Simon Cook

Right to buy in England ‘fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’ Common Wealth report calls discounted sales of council homes one of the ‘largest giveaways in UK history’

Amazed it took 40 years to reach this conclusion. It was obvious in the 80s, if you bothered to look.

Thatcher used the working-classes' own money to bribe them into voting to destroy their futures, and the Tories have been worshipping her for it ever since.

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This Network grant will support research, training & networking across the UK and across phyla and kingdoms where differences in proteostasis components & functions are remarkable. There is much we can learn from each other and leverage to support human, animal and plant health and crop production

I am delighted by the award of £600,000 network grant to support the UK Proteostasis Network that @babrahaminst.bsky.social launched in 2024 with support from @phar.cam.ac.uk @mrc-tu.bsky.social Proteostasis is critical for lifelong health and to stave off disease - in humans, animals and plants

Love this!!!

Together with @pseudoenzyme.bsky.social I had a wonderful and very inspiring day at the Dyrk1a Syndrome Community Family Conference on Saturday. Wonderful families and wonderful support from volunteers at the Barnstondale Centre in the Wirral. Thank you for the warm welcome

Picture of Sheena and Katy

Great day celebrating Katy Dewison’s PhD. Good luck in all you do in the future Katy in your postdoc at Aarhus. We will miss you’

Looks awful. My commiserations! 👌

Blimey
You don’t see that very often
England win on penalties!
And what a shootout!!!

Babies from three people's DNA prevents heriditary disease The method was pioneered by UK scientists to overcome devastating, sometimes fatal inherited diseases.

Babies made using three people's DNA are born free of hereditary disease

"The emotional burden of mitochondrial disease has been lifted, and in its place is hope, joy, and deep gratitude"

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Probably can’t see it in the photo but this row of white Lavender at @babrahaminst.bsky.social is covered in bees!

#booksky

We're looking forward to welcoming @dweinkove.bsky.social, Professor of the Biology of Ageing at Durham University and Chair @bsrageing.bsky.social, for a seminar tomorrow: Routes to Translation in the Biology of Ageing. It's not too late to attend!

www.babraham.ac.uk/seminars/202...

YouTube video by SHMVEVO Swedish House Mafia - Greyhound (Live from Miami)

This will be at mine I think
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAq9...

Clearance of protein aggregates during cell division ER aggregates confined in the nucleus are cleared via ER reorganization when cells progress through mitosis and cytokinesis.

Clearance of protein aggregates during cell division

elifesciences.org/articles/96675

Measles cases are surging in Europe and the US. This is what the anti-vax conspiracy theory has brought us Nearly 30 years after Andrew Wakefield’s discredited study linking the MMR vaccine and autism, we badly need an injection of rationality

Measles cases are surging. This is what the anti-vax conspiracy theory has brought us www.theguardian.com/society/comm...

"It’s probably the most depressing conspiracy theory there is

...because vaccination is the most concrete proof of how much we rely on one another’s care & rationality."

Falling vaccination rates leave millions of children at risk, experts warn More than 30m children worldwide not fully immunised for MMR and UK ranks worst in G7, WHO and Unicef say

“Vaccines save lives, and when coverage drops, disease spreads.” Dr Hans Kluge, the WHO regional director for Europe.
• invest in strong local health systems
• ensure vaccines are available to all
• fight misinformation

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

UK worst in G7 for MMR jab rates, as 30m children worldwide not fully immunised More than 14m children globally have not had single routine jab as figures show less than 90% of those eligible in UK had first MMR last year

The simplest, safest and easiest way to ensure your child does not die from Measles. I very much hope we are not going down the road of MAGA-land www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

2000 years ago: the Romans would let an aqueduct destroy the Gardon Valley. We need clean water, but at what cost?

Parents urged to get children vaccinated after measles death in Liverpool Child reportedly died at Alder Hey hospital amid surge of measles cases in city

The UK achieved measles elimination status in 2016 and 2017, but lost it in 2018. This week, reports emerged of a child dying from measles in Liverpool, as cases continue to surge across the region. Devastating. Preventable. Vaccinate.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Now THAT's a cease and desist letter

Just did my regular update on Bribery and Corruption training for Cambridge University to ensure compliance with UK law. Facilitating admission for relatives of donors counts as bribery.

Nondisruptive inducible labeling of ER-membrane contact sites using the Lamin B receptor ER-membrane contact sites are often distorted by existing labeling methods. This study develops an inducible labeling system called LaBeRing that uses the Lamin B receptor to fluorescently tag a varie...

Check out our lab's latest paper. Laura Downie found that the Lamin B Receptor (LBR) can be used to inducibly label all kinds of membrane contact sites in live cells
doi.org/10.1371/jour...

This

‘MMR vaccination uptake rate for children by the age of five in Liverpool is just 73% ... The World Health Organisation says a threshold of 95% is needed to achieve herd immunity’

Please protect child by allowing them to be vaccinated. If you are worried, talk to your doctor. Misinformation kills.

Lauren James the most exciting footballer I’ve seen for sometime

National Trust to cut at least 550 jobs after £10m rise in costs from Reeves’s budget Exclusive: Charity hit by increase in employer national insurance and minimum wage and aims to save £26m

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Interesting quote from NT staff member. “This is going to have an impact ... at a time when the trust is struggling with its image and relevance in society." I'm very happy with the NT especially it's leadership on difficult issues like historical links to slavery

Congratulations to Simon Andrews, Head of Bioinformatics at @babrahaminst.bsky.social for his Papin Prize. Simon is a great facility head and a lovely colleague as is Rachael Walker (Head of Flow Cytometry) who also won a Pain Prize in 2023. We stand on the shoulders of giants!

i dno, maybe time to let it go

Map of the remaining cycle route from Vancouver to St. John's, Newfoundland, as of 10:30 EST on July 10th, 2025.

The #TerryFox Ride of Hope will reach its destination of St. Johns, Newfoundland at around 3:30pm today (Newfoundland Daylight Time), after covering 7,000 km from Vancouver over 32 days. They've raised over $1.1 million for cancer research. You can still support them here: ride.terryfox.ca/79876

Well deserved Simon, your contributions are making a real difference to so many groups at BI