Very welcome news! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

🎄 Lovely evening in parliament celebrating UK science at the Parliamentary & Scientific Committee Christmas Reception.

🥳🍾🎈What a fantastic day at the @roysocmed.bsky.social to kick off @physoc.bsky.social 150th anniversary celebrations!

A real pleasure to support the launch of the Lloyds Risk Register new Global Safety Evidence Centre last night - and what a beautiful, historic building!

❓Why am I posting a photo of Queen Victoria? Because 150 years ago, Victoria was on the throne, Charles Darwin was still alive, Florence Nightingale was reshaping ideas about health and care, and Alexander Graham Bell had only just patented the telephone…

A really insightful launch of @ncub.bsky.social State of the Relationship report today.

Fantastic evening at @rcphysicians.bsky.social for the @animalresearch.bsky.social Paget Lecture with Sarah Gilbert. A really great lecture on the development of vaccines against outbreak pathogens.

What role does advertising have on driving climate action? That was the key question at event this week on the work of ACT Climate Labs on supercharging climate communication, and the launch of their five levers of change to phase out fossil fuel advertising.

💰The morning after the night before….some reflections on what yesterday’s budget means for UK R&D.

A fantastic celebration of physiology as part of #PhysiologyWeek today at @londonmetuni.bsky.social! Great to see so many young people enthusiastic to learn about science.

A quick run up Calton Hill before leaving Edinburgh…a beautiful city, especially at sunset!

A fantastic day yesterday at Science and the Parliament talking to MSPs, scientists and students about the impact of climate change on health - and highlighting the work of @physoc.bsky.social in driving action in this area.

🥳 Fantastic Physiology Week so far - check out the map below for events taking place near you. www.physoc.org/physiologywe... @physoc.bsky.social

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Arrived into a very festive Edinburgh ahead of Science and Parliament tomorrow. It’s absolutely freezing, though you wouldn’t know it from the celebrations ringing out across the city after the football result ⚽️🎉

Learned a lot in Parliament this evening about challenges facing the UK food system - which is particularly relevant to the work @physoc.bsky.social is doing on sustainable nutrition and climate change. Thanks to Parliamentary & Scientific Committee team and LGC.

Amazing new R&D space at Advanced Research Clusters in west London, which I visited last night for the @foundscitech.bsky.social event on delivering the life science sector plan. Fantastic discussion on action UK should take to turbo charge life science ecosystem. Look at the view from the terrace!

Really welcome today’s @ukhsa.bsky.social report on climate change & mental health. It shows how wide the impacts are & echoes work of @physoc.bsky.social & @wellcometrust.bsky.social trust calling for deeper understanding of how heat affects the body and brain - and how physiology can guide action.

🥳Fantastic evening celebrating the launch of new public attitudes research from @sciencecampaign.bsky.social Congrats to the CaSE team for a really useful resource for anyone working in R&D policy.

We’ve launched the Phase One Report from our Global Climate and Health Summit: setting out a human-centred plan for climate and health. Climate change harms people through their bodies. Heat, air pollution and poor nutrition push human physiology beyond its limits. 👉 www.physoc.org/blog/from-fo...

🌍Inspiring day with fellow @ukhealthclimate.bsky.social trustees today discussing our upcoming strategy. Lots of exciting developments to come! Thanks to @fphuk.bsky.social for hosting.

Isla making friends everywhere she goes.

Pumpkin picking! Halloween is a big deal for 3 year olds…

🎬Great day filming yesterday at University of East London as part of @physoc.bsky.social’s upcoming 150th celebrations. Stay tuned! 📺

Huge congratulations to @marinaromanello.bsky.social and the team at @lancetcountdown.bsky.social for the successful UK launch of their 2025 report today. A phenomenal achievement again to bring such a huge body of research together in such a digestible way.

‘Bleak’. ‘Devastating’. ‘Destruction’. Grim words associated with the new Lancet Countdown report that reveals one person every minute dies from extreme heat. And deaths keep rising due to climate change. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

London looking particularly pretty in the autumn sunshine today. But with the clocks going back this weekend, this will be the last time finishing work in daylight until spring 😬.

🥳Great evening in Parliament celebrating the launch of the South East Asia Health Policy Network. We heard powerful stories from communities affected by health impacts of climate change, alongside inspiring examples of resilience & determination. Thanks to Plymouth Uni for great event.

Can highly recommend the new ZooTown at @londonzoo.bsky.social. Isla enjoyed dressing up as a vet, zookeeper, builder and much more. (Although the animals were a bit still 👀)

Autumn in Berlin! One of the best things about the World Health Summit being in Berlin is that you can start the day in parks like this. #WHS2025

Physiology took centre stage at the World Health Summit today with a session highlighting the vital role physiological evidence and insight has in keeping people safe during extreme heat - from understanding how the body responds under stress to shaping practical measures that prevent harm. #WHS2025

One of the most interesting sessions at #WHS2025 today focused on global challenges to ensuring access to reliable, quality health information. The key question was how to embed quality indicators into policy, as well as considering the role of scientific journals. Looking forward to day 3 tomorrow!

Day 1 at the World Health Summit in Berlin! I’m here talking to partners and policymakers across global health about the role physiologists can play in shaping health responses that start with the science of how the body works. #WHS2025

I'm looking forward to attending World Health Summit in Berlin next week. If you are attending and would like a coffee to talk about The Physiological Society's work across areas such as climate & health or precision medicine, please send me a message! #WHS2025

Delighted to be joining the Board of Trustees at @ukhealthclimate.bsky.social I’m looking forward to contributing to a charity with a vital mission at a critical time

“I want everyone in the country to think of themselves as a scientist. Science can’t be seen as just something done by other people ‘over there’”. Great reflections from Ottoline Leyser tonight from her time as UKRI CEO on engaging the public with science and developing the R&D ecosystem.

Great to see @physoc.bsky.social President @annieneuro.bsky.social in the BBC News article about this week's Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. "A striking example of how fundamental physiological research can have far-reaching implications for human health." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Great to be in Belfast today to speak at Stormont about climate change & health on behalf of @physoc.bsky.social

Delighted to be in Belfast at Stormont today, and looking forward to speaking later about the role of physiology in tackling the health challenges from climate change.

Congratulations to the 2025 Physiology Nobel Laureates! 👏

Good advice.

🚨If you couldn’t join us at the Global Climate and Health Summit, or you want to revisit a session, you can now watch the recordings of the plenaries and the different strands. Link: www.physoc.org/policy/clima... @physoc.bsky.social

👋 Goodbye Liverpool and #Lab25. Upbeat mood, galvanised despite the headlines. Science/R&D takeaways: prevention push, skills beyond degrees, uni funding worries, place everywhere, and AI centre stage. I’ve put more thoughts on LinkedIn… www.linkedin.com/posts/macken...

A good science policy trivia question. How many times did recent Prime Minister’s mention 'science' or 'research and development' in their party conference leader speeches?

A few reflections on science & health so far at #Lab25: - Optimism about UK life sciences, but challenges ahead - Real energy around digital NHS ideas - Prevention & neighbourhood health repeatedly framed as central to tackling inequalities - Growing recognition that climate policy is health policy

A beautiful sunny evening in Liverpool for day one of #Lab25! (Very welcome since my suit is still wet from last year’s rain).

Couldn’t get a seat on a direct train from London to Liverpool for #Lab25, so instead going the scenic route. Takes much longer but views from the window are better!

And then there were two! Isla is besotted with her newly arrived little sister.

Thanks to the @instituteofphysics.bsky.social and Parliamentary & Scientific Committee for a great evening in Parliament discussing the future of quantum technologies. Particularly exciting for @physoc.bsky.social is that quantum isn’t just about physics labs… (1/2)

Beautiful day for a walk through London (which is lucky as due to the tube strike I didn’t have much choice).

🌍 The Global Climate and Health Summit showed why physiology is central to climate solutions - watch the highlights film here👇👇👇 youtu.be/wVzZpEU6TME?...