Dan Jagger
@auditorynerves.bsky.social
Professor of Cell Physiology, Ear Institute, University College London
Research interests: ion channels, hearing/deafness, cilia, rare diseases, neurons, glia
www.ucl.ac.uk/ear/research/jaggerlab
Insta: @jaggerlab
Research interests: ion channels, hearing/deafness, cilia, rare diseases, neurons, glia
www.ucl.ac.uk/ear/research/jaggerlab
Insta: @jaggerlab
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Dan Jagger
@auditorynerves.bsky.social
· Oct 12
We've been looking at historic human inner ear sections - this from the late 1920s.
The histology stain used is written on, in this case "Kulchitsky Weigert Pal". With no training in the area I've looked up what this is, & as a consequence who Kulchitsky was.
Strap in, it's quite a story. 🧪🔬
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The histology stain used is written on, in this case "Kulchitsky Weigert Pal". With no training in the area I've looked up what this is, & as a consequence who Kulchitsky was.
Strap in, it's quite a story. 🧪🔬
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Missy hasn't the first clue what's going on, but she says hi.
December 26, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Missy hasn't the first clue what's going on, but she says hi.
Christmas Day late afternoon cricket match in New Zealand. Some traditions have to be observed. 🏏☀️😎🇳🇿
December 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Christmas Day late afternoon cricket match in New Zealand. Some traditions have to be observed. 🏏☀️😎🇳🇿
Reposted by Dan Jagger
I'm on the Board of @biologists.bsky.social. Many know them as publishers of @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social, @jexpbiol.bsky.social , DMM, and @biologyopen.bsky.social --but they also are a major funder of small grants that empower young biologists and enable scientific meetings 🧪
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Supporting early-career researchers
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December 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I'm on the Board of @biologists.bsky.social. Many know them as publishers of @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social, @jexpbiol.bsky.social , DMM, and @biologyopen.bsky.social --but they also are a major funder of small grants that empower young biologists and enable scientific meetings 🧪
The US Food & Drug Administration has approved a pill version of the weight-loss drug Wegovy, according to maker Novo Nordisk.
It is the first to gain approval for a pill version of the GLP-1 drug, which has only been available as an injection.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is the first to gain approval for a pill version of the GLP-1 drug, which has only been available as an injection.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wegovy pill approved by US FDA for weight loss
It marks a first in this new era of weight-loss medications with Wegovy being the only so far to gain approval for a pill version of their shot.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The US Food & Drug Administration has approved a pill version of the weight-loss drug Wegovy, according to maker Novo Nordisk.
It is the first to gain approval for a pill version of the GLP-1 drug, which has only been available as an injection.
🧪💊
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is the first to gain approval for a pill version of the GLP-1 drug, which has only been available as an injection.
🧪💊
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘Miracle’ of Zealandia: chick born to rare takahē pair thought to be infertile.
The arrival is significant for the threatened takahē population. Like many New Zealand birds, takahē evolved without land mammals, & are vulnerable to introduced predators.
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The arrival is significant for the threatened takahē population. Like many New Zealand birds, takahē evolved without land mammals, & are vulnerable to introduced predators.
🧪🪶🐀🇳🇿
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Miracle’ of Zealandia: chick is born to rare takahē pair thought to be infertile
Unexpected arrival is a boon for birdlife in New Zealand, where there are only 500 takahē left
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
‘Miracle’ of Zealandia: chick born to rare takahē pair thought to be infertile.
The arrival is significant for the threatened takahē population. Like many New Zealand birds, takahē evolved without land mammals, & are vulnerable to introduced predators.
🧪🪶🐀🇳🇿
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The arrival is significant for the threatened takahē population. Like many New Zealand birds, takahē evolved without land mammals, & are vulnerable to introduced predators.
🧪🪶🐀🇳🇿
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A South London blood donor centre launches a new donation service to boost the number of black donors, where people can donate with faith, community or friendship groups.
A person with sickle cell may need blood from up to 100 donors every year to stay healthy. 🧪🩸
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A person with sickle cell may need blood from up to 100 donors every year to stay healthy. 🧪🩸
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Brixton: black blood donors encouraged through new bookings
The south London donation centre is encouraging groups of black people to give blood together.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A South London blood donor centre launches a new donation service to boost the number of black donors, where people can donate with faith, community or friendship groups.
A person with sickle cell may need blood from up to 100 donors every year to stay healthy. 🧪🩸
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A person with sickle cell may need blood from up to 100 donors every year to stay healthy. 🧪🩸
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The number 1 movie when you were ten years old will define your 2026
December 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The number 1 movie when you were ten years old will define your 2026
Game-changer news!
Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks & other species.
Scientists detected a highly infectious virus linked to mass strandings of whales & dolphins worldwide.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks & other species.
Scientists detected a highly infectious virus linked to mass strandings of whales & dolphins worldwide.
🧪🐳🐬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Drones detect deadly virus in Arctic whales' breath
Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks and other whales.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Game-changer news!
Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks & other species.
Scientists detected a highly infectious virus linked to mass strandings of whales & dolphins worldwide.
🧪🐳🐬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks & other species.
Scientists detected a highly infectious virus linked to mass strandings of whales & dolphins worldwide.
🧪🐳🐬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This deserves a clap. 🧪💊
The first new treatments for gonorrhoea in decades could be a “huge turning point” in efforts to combat the rise of superbug strains of the bacteria.
Zoliflodacin emerged from a new, not-for-profit approach for antibiotic development.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The first new treatments for gonorrhoea in decades could be a “huge turning point” in efforts to combat the rise of superbug strains of the bacteria.
Zoliflodacin emerged from a new, not-for-profit approach for antibiotic development.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
New antibiotics hailed as ‘turning point’ in treating drug-resistant gonorrhoea
First new treatments for sexually transmitted disease in decades approved by US Food and Drug Administration as number of cases worldwide surge to 82m
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
This deserves a clap. 🧪💊
The first new treatments for gonorrhoea in decades could be a “huge turning point” in efforts to combat the rise of superbug strains of the bacteria.
Zoliflodacin emerged from a new, not-for-profit approach for antibiotic development.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The first new treatments for gonorrhoea in decades could be a “huge turning point” in efforts to combat the rise of superbug strains of the bacteria.
Zoliflodacin emerged from a new, not-for-profit approach for antibiotic development.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Hello again Auckland. 🇳🇿
December 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Hello again Auckland. 🇳🇿
Little Foot hominin fossil may be new species of human ancestor.
"..it’s possible that we have not just a point in our human family tree that we hadn’t discovered before, but an entire limb of that tree.”
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www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
"..it’s possible that we have not just a point in our human family tree that we hadn’t discovered before, but an entire limb of that tree.”
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www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Little Foot hominin fossil may be new species of human ancestor
Australian researchers think the skeleton found in South Africa is not the same species as two found in the same South Africa cave system
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Little Foot hominin fossil may be new species of human ancestor.
"..it’s possible that we have not just a point in our human family tree that we hadn’t discovered before, but an entire limb of that tree.”
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www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
"..it’s possible that we have not just a point in our human family tree that we hadn’t discovered before, but an entire limb of that tree.”
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www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Supporters hoping to attend next year's World Cup final face paying vast prices, with tickets in the 'supporter value tier' starting at £3,119 ($4,185).
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
World Cup ticket prices: Fifa's prices a 'monumental betrayal' says Football Supporters Europe
Fans' group Football Supporters Europe says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Supporters hoping to attend next year's World Cup final face paying vast prices, with tickets in the 'supporter value tier' starting at £3,119 ($4,185).
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
What the evolution of tickling tells us about being human.
From bonobos & rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, & what that reveals about our brains.
🧪🧠🐭🐒
institutions.newscientist.com/article/2502...
From bonobos & rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, & what that reveals about our brains.
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institutions.newscientist.com/article/2502...
institutions.newscientist.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
What the evolution of tickling tells us about being human.
From bonobos & rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, & what that reveals about our brains.
🧪🧠🐭🐒
institutions.newscientist.com/article/2502...
From bonobos & rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, & what that reveals about our brains.
🧪🧠🐭🐒
institutions.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Reposted by Dan Jagger
For the long term good of football it's important the 2026 World Cup is a catastrophic failure.
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
For the long term good of football it's important the 2026 World Cup is a catastrophic failure.
Reposted by Dan Jagger
The World Cup ‘lost its magic’ due to Americanisation, Coke & Bud branding and Trump bandwagoning.
As a fan who was glued to the TV in 1966 at age 9, I’ve never been less excited than this. Politics and money have fecked the sport its become ‘the ugly game’.
onefootball.com/editorial/42...
As a fan who was glued to the TV in 1966 at age 9, I’ve never been less excited than this. Politics and money have fecked the sport its become ‘the ugly game’.
onefootball.com/editorial/42...
The World Cup’s magic is at risk and Fifa must consider this quick fix
Read this news on OneFootball.
onefootball.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The World Cup ‘lost its magic’ due to Americanisation, Coke & Bud branding and Trump bandwagoning.
As a fan who was glued to the TV in 1966 at age 9, I’ve never been less excited than this. Politics and money have fecked the sport its become ‘the ugly game’.
onefootball.com/editorial/42...
As a fan who was glued to the TV in 1966 at age 9, I’ve never been less excited than this. Politics and money have fecked the sport its become ‘the ugly game’.
onefootball.com/editorial/42...
‘Hating soccer is more American than apple pie’: the World Cup nobody wanted the US to host
#FIFAWorldCup
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
#FIFAWorldCup
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘Hating soccer is more American than apple pie’: the World Cup nobody wanted the US to host
Glitzy draws, OJ-era chaos, grass laid over AstroTurf and a host nation that barely cared – the 1994 World Cup arrived amid suspicion and slapstick. Yet it became a watershed that would alter US sport...
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
‘Hating soccer is more American than apple pie’: the World Cup nobody wanted the US to host
#FIFAWorldCup
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
#FIFAWorldCup
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Humans are a bit like meerkats when it comes to pairing up.
In our romantic life, we more closely resemble these social, close-knit mongooses than we do our primate cousins, a "league table" of monogamy suggests.
🧪🐒♀️♂️
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In our romantic life, we more closely resemble these social, close-knit mongooses than we do our primate cousins, a "league table" of monogamy suggests.
🧪🐒♀️♂️
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Humans cuddle up to meerkats in the monogamy rankings
When it comes to monogamy, humans more closely resemble meerkats and beavers than our primate cousins.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Humans are a bit like meerkats when it comes to pairing up.
In our romantic life, we more closely resemble these social, close-knit mongooses than we do our primate cousins, a "league table" of monogamy suggests.
🧪🐒♀️♂️
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In our romantic life, we more closely resemble these social, close-knit mongooses than we do our primate cousins, a "league table" of monogamy suggests.
🧪🐒♀️♂️
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Dan Jagger
For today's #hillfortswednesday: A clip of a superb #Welsh hillfort. Tre'r Ceiri is located 450 metres above sea level, on an exposed peak of Yr Eifl on the Llŷn Peninsula in #Gwynedd . It is one of the best preserved & was one of the most densely populated hillforts in #Britain.
©TrimontiumTrust
©TrimontiumTrust
December 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
For today's #hillfortswednesday: A clip of a superb #Welsh hillfort. Tre'r Ceiri is located 450 metres above sea level, on an exposed peak of Yr Eifl on the Llŷn Peninsula in #Gwynedd . It is one of the best preserved & was one of the most densely populated hillforts in #Britain.
©TrimontiumTrust
©TrimontiumTrust
A genetic therapy has reversed aggressive & incurable blood cancers in ~64% of patients in a trial.
The treatment involves editing the DNA in white blood cells to transform them into a cancer-fighting "living drug".
🧪🩸🧬 #medsky
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The treatment involves editing the DNA in white blood cells to transform them into a cancer-fighting "living drug".
🧪🩸🧬 #medsky
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Blood cancer therapy reverses incurable leukaemia in some patients
Seven out of 11 patients with incurable cancer who had the treatment appear to be cancer-free.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A genetic therapy has reversed aggressive & incurable blood cancers in ~64% of patients in a trial.
The treatment involves editing the DNA in white blood cells to transform them into a cancer-fighting "living drug".
🧪🩸🧬 #medsky
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The treatment involves editing the DNA in white blood cells to transform them into a cancer-fighting "living drug".
🧪🩸🧬 #medsky
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Artificial Intelligence research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on #AI in 1 year.
Kevin Zhu’s papers are a “disaster”, said Hany Farid, a professor of computer science at Berkeley, in an interview.
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www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Kevin Zhu’s papers are a “disaster”, said Hany Farid, a professor of computer science at Berkeley, in an interview.
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www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Artificial intelligence research has a slop problem, academics say: ‘It’s a mess’
AI research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on AI that one expert calls a ‘disaster’
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Artificial Intelligence research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on #AI in 1 year.
Kevin Zhu’s papers are a “disaster”, said Hany Farid, a professor of computer science at Berkeley, in an interview.
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www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Kevin Zhu’s papers are a “disaster”, said Hany Farid, a professor of computer science at Berkeley, in an interview.
🧪🤖
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Last year, >18,000 older people living with dementia left their homes & went missing in Japan. Almost 500 were later found dead.
People are now adopting GPS-based systems to keep track of those who go missing.
Can other forms of technology help in this crisis?
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
People are now adopting GPS-based systems to keep track of those who go missing.
Can other forms of technology help in this crisis?
🧪🤖
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Japan is facing a dementia crisis – can technology help?
Elderly people aged 65 and over now make up nearly 30% of Japan's population.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Last year, >18,000 older people living with dementia left their homes & went missing in Japan. Almost 500 were later found dead.
People are now adopting GPS-based systems to keep track of those who go missing.
Can other forms of technology help in this crisis?
🧪🤖
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
People are now adopting GPS-based systems to keep track of those who go missing.
Can other forms of technology help in this crisis?
🧪🤖
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We're all Paraguay fans now. 🇵🇾
December 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We're all Paraguay fans now. 🇵🇾
Reposted by Dan Jagger
A diamond-studded locket swallowed by a New Zealand man who tried to steal it has been "recovered", police say.
The Fabergé egg locket, valued at NZ$33,585 ($19,300; £14,600), was recovered in a "natural" manner.
"Medical intervention [was] not required."
🧪🥚💎🍽️💩
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Fabergé egg locket, valued at NZ$33,585 ($19,300; £14,600), was recovered in a "natural" manner.
"Medical intervention [was] not required."
🧪🥚💎🍽️💩
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New Zealand police recovers $19k Fabergé egg swallowed by suspected thief
The man allegedly tried to steal the diamond-studded egg named after the James Bond film Octopussy.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM
A diamond-studded locket swallowed by a New Zealand man who tried to steal it has been "recovered", police say.
The Fabergé egg locket, valued at NZ$33,585 ($19,300; £14,600), was recovered in a "natural" manner.
"Medical intervention [was] not required."
🧪🥚💎🍽️💩
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Fabergé egg locket, valued at NZ$33,585 ($19,300; £14,600), was recovered in a "natural" manner.
"Medical intervention [was] not required."
🧪🥚💎🍽️💩
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...