Selina Wray

Need to self film some running stuff for a thing and… it’s going well so far 🫣🤣

Lovely show from Andrew Bird with the Britten Sinfonia at Barbican tonight 😍

A plumber & plasterer, who also happens to be a woman, elected to Westminster. We love to see it! 🔥

A tireless advocate for mentoring early stage researchers, Dr. Wray is dedicated to supporting those under-represented in science, providing personal mentorship and hosting research placements for students who are the first in their families to study at university.

What a privilege to receive this award! 🥹

Today we're excited to be involved in delivering #AAICNeuro Manchester. It's too late to join us in-person but at 1pm we will be live across the world in the online platform with a session on the future of Fluid Biomarkers to diagnose #dementia.

Congratulations to Dr Maura Malpetti on receiving David Hague Prize - awarded yearly to the most outstanding early career researcher in the field of biomedical dementia research. 👏

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Fairer ways to feed the UK 🍽️

New citizen science and community projects show how communal dining facilities could help reshape society in this new Bartlett Review article by By Dr Hanna Baumann and Joseph Cook.

🔗 https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/fairer-ways-to-feed-the-uk/index.html

The only gold medal Billy would win is the gold medal for being an absolute lad 🤣

A runners legs covered in mud and a nice shot of the kitchen bin in the background

The winter water feature at Tooting Parkrun is at full capacity which means mud on my legs, arms and face from the splashing this morning 🏃🏼‍♀️

Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

An exciting pancake day ahead

These cuts to physics research will be a disaster for UK scientists – and for our standing in the world | Jon Butterworth If plans by the UK’s science funding body go ahead, we won’t be able to benefit from Britain’s membership of Cern and other large international projects, says Jon Butterworth, professor of physics at University College London

These cuts to physics research will be a disaster for UK scientists – and for our standing in the world | Jon Butterworth

Undergrads seeking summer research experience in gene or cell therapy: there's a *paid opportunity* from @bsgct.bsky.social! Please apply before 27th Feb. Please see bsgct.org/undergraduate/ for details.

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Coral background with faint heart illustrations. A glossy male Blackbird with a bright yellow bill faces left. Large title reads: “Birds as bad exes*” Smaller text reads: “*Yes, you read that right.”

Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox

YouTube video by UCL Advancement Here, it will happen

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Funding cuts will devastate the next generation of scientists | Letters Letters: Physics research drives technological innovation, from medical imaging to data processing, write Dr Phil Bull and Prof Chris Clarkson; plus letters from Tim Gershon and Vincenzo Vagnoni, and ...

Letters in the @theguardian.com on the science cuts.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Lovely evening at the British Museum celebrating @ucl.ac.uk 200th birthday with friends old and new! @adamrutherford.bsky.social @bbcmaryam.bsky.social

Happy birthday UCL! 🎉

I don't know how many people see this when they look at trees during the winter, but mistletoe always reminds me of amyloid plaques - mistletoe is a parasite and each 'plaque' can vary in size. This is how I think of the 3D structure of amyloid plaques in the brain

Garden Symphony

The podcast I never knew I needed 😍

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Exciting conference alert! The 93rd Biochemical Society Harden Conference will be on "Endosomal-lysosomal network dysfunction in neurodegeneration" on the South coast of England (1st to 4th of September 2026). Lots of speaker slots available from submitted abstracts so do come and join us!

Very excited for this excellent meeting - come join us!

UK’s £8bn research fund faces “hard decisions” as it pauses new grants UKRI boss Ian Chapman said it had been told by the government to

Helpful update into UKRI and research council funding changes from Zoe Kleinman @zsk.bsky.social

But please more focus on 2 things...

1) Immediate effects (eg funding decisions expected in March)

2) Likely disproportionate effects on early career scientists

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I watched much of Ian Chapman's (Head of @ukri.org) appearance this morning at @ukparliament.parliament.uk Science, Innovation and Technology Committee..

A few points and new information that bioscientists may find interesting...

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I did a heaped teaspoon! :)

Leaks everywhere and finally we get an official statement, one that somehow manages to say a lot while; No timelines. No clarity. No acknowledgement of impact on ECRs whose careers depend UKRI funding.

“Later this year” isn’t a plan. And the sector deserves better than reassurance without detail.

I’m not sure it can be called a recipe but basically: take yoghurt, swirl through flavour of choice, push in biscuits and leave in fridge overnight and then the next day… magic! 😋