Crumbs! I’d say the new the feeding troughs were a hit and worked well. 🦔

Introducing brand new ceramic feeding troughs for our hedgepigs. Slab built by @bokarelli.bsky.social and in use as we speak. Absolute scenes. 🦔

Follow your nose and you willl find the kitten biscuits… 🦔

Some incredibly sad news - Scotland legend Scott Hastings has passed away Tributes have been paid to the Grand Slam hero 👉 shorturl.at/oYdRQ

⏰ Closing soon! We're looking for a Policy and Public Affairs Manager to oversee the development and delivery of our policy advocacy work. 💷 £45,450 to £56,750 🗓️ Apply by 22 May 2026 ➡️ buff.ly/9yPMOUD

🆕 New study to seek out microbial triggers of ME/CFS Our researchers are launching a new study funded by @investinmeresearch.bsky.social into the links between Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and infectious microbes. buff.ly/3LONWa9

Immigration make Britain brilliant

The serious business of drinking at 3am. 🦔

"Heat pumps just shift gas burning to the power station." Wrong. Even if 100% of electricity came from gas, a heat pump at SCOP 3.8 uses 51% less gas than a boiler. At a terrible SCOP 2.5, still 25% less. David MacKay made this point in 2008. The maths hasn't changed.

The cover of their long delayed and creatively troubled second album.

The courier has been and my 2026 London Marathon medal is a thing of beauty. I mean just compare it to my 2013 London marathon medal. 🏃‍♂️🏅#weruntogether

All night drinking round our way last night. The water bar was open. Those boys and girls had a real thirst on. 🦔

Evening all 🦔

I will never get bored of saying this: the team at the @quadraminstitute.bsky.social are epic! The Vital-D study is truly inspiring: seeing what we can achieve with precision breeding & improving health outcomes. Plus creating really tasty tomato soup!! 🥫

OMG. The ghost of 1980s Scotland (Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow) came calling this week. Must have been summer and we’d have been in high school. Just.

Thanks to our local MP @bengoldsborough.bsky.social , who visited our clinical research and human studies teams who carried out the Vital-D study investigating the impact of eating @JohnInnesCentre Vitamin D biofortified tomatoes on levels of vitamin D in the blood ➡️ buff.ly/apjriQ9

🗨️ "We are complex and messy and that needs to be considered in any research.” Ruth, Patient and Public Involvement panel member. Read more from the individuals we collaborate with when designing our human studies here at the Quadram Institute ⤵️

🆕 We're delighted to announce the appointment of three new members to our Board of Trustees. The new trustees are Tim Edwards, Ian Puddephat and Paul Quinlan. buff.ly/jEEBWxh

🆕 Blog! PhD student Raphael Hans Lweysa reflects on his experience presenting, learning, and networking at a national genomics conference earlier this year buff.ly/O1hogGZ

At vast personal expense* I commissioned Hedgehog Highway 2, delivered on time and on budget. Ever since, it’s been improving hedgehog journey times in the SoNo (South Norwich) HBD (Hedgehog Business District) 🦔 *A new jigsaw blade.

Really need to muck out our hedgehog stables. Lots of hungry hedgehogs visiting. 🦔

Good piece by ex-BBC News boss Deborah Turness, doubt established newsrooms can move fast enough though. This is basically the shift that's happened and as she says I think the real challenge is how you fund original investigative reporting if this is the news. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is a hedgehog gathering up some of the tree fluff for his or her nest last night. And then heading off through Hedgehog Highway 2. 🦔

It’s been a while (was on a research trial so not donating for a few months) My units of blood donated now outstrip my years too.

Exciting. I think this must be my London marathon medal on its way to me. 🏃‍♂️🤞

Last week we were pleased to host a visit by FSA Chair Prof Susan Jebb, Chief Scientific Adviser Prof Ian Young, and deputy CSA Prof Rick Mumford. We shared our food safety and nutrition research and discussed how we can work together to keep food safe and improve human health. ➡️ buff.ly/Q7DC2gv

One for any female followers who have ME. A new study the team at the @quadraminstitute.bsky.social are working on, with funding from @investinmeresearch.bsky.social

Back to it this morning for next 18 week training block, and it was nippy. Wished I took gloves.

We’ve had one of the driest April’s on record with very little rainfall so please put some water for your local wildlife. Otherwise they die of dehydration. 🦔 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Hello Foxy! 🦊

Our first foot at the watering hole last night. 🦔

Our first hedgehog customer of the night down at the watering hole. 🦔

The “Blue Labour” strategy still being promoted by some on Labour right is premised on being able to win social conservatives while holding on to social liberals. Failure state for this strategy is failing to win social cons while alienating social liberals. Here is a map of that failure state:

We’re looking for a highly motivated and passionate Metaproteomics / Proteomics LC–MS Specialist to deliver high-throughput, high-sensitivity metaproteomics and proteomics using next-generation LC–MS/MS technologies. 💷 £37,500 to £45,350 🗓️ Apply by 7 June 2026 ➡️ buff.ly/wwAUgXX

Good data is essential for policy. Today it’s been a year since we had a permanent National Statistician. No news on what is happening with the current recruitment which began Oct 2025. This is an under the bonnet issue that points to state failure 🧵 uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/news/stateme...

Meanwhile out in the garden it is very much Caturday. Ripley has decreed it so. #caturday

My first Parkrun of 2026 and first run since April 26. A beautiful morning for it. #parkrun

Perfect climb. 10/10. No notes. All thanks to my patent pending HABS* 🦔 * Hedgehog Assistive Brick System.

🆕 Blog! We speak to @nnuh.bsky.social Trainee Advanced Clinical Practioner Anneli Yates, one of around 100 nurses working in the Quadram Institute building, about her career in research nursing and the importance of clinical research ⤵️ buff.ly/lnPpGPd

Ah, the view across Loch Duich to Eilan Donan. Magical. AKA the new garden pond which is settling in nicely. Pond = water source for animals like hedgehogs, birds and insects, and will increase flying insects and help bats and birds 🦔🦇🐈‍⬛🐦‍⬛🪲

Quelques illustrations de hérissons au Moyen Âge.

My phone’s random photo memory from 2013. What a flattering photo. Taken somewhere over Suffolk. Approximate speed at that point was around 120 mph.

Putting out water is so important for hydration and, er, feet washing. 🦔

From 18 to 20 May researchers from across Norwich Research Park will be sharing their exciting science at pubs and venues across our fine city of Norwich as part of @pintofscience.uk 🍺 Here’s some of the exciting science our researchers will be talking about⤵️ buff.ly/JnbTkhq

What microbes shared between parents and children? And what microbes are shared between grandparents, parents and children? 👪 Take part in our PEARL-AGE study to help us find out ➡️ buff.ly/48VykCL

Dawn has broken and our last hedgehog of the night stops for a drink before toddling off to bed. 🦔

Dawn has broken and our last hedgehog of the night stops for a drink before toddling off to bed. 🦔

Oops. I may have entered my first ultra. A man need’s a hobby, right?

Hedgehog Awareness Week! Join in ... sign up to the Hedgehog Pledge ... find ways to help through the @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social hughwarwick.substack.com/p/hedgehog-a...

It was dusk last night when this hedgehog arrived for a drink. It’s always good to see them in full colour (and their fluffy skirt) And please leave out water, it’s very dry 🦔