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Roger Highfield
@rogerhighfield.bsky.social
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Museum exec, MRC, visiting prof at the Dunn School, Oxford, and UCL Chemistry. Ex Editor of New Scientist, and Science Editor of the Telegraph. Co-author #VirtualYou and more books. Neutron bouncer
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 20h
Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid
Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable
www.theguardian.com
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 20h
Volunteer scientists work ‘nights and weekends’ to guide vaccine advice in US www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Volunteer scientists work ‘nights and weekends’ to guide vaccine advice in US
Medical specialists, wary of the guidance provided by Trump’s team, offer up their own advice independently of the government.
www.nature.com
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 21h
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 1d
‘l feel like l belong here’. Director Danny Boyle on fine form at the preview of ⁦‪the
‬⁩’magnificent Power Hall, which reopens next week with the help of 21st century heat pumps! www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/about-us/we-...
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BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit"

Stay tuned for more.
A Nobel medal
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 1d
Marine heatwaves have hidden impacts on ocean food webs and carbon cycling www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Marine heatwaves have hidden impacts on ocean food webs and carbon cycling
A new study from researchers at MBARI and the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science—with an interdisciplinary team of collaborators from the Hakai Insti...
www.eurekalert.org
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 1d
More on why the Medicine Nobel goes to scientists who revealed secrets of immune system ‘regulation’ www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Medicine Nobel goes to scientists who revealed secrets of immune system ‘regulation’
Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi discovered cells that protect the body from autoimmune diseases.
www.nature.com
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 1d
Good morning!
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 2d
The Nobel Assembly has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to:

Mary E. Brunkow
Institute for Systems Biology,
Seattle, USA

Fred Ramsdell
Sonoma Biotherapeutics,
San Francisco, USA

Shimon Sakaguchi
Osaka University,
Osaka, Japan

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”
www.nobelprize.org
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 2d
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 3d
First human transplant of kidney modified to have ‘universal’ blood type www.nature.com/articles/d41...
First human transplant of kidney modified to have ‘universal’ blood type
Recipient diagnosed with brain death received a type-O organ, which is compatible with all blood types.
www.nature.com
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 6d
The genetic ghosts that haunt and help us

Long dismissed as genetic junk, the dark genome is stepping into the spotlight, revealing how ancient viral remnants and rogue DNA elements impact evolution and disease.

By me, for The @crick.ac.uk www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-10...
A message from the dark genome
Long dismissed as genetic junk, the dark genome is stepping into the spotlight, revealing how ancient viralremnants and rogue DNA elements impact evolution and disease.
www.crick.ac.uk
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 3d
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 4d
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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 6d
Long dismissed as genetic junk, the dark genome is stepping into the spotlight.

@rogerhighfield.bsky.social speaks to George Kassiotis and Samra Turajlic @turajliclab.bsky.social about how ancient viral remnants and rogue DNA impact evolution and disease.

www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-10...
A message from the dark genome
Long dismissed as genetic junk, the dark genome is stepping into the spotlight, revealing how ancient viralremnants and rogue DNA elements impact evolution and disease.
www.crick.ac.uk
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 5d
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 6d
Rather fabulous to have a cocktail under the gaze of the Big D - thank you Nicky Clayton!
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 6d
The genetic ghosts that haunt and help us

Long dismissed as genetic junk, the dark genome is stepping into the spotlight, revealing how ancient viral remnants and rogue DNA elements impact evolution and disease.

By me, for The @crick.ac.uk www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-10...
A message from the dark genome
Long dismissed as genetic junk, the dark genome is stepping into the spotlight, revealing how ancient viralremnants and rogue DNA elements impact evolution and disease.
www.crick.ac.uk
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Science Museum @sciencemuseum.org.uk · 6d
We were sad to hear of the death of conservationist Dame Jane Goodall, whose work changed how we see ourselves and animals in the natural world.

Read more about Dr Goodall's life and work in this blog post: https://bit.ly/48JvzrO
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 6d
Dame Jane Goodall's remarkable legacy blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/inspirationa...
Inspirational conservationist Dame Jane Goodall’s remarkable legacy - Science Museum Blog
Conservationist Dame Jane Goodall, whose work changed humanity’s view of itself and animals, has died aged 91.
blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 6d
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 7d
More on Jane’s amazing life, from @bbcvic.bsky.social 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.
www.bbc.com
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 7d
She was on fine form when she picked up her @sciencemuseum.org.uk fellowship earlier this year, we talked about her Roots & Shoots campaign and she drove herself back to Bournemouth after dinner - hard to believe she’s gone…
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 7d
She was on fine form when she picked up her @sciencemuseum.org.uk fellowship earlier this year, we talked about her Roots & Shoots campaign and she drove herself back to Bournemouth after dinner - hard to believe she’s gone…
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Roger Highfield @rogerhighfield.bsky.social · 7d
And the chefs at the @royalsociety.org created a pudding to celebrate his literary achievement - unprecedented!
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