Fantastic first day at the First Genomic Imprinting Valencian Meeting! Great to catch up with colleagues, but really nice to hear about research from newer imprinters such as Julie Demars, Ariella Weinberg-Shukron and Daniel Andergassen

I am agnostic about whether there is a link between #microbiome and #brain, but this commentary raises some important issues about the reproducibility and reliability of the studies thus far…

Great talk by Claire and Rosie this afternoon @mrcmousenetwork.bsky.social meeting! 🧠🧠🧠🧠

I am agnostic about whether there is a link between #microbiome and #brain, but this commentary raises some important issues about the reproducibility and reliability of the studies thus far…

1/Paper out today in Phil Trans B @royalsocietypublishing.org alsocietypublishing.org in a Special Issue «Evolutionary functions of consciousness», by @axc.bsky.social, Catherine Tallon-Baudry, @krysdolega.bsky.social and myself. 👉Open-access at this link: doi.org/10.1098/rstb... ⬇️ Summary below:

If you want advice on selecting the most appropriate model for your research, contact the NMGN Best Models Working Group to be connected with researchers with expertise in diverse biological models and computational tools: nmgn.mrc.ukri.org/working-grou... #MeetTheExpert #3Rs

In a new article in Disease Models & Mechanisms, the COST Action TEATIME welfare group makes the argument for increased use of automated welfare and phenotypic analysis in animal research, while discussing the significant challenges that need to be overcome: www.har.mrc.ac.uk/news/advocat...

We welcome the government’s effort to provide a clear roadmap for the phasing out of the use of animals in research, while maintaining scientific rigour and safety standards.

My SWBio PhD DTP project with Lukasz Chrobok (@chroboklab.bsky.social) and Kate Elliott (@neuroendo.bsky.social) is now advertised: Run, sleep, repeat: Regular exercise for good health and longevity. bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...

Original Ladybird artwork - John Berry’s sensitive portrait of the ‘handler’ in a scene from ‘The Pottery Makers’ (Stoke on Trent, 1969)

Please join us in congratulating Marissa Ehringer, the new Editor-In-Chief of the Society's Journal, Genes, Brain and Behavior. We look forward to a successful partnership. @wileybrainpsych.bsky.social @ehringermaeiii.bsky.social @ibg.colorado.edu

Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round

📢 I highly recommend this opportunity! 📢 My time as an Editorial Board member of @royalsocietypublishing.org #PhilTransB is drawing to a close, but please contact me if you would like to discuss any #neuroscience 🧠 or #genetics 🧬 ideas for theme issues Find out more at bit.ly/PTBproposals

📢 I highly recommend this opportunity! 📢 My time as an Editorial Board member of @royalsocietypublishing.org #PhilTransB is drawing to a close, but please contact me if you would like to discuss any #neuroscience 🧠 or #genetics 🧬 ideas for theme issues Find out more at bit.ly/PTBproposals

Other work by the Ladybird artists Red Squirrel Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Our Best Models Working Group can offer advice on the use of a range of model systems. Next in our series highlighting the diverse expertise of our Working Group are Prof Matthew Guille and Dr Annie Godwin who work with Xenopus to recreate novel human gene variants thought to cause disease.

This work, initiated and supported by #FPWR, represents an international collaboration involving @mrcharwell.bsky.social, #CardiffUniversity, #INMED and #IIT, to establish a standardised and open-access preclinical ‘Resource’ for Prader-Willi syndrome #PWS 🐭🧬

This was a worthwhile use of my morning 🔉

Just catching up on the Life Scientific on #BBCR4 with @jimalkhalili.bsky.social - this episode featuring AP De Silva is wonderful 😊 I think all scientific careers require a dose of serendipity, and now I know where the word comes from! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This work, initiated and supported by #FPWR, represents an international collaboration involving @mrcharwell.bsky.social, #CardiffUniversity, #INMED and #IIT, to establish a standardised and open-access preclinical ‘Resource’ for Prader-Willi syndrome #PWS 🐭🧬

Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

The Preclinical Animal Network (PCAN): Integrative high-throughput phenotyping of standardized mouse models for Prader-Willi syndrome https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.24.684371v1

Voice of reason. #3R #Replace www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Early (and therefore less expensive!) registration for this fantastic meeting in beautiful city closes this Friday 31st!(#Halloween - 👻🎃)

Really pleased to see this huge project out in the wild... fantastic collaborative effort with @valtertucci.bsky.social Francoise Muscatelli & @mrcharwell.bsky.social, with strong support and funding from the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research #FPWR 🐭🧬🐭🧬

Early (and therefore less expensive!) registration for this fantastic meeting in beautiful city closes this Friday 31st!(#Halloween - 👻🎃)

Really pleased to see this huge project out in the wild... fantastic collaborative effort with @valtertucci.bsky.social Francoise Muscatelli & @mrcharwell.bsky.social, with strong support and funding from the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research #FPWR 🐭🧬🐭🧬

“An Autumn gale is stripping off the leaves and sweeping them along in the slanting squall of rain” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson (What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)

Out today in Nature: We uncover a neural mechanism for the integration of two internal states - hunger and estrous state - and how this integration shapes pup-directed behaviors in mice. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🧠🌟🐭 Excited to share some of my postdoc work on the evolution of dexterity! We compared deer mice evolved in forest vs prairie habitats. We found that forest mice have: (1) more corticospinal neurons (CSNs) (2) better hand dexterity (3) more dexterous climbing, which is linked to CSN number🧵

Looking forward to catching up on this 🧬

Well done @sorayam.bsky.social, and good luck in the final! 🤞

I am thrilled to share our latest work: we identified a population of central amygdala neurons that promote the earliest and perhaps most important social behavior: pup suckling!... We also developed new tools for pup neuroscience Work by @Jeff Moore now at USC, a collaboration with @Sam Pfaff lab

The modern world in old Ladybird books. “A small digital computer designed for the businessman” (1971) Artist: BH Robinson

Teasing apart #Parent-of-origin effects on #complex #traits 😎 #GenomicImprinting #ImprintedGenes 🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Psychosis is fascinating - and its impact can be devastating. Excited to share what we are doing in our lab @crick.ac.uk to change that 🧠🧪🥼 Drop by if you are curious! Free talk, everybody is welcome 👇

Teasing apart #Parent-of-origin effects on #complex #traits 😎 #GenomicImprinting #ImprintedGenes 🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How to be a Ladybird man, part 20. Smoke a pipe. Never cigarettes. Always a pipe Artist: Robert Ayton (The Weather, 1962)

A story in three parts

Jane Goodall's obituary in #Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...

THIS MOMENT DESERVES A BAFTA #CelebrityTraitors

BNA2025 was a three-day celebration of discovery and connection. 📌 Read the full meeting report, spot yourself or your colleagues in our #BNA2025 Flickr album, and register your interest in BNA2027. bna.org.uk/resource/rel... 💬 What was your favourite BNA2025 moment?

Lovely gent and (it goes without saying) a fantastic scientist 🧬🐸🔬

The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders - Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers - Support for up to 12 years - Access to our core facilities - Competitive salary - Fantastic colleagues - All areas of biology Deadline 27 Nov www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

It's that time of year when many start thinking about applying for PhDs. If you're applying for a UK PhD position, here is a blog post I wrote a while back that might be helpful #cognition #psychscisky #neuroskyence #psychjobs

This series is very good. A very hard listen, particularly this episode... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

“A full harvest moon is rising, though it is still only twilight” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL GrantWatson

@charalambouslab.bsky.social will be speaking at the First Genomic Imprinting Valencian Meeting will take place from 17 to 19 November 2025 in the beautiful city of Valencia (Spain). Please join us and spread the word! esdeveniments.uv.es/134020/detai...