Dr Yvonne Couch
@dryvonnecouch.bsky.social
Associate Prof - University of Oxford | Neuroimmunologist interested in stroke, brain injury, brain metabolism, extracellular vesicles | Dogs | Gardening | Food | Travel
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Have to post this back up as my pinned page so that people can see the awesomeness of cartoon EVs...
Some thoughts for the science feed about how we pitch our ideas as junior and senior scientists and how fields evolve and change because of this
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Dr Yvonne Couch writes about how competition shapes scientific choices from tenure debates to the pressures placed on early career researchers. @dryvonnecouch.bsky.social
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Dr Yvonne Couch - Blog – Competition in Science
Dr Yvonne Couch explores how competition shapes science from tenure debates and prestige effects to pressures on early career researchers.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Some thoughts for the science feed about how we pitch our ideas as junior and senior scientists and how fields evolve and change because of this
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I don't have kids but I've got plenty of books and plenty of friends with kids so I've circulated this to everyone I know...
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I don't have kids but I've got plenty of books and plenty of friends with kids so I've circulated this to everyone I know...
Currently experiencing the less than enjoyable task of having to repeatedly email undergrads who are already reaching out for summer projects by saying over and over 'I'm sorry, I don't know if I'll be employed next year'
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Currently experiencing the less than enjoyable task of having to repeatedly email undergrads who are already reaching out for summer projects by saying over and over 'I'm sorry, I don't know if I'll be employed next year'
Artist Hiro Yamagata made 27 "art cars" and I got to see one today and it was glorious!
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Artist Hiro Yamagata made 27 "art cars" and I got to see one today and it was glorious!
Two days late but Alan Carr.
What a legend.
What a legend.
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Two days late but Alan Carr.
What a legend.
What a legend.
I'm swearing off social media until I've seen the final of celebrity traitors which I didn't watch live so I'll catch y'all in a couple of days....
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I'm swearing off social media until I've seen the final of celebrity traitors which I didn't watch live so I'll catch y'all in a couple of days....
Oh hey, I have 1k followers! How exciting and also tragic that this excites me.
Hello all. Happy Friday eve!
Hello all. Happy Friday eve!
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Oh hey, I have 1k followers! How exciting and also tragic that this excites me.
Hello all. Happy Friday eve!
Hello all. Happy Friday eve!
Reposted by Dr Yvonne Couch
The problem with being introverted is that there is no polite way of saying "I love you but I'm tired of being with you right now."
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The problem with being introverted is that there is no polite way of saying "I love you but I'm tired of being with you right now."
I have a supremely lazy hound who is not fussed in any way by the fireworks but my thoughts go out to anyone with an anxious puppo tonight
#dogsky
#dogsky
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I have a supremely lazy hound who is not fussed in any way by the fireworks but my thoughts go out to anyone with an anxious puppo tonight
#dogsky
#dogsky
Science people! 🧪 I need help deciphering this Q from a local occupational health form.....the link between the beginning and the end is eluding me:
"Will the individual undertake welding as part of of their duties? There may also be the need to consider vaccination in some specific circumstances."
"Will the individual undertake welding as part of of their duties? There may also be the need to consider vaccination in some specific circumstances."
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Science people! 🧪 I need help deciphering this Q from a local occupational health form.....the link between the beginning and the end is eluding me:
"Will the individual undertake welding as part of of their duties? There may also be the need to consider vaccination in some specific circumstances."
"Will the individual undertake welding as part of of their duties? There may also be the need to consider vaccination in some specific circumstances."
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
nothing sharpens your skills as a researcher like being shoved in front of eight presenters working on a vast array of topics that are significantly removed from your own field of research and being told it is your job to ask them questions for six minutes with no backup
a man wearing headphones is sweating and making a face
Alt: a man wearing headphones is sweating and making a face
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November 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
nothing sharpens your skills as a researcher like being shoved in front of eight presenters working on a vast array of topics that are significantly removed from your own field of research and being told it is your job to ask them questions for six minutes with no backup
Being old school and watching The Matrix and the downfall started with AI...
#itscoming
#itscoming
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Being old school and watching The Matrix and the downfall started with AI...
#itscoming
#itscoming
Best spam science email opener yet...
"I have seen in many articles that you have conducted a lot of scientific research on biological life"
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"I have seen in many articles that you have conducted a lot of scientific research on biological life"
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November 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Best spam science email opener yet...
"I have seen in many articles that you have conducted a lot of scientific research on biological life"
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"I have seen in many articles that you have conducted a lot of scientific research on biological life"
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October 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I'm kind of over people who write ENORMOUS essays on linkedin. I'm basically there for jobs and networking, not your life story or all of your opinions on Ukraine or feminism. Don't get me wrong, I am there for all your opinions, just not on that platform...
October 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I'm kind of over people who write ENORMOUS essays on linkedin. I'm basically there for jobs and networking, not your life story or all of your opinions on Ukraine or feminism. Don't get me wrong, I am there for all your opinions, just not on that platform...
Nooooo....one of my nineteen work passwords has expired!
a person in a green scrub suit is sitting on a bed with their hands behind their head .
ALT: a person in a green scrub suit is sitting on a bed with their hands behind their head .
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October 30, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Nooooo....one of my nineteen work passwords has expired!
Amazing work from my pal Daniel Beard using shear stress in the brain to localise drug delivery
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October 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Amazing work from my pal Daniel Beard using shear stress in the brain to localise drug delivery
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Today I am being a grown up.
Last week someone asked for a meeting today. I have made them aware of my free times and told them to let me know. Previously I would have chased going 'so? so? when do you want to meet??' but today I have decided they have all the information so this is on them.
Last week someone asked for a meeting today. I have made them aware of my free times and told them to let me know. Previously I would have chased going 'so? so? when do you want to meet??' but today I have decided they have all the information so this is on them.
a woman is walking down a hallway with the words `` i feel very grown up '' written above her .
ALT: a woman is walking down a hallway with the words `` i feel very grown up '' written above her .
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October 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Today I am being a grown up.
Last week someone asked for a meeting today. I have made them aware of my free times and told them to let me know. Previously I would have chased going 'so? so? when do you want to meet??' but today I have decided they have all the information so this is on them.
Last week someone asked for a meeting today. I have made them aware of my free times and told them to let me know. Previously I would have chased going 'so? so? when do you want to meet??' but today I have decided they have all the information so this is on them.
I try and send something to Wikipedia at least once a year, academics use it so often and so blithely...
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
October 27, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I try and send something to Wikipedia at least once a year, academics use it so often and so blithely...
Reposted by Dr Yvonne Couch
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
For anyone writing fellowship applications: they don't tell you at the start how much more personally you take rejection than when you get a grant rejected
Not only is your science not good enough but YOU are not good enough either.
It's rough.
Not only is your science not good enough but YOU are not good enough either.
It's rough.
October 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
For anyone writing fellowship applications: they don't tell you at the start how much more personally you take rejection than when you get a grant rejected
Not only is your science not good enough but YOU are not good enough either.
It's rough.
Not only is your science not good enough but YOU are not good enough either.
It's rough.
Me...not telling anyone it's my birthday and quietly backing out the room to eat cake on my own at home...
a cartoon of homer simpson standing in a grassy yard
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson standing in a grassy yard
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October 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Me...not telling anyone it's my birthday and quietly backing out the room to eat cake on my own at home...