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ComSciCon is a #SciComm workshop series for grad students. You can support us by donating here: https://t.co/y49ojeNwvi
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Applications for #ComSciCon2026 are NOW OPEN!

🎓 Graduate students, all STEM disciplines
🤝 @comsciconfra.bsky.social & Flagship collaboration (Workshops in English)
📝 Apply by January 30
🔗 bit.ly/49upUGg

#SciComm #ScienceCommunication #PhDLife
January 19, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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✨ Something's happening ✨

ComSciCon 2026 returns with an extraordinary 👀 edition
More details coming soon 🔥

Too impatient? Head on over to the ComSciCon France website:
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#ComSciCon2026 #Doctorat #CommunicationScientifique #SciComm #FormationDoctorale
January 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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👏 Huge shoutout to Nathan Sanders, @laurengh.bsky.social and @mackenziewhite.bsky.social from #ComSciCon!

We’re so proud to see our community empowering researchers to share their voices! 💬
#SciComm #ScienceCommunication #PublicEngagement #OpEdWriting
October 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Meet ComSciCon Flagship speaker André Isaacs (@drdre4000)! 🤩⚗️ A chemist, educator & advocate, he uses his platform to uplift queer & BIPOC voices in STEM. Catch him on IG, TikTok, Threads, Bluesky & X. #ComSciCon #SciComm
Portrait of Dr. André Isaacs.
July 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Meet ComSciCon Flagship speaker Usha Lee McFarling! 📰📊
Pulitzer-winning science journalist for STAT, formerly with LA Times, Boston Globe & more. Her work spans oceans, medicine, and bioethics.
Follow her here: @ushamcfarling
#SciComm #ComSciCon #ScienceJournalism
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July 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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📰 Meet #ComSciCon Flagship speaker Dennis Overbye (he/him), longtime NYT science writer & author of "Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos". With 50 years in science journalism, he brings deep insight to the cosmos. Still writing, still wondering. Follow his work at www.nytimes.com/by/dennis-ov....
A portrait of journalist Dennis Overbye. He wears glasses, a blue dress shirt. and colorfully patterned blue tie.
June 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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🖍️ Meet #ComSciCon Flagship speaker Rita Clare (she/her), a molecular biologist turned science illustrator! Founder of Scivetica, she brings biochem & polymer science to life through stunning visuals. Follow her: @scivetica.bsky.social
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June 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Excited to welcome Dr. Laurie Santos (she/her) as our ComSciCon Flagship 2025 Keynote! 🎤 A Yale prof & host of The Happiness Lab, her work on well-being has reached millions worldwide. Learn more: drlauriesantos.com
Portrait of Dr. Laurie Santos.
June 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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The wait is over — the extended #ComSciCon25 application deadline is tonight at 11:59 PM EST!

This is your opportunity to take part in a unique science communication experience this summer.

We look forward to reading your application!

Apply here: forms.gle/kfNTbai2HTPE...
A photograph from a mezzanine of a group of people in a conference room, making fun poses while wearing ComSciCon T-shirts. A slide of the ComSciCon 2023 Logo is projected on the large screen at the back with "Flagship 2023" followed by "Communicating Science Conference for graduate students" and then "Research in Motion" below with the ComSciCon logo in a gear to the left of "Research in Motion".
May 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Only 3 days to go to submit your application to attend the #ComSciCon 2025 Flagship workshop! Applications due on April 18th at 11:59pm EST. Submit here: forms.gle/kfNTbai2HTPE...

In the meantime, we are pleased to announce our theme: Bridging Science and Society.
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April 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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We’ve started the countdown--only 4 days to go to submit your application to attend the #ComSciCon 2025 Flagship workshop! Applications due on April 18th at 11:59pm EST. Submit here: forms.gle/kfNTbai2HTPE...

Don’t miss out!
April 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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#ComSciCon provides graduate students in STEM fields with an opportunity to meet early career leaders in #SciComm, to learn from and interact with a group of invited experts, and to discuss how to communicate complex technical science and engineering concepts to a new audience.
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April 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM