CVR PhD student, Stephanie Cumberworth (@S_Cumberworth) – who works in the Kohl lab investigating Zika virus – tells us all about the not-for-profit virus-themed colouring book produced recently by the CVR. Find out where the idea came from & how we made it, what we’ve done with it so far and what we’re going to do… Continue reading →
The CVR is committed to supporting public engagement with science, its research and the general importance & relevance of virology to the global community. Individuals within the CVR take part in – and organise – face-to-face events to interact with non-experts; tell digital stories about viruses on our blog and podcast and in the international press; and… Continue reading →
By Connor Bamford and Joanna Crispell We arrived in the Hogwarts-style part of the University of Glasgow to spend the day discussing a rather more contemporary idea – science and the media. We came to the Voice of Young Science (VoYS) “Standing up for Science” media workshop, because it was our belief… Continue reading →
In this post, CVR PhD students Steph, Yasmin and Weronika, briefly write about their research (Zika pathogenesis, cat retroviruses and new HepC diagnostics) and the groups that they belong to, as part of a short series of articles from new Contagious Thinking contributors (check the whole team out here). Contagious Thinking serves to communicate the… Continue reading →
In a world obsessed with the deadly nature of viruses, join us in a celebration of the beauty of their biological structure. Glasgow is a fascinating place to live, with awesome architecture and design emerging from the dramatic Scottish landscape. Although invisibly small, viruses also produce strikingly beautiful structures, constructed from the local materials of… Continue reading →
By Siobhan Petrie, Communications Officer for the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research and Glasgow Polyomics. June seems a little while ago now, but it was a really busy time for the CVR on the outreach front – so busy, that’s it taken us a little while to share what we were up to at… Continue reading →
Last week, as part of the Glasgow Science Festival, Vincent Racaniello was visiting the CVR. Vincent is the well-known host of the weekly netcast TWiV (This Week in Virology), “the podcast all about viruses”. While here he recorded two podcasts, the first of which went live a few days ago. Vincent was taking part in the British Society for… Continue reading →
