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kathmackay.bsky.social
Science, tech, cinema, gin, running, SEN mum ....in no particular order! Creating value for science and tech companies @BruntwoodSciTech
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So, so chuffed that the wonderful charity Medicinema is getting BAFTA's Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award tonight, and proud to know some of the folk who work for it. More cinemas in hospitals, please! 👏👏 #Baftas www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

It's great to be with our partners @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social at the Jawdrop Summit today. Great first panel on obesity and personalised health.

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This is fantastic news. ‘Groundbreaking’ potential cure for sickle cell in England approved for NHS use Clinical trials find one-time gene therapy exa-cel offers ‘functional cure’ in 96.6% of patients 👏 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

submitted 33 days ago • 51 comments

Great round up of discoveries using @ukbiobank.bsky.social data from January. As the largest health data programme of its kind is really is a UK jewel!

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Sugar cravings? Your gut may be the basis erictopol.substack.com/p/how-our-gu...

submitted 38 days ago • 36 comments

New blog on Industrial Strategy and place based innovation via @forbes.com! www.forbes.com/sites/drkath...

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We were invited to reflect on the model of @independentsage.bsky.social as a model for public engagement and communication - in this case during the crisis phase of a pandemic 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 82 days ago • 2 comments

The Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee has launched an inquiry into innovation, growth and the regions. Their Call for Evidence - which closes on 13 January at 23:59 - will be considering the following questions:

submitted 82 days ago • 2 comments

Great evening at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social for the annual @sciencecampaign.bsky.social lecture. Fascinating to hear how ARIA is developing and the importance of people centric organisations and research programmes.

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Great to be at @unibirmingham.bsky.social today to meet with colleagues and discuss Birmingham Health Innovation Campus which opens next year. Very festive on graduation day 🥳🌲

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Exciting time for the Bruntwood SciTech crew with London expansion!!

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📢 Announcing 'visionary leaders' to lead Schools of Convergence Science: hubs.ly/Q02-W-3X0 🔬 4 new Schools, announced as part of @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social new strategy, will push the boundaries of transdisciplinary innovation by combining #ourImperial expertise in STEMB and social sciences.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Extraordinary research published in @natureportfolio.bsky.social by the Human Cell Atlas, a project aiming to map all 37 trillion cells in the human body...! "When complete, it could transform the ways we diagnose, monitor and treat diseases" – Katrina Gold @wellcometrust.bsky.social to BBC ⬇️

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Plans worth £200m revealed by Imperial College London and Bruntwood SciTech www.cityam.com/plans-worth-...

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It's great to be at the University of Liverpool today speaking at the VC's annual conference on the future of healthcare. Lord Darzi kicks off with comments on his review of the NHS.

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In the light of Trumps decision to put vaccine disinformation proponent RFK jr in charge of health for the States just re-posting this here. RFK views are a retrograde damaging step for American healthcare

submitted 110 days ago • 1 comment

Welcome @thenhsa.bsky.social! A fantastic organisation driving forward the health proposition in the North of the UK and addressing health inequalities.

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I wrote this @forbes.com blog earlier this year to capture how i felt about the death of science +tech twitter. Nice to join @bsky.app this week and find my tribe! www.forbes.com/sites/drkath...

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What ministers can learn from Manchester’s unfinished business on.ft.com/4fuikMg

submitted 110 days ago • 4 comments

Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.

submitted 112 days ago • 687 comments

I see more and more life science institutes/departments joining the party. I have put together a starter pack. Please let me know if you see others that could be added. go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ

submitted 112 days ago • 27 comments

At last, there's a searchable directory of Bluesky starter packs, courtesy of @mubashariqbal.com! Just one more way third-party developers are helping to make this place better. Search starter packs by keyword, and sort by "Uses" to see which ones people are finding the most helpful

submitted 117 days ago • 962 comments

Hey, there’s a Science feed on here. Instructions below:

submitted 118 days ago • 1 comment