Mick Craig
@mickcraig.bsky.social
Glaswegian Neuroscientist running a systems neuro lab @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Interests: ephys, interneurons, thalamus, oscillations, dementia, schiz & neuroinflammation. Dad, leftie, runner, wannabe chef, atheist. He/him https://craiglab.org/
Another #FluorescenceFriday image here, from an ongoing project studying circuitry of the retrosplenial cortex. Here we are using rabies to map the inputs specifically to the deep pyramidal cells (L5). Cyan shows the deep cells and magenta shows their presynaptic partners. #NeuroSkyence
October 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Another #FluorescenceFriday image here, from an ongoing project studying circuitry of the retrosplenial cortex. Here we are using rabies to map the inputs specifically to the deep pyramidal cells (L5). Cyan shows the deep cells and magenta shows their presynaptic partners. #NeuroSkyence
Did a slightly early Thanksgiving meal today and my pumpkin pie set! I take a somewhat freestyle approach in the kitchen so have a patchy track record with pumpkin pie, but I actually read a recipe and measured a little today. Enjoy tomorrow for those to celebrate! 🍁🇨🇦
October 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Did a slightly early Thanksgiving meal today and my pumpkin pie set! I take a somewhat freestyle approach in the kitchen so have a patchy track record with pumpkin pie, but I actually read a recipe and measured a little today. Enjoy tomorrow for those to celebrate! 🍁🇨🇦
Are we still doing #FluorescenceFriday? #NeuroSkyence
October 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Are we still doing #FluorescenceFriday? #NeuroSkyence
I'm sure there probably have been bigger acts of urban vandalism than running a major motorway through the heart of a city, but I can't think of right now. #Glasgow
September 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I'm sure there probably have been bigger acts of urban vandalism than running a major motorway through the heart of a city, but I can't think of right now. #Glasgow
I'm feeling a little Canadian today. Their slogan is a bit more socially acceptable than “fuck Trump”, so suitable to wear while teaching… 😏
August 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I'm feeling a little Canadian today. Their slogan is a bit more socially acceptable than “fuck Trump”, so suitable to wear while teaching… 😏
I think I broke the journal submission system... 🫣 #NeuroSkyence
August 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I think I broke the journal submission system... 🫣 #NeuroSkyence
Finally got around to reading the Salmon of Doubt. Dragged my heels for the best part of 2 decades as I wasn't quite ready to say goodbye to Douglas Adams... Here are his thoughts on England 🤣
July 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Finally got around to reading the Salmon of Doubt. Dragged my heels for the best part of 2 decades as I wasn't quite ready to say goodbye to Douglas Adams... Here are his thoughts on England 🤣
Astrocytes play a key role in regulating neuronal function, shuffling transmitters, feeding neurons, keeping synpases warm and generally making sure things don't go bad (cartoon from axonology.com/cartoon/brai...). But astrocytes are also immune-aware, being able to sense and release cytokines. 7/
June 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Astrocytes play a key role in regulating neuronal function, shuffling transmitters, feeding neurons, keeping synpases warm and generally making sure things don't go bad (cartoon from axonology.com/cartoon/brai...). But astrocytes are also immune-aware, being able to sense and release cytokines. 7/
Yeah, I walked down after slipping in some scree and tearing myself up a bit. Way up I took the wrong path and was scrambling through sheep trails in bracken.
But I got coffee and puppy at the end! 😍
But I got coffee and puppy at the end! 😍
May 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Yeah, I walked down after slipping in some scree and tearing myself up a bit. Way up I took the wrong path and was scrambling through sheep trails in bracken.
But I got coffee and puppy at the end! 😍
But I got coffee and puppy at the end! 😍
Achievement unlock: run up Dumgoyne, a hill that overlooks Glasgow and has been calling to me for years. Ran from my house to the hill, up then to Strathblane for coffee with a colleague. 21.5km all in, third run >20km this week 💪
May 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Achievement unlock: run up Dumgoyne, a hill that overlooks Glasgow and has been calling to me for years. Ran from my house to the hill, up then to Strathblane for coffee with a colleague. 21.5km all in, third run >20km this week 💪
Annual leave day 1. Cheeky half marathon worth of running on the #WestHighlandWay. Kudos to the guy hiking it while wearing a washing machine 🤣.
May 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Annual leave day 1. Cheeky half marathon worth of running on the #WestHighlandWay. Kudos to the guy hiking it while wearing a washing machine 🤣.
I'm starting a week off (my first bit of annual leave since Christmas) and I managed to ripen my avocados to perfection. I'm not superstitious but I think this is going to be A Good Week. #SmallWins
May 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I'm starting a week off (my first bit of annual leave since Christmas) and I managed to ripen my avocados to perfection. I'm not superstitious but I think this is going to be A Good Week. #SmallWins
A first for our lab: the awesome @agonru.bsky.social has been teaching @mbielska.bsky.social and I how to make tetrodes. Such a fiddly faff!
April 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A first for our lab: the awesome @agonru.bsky.social has been teaching @mbielska.bsky.social and I how to make tetrodes. Such a fiddly faff!
1000th Wordle today... 🤓
April 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
1000th Wordle today... 🤓
My wife's birthday cheesecake. Middle-age is the time when it's more efficient to use binary in the candles to mark your age.
March 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
My wife's birthday cheesecake. Middle-age is the time when it's more efficient to use binary in the candles to mark your age.
Just finished making the obligatory biscoff salted caramel cheesecake for my wife's birthday. My son asked me to create this cake last spring and it has since supplanted all other birthday cakes in the house.
The warm caramel will slowly melt into the cheesecake layer in the fridge as it sets... 🤤
The warm caramel will slowly melt into the cheesecake layer in the fridge as it sets... 🤤
March 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Just finished making the obligatory biscoff salted caramel cheesecake for my wife's birthday. My son asked me to create this cake last spring and it has since supplanted all other birthday cakes in the house.
The warm caramel will slowly melt into the cheesecake layer in the fridge as it sets... 🤤
The warm caramel will slowly melt into the cheesecake layer in the fridge as it sets... 🤤
It was a #ScienceOutreach day today at my kids' primary school. Helped by 3 of my awesome PhD students, we ran workshops for primary 6 and primary 2 classes. Much fun was had by all. 🤓#BrainAwarenessWeek #UKScienceWeek
March 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It was a #ScienceOutreach day today at my kids' primary school. Helped by 3 of my awesome PhD students, we ran workshops for primary 6 and primary 2 classes. Much fun was had by all. 🤓#BrainAwarenessWeek #UKScienceWeek
Urgh, they've even got to ChatGPT now. Et tu, Brute?
March 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Urgh, they've even got to ChatGPT now. Et tu, Brute?
A bit of #NeuroSkyence to bring a little joy to our timelines. Magenta shows an astrocyte that's churning out lots of TNFa, and yellow is an IBA1 stain. You can see the microglia closest to the astrocyte have become reactive while those further away are more normal. Isn't science fun!?
February 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A bit of #NeuroSkyence to bring a little joy to our timelines. Magenta shows an astrocyte that's churning out lots of TNFa, and yellow is an IBA1 stain. You can see the microglia closest to the astrocyte have become reactive while those further away are more normal. Isn't science fun!?
From the FT news feed on UN resolution today. Looking at the list of counties who the US sided with... We've lost a long-standing friend. The US is absolutely on the wrong side of history. A once proud country now brought low, in just a matter of weeks.
People voted for this with eyes wide open.
People voted for this with eyes wide open.
February 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
From the FT news feed on UN resolution today. Looking at the list of counties who the US sided with... We've lost a long-standing friend. The US is absolutely on the wrong side of history. A once proud country now brought low, in just a matter of weeks.
People voted for this with eyes wide open.
People voted for this with eyes wide open.
You can learn a lot about someone by looking at their friends...
January 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
You can learn a lot about someone by looking at their friends...
We were expecting it for a while, to be fair...
January 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We were expecting it for a while, to be fair...
Neighbour's tree before and after #StormÉowyn
January 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Neighbour's tree before and after #StormÉowyn