I'ah Donovan-Banfield
idb-virology.bsky.social
I'ah Donovan-Banfield
@idb-virology.bsky.social
PhD in coronaviruses, antivirals & NGS 👩🏽‍🔬🦠🧬📊
@blackinmicro.bsky.social - Director of Communications
Creator of @antiviral-rskating.bsky.social
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Today is the day! #BiMWeek25 starts with our esteemed keynote speaker Dr Marian Johnson-Thompson sharing how we can leverage the successes of past pioneers to ensure a fair & just future for the next generation of Black microbiologists. 12pm EST / 5pm BST! Register here (FREE) 👉 tinyurl.com/BIMW25
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We're wrapping up Black In Microbiology Week 2025 with immense gratitude for our dedicated volunteers. 🙌 Working together has been an incredible journey advancing microbiology. 🌟 Keep shining. We couldn't have done it without you!
October 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Just finished our Social Hour and #BiM 2025 is officially coming to an end, Happy Black In Micro Week everyone!
October 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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We are learning how to make ZINES today for science communication #BIMWeek2025 and I am SO EXCITED. In a time where getting out the truth and combatting misinformation is IMPERATIVE to our survival, I am truly grateful for this. Thank you to @renrenegade.bsky.social!!!
October 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
So excited for this workshop!
#BlackInMicro
October 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Check out our Linktree for a convenient way to complete your #BlackInMicro checklist all in one spot: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro (link in bio)

1. Pre-register (it's free!)
2. Support us by donating
3. Grab the Whova app
4. Log in when you're ready to attend an event. We'll see you there!
October 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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To celebrate and support the great @blackinmicro.bsky.social initiative and what joining could mean for you, please take a look through the commentary in Microbial Genomics @microbiologysociety.org hot off the press today! #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 💻🧬🧪🦠 www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Reclaiming microbiology: scientists as community members and advocacy leaders
Microbiology Society journals contain high-quality research papers and topical review articles. We are a not-for-profit publisher and we support and invest in the microbiology community, to the benefi...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Happy Black In Micro Week ✨ Have some time between sessions? Visit www.blackinmicrobiol... for more on our vision, mission, and membership benefits! 💛💙 (link in bio)
October 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Today is the day! #BiMWeek25 starts with our esteemed keynote speaker Dr Marian Johnson-Thompson sharing how we can leverage the successes of past pioneers to ensure a fair & just future for the next generation of Black microbiologists. 12pm EST / 5pm BST! Register here (FREE) 👉 tinyurl.com/BIMW25
October 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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✨It's here ✨Our new website is ready to launch. Visit www.blackinmicrobiol... for more information about our vision, mission, and membership benefits! 💛💙 (link in bio)
October 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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✨ Cheers to the next five years and beyond. There's 1 day left to Pre-register for #BiMWeek: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro. You can also donate to help keep #BlackInMicro growing: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM (all links in bio).
October 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Now streaming 🎬 the official video for Black In Micro Week 2025 🦠 Watch the full version here or online (link in bio). Countdown: T-minus 2 DAYS, Pre-Register and Donate today: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro

Thank you to KathASK Films for providing the video
Black in Micro Week 2025
YouTube video by KathASK Films
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October 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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A reminder that Elon Musk is still a Fellow of the Royal Society. Surely THIS is the point at which he is expelled @royalsociety.org
Elon Musk spoke by video to Tommy Robinson's anti-immigrant rally in the UK today.

"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."
September 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Please take care of yourselves.
February 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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As the final few days of prep for #BSF25 "Antiviral Roller Skating" draw closer, I thought I'd share this video of some of the wonderful Liverpool Roller Birds volunteers who have made it possible!

🦸‍♀️ Come & see their antiviral alteregos in action this Friday 12th Sept @unitytheatre.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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It's almost time for the British Science Festival - 10-14 Sept in Liverpool!

Can't join us? Science Café on BBC Radio Wales has a #BSF25 special show tonight, with lots of our amazing speakers, incl. science rapper Jon Chase.

Listen from 6.30pm or online afterward:

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio Wales - Science Cafe, British Science Festival 2025
Adam Walton explores this years British Science Festival.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Let's gooooo! 🦠✨️🧬🎭
September 4, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Antiviral roller skating! It's the sports / science crossover event we've been waiting for! Part of British Science Festival, Liverpool Roller Birds will show you just what Coronavirus can do, and how science stops it. 12 Sept britishscienceassociation-tickets.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... #BSF25
August 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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🛼 BSF25 presents Antiviral Roller Skating!

Explore viruses & immunity through science + skating fun @liverpooluni.bsky.social

Fri 12 Sept
18.30 - 19:15
Unity Theatre - Unity One

@britsciassoc.bsky.social

Free/Book now 👉

britishscienceassociation-tickets.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
August 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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There's just two weeks (and a day) to go until the British Science Festival #BSF25 arrives in Liverpool!

Here's 10 of the many reasons you should join us at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social and venues across the city from 10-14 September:

theguideliverpool.com/10-reasons-t...
10 reasons to go to the British Science Festival in Liverpool
British Science Festival takes over Liverpool from September 10 - 14 and it’s going to be an amazing week of 100+ events. Find out more here.
theguideliverpool.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Health misinformation and disinformation are the biggest and most under prioritized threats to public health in the 21st century. They are eroding decades of progress in the control and spread of diseases in real time. If we do not address this like the existential threat it is, we risk everything!
August 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Led by @idb-virology.bsky.social, the lab is contributing to #BSF25 with a performance of antiviral roller skating!

Working with Liverpool roller birds, and supported by the BSF and @microbiologysociety.org
📣 Introducing "Antiviral Roller Skating"! ✨️🦠🛼✨️

Debuting at the British Science Festival 2025 #BSF25 in Liverpool! Exploring viruses & antivirals through movement & play!

Friday 12 Sep, 18.30
@unitytheatre.bsky.social

FREE tickets: britishscienceassociation-tickets.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
August 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Just less than 3 weeks to go until this weird and wonderful production makes it's debut at the British Science Festival in Liverpool this September! #BSF25

Excited (nervous/scared) for my first foray into theatre production! 😄🎭🛼✨️

Please give the page a follow and share 🙏🏽 🖤💜
📣 Introducing "Antiviral Roller Skating"! ✨️🦠🛼✨️

Debuting at the British Science Festival 2025 #BSF25 in Liverpool! Exploring viruses & antivirals through movement & play!

Friday 12 Sep, 18.30
@unitytheatre.bsky.social

FREE tickets: britishscienceassociation-tickets.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
August 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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👨‍🔬Scientific Advisors Drs. Max Edrmann & Ed Emmott @edemmott.bsky.social

🎭 Inspiration: "Bus Regulation: The Musical" by Ellie Harrison @ellieharrison.bsky.social

💷 Funded by @microbiologysociety.org & @britishscienceassociation.bsky.social

#bsf25 #scicomm #sciencecommunication
#skating #sciart
August 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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📣 Introducing "Antiviral Roller Skating"! ✨️🦠🛼✨️

Debuting at the British Science Festival 2025 #BSF25 in Liverpool! Exploring viruses & antivirals through movement & play!

Friday 12 Sep, 18.30
@unitytheatre.bsky.social

FREE tickets: britishscienceassociation-tickets.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
August 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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🤝 A collaboration between @liverpooluni.bsky.social & Liverpool Roller Birds

✍️🎬 Written, Directed & Produced by Dr. I'ah Donovan-Banfield @idb-virology.bsky.social

👯‍♀️Choreographed by Ani Bosco

📸 Director of Photography Dr. Rebee Penrice-Randal @rebee.bsky.social

📹 Videography by Paroketh Films
August 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM