Oh wow, yes I remember him. Didn’t realise that either. I do remember mycology with him (and how complicated it is).

Dr Michael Dillon | A Gamified Approach to Teaching at Plymouth University - SciTube In universities everywhere, there’s growing recognition that the traditional lecture model is no longer enough. As disciplines become more complex and interconnected, students need more than informati...

Dr Michael Dillon flips the classroom with games to boost learning, not lectures. Discover more: scitube.io/dr-michael-d... #Gamification #Digitaleducation @mdillonphd.bsky.social @jedwards3.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social

A tree covered in lichen

Some impressive lichen on display today up on the moor. #dartmoor

Influenza Vaccination and Cardiovascular Risk This meta-analysis updates a previous meta-analysis examining the association of seasonal influenza vaccination with prevention of adverse cardiovascular events for a new large clinical trial.

What if something quick and free could cut your heart attack risk by 34%? Getting a flu vaccine each year is linked to a 34% lower risk of major cardiovascular events. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Jobs - The University of York

Got any great final year students who love the bench but don't (yet) want to do a PhD? I'm looking for a research technician to join our amazing AVERT team for the last 2 years of the project - a great chance to develop lab skills while supporting our team in York.
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Can I tempt some young minds to consider Old York for a PhD?

Some days left to apply.
Open to applicants WORLDWIDE 🌎.

I was trying not to doom scroll today but HOLY SHIT.

Couldn't agree more. Struggled to watch the news clips tbh

These doors seem happy, despite all the bad weather

Please could you add me too Mel?

Very cool - thanks. Will try it out!

Yes that's pretty much the gist of it. Students work in groups which I strongly suspect is another useful way they learn using the game (but we haven't specifically looked at that for this paper)

In it, we develop a simple card game, in which students (we evaluated with stage 1 undergraduate medicine) play as a team and arrange the cards using pre-formed schema.

In doing so, they can see how the immune system 'fits together' when presented with different pathogens.

#meded
#edusky

Beyond Lectures: Leveraging Competition, Peer Discussion, and Real-World Scenarios in a Digital Card Game to Enhance Learning of Microbiology and Immunology Concepts Teaching the complex interactions between hosts and pathogens is a fundamental yet educationally challenging aspect of life science and healthcare education. The intricate mechanisms of the immune sys...

Our latest work is out in preprint in Access Microbiology

www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Leaving Saxony tomorrow for Bavaria. Germany is a vastly underrated holiday destination.

Passing through Dresden. I was not quite prepared for how nice parts of the town are (coinciding with a festival has helped)

An annual visitor to our garden: a jersey hawk moth

Deactivated my twitter/X account today after c. 11 years on that platform. Now to lurk around here and never post anything! Onwards!

Please add me. James Edwards, associate professor, Peninsula Medical School, university of Plymouth, UK

cartoon of a steampunk brain

Just finished this year's Braingineering session with the medical students. Brilliant fun as always and even some learning along the way!
Lesson ideas and free cards to download here:
axonology.com/braingineeri...
#EduSky #neuroskyence #neuroscience #sciart #brain
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Hello. We are recruiting a new Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences at the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth.
You will support students right across the medical school where there are lots of great #MedEd scholarship and initiatives underway. Join us!

hrservices.plymouth.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...