Thank you to everyone who supported us this year. Together, you helped us give hope to people living with overlooked health conditions 💚

Muscle & joint pain is common in childhood - but for some, it can continue into adult life. To manage young people's pain in the best way, it is vital to understand their perspectives. Foundation-funded @rhiannonjoslin.bsky.social is working to do just that. We spoke with her to find out more ⤵️

⌛ Orders for our 2025 festive card close at 9am on Monday 15 December! It was designed by @vywien-lai.bsky.social and produced in partnership with the @ukri.org MRC. 👉 Make a suggested donation here before the deadline and receive our festive card: https://bit.ly/4oUglom.

🎥 Dr Mathieu Bottier from @gstt-nhs.bsky.social on how he uses #AI in his diagnostic research: https://bit.ly/44fBn9y Mathieu's work promises to enhance the diagnosis of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, a genetic condition which leads to serious inflammation and infections of the respiratory system.

Our Emerging Leaders Prize winner, Dr Eve Smith, recently co-led a two-day workshop as part of her research which focuses on #lupus in children. Find out more here ⬇️

🚨 Are you a UK-based academic or clinical researcher working on movement and balance disorders in children and young people? 🚨 Our new Launchpad Grant scheme offering up to £100,000 is now open for applications! 🗓️ Deadline: 12:00 on Friday 27 March 2026 👉 For more details: https://bit.ly/3MqpYh9

Why do young people self-harm? Professor Rory O'Connor from the University of Glasgow investigates. Read the full story on our website: www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/news/why-do-...

Movement & balance disorders (e.g. cerebral palsy, ataxia) impact many young lives - yet we still don't understand the causes and treatment options remain limited. We're launching a new funding call - researchers, clinicians & allied health professionals, stay tuned for details on how to apply!

"It's beginning to look a lot like Gutmas!" Congratulations to @vywien-lai.bsky.social on winning the MRF/MRC 2025 Festive Science Image Competition with these striking cross sections of gut tissue at different developmental stages 🧪🎄 @medresfdn.bsky.social @ukri.org @rdm.ox.ac.uk Learn more 👇

Order the Foundation and @ukri.org MRC's joint festive card now, and make a suggested donation to support the power of medical research: https://bit.ly/4ro7Sfs. The card features a striking design by @vywien-lai.bsky.social, the winner of our 2025 Festive Science Image Competition! 🎄

🏆 Announcing the winners of our 2025 Festive Science Image Competition 🏆 🥇 In first place is @vywien-lai.bsky.social from @ox.ac.uk, with her image ‘It’s beginning to look a lot like Gutmas’! 👉 Find out more and see our 2nd place and highly commended designs: https://bit.ly/4pB6fK2 @ukri.org

Missed our latest Public Science Seminar? Catch up by watching the full recording here: ➡️ shorturl.at/ypNx1 Hear from Professor Kate Tchanturia MBE, Dr Karri Gillespie-Smith and Dr Fiona Duffy as they share powerful insights from their research into eating disorders and autism. 💚

Nearly 1 in 3 young people (17-24) have self-harmed. Despite this, we still don't fully understand the biological & emotional mechanisms behind self-harm. With Foundation funding, @roryoc.bsky.social is finding out more about what's driving this alarming trend. Read more: https://shorturl.at/bU7mB

How can we transform eating disorder care for Autistic people? Find out next week from Foundation-MRC funded experts at our online Public Science Seminar. Save your spot & register now! 👉 shorturl.at/FzIx2 @kingsioppn.bsky.social

It's #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek 🚨 A @theguardian.com#WorldAMRAwarenessWeekarticle revealed the alarming statistic that deaths linked to drug-resistant superbugs rose by 17% in England in 2024. Find out how one of our funded researchers, Dr Wezi Sendama, is tackling the threat of AMR: https://bit.ly/3LCZXuC

📽️ Based on a training toolkit produced by CPP award-winner Professor Lucie Cluver and her team from @ox.ac.uk and the University of Cape Town. Their work aims to improve the health and wellbeing of pregnant and mother learners in South Africa. 👉 Watch the full series: https://bit.ly/4qP0YzI

🚨Are you a Foundation or @ukri.org MRC grant holder who wants to communicate their findings to influence policy and practice?🚨 The latest round of our Changing Policy and Practice (CPP) Award is now open, including to those who already have CPP funding! 👉 For more details: https://bit.ly/3LAy3zo

A new study, led by Foundation-funded Sandrine Geranton (UCL) & colleague Christina Liossi (Southampton University), calls for renewed attention to childhood cancer survivors - in particular, the pain these young patients endure after completing cancer treatment. ➡️ https://shorturl.at/HXdRm

📊✨Are you passionate about turning data into stories that inspire change? We’re hiring a Senior Research Impact Manager! If you thrive on evidence, storytelling, and strategic influence, this is your opportunity to make a lasting difference. 💼 £51-£56k 📅 Apply by 1 Dec 🔗 https://bit.ly/4nA4NG9

If you're a Foundation or @ukri.org MRC-funded researcher or member of staff, you still have three days to enter our 2025 Festive Science Image Competition! ✨ 👉 Full details and how to submit your artwork: https://bit.ly/3IOlkrF

It’s #TrusteesWeek! We’re celebrating the incredible work Trustees do for charities across the UK. 💙 We want to thank our amazing board for everything they do 👏 #Trusteeship #MedicalResearch #CharityLeadership

Calling all Foundation and @ukri.org MRC-funded researchers and members of staff! You now have until 12.00pm on Friday 7 November to enter your festive science images. ✨ 👉 Full details and how to enter: https://bit.ly/3IOlkrF

Over 470 visitors had a go at our pain sensitivity activity at New Scientist Live! Swipe through to see how they described the experience via a word cloud Menti-meter ... Data like this helps researchers to understand the mechanisms behind chronic pain, which affects 28M people across the UK.

Rosser team takes its fake blood on the road! Olive oil prep and a hand crank centrifuge as our primary learning tool 😹 thanks to the @medresfdn.bsky.social and @newscientist.com live for a rewarding experience 👀

💡 Want to help fund the science we need most? 🚨We’re hiring a Head of #ResearchFunding (1-year maternity cover)!🚨 Help us back bold ideas, support brilliant minds, & invest in research that’s often overlooked but urgently needed. 💼 £61-65k ⏳ Apply by 31 Oct 🔗 https://bit.ly/3LdfLnn #CharityJobs

That's a wrap on #NewScientistLive! 🎬 We had an incredible time last weekend sharing our cutting-edge research with the public, and highlighting the brilliant minds behind it.💡 Thank you to our incredible researcher volunteers who gave their time and expertise to make this weekend so memorable. 💚

📢Today is #WorldOsteoporosisDay. Stories like Stephen's show how earlier assessment could have helped him to stay active into his 70s. 🔍 Professor Nick Harvey is working to improve how osteoporosis is managed in the UK, so people like Stephen get the care they need, sooner. 👉 https://bit.ly/4ppIPYD

Come visit the Rosser group at @newscientist.com live on Sunday (Excel Centre)! I read New Scientist every week as a child & this is our 1st big public engagement event! Find us at the @medresfdn.bsky.social stand, we can’t wait to chat & hear feedback… our mission is to make our science comms TOTP!

💡 Want to help fund the science we need most? 🚨We’re hiring a Head of #ResearchFunding (1-year maternity cover)!🚨 Help us back bold ideas, support brilliant minds, & invest in research that’s often overlooked but urgently needed. 💼 £61-65k ⏳ Apply by 31 Oct 🔗 https://bit.ly/3LdfLnn #CharityJobs

Two weeks left to enter the Foundation and @ukri.org MRC's Festive Science Image Competition 🔬 ✨ Get creative and be in with a chance of having your artwork feature on our 2025 seasonal greetings card, and winning up to £500! Full competition details here: https://bit.ly/3IOlkrF

Something for next weekend? Meet #ListerFellow Lizzy Rosser at New Scientist Live as learn about her research on eye conditions such as uveitis @bcellsrosser.bsky.social. More in this recent story ⤵️ lister-institute.org.uk/the-bigger-p...

🦠🏆This week, three scientists won the 2025 #NobelPrize for their discoveries about the immune system’s security guards - regulatory T cells. Dr @zania-stamataki.bsky.social#NobelPrizeis building on this breakthrough, working to develop new therapies for autoimmune and liver conditions.🔬

It's #MentalHealthAwarenessDay! 📱In today's digital world, our phones and feeds are always within reach. But how does this affect young people's mental health? Rebecca, a Youngminds Youth Advisor, shared her experience with us in our latest Impact Report: https://shorturl.at/4bdm6

New Scientist Live 2025 is taking place next weekend! ✨ 📍 18-19 October | Excel London We're thrilled to be returning to the exhibition once again! Visit us at stand C20, where you can meet our wonderful staff volunteers and world-class researchers. ➡️ See what we've got planned: shorturl.at/dEVmn

📣 Our new round of Changing Policy & Practice Awards is opening soon! 📣 If you're a researcher looking to maximise the impact of your work, this scheme is for you. This is your chance to take your findings directly to patients, healthcare practitioners & policymakers. More info coming soon...

Selena Gomez has shared her experiences living with #lupus since 2015 - writes Foundation-funded researcher @bcellsrosser.bsky.social for @uk.theconversation.com. To learn more, you can meet Dr Lizzy Rosser at our New Scientist Live stand (C20) on 18-19 October! shorturl.at/BusFG

Despite media focus on autism’s ‘causes,’ Autistic people have voiced what truly matters to them - mental health, communication, and education. In a 2016 survey of over 1,000 Autistic individuals, parents & professionals, none prioritised finding a cause.

A new study from @drtesutherland.bsky.social (@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social) suggests future asthma treatments could reverse lung damage. Funded by @medresfdn.bsky.social + @asthmaandlung.org.uk, this research may transform care for asthma + other fibrosis-linked diseases.💡 📖➡️ https://bit.ly/4mHTOKq

Are you a Foundation or @ukri.org MRC-funded researcher, member of staff or student? Enter our 2025 Festive Science Image Competition now! ✨🔬 🥇 The winner will have their image feature on our seasonal greetings card and receive up to £500! Full competition details here: https://bit.ly/3IOlkrF

Our ELP winner @grovearmada.bsky.social and his team have launched Viro3D, an AI-powered virus protein database, which will help scientists understand and combat emerging viral threats more efficiently. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3IIfND1 @cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social

Maya was diagnosed with anorexia at 13 - a moment which impacted her daily life and education. “I had to drop out of school for a year to focus on my recovery. Even when I returned, I struggled to focus or care about my education, which had always meant so much to me.” 💬 📚 https://bit.ly/4gdlLYO

🔬👁 Stop by our stand (C20) at New Scientist Live this October, and meet some of our amazing eye health researchers. Learn about their work and take part in hands-on, interactive activities - including 3D vision tests, double vision glasses and more! 🕶️🔎✨ #NationalEyeHealthWeek

💡Professor Rina Dutta (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) is uncovering how smartphone use and social media impacts young people with mental health conditions. "We hope these findings will lead to better support for young people who are struggling with their mental health."💬 📚 https://bit.ly/4gdlLYO

See our ELP winner Dr Joe Grove discussing his work with Dr Chris van Tulleken at 9pm tonight on BBC2, or right now on BBC iPlayer: bbc.in/47WjAXM Joe and his team at @cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social are using #AI to better understand how viruses evolve and function.

🚨 We’re hiring a Director of Voluntary Income and Engagement! Combining #fundraising and #communications, help us inspire more people to support us and grow our voluntary income. 📍Central London 💼£71–74k ⏳Apply by 10 Oct 🔗Find out more and apply: https://bit.ly/4gkc5vF #CharityJobs #Leadership

When Abbie gave birth to identical twin girls at just 27 weeks, they stayed in neonatal intensive care for five months, undergoing numerous procedures everyday. ❤️‍🩹 Now, Abbie is campaigning to make this heart-breaking experience easier for other families. Read her story now: https://bit.ly/4gdlLYO

📈 Every year, over half a million older people in the UK break a bone due to osteoporosis, having an huge impact on their health, mobility, and independence. Professor Nick Harvey (@unisouthampton.bsky.social) is working to change how the condition is managed in the UK. 📚Read more: bit.ly/4ppIPYD

Could eczema be disrupting more than just your skin — and what does it have to do with your sleep & mental health? Prof Carsten Flohr from @kingslsm.bsky.social discussed this in a recent Public Science Seminar. If you missed it, don't worry, you can watch the recording here! shorturl.at/4UmWV

🚨 We’re hiring a Director of Voluntary Income and Engagement! Combining #fundraising and #communications, help us inspire more people to support us and grow our voluntary income. 📍Central London 💼£71–74k ⏳Apply by 10 Oct 🔗Find out more and apply: https://bit.ly/4gkc5vF #CharityJobs #Leadership

We’re pleased to announce the recipients of our 2025 Peter Horlock Travel Bursary! This funding has enabled 3 outstanding technicians to attend today's UK #PETChemistry Conference. Congratulations to: ▪️ Jennifer McLaren ▪️ Federico Luzi ▪️ Manikandan Kadirvel Read more: shorturl.at/gWtqo #PETImaging