Statement from Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust about measles - Alder Hey Children's Hospital Trust Statement from Alder Hey about media interest in cases of measles

A child at Alder Hey hospital has died of measles. The tragic death came less than a week after medical officials at the children’s hospital warned that cases of the virus were on the rise, severely endangering the health of some of those affected.
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You asked, we listened!

We have had multiple requests for late breaking abstracts for #EMDS2025. So, we have managed to squeeze in 15 more opportunities for poster presentation.

Submit your abstract at www.emds2025.com - first come, first served.

Deadline: 22.08.25 (or when 15 slots allocated!)

Didn’t Take Long To Reveal The UK’s Online Safety Act Is Exactly The Privacy-Crushing Failure Everyone Warned About

Well, well, well. The “age assurance” part of the UK's Online Safety Act has finally gone into effect, with its age checking requirements kicking in a week and a half ago. And what…

David O'Doherty on stage at the Edinburgh fringe.

Really funny and pleasant show from @phlaimeaux.bsky.social as our first show of the fringe this year.

Followed by Siblings new show this year which was as enjoyably insane as ever.

🌟 Interested in broadening your experience beyond academia?

The BSI Career Enhancing Grant can support internships in science communication and more. Applications are open until 24 September.

See how the grant could help you and apply here: https://bit.ly/3QedNDL

The following is a non-exhaustive list of prohibited themes present in card processing networks. We are unable to support the sale of any works containing these topics: Non-consensual content (real or implied) Underage or “barely legal” themes Incest or pseudo-incest content Bestiality or animal-related Rape, coercion, or force-related Sex trafficking implications Revenge porn / voyeur / hidden cam Fetish involving bodily waste or extreme harm (e.g., “scat,” “vomit”) It’s almost impossible to come up with an exhaustive list of unacceptable products to sell, so often we have to take content reviews one at a time. If an issue arises with your account that isn’t already covered by our policy, then we will contact you and share what options you may have. If you've collected money while in violation of terms, we may be forced to refund or freeze all pending transactions, as accounts that are in violation of our terms are not eligible for payouts.

So, first up, obvious disclaimer that porn is fine and these policies are bad solely on that basis. But for your consideration, here is a list of classic, well-respected artistic works that would be banned on Itch per these policies:

Is there somewhere to track progress? Got that week off so could easily pop down to Dalkeith if not playing cricket the afternoon you get there.

I'll soon be advertising for a 3 year postdoc to join our lab at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social exploring #macrophages in salivary gland #development. Candidates should have a strong background in immunology/macrophage biology and/or developmental biology & key skills as below. Informal enquiries welcome!

Chart showing a surge in searches for VPN over the past day or so

Google searches for VPN after the UK government's online censorship bill comes into effect.

🚨 We need you! The BSI is launching a new Patient & Public Involvement (PPI) Network to help shape our work in immunology.

Apply by Monday 22 Sept 2025

💬 Share your lived experience & make a difference.

👉 Find out more: https://bit.ly/3UryNYE

“I'm only asking for a piece of bread... that's all," a 17-year-old boy at al-Shifa hospital tells the BBC, as food security body the IPC warns more than 1.5 million Gazans are at risk of severe malnutrition/ starvation.

Nearly 500,000 are considered to be facing “catastrophe.”

Sparks on stage

Sparks on stage

Sparks on stage

Sparks on stage.

First time seeing Sparks live was a banger. Absolutely incredible performance in Edinburgh tonight.

Did you miss your chance to submit an abstract for our UK inflammation 2025 meeting focussing on innate immunity and inflammation?

📢 Great news! The submission deadline has been EXTENDED to Thursday 24 July.

Submit your abstract here: https://bit.ly/43q9x9r

What It’s Like to Be a Student Who Hates ChatGPT “Everyone is using it”—almost everyone.

you've heard about the college kids who can't do anything without ChatGPT's help—but what about the students who oppose generative A.I. for myriad reasons and refuse to rely on it as a shortcut? well, I found and spoke with a few of them here: slate.com/life/2025/07...

Oh that is real purty.

IMS atrium in the sun

View down to the sea in Aberdeen with blue sky

Beautiful day in the IMS up at Aberdeen.

IG post from writer Padraig Kenny dismantling claims that ai could ever translate books as well as a human

Post from the great Padraig Kenny over on IG

Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

Too poor to science: How wealth determines who succeeds in STEM @PLOSBiology.org

Just over 1 month to the Early Bird Registration for #EMDS2025.

Remember you can apply for:

🏆 Young Investigator Award
✈️ Travel Awards
🚼 On site creche service

Full details & programme at www.emds2025.com

[Background photo: Tricia Malley & Ross Gillespie]

Please consider applying for the Young Investigator Award @emds2025.bsky.social Full details at www.emds2025.com

@britsocimm.bsky.social @edinuni-irr.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social @natrevimmunol.nature.com

The nightmare of a frictionless world Big tech businesses like Google and Meta are trying to build a world where their AI products "assist" everyone to do everything. They are eliminating friction from life, letting us all do things by ou...

The very clever Fraser putting his finger on something very specifically dreadful about AI’s promise of a frictionless everything: www.henryfrasertechlaw.com/post/the-nig...

📢 Final call! Submissions for the Re-discovering Myeloid Cells Special Collection close end of June 2025.

Share your latest insights into myeloid cell biology, function, and pathology. Don’t miss out!

🔗 https://bit.ly/43OULe9

First Eurostar experience; happily exchange some more time for the nicer experience compared to flying in the future. Just need to sort out the east coast line from Edinburgh costs 🤔

Busy preparing slides today for Foundations of Immunology for @britsocimm.bsky.social - if you have ever had burning questions about immunology-this course is accessible to all and designed to give a bit of a basic in immunology! I think there may be some spaces left so do sign up!

Ride building for dance Macabre at Efteling

Queue line for dance Macabre at Efteling.

No photos inside, but Danse Macabre was incredible!

Today I asked AI to summarise an academic paper. The actual results were the opposite to what was hypothesised (and to what others had shown). The AI summary assumed the study had found what everyone else had found. Hot tip: don’t use a stochastic parrot to summarise an outlier paper. #academicsky 🧪

A big thank you to the sponsors of #EMDS2025 - they have allowed us to put together an awesome programme. Check it out here: www.emds2025.com

Still a couple of slots to sponsor if any commercial friends want to be at a fantastic meeting in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

Registration open, but numbers limited!

The commentary sections of the British newspapers are one of the greatest poisons of this country. Random people selected only from connections and ability to write compellingly given huge influence over the scales of public opinion. (Yes I'm visiting family)

Teachers Are Not OK AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."

I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:

www.404media.co/teachers-are...