ImmunoX Media Outreach Team
The ImmunoX Media Outreach Team is a collection of ImmunoX members who create multimedia projects to share with two general target audiences: the scientific community and the broader public. Within the scientific community, our goal is to highlight the work of our colleagues and model a collaborative environment for other institutions. For nonscientists and would-be scientists, we have two aims. The first is to make science accessible to those without an extensive background by using storytelling to transform complex immunology topics into understandable bite-sized video segments. Our hope is that this will help convey why our research is important to the public and bolster interest in immunology. The second is to show those outside our community that our researchers are human and have unique paths that have led them to UCSF/ImmunoX. We aim to dispel the myth that science is exclusionary and siloed while also extending a hand to potential researchers who are interested in applying for internships or jobs at UCSF. Broadly, we hope to create content that can bridge the gap between academic scientists and the public through sharing stories about our diverse scientists and the interesting work that they do.
Members
Humans of Science
Everyone has a story to tell. Humans of Science is a project that showcases the stories and perspectives of people within the scientific community. It was started by Matt Arvedson and Cuyler Luck within ImmunoX at UCSF. In the spirit of the project, we encourage others to share their visions and favorite people.
Visit the Humans of Science page here
Or visit the Humans of Science Facebook page
If you have content to share, please contact ImmunoXMedia@ucsf.edu
Science Welcomes
Also called ‘Who are Immunologists?’, this series of short videos seeks to highlight the path and experience of scientists. The series also seeks to demystify the laboratory.
Whether students or fellows, staff or faculty, almost everyone has a story in which their zeal for understanding the world brought them to where they are now. This joy in discovery leads us to ask questions, test assumptions and try to address the most important problems we can find, to develop the next layer of understanding. In many cases, we entered sciences because of a key family member or a teacher or mentor. In many cases, we were we shaped by our environment—sometimes in unexpected ways. In every case, we hope to highlight that science is open to those who wish to pursue it. Like the immune system and most biological systems, it benefits from diversity and collaboration, and it shapes identity. Please contact ImmunoX@ucsf.edu if you’d like to share your story here.
This Blew Me Away
Also called ‘What is Immunology’, this series of short videos seeks to tell the story of an scientific study that was surprising to us. Sometimes these videos will highlight the work of others. Sometimes they will highlight the ‘aha’ moment, even the small one, in which a new facet of our world was revealed to us. Sometimes this is about the elegant experiment which only has one interpretation. Sometimes it is about an entire story that was revealed to us by a series of observations. The immune system functions in myriad and unexpected ways, to adapt our cells to an every changing environment and to shape us in health and try to cure us in disease. It plays as much of a role in accommodating change (aiding in wound healing, tissue maintenance, metabolism) as it does in its most famous role in eliminating pathogens. These are the stories that made us think differently. Please contact ImmunoX@ucsf.edu if you’d like to share the story of a piece of science that changed your perspective.
Join us
The Media Group welcomes new members. If you would like to experiment with communicating science beyond our walls, helping us in the existing efforts, or developing your own, please email us at ImmunoX@ucsf.edu