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Get your design on! This spring Chancellor's Fellow Dr Giulia De Togni and Dr Marta Romeo (@HeriotWattUni, Computer Science) invite you and your youngster to unleash your creativity at Edinburgh Science Festival on 15 April @NtlMuseumsScot.

Tickets: https://t.co/7znF93tQkv

[Jaime Garcia-Iglesias jgarciaiglesias.bsky.social @JGarciaIglesias]

😍Very excited to co-organise this workshop with @deanxmurphy and @kanerace on thinking *with* the goal of eliminating HIV and its implications!

🗓️March 12!

🫱You can register to attend here: https://t.co/Sub8rYovBY

Hosted by @LTU_Sex_Health!

[Jaime Garcia-Iglesias jgarciaiglesias.bsky.social @JGarciaIglesias]

Was great presenting today at the @BiomedSelfSoc showcase in @EdinUniUsher about my work on collaboration and social sciences!

And look I’m wearing a suit—I had to buy one!

[Edinburgh Community Link Worker Network @Edinburgh_CLW]

On Tue 18 Feb 2021 Edinburgh's CLW Network and @EdinburghUni delivered the first of many sessions introducing link working and social prescribing to medical students.

4 years on, we've reached nearly 1,400 aspiring doctors.

Read more: https://t.co/ctAncmnRzp

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Great to see last year's event ‘Gutscapes: Meditative Encounters with Microbial Messmates’ hosted by @joanaformosinho and Baum & Leahy at the Scottish Storytelling Centre featured in the Being Human Festival Highlights: https://t.co/WkNMLOgVc0

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Congratulations to Dr Laia Ventura Garcia whose film ‘The Moral Value of Our Cells’ was selected for the Short Uncut Competition at the 2025 Censurados Film Festival in Peru, and was awarded a Special Mention.

Watch and read more: https://t.co/ReSNsUdIez

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Funding news! We're thrilled that Qualitative Research Fellow Dr Marie Larsson and Lecturer Dr @chaseledin have both successfully secured funding from the Moray Endowment Fund for two fascinating interdisciplinary projects.

Read about their projects: https://t.co/kjzKW6IizU

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@ScotStoryCentre @angiespotowrite

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Upcoming event alert! Do machines feel🤔 ? And how do they make *you* feel? Join our discussion and creative writing event, with Jacinthe Flore, Martyn Pickersgill and Angie Spoto!

Date: 4 February 2025
Time: 10am - 12pm
Location: @ScotStoryCentre

Book: https://t.co/PC4EQFmldL

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ICYMI: Our latest look back at 2024 highlights collaborative working on public engagement across the college @cmvm_research by @JGarciaIglesias.

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@giulia_de_togni @RoslynMalcolm @chaseledin In August 2024, Dr @JGarciaIglesias delved into the ethical considerations in public engagement and co-authored Ethical Considerations in Public Engagement: Developing Tools for Assessing the Boundaries of Research and Involvement . 🔍

Take a look: https://t.co/pVjBK0BPzN

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🎉Great news as Professor Martyn Pickersgill receives funding from @ARIA_research as part of the ground-breaking ‘Precision Neurotechnologies’ Programme.

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ICYMI: Here's our next January reflection on 2024, featuring @chaseledin

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@giulia_de_togni @RoslynMalcolm In June, @chaseledin published an insightful article: 'Fugitive Publics: Sex, Sexuality and Science Communication' 🏳️‍🌈

Chase's article explores the absences and silences of sexual identity and knowledge in science communication scholarship.

Take a look: https://t.co/dDw2j7dDlT

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ICYMI: Next in our reflective thread was Andrea's work co-editing Hormonal Theory: A Rebellious Glossary.

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@giulia_de_togni In March Hormonal Theory: A Rebellious Glossary was published 📚. Co-edited by Andrea Ford, Lisa Raeder, @RoslynMalcolm, Sonja Erikainen and Celia Roberts, the book explores the idea that hormones can be conceived as discrete entities.

Book synopsis: https://t.co/h8h0LD6oZE

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ICYMI: our first 2024 reflective post: The paper is in a collection edited by Giulia titled 'Robots and Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare in Japan and South Korea' published in East Asian Science, Technology and Society.

Full collection @tandfonline: https://t.co/rJ8IiPSgLe

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First up in our research reflection, is the fascinating paper by @giulia_de_togni from January 2024 'Staging the Robot: Performing Techno-Politics of Innovation for Care Robotics in Japan'. 🤖

Read the abstract: https://t.co/fqkJUEO5iT

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@EdinUniUsher

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We're starting 2025 with a reflection on the core themes that drove our research in 2024🌟, as we continue to tackle pressing challenges and innovate for a healthier future. Stay tuned for more research highlights from our Centre 🔬

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@giulia_de_togni @RoslynMalcolm @chaseledin @JGarciaIglesias Thanks for joining us - we're excited to continue the work throughout the year✨