Jenny Koenig
@jennyakoenig.bsky.social
Associate Professor Pharmacology @ Nottingham Uni. Fellow of British Pharmacological Society. PhD, SFHEA, PGCE (secondary chemistry).
Pharmacology education, maths education, curriculum, ethnicity.
Pharmacology education, maths education, curriculum, ethnicity.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
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Here is our latest pharmacology education paper: Deciphering the Language of Assessment in Pharmacology Summative Written Assessments - Pharmacology Research & Perspectives - Wiley Online Library bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
BPS Publications
Research study workflow.
bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Here is our latest pharmacology education paper: Deciphering the Language of Assessment in Pharmacology Summative Written Assessments - Pharmacology Research & Perspectives - Wiley Online Library bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Place of Pharmacology in an Integrated Curriculum – Workshop 2. IUPHAR-Education Online Meetings
We have a number of short talks lined up...
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Date: 18 Nov 2025
Time: 1-2.30pm New York; 6-7.30pm London
via Zoom
We have a number of short talks lined up...
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Date: 18 Nov 2025
Time: 1-2.30pm New York; 6-7.30pm London
via Zoom
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The Place of Pharmacology in an Integrated Curriculum – Workshop 2. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Workshop 2 will follow up from the first workshop and here we will address further the challenges and opportunities through a series of lightning (5 min) presentations. We invite expressions of intere...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The Place of Pharmacology in an Integrated Curriculum – Workshop 2. IUPHAR-Education Online Meetings
We have a number of short talks lined up...
REGISTER NOW (Scroll down to the 18 Nov meeting iuphar.org/sections-sub...)
Date: 18 Nov 2025
Time: 1-2.30pm New York; 6-7.30pm London
via Zoom
We have a number of short talks lined up...
REGISTER NOW (Scroll down to the 18 Nov meeting iuphar.org/sections-sub...)
Date: 18 Nov 2025
Time: 1-2.30pm New York; 6-7.30pm London
via Zoom
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Prof. Sarah Abel (Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM) continues our online speaker series with the talk "Should genomic knowledge change our personal conceptions of race? (And, if so, how?)" on November 4th. You can Register to attend via zoom: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
October 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Prof. Sarah Abel (Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM) continues our online speaker series with the talk "Should genomic knowledge change our personal conceptions of race? (And, if so, how?)" on November 4th. You can Register to attend via zoom: hugera.org/lecture-seri...
Blast from the past! @profmarciniak.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Blast from the past! @profmarciniak.bsky.social
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My number one tip for researchers that do a significant amount of non peer reviewed paper publication/outreach:
Create an excel table, every time you give an interview, talk, write an oped or white paper, etc. take 5 seconds to immediately note it in the excel.
Create an excel table, every time you give an interview, talk, write an oped or white paper, etc. take 5 seconds to immediately note it in the excel.
October 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
My number one tip for researchers that do a significant amount of non peer reviewed paper publication/outreach:
Create an excel table, every time you give an interview, talk, write an oped or white paper, etc. take 5 seconds to immediately note it in the excel.
Create an excel table, every time you give an interview, talk, write an oped or white paper, etc. take 5 seconds to immediately note it in the excel.
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“For Gurdon to continue in biology would be a complete waste of time both for him and for those who would have to teach him”
He proved them wrong! RIP John Gurdon
www.cell.com/current-biol...
He proved them wrong! RIP John Gurdon
www.cell.com/current-biol...
John Gurdon
John Gurdon is at the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Institute of Cancer and Developmental
Biology in Cambridge. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he changed from
classics to zoology. Dur...
www.cell.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
“For Gurdon to continue in biology would be a complete waste of time both for him and for those who would have to teach him”
He proved them wrong! RIP John Gurdon
www.cell.com/current-biol...
He proved them wrong! RIP John Gurdon
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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📢 Calling all pharmacology educators and academics!
Our Education Grant could fund your next project! We're awarding up to £2,500 to help develop educational tools/ resources to support pharmacology teaching.
✅ Eligible:BPS member 12+ months
📅 5 November 2025
👉Apply: www.bps.ac.uk/membership-a...
Our Education Grant could fund your next project! We're awarding up to £2,500 to help develop educational tools/ resources to support pharmacology teaching.
✅ Eligible:BPS member 12+ months
📅 5 November 2025
👉Apply: www.bps.ac.uk/membership-a...
October 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
📢 Calling all pharmacology educators and academics!
Our Education Grant could fund your next project! We're awarding up to £2,500 to help develop educational tools/ resources to support pharmacology teaching.
✅ Eligible:BPS member 12+ months
📅 5 November 2025
👉Apply: www.bps.ac.uk/membership-a...
Our Education Grant could fund your next project! We're awarding up to £2,500 to help develop educational tools/ resources to support pharmacology teaching.
✅ Eligible:BPS member 12+ months
📅 5 November 2025
👉Apply: www.bps.ac.uk/membership-a...
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Like, sorry guys, welcome to the problem of existence. Find your purpose without a system that privileges you at the cost of everyone around you. It’s genuinely liberating
September 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Like, sorry guys, welcome to the problem of existence. Find your purpose without a system that privileges you at the cost of everyone around you. It’s genuinely liberating
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In discussion with a computer scientist from the University of Cambridge last night:
Me: "you've described some of the things that AI is good at. How would you describe the category of things it's not good at?
**pause**
Him: "Anything where it has to be right".
Me: "you've described some of the things that AI is good at. How would you describe the category of things it's not good at?
**pause**
Him: "Anything where it has to be right".
September 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
In discussion with a computer scientist from the University of Cambridge last night:
Me: "you've described some of the things that AI is good at. How would you describe the category of things it's not good at?
**pause**
Him: "Anything where it has to be right".
Me: "you've described some of the things that AI is good at. How would you describe the category of things it's not good at?
**pause**
Him: "Anything where it has to be right".
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Thoughtful piece by Abdel on social science genetics - I am definitely taken by “one person’s confounder is another person’s signal”. Also humble about dark histories here and his own perspective
Some people call it a minefield. Others call it dangerous, even irresponsible. I call it the most promising field in life sciences.
My love letter to social science genetics: communities.springernature.com/posts/a-love...
My love letter to social science genetics: communities.springernature.com/posts/a-love...
A Love Letter to Social Science Genetics
Some people call social science genetics a minefield. Others call it dangerous, even irresponsible. I call it the most promising field in life sciences.
communities.springernature.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Thoughtful piece by Abdel on social science genetics - I am definitely taken by “one person’s confounder is another person’s signal”. Also humble about dark histories here and his own perspective
As is the case for many aspects of inclusive research and education - social justice for individuals and the business case for improved working practices are two sides of the same coin.
Opinion: Responding to early-career researchers’ honest questions with accusations of misconduct is a travesty of open science, says Madeleine Pownall
#academicsky #ECRs
#academicsky #ECRs
Research integrity needs a kindness agenda or we will lose ECRs
Responding to early-career researchers’ honest questions with accusations of misconduct is a travesty of open science, says Madeleine Pownall
www.timeshighereducation.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:04 AM
As is the case for many aspects of inclusive research and education - social justice for individuals and the business case for improved working practices are two sides of the same coin.
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"Hostility, exclusion and academic bullying should be formally recognised as research integrity issues because they directly impact who gets to succeed and whose voices are silenced."
By @maddipow.bsky.social
By @maddipow.bsky.social
Research integrity needs a kindness agenda or we will lose ECRs
Responding to early-career researchers’ honest questions with accusations of misconduct is a travesty of open science, says Madeleine Pownall
www.timeshighereducation.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
"Hostility, exclusion and academic bullying should be formally recognised as research integrity issues because they directly impact who gets to succeed and whose voices are silenced."
By @maddipow.bsky.social
By @maddipow.bsky.social
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re: generative AI
I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.
And now, you can use it, too.
I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.
And now, you can use it, too.
July 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
re: generative AI
I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.
And now, you can use it, too.
I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.
And now, you can use it, too.
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'Language imposes structure on our thinking and forces us to project a tangled network of thoughts into a linear, logical string of words and ideas. We often do not even know what we are thinking until we express it, either in writing or in speech.' www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It takes two to think - Nature Biotechnology
Nature Biotechnology - It takes two to think
www.nature.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
'Language imposes structure on our thinking and forces us to project a tangled network of thoughts into a linear, logical string of words and ideas. We often do not even know what we are thinking until we express it, either in writing or in speech.' www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The First Peoples in the Americas. Ancient DNA with Dr Jennifer Raff @jenniferraff.bsky.social is now ported to Spotify
See it on YouTube here: youtu.be/TcWPRdtT2B8
Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/0F9V...
See it on YouTube here: youtu.be/TcWPRdtT2B8
Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/0F9V...
July 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The First Peoples in the Americas. Ancient DNA with Dr Jennifer Raff @jenniferraff.bsky.social is now ported to Spotify
See it on YouTube here: youtu.be/TcWPRdtT2B8
Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/0F9V...
See it on YouTube here: youtu.be/TcWPRdtT2B8
Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/0F9V...
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Making Science Public in a chaotic world
As you know, I am now gradually moving from my old ‘Making Science Public’ blog home at the University of Nottingham to my new personal blog home here. This wasn’t easy and lots of people supported me directly or indirectly in this move (by listening to my…
As you know, I am now gradually moving from my old ‘Making Science Public’ blog home at the University of Nottingham to my new personal blog home here. This wasn’t easy and lots of people supported me directly or indirectly in this move (by listening to my…
Making Science Public in a chaotic world
As you know, I am now gradually moving from my old ‘Making Science Public’ blog home at the University of Nottingham to my new personal blog home here. This wasn’t easy and lots of people supported me directly or indirectly in this move (by listening to my whining). You know who you are, and I thank you all! This new incarnation of the ‘Making Science Public’ blog has been born into a world full of conflicts, controversies, confusion and chaos.
makingsciencepublic.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Making Science Public in a chaotic world
As you know, I am now gradually moving from my old ‘Making Science Public’ blog home at the University of Nottingham to my new personal blog home here. This wasn’t easy and lots of people supported me directly or indirectly in this move (by listening to my…
As you know, I am now gradually moving from my old ‘Making Science Public’ blog home at the University of Nottingham to my new personal blog home here. This wasn’t easy and lots of people supported me directly or indirectly in this move (by listening to my…
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Is active learning too loud? If for you the answer is yes, you might be interested in this post, the second in my series about instructor-student access friction beyondthescope.substack.com/p/access-fri...
Access frictions with background noise in the classroom
Or, the (not so) dull roar of active learning
beyondthescope.substack.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Is active learning too loud? If for you the answer is yes, you might be interested in this post, the second in my series about instructor-student access friction beyondthescope.substack.com/p/access-fri...
A question for biology/biochem/biomed/pharmacology academics.
Should undergrad students be able to rearrange equations? e.g. Michaelis-Menten, exponential decay..
If yes, who should teach it?
cc @britpharmsoc.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social @rsb.org.uk
Should undergrad students be able to rearrange equations? e.g. Michaelis-Menten, exponential decay..
If yes, who should teach it?
cc @britpharmsoc.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social @rsb.org.uk
July 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A question for biology/biochem/biomed/pharmacology academics.
Should undergrad students be able to rearrange equations? e.g. Michaelis-Menten, exponential decay..
If yes, who should teach it?
cc @britpharmsoc.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social @rsb.org.uk
Should undergrad students be able to rearrange equations? e.g. Michaelis-Menten, exponential decay..
If yes, who should teach it?
cc @britpharmsoc.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social @rsb.org.uk
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14/ The tension between useful population-level assocations versus noisy individual-level prediction is also revelant for lots of other measurements, including epigenetic “clocks” that supposedly tell you your true “biological age.” Stay tuned for more on this... jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Population vs Individual Prediction of Poor Health From Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening
This cohort study uses data from 2 birth cohorts to test the predictive accuracy of adverse childhood experience screening for later health problems.
jamanetwork.com
July 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
14/ The tension between useful population-level assocations versus noisy individual-level prediction is also revelant for lots of other measurements, including epigenetic “clocks” that supposedly tell you your true “biological age.” Stay tuned for more on this... jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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11/ Another reason polygenic scores will never be great for individual prediction: they are not fixed biological quantities; they are context-specific.
Polygenic scores capture the observed association between genes & an outcome at a particular time & place.
Polygenic scores capture the observed association between genes & an outcome at a particular time & place.
a woman says context is king in front of a blue backdrop
ALT: a woman says context is king in front of a blue backdrop
media.tenor.com
July 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
11/ Another reason polygenic scores will never be great for individual prediction: they are not fixed biological quantities; they are context-specific.
Polygenic scores capture the observed association between genes & an outcome at a particular time & place.
Polygenic scores capture the observed association between genes & an outcome at a particular time & place.
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5/ This is the essence of why polygenic prediction for embryo selection is largely a waste of money. Even for the most strongly determined traits, like height, you are very likely to get an outcome that is contrary to what you are trying to achieve.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Screening Human Embryos for Polygenic Traits Has Limited Utility
Recent progress in genetic testing of embryos has made it technically feasible to
profile IVF embryos for polygenic traits such as height or IQ, but simulations, models,
and empirical data show that t...
www.cell.com
July 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
5/ This is the essence of why polygenic prediction for embryo selection is largely a waste of money. Even for the most strongly determined traits, like height, you are very likely to get an outcome that is contrary to what you are trying to achieve.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Very helpful to see examples of evidence of impact
In this opinion piece we show with examples from our own work how preprints, registered reports, and open educational resources can be used strategically to maximise impact for those engaged in the scholarship of learning and teaching.
Full paper at jpaap.ac.uk/JPAAP/articl...
#AcademicSky
Full paper at jpaap.ac.uk/JPAAP/articl...
#AcademicSky
View of Open Research as an Ally to Teaching and Scholarship-Track Academics
jpaap.ac.uk
July 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Very helpful to see examples of evidence of impact