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The Christmas Lectures: extending the experience outside the lecture theatre (2022)
Journal Article
Little, H., Fogg-Rogers, L., & Sardo, A. M. (2022). The Christmas Lectures: extending the experience outside the lecture theatre. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 21(2), Article A01. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.21020201

Traditionally, the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures have always adopted a deficit model for communication, with one or two invited scientists giving lectures to an audience present at the Royal Institution (Ri) and, since 1936, an audience watc... Read More about The Christmas Lectures: extending the experience outside the lecture theatre.

RETHINKING Science communication education and training: Towards a competence model for science communication (2021)
Journal Article
Fähnrich, B., Wilkinson, C., Weitkamp, E., Heintz, L., Ridgway, A., & Milani, E. (2021). RETHINKING Science communication education and training: Towards a competence model for science communication. Frontiers in Communication, 6, Article 795198. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.795198

Science communication is at a pivotal stage in its development due to the emergence of digital communication platforms that are not only presenting new opportunities but are also leading to new challenges. In this context, science communicators, who... Read More about RETHINKING Science communication education and training: Towards a competence model for science communication.

Organisational forms of science communication: The UK and Spanish European higher education systems as paradigms (2021)
Journal Article
Ojeda-Romano, G., Fernández-Marcial, V., Wilkinson, C., & Stengler, A. E. (in press). Organisational forms of science communication: The UK and Spanish European higher education systems as paradigms. Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-021-00801-9

As key elements in research and development systems, higher education institutions have been taking a leading role when it comes to communicating science and technology, but their performance has been inconsistent so far. In this critical and compara... Read More about Organisational forms of science communication: The UK and Spanish European higher education systems as paradigms.

Transforming tradition: how the iconic Christmas Lectures series is perceived by its audiences (2021)
Journal Article
Sardo, A. M., Little, H., & Fogg-Rogers, L. (2021). Transforming tradition: how the iconic Christmas Lectures series is perceived by its audiences. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 11(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2021.2012298

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a landmark in the history of science communication. With today’s changing media landscape, it is important to know who is currently watching, how they are watching, and how they are perceiving the content.... Read More about Transforming tradition: how the iconic Christmas Lectures series is perceived by its audiences.

Primary mesenchymal stromal cells in co-culture with leukaemic HL-60 cells are sensitised to cytarabine-induced genotoxicity, while leukaemic cells are protected (2021)
Journal Article
Gynn, L. E., Anderson, E., Robinson, G., Wexler, S. A., Upstill-Goddard, G., Cox, C., & May, J. E. (2021). Primary mesenchymal stromal cells in co-culture with leukaemic HL-60 cells are sensitised to cytarabine-induced genotoxicity, while leukaemic cells are protected. Mutagenesis, 36(6), 419-428. https://doi.org/10.1093/mutage/geab033

Tumour microenvironments are hallmarked in many cancer types. In haematological malignancies, bone marrow (BM) mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) protect malignant cells from drug-induced cytotoxicity. However, less is known about malignant impact on su... Read More about Primary mesenchymal stromal cells in co-culture with leukaemic HL-60 cells are sensitised to cytarabine-induced genotoxicity, while leukaemic cells are protected.

Is it time to escape? Examining "Escape Rooms' as science communication interventions (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Little, H., & Wilkinson, C. (2021, May). Is it time to escape? Examining "Escape Rooms' as science communication interventions. Presented at Public Communication of Science and Technology 2020 +1, Aberdeen

Escape rooms are a recent cultural phenomena, whereby a group of players are locked in a room and must solve a series of clues, puzzles, or mysteries in order to escape. From an educational perspective, escape rooms have been praised for offering a m... Read More about Is it time to escape? Examining "Escape Rooms' as science communication interventions.

Gathering evidence of impact from research support services: Examining impact in the context of the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Townsend, P., & Wilkinson, C. (2021). Gathering evidence of impact from research support services: Examining impact in the context of the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis. Research Evaluation, 30(2), 169-178. https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvaa031

The Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) is a provider of two major services to the environmental science community; JASMIN and the CEDA Archive. CEDA is frequently required to evidence the impact it has on researchers and wider society. How... Read More about Gathering evidence of impact from research support services: Examining impact in the context of the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis.

Into the digital wild: Utilizing Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook for effective science and environmental communication (2020)
Journal Article
Pavelle, S., & Wilkinson, C. (2020). Into the digital wild: Utilizing Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook for effective science and environmental communication. Frontiers in Communication, 5, Article 575122. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2020.575122

Recent years have seen an upsurge in the digital environment and the reliance placed upon it by society. This case study reports on a project which sought to examine how the digital environment can be utilized for science communication, exploring the... Read More about Into the digital wild: Utilizing Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook for effective science and environmental communication.

Report on the Working Practices, Motivations and Challenges of those Engaged in Science Communication (2020)
Report
Ridgway, A., Milani, E., Weitkamp, E., & Wilkinson, C. (in press). Report on the Working Practices, Motivations and Challenges of those Engaged in Science Communication. European Commission repository and Zenodo: European Commission

The working practices of those engaged in the communication of science to non-expert audiences has important implications for the relationship between science and society. The research presented here explores these working practices and the motivatio... Read More about Report on the Working Practices, Motivations and Challenges of those Engaged in Science Communication.

Investigating the Links Between Science Communication Actors and Between Actors and their Audiences (2020)
Report
Ridgway, A., Milani, E., Weitkamp, E., & Wilkinson, C. (in press). Investigating the Links Between Science Communication Actors and Between Actors and their Audiences. European Commission repository and Zenodo: European Commission

The audiences reached by those engaged in science communication and the nature of the connections with those audiences is of central importance to the science-society relationship. It determines who is reading, listening and watching information abou... Read More about Investigating the Links Between Science Communication Actors and Between Actors and their Audiences.

A comparison of European eel Anguilla anguilla eDNA concentrations to fyke net catches in five Irish lakes (2020)
Journal Article
Weldon, L., O’Leary, C., Steer, M., Newton, L., Macdonald, H., & Sargeant, S. L. (2020). A comparison of European eel Anguilla anguilla eDNA concentrations to fyke net catches in five Irish lakes. Environmental DNA, 2(4), 587-600. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.91

The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, is classified as critically endangered by the IUCN. To protect what remains of the European eel population, accurate monitoring methods for this species are important. Environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques are gaini... Read More about A comparison of European eel Anguilla anguilla eDNA concentrations to fyke net catches in five Irish lakes.

The rise of science comedy: Comparing shows at science and arts festivals (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Little, H., & Weitkamp, E. (2019, December). The rise of science comedy: Comparing shows at science and arts festivals. Presented at 12th Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation 2019, Essen, Germany

Live science comedy shows have exploded in the past decade in the UK. These shows can range from stand-up comedy to musical theatre to panel shows and variety shows. However, there is very little empirical work exploring the rise in live science come... Read More about The rise of science comedy: Comparing shows at science and arts festivals.

Novel, rapid, low-cost screen-printed (bio)sensors for the direct analysis of boar taint compounds androstenone and skatole in porcine adipose tissue: Comparison with a high-resolution gas chromatographic method (2019)
Journal Article
Westmacott, K. L., Crew, A. P., Doran, O., & Hart, J. P. (2020). Novel, rapid, low-cost screen-printed (bio)sensors for the direct analysis of boar taint compounds androstenone and skatole in porcine adipose tissue: Comparison with a high-resolution gas chromatographic method. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 150, Article 111837. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2019.111837

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. This is the first report on the fabrication, characterisation and application of an electrochemical (bio)sensor system for the simultaneous measurement of skatole and androstenone. A biosensor for androstenone was fabricated usin... Read More about Novel, rapid, low-cost screen-printed (bio)sensors for the direct analysis of boar taint compounds androstenone and skatole in porcine adipose tissue: Comparison with a high-resolution gas chromatographic method.

Cercocebus sanjei (2018)
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McCabe, G., Rovero, F., Fernandez, D., & Butynski, T. Cercocebus sanjei

Listed as Endangered based on its small extent of occurrence (1,872 km2), small area of occupancy (ca. 300 km2) and population fragmented into two isolated sub-populations, one of them residing in an area of limited protection and where there are ong... Read More about Cercocebus sanjei.