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Communicating Cannabis science in a women’s professional network
Science communication, Cannabis and feminism. These three seemingly unrelated phenomena are joined together by Dr. Daniela Vergara, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Colorado, Boulder and a director of the Agricultural Genomics…
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Florence Schechter, science YouTuber: “Talk about what you find interesting; that enthusiasm will shine through!”
Florence Schechter, biochemist and science communicator from London, shoots and edits her own YouTube videos in a wide range of science related topics. She is currently producing a new YouTube series called 'How To Spot A Scientist’.
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How platforms like External Diffusion can highly improve the outreach of your research paper
External Diffusion (www.externaldiffusion.com) is a web hub specifically built to help authors of scientific publications spread the word about their hard work to a targeted audience, thereby increasing their impact.
Got your scientific publication…
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How Life Science Network can create networking opportunities for scientists
Life Science Network, lifescience.net, helps scientists boosting their networking skills in no-time. Here, the founder Alen Piljic explains why scientists need to join.
As a scientist it is crucial to have a well established network to…
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The Ensonglopedia of Science (AKA Songs About Science (AKA @ensonglopedia))
”What better way to appreciate the world of science than to listen to songs about it?” The anonymous twitterer behind Songs About Science guides us through a song genre which is very different to the stuff they are playing on the radio.
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Beer loving academics out there: unite with #academicswithbeer!
With the hashtag #academicswithbeer, all the beer loving academics out there may now get in touch on Twitter. The initiative was taken by Elena Milani (@biomug) and Cristina Rigutto (@cristinarigutto) – two Italian academics with a passion for both beer and scicomm.
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Vip Sitaraman, Draw Science founder: “ There is widespread disenchantment with the current mode of science publishing”
Vip Sitaraman, bio student from University of Arizona, has stirred up some attention with his project Draw Science – the world’s first open access journal entirely based on visual explanations.