Dr Emily Drabek-Maunder 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🧑🔬
@edrabek.bsky.social
Scientist. PhD researcher in brain imaging. Ex-Astrophysicist & Emeritus Astronomer. #BiInSci Views are mine. they/she/dr
Just in case you are still in a spooky mood....⚛️🧑🔬🧠🩻🧪
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Just in case you are still in a spooky mood....⚛️🧑🔬🧠🩻🧪
It's a new academic year! I'm back running academic tutorials on the intro to quantum mechanics and astrophysics for 1st year medical physics students. You know what that means...here come the memes!
One day, I'll make a student laugh. One glorious day! 🧑🔬⚛️🧠🥲🧪
#Physics #Academia #Science
One day, I'll make a student laugh. One glorious day! 🧑🔬⚛️🧠🥲🧪
#Physics #Academia #Science
October 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I came out to have a good time and I'm honestly feeling so attacked right now.
Seriously though, I'm doing my final analysis after collating ~1300 visual measurements and processings/analysing ~500 MRI scans! 🥴😵💫⚛️🧑🔬🧠🩻📚🧪 #PhD #PhDThesis #Dissertation #Science
One day, I'll be done. 🥲😅
Seriously though, I'm doing my final analysis after collating ~1300 visual measurements and processings/analysing ~500 MRI scans! 🥴😵💫⚛️🧑🔬🧠🩻📚🧪 #PhD #PhDThesis #Dissertation #Science
One day, I'll be done. 🥲😅
October 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I came out to have a good time and I'm honestly feeling so attacked right now.
Seriously though, I'm doing my final analysis after collating ~1300 visual measurements and processings/analysing ~500 MRI scans! 🥴😵💫⚛️🧑🔬🧠🩻📚🧪 #PhD #PhDThesis #Dissertation #Science
One day, I'll be done. 🥲😅
Seriously though, I'm doing my final analysis after collating ~1300 visual measurements and processings/analysing ~500 MRI scans! 🥴😵💫⚛️🧑🔬🧠🩻📚🧪 #PhD #PhDThesis #Dissertation #Science
One day, I'll be done. 🥲😅
A few months ago, we started putting blankets on our bed in an attempt to protect our bedding from being shredded by our cats (the main offender is Hades). Here are photos from today where Hades has decided to thwart the rules. This is why we can't have nice things, Hades. #blackcats #cats
August 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A few months ago, we started putting blankets on our bed in an attempt to protect our bedding from being shredded by our cats (the main offender is Hades). Here are photos from today where Hades has decided to thwart the rules. This is why we can't have nice things, Hades. #blackcats #cats
May 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
To those who need to hear this today: I often feel stuck between two frightening countries, with a sense of isolation and panic. I don't know what to focus on. I came across this quote and felt a little better. Take a breath; rejoin when you can, so others can breathe. #LGBT #LGBwiththeT #UK #USA
May 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
To those who need to hear this today: I often feel stuck between two frightening countries, with a sense of isolation and panic. I don't know what to focus on. I came across this quote and felt a little better. Take a breath; rejoin when you can, so others can breathe. #LGBT #LGBwiththeT #UK #USA
Have you seen the map for legal gender recognition? I don't think we want to be in the same company as Hungary.
May 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Have you seen the map for legal gender recognition? I don't think we want to be in the same company as Hungary.
Day 2 of ISMRM Mini-Hub in Lille! Glorious weather in France as well! 🧠⚛️🧑🔬🩻 @ismrm.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Day 2 of ISMRM Mini-Hub in Lille! Glorious weather in France as well! 🧠⚛️🧑🔬🩻 @ismrm.bsky.social
If you see this, post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera roll. No cheating!
Last photo of me was from my 38th birthday. I somehow managed to find a cocktail in the tallest glass in all of Bloomsbury. And I didn’t break it!
Last photo of me was from my 38th birthday. I somehow managed to find a cocktail in the tallest glass in all of Bloomsbury. And I didn’t break it!
May 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
If you see this, post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera roll. No cheating!
Last photo of me was from my 38th birthday. I somehow managed to find a cocktail in the tallest glass in all of Bloomsbury. And I didn’t break it!
Last photo of me was from my 38th birthday. I somehow managed to find a cocktail in the tallest glass in all of Bloomsbury. And I didn’t break it!
I’ve been on a letter writing spree to show my support for the trans* community, expressing my worry about how the recent UK Supreme Court ruling will impact the lives of trans, non-binary, intersex and gender non-conforming people. Sent them all today, just in time for @transhistoryweek.com.
May 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I’ve been on a letter writing spree to show my support for the trans* community, expressing my worry about how the recent UK Supreme Court ruling will impact the lives of trans, non-binary, intersex and gender non-conforming people. Sent them all today, just in time for @transhistoryweek.com.
I'm not the most efficient person at coding, but I do try to make notes for myself as I go along. My mind is a sieve. It always amuses me when I find notes that I completely forgot making. Here is one I just came across in a bash script.
Does anyone else do this, or is it just me? 🧠⚛️🧑🔬🩻🧪
Does anyone else do this, or is it just me? 🧠⚛️🧑🔬🩻🧪
May 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I'm not the most efficient person at coding, but I do try to make notes for myself as I go along. My mind is a sieve. It always amuses me when I find notes that I completely forgot making. Here is one I just came across in a bash script.
Does anyone else do this, or is it just me? 🧠⚛️🧑🔬🩻🧪
Does anyone else do this, or is it just me? 🧠⚛️🧑🔬🩻🧪
Unfortunately, I've had a cold for the past few days. Felt a little better when I woke up this morning, which happens to be my birthday! My husband surprised me with a cake for breakfast and we decided to go for drinks later in the week, when I am feeling better. ❤️🎂🎁🎈
April 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Unfortunately, I've had a cold for the past few days. Felt a little better when I woke up this morning, which happens to be my birthday! My husband surprised me with a cake for breakfast and we decided to go for drinks later in the week, when I am feeling better. ❤️🎂🎁🎈
I'm presenting two posters at the ISMRM diffusion workshop! Technically, I'm not presenting until Thursday, but you can still check them out at 147 and 148, including the preprint! We use DTI to search for white matter injury in individual paediatric brain tumour patients before treatment. (1/3) 🧪🧠⚛️
February 19, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I'm presenting two posters at the ISMRM diffusion workshop! Technically, I'm not presenting until Thursday, but you can still check them out at 147 and 148, including the preprint! We use DTI to search for white matter injury in individual paediatric brain tumour patients before treatment. (1/3) 🧪🧠⚛️
Okay, I've already tried to do this once and ironically I've accidentally explained my job too well. So let's try again.
I use a magnet the size of a studio apartment in London to take pictures of people's brains and then spend hours convincing my computer to tell me what the brain squiggles mean.
I use a magnet the size of a studio apartment in London to take pictures of people's brains and then spend hours convincing my computer to tell me what the brain squiggles mean.
January 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Okay, I've already tried to do this once and ironically I've accidentally explained my job too well. So let's try again.
I use a magnet the size of a studio apartment in London to take pictures of people's brains and then spend hours convincing my computer to tell me what the brain squiggles mean.
I use a magnet the size of a studio apartment in London to take pictures of people's brains and then spend hours convincing my computer to tell me what the brain squiggles mean.
I use a big magnet to look at people’s brains. 🧠🥼🧑🔬⚛️🩻
December 31, 2024 at 1:53 PM
I use a big magnet to look at people’s brains. 🧠🥼🧑🔬⚛️🩻
Io Saturnalia (Day 4)! Finally, it's Friday! I've been given some light reading 😆 for the holidays (see below) and I've been brainstorming public engagement ideas - MRI scans of mince pies, fruit cake and wrapped gifts? 🤔
Looking forward to a needed break (and champagne)! 😊⚛️🧠🧑🔬🎄✨ #PhDLife #Science
Looking forward to a needed break (and champagne)! 😊⚛️🧠🧑🔬🎄✨ #PhDLife #Science
December 20, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Io Saturnalia (Day 4)! Finally, it's Friday! I've been given some light reading 😆 for the holidays (see below) and I've been brainstorming public engagement ideas - MRI scans of mince pies, fruit cake and wrapped gifts? 🤔
Looking forward to a needed break (and champagne)! 😊⚛️🧠🧑🔬🎄✨ #PhDLife #Science
Looking forward to a needed break (and champagne)! 😊⚛️🧠🧑🔬🎄✨ #PhDLife #Science
I forgot to post the last few weeks of memes for my 1st year tutorials on quantum physics and astrophysics. Here they are! 👇 My final tutorial of the Autumn term was Wednesday, and none of the tech in the lecture theatre worked. I think we all need a break! 😂🧑🔬🌌⚛️ #PhDLife #Science #Teaching #Physics
December 13, 2024 at 11:53 AM
I forgot to post the last few weeks of memes for my 1st year tutorials on quantum physics and astrophysics. Here they are! 👇 My final tutorial of the Autumn term was Wednesday, and none of the tech in the lecture theatre worked. I think we all need a break! 😂🧑🔬🌌⚛️ #PhDLife #Science #Teaching #Physics
New week of teaching, you know what that means: A new meme that didn't make any of my 1st year students laugh! 😅😂 This is a tutorial for the astrophysics portion of a course in modern physics, so perhaps I went in a bit too strong with astronomer-humour (which can be pretty dark!). #phd #teaching
November 21, 2024 at 10:44 AM
New physics meme for my (very unamused) 1st year uni students! This week, it's the Pauli Exclusion Principle: No two electrons (or any fermion) in an atom can have the same quantum state. ⚛️ #PhDLife #physics #science #QuantumMechanics #scientist #teaching
November 13, 2024 at 9:18 AM
New physics meme for my (very unamused) 1st year uni students! This week, it's the Pauli Exclusion Principle: No two electrons (or any fermion) in an atom can have the same quantum state. ⚛️ #PhDLife #physics #science #QuantumMechanics #scientist #teaching