The Matilda Effect: what an infuriating but all too familiar narrative of credit for discoveries owed to women in science being *stolen* by male colleagues who then go on to reap the recognition/profits from it and behave so appallingly.

Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.

UK bee & pollinator populations are dropping. This is partly due to how many pesticides we use - it doesn’t have to be this way. France has banned pesticides from towns & cities. Tell the UK Government to follow in their footsteps & protect our pollinators: action.greenpeace.org.uk/save-the-bees

Beautiful paper! Somebody should do it in then viscerosensory brainstem.

Great paper!

Edith Bülbring FRS, physiologist and pioneer in the study of smooth muscle was born #OnThisDay in 1903. Bülbring came to Britain with her family to escape Nazi Germany. She went on to have an impressive research career and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1958. #WomenInSTEM

Constanza Alcaino et al. from @ims-mrl.bsky.social present this #SymposiumReview discussing #incretin hormones and #obesity 💉 🔎 🔗 Read the article here: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

The right move. Young people's dreams shouldn't be limited by borders or bureaucracy.

💡 Be part of the Society’s legacy - All abstracts presented throughout the year will be published in a special 150th Anniversary Abstract Booklet, which will become part of our historical archive capturing a snapshot of physiological research in 2026 ⬇️ buff.ly/sYaWsDJ

Born #OnThisDay in 1906 was American computer scientist Grace Hopper. She was a pioneer of computer programming, developing programming languages like COBOL. She was one of the first programmers on the Harvard Mark I computer and is credited with writing the first computer manual. #WomenInSTEM

Rory’s a true highlight of the morning. Inspirational, entertaining and sobering about how much we need to do as a research community.

Nominations for the UKRN Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026 have opened! Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement. Nominations close 18 January 2026. #AcademicSky #Research

We're excited to announce the finalists of the #RSPPhotoComp 2025! 🎉 Starting with #microimaging and overall winner, 'Mesmerizing spider threads' by Dr Martin Ramirez, capturing two exceptional silk threads of the Australian net-caster spider (sample obtained by Dr Jonas Wolff @evoimec.bsky.social).

This is wonderful and also true. The analogies you draw, the thoughts you suddely have, the roads you pursue, the structures you comprehend, simply because a piece of art or theatre shakes you up and makes you think differently.

💡 Do you need support to develop new educational resources, conduct a pilot study or develop a new technique? Members can apply to our Education and Teaching Award or our Research and Knowledge Exchange Award for up to £10,000 in support. Find out more ➡️ www.physoc.org/grants-and-p...

I'm hiring! Come and work with me at UCL to try and understand how the brain's blood vessels go wrong and promote dementia: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Rate your score on Factor Fexcectorn. Well done, Scientific Reports. pubpeer.com/publications...

70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Excellent book!

Great opportunity for junior/mid career neuroscientists in Europe! Do apply!

The screening study will target hidden exposure to lead in children and lays the groundwork for nationwide testing. The initiative follows a two-year FT investigation that revealed millions of Britons may be unknowingly exposed to the toxic metal. on.ft.com/47K8Ivp

The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say. Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA#microbiome @wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social

Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force. (Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!) Great obit—no paywall.

Really looking forward to this

Our lab is looking for a postdoc! We have interesting projects and cutting-edge techniques such as Neuropixels Opto, Light Beads Microscopy and more. We would be delighted to receive your application. Deadline is 25 November 2025. More info here: www.ucl.ac.uk/cortexlab/po...

Important new study from the Geranton lab. Check it out! Analgesia through FKBP51 inhibition at disease onset confers lasting relief from sensory and emotional chronic pain symptoms | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Link to UKHSA report released today: www.gov.uk/government/p... Link to @ThePhySoc / @wellcometrust report: www.physoc.org/policy/clima...

Great news as Prof Lidia Morawska who has done fantastic work on particulate matter and raised awareness of the fact that covid 19 can be spread via airborne route has just won a prize in recognition of her achievements

Join us on 26 Nov (12 - 1pm GMT) for a webinar sharing early findings from @UCL’s REPAIR Project, exploring structural inequities in funding, recognition & career progression. Free to attend Register here: www.bna.org.uk/events/ems-e... #ResearchCulture# STEMEquity #Neuroscience #AcademicCareers

Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort. Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

"The UK cannot become a science superpower unless it exploits the full range of talent that we have" - @nramnani.bsky.social We are now welcoming applications to our BNA Scholars Programme. 🔗 Find out more and apply: www.bna.org.uk/policy-advoc... #BNAScholars #DiversityInSTEM #Mentorship

Excellent opportunity for potential group leaders at UCL. Please spread the word.

What a shed! #vaccine www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

A great man.

LATEST ISSUE LIVE⬇️ 'Cellular and synaptic mechanisms of retinal processing' 👁️🧠 🔗 physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14697793...

**Come work with us!!** Three-year post-doc position funded by Parkinson's UK available Cardiff University - using TMS to study inhibition of planned stepping movements and better understand freezing of gait. Full details here - krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear... Please share!!

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

New blogpost on @elife.bsky.social's new Replication study type deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/10/prob.... tldr = I think it's doomed. #Replication #Publishing #Reproducibility

This study by Justine A. Lottermoser research-and-innovation.cornell.edu et al. investigates how #complexin gains effective access to the assembling SNAREs via its membrane-binding C-terminal domain 🔎 🧠 📜 Read the #Research: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

Check out this new paper from Stefan Lechner's lab showing with minflux nanoscopy how PIEZO1 channels cluster and invagininate the membrane. Glad we could make a small contribution to this nice story! www.science.org/doi/full/10....

In this #TopicalReview, Hrach Asmerian et al. examine the role of adaptor #protein complexes in generating functionally distinct #synaptic vesicle pools ✍️ ⚙️ 🔗 Read it here: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

This month I announced that London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide for the first time ever. When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than predicted.

Last week, Professor Damian Bailey presented 'Surviving Space: Pushing the Brain’s Limits' at The Open University. To hear about the physiological challenges posed by deep space exploration, register now to see him deliver this GL Brown Prize Lecture online on 26 Nov ➡️ www.physoc.org/events/survi...

Yikes.

www.linkedin.com/redir/redire... Positive news for the calcium channel field, this is the T type calcium channel blocker Z944 developed by Terry Snutch!

CryoET of synaptic vesicles shrinking on fusion - integrating kiss and run in a plausible way. In TeNT they are gone. Very little difference between 4, 8, 30 and 70 ms post-flash, but unsurprising given these are all "late" and time resolution is about 5 ms. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Recent #Research by Yucheng Xiao et al. observed that contusive spinal cord injury causes Nav1.8 dysfunction to upregulate small sensory #neuron excitability 🧠 ⚡ 📜 Read the article here: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

Sunday reading explores 'difficult' women: from Jane Goodall to Jess Phillips. We need more to move things forward #equality occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...