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Andrew MacAskill
@macaskillaf.bsky.social
UCL neuroscientist investigating the neural basis of contextual decision making. Views are my own.
Prof @uclnpp
lab website: www.macaskilllab.com
UCL profile: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/5194

also @macaskillaf@fediscience.org

Yay! Congrats!!
September 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Reposted by Andrew MacAskill
True. Current Biology on the other hand...
September 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Doubling up a few others - UK you don't need a masters, but it's very competitive (at UCL it's about 1-5%) so either proper lab experience or a masters is really helpful. My advice would be to reach out to pis that you are interested in working for and ask for advice about programs and requirements!
September 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Reposted by Andrew MacAskill
The story — written by journalist @emmaanne.bsky.social — raises tough questions about the perverse incentives at play in mine action.

Emma reached out @thehalotrust.bsky.social for comment. They declined.

Read the full story: spoileralerts.substack.com/p/questionab...
Questionable incentives
Why is the CEO of the world’s largest demining organisation defending banned landmines?
spoileralerts.substack.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Similar to posts before - doing this in a 'many lines of evidence' approach too is probably ideal - no one golden expt. Just a series of thought out experiments designed to test the limits of a theory, each adding weight to the next.

saying this out loud makes me feel old...
July 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Was thinking of a way to say something similar as eloquently as this! I think it needs travel in both directions - actively trying to find testable hypotheses that support (and don't support) a theory is key
July 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Yep we use this one - there was another but it got bought by millipore and discontinued.... Zzz
July 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
its almost as if we live near each other isnt it 😅
June 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Depending on what your 'standard' is - Columbia rd flower market followed by hackney city farm is always a nice Sunday time!
June 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
apply! its a fantastic, collaborative and energetic department investigating physiology and neuroscience across scales - based in beautiful UCL in London
June 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Obviously expertise in research areas that fall within our strategic priorities of engineering biology and artificial intelligence are also particularly encouraged
June 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Expertise at the cellular and molecular levels are particularly encouraged. We are interested in applications from outstanding researchers in modalities such as targeted protein degraders, protein-protein interaction disruptors, therapeutic antibodies, or de novo protein design.
June 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM