James Edwards
@jedwards3.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Peninsula Medical School, Plymouth. Interests: microbiology, teaching, learning, HE, bioscience education.
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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
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...
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September 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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
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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...
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.
jamanetwork.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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...
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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.
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
May 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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.
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
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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 🌎.
Some days left to apply.
Open to applicants WORLDWIDE 🌎.
March 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Can I tempt some young minds to consider Old York for a PhD?
Some days left to apply.
Open to applicants WORLDWIDE 🌎.
Some days left to apply.
Open to applicants WORLDWIDE 🌎.
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I was trying not to doom scroll today but HOLY SHIT.
February 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I was trying not to doom scroll today but HOLY SHIT.
These doors seem happy, despite all the bad weather
November 26, 2024 at 9:34 PM
These doors seem happy, despite all the bad weather
Our latest work is out in preprint in Access Microbiology
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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...
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August 18, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Our latest work is out in preprint in Access Microbiology
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Leaving Saxony tomorrow for Bavaria. Germany is a vastly underrated holiday destination.
August 17, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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)
August 16, 2024 at 7:55 PM
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
August 9, 2024 at 5:16 PM
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!
August 5, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Deactivated my twitter/X account today after c. 11 years on that platform. Now to lurk around here and never post anything! Onwards!
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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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Lesson ideas and free cards to download here:
axonology.com/braingineeri...
#EduSky #neuroskyence #neuroscience #sciart #brain
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March 25, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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
🧪
Lesson ideas and free cards to download here:
axonology.com/braingineeri...
#EduSky #neuroskyence #neuroscience #sciart #brain
🧪
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...
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...
hrservices.plymouth.ac.uk
March 28, 2024 at 7:12 PM
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...
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...