Martin Turner
@martint-babraham.bsky.social
Immunologist interested in how the genome works
https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/lymphocyte/martin-turner
@babrahaminst.bsky.social
/ the genome is a zipfile for the transcriptome / immunity /ageing / & the History of Science/ germinal centres
https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/lymphocyte/martin-turner
@babrahaminst.bsky.social
/ the genome is a zipfile for the transcriptome / immunity /ageing / & the History of Science/ germinal centres
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New Years eve walk on Brancaster beach, stopped to film sandflows
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‘As new infections outpace new drugs, are we sleepwalking into a global health disaster?’ | Dr Manica Balasegaram
‘As new infections outpace new drugs, are we sleepwalking into a global health disaster?’ | Dr Manica Balasegaram
Much of the political momentum around the antimicrobial resistance crisis has dissipated, but a new report shows the danger to our health has not
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
‘As new infections outpace new drugs, are we sleepwalking into a global health disaster?’ | Dr Manica Balasegaram
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Fantastic team effort led by the rising star Dunja Capitan-Sobrino and many great scientists at Infinity - Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS !!!
September 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Fantastic team effort led by the rising star Dunja Capitan-Sobrino and many great scientists at Infinity - Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS !!!
The saxophone solo is wonderful
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov4p...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov4p...
Born Again Human
YouTube video by B.B. King - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The saxophone solo is wonderful
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov4p...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov4p...
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Amazing, and really cool therapy. mRNA for the win!
“The cells produce a small fragment of genetic material (called microRNA) that is designed to intercept and disable the instructions (called messenger RNA) being sent from the cells' DNA for building mutant huntingtin.”
“The cells produce a small fragment of genetic material (called microRNA) that is designed to intercept and disable the instructions (called messenger RNA) being sent from the cells' DNA for building mutant huntingtin.”
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Amazing, and really cool therapy. mRNA for the win!
“The cells produce a small fragment of genetic material (called microRNA) that is designed to intercept and disable the instructions (called messenger RNA) being sent from the cells' DNA for building mutant huntingtin.”
“The cells produce a small fragment of genetic material (called microRNA) that is designed to intercept and disable the instructions (called messenger RNA) being sent from the cells' DNA for building mutant huntingtin.”
An exceptional album. just saw the original cover photo sold for >300K...The music is for everyone.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM3f...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM3f...
Panic in Detroit (2013 Remaster)
YouTube video by David Bowie - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:09 AM
An exceptional album. just saw the original cover photo sold for >300K...The music is for everyone.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM3f...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM3f...
Great album for dog walking on a sunny today morning
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2x1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2x1...
Following the North Star
YouTube video by Rhiannon Giddens - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Great album for dog walking on a sunny today morning
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2x1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2x1...
uplifting music for walking the dog on a surprisingly warm September day (Thanks to Bobby Friction for bringing this to my attention)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=39VR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=39VR...
You Can Find The Feeling
YouTube video by The Master Musicians of Jajouka - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM
uplifting music for walking the dog on a surprisingly warm September day (Thanks to Bobby Friction for bringing this to my attention)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=39VR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=39VR...
Keep On Keeping On (Mono Single Mix)
YouTube video by Nolan Porter - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Vivensa Academy is a growing membership (500+) of researchers, clinicians and community organisations, all dedicated to improving later life. Discover why you should apply to join, and the fantastic members-only exclusives you can access from day one: vivensafoundation.org.uk/news/three-g...
Three great reasons to join Vivensa Academy today - Vivensa Foundation
Read on to discover why you should apply to join Vivensa Academy, and the fantastic members-only exclusives you can access from day one.
vivensafoundation.org.uk
August 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Vivensa Academy is a growing membership (500+) of researchers, clinicians and community organisations, all dedicated to improving later life. Discover why you should apply to join, and the fantastic members-only exclusives you can access from day one: vivensafoundation.org.uk/news/three-g...
Great Opportunity
🏆Nominations are now open for the third round of the Vivensa Academy Excellence Awards. Three awards of £120k will be made to Academy members. Deadline is 31 October 2025, 5pm. More here: vivensafoundation.org.uk/news/now-ope...
#FundingForAgeingWell #VivensaAcademy #ExcellenceAwards
#FundingForAgeingWell #VivensaAcademy #ExcellenceAwards
September 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Great Opportunity
Great 5' video from >10 years ago explains where we still are today and why the government has to invest (which means spending more money, not austerity).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmsj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmsj...
The Watson Institute at Brown University presents Mark Blyth on Austerity
YouTube video by John Mazza
www.youtube.com
September 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Great 5' video from >10 years ago explains where we still are today and why the government has to invest (which means spending more money, not austerity).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmsj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmsj...
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In the new book Labwork to Leadership, chemist Jen Heemstra offers actionable leadership advice to principal investigators.
Check out the #ScienceBooks Review on #ReadABookDay: https://scim.ag/46l2X6y
Check out the #ScienceBooks Review on #ReadABookDay: https://scim.ag/46l2X6y
September 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
In the new book Labwork to Leadership, chemist Jen Heemstra offers actionable leadership advice to principal investigators.
Check out the #ScienceBooks Review on #ReadABookDay: https://scim.ag/46l2X6y
Check out the #ScienceBooks Review on #ReadABookDay: https://scim.ag/46l2X6y
These projections for population changes over the century are fascinating! What will the age distribution look like esp in China?
September 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
These projections for population changes over the century are fascinating! What will the age distribution look like esp in China?
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🌟 We have funded five places for Academy members on Zinc's upcoming Inflection Fellowship Programme for mid-career professionals (10+ years of professional or research experience). More info and how to apply here: vivensafoundation.org.uk/news/five-fu...
#midcareeropportunity #FundingForAgeingWell
#midcareeropportunity #FundingForAgeingWell
Five funded places on Zinc’s Inflection Fellowship for mid-career researchers - Vivensa Foundation
We are excited to announce that the Vivensa Foundation is funding five places for Academy members on Zinc’s Inflection Fellowship Programme.
vivensafoundation.org.uk
August 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🌟 We have funded five places for Academy members on Zinc's upcoming Inflection Fellowship Programme for mid-career professionals (10+ years of professional or research experience). More info and how to apply here: vivensafoundation.org.uk/news/five-fu...
#midcareeropportunity #FundingForAgeingWell
#midcareeropportunity #FundingForAgeingWell
very timely--mRNA vaccines for HIV trigger strong immune response in people www.nature.com/articles/d41...
mRNA vaccines for HIV trigger strong immune response in people
Results from early-stage trial show that 80% of participants who received one of two HIV vaccine candidates produced antibodies against viral proteins.
www.nature.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
very timely--mRNA vaccines for HIV trigger strong immune response in people www.nature.com/articles/d41...
& can be very rapidly produced and shared at scale in a crisis such as a pandemic!
To say that "the data show these vaccines fail" in regards to the mRNA plaform is unforgivable.
For those of you that don't remember - this is the data from a SINGLE dose. In December 2020. So good I cried in grateful tears.
For those of you that don't remember - this is the data from a SINGLE dose. In December 2020. So good I cried in grateful tears.
August 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
& can be very rapidly produced and shared at scale in a crisis such as a pandemic!
Good news for molecular studies of the mechanisms of ageing.
Exciting news for @ukproteostasis.bsky.social and for #proteostasis researchers across the UK! Funding from BBSRC will support the development of the UK Proteostasis network, including:
- connecting & building the community to accelerate research
- supporting ECRs
www.babraham.ac.uk/news/2025/07...
- connecting & building the community to accelerate research
- supporting ECRs
www.babraham.ac.uk/news/2025/07...
July 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Good news for molecular studies of the mechanisms of ageing.
A great moment for Women's football in England. I hope this leads to more investment at the community level in football and all other sports.
Congrats to an always awesome women's team. As always done England proud 💪🏼. Womens football always getting stronger always getting better, always epic. Big up the women's team. #3lions #threelions #football #champions #england #euro2025 #euros #women #ladies #final
July 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A great moment for Women's football in England. I hope this leads to more investment at the community level in football and all other sports.
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Read Hanane's blog for the @bsrageing.bsky.social describing her experience at #AGE2025 held in Alaska!
* how her research @houseleylab.bsky.social has progressed since winning the 2024 Korenchevsky Award
* conference highlights
* sampling the Alaskan wilderness
* how her research @houseleylab.bsky.social has progressed since winning the 2024 Korenchevsky Award
* conference highlights
* sampling the Alaskan wilderness
🚨Friday read! 🚨
2024 winner of the Korenchevsky Prize Hanane Haji-Moussa of @babrahaminst.bsky.social reports back from #AGE2025 in Alaska.
Platforming the best of ageing biology research and especially our amazing ECR members is core to the BSRA. Great job Hanane!🎉
bsra.org.uk/ageing-in-al...
2024 winner of the Korenchevsky Prize Hanane Haji-Moussa of @babrahaminst.bsky.social reports back from #AGE2025 in Alaska.
Platforming the best of ageing biology research and especially our amazing ECR members is core to the BSRA. Great job Hanane!🎉
bsra.org.uk/ageing-in-al...
July 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Read Hanane's blog for the @bsrageing.bsky.social describing her experience at #AGE2025 held in Alaska!
* how her research @houseleylab.bsky.social has progressed since winning the 2024 Korenchevsky Award
* conference highlights
* sampling the Alaskan wilderness
* how her research @houseleylab.bsky.social has progressed since winning the 2024 Korenchevsky Award
* conference highlights
* sampling the Alaskan wilderness
An incredibly important contribution to humanity.
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
The lab detective: how DNA breakthrough freed a mother ja...
Kathleen Folbigg spent 20 years in prison until Carola Vinuesa uncovered the truth in a drop of blood
observer.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
An incredibly important contribution to humanity.
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
An outstanding opportunity - a great Institute in a beautiful city
New opening in the lab!! We are looking for a research scientist with a strong passion and curiosity for Cancer and RNA immunobiology. If you love cutting-edge technologies, basic and translational science and strong support for career development in France and Europe, please check this out.
July 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
An outstanding opportunity - a great Institute in a beautiful city
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Very happy to share our protocols paper for CELLO-seq. This will make single cell long read RNA-seq more accessible and provides analysis guidelines. We hope this helps the #transposon #TEsky community and folks working on #singleCell isoform and allelic #gene expression. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Long-read RNA sequencing of transposable elements from single cells using CELLO-seq - Nature Protocols
Single-cell long-read RNA sequencing enables the high-fidelity mapping of single-cell expression data from highly sequence-similar transposable elements to unique genomic loci by correcting errors fro...
doi.org
July 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Very happy to share our protocols paper for CELLO-seq. This will make single cell long read RNA-seq more accessible and provides analysis guidelines. We hope this helps the #transposon #TEsky community and folks working on #singleCell isoform and allelic #gene expression. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
“Vaccines save lives, and when coverage drops, disease spreads.” Dr Hans Kluge, the WHO regional director for Europe.
• invest in strong local health systems
• ensure vaccines are available to all
• fight misinformation
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
• invest in strong local health systems
• ensure vaccines are available to all
• fight misinformation
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Falling vaccination rates leave millions of children at risk, experts warn
More than 30m children worldwide not fully immunised for MMR and UK ranks worst in G7, WHO and Unicef say
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:28 AM
“Vaccines save lives, and when coverage drops, disease spreads.” Dr Hans Kluge, the WHO regional director for Europe.
• invest in strong local health systems
• ensure vaccines are available to all
• fight misinformation
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
• invest in strong local health systems
• ensure vaccines are available to all
• fight misinformation
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
hopefully setting the scene for longer term funding, increasing support for the study of molecular and cellular biology in complex biological systems (living organisms) as well as new ways of working.
That's a bingo:
'Crucially, the participants stressed that addressing these issues requires long-term, risk-tolerant support for science - especially frontier research that cannot thrive under short funding cycles or narrow industrial objectives.'
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
'Crucially, the participants stressed that addressing these issues requires long-term, risk-tolerant support for science - especially frontier research that cannot thrive under short funding cycles or narrow industrial objectives.'
erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
Editorial - A stronger Europe starts with science
As leaders from industry, policy and science gathered in Brussels for a lively exchange this spring, o
erc.europa.eu
July 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
hopefully setting the scene for longer term funding, increasing support for the study of molecular and cellular biology in complex biological systems (living organisms) as well as new ways of working.