Dr Yvonne Couch

"Neuroscience....so that's like brain surgery, right?"

Sigh.

I mean technically yes but I'm not sure rodents count.

two immunohistochemistry images. the left has purple cells on a white background, small and mostly spherical in shape. on top of the purple cells are many long brown cells with lots of spidery processes. the right image has the purple cells but very few of the brown cells are visible.

Currently reading and commenting on my students' thesis and I always think it's nice to put positive comments in as well as critiques.

So this image got an enthusiastic note that said 'this is SUCH pretty staining!' because it is!
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Muppets. Always.

I can confirm this is correct

"It looks like you want me to wrongly infer a whole bunch of information, is that correct?"

a man from schitt 's creek says he 's feeling this like deep aching sense of dread ALT: a man from schitt 's creek says he 's feeling this like deep aching sense of dread

Unnecessary anxiety going on this end because I have to give a small departmental talk in front of actual experts tomorrow...
#impostorsyndrome

Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!

A combo of neutral evil, chaotic evil and chaotic good depending on where I am.

Bedroom? Neutral evil. Lone dining? Chaotic good. Bus? Chaotic evil.

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YouTube video by India Rose Crawford Frog bakes Toad's favourite cake 🍰💖 #frogandtoad #knittedfrog #miniature #baking

For anyone who needs to mindlessly tune out to something wonderful right now, Frog and Toad have a lovely home you can just bliss out watching...

youtube.com/shorts/gpKmY...

Chilean guava

I have a scratchy throat and in the interests of myself and everyone who works near me I have chosen to spend the entire day in bed reading a book and trying to make it go away. If you can, stay home when you're sick.

Oh no....I don't drink coffee! Am I a bad academic by your new system??

In principle though I agree although I would tweak it to tea and cake. And maybe gin.

#cloudflare be fuckin' with everyone's day today

I read an article the other day that said only around 20% of the population actually consider immigration a 'major issue' the rest of us just want the potholes fixed and the price of milk to go down.

elmo from sesame street is standing in the snow in front of a sign that says no parking ALT: elmo from sesame street is standing in the snow in front of a sign that says no parking

My open plan office desk sits immediately below the main door to the building which means now the temp has dropped in the UK the cold air just comes in and drops on us whenever anyone comes in the building.

Which is approximately every seven seconds.
#architecture

Some thoughts for the science feed about how we pitch our ideas as junior and senior scientists and how fields evolve and change because of this
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there's a UK company called Snow Windows and as far as I can tell, that's what they do. It sounds excellent.

a woman in a fur coat is standing in front of a brick building and saying `` my eyes ! my eyes ! '' ALT: a woman in a fur coat is standing in front of a brick building and saying `` my eyes ! my eyes ! ''

nooooooo....bad kerning!!

I don't have kids but I've got plenty of books and plenty of friends with kids so I've circulated this to everyone I know...

Currently experiencing the less than enjoyable task of having to repeatedly email undergrads who are already reaching out for summer projects by saying over and over 'I'm sorry, I don't know if I'll be employed next year'

Batsford Arboretum last weekend being viewed by the dog and some local hawthorn and sloe looking particularly vibrant!

Side of a 1950s mercedes covered in painted large pink flowers, windows just visible below a tan convertible roof

Artist Hiro Yamagata made 27 "art cars" and I got to see one today and it was glorious!

Two days late but Alan Carr.

What a legend.

I'm swearing off social media until I've seen the final of celebrity traitors which I didn't watch live so I'll catch y'all in a couple of days....

Oh hey, I have 1k followers! How exciting and also tragic that this excites me.

Hello all. Happy Friday eve!

Researchers uncover AI bias against older working women AI is perpetuating inaccurate gender and age stereotypes, influencing everything from hiring practices to workplace perceptions.

Great. This can only go well.
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news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

The problem with being introverted is that there is no polite way of saying "I love you but I'm tired of being with you right now."

I have a supremely lazy hound who is not fussed in any way by the fireworks but my thoughts go out to anyone with an anxious puppo tonight
#dogsky

Science people! 🧪 I need help deciphering this Q from a local occupational health form.....the link between the beginning and the end is eluding me:

"Will the individual undertake welding as part of of their duties? There may also be the need to consider vaccination in some specific circumstances."