Post-doc in the Fallowfield group @EdinUni_IRR investigating novel therapeutic options for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) 🔬💊
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined November 2008
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Really enjoyed presenting some of our research exploring how sun exposure changes susceptibility to mosquito-borne virus infections this morning at @MicrobioSoc ☀️🦟🦠 Was great getting to discuss this work with colleagues! A very happy return to in-person events 🤩 #Microbio22
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With the heroes of the @RNLI under attack again, I’m reminded of this passage from Bill Bryson.
ALT I had never really stopped to consider what an extraordinary thing the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is. Think about it. A troubled ship calls for help, and eight people - teachers, plumbers, the guy who runs the pub - drop everything and put to sea, whatever the weather, asking no questions, imperilling their own lives, to try to help strangers. Is there anything more brave and noble than that? The RNLI - I looked this up later - is an organization run by volunteers, supported entirely by public donations. It maintains 233 stations around the coast of Britain and averages twenty-two call-outs per day. It saves 350 lives a year on average.
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The disproportionate and bullying commentary and coverage of Jason Arday’s mistakes has been obviously dangerous for days. Yes it was a legitimate story, and in various ways a troubling one. But the relentless coverage, the vitriol and bile. The clip of a man talking about us needing more love in the world endlessly mocked. Compare it to the way others who embellished and invented life stories or floated seemingly naive ideas are forgiven. Obviously employers have duties of care. But spare us the pity of those who weaponised his story for social media clicks without a thought.
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The term “witch hunt” is overused in politics. Perhaps not this time. Quite a bit of the British media should ask themselves some serious questions as to whether the tenor and volume of the coverage they gave to this man was remotely proportionate. Likewise there are questions for Cambridge- and whether they discharged their duty of care.
JASON ARDAY has been found dead.
Arday was found “unresponsive” at an address in Battersea on Friday afternoon. He was later pronounced dead.
A spokesman for the Met said officers were called by the London Ambulance Service at 3.12 p.m.
“Sadly, a 41-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His next-of-kin have been informed and are being supported by officers.
At this time his death is being treated as unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious. The case is being investigated by officers from the Met’s Central South Command Unit. A file will be prepared for the coroner.”
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Scotland top Group C 🏴
#FIFAWorldCup
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The same man who cut children’s cancer research is now a trillionaire.
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Elon Musk held up a chainsaw, fed USAID into the wood chipper, and at least 600,00 people have already died as a result - two-thirds of them children.
History's first trillionaire.
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EXCLUSIVE: Jess Phillips, safeguarding minister, resigns from govt. “The desire not to have an argument means we rarely make an argument..."
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This version of "Campus" started in 2006, you can check out the video below for the whole story and you can listen to the song here: stem.ffm.to/campusoriginalve…
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UK Science is heading towards a major, major crisis!
theguardian.com/science/2026…
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‘…social mobility charity UpReach said that Russell Group graduates from working class backgrounds with a first class degree were less likely to secure an elite job than more privileged students with a 2:2 degree classification.’ This is shocking and depressing.
State school sees 62 pupils with Oxbridge offers bbc.in/4tuwPXW
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They care for aging parents, work in small and large companies, and harvest the food on our tables. On weekends, they walk in our parks and play on the local amateur soccer team.
For me, the choice is clear.
Here is my article for @nytimes:
nytimes.com/2026/02/04/opini…
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Double-headed eagles, white parrots and “defecating squirrels”: my experiences reporting from Russia. Our film ‘Our Man In Moscow’ for @BBCPanorama is available on @BBCiPlayer and on @BBCOne at 8pm tonight (Mon Feb 2). bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20g…
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What it's all about. 💜🥹
Prof. Joel Mokyr, winner of the @NobelPrize in Economic Sciences, shares a lovely message from a former student.
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We all know vaccines target the pathogen, but can you also target the vector?
📢 in a new paper out today in Vaccines,
we show that a vaccine targeting mosquito salivary peptides, AGSv-PLUS, enhances human skin immune response to biting.
Open access: mdpi.com/2076-393X/13/10/102…
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Chuffed to join the new BSI Bitesized Immunology team as a Content Editor! 📰🧬 Looking forward to creating resources which make immunology more accessible to all, whilst giving back to a society that has provided me with so many great experiences over the years!
🚀 Exciting update! A new team of 5 Editorial Board members and 10 Content Editors is leading the refresh of the BSI's BiteSized Immunology.
The updated resource, with fresh content for learners & educators, launches early next year.
See the new team ➡️ bit.ly/4nbLzI9
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You can judge the Labour Party by the company they now keep.
#pmqs
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Immigration again being demonised as the underlying problem of Britain today. What about all the benefits that immigration brings? Immigrants support the NHS, social care, higher education, agriculture & so many other industries. Inequality is the heart of the problem.
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