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Prof James Curtin
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Cancer researcher, Husband, Dad.
Planning for Framework Programme 10 is underway. Europe will need to be ambitious in the scale of it’s investment, broaden opportunities for industry and societal involvement in research, and importantly support the commercialization of successful research outcomes. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A science mega-programme is taking shape in the EU: what it means for researchers
A new research commissioner will help to build the European Union’s next massive science scheme — with a renewed focus on innovation.
www.nature.com
December 7, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Having an opportunity to teach and demonstrate is a fundamentally important part of the career development and education for a postgraduate researcher. I find it difficult to understand why these opportunities are so difficult for universities to provide

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/teachin...
Teaching opportunities for PhDs dry up in university cash crisis
Barely one in three postgraduate researchers now have opportunity to teach, finds Advance HE survey, with financial pressure on institutions likely to blame
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Interesting article. Hydrogel ‘droplectronics’ as an interface between electronic devices and human cells and tissue, allowing controlled electrical stimulation, biosensing, even chemical release to change cell function. Lots of exciting medical device possibilities!! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Microscale droplet assembly enables biocompatible multifunctional modular iontronics
Hydrogel iontronic devices can emulate biological functions and communicate with living matter. But the fabrication of miniature, soft iontronic devices according to modular designs has not been achie...
www.science.org
November 30, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Beautiful 😍
The world got its first glimpse on Friday of the newly renovated Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The Gothic medieval masterpiece is scheduled to reopen on Dec. 8, five years after a devastating fire shut it down. nyti.ms/41fB1zb
November 29, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Happy thanksgiving to all who celebrate 🦃
November 28, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Reposted by Prof James Curtin
Exciting research targeting immune cells called eosinophils that can contribute directly to symptoms of some types of asthma and COPD was more effective than standard care for flares AND better quality of life. Hope this can be adopted 🧪
Doctors hail first breakthrough in asthma and COPD treatment in 50 years
Results of trial of benralizumab injection could be ‘gamechanger’ for millions of people around the world
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 8:01 AM
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1/23 Big news for the #ObenaufLab! So excited to finally share our new study providing another puzzle piece, why immunotherapy fails in many tumors, now out in @Nature 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2024 at 5:58 PM
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In a world where you can be many things, be kind.
November 24, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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Check out our database of 47 POSTDOCTORAL fellowships in cancer/oncology.

For each fellowship, we provide a brief description, link to opportunity, deadline, and eligibility criteria (e.g. citizenship).

Download this database here (Excel file): research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Good luck!
November 24, 2024 at 2:20 PM
LLM will likely become a useful tool to recognize and accurately diagnose/classify tumors from image data. Makes me wonder about the potential of using retrospective data to learn’ how to recognize tumors at a very early stage such as from endoscopy data.
November 23, 2024 at 10:25 PM
A great resource for anyone who wants to generate high quality graphical abstracts and schematic figures in a manuscript or even for presentations.
🎨 In case anyone need…

The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!

Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
November 23, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Fascinating. One end goal will be the development of an accurate digital twin of the human body. One that takes into consideration factors such as gender, age, and disease status. It will be transformative for developing advanced therapies and understanding the complexities of disease.
November 21, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Well worth a read.
November 20, 2024 at 10:57 PM
💜 #WorldPrematurityDay2024
Thinking about all the little heroes and their families today.
November 17, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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Reminder for scientist: don't use red+green LUTs. Make your images and videos colorblind friendly. Run them through one of many tools available to make them accessible 🧪 #microscopy
November 16, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Brilliant ! Can’t wait to see it on display .

www.gov.ie/en/press-rel...
Rory Gallagher’s Iconic Guitar is Coming Home
www.gov.ie
October 17, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Interesting study that highlights the potential and of course possible pitfalls for ai in education and reeducation. It also shows the importance of being open to voluntarily engage in conversation and debate to learn and reconsider previously held views. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI
Conspiracy theory beliefs are notoriously persistent. Influential hypotheses propose that they fulfill important psychological needs, thus resisting counterevidence. Yet previous failures in correctin...
www.science.org
September 14, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Thought provoking and well worth a read. A good case is made for some joined up thinking between industry, the university and healthcare sectors to drive innovation in therapeutics and medical devices. academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
Why we need a revolution in clinical research
We are at a pivotal moment for clinical research. In the UK, the system is fundamentally broken as recent reports have alluded to.1,2 In other parts of the
academic.oup.com
September 5, 2024 at 7:05 PM
😍
Zermatt, Switzerland 🇨🇭
August 31, 2024 at 7:14 AM
Stunning 🤩
August 24, 2024 at 11:56 AM
I was lucky enough to be at the All Ireland final today. What a wonderful display of skill, pace and shooting accuracy by both teams. #camogie is in a very good place with the quality of players and games this year!

www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic...
Cork record 30th senior camogie title as they see off Galway fight back
Rebels bench makes all the difference with three match-winning scores coming from subs
www.irishtimes.com
August 11, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Hello BlueSky 🦋
August 7, 2024 at 4:58 PM