UoM SOBSS

School of Biological Sciences Society at the University of Manchester. We tweet and retweet the important stuff: science.

[UoM SOBSS @UoMSOBSS]

Hi! I’ve really loved being Social Media Sec for SoBSS, I’ve had an amazing year. Time for me to hand this account to the next Social Media Sec, and for me to graduate! Thanks everyone, @Flomatildaa out 🧪 🧫 🧬 🐝 🍃 🌷 🦠

[Flora Tickell 💙 @Flomatildaa]

How to Save Our Planet.
There is hope. This gave me chills.
https://t.co/LMMp5MzCN5 #OurPlanetMatters

[UoM SOBSS @UoMSOBSS]

As Biosciences Students we can use our skills to work towards a better more sustainable future. Without being sustainable, is there even a future?

[Kate Aronoff @KateAronoff]

Remember how like 2 weeks ago the UN told us that biodiversity loss was urgently threatening the foundations of human life

[Flora Tickell 💙 @Flomatildaa]

Climate change: Scientists test radical ways to fix Earth's climate https://t.co/HUhV1fzyxl

[UoM SOBSS @UoMSOBSS]

Climate change: How frogs could vanish from ponds https://t.co/LAlLjTOD5P

[UoM SOBSS @UoMSOBSS]

This is super interesting! Especially for all students studying immunology or parasitology modules 🦠 🧪

[Natural England @NaturalEngland]

Why you should turn your lawn into a meadow - and you won’t have to ditch your lawnmower. Help 🐝🦋🐛🐌🐞🕷return to your garden. For the love of #nature. https://t.co/3Q9jJceXcD

[Chester Zoo @chesterzoo]

📢 We interrupt your feed with a very special announcement...

BABY MEERKATS! 😍😍

[UoM SOBSS @UoMSOBSS]

Some delicious food for the wonderful people of SoBSS. Make sure you’ve got your Summer Ball ticket!!

[UoM SOBSS @UoMSOBSS]

Don’t forget to buy your tickets for our annual SoBSS Summer Ball! This year:
💎 DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER 💎
https://t.co/dEWG1sNqrs

[Flora Tickell 💙 @Flomatildaa]

Look at this: how can you change your diet to reduce your carbon footprint?
https://t.co/4iUzANEGjW

[UoM SOBSS @UoMSOBSS]

@GretaThunberg, amazing woman, speaking up for our planet when world leaders won’t.

[Guardian Environment @guardianeco]

Greta Thunberg urges EU leaders to 'wake up' on climate change https://t.co/I18HdC31jm

[UoM SOBSS @UoMSOBSS]

This opportunity looks incredible! Bio peeps/Conservation peeps/Ecology Peeps/Zoology peeps... ever dreamt about going to the RAINFOREST? Lets get some Manchester students applying!

[Phil Torres @phil_torres]

Are you a student in biology or journalism with a passion for conservation storytelling?
Apply for our fellowship, if chosen we’ll take you to the rainforest! @atlasobscura https://t.co/MDoVPfKJ7h

[Scientific American @sciam]

A message from the editors of Scientific American:

Good journalism values balance above all else. We owe it to our readers to present everybody's ideas equally and not to ignore or discredit theories simply because they lack scientifically credible arguments or facts. (1/4)

[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

Our Planet—Netflix’s answer to Planet Earth—is a big-budget wildlife documentary that *finally* forces viewers to acknowledge their complicity in the decline of nature, *throughout* each episode. It’s a hugely important shift. https://t.co/2NEnggdEYs

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

The Mini mum can be found—if you can spot it—in the isolated forests of Madagascar https://t.co/Ly20th9lb1

[Dallas Campbell @dallascampbell]

Lost?

[Amanda Bamford @amandabamford]

Gladiator #frog (Boana rosenbergi) from Costa Rica- Happy #FrogFriday

[BBC Earth @BBCEarth]

Midori the turtle was rescued with plastic and tumours in her digestive system. But after a two year rehabilitation process, she has been released back onto the reef where she is providing vital information to scientists. #BluePlanetLive