Prof Anthony Isles

You will be visited by three spirits…

You will be visited by three spirits

I am thrilled to share our latest work led by @zurisullivan.bsky.social in collaboration with @moffittlab.bsky.social ! We find that the brain encodes distinct, pathogen-specific sickness states across behavior, physiology, neural activity, and gene expression 1/6

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Maggie Aderin-Pocock sitting in the iconic magenta seats at the Ri Theatre

Ready for lift-off? 🚀

The 2025 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI, will be on BBC Four and iPlayer on 28, 29 and 30 December at 7.00pm GMT.

Join space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock as she takes us on a whistle-stop tour of our universe in search of extra-terrestrial life.

You will be visited by three spirits

You will be visited by three spirits…

You will be visited by three spirits

A view over a rural scene dotted with winter trees, as the early winter evening casts a grey sky orange yellow, illuminating hard frozen ploughed fields

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 9
‘Evening Snow’
Artist: SR Badmin

Six cut outs of people doing various bioscience work. Text says 3-5 March Bioscience Careers Day, discover your place in bioscience

Save the date for Bioscience Careers Day 2026!

Find out what skills and experience are necessary to thrive in today's rapidly evolving bioscience landscape.
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📆 3-5 March, 12:30-14:30, online

Bookings will open soon: www.rsb.org.uk/bioscience-c...

#BioscienceCareers #STEMCareers #BiologyCareers

On a snowy day, a small figure with his dog shines a torch as he walks past a snow-topped barn. This barn has strong echoes of ‘the repair shop’

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 8
‘Winter Farmyard’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt

From the Cajal exhibit at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre. Straight to the bulb!

Elif Shafak named new president of the Royal Society of Literature The British-Turkish writer was elected after a vote among the society’s fellows, with outgoing president Bernardine Evaristo describing her selection as ‘terrifically inspired’ Novelist Elif Shafak has been named the new president of the Royal Society of Literature (RSL), taking over from Bernardine Evaristo as she reaches the end of her four-year term. British-Turkish writer Shafak, the author of novels including The Island of Missing Trees and There Are Rivers in the Sky, was announced in the role on Friday after a vote among fellows at the society’s AGM on Thursday. Continue reading...

Elif Shafak named new president of the Royal Society of Literature

A view over a ploughed field towards an ancient barn topped with snow. There is a hard hoar frost tracing cobwebs and making the going hard for the corvids in the field

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar
Window 7
‘Frost’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

💪 FIGHTING TO THE VERY END!!

The early winter light over snow has created and almost apricot coloured sky. The country Lane is probably in Kent and we see a small farm yard with oast houses

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 6
‘Lane in Winter’
Artist: Rowland Hilder

Aerial view looking down on a river running through a village. The focal point of the picture is a pink-painted inn on a stone arch bridge in a valley covered with snow.

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 5
‘Snowstorm in a Pennine Valley’
Artist: SR Badmin

BNA members: Apply for the prestigious @fkne-scholars.bsky.social with BNA endorsement!

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We very much look forward to supporting our members in this opportunity.

Why we have to continue with animal testing for medical research | Letters Letters: Dr Robin Lovell-Badge and Prof Emma Robinson respond to an editorial on using new technologies to reduce the reliance on animal experiments

Why we have to continue with animal testing for medical research | Letters www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

A view down to a village pond where a lot of children are skating and playing. A couple walk over a snowy bridge towards the pond.

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 4
‘Winter Village’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt

An open archive folder with a single column newspaper cutting from the News Chronicle, 15 May 1953.

This was the first newspaper coverage of the discovery of the double helix, a few weeks after publication of the three articles in Nature. It mentions all those involved, except Rosalind Franklin. She was the only one to keep a cutting (this is from her archive at Churchill College).

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At #BNA2025 @britishneuro.bsky.social a number of symposia explored how molecular and behavioural neuroscience approaches to preclinical research are changing.
Here 👇🏼 we summarise our symposium highlighting the role of the @mrcmousenetwork.bsky.social

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Great result 🤩
🤞 this is a turning point in the season!

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At #BNA2025 @britishneuro.bsky.social a number of symposia explored how molecular and behavioural neuroscience approaches to preclinical research are changing.
Here 👇🏼 we summarise our symposium highlighting the role of the @mrcmousenetwork.bsky.social

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I am pleased to announce that from Jan 1 2026 I take over as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Biological Theory. My first act, with the support of the editorial team, is to bring the journal to BlueSky from X.

Please follow us @biologicaltheory.bsky.social. We will be posting about all our articles.

A close-up of part of a Christmas tree with some traditional glass baubles and decorations, the sort produced by Woolworths in the 1960s and 70s and kept forever in shoeboxes in the loft

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 3
‘Baubles,’ 1964

Artist: Frank Hampson

Planning a move beyond academia? Hear from researchers who’ve shifted into industry. Learn key skills and career strategies.
Speakers from Cambridge, UCL, ARUK, DeepMirror & ODDI.
📅 2 Dec |⏰ 12–1pm
Regsiter here: www.bna.org.uk/events/ems-e...
#CareerTransition #STEMCareers #BNAEvents

Does ‘laziness’ start in the brain? Understanding the surprising mechanism behind apathy can help unlock scientific ways to boost your motivation

On the Neurology of Apathy
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

I got an "assignment" from my bioinformatician PD to browse for some screenshots for her paper based on some really nice analysis she has done. It is making me realize A) how much I like spending hours looking through data and B) how little I am doing it these days 🥲

The UK National Mouse Genetics Network: Translating genetic findings using preclinical mouse models to better understand neurodevelopmental, neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders - Sevda T....

Brief overview of our symposium at the @britishneuro.bsky.social Festival of Neuroscience meeting earlier this year, looking at work linked to the @mrcmousenetwork.bsky.social @mrcharwell.bsky.social
#BNA2025 🧠🐭🧬

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