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Claire E Clarkin
@clarkinbonebiol.bsky.social
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Professor of Skeletal & Developmental Biology
Director Knowledge Exchange & Enterprise sotonbiosciences.bsky.social
CoDirector http://cdfuos.bsky.social
https://www.datascienceforhealthequity.com/themes/musculoskeletal-health
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jeffontherock.bsky.social
Cladonia lichens. NWT, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
Photo of several Cladonia lichens. Some look like golf tees with the tops ringed in red. Others look like narrow pipes with their tops ringed in red.
February 15, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Little My, character in the Moomin books by Tove Jansson first appeared in 1950. She is small, determined, mischievous & fiercely independent, & based on the author herself in a kind of characteristic self-portrait #WomensArt
Nine images in black on cream of a cartoonish girl in different poses
February 15, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Finnish artist, author and illustrator Tove Jansson in her home studio, 1956 #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring a standing white woman with short hair facing forwards dressed in dark trousers and top in an artist studio
February 15, 2026 at 6:24 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Lucy Jones, contemporary artist living and working in Edinburgh New Town, painting and drawing the surrounding Georgian Architecture #WomensArt
Painting looking up at the front of a grand terraced home with long arched windows and iron railings, all in bluish hues
February 14, 2026 at 4:34 AM
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sotonbiosciences.bsky.social
Join us 4 #SOTSEF👇😀! with Masters students &
Secret Life of Organoids, Inner working of Cells,
Health Innovations 🏃‍♂️ @clarkinbonebiol.bsky.social @fnobrega.bsky.social 🦠 @nelani.bsky.social Microbes, Mood & Murals 🎨 @jt8teeling.bsky.social & Sci of Jurassic Park 🦖! @neilgostling.bsky.social #BSW26
uosengagement.bsky.social UoS Engagement @uosengagement.bsky.social · 2d
❤️ Let science steal your heart this Valentine’s Day. Book your #SOTSEF 2026 tickets! 🔍

Southampton Science and Engineering Festival returns THIS March for British Science Week at the University of Southampton!

📅 Fri 6th - Sun 15th March 2026

➡️ Find out more at www.sotsef.co.uk

#WeAreUoS #BSW26
White and dark blue text on light blue background that reads: University of Southampton, Discover the Amazing: Southampton Science and Engineering Festival, 6th – 15th March 2026. Book your tickets at www.sotsef.co.uk, #SOTSEF. Accompanying image: a young girl wearing a VR headset and holding a VR controller in one hand looking up in amazement.
February 14, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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dmmjournal.bsky.social
For International Day of Women & #GirlsInScience revisit this editorial from Editorial Board Member Kirsten Sadler on the shifting culture of the scientific workforce doi.org/10.1242/dmm....

#WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #EveryVoiceInScience
A split illustration compares scientific work in the past and present. On the left, labeled “Then,” a lone male scientist in a lab coat stands at a simple bench, holding glass flasks with books stacked beside them and a small mouse on the table. On the right, labeled “Now,” a diverse team of three researchers works together at a modern laboratory station with computers and a microscope.This image is by neilsmithillustration.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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dmmjournal.bsky.social
@jtrendbio.bsky.social, @clarkinbonebiol.bsky.social & co used synchrotron X-ray computed tomography to characterise the distribution and structure of intracortical canals and #osteocyte lacunae, helping identify molecular drivers of age-related cortical porosity.
Read: doi.org/10.1242/dmm....
The figure shows the results of regionalisation of murine cortical bone, which reveals region-specific microstructural properties. Panels A-C show images of regional microstructure quantification, namely intracortical canals and osteocyte lacunae mapped by size. Panels D-G show graphs of regionalised and quantified cortical porosity, canal number density, lacunar number density and average lacunar volume.
February 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
The Argyle Street Ash Tree in Glasgow is in the running to be voted European Tree of the Year for 2026. If you're a fan of this tree, you can vote for it at www.treeoftheyear.org/vote/argyle-....

#glasgow #europeantreeoftheyear #tree #argylestreet #argylestreetashtree
February 2, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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navbo.bsky.social
Join us! webinar with Dr. Joseph Wu, Stanford University School of Medicine, Feb 5 at 1 pm EST
Dr. Wu will present his work in a talk titled,
'Stem Cells, Organoids, and AI for Drug Discovery'
Register👉https://members.navbo.org/ap/Events/Register/wZFaXWwseCxCw
February 2, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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marcocantini.bsky.social
Interested in #Mechanobiology #BoneRegeneration and #GrowthFactor mimetics? Check out our paper in Small @wileyonlinelibrary.bsky.social by @finbariii.bsky.social. We show that viscosity unlocks the osteogenic activity of BMP-2 mimetic DWIVA @theglasgowcemi.bsky.social @uofgengineering.bsky.social 🧪
Leveraging Viscosity to Unlock the Osteogenic Potential of BMP‐2 Mimetic DWIVA
Dynamic interfaces based on supported lipid bilayers demonstrate that the osteogenic potential of the BMP-2 mimetic DWIVA can be harnessed by modulating substrate viscosity. This work highlights that....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
The dresses of Frida Kahlo on display in Mexico City. The artist adopted a brightly coloured folk style reflecting her promotion of indigenous arts embraced by the Mexican Renaissance movement and symbolic of cultural identity #womensart
Photo of a line of dummies dressed in brightly coloured dresses in a darkened interior
January 22, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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bjpols.bsky.social
NEW -

Gender Bias in Legislative Oversight: Do Parliamentarians Control Women Ministers More Tightly than Men Ministers? - https://cup.org/45Rm9Z6

- @corinnakroeber.bsky.social, @lenastephan.bsky.social, @sarahdingler.bsky.social & @camilamontero.bsky.social

#OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract of a scholarly article discussing the influence of legislators' gender on the questioning behaviors in parliamentary activities.
January 22, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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jeffontherock.bsky.social
Lichen, Rusavskia elegans. I think. maybe:)
NWT, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
Photo of a yellow-orange, round lichen growing flat on dark grey rock. The lichen consists of closely packed, branching arms radiating from the centre. The middle of the lichen is covered in numerous yellow-orange discs(apothecia).
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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lanevol.bsky.social
Turn scientific data into tangible objects!
Some of our 3D models can be downloaded or ordered as 3D prints at low cost (resin + delivery only).
Ideal for teaching, research discussions, or showcasing developmental biology.

www.lanevol.org/visual-media...

#3DPrinting #ScienceEducation #OpenScience
January 22, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
The clock tower over the entrance of the former Govan Poorhouse in Glasgow. Built in the 1870s to a design by James Thomson, it was later incorporated into the Southern General Hospital.

#glasgow #govan #architecture #architecturephotography #clocktower
January 22, 2026 at 6:40 AM
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thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
Love this tenement entrance on North Gardner Street in Glasgow. It somehow manages to be simple, stylish, and rather monumental all at the same time. And of course, it has a traditional green door and ironwork.

#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #doorway #tenement
January 22, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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ossdcomm.bsky.social
Giving female rats testosterone at male-like levels helped them bounce back faster after surgery, but it didn't actually make them experience less pain. Testosterone boosted recovery, not pain resistance! #sabv #ossd #sexdifferences #humanhealth www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Impact of continuous testosterone exposure on reproductive physiology, activity, and pain-related behavior in young adult female rats
Testosterone may reduce pain in cisgender women and transgender men. Rodents can provide a useful model for investigating physiological effects of hor…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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ossdcomm.bsky.social
This just in: Deadline to submit poster abstracts and for travel award consideration has been extended to tomorrow, January 20, 2026! Submit your abstracts and join us for the 2026 Annual OSSD Meeting at the Hilton Waikoloa Village in Kona, Hawaii, May 12-16, 2026! More info below:
#OSSD #SABV
January 19, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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albertonykus.bsky.social
Bone histology of phorusrhacids (terror birds) indicates rapid, uninterrupted growth (typical of most modern birds but unlike flightless paleognaths such as ostriches and kiwi): anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🪶🧪 (📷Dreyer et al.)
Cross-section images of the leg bone of an extinct flightless bird, with close-ups taken through a microscope.
January 19, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
'An Islington View,'
by Melissa Scott-Miller,
UK painter known for her London streetscapes #UnlockingWomensArt
Painting of a cityscape with large buildings, roads and multistorey buildings on the horizon
January 17, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Japanese artist Akie Nakata (known as Akie) turns found stones and rocks into animal paintings #WomensArt
Photo of a close-up ofcan open white hand holding a stone painted to resemble a curled up fox
January 17, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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nelani.bsky.social
PhD studentship available: Join the phage frontline against AMR! 🧫 🔬
Funded by Wessex Medical Research × Rosetrees Trust.
With @fnobrega.bsky.social, Prof Saul Faust (NIHR Southampton), Dr Liz Sheridan (NHS Dorset).
Info & Apply → www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Email me for informal enquiries
Next-generation phage therapeutics for combating antibiotic-resistant infections at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Next-generation phage therapeutics for combating antibiotic-resistant infections at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
A dreich saturday afternoon in January at Tennent's Bar on Byres Road in the West End of Glasgow.

#glasgow #byresroad #architecture #glasgowpubs #tenement #architecturephotography
January 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Leah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter #WomensArt
Painting of a cream coloured cup and saucer filled with a tea with lemon slice, behind is a stack of books, all on a white surface
January 10, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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elife.bsky.social
Since 2014, eLife has been guided by a diverse committee of active early-career researchers called the ECAG.

Elected through open calls, the group represent the needs of #ECRs and works with eLife leadership to influence and support our mission.
Community | Early-Career Advisory Group · eLife
Advocating for early-career researchers while helping realise eLife's mission.
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January 10, 2026 at 11:01 AM