Emily Self
@emilyself.bsky.social
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I think I would be less annoyed about the microcentrifuge thing if centrifuges weren't so...y'know...central to the spaceship design and function.
#ProjectHailMary
15 days ago
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MRC Toxicology Unit
6 months ago
Our next science comic, from the MacFarlane lab, is about macrophages, biopersistent fibres and how this is linked to mesothelioma. Each comic, created with
@claudiaflandoli.bsky.social
tells a story from the microworld and relates it to real world research. Find out more here:
buff.ly/SWp8G4v
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Adrian Liston
10 months ago
On the day we were awarded an
#ERCAdG
from the
@erc.europa.eu
, I want to highlight this non-science paper I wrote with βͺ@deefitzgerald.bsky.socialβ¬ on research culture:
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-341
Why? Because I'm often told we need to chose between excellence and kindness
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badly-drawn bee π
12 months ago
The British Medical Association taking no prisoners here
#TransRights
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Bee Quammie
12 months ago
This is so real lmaoooo "She booked a solo trip to Iceland while you were composing your <<good morning>> text" ππ
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Sam Halpert
12 months ago
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
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Of the list of departments reported on, not a list that anyone wants to be at the top of
@mrc-tu.bsky.social
Hopefully real and lasting systemic changes can be made that allow scientists to do what they love in a supportive environment.
add a skeleton here at some point
12 months ago
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PREDICT-Meso
over 1 year ago
Check out this
#mesothelioma
comic developed by our partners at University of Cambridge. It's a great visual representation of our immune response to
#asbestos
fibres. Well worth a read! Very well done to all involved
@emilyself.bsky.social
@davidoloughlin.bsky.social
@claudiaflandoli.bsky.social
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Mac is on a mission! π This year
@davidoloughlin.bsky.social
and I worked with the brilliant
@claudiaflandoli.bsky.social
to create a comic based on our work on
#Mesothelioma
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shorturl.at/OkLJq
over 1 year ago
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Claudia Flandoli
over 1 year ago
This year I wrote and illustrated three science comics for the MRC Toxicology Unit in Cambridge: they are available to read for free at
www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/public-engag...
#SciArt
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Kevin Blyth
over 1 year ago
On Wednesday this week we hosted our first PREDICT-Meso Young Investigatorsβ Day in Glasgow. Blown away by the progress and quality of our PhD students & postdocs. The future of
#mesothelioma
research looks bright!
@cruk-si.bsky.social
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
@djmurphylab2.bsky.social
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