Twitter is great for you to get science news and meet other scientists. However, with more than a hundred million different Twitter accounts, it’s hard to decide who to follow.
 
To help you, we’ve created a list of 50 must follow Twitter accounts for biomedical researchers. Check them out below, and follow them here!

 

Scientists & Opinion Leaders

1. Joanne Manaster (@sciencegoddess): Blogger and biology lecturer.
2. Chris Gunter (@girlscientist): Geneticist, editor, and writer.
3. Karen James (@kejames): Biologist. Aspiring explorer-naturalist.
4. Ed Yong (@edyong209): Science writer and freelance journalist.
5. Jason Pontin (@jason_pontin): Editor in Chief of Technology Review.
6. Chris Anderson (@TEDchris): Curator of TED conferences.
7. Peter Singer (@PeterSinger): Professor of bioethics at Princeton.
8. Mariette DiChristina (@mdichristina): Editor in Chief of Scientific American.
9. Sci Curious (@scicurious): Blogger and neuroscientist.
10. Kiki Standford (@drkiki): Neurophysiologist and journalist.
11. Noah Gray (@noahWG):Senior editor at Nature.
12. Ben Goldacre (@bengoldacre): Epidemiologist and blogger.
13. Sanjay Gupta (@sanjayguptaCNN): CNN Chief medical correspondent.
14. Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics): Researcher & open science advocate.
15. Anabel Bentley (@doctorblogs): Physician and blogger.
16. Bora Zivkovic (@BoraZ): Chief Editor of Scientific American.
17. Adam Savage (@donttrythis): Host of Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel.
18. Brady Haran (@periodicvideos): Fun science videos makers.
19. Brian Malow (@sciencecomedian): Comedian and video maker for Time Mag.
20. Karl Kruszelnicki (@DoctorKarl): BBC radio host.

 

Universities and Institutes

21. Harvard Health (@HarvardHealth).
22. Harvard Research (@HarvardResearch).
23. Columbia Science (@ColumbiaScience).
24. Columbia Health IT (@columbiahit).
25. Yale Medicine (@YaleMed).
26. Standford Medicine (@SUMedicine).
27. Princeton Health (@PrincetonHealth).
28. Weill Cornell (@WeillCornell).
29. Duke Medicine (@Duke_Medicine).
30. UCLA Health (@UCLAHealth).
31. Manchester Institute of Health Sciences (@HealthSciUoMan).
32. NIH Science Education (@NIHSciEd).
33. NIH for Health (@NIHforHealth).
34. Hopkins Medical News (@HopkinsMedNews).

 

Science Journals

35. Nature News (@NatureNews).
36. NEJM (@NEJM).
37. PLoS Medicine (@PLoSMedicine).
38. Science Magazine (@ScienceMagazine).
39. Scientific American (@Sciam).

 

Science News

40. Science News (@ScienceNewsOrg).
41. Technology Review (@techreview).
42. Science Blogs (@ScienceblogsRSS).
43. Plos Blogs (@Plosblogs).
44. Pharma News Daily (@PharmaNewsDaily).
45. EMA News (@EMA_News).
46. FDA News (@US_FDA).
47. Discover Magazine (@DiscoverMag).
48. TED Talks (@tedtalks).
49. TED News (@TEDNews).
50. National Science Teachers Association (@NSTA).

You can easily follow all these accounts here.

Think we missed someone? Tell us in the comments!!