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Sidney was a genius, though he could be hurtful and gratuitously rude in his remarks. Using C. Elegant as a model system was brilliant.

I recall Sidney Brenner visiting the Cambridge Genetics Department in 1967/68?on the Mill Road, and telling my Part2 class (9 men and me) that he was going to use this small worm to understand neural development. Fabulous progress from an idea to half a century of achievement.

It was a very good discussion. Thanks to BBC Sounds I listened while cooking dinner

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The iconic Waterhouse building in red brick

The library now has armchairs with cushions depicting books

@girtoncollege.bsky.social Have just spent a wonderful day at Girton celebrating 60 years since first arriving there. So many memories come flooding back. Great to hear what interesting and useful lives we have all led.

Come to a great free @adelphigenetics.bsky.social meeting about complexities of population screening, @royalsociety.org Thu 23 October. Register adelphigenetics.org/events/annua...

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There are a few things that we should be more careful to keep clean eg kitchen chopping boards, taps and toothbrushes but we do need to exercise our immune system to keep it in top responsive mode.

About to enjoy second day @royalsociety.org meeting on “The future of scientific publishing”. Lots of interesting concepts and problems as well as good progress. Just hearing how important preprints were for scientific progress on COVID during pandemic. But reader knowledge and vigilance critical

@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social They do a lot of cringey ads for their programmes, where their correspondents self-congratulate in a most offputting way.

There are always links. I like to think about the science behind domestic management generally, but this came from @laurencepearl.bsky.social. And @professor-dave.bsky.social is always bringing such links to us too

Enjoyed this new sensory experience - extra good with shoes off. The earth moved!

Yes, an X-linked anomaly more frequent around the Mediterranean. Men more severely affected since women usually have one normal copy of the gene so half their red cells are normal. Raw beans worse. other legumes and some antibiotics and stress can also trigger the haemolytic anaemia.

Great tips from both of you! Will look for beans at our local Saturday market tomorrow.

But do you have to take the skins off? A real chore.
I like to serve broad beans with Elizabeth David’s poulet à l’estragon. Tarragon growing well this year

As a bioscientist I wholeheartedly support this plea to maintain and promote ancient diversity. We need it for survival as climate change takes hold

Loved the Quantum Jungle and the schools exhibits: both so hugely important for the nation’s future. We must maintain strong support for young people, and technological advances, many of which will become commercially important. We must invest properly to secure these assets for the UK

Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...

🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

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Perhaps you might repost the message to your circle. And do come or send people if you can

Yes she was suggested by Anneke Lucassen and her work looks really interesting.

@adelphigenetics.bsky.social annual conference on hot topic of Population Genomic screening will take place on Thursday 23 October 2025. Free to attend but must book
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I have a lovely lovage soup recipe but no lovage since we moved from Edinburgh. It is too rampant for small London garden. After touching the leaves your hands smell of mild fragrant curry. Have read that it is secret ingredient of Knorr cubes

It is wonderful to see the successes and achievements of Royal Society funding recipients. One of their major contributions is the training of subsequent generations of scientists, but they continue to make huge contributions to science and society many decades after support by @royalsociety.org