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ex HOY ex science tutor now back to FT science teacher (20 years teaching) and also FT mum to boy/girl twins. Living w disability. @chatbiology team member

 Watford, England
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Biology A level teachers - looking at getting a kit to do electrophoresis with Y13 - we have tanks etc but which kits have you used and what is the best way to source cheaper micropipettes, some kits have them as optional? Currently looking at EDVOTEK cancer one @chatbiology
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Simon Flynn@flynn_simonJan 4
I've written a blog on how even the very best of us can harbour scientific misconceptions. substack.com/home/post/p-183…
Killian Court at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

ALT Killian Court at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

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It's @Green__Careers Week!💚Check out our post of useful links plus an environmental careers story from @leysbiotutor Post: chatbiology.com/?p=2444 Have you had a #GreenJob? How are you planning to celebrate this week? Let us know in the comments. #GCW2025 #GreenCareersWeek
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Don't forget if you are getting pumpkins to carve this half term why not make one biology themed so you can enter our competition! 🎃🏆
Chat Biology@chatbiology21 Oct 2025
October half term is here which means it's time for this year's #ChatBioPumpkinCarvingComp ! 🎃 The post includes this year's entry categories & pics of last year's entries for inspo Submission form to follow soon - please share! #ChatBiology chatbiology.com/2025/10/21/b…
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October half term is here which means it's time for this year's #ChatBioPumpkinCarvingComp ! 🎃 The post includes this year's entry categories & pics of last year's entries for inspo Submission form to follow soon - please share! #ChatBiology chatbiology.com/2025/10/21/b…
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👀.... ...see you at 8 🎃
head-in-the-clouds.bsky.social@leysbiotutor14 Oct 2025
Oh, My gourd! Is it that time of the year again? @JonHaleBio @chatbiology #ChatBiology
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Jon Hale@JonHaleBio6 Oct 2025
Scientists win Nobel Prize for discovering why immune system does not destroy the body ⁦@NobelPrize⁩ ⁦@chatbiology⁩ bbc.com/news/articles/c2knwv…

Scientists win Nobel Prize for groundbreaking immune system work

The prize-winning discovery explains how the immune system attacks hostile infections, but not the body's own cells.

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We are back for 2026 🎉 Some updates from us about our new format and a look back at #ChatBiologyLive in our new post. If you joined us on the day what were your favourite takeaways? Share and comment below! wp.me/pckyWO-Ch

Chat Biology Returns!

We are back for 2026 with a slightly new format – we will be sharing our posts on here, as well as on our social channels, for people to join in our usual chats. Sign up here to receive our p…

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UCLH@uclh24 Sep 2025
"It is nothing less than the dawn of a new age for families impacted by Huntington’s disease." A new gene therapy to treat Huntington’s disease has shown positive data from the study which is being run at UCLH and other sites. Read more: buff.ly/XCPmcnN
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Professor Dame Carol Robinson is a scientist who was the first female professor of Chemistry at both Cambridge and Oxford Universities. She left school at 16 and joined Pfizer, the pharmaceutical and biomedical company, as a laboratory technician. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002gz…

Desert Island Discs - Professor Dame Carol Robinson, scientist - BBC Sounds

Dame Carol Robinson, scientist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.

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Another competition for children to enter. Creating an infographic on an animal behaviour of their choice. Get those creative juices flowing! asab.org/education-news

Education News — ASAB

ASAB supports colleagues in schools, colleges and institutes of higher education who teach animal behaviour. Download our fun and engaging teaching resources!

asab.org
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We are delighted to announce our 2025 A Level results. Our students' hard work, determination, and resilience have truly paid off and we are incredibly proud of them all. Congratulations! Read more here 👉 bit.ly/3JggP9a
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002 LEGO® Bricks as metaphor youtu.be/HC8yrB_ENyU?si=FLJJ… @ChatBiology @ScienceHubHEB @blocksmagazine #ChatBiology #OneBrickMetaphor
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Jon Hale@JonHaleBio7 Jul 2025
Last year nearly 250 schools and colleges from across the UK took part in the @RoyalSocBio #BiologyWeek Spelling Bee. Registration is now open for this year app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk… Please share widely @chatbiology #Biolobee
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Jon Hale@JonHaleBio6 Jul 2025
Replying to @leysbiotutor
@leysbiotutor @chatbiology @nanopore (see the minION @JasonWilliamsNY @DrJoScience better or worse?) @QIAGENscience DNeasy in the corner
Malcolm Macaulay@malcolmacaulay3 Jul 2025
One of the coolest exhibits at the @royalsociety Summer School! @LEGO_Group model of @nanopore sequencing! Well done @JonHaleBio #partnershipgrants
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Less than a week to go! Want to know WHAT role LEGO® could possibly have in the Science classroom? Let us help. There are still tickets available for next week’s Secondary Science Festival @ScienceHubHEB @RoyalSocBio Only £50 for a full day of CPD! eventbrite.co.uk/e/secondary…
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SAPS@SAPS_News2 Jul 2025
Plants, Sustainability & Science Education🌱🌎🍎 Join us with @DrCGraham for a session at the Secondary Science Festival at Bedford College on 8th July. For more info & to book, use the QR code. 📲 @CLEAPSS @chatbiology @FieldStudiesC @RoySocChem
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📢🚨Just a week to go until #ChatBiologyLive at @ScienceHubHEB Secondary Science Festival with @PhysicsPartners And @RoyalSocChem will be there too along with all our awesome exhibitors! Still time to get tickets that also gets you a free book copy! eventbrite.co.uk/e/secondary…
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Thanks for your input tonight, please keep on sharing! Excitingly, it's only 2 weeks until our first ever #ChatBiologyLive talks as part of the @ScienceHubHEB Secondary Science Festival 📣 So many great sessions and an opportunity to engage with our awesome exhibitors!
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It's that time of year again where we are all thinking about taster days and attracting those A level biology students 👥 So let's get a thread together of ideas and top tips for anyone who's doing it for the first time or people who want to try something new! 🔍 #ChatBiology
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