Author: Amel Sassi

Originally Published on August 29, 2025 by Arushi Kapoor, ComSciCon Houston 2025 How do plastics in the ocean impact sea turtles? Read through Arushi Kapoor’s informational flyer below to find out more.  ——————– Arushi Kapoor is a Ph.D. student in Environmental  Science and Engineering at the University of Texas and holds a Master’s of Environmental Engineering…

by Oluwaseun Aladeboyeje (ComSciCon Houston) Originally Published June 25, 2025 Antibiotic‐resistant bacteria are fueling a silent pandemic that now claims millions of lives every year. Our best strategy in overcoming these microbial enemies might be to deploy their kinsmen, i.e., good bacteria (Probiotics) against them. Listen to Seun Aladeboyeje explain more in his mini-podcast below:…

Originally Published June 12, 2025by Kimberly Lato, (ComSciCon National Flagship Conference 2024) Last summer, while on a hiking trip in Vancouver, I saw a sign that read, “Feeding birds is so unhealthy that British Columbia SPCA now consider it indirect animal cruelty”. This statement struck me, as it might be striking you now. This sign…

by Pranav Satheesh, (ComSciCon National Flagship Conference 2024) Originally Published December 27, 2024 This comic was initially developed at our national flagship conference as a part of our Create-a-thon program, then submitted and published through the editorial process at Club SciWri. Club SciWri and ComSciConversation have a shared mission of making fascinating science accessible to everyone.  _____________________________________ Pranav Satheesh…

Originally Published June 23, 2023 Each year, ComSciCon’s student-led Flagship Organizing Committees and Leadership Team take a step back to reflect on the design, participants, and impacts of our programming and to look ahead to the future.  ComSciCon’s 2022 annual report focuses on the program developed by our Organizing Committee, the panelists and invited experts who contributed their insights,…

Originally Published December 22, 2021 by Karen Vanderwolf (ComSciCon-GTA 2020) If you have a bat box I want to know about it! Bats in Canada face multiple threats from habitat loss and disease. As towns and cities expand, the large old trees that bats call home are being cleared, and bats are losing their roosts.…

Originally Published June 19, 2021 One of ComSciCon’s newest chapters, the Los Angeles-based ComSciCon-LA, has just celebrated its first ever event!  The event took place virtually in April and brought together exceptional early career science communicators from across the LA metro area. Read the organizers’ annual report for a review of the sessions in their…

Originally Published June 9, 2021by Alyssa Quan (ComSciCon-ATL 2021) If you’re like me, you are an aspiring researcher in a rigorous academic degree program, sent on a rollercoaster over the past year struggling to incorporate all your brand-new ideas into a project while also trying to move forward with your studies in the middle of…

Originally Published May 14, 2021by Ajay Manuel (ComSciCon-CanWest 2020) Human endeavors from the age of the hunter-gatherers to modern civilization have been guided by the allocation and consumption of energy. Light is an integral part of this story. Central to life on Earth is the energy we receive from our Sun: solar energy. In fact,…

Originally Published April 30, 2021by Morenike Ajidagba (ComSciCon-CanWest 2020) Health research has evolved to become more patient-oriented with increasing patient engagement.  How do researchers utilize online communication and social media as a means to disseminate accurate information to and foster a healthy and trustworthy relationship with their target audience? Blogging can be useful to inform patients…