI Congress & Events in Liverpool. Visit the posters to chat to Gavin about his research and our capabilities at CVR CRUSH MRC-Uni of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research

2022 #VirusSnowflake designs! ❄️🦠❄️ The fantastic Lois Mason 👩🏻‍🔬 has now included our new designs in the booklet of snowflakes. If you want to have a go you can now make them into decorations for yourself - please do share your photos! x.com/CVRinfo/status…

🎙️ PODCAST | Meet Prof Christian Drosten, winner of the 2022 Stoker Award Anna Kirk & Marko Noerenberg chatted to Prof Drosten about balancing family and work, career highlights, his worries about #SciComm. 📺 Watch: youtu.be/nnjCJyPEVbM 🎙️ Listen: bit.ly/CVR_DrostenPod…

Today is the start of National #HIVTestingWeek!    Please RT to let everyone know that testing is quick, free and confidential – it’s also the only way to know your HIV status.   Order a free HIV test kit to be delivered to your door in plain packaging 👇 startswithme.org.uk

📃 NEW PUBLICATION | New research reveals territorial behaviour of #influenzaAvirus during co-infection 🦠 New paper by Anna Sims & colleagues has uncovered a secret world of flu infection resulting in a patchwork effect in the lungs. Read the paper: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

So proud ❤️ Anna’s genuine enthusiasm for her work is incredible and she’s doing some absolutely amazing work 💪🏻

New job day!🥳 Today is my first day as Communications and Engagement Coordinator at MRC-Uni of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research. Since I started working at the CVR in July 2021, I have built an incredible network of people who have helped me grow both personally and professionally. I'm super proud of myself ❤️

I'm delighted to be part of the new ScotPEN Committee 🎉 As the Comms Coordinator, I will work to keep our network growing and reaching its target audiences. I will ensure that our members are empowered and celebrated 💪 I'm excited to work with such an amazing group!

Super interesting and hugely important discussion in our latest podcast! Definitely worth a listen 🌈 #LGBTplusHM

Having a fabulous day at the #ScotPENAG23 with these lovely ladies 🥰 Faye Watson Isla Mitchell ScotPEN

Very lucky to be working with these wonderful people as part of the ScotPEN (ScotPEN) committee 💪🏻 Super excited to help build this network further and support others to do meaningful #publicengagement and #scicomm! Also who let me have a microphone?? Pftttt

So happy this is finally out! Scientific Reports MRC-Uni of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research Whilst investigating how #Wolbachia blocks #arboviruses we found evidence that strains use different mechanisms! Understanding variations allows us to future proof release programmes. nature.com/articles/s4159… 🧵🧵🧵

🆕#ScotPENAG23 Visual Minutes! We're excited to share the visual minutes drawn by Jenny Capon💙 at this years Annual Gathering! Take a look below to find out about the topics explored during the day👇 (🧵1/5)

🏳️‍🌈 WATCH | To celebrate #LGBTQIAHistoryMonth, Stephen Devlin investigates scientists from history thought to have been part of the LGBTQIA+ Community. Florence Nightingale's research reduced hospital mortality to 10% of what it was. #DevlinDeepDives Ep 1: youtu.be/wI_zjX1M1ZE

Such a great experience getting to chat to Caelum about my current role at MRC-Uni of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research and how I got here! 💪🏻 Check it out: open.spotify.com/episode/3Rcw4L…

Really great conversations today at the #Stemprascotland meeting on: • how to communicate controversial research • science journalism • the use of AI in sci-comm And great to spend the day with my sci-comm mentor Lois Mason 👩🏻‍🔬 🌟 Stempra