Exciting News!!!

I have just learned that I have been awarded an exciting Media and Communications Internship with the SEB ( Society of Experimental Biology)!!! This means that I will be their unofficial Press Officer for the main annual meeting, this year held in Manchester on 1st - 4 th July.  I greatly admire the society for promoting innovative and pioneering research across the whole spectrum of biology and it will be thrilling to have an inside view on how such an organisation operates. My duties will involve compiling advance Press Releases for journalists working in general media and fielding enquiries during the conference itself. Already I have been sent a book of abstracts to work my way through, so that I can highlight which scientists to try and interview before the conference. I have also had to book train tickets to visit the head office in London, research dictaphone models and start learning the schedule for the event itself. I was very pleased to be awarded this as the application process was very rigorous and involved submitting examples of written work , interviewing a researcher in my department and a phone interview. Previous interns have gone on to become news editors and science writers, so this could be a fantastic boost to my hopes to working in science communication! Watch this space, it's going to be a busy summer!