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Harnessing our lived experience for science communication

Adrian Liston, professor of pathology at the University of Cambridge, UK, has published several illustrated children’s books on the topic of vaccination and has developed a computer game called ‘VirusFighter’. Here, he shares his thoughts on how to become an effective science communicator.

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Battle Robots of the Blood: https://issuu.com/babraham.editions/docs/20200330_english_paperback_reduced_no_blank_page

Maya’s Marvellous Medicine: https://issuu.com/babraham.editions/docs/maya_v4_cmyk_issuu-compressed

Sensory Science: https://rossjohnlab.com/monash-sensory-science/

VirusFighter: https://www.virusfighter.org/

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Liston, A. Harnessing our lived experience for science communication. Nat Rev Immunol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41577-024-01037-1

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