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I have a real fondness for pigeons, so naturally really enjoyed the “Human Animal” exhibition by Lucy Dewsnap at Barnsley Civic 😍

We had the cosiest corner of the pub last night 😍

First stop on my mini tour of the north…. Back in the homeland and felt surprisingly good on the hills at Barnsley Parkrun this morning! 🏃🏼‍♀️

This is stunning 😍

Good. Let’s not let it go away. This man wants to be Britain’s next PM. His denials and obfuscations around his long history of repulsive behaviour show that he is utterly unfit.

Formally declare beige buffet season is open 🎅🏻

That’s the spirit, would you like a job in my lab I may have vacancies 🤣

Annual (failed) attempt to make Sing-A-Long Muppets Christmas Carol the activity for our lab Xmas do 😢 🎅🏻 🎄

Looking forward to chairing this session at noon tiday

If you’re interested in hearing from people who have moved from academia into a range of different roles, join us!

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Getting young ECRs established is the number one way to build a robust foundation of a research ecosystem but it comes at a cost. If you don’t put more money in the system you just end up with hundreds of mid-career labs struggling for funding in a 5-10 year cycle. We see this in Canada #FundBroadly

Your periodic reminder that science is not done by a few selected "stars scientists". Science is done by hundred of thousands. Siloed money mean a few flashy discoveries and a lot of waste. Want to change things? Make funding accessible and stop funding calls with less than 2% success rate.

All in the Mind - Navigating the Pacific without technology - BBC Sounds How Marshallese sailors use the feeling of waves hitting their boats to navigate the ocean

⛵ Join Prof @hugospiers.bsky.social and PhD student Maria Ahmad as they relive their adventures in the Pacific with local navigators on this BBC Sounds podcast—discover what this epic voyage reveals about the human brain.
🎧 Listen now:

📢 Isogenic LRRK2 iPSC lines now available via EBiSC!
Thanks to Dr Sally Cowley and her team at @ox.ac.uk, this set of iPSCs including isogenic knockouts and disease-associated variants are now available for all researchers.

See here: ebisc.org/search?q=&hp...
#Parkinsons #iPSC #research

If you know of excellent papers led by PhD students; nominate them!

Wonderful Annual Address lecture from Prof Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu this evening 🧬 🧠

Interview with Professor Giampietro Schiavo ABSTRACT. Giampietro Schiavo is a Professor of Cellular Neuroscience, Deputy Director for strategy at Queen Square Institute of Neurology, academic lead of the Alzheimer Research UK Drug Discovery Ins...

journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Cold weather done right

“I stopped saying no to things” Joe Gregory on Parkinson’s, football and taking part in research Why is research participation important? We speak to Joe Gregory, England walking footballer and Parkinson’s research advocate, about why he got involved with research at UCL.

👟 Meet Joe Gregory — England walking footballer and Parkinson’s research champion. He’s taken part in a whopping 12 research projects at @uclqsion.bsky.social and other universities to help find better treatments.
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Under close supervision this morning 🦊

I am very excited to be speaking at this meeting! Submit your abstracts and come join us!

Congratulations to Professor Sir John Hardy ( @uclqsion.bsky.social, @ukdri.ac.uk), who has been named on Esquire’s Better Men List 2025 for his groundbreaking research into Alzheimer’s disease! www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...

Oxford University Has Failed Women Over Harassment Concerns, Staff Say The university has repeatedly been slow to act against male academics accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, a Bloomberg investigation found.

This—on my former university, department, and advisor—is harrowing but required reading for all social psychologists. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

We’re recruiting an institute director, take a look!

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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success

I have thoroughly enjoyed writing for @pet-bionews.bsky.social the last 6 weeks as part of their BioNews writing scheme!

This week I had the pleasure of reviewing a seminar on the ethics of organoid and chimaera research 🧠🧫.

See the link below to read!

www.progress.org.uk/event-review...

😞 I’m so sorry

That little tongue 😍

Patkrun with my mate this morning 🥰

Pioneering UCL Huntington’s researcher wins major neuroscience award Professor Sarah Tabrizi, Director of the UCL Huntington’s Disease Centre, has been awarded the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience Award for 2025, the assoc...

Congratulations to Professor Sarah Tabrizi @ucl-hd.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social on earning the @britishneuro.bsky.social Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience Award, for excellence and leadership in UK neuroscience and recognising her transformative impact on Huntington's disease research

Animal testing to be phased out faster as UK unveils roadmap for alternative methods New plan backs researchers to seize on new and developing opportunities to phase out animal tests with specific commitments for the coming years.

Today the UK government has released a strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods.

Read more: www.gov.uk/government/n...