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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 2d

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

How to get PhD funding in the UK

It is that time of year again. The leaves are turning golden, red, and orange (or just brown), the nights are drawing in, and there is a chi...

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Prof Anthony Isles @profantisles.bsky.social · 2d

This series is very good. A very hard listen, particularly this episode...
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Marianna in Conspiracyland - Marianna in Conspiracyland 2 - 6. The Inquest - BBC Sounds

Can coroners' courts cope with conspiracy?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 3d

“A full harvest moon is rising, though it is still only twilight”

Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL GrantWatson

A barn owl is perched on a wall at dusk. A full moon has risen in the still blue sky above a small village.

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Prof Anthony Isles @profantisles.bsky.social · 8d

@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!

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Prof Anthony Isles @profantisles.bsky.social · 4d

Prof Anthony Isles @profantisles.bsky.social · 7d

For a little while my PhD thesis was next to Jane Goodall’s on the shelf in the small library in the Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour @camzoology.bsky.social 😊

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Prof Anthony Isles @profantisles.bsky.social · 7d

Dame Jane Goodall revolutionised our understanding of our closest primate cousins www.bbc.com/news/article...

Dame Jane Goodall revolutionised our understanding of our closest primate cousins

Those she inspired say she not only revolutionised our understanding of chimpanzees - but challenged how we relate to the natural world.

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 7d

Urban Legend

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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 7d

Neurologist Masud Husain wins the 2025 @royalsociety.org Trivedi Science Book Prize!

More: royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...

Huge honour to meet @masudhusain.bsky.social tonight at a fab event with Sir Adrian Smith, brilliantly MCed by @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social

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Prof Anthony Isles @profantisles.bsky.social · 8d

@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...

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 8d

Good.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE

Trial heard 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’

www.theguardian.com

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 8d

Bright-eyed, bushy-tailed?
1st of October

(Bob Bushtail, 1941)
Artist: A Macgregor

A mother red squirrel brushes the bushy tail of a baby red squirrel as he stands on a stool

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Prof Anthony Isles @profantisles.bsky.social · 8d

Great talk on all things #pregnancy and #metabolism by @charalambouslab.bsky.social today and lovely to catch up afterwards - see you in Valencia!
#GenomicImprinting #Epigenetics #Placenta

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Gaynor Ann Smith @gaynorasmith.bsky.social · 9d

Amazing result from Huntington’s disease researchers from @cardiffunilib.bsky.social and @ucl.ac.uk and the wider HD team for getting to this monumental point! 👇🧬

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Wales leads pioneering gene therapy trial shown to slow progression of Huntington’s disease

A Welsh research centre, funded by Health and Care Research Wales, is at the forefront of a major breakthrough in the treatment of Huntington’s Disease after playing a leading role in a global gene th...

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 12d

This only happens to you once

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Prof Anthony Isles @profantisles.bsky.social · 14d

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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Prof Anthony Isles @profantisles.bsky.social · 16d

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Early bird registration for the Valencia. Genomic Imprinting meeting extended to 15th October!!

#epigenetics #physiology #neuroscience

Prof Anthony Isles @profantisles.bsky.social · Jun 4

We are delighted to announce that 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...

Genomic Imprinting Valencian Meeting

Genomic Imprinting Meeting will take place in Valencia, a dazzling city that beautifully blends history, art, and modernity, creating a captivating atmosphere for everyone who visits. Its historic cen...

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Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell @mrcharwell.bsky.social · 14d

📢 Job Opportunity: Scientific Training and Marketing Manager

We are looking for a motivated, dynamic, hands-on, and positive individual to support the delivery of training courses, symposia, and networking events at our Advance Training Centre

Apply by 28th September

Scientific Training and Marketing Manager- MLC 2706 - Medical Research Council

Location: Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire. Vacancy: Scientific Training and Marketing Manager- MLC 2706. Closing Date: 28/09/2025, 23:55

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 14d

Phenomenal. In my 10 year update of A Brief History, I make the point that in the first edition, not one disease had been successfully treated using gene therapy. Today that number is at least 7.

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Prof Anthony Isles @profantisles.bsky.social · 14d

Fantastic to see Azim Surani and Davor Solter awarded the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for their work on genomic imprinting...

aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/davo...

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Prof Anthony Isles @profantisles.bsky.social · 15d

😕🏏 #RIP
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Dickie Bird dies aged 92: Tributes paid to iconic former umpire

Yorkshire describe iconic umpire Dickie Bird as a

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Prof Anthony Isles @profantisles.bsky.social · 16d

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Early bird registration for the Valencia. Genomic Imprinting meeting extended to 15th October!!

#epigenetics #physiology #neuroscience

Prof Anthony Isles @profantisles.bsky.social · Jun 4

We are delighted to announce that 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...

Genomic Imprinting Valencian Meeting

Genomic Imprinting Meeting will take place in Valencia, a dazzling city that beautifully blends history, art, and modernity, creating a captivating atmosphere for everyone who visits. Its historic cen...

esdeveniments.uv.es

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Prof Anthony Isles @profantisles.bsky.social · 16d

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Erasmus Magazine @erasmusmagazine.bsky.social · 16d

Researchers in Maastricht have won the Ig Nobel Prize for discovering that alcohol can help when speaking a foreign language – especially with pronunciation.

Ig Nobel Prize: Germans speak better Dutch with a drink - Erasmus Magazine

www.erasmusmagazine.nl

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Prof Anthony Isles @profantisles.bsky.social · 23d

Isn’t this basically how Michael Sheen always looks??

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