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@timwitney.bsky.social

Professor of Molecular Imaging & Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow @KingsCollegeLondon | Biochemist | Developing new methods to detect cancer, therapy response & drug resistance

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UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

🚨Amazing opportunity: position available for a new associate/full professor at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social! Do you have a neuroimaging-focused research program? Get applying! 🚨

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

08.08.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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a bunch of balloons are flying in the sky . ALT: a bunch of balloons are flying in the sky .

I have some BIG NEWS to share today!

Today I begin my next adventure as

Chief Editor of Nature Biomedical Engineering!!

(a thread) @natmethods.nature.com @natbiomedeng.nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com

01.08.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 694    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 93    πŸ“Œ 3

The community is very fortunate to have an editor like you Rita.

01.08.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Biomedical Engineering Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Biomedical Engineering Organization: Nature Portfolio Location: New York, Jersey City, Shanghai or Beijing – Hybrid Working Closing date: August 20, 2025 ...

If you’d like to join me on this journey, NBME is hiring!! This is a fantastically rewarding career that keeps you very much in science. springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

01.08.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is really sad. I’m sorry it is happening, and particularly sorry it is happening to you and your lab.

24.07.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for all your support. πŸ™πŸ»

11.07.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let’s go!

10.07.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
What is a micro-retirement? Inside the latest Gen Z trend (Fast Company)
Gen Z is rethinking retirementβ€”by taking it in mini doses. The rising trend of *micro-retirements* means career professionals are
pressing pause for 1-2 weeks every year to avoid burnout and boost well-being. While it's gaining traction (even among non-Gen Z workers), experts warn these breaks could come with long-term financial and career tradeoffs. Is unplugging worth the risk? Here's what to consider before booking your
"someday" now.

What is a micro-retirement? Inside the latest Gen Z trend (Fast Company) Gen Z is rethinking retirementβ€”by taking it in mini doses. The rising trend of *micro-retirements* means career professionals are pressing pause for 1-2 weeks every year to avoid burnout and boost well-being. While it's gaining traction (even among non-Gen Z workers), experts warn these breaks could come with long-term financial and career tradeoffs. Is unplugging worth the risk? Here's what to consider before booking your "someday" now.

the zoomers have rebranded vacation

03.07.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6534    πŸ” 1079    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 1021

You’re great at it too. Keep going from success to success. Up the foxes!

03.07.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the only one I’m a pedant about. It’s annoying to some, confusing to others, and oddly satisfying for me to write. ;-)

29.06.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was a pleasure to obscure your view and awkwardly say how much I liked your work. Or at least say incorrectly how I *used* to like you work. πŸ˜¬πŸ˜…πŸ˜‚

27.06.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazing recording of dead ringers tonight, with added comedy bonus @rosieisaholt.bsky.social photobombing us!

26.06.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Doing something for the first time is painful. After 7 years, my daughter still can’t hold her knife and fork properly. But if you keep at it, the effort pays off.

25.06.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Design of porous self-assembled homoleptic and heteroleptic Pd2+ cages incorporating silicon-based fluoride acceptors: the way towards nuclear imaging applications Supramolecular self-assembly is a promising tool to develop multifunctional theranostic agents and has recently entered the field of radiochemistry. In this work, lantern-shaped [Pd2L4]4+ metallacages...

Check out our latest study on Pd-cages for dual-modality imaging including cool MS analysis and fancy in ovo PET imaging, doi.org/10.1039/D5QI...
Congrats to Marike Drexler, Luisa Ronga, Ioannis Kanavos, @gmalcantar.bsky.social Daniela Kraus @timwitney.bsky.social! EIC Pathfinder #SMARTdrugs

10.06.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Huge congratulations Marike!

10.06.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Couldn’t agree more. But they are killing us academics here in the UK. Such an easy win. What are Labour thinking!?

28.05.2025 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Biopharma dives into tumor-seeking radioactive drugs - Nature Biotechnology Big pharma and investors are piling into the precision radiation space as the next generation of increasingly potent targeted Ξ±-particle therapies promises to destroy cancerous cells with minimum dama...

Big pharma and investors are piling into the precision radiation space as the next generation of increasingly potent targeted Ξ±-particle therapies promises to destroy cancerous cells with minimum damage to healthy tissues nature.com/articles/s41...
rdcu.be/em3YY

22.05.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s a turn up for the books! #inspirationalmessage #lifegoals

22.05.2025 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great advertising at our local beauty clinic

20.05.2025 06:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Biopharma dives into tumor-seeking radioactive drugs Nature Biotechnology - Big pharma and investors are piling into the precision radiation space as the next generation of increasingly potent targeted Ξ±-particle therapies promises to destroy...

Extremely honoured to have our work on supramolecular radiopharmaceuticals highlighted in the latest news in Nature Biotechnology!!! Thank you to the EIC Pathfinder SMARTdrugs @timwitney.bsky.social @hollandlab.bsky.social Alex Poot (UMCU) @cicbiogune.bsky.social Jordi Llop ! rdcu.be/emCW6

19.05.2025 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Simon Cherry sticking it to the man by negotiating his own tariff reduction for total body PET. Awesome keynote @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social symposium. πŸ™πŸ»

14.05.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cancer research speed dating over lunch at our TME, imaging and translation symposium @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social. The room was buzzing.

14.05.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Over lunch at our TME, Imaging and Translation Symposium we hosted a 'speed dating' session mixing TME experts with imaging specialists and challenging them to help us set the course for this research theme at our Centre. Ably chaired by @timwitney.bsky.social πŸ“―, we look forward to some great ideas!

14.05.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazing imaging data presented at the @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social this morning at our TME, imaging and translational symposium. 😍

14.05.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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All ready for the @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social TME, Imaging and Translation Symposium today!

14.05.2025 06:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We’re hiring. Postdoctoral and PhD positions available in Medicinal Radiochemistry.

Must have high level of skills and experience in synthetic chemistry, with knowledge of radiochemistry, cellular studies, in vivo imaging desirable.

@erc.europa.eu
@snsf-ch.bsky.social
@chemuzhch.bsky.social

11.05.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

More news...

I'm excited to be joining the team at RayzeBio/BMS working in #radiopharmaceuticals development spanning discovery/optimization and into early phase clinical studies!

Stay tuned!

11.05.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Big news Freddy and sorry to hear this. Looking forward to seeing what’s next for you and your team.

10.05.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nuclide Therapeutics in the sun after a very successful strategy day

30.04.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another ESMI podcast in the bag. Destroying amyloid with radionuclide therapy? Madness!

29.04.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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