Young scientist perspective-microbiology trainees and social media: making science go viral during a pandemic

Kait F Al; Scarlett Puebla-Barragan; Gregor Reid; Jeremy P Burton

doi:10.1093/femsmc/xtab001

Young scientist perspective-microbiology trainees and social media: making science go viral during a pandemic

FEMS Microbes. 2021 Apr 7:2:xtab001. doi: 10.1093/femsmc/xtab001. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Kait F Al¹, Scarlett Puebla-Barragan¹, Gregor Reid^{1

2}, Jeremy P Burton^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
² Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada.

Abstract

This perspective looks at how social media has become even more critical since the pandemic and provides tips on how to market research outputs from a trainee viewpoint better.

Keywords: scientific communication; social media; young scientists.