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Marine Petit @virotick.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Curious about tick virology? Read my latest piece in @uk.theconversation.com where I explain findings of my latest research article www.nature.com/articles/s41... Hope it will helps people to understand the importance of studying tick and their pathogens #ScienceforAll #WomenInScience #Arbovirose

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Claire Donald @claireldonald.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Really enjoyed working with MSc Science Communication student Hannah to produce this video as part of her summer project. It's a great opportunity to look at science from a different perspective. Great work Hannah!

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Claire Donald @claireldonald.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

It's been a busy few weeks welcoming pupils from various schools to visit us on campus. Last week we had pupils testing out our Disease Diagnostic Virtual Reality app, while this week pupils have joined us in the teaching lab to learn about infectious microorganisms @uofgsii.bsky.social

A pupil in a white polo shirt looks down a microscope in a molecular biology lab. There are blue poster boards behind them with information about different parasites and other microorganisms

Two pupils in blue school jumpers stand in front of a suspended computer monitor showing a microbiological safety cabinet in virtual reality. One of the pupils wears a headset and holds a controller in each hand while the other watches what they are doing on the screen

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Ana Costa @anacostadoesthings.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

We are helping students @uofgmvls.bsky.social build confidence in cell culture techniques using virtual reality. Contact elixr-mvls@glasgow.ac.uk for more info Lab hosted by Dr Claire Donald and XR suite

Person using virtual reality headset and joysticks

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Giusy Mariano @giusym1990.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

For those of you who approached me at @microbiologysociety.org #Microbio25 (and anyone else interested!!), this is your last chance to apply for our PDRA position. Come join us in Glasgow!

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Claire Donald @claireldonald.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

My colleagues are just awesome! Today @nicolaveitchuofg.bsky.social presented her work on EDI in UG education on behalf of the UofG team and collected an EDI award from the @microbiologysociety.org

On the dark stage illuminated with strong lights are two podiums with one person at each. Presenter is on the right and chair on he left. The slide behind them reads 'Embedding equality diversity and inclusion into Biosciences undergraduate curricula though staff-student partnerships'

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Claire Donald @claireldonald.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I recently had a clear out and rediscovered my @cvrinfo.bsky.social public engagement t- shirt. So I wore it to yoga. Does that count as outreach?!

Claire stands in her office wearing a black t shirt that reads 'Viruses a century of discovery' with a biohazard symbol

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Sarah Merkling @merklinglab.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science to you all - girls, women & allies that love science and advocate for making it an increasingly diverse and attractive place. Let's imagine a future with more women in science & better research that truly serves and represents us all 💜@unesco.org

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Claire Donald @claireldonald.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Last year saw lots of exciting developments in our collaboration between the University of the West Indes and @uofgsii.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social and exchanging ideas on innovative education. Read about it here www.gla.ac.uk/explore/glas...

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Claire Donald @claireldonald.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

First session of the semester in the UofG Multiuser VR suite. Today we welcomed students on the @uofgsii.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social Diagnostic Technologies and Devices masters course. They are learning how to diagnose a viral infection using qPCR in VR

Students stand on mats around the edge of a wooden panelled room. They are wearing VR headsets and holding controllers. On the computer monitor you can see the VR lab they are working in.

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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 16/01/2025

“It is really hard for infectious diseases to effectively stop being specialists and move over into a new species. So, when that happens, it is striking and concerning” — Microbiology Society member, Ed Hutchinson, in an important article published in the Guardian yesterday -

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Age of the panzootic: scientists warn of more devastating diseases jumping between species

Experts believe H5N1 bird flu belongs in a growing category of infectious diseases that can cause pandemics across many species. But there are ways to reduce the risks

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Claire Donald @claireldonald.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

A cracker joke fit for a microbiologist 🤒🦠💊

A joke from a Christmas cracker which reads 'what so you give a person who has everything?' Answer 'penicillin'

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Claire Donald @claireldonald.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

One of the nice things about teaching so late in the Semester is having the pick of teaching spaces. For our final session of the year we're in one of the awesome @uofgasbs.bsky.social active learning spaces. Added bonus of checking out how the construction of our new lab building is going 🏗️👷‍♀️🦺

A classroom set up with small tables for group work. The wall is glass and outside there are construction vehicles visible

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Claire Donald @claireldonald.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Really excited to have been invited to share our work on using #VirtualReality to teach our UG students practical laboratory skills alongside our amazing colleagues in the @uofglasgow.bsky.social School of Education

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Claire Donald @claireldonald.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

It's that time of year when my course prep looks a little different to normal 🐛🪲🦗

Three packets of edible insects lying on a desk. 1 is BBQ crickets, 1 is hot and spicy crickets and the other is lightly salted locast, crickets and mealworms

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Ed Hutchinson @socialinfluenza.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Do you want to become a virologist? The @CVRinfo PhD programme is now recruiting for both UK and international applicants - rotate in two labs then choose a project tailored to your interests. Also you get to live in Glasgow, which is fab. Please RT! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

A photo of the Sir Michael Stoker Building, a research centre housed inside a golden metal cube, against the parkland of the Garscube campus as the sun rise lights up the clouds above the Campsie Fells. Image Credit: Rob Gifford.

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Claire Donald @claireldonald.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Hello Bluesky 👋 I love teaching and public engagement. Today I'm combining both and teaching PGRs/ ECAs how to engage with the public. Such a treat to be doing it in the @uofglasgow.bsky.social ARC

Photo shows a presentation displayed on a large screen in a classroom. The slide has science themed icons in the background and reads 'Why engage?'

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