Dr Liz Tunbridge
@liztunbridge.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, bookworm, recovering academic, landlocked beach obsessive, permanently curious, open to the randomness of the universe
#neuroskyence || #mentalhealth || #psychiatry || #books || #WomenInSTEM
#neuroskyence || #mentalhealth || #psychiatry || #books || #WomenInSTEM
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I agree.
For me, at first, Academia was very much an identity and a calling.
Years later, after some experience of terrible university management, it is "a job".
Some other reflections (which turned out to be about workload management, and ways of working)
For me, at first, Academia was very much an identity and a calling.
Years later, after some experience of terrible university management, it is "a job".
Some other reflections (which turned out to be about workload management, and ways of working)
December 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I agree.
For me, at first, Academia was very much an identity and a calling.
Years later, after some experience of terrible university management, it is "a job".
Some other reflections (which turned out to be about workload management, and ways of working)
For me, at first, Academia was very much an identity and a calling.
Years later, after some experience of terrible university management, it is "a job".
Some other reflections (which turned out to be about workload management, and ways of working)
I have gone from zero to fully festive in 2 days. Bring on the Christmas crafting!
December 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I have gone from zero to fully festive in 2 days. Bring on the Christmas crafting!
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Most basic neuroscience research in the U.S. is funded by the federal government, but there is an entire funding landscape that lies beyond those federal agencies. To bring those sources together, @thetransmitter.bsky.social presents a funding source directory: bit.ly/4pBBF2B
#StateOfNeuroscience
#StateOfNeuroscience
Neuroscience funding: A source directory
Our list features expected and lesser-known governmental and nongovernmental sources of funding for basic neuroscience research.
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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In a surprise to absolutely no one, the mum she’s describing is not claiming benefits as a “lifestyle choice”.
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
🧵
1/9
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
🧵
1/9
December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
In a surprise to absolutely no one, the mum she’s describing is not claiming benefits as a “lifestyle choice”.
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
🧵
1/9
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
🧵
1/9
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Thank you so much to @acnporg.bsky.social
for this absolute honor! Grateful to all I've worked with particularly mentors who've given such amazing examples, to brilliant mentees, & my friend for such kind words!
The work is the important thing & I'm so grateful we get to promote it this way!
for this absolute honor! Grateful to all I've worked with particularly mentors who've given such amazing examples, to brilliant mentees, & my friend for such kind words!
The work is the important thing & I'm so grateful we get to promote it this way!
Congratulations to Carlos Bolanos Guzman, Ph.D. and Jared Young, Ph. D. for being awarded the Dolores Shockley Advancement Award! 👏 #ACNP2026
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Thank you so much to @acnporg.bsky.social
for this absolute honor! Grateful to all I've worked with particularly mentors who've given such amazing examples, to brilliant mentees, & my friend for such kind words!
The work is the important thing & I'm so grateful we get to promote it this way!
for this absolute honor! Grateful to all I've worked with particularly mentors who've given such amazing examples, to brilliant mentees, & my friend for such kind words!
The work is the important thing & I'm so grateful we get to promote it this way!
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New expert-led guidance clarifies terminology for pathogenic CACNA1C variants, defining Timothy Syndrome and introducing CACNA1C-Related Disorders (CRDs). Read the preprint: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...
#CACNA1C #TimothySyndrome #RareDisease
#CACNA1C #TimothySyndrome #RareDisease
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New expert-led guidance clarifies terminology for pathogenic CACNA1C variants, defining Timothy Syndrome and introducing CACNA1C-Related Disorders (CRDs). Read the preprint: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...
#CACNA1C #TimothySyndrome #RareDisease
#CACNA1C #TimothySyndrome #RareDisease
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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The true winner is men being kind to each other #celebritytraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The true winner is men being kind to each other #celebritytraitors
It’s Saturday night and the UCSC genome browser is grindingly slow, because that’s how cool we are 🫤
two men dancing in front of a computer monitor
Alt: Nerd party
media.tenor.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It’s Saturday night and the UCSC genome browser is grindingly slow, because that’s how cool we are 🫤
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Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
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In reporting this piece on the new trial for a Huntington's treatment, I was struck by one thing in particular:
The joy.
One of my sources wept for joy. He has spent his entire career studying this disease, he said it was the happiest day. www.sciencenews.org/article/hunt...
The joy.
One of my sources wept for joy. He has spent his entire career studying this disease, he said it was the happiest day. www.sciencenews.org/article/hunt...
Huntington's progression slowed by experimental gene therapy
An experimental gene therapy slowed Huntington’s by up to 75 percent in a small clinical trial. While not a cure, it may give patients longer lives.
www.sciencenews.org
September 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In reporting this piece on the new trial for a Huntington's treatment, I was struck by one thing in particular:
The joy.
One of my sources wept for joy. He has spent his entire career studying this disease, he said it was the happiest day. www.sciencenews.org/article/hunt...
The joy.
One of my sources wept for joy. He has spent his entire career studying this disease, he said it was the happiest day. www.sciencenews.org/article/hunt...
I joined a newly-formed book group today and met a group of smart, lovely, super interesting people, as well as getting several exciting new recommendations
#Book people are the best people 😀
#Book people are the best people 😀
September 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I joined a newly-formed book group today and met a group of smart, lovely, super interesting people, as well as getting several exciting new recommendations
#Book people are the best people 😀
#Book people are the best people 😀
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"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress
September 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress
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Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
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doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
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"Of course Britain is broken. He [Farage] broke it."
*chef's kiss*
*chef's kiss*
🔥🔥🔥 Here's Emily Maitlis crucifying Farage for both breaking the UK and stabbing it in the back.
#FascistFarage
#FascistFarage
September 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Of course Britain is broken. He [Farage] broke it."
*chef's kiss*
*chef's kiss*
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Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.
www.theatlantic.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
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Want to help us break down language barriers in neuroscience communication? Join our project. Details below.
#neuroskyence #skyence #language #inclusive #neurosky #academicsky #academia #neuro #communication
#neuroskyence #skyence #language #inclusive #neurosky #academicsky #academia #neuro #communication
📢Call for students📢
Are you a student passionate about #science communication?
Do you speak more than one language fluently?
We want to hear from you!
We're looking for multilingual students to help us make #neuroscience more accessible. Details here: neurofrontiers.blog/the-brain-ac...
#SciComm
Are you a student passionate about #science communication?
Do you speak more than one language fluently?
We want to hear from you!
We're looking for multilingual students to help us make #neuroscience more accessible. Details here: neurofrontiers.blog/the-brain-ac...
#SciComm
The brain across languages - Neurofrontiers
What this project is about Understanding the brain is essential and, without a doubt, fascinating. But while the science of the brain affects everyone, the language of that science remains predominant...
neurofrontiers.blog
September 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Want to help us break down language barriers in neuroscience communication? Join our project. Details below.
#neuroskyence #skyence #language #inclusive #neurosky #academicsky #academia #neuro #communication
#neuroskyence #skyence #language #inclusive #neurosky #academicsky #academia #neuro #communication
Go Michi 🚀
I want to tell you about a friend of mine real quick. I've mentioned her on here before, but you don't know any details yet, and she's about to make history in a very real sense.
Meet Michi Benthaus:
Meet Michi Benthaus:
September 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Go Michi 🚀
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Just removed the date label from an old book and discovered that someone has drawn a design for a teapot that can serve either tea or poison how's your day going?
August 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Just removed the date label from an old book and discovered that someone has drawn a design for a teapot that can serve either tea or poison how's your day going?
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Now why didn't we think if doing that.....
August 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Now why didn't we think if doing that.....
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I love our town fair day, but there's always one violent idiot who has to ruin it for everyone, trundling around making threats.
August 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I love our town fair day, but there's always one violent idiot who has to ruin it for everyone, trundling around making threats.
Superb
August 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Superb
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"I don’t think this takes us all the way to another AI Winter scenario. But I do suspect we’re going to start evaluating generative AI tools on the basis of what they actually do, instead of what they might someday become."
Worth reading by @davekarpf.bsky.social:
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
Worth reading by @davekarpf.bsky.social:
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
GPT5 and the end of naive AI futurism
Tech boosters have the memories of goldfish
open.substack.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"I don’t think this takes us all the way to another AI Winter scenario. But I do suspect we’re going to start evaluating generative AI tools on the basis of what they actually do, instead of what they might someday become."
Worth reading by @davekarpf.bsky.social:
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
Worth reading by @davekarpf.bsky.social:
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...