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annieneuro.bsky.social
Annette Dolphin
@annieneuro.bsky.social
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Neuropharmacologist at UCL. President of The Physiological society 2025-6. Calcium channel nerd.
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cellpress.bsky.social
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
First page of Opinion piece: "Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism"
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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wentrogue.bsky.social
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.
Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
annieneuro.bsky.social
Really looking forward to this
physoc.bsky.social The Physiological Society @physoc.bsky.social · 2d
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...
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
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carandinilab.net
Our lab is looking for a postdoc! We have interesting projects and cutting-edge techniques such as Neuropixels Opto, Light Beads Microscopy and more. We would be delighted to receive your application. Deadline is 25 November 2025. More info here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/cortexlab/po...
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
annieneuro.bsky.social
Important new study from the Geranton lab. Check it out!

Analgesia through FKBP51 inhibition at disease onset confers lasting relief from sensory and emotional chronic pain symptoms | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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awmackenzie.bsky.social
Link to UKHSA report released today: www.gov.uk/government/p...

Link to @ThePhySoc / @wellcometrust report: www.physoc.org/policy/clima...
Climate change and mental health report
The climate change and mental health thematic assessment report synthesises the evidence base relating to climate change and mental health.
www.gov.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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sheencr.bsky.social
Great news as Prof Lidia Morawska who has done fantastic work on particulate matter and raised awareness of the fact that covid 19 can be spread via airborne route has just won a prize in recognition of her achievements
Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize
Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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britishneuro.bsky.social
Join us on 26 Nov (12 - 1pm GMT) for a webinar sharing early findings from @UCL’s REPAIR Project, exploring structural inequities in funding, recognition & career progression.
Free to attend
Register here: www.bna.org.uk/events/ems-e...

#ResearchCulture# STEMEquity #Neuroscience #AcademicCareers
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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elisabethbik.bsky.social
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration | Royal Society Open Science
Science relies on integrity and trustworthiness. But scientists under career pressure are lured to purchase fake publications from ‘paper mills’ that use AI-generated data, text and image fabrication....
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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meadekrosby.bsky.social
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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britishneuro.bsky.social
"The UK cannot become a science superpower unless it exploits the full range of talent that we have" - @nramnani.bsky.social

We are now welcoming applications to our BNA Scholars Programme.

🔗 Find out more and apply: www.bna.org.uk/policy-advoc...

#BNAScholars #DiversityInSTEM #Mentorship
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
annieneuro.bsky.social
Excellent opportunity for potential group leaders at UCL. Please spread the word.
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
annieneuro.bsky.social
What a shed! #vaccine

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Garden shed of vaccine pioneer Edward Jenner added to heritage at risk register
Shed where father of immunology trialled first smallpox vaccine among 138 additions to Historic England list
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM
annieneuro.bsky.social
A great man.
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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jphysiol.bsky.social
LATEST ISSUE LIVE⬇️
'Cellular and synaptic mechanisms of retinal processing' 👁️🧠

🔗 physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14697793...
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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jendavies.bsky.social
**Come work with us!!**

Three-year post-doc position funded by Parkinson's UK available Cardiff University - using TMS to study inhibition of planned stepping movements and better understand freezing of gait. Full details here - krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

Please share!!
Research Associate: Neural Control of Movement in - Cardiff University - Job Details
Job Details: Research Associate: Neural control of movement in Parkinson's Disease School of Healthcare Sciences, Card
krb-sjobs.brassring.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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awmackenzie.bsky.social
🎬Great day filming yesterday at University of East London as part of @physoc.bsky.social’s upcoming 150th celebrations. Stay tuned! 📺
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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deevybee.bsky.social
New blogpost on @elife.bsky.social's new Replication study type deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/10/prob.... tldr = I think it's doomed.
#Replication #Publishing #Reproducibility
Problems with ELife's new article type: Replication studies
I was interested to receive an email from eLife last week, telling me that "As part of our commitment to open science, scientific rigour ...
deevybee.blogspot.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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jphysiol.bsky.social
This study by Justine A. Lottermoser research-and-innovation.cornell.edu et al. investigates how #complexin gains effective access to the assembling SNAREs via its membrane-binding C-terminal domain 🔎 🧠

📜 Read the #Research: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
October 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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garyrlewin.bsky.social
Check out this new paper from Stefan Lechner's lab showing with minflux nanoscopy how PIEZO1 channels cluster and invagininate the membrane. Glad we could make a small contribution to this nice story!
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Cluster nanoarchitecture and structural diversity of PIEZO1 at rest and during activation in intact cells
MINFLUX nanoscopy reveals subcellular distribution and conformational diversity of PIEZO1 channels in intact cells.
www.science.org
October 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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jphysiol.bsky.social
In this #TopicalReview, Hrach Asmerian et al. examine the role of adaptor #protein complexes in generating functionally distinct #synaptic vesicle pools ✍️ ⚙️

🔗 Read it here: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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london.gov.uk
This month I announced that London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide for the first time ever.

When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than predicted.
London Ulez reduced nitrogen dioxide to legal limit, mayor says
The mayor of London says the fall in airborne toxins is due to the Ultra low emission zone expansion.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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physoc.bsky.social
Last week, Professor Damian Bailey presented 'Surviving Space: Pushing the Brain’s Limits' at The Open University. To hear about the physiological challenges posed by deep space exploration, register now to see him deliver this GL Brown Prize Lecture online on 26 Nov ➡️ www.physoc.org/events/survi...
October 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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gavin-kelly.bsky.social
Yikes.
October 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
annieneuro.bsky.social
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Positive news for the calcium channel field, this is the T type calcium channel blocker Z944 developed by Terry Snutch!
Praxis Precision Medicines Announces Positive Topline Results from Two Pivotal Phase 3 Studies of Ulixacaltamide HCl in the Essential3 Program for Essential Tremor - Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc.
Patients treated with ulixacaltamide in the parallel-group study (Study 1) showed a mean improvement from baseline in the Modified Activities of Daily Living 11 at Week 8, the pre-specified primary en...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM