🎬 It’s a wrap!
Over 10,000 people joined Explorathon 2025 events across Scotland to celebrate the power of research. 💡
Huge thanks to our amazing volunteers, uni teams & partners! 💛
@uofglasgow.bsky.social @dundee.ac.uk @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
@insuhi.bsky.social
#MakingResearchReal
07.10.2025 13:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Happening tomorrow in Dundee 👇
Family Fun Day at @scrapantics.bsky.social, 11am–3pm.
Free games, experiments and crafts with teams from @dundee.ac.uk and @abertayuni.bsky.social
No booking required – just drop in!
More info: www.explorathon.co.uk/events-progr...
#Explorathon25 #DundeeEvents
03.10.2025 12:02 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
This Sunday, Explorathon is part of Doors Open Days at Bayes Centre and Inspace, Edinburgh.
Guided tours with Windows to the Past, Doors to the Future, plus the brand new Inspace Artist Residencies exhibition.
Learn more: www.explorathon.co.uk/events-progr...
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
25.09.2025 13:03 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Dundee has a packed Explorathon line-up in the next two weeks.
Wild Maths for S5/6 pupils this Wed, Life, Music & Art at Doors Open Day on Sun, then our big Explore and Discover Family Fun Day on Sat 4 Oct.
Full details: www.explorathon.co.uk/events-progr...
@dundee.ac.uk
#Explorathon25 #Dundee
23.09.2025 09:00 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Explorathon is taking over Glasgow this weekend! From superhero science and ARC tours to language tasters and workshops, there’s loads to explore. We’re even part of Glasgow Doors Open Days! All free, some ticketed 👉 www.explorathon.co.uk/events-progr...
@uofglasgow.bsky.social #Explorathon25
19.09.2025 09:01 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sneak peek at what’s happening this weekend in Glasgow 👀 Explorathon is taking over the ARC on Saturday and Sunday as part of Doors Open Days.
More info to follow 🙌
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
18.09.2025 16:17 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
James Simon from @insuhi.bsky.social will explore how Stevenson’s reputation shifted, from “children’s author” to one of Scotland’s most enduring literary figures.
A brilliant chance to see RLS in a new light.
Register here 👉 www.explorathon.co.uk/events-progr...
#Explorathon25
17.09.2025 12:57 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🚀 Explorathon is in full swing! Across Scotland you’ll find inspiring talks, hands-on workshops & family fun happening over the next few weeks. Don’t miss out – see what’s on near you 👇
www.explorathon.co.uk/events-progr...
#Explorathon25
13.09.2025 14:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This Sunday, 11–4 in Aberdeen, Discovery Day is back 🚀. A full day of free family fun awaits – explore Ice Age adventures, see rockets launch, enjoy light shows, and meet a Marie Curie living statue.
👉 www.explorathon.co.uk/events-progr...
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
12.09.2025 12:01 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
What’s on next week at #Explorathon25?
☕ Wed 10 Sept – Café Sci @ Aberdeen Art Gallery
❄️ Wed 10 Sept – Arctic Pedagogy (online)
🚀 Sun 14 Sept – Discovery Day @ Elphinstone Hall
All free (some booking needed) 👉 www.explorathon.co.uk/events-progr...
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social @insuhi.bsky.social
05.09.2025 10:01 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🧪 This Saturday, explore the Institute of Medical Sciences!
Free, family-friendly, 10am–4pm. No booking needed.
👉 www.explorathon.co.uk/events-progr...
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
#Explorathon25 #DoorsOpenDays
03.09.2025 14:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🌊🐋 Dive into September with For the Love of Whales!
Meet Hope the inflatable Humpback, hear real whale songs & meet the experts protecting these giants.
📅 1st–30th Sept | Oban
🔗 Full details: www.explorathon.co.uk/events-progr...
#Explorathon25
@insuhi.bsky.social
28.08.2025 13:01 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Research isn’t just in labs, it’s in everyday life.
This September, #Explorathon25 makes research real across Scotland with family-friendly events and hands-on activities.
See what’s coming up 👉 www.explorathon.co.uk/events-progr...
27.08.2025 09:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Quick reminder! ✨
Explorathon is nearly here, and events are popping up all over Scotland.
Take a minute to see what’s happening in your area 👉https://www.explorathon.co.uk/events-programme/
#Explorathon25
24.08.2025 13:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We loved catching up with Prof. David Archibald in Glasgow. He spoke about his research, what he's doing at Explorathon this year and why you should come along.
#Explorathon25 #MakingResearchReal
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
22.08.2025 09:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Get ready for an exciting adventure this September as Explorathon 2025 is coming your way!🚀
Read more 👉 www.explorathon.co.uk/news/2025-ne...
#Explorathon25 #MakingResearchReal
@uofglasgow.bsky.social | @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social | @dundee.ac.uk | @insuhi.bsky.social
14.08.2025 11:14 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Get ready for an exciting September with Explorathon 2025! 🚀
www.explorathon.co.uk/news/2025-ne...
#MakingResearchReal
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social | @uofglasgow.bsky.social | @dundee.ac.uk | @insuhi.bsky.social
12.08.2025 12:41 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A cartoon image of an astronaut on the moon in a space suit. White text in front of the cartoon image says "Explorathon: Back for 2025."
Explorathon is back!
Through a packed calendar of events across Scotland, Explorathon examines the incredible variety of research and how it touches our lives.
The month-long festival offers a unique opportunity to discover what makes research so exciting.
www.explorathon.co.uk/news/explora...
18.06.2025 14:18 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Honorary Professor of Design, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee
Fellow Royal Society of Edinburgh
Trustee Edinburgh International Festival
ARUK-RAD Fellow at the University of Dundee. I use proteomics to understand how microglia contribute to Alzheimer's Disease. GK for TNT Netball Club.
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the @gjbarton.bsky.social Group at University of Dundee
Ligand site prediction benchmark: tinyurl.com/Utges-LBS
Fragment screening sites: tinyurl.com/Utges-FRAGSYS
Ankyrin repeats: tinyurl.com/Utges-ANKS
Politics/IR tutor and researcher at University of Dundee, Scotland, UK. Postcolonialism/ MENA. Former journalist at DC Thomson. Born in New Zealand but definitely Dundonian.
Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Dundee; interested in #PlantSignaling, #PlantStress & #PlantDevelopment 🌱🌾☀️🌡️🧬; He/him
https://sites.dundee.ac.uk/balcerowicz-lab
Senior lecturer in history at the University of Dundee. Come for the African history, stay for sporting enthusiasm, music, travel talk & musings on South Africa
PI at University of Dundee, UK.
Love my kids, C elegans, microbes and Art.
We study olfaction during development and disease (PD, anosmia) and odours produced by microbiome of animals.
By day Director of Research and Innovation at Dundee University. By night, usually asleep. Data geek and research management guru. Plus knitting, singing and cat servant. Comments are in a personal capacity.
Principal Investigator in #neuroscience at the University of Dundee. Trying to understand #Alzheimer’s Disease. In a love/hate relationship with #ApoE. I love hiking, cycling, cooking, and brains (but not at the same time)
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I use parasites to mess with the immune system. Reader at University of Dundee. I also like bikes and cats.
Historian of 18th-century Scotland focused on Jacobite Studies and Digital History. Curator of JDB1745. Chair, Jacobite Studies Trust. PhD via University of St Andrews. In love with a swan and two cats. Currently watching the leaves in Portland, OR.
Econ Lecturer at University of Dundee | Applied Micro | Labour & Migration
https://sites.google.com/view/rossmckenzie/home
Research & teaching on Glaciers, Geohazards, Geomorphology, Climate Change at University of Dundee | https://www.dundee.ac.uk/people/simon-cook
Nicola from the university of Dundee
Dundee UCU is supporting staff and saying no to job cuts at the University of Dundee. Our campaign to #SaveDundeeUni https://sites.dundee.ac.uk/ducu/
Lecturer in Scottish History. Social and political history of early modern Scotland. Find me via the University of Dundee: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/people/allan-kennedy
Developmental Psychologist, Reader, University of Dundee. Investigating the cognitive and social function of the developing self
(https://blog.dundee.ac.uk/minimelab/)
Co-founder of Art at the Start
(https://sites.dundee.ac.uk/artatthestart/)
Associate Dean and Professor, University of Dundee & General Editor of The Oxford Complete Works of Mary Shelley (Oxford University Press, tbc) (https://linktr.ee/profdanielcook)
I work at the School of #HealthSciences, University of Dundee
Measurement, (health-related) quality of life #HRQL, multimorbidity, #ResearchEthics, publishing, #PeerReview, research assessment
Ex- #REF2021, former #NightshiftEditor
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