Nicola O'Reilly de Brett
@ecylonic.bsky.social
scientist, cyclist, gardener, tennis player, crafter
Started these paperwhites growing on 14 Dec 2025. They are so beautiful.
January 4, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Started these paperwhites growing on 14 Dec 2025. They are so beautiful.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Researchers from the Crick, @ucl.ac.uk, @cam.ac.uk and @polymtl.bsky.social have directly observed the protein clusters believed to trigger Parkinson’s disease in human brain tissue, developing a new technique that could support future diagnostics and treatments.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-10...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-10...
Parkinson’s ‘trigger’ directly observed in human brain tissue for the first time
A team of scientists have, for the first time, directly visualised and quantified the protein clusters believed to trigger Parkinson’s disease. Their new technique, published today in Nature Biomedica...
www.crick.ac.uk
October 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Researchers from the Crick, @ucl.ac.uk, @cam.ac.uk and @polymtl.bsky.social have directly observed the protein clusters believed to trigger Parkinson’s disease in human brain tissue, developing a new technique that could support future diagnostics and treatments.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-10...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-10...
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For all who love #vaccines, the quest to eliminate #hepatitis viruses (A-E), #publichealth, #science, #research and #EvidenceBasedMedicine, please watch this to lighten the load and cheer yourself up 🤣🧪
#MedSky #HepSky
#MedSky #HepSky
I really appreciate how Dr. Glaucomflecken has become all of medicine and public health's emotional support ophthalmologist.
I sat through 16 hours of ACIP meetings last week. If I do not laugh, I will cry.
I sat through 16 hours of ACIP meetings last week. If I do not laugh, I will cry.
The ACIP Panel
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
youtu.be
September 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
For all who love #vaccines, the quest to eliminate #hepatitis viruses (A-E), #publichealth, #science, #research and #EvidenceBasedMedicine, please watch this to lighten the load and cheer yourself up 🤣🧪
#MedSky #HepSky
#MedSky #HepSky
September is grape harvest. I am eating a lot of grapes this month!
September 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
September is grape harvest. I am eating a lot of grapes this month!
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🚨🚨 Sound up loud for our brand new video! 📽️📽️
People riding to the song of the moment - turn it up and enjoy! 🎶
Last Saturday, Haringey Cycling organised a marshalled family ride around local animal murals.
We got an amazing turnout, because People Love Cycling. … /1
People riding to the song of the moment - turn it up and enjoy! 🎶
Last Saturday, Haringey Cycling organised a marshalled family ride around local animal murals.
We got an amazing turnout, because People Love Cycling. … /1
September 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🚨🚨 Sound up loud for our brand new video! 📽️📽️
People riding to the song of the moment - turn it up and enjoy! 🎶
Last Saturday, Haringey Cycling organised a marshalled family ride around local animal murals.
We got an amazing turnout, because People Love Cycling. … /1
People riding to the song of the moment - turn it up and enjoy! 🎶
Last Saturday, Haringey Cycling organised a marshalled family ride around local animal murals.
We got an amazing turnout, because People Love Cycling. … /1
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English documentary photographer Janette Beckman, Tracy Chapman, New York, 1988 #WomensArt
September 3, 2025 at 2:23 AM
English documentary photographer Janette Beckman, Tracy Chapman, New York, 1988 #WomensArt
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Migration update:
Two brothers, GBY9 & GBY8 "Jeff" who hatched from a ground nest at Knepp this year are in Italy!
This is the first time one of our project storks has been recorded in Italy, so we’re excited to see whether they’ll continue south to North Africa or explore a new route.
Two brothers, GBY9 & GBY8 "Jeff" who hatched from a ground nest at Knepp this year are in Italy!
This is the first time one of our project storks has been recorded in Italy, so we’re excited to see whether they’ll continue south to North Africa or explore a new route.
August 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Migration update:
Two brothers, GBY9 & GBY8 "Jeff" who hatched from a ground nest at Knepp this year are in Italy!
This is the first time one of our project storks has been recorded in Italy, so we’re excited to see whether they’ll continue south to North Africa or explore a new route.
Two brothers, GBY9 & GBY8 "Jeff" who hatched from a ground nest at Knepp this year are in Italy!
This is the first time one of our project storks has been recorded in Italy, so we’re excited to see whether they’ll continue south to North Africa or explore a new route.
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7:30 AM, Soho, London. If there was ever any question about the fastest way to get from A to B in the middle of a vast city, these incredible men and women demonstrate the answer.
❤️ London Ambulance
❤️ London Ambulance
August 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
7:30 AM, Soho, London. If there was ever any question about the fastest way to get from A to B in the middle of a vast city, these incredible men and women demonstrate the answer.
❤️ London Ambulance
❤️ London Ambulance
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'A swoop of swallows' by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico with various fabrics #UnravellingWomensArt
August 3, 2025 at 6:32 AM
'A swoop of swallows' by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico with various fabrics #UnravellingWomensArt
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UK suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst was a trained artist and in 1907 created several watercolours depicting women workers in factories, mills and potteries to highlight working women’s rights, their pay and conditions #WomensArt
July 21, 2025 at 5:17 AM
UK suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst was a trained artist and in 1907 created several watercolours depicting women workers in factories, mills and potteries to highlight working women’s rights, their pay and conditions #WomensArt
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We’re looking forward to welcoming families to Discovery Day tomorrow 🎉
It’s going to be a hot and sunny day, so please come prepared with hats, sun cream and water.
Visit the webpage for more information about the day ⬇️
🔗 www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/dis...
It’s going to be a hot and sunny day, so please come prepared with hats, sun cream and water.
Visit the webpage for more information about the day ⬇️
🔗 www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/dis...
June 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
We’re looking forward to welcoming families to Discovery Day tomorrow 🎉
It’s going to be a hot and sunny day, so please come prepared with hats, sun cream and water.
Visit the webpage for more information about the day ⬇️
🔗 www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/dis...
It’s going to be a hot and sunny day, so please come prepared with hats, sun cream and water.
Visit the webpage for more information about the day ⬇️
🔗 www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/dis...
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This comes from engagement work with teenage girls in a park in York.
And you see all those things with two dots by them. Those make up 90%+ of what we currently provide for young people in public space.
Whereas the things that girls want - they just aren't there.
Let's do better.
And you see all those things with two dots by them. Those make up 90%+ of what we currently provide for young people in public space.
Whereas the things that girls want - they just aren't there.
Let's do better.
June 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This comes from engagement work with teenage girls in a park in York.
And you see all those things with two dots by them. Those make up 90%+ of what we currently provide for young people in public space.
Whereas the things that girls want - they just aren't there.
Let's do better.
And you see all those things with two dots by them. Those make up 90%+ of what we currently provide for young people in public space.
Whereas the things that girls want - they just aren't there.
Let's do better.
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🌮 👂🏼 POD TIME 👂🏼 🌮
Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
- 🌮 Rob's increasingly uncomfortable 15 minutes of fame 🌮
- lessons from the vomiting camel phenom
- will the "nasty" Taco Trade eat itself?
- are the tariffs off anyway?
open.spotify.com/episode/3REq...
Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
- 🌮 Rob's increasingly uncomfortable 15 minutes of fame 🌮
- lessons from the vomiting camel phenom
- will the "nasty" Taco Trade eat itself?
- are the tariffs off anyway?
open.spotify.com/episode/3REq...
The nasty Taco question
Unhedged · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
🌮 👂🏼 POD TIME 👂🏼 🌮
Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
- 🌮 Rob's increasingly uncomfortable 15 minutes of fame 🌮
- lessons from the vomiting camel phenom
- will the "nasty" Taco Trade eat itself?
- are the tariffs off anyway?
open.spotify.com/episode/3REq...
Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
- 🌮 Rob's increasingly uncomfortable 15 minutes of fame 🌮
- lessons from the vomiting camel phenom
- will the "nasty" Taco Trade eat itself?
- are the tariffs off anyway?
open.spotify.com/episode/3REq...
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Is it us or does Blue 476 look slightly scandalised at being unceremoniously booted off egg incubation duties? 😄 Perhaps our inexperienced pair on nest two haven't got their communication down just yet.
And look, three eggs! 🥚🥚🥚
#FoulshawOspreys @foulshaw2.bsky.social
And look, three eggs! 🥚🥚🥚
#FoulshawOspreys @foulshaw2.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Is it us or does Blue 476 look slightly scandalised at being unceremoniously booted off egg incubation duties? 😄 Perhaps our inexperienced pair on nest two haven't got their communication down just yet.
And look, three eggs! 🥚🥚🥚
#FoulshawOspreys @foulshaw2.bsky.social
And look, three eggs! 🥚🥚🥚
#FoulshawOspreys @foulshaw2.bsky.social
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More walking & cycling mean
🛣️less traffic,
🍃cleaner air,
😌and quieter streets.
Walk & cycle your way toward safer, healthier & more liveable cities.
Learn more 🔗bit.ly/43eExcc #RoadSafety #BeActive
🛣️less traffic,
🍃cleaner air,
😌and quieter streets.
Walk & cycle your way toward safer, healthier & more liveable cities.
Learn more 🔗bit.ly/43eExcc #RoadSafety #BeActive
May 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
More walking & cycling mean
🛣️less traffic,
🍃cleaner air,
😌and quieter streets.
Walk & cycle your way toward safer, healthier & more liveable cities.
Learn more 🔗bit.ly/43eExcc #RoadSafety #BeActive
🛣️less traffic,
🍃cleaner air,
😌and quieter streets.
Walk & cycle your way toward safer, healthier & more liveable cities.
Learn more 🔗bit.ly/43eExcc #RoadSafety #BeActive
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It’s #WIPWednesday! 🧶
This is what I’ve been knitting between Fight the Oligarchy rally stops.
Oversized Seasons Cardigan by Ozetta.
Splurged big-time on the yarn (🫣) but honestly after holding this thing for weeks I’m happy I did. Woolerton Estates in Fluffy. #KnitSky
This is what I’ve been knitting between Fight the Oligarchy rally stops.
Oversized Seasons Cardigan by Ozetta.
Splurged big-time on the yarn (🫣) but honestly after holding this thing for weeks I’m happy I did. Woolerton Estates in Fluffy. #KnitSky
April 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It’s #WIPWednesday! 🧶
This is what I’ve been knitting between Fight the Oligarchy rally stops.
Oversized Seasons Cardigan by Ozetta.
Splurged big-time on the yarn (🫣) but honestly after holding this thing for weeks I’m happy I did. Woolerton Estates in Fluffy. #KnitSky
This is what I’ve been knitting between Fight the Oligarchy rally stops.
Oversized Seasons Cardigan by Ozetta.
Splurged big-time on the yarn (🫣) but honestly after holding this thing for weeks I’m happy I did. Woolerton Estates in Fluffy. #KnitSky
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It was an honour to welcome the family of the late Deborah James, along with @michellecruk.bsky.social and @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social, to see the organoid research supported by the Bowelbabe Fund and discuss progress in cancer diagnosis and treatment.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
Bowelbabe Fund commits £1.6million to bowel cancer research at the Crick
Scientists led by Crick Assistant Research Director Vivian Li will be supported by a £1.6m donation from the Bowelbabe Fund for Cancer Research, which will aid study of bowel organoids (sometimes call...
www.crick.ac.uk
April 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It was an honour to welcome the family of the late Deborah James, along with @michellecruk.bsky.social and @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social, to see the organoid research supported by the Bowelbabe Fund and discuss progress in cancer diagnosis and treatment.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
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This one on Westminster Bridge? Where is this girl meant to safely cycle if the Lords ban floating bus stops? And where is the the evidence this is "very dangerous"? I've not seen any serious collision statistics involving cycles and pedestrians at this location, could you provide evidence please?
April 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This one on Westminster Bridge? Where is this girl meant to safely cycle if the Lords ban floating bus stops? And where is the the evidence this is "very dangerous"? I've not seen any serious collision statistics involving cycles and pedestrians at this location, could you provide evidence please?
Fern crosiers in the garden this moving
March 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Fern crosiers in the garden this moving
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Peer review completed within 7 days!
Paying peer reviewers!
Yes, it's possible.
Fast & Fair peer review by @biologyopen.bsky.social
More innovation from @biologists.bsky.social
Details here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Paying peer reviewers!
Yes, it's possible.
Fast & Fair peer review by @biologyopen.bsky.social
More innovation from @biologists.bsky.social
Details here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
March 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Peer review completed within 7 days!
Paying peer reviewers!
Yes, it's possible.
Fast & Fair peer review by @biologyopen.bsky.social
More innovation from @biologists.bsky.social
Details here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Paying peer reviewers!
Yes, it's possible.
Fast & Fair peer review by @biologyopen.bsky.social
More innovation from @biologists.bsky.social
Details here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Ms Toad picks up a hitchhiker on her way to the lake at National Trust's The Vyne yesterday.
March 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Ms Toad picks up a hitchhiker on her way to the lake at National Trust's The Vyne yesterday.