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Giordano sets personal best in London Marathon
Platelet Society member, Giordano Pula ran a fantastic London Marathon today, knocking a whole 5 mins off his marathon personal best. A platelet scientist, now working in Germany, Giordano was selected to run the London Marathon on behalf of the Society following a search earlier in the year. Upon being offered the place Giordano said […]
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Giordano’s Marathon – Race Day!
Marathon day has finally arrived… All the prep has led to this. We will be posting info throughout the day on Giordano’s progress, keep a track here or via social media. If you wish to sponsor Giordano and the work of the Society, click the button
Giordano’s Marathon – The Final Countdown
Marathon Progress update – 3 days to go… I have just returned from a 3 week holiday in Italy. My training has continued more or less on schedule, despite the heat and the overeating that Italy necessarily exposes its visitors to! It’s a beautiful part of the world and one I encourage you to visit […]
Using Social Media – Kirk
Kirk Taylor Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Reading Social media of choice: Twitter @Dr_KTaylor
Using Social Media – Beth
Beth Webb PhD Student, University of Leeds Social media of choice: Instagram and YouTube https://bethology.co.uk @_bethology
Using Social Media for Science Communication
The Platelet Society ECR Working Group Blog Series presents Using Social Media for Science Communication Using social media to promote scientific research and public engagement is becoming of great importance for scientists. However, with many social media platforms to choose from, it’s key to understand which platform best meets your goals and target audience. […]
Giordano’s Marathon – One Month to Go!
Marathon Progress update – 4 weeks to go… August went quite well. I managed to keep at bay my injuries. I did not resolve them, but I have learnt to live with them. This is a really important part of preparing for a big run, cycle, or other physical event. Its naive to think you […]
Giordano’s Marathon – Get involved
With just over a month to go to the big day, its time for you to get involved and support Giordano and the Platelet Society in its marathon challenge.Whilst we only have one place in the actual London Marathon, we can all compete our own personal marathons during the month of September. Whether you walk, […]
Giordano’s Marathon – 50 days to go!
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Marathon Progress update – 50 days to go… …And probably 50 new little injuries that I did not know existed! I am gradually increasing the mileage: 250 km in July and aiming for 300km in August. I feel the benefits of this training in terms of speed, but the endurance is not quite there yet. […]
Fundraise while you shop
Great news! You can now support the Platelet Society whilst you shop and help the work of the Society. If you are an exisitng Amazon customer, all you need to do is visit https://smile.amazon.co.uk/ch/1172202-0 and search ‘platelet’ under the charities. Once selected Amazon will donate 0.5% of the net purchase price (excluding VAT, returns and […]
