I really enjoyed taking part in this last year and have signed up again for 2022 🥳 I'm a Scientist Team is a fantastic way to engage with school students in a flexible and online format - go sign up!

Just did my first chat session for I'm a Scientist Team, some amazing questions from the year 7s e.g. what's the hardest part about being a scientist, how are vaccines made and how do you tell the difference between COVID19 variants? A pleasure talking to such engaged students!

Some more great qs from students in today's I'm a Scientist Team chat! E.g why are so many diseases spread by mosquitoes? How is computer science used to study diseases? Does dengue affect the mosquitoes it infects? Why do some people have no symptoms with COVID19? #STEMeducation 🦟🦠💻

Now is a great time to get more involved in STEM outreach as #BritishScienceWeek starts soon (11-20th March)!🌍🇬🇧🌿Sign up to be a STEM ambassador (stem.org.uk/stem-ambassado…) 🥽💻🗣️and follow these accounts for more info STEM Ambassadors @STEMLondonHub British Science Week British Science Association

It's been so much fun volunteering Science Museum talking with visitors about climate change/arboviruses using the incredible 'Science on a Sphere' Science On a Sphere® 🌍 If you're there next Thurs come say hi. Vol links 👇 #scicomm sciencemuseum.org.uk/about-us/volun… stem.org.uk/stem-ambassado…

Very excited to present a poster at ASTMH this morning! Poster session A, 160. Looking at climate and mosquito behaviour in dengue transmission #TropMed22 🦟 🌎

Take 2! ASTMH poster session B, 789. Ready to talk about dengue, zika and chikungunya in Brazil #TropMed22

Applications are open for judges for The Big Bang 2023! Judging is fun and easy (what a great combo) ... you assess young scientists' projects online and give written feedback. Last year I got to judge some incredible #STEM projects. Go apply! thebigbang.org.uk/volunteering/

We loved talking to students about phylogenetics and infectious disease outbreaks at last night's fair! Thanks The Genetics Society Royal Institution for hosting, and CADDE Project for letting us showcase the minION, it was very exciting! Nilani Chandradeva MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis #BritishScienceWeek2023

What an amazing day yesterday at #ExRdFest talking to visitors about infectious diseases! We're there again today at the #FestivalFever stand. Come visit us and play infectious disease top trumps, zoonosis pairs or try our zombie simulation game!

Another great day at Great Exhibition Road Festival on the #FestivalFever stand with MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis. My highlight was being asking about mosquitoes and climate change! Last couple of hours left, go say hi and ask all your infectious disease questions ...

Interested in which environmental factors most affect dengue, chikungunya and zika virus transmission across Brazil? I'm speaking at ASTMH #TropMed23 #ASTMH2023 tomorrow afternoon! Message if you want to meet up, would love to chat (especially about spatial modelling) 💬🦟🌍

A great morning at #Epidemics9 with some really interesting talks, including by Giovanni Marini on WNV in avian populations 🐦‍⬛🦟📈

At #Epidemics9 and interested in West Nile virus transmission and climate...? Come talk to me at Poster P2.042! 🦟🐦‍⬛🦟🐦‍⬛ MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis Ilaria Dorigatti Katie Tiley Giovanni Marini

I’m at #Epidemics9 presenting our work on the drivers of Japanese encephalitis virus transmission in Bangladesh! Come discuss spatial models, surveillance and serology this afternoon 🦟👀

Thank you #Epidemics9 for the opportunity to present and my supervisors for all their support! Always keen to chat about dengue vaccines, so please get in touch if you have thoughts or questions!

Are you are woman in STEM looking to improve sci comm skills and engage with schools? I was sent this advert for a free programme that looks fantastic. Deadline 31 Jan. stemazing.co.uk/inspiration-ac…. For more opportunities, become a STEM ambassador! stem.org.uk/stem-ambassado…

I had a great day yesterday presenting in the Maths session of STEM for Britain. Would highly recommend applying for the 2025 event to all STEM early career researchers. Congratulations to yesterday's winners 👏 #STEM4Brit

Are you interested in modelling arbovirus transmission and better understand the impact of climate and interventions on disease dynamics? 🦟🦠🌦️💉Please see below a fantastic opportunity to join our team! 🗓️Closing date is 3 April. Happy to answer any questions!

I passed my PhD viva! A huge thank you to my fantastic supervisors Ilaria Dorigatti Samir Bhatt Nuno R. Faria, Ilaria and team for organising post-viva celebrations, to everyone at the department MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis @ImperialSHP, and to the examiners marta blangiardo and Adam Kucharski!