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Emma Parsons

@emmacparsons.bsky.social

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Research assistant at University of Glasgow | Interested in bowel cancer screening and public engagement 🔬🧫

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Emma Parsons @emmacparsons.bsky.social · Aug 29

@labedwards.bsky.social are back at #Explorathon25 this year with our new Mighty Microbes activity 🦠🔬 Come and learn about microbes in your gut!

Save the date 20th and 21st September at @uofgarc.bsky.social

Thanks to @glasgowscience.bsky.social for helping us design our activity

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Emma Parsons @emmacparsons.bsky.social · Jun 23

Really fun kickoff event on Friday organised by @youngacademysco.bsky.social at Royal Society of Edinburgh for STEM Seedlings - excited to develop a new school STEM activity on bowel cancer 🧑‍🔬🔬🧬🧫 How many water drops do you think you could balance on a penny?

Emma Parsons @emmacparsons.bsky.social · Jun 21

Great to be asked to speak as part of Glasgow Science Festival last week about "Poop, Polyps & Pathology" - thank you to my audience for an engaging conversation about bowel cancer screening!

Emma stands holding a Petri dish containing Play-Doh cells. She is in front of a screen saying poop polyps and pathology and a photo of three people holding colon plushies.

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Edwards Lab @labedwards.bsky.social · Mar 26

Last week, the 1st Annual IMPACT conference took place on the shores of Loch Lomond 📍🤩

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Emma Parsons @emmacparsons.bsky.social · Mar 24

This was the best 3 days! @mollymckenzie.bsky.social absolutely smashed it with the location and we were so lucky with the weather ☀️ Excited to see the IMPACT strategy develop!

Molly McKenzie @mollymckenzie.bsky.social · Mar 24

Had a great time at the 1st IMPACT conference- really interesting hearing how different research can fit together! Thank you @emmacparsons.bsky.social for being the best co-organiser ✨

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Emma Parsons @emmacparsons.bsky.social · Mar 17

It was great to present on our Glasgow Colorectal PPIE Group last week and have lots of discussions with other people interested in PPIE! #PublicInvolvenent

Edwards Lab @labedwards.bsky.social · Mar 17

Emma had a great time presenting at the #PublicInvolvement event that was held by @nhsresearchscotland.org.uk last week! Its amazing how medical research is evolving to include patients and the public in the conversation! 🤩

Emma Parsons @emmacparsons.bsky.social · Mar 7

I became a scientist so I could keep asking "why?".

I nominate @amnamatly.bsky.social @mollymckenzie.bsky.social @nadianasreddin.bsky.social

#IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

Joanne Edwards @joedwardswwcrc.bsky.social · Mar 6

I became a scientist as I love solving puzzles. Biology is full of them.

I nominate @jaqblu.bsky.social @emmacparsons.bsky.social @sarasuperior.bsky.social

#IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

Joanna Birch @jbirchj.bsky.social · Mar 3

I became a scientist as I am fascinated by the complexity of biology. It’s amazing how much, and yet how little, we know.

I nominate @chrishalsey.bsky.social @joedwardswwcrc.bsky.social @ximeraffo.bsky.social

#IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

Emma Parsons @emmacparsons.bsky.social · Mar 7

Shocked and so so happy to have won the best PGR prize for @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social - thank you to the panel for choosing me and to everyone who supported me through my PhD! ⭐

Edwards Lab @labedwards.bsky.social · Mar 7

Remember @emmacparsons.bsky.social passing her viva? 🥹
Today we are SO PROUD to announce she has 🎊 WON 🎊 the 2023/2024 School of Cancer Sciences Accomplishment in Academic Post-Graduate Research Training Prize! This is awarded to the best science PhD student. 🥳🏅
@uofgcancersciences.bsky.social

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Edwards Lab @labedwards.bsky.social · Feb 3

Welcome one and all to the Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre Colorectal Cancer Theme Day!
🥳🧪🔬🎙️
Tune in here for live updates on presentation highlights, discussions, and much more!

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INCISE Research @incise-research.bsky.social · Jan 21

Ever wondered why not everyone participates in freely-available colorectal cancer screening surveillance? 🧐

The answer is in our 🚨 latest publication 🚨

Click here to read how socio-economics and comorbidity can affect post-polypectomy surveillance:
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652036...

Click here for the full article:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652036/0/0?journalRedirectCheck=true

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