Bag of chemicals posing as a science journalist. @ABSW board member; director at @exempirical, widower. Not here anymore - check me on Bluesky or LinkedIn.
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Hosted by @IOPPublishing, with researchers from @BristolUni and guidance from @PhysicsWorld and ABSW.
The day ends with networking and Blood on the Clocktower with @andyextance! 🐺
🎟️ £15 members | £40 non-members
Book: absw.org.uk/events/absw-were…
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#training #OpinionWriting
📢LAST CALL!!
✍️ Join the ABSW Opinion Writing Masterclass, 3 Oct, 10:00-16:15, at The Dana Centre, London.
Essential craft, real feedback.
Registration closes at noon, Wed 24 September 🔗 zurl.co/6AwLf
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Our little team won an @absw award for our doc on Churchill, Manitoba.
Chuffed & proud - of our film & fab colleagues
Thank you @PolarBears & to the amazing people in Churchill who were so warm, generous & kind. (You can watch *Where the Polar Bears Wait* on @BBCiPlayer now)
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#ABSW #ConfictZone
Studies in Survival - Science and Conflict in Gaza and Beyond
📆 Thursday, February 27, 18:00-19:30 GMT
Chaired by @andyextance
🎤 Meet our speakers
🔗zurl.co/Pe8z4
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🥳 Last week #ABSWmembers met for the annual after Christmas party at the @TheBetjemanArms 🎉 And it looks people enjoy it!
Tag people you have met there... Let's start with our board members! 😉
@obrientweet @andyextance @munkeatlooi @RogerHighfield @ben_deighton @jvchamary
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Has your MP pledged to vote for the Climate & Nature Bill next Friday?
Click on your MP's name in this list to find out
action.zerohour.uk/mps
Enough empty words. It’s time for legally-binding science-led action. #CANBill
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Dialogue with Andy Extance writing about compostable plastic in @ChemistryWorld
@ChemistryOpen @CNRsocial_ chemistryworld.com/features/…
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This analysis workshop led by my colleague and fellow @absw board member and @thetimes science editor @whippletom is likely to sell out fast. Grab your seat while you can:
absw.org.uk/events/analysis-…
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'The decision represents a striking change in MDMA’s trajectory,' writes @andyextance. 'Back in 2017, the FDA had granted the drug an expedited review process.'
chemistryworld.com/news/mdma…
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For over a century, the Sabatier principle has provided a framework for chemists optimising heterogeneous catalysis. But as @andyextance explores, there’s increasing understanding that reaction rates can be enhanced beyond traditional theoretical limits.
chemistryworld.com/features/…
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Are you a new science journalist or writer? There's a great opportunity to join a lovely network for those new to the field: form.jotform.com/24094560003…
👉 You can also follow the Early Career Science Writer Network on LinkedIn to see what they are up to: linkedin.com/company/early-c…
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We’re pleased to be supporting the @absw awards this year🎉
Congratulations to Jonathan O’Callaghan for winning the British Science Journalists of the Year!
#ABSWawards @Astro_Jonny
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A lovely night at #abswawards. Congrats to winners @philipcball (L) @whippletom (middle) & @JessHamzelou (R) and great to see @NeilWithers too.
🙏🏽 to @andyextance @absw for reminding us that quality science journalism matters.
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What an amazing evening at the @absw Award Ceremony with sooo many good friends 💖✨cc @easternblot @FunSizeSuze @PhilTRobinson
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We're at the @exeter_phoenix #GreenPhoenixFestival today!
So many lovely chats with people doing great things in the region - and lots of inspiring planet pledges, including one here from @andyextance!
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It is 2024, and labs at @imperialcollege are studying how tiny groups of neurons and other cells respond to antidepressants, trying to understand how antidepressants work in full-sized brains.
chemistryworld.com/features/…
By @andyextance
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There is a lot we don't understand about the chemistry of our brains, but there is also a lot we have been learning thanks to science. In Brain chemistry basics, @andyextance offers a great intro to our Chemistry of the brain collection.
chemistryworld.com/features/…
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👏 40 finalists in 13 categories! Who will be the winners?! 🏆
Announcements at the 2024 ABSW Awards Ceremony, July 3, at The Royal Institution in London.
👉 Book your place now! zurl.co/ZqvY
#ABSWawards @alphagalileo @royalsociety @ABPI_UK @GilesDorrie
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Join us? 💚
There is empowerment, hope and comfort in coming together for a common cause, especially when standing up for nature that gifts us with so much in life.
I’ll be there, will you? 🌎💛
All info here 👇🏽
shorturl.at/09i6X
@RNNMarch @WildlifeTrusts
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So excited that the students and their teachers will get to meet these stars from the science world! My deep gratitude to @EngineerYasmin @PaulaRowinska @annademming @rifish @Vic_Gill @Kath_Math @RogerHighfield @rifish @robeastaway @andyextance who are all making time for them.
Thrilled to share our panel for the Young Science Writer Awards Ceremony 📢. Chaired by the amazing ABSW Vice-Chair @obrientweet we have @PaulaRowinska @rifish @annademming Our young winners are in for a treat! Want to find out more about our panelists? Check out 👇 #YSWA24 🎉
