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Claire E Clarkin
@clarkinbonebiol.bsky.social
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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‘Reindeer’s Tears’ by Kerry Phippen, contemporary Scottish artist #womensart
December 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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The lighthouse is always watching.
December 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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The 1860s Kibble Palace glasshouse in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens lit by the last bit of this afternoon's sun before the rain clouds blotted it out once again.

#glasgow #glasgowtoday #architecture #architecturephotography #kibblepalace
December 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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You have until 19 January to submit your abstract for #EESSexDifferences: https://s.embl.org/ees26-07-bl

Join researchers from around the globe to discuss sex hormone regulation of health and immunity, genetic differences that lead to disease, and mosaicism. 🧬

🗓️ 27 – 30 April 2026
December 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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That's me set up for today's Byres Road Market in Hillhead Library 11am ubtil 4pm. I've got the last of my 2026 calendars for sale, as well as prints, Christmas cards and copies of Glasgow Uncovered. If you can make it along, feel free to drop by and say hi!

#glasgow #byresroadmarket #byresroad
December 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Emma Haworth,
contemporary UK painter
'Ice Skating at Somerset House'
watercolour and Indian ink
#WomensArt
December 14, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak designed this stained gjass window at John Bell Chapel of Appleby College in Oakville (Ontario) near Toronto (Canada) #Womensart
December 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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From the 'Shared Sky' exhibition by Indigenous #Australian painter Barbara Merritt #WomensArt #December14th #Peace🕯
December 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Slime mold on a stick. NWT, Canada.
#myxo #slime #fungifriends
December 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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The ethics of clinical trials that deliberately infect people with a disease aren't clear-cut – but there's a strong case for doing more of them
Human challenge trials have never been more popular
The ethics of clinical trials that deliberately infect people with a disease aren't clear-cut – but there's a strong case for doing more of them
www.newscientist.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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ARTIST OPPORTUNITY! 👀
Calling Hampshire & Isle of Wight artists!
Join Creative Conceptions, a @unisouthampton.bsky.social project focusing on the voices of women of Black and South Asian background in pregnancy care. More information and how to apply here >>> jhg.art/events/open-... #OpenCall
John Hansard Gallery | What's on | Open Call: Creative Conceptions
Creative Conceptions, led by the University of Southampton, is a partnership built around the voices of local women with past or current pregnancy experience. UK maternal and neonatal outcomes are wor...
jhg.art
December 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Make 2026 the year you get serious about #SciComm.
Kick it off with my free training session with @newscientist.com
You’ll also discover how you can be part of New Scientist Live in 2026.
Totally free!
www.newscientist.com/science-even...
Creative sci-com: from stand to stage
Join acclaimed science communicator Jamie Gallagher, and the team behind New Scientist Live, to explore how creativity can transform the way we share scientific concepts. This session offers invaluabl...
www.newscientist.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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A new review study delivers a holistic overview of bone healing! It synthesizes mechanisms (inflammatory balance, repair substance supply), current strategies (bioactive factors, stem cells, smart biomaterials), and cutting-edge biosensor monitoring.😀
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 9, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Scottish painter Victoria Crowe,
Large Tree Group, 1975 #WomensArt
December 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Victo Ngai, contemporary award-winning illustrator who grew up in Hong Kong #WomensArt
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Follow along for key points
Only 1 week until Dr. Deena Walker joins us to discuss how thyroid hormone signaling contributes to sex differences in addiction.
🔗 Register today: ow.ly/hJ3p50XA1A5
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Land artist Sonja Hinrichsen, epic scale Snow Drawings - Briancon, France, 2014 #womensart
December 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Bedside to Bench — AI and the New Science of Medicine

"Medical research builds up an understanding of the whole from molecular parts, but artificial intelligence can revive an approach building down from patient-level data to theory and understanding."

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
December 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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📣 Upcoming Virtual CCPN Event!
⭐ CCPN Dialogues #4: Why are we talking about the cultural commons? A talk led by Dr Alice Borchi from the University of Leeds.

🗓️ Wednesday 17 December
🕑 12:00 - 13:00
👉 Read more, and register here: buff.ly/dKaGlFD
December 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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My name is Abbie.

When I was just 17, I was diagnosed with bone cancer in my knee. It changed my life forever — including a full leg amputation.

No one should have to face that reality. But many people with bone cancer are.

Give the gift of hope today: https://ow.ly/FcWw50XzW6R

Thank you 🧡
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Reposting for the brunchtime browsers! Calling all CANADIAN forensic investigators, medical staff, lawyers and police: come share your insights into how sex and gender are documented across Canada.

www.surveymonkey.ca/r/CANSGDATA

Please share this post as you see fit!
December 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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We’re tackling inequalities in research & publishing.

See what we’ve achieved in the last 6 months & what’s next for 2025 👇
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December 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Christmas tree decorations by Nancy Nicholson, contemporary UK textile artist #WomensArt
December 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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New tools that create ultra-precise maps of our tissues are transforming our ability to diagnose and cure once-fatal illnesses
A revolutionary way to map our bodies is helping cure deadly diseases
New tools that create ultra-precise maps of our tissues are transforming our ability to diagnose and cure once-fatal illnesses
www.newscientist.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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#Winter, 1955 by Japanese artist and poet Keiko Minami #WomensArt
December 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM