Hannah Scholes: a career in outreach How Hannah Scholes is using outreach to inspire the next generation

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Thrilled to be featured by the Institute of Biomedical Science talking about STEM outreach 🧪✨

From microscopes to (very fake!) blood demos to strawberry DNA — it’s all about making lab science click.

Future BMSs don’t appear out of nowhere — we have to show them what’s possible.

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Healthcare Science Week 2026 Healthcare Science Week is an opportunity for healthcare scientists to share the vital role they play in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

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Really proud to be featured by the IBMS for Healthcare Science Week 2026.

Outreach matters — healthcare science is fascinating, we just need to show it.

From blood films to demos, if one person walks away curious, that’s a win.

#HealthcareScience #BiomedicalScience

It trips lots of people up! Do you know why the order actually matters?

Eight people tried our order-of-draw challenge today.

Eight people got it wrong.

Consultants. Sisters. Med students. 😅

For Healthcare Science Week we set up a small stand to show what happens to blood samples once they reach the lab.

Biomedical science really is at the heart of healthcare. 🩸🔬

🔬 Blood film challenge.

What diagnosis comes to mind when you see cells at every stage of granulocyte development?

Exactly! A few nice little fragments hiding in there 🔬

Malaria can affect red cells, but it usually looks a bit different because the parasite sits inside the cell.

These fragments are more typical of mechanical damage, where red cells get physically broken apart as they circulate. You see similar patterns in things like mechanical heart valves.

Good guess! Not sickle cell though. What you’re seeing are red cell fragments — tiny pieces of red cells that have been broken apart in the circulation. They’re one of the subtle clues we sometimes spot when reviewing blood films.

🩸 What does disease look like under a microscope?

When biomedical scientists examine blood films, we're looking for clues. Tiny changes in the shape of cells can be the first sign something isn't right.

This is a real blood film. What catches your eye? 🔬

Picked the flute up for a bit today.

That felt good.

A bit more ‘me’.

What was it Mr Scarlett always said about a scientists wrestling with artistic tendencies? 😅

Register a child Register a child to join and we’ll put you in touch with your local Girlguiding unit

🎉 4th Ramsgate East Brownies turns 100 this year — and we’ve got spaces! 🌈 For girls aged 7–10 who love games, crafts, badges & adventures.

Register interest: girlguiding.org.uk/information-for-parents/register-a-child then search “4th Ramsgate East Brownies”. 💛

100 hours of volunteering with STEM Ambassadors 🧪✨
From messy, joyful hands-on demos to brilliant questions that remind me why science matters—thank you for letting me share biomedical science beyond the lab. Proud to wear the badge! 💙 #STEMAmbassadors #SciComm #Volunteering

@jasonjtt.bsky.social and I re-wired the heating bit!

I am a strong independent woman who don't need no man!

And he’s hiding in there.

Sorted.

They’re over there.

Right! That’s up.

An immunology brain fart.

Peak explanation faces with Margate Guides! 🤣 #STEM #STEMAmbassador #Scientist #BiomedicalScientist #GirlguidingUK

@ibmscience.bsky.social

I’ve been invited to a #Girguiding Guide unit to help with their “Investigating” badge. We’re doing a bit of DNA extraction with strawberries, and some chromatography to determine which leader’s pen wrote the ransom for Flossy bear.

Which pen do you think did it? #STEMAmbassador
#WomenInSTEM

I’m thoroughly disappointed/somewhat heartbroken that not a single brownie from my pack is coming to parade tomorrow.

We don’t ask them to do any others during the year, just Remembrance. Again- not angry, just disappointed.

I’m going on my own I’m taking my Great-Grandfather’s medals with me.

Why are giant jammie dodgers in the chilled vending machine?! It makes them nigh-on impossible to eat without gluing your mouth shut 😫

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Whoop! Specialist portfolio = done! I can now say I'm a Specialist Biomedical Scientist! 🙌🏻

Whoop! Thank you @imascientist.org.uk for my fabulous mug! Love it! 🥰 🥼🧪🧬☕️

Post-night gym rat.