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Dr Will Davies
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Father, husband, scientist/lecturer and supremely-talentless footballer and guitarist
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Dr Will Davies @drwilldavies.bsky.social · Oct 1
Delighted to have been awarded a Research Grant by FIRST USA to continue our work on understanding the biology underlying X-linked ichthyosis www.firstskinfoundation.org/news/first-r...
FIRST Research Grant Program: Advancing Knowledge in Ichthyosis and Related Disorders
FIRST's Research Committee is proud to announce the 2025 Research Grant Program recipients
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Prof Anthony Isles @profantisles.bsky.social · Sep 24
Fantastic to see Azim Surani and Davor Solter awarded the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for their work on genomic imprinting...

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Dr Will Davies @drwilldavies.bsky.social · Jul 16
Massive congratulations to our PhD student
Freya Shepherd who passed her PhD viva this afternoon with no corrections! Paper on her excellent work looking at the relationship between #regulatoryTcells, #brain #behaviour and #MentalHealth coming soon! 🍾🎉🎉
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Dr Will Davies @drwilldavies.bsky.social · Jul 14
Massive congratulations Isadora - well-deserved after all your challenges over the past few years! Hope you managed to celebrate in style
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Dr Will Davies @drwilldavies.bsky.social · May 19
Our recent letter encouraging dermatologists to screen individuals diagnosed with X-linked ichthyosis for potential heart issues, and to refer to cardiologists where necessary academic.oup.com/ced/advance-...
The importance of cardiac screening in X-linked ichthyosis – a plea
X-linked ichthyosis (XLI) is a rare dermatological condition with extracutaneous features. Recently, XLI has been associated with an increased risk of card
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Dr Will Davies @drwilldavies.bsky.social · Apr 28
Last chance to apply for this #PhDposition 👇
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Dr Will Davies @drwilldavies.bsky.social · Apr 22
Good to see our work on behavioural and cardiac symptoms in X-linked ichthyosis (now renamed STS-sEDD) supporting continued classification of the condition as syndromic: academic.oup.com/bjd/advance-...
Syndromic epidermal differentiation disorders: New classification towards pathogenesis-based therapy
A new gene- and protein product function-based classification for syndromic epidermal differentiation disorders (sEDD), formerly called ichthyosis, is pres
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Dr Will Davies @drwilldavies.bsky.social · Apr 9
Great to see our work informing international guidelines of care for management of X-linked ichthyosis: academic.oup.com/bjd/advance-...
Management of congenital ichthyoses: Guidelines of care: Part Two: 2024 Update
In 2019, experts published the first European guidelines for managing congenital ichthyoses, with updates planned every five years. Here, we present the up
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Dr Will Davies @drwilldavies.bsky.social · Apr 3
We have a #PhD position in sunny Cardiff available now to study a potential new mechanism underlying #postpartum #mood disorders - work will assess #behaviour and #neuroscience in mice, and #genetic risk factors in relevant clinical populations (deadline 5th May): www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
A combined animal model and human genetics approach to test the hypothesis that abnormal CCN3 secretion and calcium metabolism influence postpartum mood disorder risk at Cardiff University on FindAPhD...
PhD Project - A combined animal model and human genetics approach to test the hypothesis that abnormal CCN3 secretion and calcium metabolism influence postpartum mood disorder risk at Cardiff Universi...
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Dr Will Davies @drwilldavies.bsky.social · Mar 11
New preprint! A new idea regarding the pathogenesis of postpartum mood disorders: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Does hypothalamic CCN3 hypersecretion confer postpartum mood disorder risk?
PDF | Postpartum mood disorders, of which postpartum psychosis is the most severe, occur shortly after childbirth in a proportion of mothers. These... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...
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Dr Will Davies @drwilldavies.bsky.social · Mar 11
This case (anatoljcardiol.com/article/AJC-...) illustrates the importance of screening for heart problems in males with X-linked ichthyosis indicated by our recent work: jmg.bmj.com/content/57/1..., jmg.bmj.com/content/60/7..., portlandpress.com/essaysbioche... and link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Sudden Cardiac Arrest in an Adolescent with X-Linked Ichthyosis
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Dr Will Davies @drwilldavies.bsky.social · Jan 30
New PhD position now available at Cardiff University School of Psychology examining links between genetic skin conditions and mental health problems:
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Identifying pathways to mental health presentations in congenital skin conditions at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Identifying pathways to mental health presentations in congenital skin conditions at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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