Been a while since I published children’s books. But now that our wee man is 22 months & LOVES books, how could Granny & Gramps not write a new one. Now available in all good book shops and all online sites Dylan and the Dinosaur 🦖 amzn.eu/d/2vyxxt2

Publish or Perish: A Humorous Party Game about Academic Publishing The Publish or Perish Game is a humorous party game about academic publishing. Players race to publish manuscripts with useless nonsense while sabotaging each other's research!!!!! publishorperish.games?utm_medium=p...

One man (little old me) and his dog.

Building capacity in vector-borne plant virus research: The CONNECTED Network nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Oh how us virologists ranted and raved. But no one listened. ‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response

NEW from me: Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent. That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀

Back in gods homeland the great wee Norn Iron. The wind is howling, the wind is horizontal, yep we are deffo home.

My view as a virologist over 2 years before COVID hit !!

Very appropriate 😂😂😂 My better half would agree 🙃

Our kids never threw out a book their entire lives. Therefore we’ve about 25 years worth stored in our loft for both of them. We’ve finally decided to sort Finding some classics. Fishing with Foster….The legend begins 😂 could change ‘fishing’ for a wide range of things 😂😂😂

Deffo me towards the end….. 😂

Only UK people will understand and also those of a certain age. ‪Still very very proud of all my badges especially the silver. Still have all my letters from Biddy Baxter. The nicest person I’ve ever met in my childhood universe. ‬ ‪#BluePeter‬

UK universities have collectively announced more than 12,000 job cuts in the last year www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thousands more UK university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show www.theguardian.com/education/20...

As an academic/scientist I might’ve worked on sweet potato diseases for many years. But I’ve still got a lot to learn about growing them outside in the UK. But still not to bad a crop so far 🍠

Glasgow University accused of failing student who killed himself on graduation day Ethan Scott Brown was wrongly told he had not earned geography degree despite marks being enough for a 2:1 www.theguardian.com/education/20...

🌽 🥔 🍅 🫛 🌾 🍎 www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/u...

Needed a drink to get thru Dancing Queen and Super Trouper

Our daughter bought us tickets to see the ABBA Show in London. We are in a restaurant close by and realised Friday night is regarded as ‘Ladies Night’. I’m lsurrounded by 100s of menopausal women in glitter & sparkles. I think I’m gonna be vastly outnumbered in the arena. Please pray for me 🙏

Barley #plants produce unique antifungal compounds called hordedanes. But one of them, B. sorokiniana, exploits these defenses to thrive. By neutralizing theme, it extends its parasitic phase, showcasing the evolutionary battle between plants and pathogens. buff.ly/5LV93xB...

HBD 🥳 to my very own Queen of the Slipstream ❤️

ICTV have decided not to use Latin anymore. They’ve now decided to use Ancient Elvish for naming.

An abomination. Latin names are idiotic for viruses.

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We lost deliberately. Mo is a genius as he knew no team in history has won the Community Shield and then gone on to win the league that season.

Not bloody penalties. I’m on holiday. It’s too early in the season to get this stressed. ⚽️

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Front row seats in pub in Croyde for Liverpool match ⚽️ Pint of lovely chilled cider and chilli nachos. #heaven

Fantastic new paper by @reeserichardson.bsky.social et al. An enormous amount of work showing the extent of coordinated scientific fraud and involvement of some editors. The number of fraudulent publications grows at a rate far outpacing that of legitimate science. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Today, our article "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly" is finally published in PNAS. I hope that it proves to be a wake-up-call for the whole scientific community. reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...

Could RFK Jr's move to pull mRNA vaccine funding be a huge miscalculation? YES !!!!! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tonight’s menu. Just a little something I rattled up the good lady. But she’s worth it.

Edinburgh University’s ‘skull room’ highlights its complicated history with racist science Skulls were collected from all over the world because of some academics’ fascination with phrenology, the discredited belief that skull shape denoted intelligence www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Excellent thought provoking article on what is a difficult subject. Universities are 'failing us' on mental health, say students - but should it really be up to them? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

University of Warwick under fire after senior executive appeared in a glossy Vogue advertorial promoting the institution’s new branding strategy, with academics calling it “tone-deaf” and a “self-inflicted embarrassment” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/warwick... via @tashmosheim.bsky.social

Earth’s underground network of fungi needs urgent protection, say researchers Study finds that only 9.5% of fungal biodiversity hotspots fell within existing protected areas www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Look at the rise of measles in England and ask yourself: have we learned a single thing from Covid? People grow complacent about vaccines precisely because they are so effective. But personal choice shouldn’t come at a cost to herd immunity www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A new fluorescent amino acid, built into an unprecedented cytochalasan that possesses potent bioactivity…. See our latest work at pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Two amazing opportunities at the @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Always grown Maris Piper. First time ever growing Maris Peer. Looking forward to outcome. 🥔 Anyone out there grown Peer before.

Royal Society suggested to Elon Musk he consider resigning science fellowship Just sack him and get in with it. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Sir David Baulcombe will present the Michael Goodin Lecture “Small RNA and Antiviral Defense Systems” from 9:30-10:00 AM.

Peter Kyle warns UK universities must ‘make difficult choices’. Science minister says Dsit is working to make sure research funding is “responsive” to the financial crisis, but that institutions must make “difficult choices” to become more efficient. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

One more week to apply for this exciting Professorship in Plant Sciences at Uni Halle! Join our vibrant plant research community 🌱 Info 👉 wcms.itz.uni-halle.de/download.php... @unihalle.bsky.social @snp2prot.bsky.social