Prizes have pros and cons, but I’m honored to have been nominated by my colleagues for this award for the EDI work I do at the @mrccbu.bsky.social, work that is dear to my heart. This award is not just mine- it symbolises all the folks who have started and supported EDI initiatives. Thank you all!

Happy LGBTQ+STEM Day! To mark the occasion, LGBTQ+ and ally scientists alike introduced our new pride flag to the @mrccbu.bsky.social

We compared the Failure Index method (Konerding et al., 2025) to the PECAP method (Garcia et al., 2021) in characterising the electrode-neuron interface in #cochlearimplant: doi.org/10.1121/10.0... @charlottegarcia.bsky.social

@charlottegarcia.bsky.social latest PECAP application to assess differences in current spreads and neural excitation patterns across array types and devices: doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000001673

Fabulous talk today by @nadinelavan.bsky.social today at the @mrccbu.bsky.social on forming first impressions of voices, investigated both with behavioral and EEG techniques. We form first impressions SO quickly!

Went to a fantastic #musicology seminar at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social music department yesterday about Alma Mahler-Werfel (1879-1964), a Viennese composer (who happened to be Gustav Mahler’s wife). Grateful to Dr Genevieve Arkle for the fantastic foray into her life and work! #femalecomposers

1 week to go! ‘Inside the Mind: Exploring the Human Brain’ on Wednesday 19 March from 6pm. Enjoy hands-on activities, tours of Unit facilities and excellent short talks @mrccbu.bsky.social Full details: mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/scien... @cambridgefestival.bsky.social

In the spirit of #InternationalWomensDay I thought I’d share a reference for the original #cochlearimplant - Djourno & Eyriès are the duo generally credited with this invention in 1957, but a Mademoiselle Daniele Kayser is also referenced, and is a named co-author on several previous references!

Such a pleasure to present at the MWM for the Association for Research in Otolaryngology 2025 in a session on cochlear health and biomarkers after implantation with these fantastic scientists! #ARO2025 #cochlearimplant #conferencing

NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage | “This is a surefire way to cripple lifesaving research and innovation.” www.science.org/content/arti...

My colleague and friend @moatazassem.bsky.social gives a lecture as part of the @mrccbu.bsky.social Methods Day series on Neuroanatomy and the Brain! 🧠 👨🏻‍🏫

I’m quite late at this point but in an attempt to catch up on “socials” at the start of 2025, I’m pleased to report that the final (I hope) paper from my PhD has been published ☺️ we validated the current-spread estimate of the PECAP method in #cochlearimplant patients doi.org/10.1007/s101...

It was a pleasure to host @akiraoc.bsky.social for Chaucer Club at the @mrccbu.bsky.social this past week. He laid out origins of systemic racism and sexism embedded in aspects of our discipline, encouraging us to question why some scientists don’t make it into the cannon. Important & Provocative!