Annette Dolphin
@annieneuro.bsky.social
Neuropharmacologist at UCL. President of The Physiological society 2025. Calcium channel nerd.
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The Matilda Effect: what an infuriating but all too familiar narrative of credit for discoveries owed to women in science being *stolen* by male colleagues who then go on to reap the recognition/profits from it and behave so appallingly.
Not exactly shocking that a female scientist was not acknowledged for a key role in a breakthrough discovery (Google Matilda effect) but I hugely admire how she constantly fought back to get the recognition she deserved
www.thetimes.com/article/92f2...
www.thetimes.com/article/92f2...
My research helped invent Ozempic — then male scientists took all the credit
The work of the biochemist Svetlana Mojsov was instrumental in the development of the diet drugs that are now slimming the world. She tells Aimee Donnellan about her 40-year fight for recognition
www.thetimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:28 PM
The Matilda Effect: what an infuriating but all too familiar narrative of credit for discoveries owed to women in science being *stolen* by male colleagues who then go on to reap the recognition/profits from it and behave so appallingly.
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Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
January 12, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
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UK bee & pollinator populations are dropping. This is partly due to how many pesticides we use - it doesn’t have to be this way. France has banned pesticides from towns & cities. Tell the UK Government to follow in their footsteps & protect our pollinators:
action.greenpeace.org.uk/save-the-bees
action.greenpeace.org.uk/save-the-bees
ACTION: Sign the petition and tell the UK government to protect our pollinators.
The UK’s pollinator numbers are dropping heavily - we need the UK government to step in and protect them.
action.greenpeace.org.uk
January 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
UK bee & pollinator populations are dropping. This is partly due to how many pesticides we use - it doesn’t have to be this way. France has banned pesticides from towns & cities. Tell the UK Government to follow in their footsteps & protect our pollinators:
action.greenpeace.org.uk/save-the-bees
action.greenpeace.org.uk/save-the-bees
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Beautiful paper! Somebody should do it in then viscerosensory brainstem.
Excited to share @rbrianroome.bsky.social ‘s beautiful paper on development of the dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord @science.org
This is how the anatomical organization and cell types that process pain, touch, body position and more are laid down.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This is how the anatomical organization and cell types that process pain, touch, body position and more are laid down.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ontogeny of the spinal cord dorsal horn
The dorsal horn of the mammalian spinal cord is organized into laminae where each layer is populated by different neuron types, has distinctive circuit connections, and plays specialized roles in beha...
www.science.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Beautiful paper! Somebody should do it in then viscerosensory brainstem.
Great paper!
Jinglang Sun, Amy Lee et al. @utaustin.bsky.social show that the commonly used Caᵥ3 T-type channel-selective antagonists, ML218 & Z944, modulate the activity of Caᵥ1.4 L-type channels through a mechanism involving the dihydropyridine-binding site. rupress.org/jgp/article/...
#MolecularPharmacology
#MolecularPharmacology
January 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Great paper!
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Edith Bülbring FRS, physiologist and pioneer in the study of smooth muscle was born #OnThisDay in 1903. Bülbring came to Britain with her family to escape Nazi Germany. She went on to have an impressive research career and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1958. #WomenInSTEM
December 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Edith Bülbring FRS, physiologist and pioneer in the study of smooth muscle was born #OnThisDay in 1903. Bülbring came to Britain with her family to escape Nazi Germany. She went on to have an impressive research career and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1958. #WomenInSTEM
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Constanza Alcaino et al. from @ims-mrl.bsky.social present this #SymposiumReview discussing #incretin hormones and #obesity 💉 🔎
🔗 Read the article here: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
🔗 Read the article here: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
December 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Constanza Alcaino et al. from @ims-mrl.bsky.social present this #SymposiumReview discussing #incretin hormones and #obesity 💉 🔎
🔗 Read the article here: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
🔗 Read the article here: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
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The right move. Young people's dreams shouldn't be limited by borders or bureaucracy.
December 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The right move. Young people's dreams shouldn't be limited by borders or bureaucracy.
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💡 Be part of the Society’s legacy - All abstracts presented throughout the year will be published in a special 150th Anniversary Abstract Booklet, which will become part of our historical archive capturing a snapshot of physiological research in 2026 ⬇️ buff.ly/sYaWsDJ
150 voices: Celebrating our members and their personal histories
Keep up to date with The Physiological Society’s news. Press releases, job openings, policy developments, conferences and other physiology news.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
💡 Be part of the Society’s legacy - All abstracts presented throughout the year will be published in a special 150th Anniversary Abstract Booklet, which will become part of our historical archive capturing a snapshot of physiological research in 2026 ⬇️ buff.ly/sYaWsDJ
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Born #OnThisDay in 1906 was American computer scientist Grace Hopper. She was a pioneer of computer programming, developing programming languages like COBOL. She was one of the first programmers on the Harvard Mark I computer and is credited with writing the first computer manual. #WomenInSTEM
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Born #OnThisDay in 1906 was American computer scientist Grace Hopper. She was a pioneer of computer programming, developing programming languages like COBOL. She was one of the first programmers on the Harvard Mark I computer and is credited with writing the first computer manual. #WomenInSTEM
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Rory’s a true highlight of the morning. Inspirational, entertaining and sobering about how much we need to do as a research community.
Ooohhh this feels very grown up - I’m speaking at the Dementia Research Institute conference in Manchester this morning
December 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Rory’s a true highlight of the morning. Inspirational, entertaining and sobering about how much we need to do as a research community.
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Nominations for the UKRN Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026 have opened!
Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement.
Nominations close 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement.
Nominations close 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026
www.ukrn.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Nominations for the UKRN Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026 have opened!
Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement.
Nominations close 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement.
Nominations close 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
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We're excited to announce the finalists of the #RSPPhotoComp 2025! 🎉 Starting with #microimaging and overall winner, 'Mesmerizing spider threads' by Dr Martin Ramirez, capturing two exceptional silk threads of the Australian net-caster spider (sample obtained by Dr Jonas Wolff @evoimec.bsky.social).
December 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
We're excited to announce the finalists of the #RSPPhotoComp 2025! 🎉 Starting with #microimaging and overall winner, 'Mesmerizing spider threads' by Dr Martin Ramirez, capturing two exceptional silk threads of the Australian net-caster spider (sample obtained by Dr Jonas Wolff @evoimec.bsky.social).
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This is wonderful and also true.
The analogies you draw, the thoughts you suddely have, the roads you pursue, the structures you comprehend, simply because a piece of art or theatre shakes you up and makes you think differently.
The analogies you draw, the thoughts you suddely have, the roads you pursue, the structures you comprehend, simply because a piece of art or theatre shakes you up and makes you think differently.
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is wonderful and also true.
The analogies you draw, the thoughts you suddely have, the roads you pursue, the structures you comprehend, simply because a piece of art or theatre shakes you up and makes you think differently.
The analogies you draw, the thoughts you suddely have, the roads you pursue, the structures you comprehend, simply because a piece of art or theatre shakes you up and makes you think differently.
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💡 Do you need support to develop new educational resources, conduct a pilot study or develop a new technique? Members can apply to our Education and Teaching Award or our Research and Knowledge Exchange Award for up to £10,000 in support. Find out more ➡️ www.physoc.org/grants-and-p...
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
💡 Do you need support to develop new educational resources, conduct a pilot study or develop a new technique? Members can apply to our Education and Teaching Award or our Research and Knowledge Exchange Award for up to £10,000 in support. Find out more ➡️ www.physoc.org/grants-and-p...
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I'm hiring! Come and work with me at UCL to try and understand how the brain's blood vessels go wrong and promote dementia: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I'm hiring! Come and work with me at UCL to try and understand how the brain's blood vessels go wrong and promote dementia: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Excellent book!
📖🧪🔬 Coming soon from previous Business of the Month and publisher of Artistic Director Rebecca Mordan's book The History Press, 'Breaking the Glass Ceiling of Science' pays tribute to the remarkable women of the Royal Society,
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Excellent book!
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Great opportunity for junior/mid career neuroscientists in Europe! Do apply!
Call for junior or mid-career group leaders in neuroscience! Apply by 30 Jan to join the FENS-Kavli Network. We are looking for excellent and engaged future scholars who are committed to exchanging scientific ideas & improve neuroscience in Europe. fenskavlinetwork.org/who-we-are/a...
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Great opportunity for junior/mid career neuroscientists in Europe! Do apply!
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The screening study will target hidden exposure to lead in children and lays the groundwork for nationwide testing. The initiative follows a two-year FT investigation that revealed millions of Britons may be unknowingly exposed to the toxic metal. on.ft.com/47K8Ivp
November 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The screening study will target hidden exposure to lead in children and lays the groundwork for nationwide testing. The initiative follows a two-year FT investigation that revealed millions of Britons may be unknowingly exposed to the toxic metal. on.ft.com/47K8Ivp
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The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
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Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
Really looking forward to this
Join us at this year's President's Lecture to hear from Dame Sally Davies, who will present ‘Antimicrobial Resistance: The Challenge of Leadership.’
A critical global health issue from one of the world’s leading voices.
📆 4 December
📍 Royal Society of Medicine
www.physoc.org/events/presi...
A critical global health issue from one of the world’s leading voices.
📆 4 December
📍 Royal Society of Medicine
www.physoc.org/events/presi...
President’s Lecture and Awards Ceremony 2025: Celebrating 150 years of physiology
Join us for the most prestigious event in The Society's calendar - our 2025 President’s Lecture and Awards Ceremony.
www.physoc.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Really looking forward to this