Posted on July 3, 2009 by speakingofresearch
In March 2008 I travelled to the US as the inaugural Michael D. Hayre Fellow in Public Outreach. Through this opportunity I founded Speaking of Research and worked to improve the public’s understanding in public outreach. This year the new Hayre Fellow(s) will be able to try their hand at making a difference both nationally [...]
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Posted on June 26, 2009 by speakingofresearch
Backing up a recent post by DrugMonkey, Speaking of Research is now urging you to write to your Member of Congress (contact my Congress Representative) and Senator (contact my Senator) to request that they sign the Pro-Test Petition.
For example (Pick one of the three coloured paragraphs):
Dear <insert name of your Senator/Member of Congress here>,
I am [...]
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Posted on June 12, 2009 by speakingofresearch
Around a week ago we mentioned that the Society for Neuroscience had emailed all its members to support the Pro-Test Petition. Now the American Physiological Society (APS) has followed suit by emailing all its members.
Dear APS Colleague,
I join with the members of the American Physiological Society Council in urging you to add your voice to [...]
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Posted on June 10, 2009 by speakingofresearch
So I fiddled with the layout a bit – so you probably had to spend five minutes looking for this post (but you’ve found it!).
The committee decided it was worth trying a different layout in order to move focus away from the blog slightly. However what really matters is the opinion of the readers – [...]
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Posted on June 9, 2009 by speakingofresearch
I have thus far managed to get pictures and biographies from 9 10 members of the Speaking of Research committee – so check out the committee page. More people will be up in the next few days. The committee help write pieces on the blog (so David Bienus wrote a piece about animal welfare, David [...]
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Posted on June 5, 2009 by speakingofresearch
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) recently emailed its members urging them to sign the Pro-Test Petition (see our earlier posts).The result was over 3000 members signing their support in under 24 hours, bringing the total signatures to over 6,500!
SfN President, Thomas Carew, sent this to SfN members:
Dear SfN Members,
Consider adding your voice: www.raisingvoices.net
Learn about protecting [...]
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Posted on May 5, 2009 by speakingofresearch
There are many ways you can support lifesaving research. You could sign the Pro-Test Petition, you could join the SR Facebook group, or you could get out there and start something yourself! UCLA scientists and students stood up for research, why don’t you!
Due to the UCLA Pro-Test march Americans for Medical Progress decided to extend [...]
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Positive Comments for Pro-Test Petition!!
The Pro-Test Petition has now reached well over 2700 signatures – have you signed yet? This petition, supported by Speaking of Research, Americans for Medical Progress, and UCLA Pro-Test, aims to show the world that the majority do support animal research – and moreover they dare stand up and sign their name to it. On [...]
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