Graham Murray
@gkmurray.bsky.social
Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Cambridge University and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Trust. Interested in early intervention and personalised medicine.
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1) INFO FOR RESEARCHERS: The charity ME Research UK (MERUK) has an open call for PhD-level research funding.
Applicants should submit an Outline Proposal Form before Friday, 9 January 2026.
Applicants should submit an Outline Proposal Form before Friday, 9 January 2026.
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
1) INFO FOR RESEARCHERS: The charity ME Research UK (MERUK) has an open call for PhD-level research funding.
Applicants should submit an Outline Proposal Form before Friday, 9 January 2026.
Applicants should submit an Outline Proposal Form before Friday, 9 January 2026.
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I wrote about my knee injury and recent surgery, Oliver Sacks's "A Leg to Stand On", and how a zombie Calvinism continues to distort the American health care system:
open.substack.com/pub/kathrynp...
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"A Leg to Stand On"
Lessons in solidarity from knee surgery, physical therapy, and Oliver Sacks
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November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I wrote about my knee injury and recent surgery, Oliver Sacks's "A Leg to Stand On", and how a zombie Calvinism continues to distort the American health care system:
open.substack.com/pub/kathrynp...
open.substack.com/pub/kathrynp...
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Our study aims to understand psychosis, and improve outcomes for individuals with psychosis. By intervening early, we will provide timely support and care, ultimately enhancing lives.
We reached 250 participants!
eim.digitrial.com
@oxhealthbrc.bsky.social @cpftresearch.bsky.social
We reached 250 participants!
eim.digitrial.com
@oxhealthbrc.bsky.social @cpftresearch.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Our study aims to understand psychosis, and improve outcomes for individuals with psychosis. By intervening early, we will provide timely support and care, ultimately enhancing lives.
We reached 250 participants!
eim.digitrial.com
@oxhealthbrc.bsky.social @cpftresearch.bsky.social
We reached 250 participants!
eim.digitrial.com
@oxhealthbrc.bsky.social @cpftresearch.bsky.social
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Beautifully written, funny, and important. Also ouch.
I wrote about my knee injury and recent surgery, Oliver Sacks's "A Leg to Stand On", and how a zombie Calvinism continues to distort the American health care system:
open.substack.com/pub/kathrynp...
open.substack.com/pub/kathrynp...
"A Leg to Stand On"
Lessons in solidarity from knee surgery, physical therapy, and Oliver Sacks
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Beautifully written, funny, and important. Also ouch.
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The importance of the departmental tea room where you can bump into anyone ....the importance of hearing diverse views. Today's post: The Importance of Community occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...
The Importance of Community | Athene Donald's Blog
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November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The importance of the departmental tea room where you can bump into anyone ....the importance of hearing diverse views. Today's post: The Importance of Community occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...
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For lovers of @ourworldindata.org - we have improved our search functionality! Great work by the team at the backend to improve user experience. Enjoy!
ourworldindata.org/introducing-...
ourworldindata.org/introducing-...
Introducing our new, more powerful search
Finding what you’re looking for, or discovering something new, has never been easier.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
For lovers of @ourworldindata.org - we have improved our search functionality! Great work by the team at the backend to improve user experience. Enjoy!
ourworldindata.org/introducing-...
ourworldindata.org/introducing-...
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My review of #Crick by @matthewcobb.bsky.social has been published online by @science.org. The book is lucid, beautifully crafted, and compelling. It will instantly become the definitive guide to this extraordinary individual’s life and work.
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
My review of #Crick by @matthewcobb.bsky.social has been published online by @science.org. The book is lucid, beautifully crafted, and compelling. It will instantly become the definitive guide to this extraordinary individual’s life and work.
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Jonny Smallwood @themindwanders.bsky.social was a beloved friend and mentor. He was taken from us too soon. His was a beautiful mind who understood the beauty of minds. As ever before, his kind voice guides me and his work will continue. We miss you Jonny. www.cbs.mpg.de/news/obituar...
Obituary – Jonathan Smallwood
www.cbs.mpg.de
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Jonny Smallwood @themindwanders.bsky.social was a beloved friend and mentor. He was taken from us too soon. His was a beautiful mind who understood the beauty of minds. As ever before, his kind voice guides me and his work will continue. We miss you Jonny. www.cbs.mpg.de/news/obituar...
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Addendum: I quickly wrote something partially about the results, and the potential for misunderstanding, but also about history's profound irony.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Addendum: I quickly wrote something partially about the results, and the potential for misunderstanding, but also about history's profound irony.
open.substack.com/pub/arutherf...
open.substack.com/pub/arutherf...
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at last. Expression of concern has appeared on BMJ stem cell paper with 44 comments
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PubPeer - Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart fail...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart failure by intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells: phase 3 randomised clinical trial (P...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
at last. Expression of concern has appeared on BMJ stem cell paper with 44 comments
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
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That’s quite the entrance to bluesky Loic 😅!!
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
That’s quite the entrance to bluesky Loic 😅!!
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First time on Bsky and first big announcement!
I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature.
Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature.
Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Estimation and mapping of the missing heritability of human phenotypes - Nature
WGS data were used from 347,630 individuals with European ancestry in the UK Biobank to obtain high-precision estimates of coding and non-coding rare variant heritability for 34 co...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
First time on Bsky and first big announcement!
I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature.
Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature.
Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
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A MH trust has asked me a question and some of you may be better placed to help -
Does anyone know of a 136 process where a non-s12 doctor "triages" all 136 detentions on arrival at the PoS ahead of the AMHP-led assessment?
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Does anyone know of a 136 process where a non-s12 doctor "triages" all 136 detentions on arrival at the PoS ahead of the AMHP-led assessment?
1/
November 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Come and join us here in Cambridge! Applications open for a new faculty position, for a researcher in computational and/or theoretical biology, based jointly in Genetics and Mathematics. Happy to answer questions about research, teaching and working here.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/faculty...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/faculty...
Faculty Position in Computational Biology
Applications are invited for an Assistant/ Associate Professorship in Computational Biology to commence on 1 April 2026 or shortly thereafter. This is a joint post between the Department of Applied
www.cam.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Come and join us here in Cambridge! Applications open for a new faculty position, for a researcher in computational and/or theoretical biology, based jointly in Genetics and Mathematics. Happy to answer questions about research, teaching and working here.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/faculty...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/faculty...
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Gift link!
“To reckon with Watson’s legacy, then, we propose celebrating what he wouldn’t—or couldn’t—recognize: the shared intelligence of the human race, which can produce miracles and wonders, even as each of us, individually, is so terribly fallible.“
“To reckon with Watson’s legacy, then, we propose celebrating what he wouldn’t—or couldn’t—recognize: the shared intelligence of the human race, which can produce miracles and wonders, even as each of us, individually, is so terribly fallible.“
The Paradox of James Watson
The discovery of DNA was evidence of how deeply interconnected humans are, but the late scientist saw only difference.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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“To reckon with Watson’s legacy, then, we propose celebrating what he wouldn’t—or couldn’t—recognize: the shared intelligence of the human race, which can produce miracles and wonders, even as each of us, individually, is so terribly fallible.“
“To reckon with Watson’s legacy, then, we propose celebrating what he wouldn’t—or couldn’t—recognize: the shared intelligence of the human race, which can produce miracles and wonders, even as each of us, individually, is so terribly fallible.“
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Gift link:
The Paradox of James Watson
The discovery of DNA was evidence of how deeply interconnected humans are, but the late scientist saw only difference.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Gift link:
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Very excited to be able to finally share our latest work, "Cloud computing for equitable, data-driven dementia medicine," just published in The Lancet Digital Health!
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
more info in thread: 🧵
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
more info in thread: 🧵
Cloud computing for equitable, data-driven dementia medicine
Dementia poses an increasing global health challenge, and the introduction of new
drugs with diverse activity profiles underscores the need for the rapid development
and deployment of tailored predict...
www.thelancet.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Very excited to be able to finally share our latest work, "Cloud computing for equitable, data-driven dementia medicine," just published in The Lancet Digital Health!
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
more info in thread: 🧵
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
more info in thread: 🧵
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We just published a paper in PNAS, showing microstructural changes to the hippocampus in aging and presymptomatic Alzheimer's disease - in humans, in vivo.
We continue to show the value of structural MRI beyond simply measuring large-scale atrophy!
Read here: ow.ly/1NvV50XkXnX
We continue to show the value of structural MRI beyond simply measuring large-scale atrophy!
Read here: ow.ly/1NvV50XkXnX
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We just published a paper in PNAS, showing microstructural changes to the hippocampus in aging and presymptomatic Alzheimer's disease - in humans, in vivo.
We continue to show the value of structural MRI beyond simply measuring large-scale atrophy!
Read here: ow.ly/1NvV50XkXnX
We continue to show the value of structural MRI beyond simply measuring large-scale atrophy!
Read here: ow.ly/1NvV50XkXnX
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New paper on everyone’s favourite topic, QC!
We show why you should do genotype-level QC on your WGS data
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Very real quotes about this paper -
“The most exciting, mind-blowing paper of the year!”
“On a par with Fisher 1918”
“I read it every night. Just so beautiful”
We show why you should do genotype-level QC on your WGS data
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Very real quotes about this paper -
“The most exciting, mind-blowing paper of the year!”
“On a par with Fisher 1918”
“I read it every night. Just so beautiful”
Genotype-level quality control substantially reduces error rates in population-scale whole-genome sequencing
Population-scale whole-genome sequencing data will contain many individual-level genotype errors, even after allele-level quality control (QC). We establish the need for genotype-level QC using UK Bio...
www.biorxiv.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
New paper on everyone’s favourite topic, QC!
We show why you should do genotype-level QC on your WGS data
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Very real quotes about this paper -
“The most exciting, mind-blowing paper of the year!”
“On a par with Fisher 1918”
“I read it every night. Just so beautiful”
We show why you should do genotype-level QC on your WGS data
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Very real quotes about this paper -
“The most exciting, mind-blowing paper of the year!”
“On a par with Fisher 1918”
“I read it every night. Just so beautiful”
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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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I finally gave my Professorial Inaugural Lecture. A great night with friends, family, & colleagues, & sharing the stage with a good friend @cmcgettigan.bsky.social🥂
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsTG... Bookmarks flag both my lecture and
@celiaheyes.bsky.social’s (far more entertaining!) intro
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsTG... Bookmarks flag both my lecture and
@celiaheyes.bsky.social’s (far more entertaining!) intro
McGettigan and Press Inaugural Professorial Lectures 2025
YouTube video by UCL PALS
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November 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I finally gave my Professorial Inaugural Lecture. A great night with friends, family, & colleagues, & sharing the stage with a good friend @cmcgettigan.bsky.social🥂
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsTG... Bookmarks flag both my lecture and
@celiaheyes.bsky.social’s (far more entertaining!) intro
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsTG... Bookmarks flag both my lecture and
@celiaheyes.bsky.social’s (far more entertaining!) intro
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Are you a UK mental health professional working with children with mental health issues - we are asking for help designing a study for social robots to complete mental health questionnaires with children aged 8 to 10 - more infor here cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Are you a UK mental health professional working with children with mental health issues - we are asking for help designing a study for social robots to complete mental health questionnaires with children aged 8 to 10 - more infor here cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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The second paper (on change scores) was an explanation of why outcome change scores should not be used in observational studies.
Started in 2017, it went through 2+ years of brutal peer review before being published in 2021.
I'm so glad people are reading it!
academic.oup.com/ije/article/...
Started in 2017, it went through 2+ years of brutal peer review before being published in 2021.
I'm so glad people are reading it!
academic.oup.com/ije/article/...
Analyses of ‘change scores’ do not estimate causal effects in observational data
AbstractBackground. In longitudinal data, it is common to create ‘change scores’ by subtracting measurements taken at baseline from those taken at follow-u
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November 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The second paper (on change scores) was an explanation of why outcome change scores should not be used in observational studies.
Started in 2017, it went through 2+ years of brutal peer review before being published in 2021.
I'm so glad people are reading it!
academic.oup.com/ije/article/...
Started in 2017, it went through 2+ years of brutal peer review before being published in 2021.
I'm so glad people are reading it!
academic.oup.com/ije/article/...
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Dear Physicists and Physics fans,
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Dear Physicists and Physics fans,
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬
I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th.
Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩🔬