Kirra Coates

MSc by Thesis Student @ UoH. Science Communication. (She/Her)

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

"[Science communication] is not just a matter of translating jargon into plain language ... the key is getting the public to realize that science is a work in progress, an honorably self-correcting endeavor carried out in good faith." https://t.co/8FwyWyvfjA #ScienceEditorial

[Kathryn Billane @KBillane]

Very excited to have my first paper out! Grateful to my supervisors who helped me through the writing process

[Marvel Entertainment @Marvel]

The world may change and evolve, but the one thing that will never change: we’re all part of one big family.

[Kevin Mitchell @WiringTheBrain]

Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science? https://t.co/cJZzJjWvAH - an eye-opening read!

[Kirra Coates @KCoatesSciComm]

Weirdly excited for this one - read a lot about this guy while doing my research! Excited to see this.

[Disney @Disney]

First is the feature documentary Cousteau, being produced by @NatGeoDocs in partnership with The Cousteau Society, chronicling the life of legendary ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau. 🐠

[Dick King-Smith HQ @DickKingSmith]

Please enjoy these ducks changing their minds.

[Kirra Coates @KCoatesSciComm]

This is my favourite thing right now. https://t.co/MfX8nbFkNs

[Brutally Honest Bake Off @HonestBakeOff]

Tuning into Bake Off every week despite everything else that’s going on in the world #GBBO

[Dr Katharine Hubbard @KEHplantsci]

If my A level grades had been awarded by algorithm this year I wouldn’t have got into @Cambridge_Uni Alumni please sign this open letter demanding offers are honoured for state school students - you interviewed them so know them better than the algorithm! https://t.co/3eubjmS1Bx

[York Museums Trust @YorkMuseumTrust]

Objects in our collection that have killed Sean Bean – a thread.

Happy #YorkshireDay everyone.

[Kirra Coates @KCoatesSciComm]

This is why I love #scicomm - give me the science in the things that I love.

[Kirra Coates @KCoatesSciComm]

@StuNattrass @KEHplantsci That sounds delightful!! I'll have to find it

[Kirra Coates @KCoatesSciComm]

I'm still working with my dataset, and I'd love to know if people have examples of fictional characters who show that science can be cool without breaking the rules? I'm a little tired of looking at all these morally ambiguous/ethically challenged scientist characters.

[Kirra Coates @KCoatesSciComm]

@BioScienceMum Oh yes, wonderfully weird and fantastically empathetic Abby, I forgot about her!!

[Kirra Coates @KCoatesSciComm]

@KimChandler1407 @burgess4mation Hiro makes their suits at home, so there is less rules to break in that I reckon 🤔 they're otherwise all doing uni sanctioned research, so the non superhero applications must be ethically approved... I feel like I'm thinking too hard about this, haha 😅😂

[Kirra Coates @KCoatesSciComm]

@KimChandler1407 @burgess4mation Tadashi Hamada, he definitely fits!! 😊 The others of his lab don't appear to break rules with their science, I would say? Just how they use it? Comic book sciencey is always a little hand wavy...

[Kirra Coates @KCoatesSciComm]

@DrMJBunting @KEHplantsci Oooh, I've never heard of either of them! I'll check them out. 😊

[Kirra Coates @KCoatesSciComm]

@g_efthimiou @KEHplantsci I loved her as a character! She's not been mentioned much at all in this set, and it's a shame.

[Kathryn Billane @KBillane]

The conservatives have a survey to judge the public response to their racist immigration bill, but advertising only to supporters. Only 4 questions, seconds to do #ToryRacism #EndRacism
https://t.co/Xfyc3I7QIT

[Kirra Coates @KCoatesSciComm]

@KEHplantsci @haematologyem It was brilliant to take part in this! Hope I can share more on how my research has shaped up in the future. 😊