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Thanks for the Memories
@t4tm.bsky.social
RNCM and University of Oxford Public engagement project exploring interactions with vaccines, immune memory, and... music.

#ThanksForTheMemories
Supported by the Wellcome Trust
August 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
August 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
August 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
August 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
In the first installment, meet Lady Mary: a defiant campaigner for inoculation - the purposeful infection of a patient to produce a mild and controlled case of disease - in 18th century Britain - performed by the spell-binding mezzo soprano Rosie Middleton ✨
August 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Check out the @ox.ac.uk news piece to find out more about our world premiere of Dangerous Matter @rncmlive.bsky.social last week!
🔗https://www.immunology.ox.ac.uk/news/world-premiere-of-dangerous-matter-opera-inspired-by-vaccine-science-and-history-as-part-of-thanks-for-the-memories-project
July 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"Can opera contribute to better understanding of science and even help overcome the vaccine scepticism of our time? It’s not an obvious contender for the role of public educator in that way, but this attempt at pushing its boundaries is a brave one." 🎭🎵💉

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June 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
What a night! A HUGE congratulations to everyone involved in bringing Dangerous Matter to life @rncmlive.bsky.social last night - we're still buzzing from the brilliant performance!
June 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Today's the day! Here's a sneak peek of the world premiere of Dangerous Matter, showing tonight at the RNCM at 7pm - grab your ticket now! www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...
June 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Get your ticket here! www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...
June 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Only 4 days to go until the world premiere of Dangerous Matter - a powerful new opera exploring memory, innovation, and the forgotten history of vaccination 🎵🧪

Get your ticket today! www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...
June 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
#t4tm Project Facilitator Rachel had a fantastic time presenting new opera Dangerous Matter at the Society for Apothecaries seminar on medicine and music today!
June 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Grab your ticket now for the world premiere of Dangerous Matter - an urgent new opera exploring vaccination, memory and innovation

🎟️https://rncm.ac.uk/performance/dangerous-matter-a-new-opera-on-medicine-memory-and-innovation/
June 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
... and Zakiya Leeming worked with students to transform what they had learnt about the science and history of vaccines into original musical compositions using brilliantly imaginative scores - no student in the project needed to have a musical background to be involved!
May 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
hindmarshrachel.bsky.social introduced students to the overlooked but pioneering story of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, an 18thc advocate for inoculation who paved the way for Edward Jenner's development of the world's first vaccine for smallpox...
May 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A team of immunologists from @ox.ac.uk and @manchester.ac.uk carried out workshops to help students understand immune memory, and the power of vaccines to help save lives across the world...
May 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM