Barbara Jennings

I think about the consistently misunderstood case of the Luddites. They were extremely advanced machine users (go try to use a spinning Jenny!), but they recognized a technological regime that displaced expertise (and payment) from the artisan to the tool.

Super excited to share that our paper is now out in @science.org. Lots of work, but also lots of fun getting this out.
Be sure to check it out!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Also, follow:
@huabin-zhou.bsky.social @juliamaristany.bsky.social @kieran-russell.bsky.social @rcollepardo.bsky.social

Celebrating 15 years of ICED | LSHTM Celebrating 15 years of ICED | LSHTM

Today, as we mark the international day of persons with disabilities #IDPD2025, we're also celebrating 15 years of the International Centre for Evidence in Disability at LSHTM.
Our co-directors, Hannah Kuper and Tom Shakespeare, reflect on this milestone
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

In workshop for MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership. Students (who bring much wisdom from around the world) have been set the task of mapping the 'megatrends' that contribute to volatility and loss of resilience in the healthcare sector.

They've run out of paper....

This week marks National Grief Awareness Week - a reminder that no one should face loss alone.

Support is available, and reaching out can make a real difference. #GriefAwarenessWeek

230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello

Hard-hitting truth-telling from UCL Prof Anthony Costello….

“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...

New machine learning method for automated extraction of gene-disease relationships from the literature using @gene2phenotype.bsky.social - should make future curation much faster, easier and more comprehensive, see preprint: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Introducing Data Science to Medical Students: A Workshop Adaptable to Undergraduates This paper will show how to introduce medical students and undergraduate students to the world of data science with the use of a 6-week asynchronous workshop. The authors conducted this summer work...

Introducing Data Science to Medical Students: A Workshop Adaptable to Undergraduates

@joinmaa.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Dissecting pleiotropy to gain mechanistic insights into human disease Nature Reviews Genetics - Genome-wide association studies of increasing scale have revealed the prevalence of pleiotropic genetic variants that affect multiple traits. In this Review, the authors...

Interested in pleiotropy dissection but not sure where to start, which methods are useful, which studies offer illustrative examples, or how to robustly validate your results? Look no further 👀 rdcu.be/eSfAZ

Close-up view of a person's nose and eyes, focusing primarily on the nostrils.

Prof Carl Philpott from @ueamedical.bsky.social has been the lead researcher on a study that reveals that smell is overlooked as a “Cinderella sense” in public health.

Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/3XmMJEY

#SmellHealth #Smell #ResearchMatters #NewStudy

Medical education at the crossroads. Part I: undergraduate education and the erosion of professional identity - Louella Vaughan, Martin McKee, 2025

What's the future for Undergraduate Medical Education in England?

@martinmckee.bsky.social and I look at what's in the 10 Year Plan and the implications.

We think there is significant risk of the proposals devaluing degrees and the Profession.

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

The annual Norwich Medical School Cancer Genetics Team Movember bake sale is on! Come along to the Bob Champion Research and Education building and feed yourself with some tasty treats. @ueamedical.bsky.social

This session addresses negative environmental impacts of #climatechange on health care in the US, disproportionately impacting minority communities, & opportunities for mitigation. #MedEd #Medsky
www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766...

Archaeological bone fragment with a visible hole, displayed against a black backdrop with a scale ruler for size reference.

View from inside a cave looking out at the sea, with rocky terrain in the foreground and a lush green landscape visible.

Have humans been caring for canines longer than we think?

Dr Anders Bergström from @biouea.bsky.social has co-led a study that suggests that grey wolves may have been managed or controlled by prehistoric societies.

Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/49zYE9J

#Wolves #BiologicalScience #ResearchMatters

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

This Evidence Fundamentally Shifts the Debate About the HPV Vaccine - Absolutely Maybe We’ve had to wait a long time to get to this point. If cervical cancer develops after HPV infection, it will take…

We've had to wait a long time to get to this point! With this new pair of Cochrane systematic reviews, the weight of the evidence has tipped very heavily in favor of HPV vaccination.

My new post @plos.org absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...

#Vaccines

Reform is a party that says things that appeal to racists, fields racist candidates, fawns over racist world leaders, made a convicted racist guest of honour at their conference, and whose leader refuses to outright deny having racially abused people.

If only there were a word for such a party.

I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations | Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.

Curious Cases - Series 24 - Immortal Jellies - BBC Sounds Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain ask whether a tiny jellyfish holds the secret to immortality.

Thrilled to announce that I'm on Curious Cases tomorrow at 10am on BBC Radio 4!

The episode - Immortal Jellies - looks at some remarkably long-lived species and what they can teach us about ageing. This is a key area of focus for our lab.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Books as Therapy

share.theschooloflife.com/expandable_c...

Wintering

UEA Clinical Education and Leadership programme: FAQs and Q&A sessions | UEA Clinical Education and Leadership posted on the topic | LinkedIn 🎥 Thinking about developing your career as a clinical educator? Here we answer some common questions about the UEA Clinical Education and Leadership programme- including who they are designed for and...

Thoroughly recommend online programmes by the brilliant Cesar Orsini @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/uea-cl...
Fully online, international, part-time programmes are designed for clinicians and educators across all health professions who teach, supervise, or support learning.

It’s publication day! Spread the word. The perfect Christmas gift for the pessimist in your life.

Beatriz Rodrigues Estevam is pictured smiling to the camera while working on her laptop while seated in a booth.

Have you heard of the Sanger Prize? It is a three-month undergrad placement at the Institute, and applications are open.

Hear from our current Sanger Prize holder Beatriz Rodrigues Estevam, here ⤵️
https://sangerinstitute.blog/2025/11/20/unravelling-the-mysteries-of-the-worm-through-bioinformatics/

The red painted hearts of The National Covid Memorial Wall on a winter day. The sky is grey and the trees are bare.

Today, as the #CovidInquiry releases its module 2 report, we are thinking especially of everyone who will have to relive the trauma of that time, who will have to hear of the government failings that led to their loved ones' deaths. 

We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️

Looking for a PhD in RNA biology? The deadline is approaching fast! This is a great opportunity to do a PhD together with an industry partner fully funded by @nrpdtp.bsky.social BBSRC Case studentship.

Gab Astorga on ITV Anglia news

📺 Last night ITV Anglia News featured social media creator and Quadram Institute microbiologist @gabastorga.bsky.social reflecting on his recent Tik Tok Award and using social media to showcase science and diverse voices

Watch from 13:50 ▶️ buff.ly/8tmtsqO

🧬 Remember to apply to the ESHG International Observership Programme by 30 November!

🔗 Info: www.eshg.org/education/es...

Meet one of last year’s awardees: Vanessa Sousa from Porto, who spent a month at the Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, under Prof. Joris Vermeesch

@eshg.bsky.social

Screenshot of the OpenMoji project homepage. The text says OpenMoji 16.0.0 Open source emojis for designers, developers and everyone else! with a Search emoji box below and a lot of random emojis scattered on the page.

I don't think this science communication resource gets enough love.

OpenMoji offers 4,000+ free, #opensource emojis (CC BY-SA 4.0), with categories for healthcare, climate, UI...

Challenge: find Greta Thunberg and a Viennese coffee house. ☕

🔗 openmoji.org #SciComm #Design

A glimmer of light in the darkness. This morning at sunrise, the light peeped through as the clouds darkened and the rain fell. Photograph taken on Glastonbury Tor looking out over the Somerset levels. Another cold start to the day.