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tomgillingwater.bsky.social
Chair of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh. FRSE, FRSB, HonFAS. Mood generally influenced by family, anatomy, science (MND/SMA/ALS/NMJ), music, whisky and NFFC. Owned by a Lakeland Terrier. My opinions etc! 📍Edinburgh/East Lothian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Sunday afternoon done right with David Stirk’s fantastic new/updated book on Campbeltown and its #whisky history 🥃

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Very proud to be a part of this. It was an incredibly moving day spent with wonderful friends from the Ainu and Japanese communities www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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A gorgeous morning on the Mersey for Day 2 of #BNA2025! The plenary last night taught us the benefits of reading on the brain... Difficult to resist the books here but I suppose I should go If you're here, come and see my poster today on our latest work on therapy development in ALS 😊 Poster PT_052

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WhiskyGospel have just posted details of the Lagavulin festival release for the 2025 Feis Ile. Crazy prize for a 15yo!

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This is a superb, sober and balanced response to all the AI hyperbole floating around suggesting that it is the answer to all of our problems (including disease) 👏 👏 👏 The End of Disease | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...

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The last part of our SMA genetics trilogy is now online at iScience @cellpress.bsky.social! Here we use ONT technology to determine SMN2-specific methylation profiles. We find how methylation may regulate SMN with aging but it may not be a great biomarker. Have a look: www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

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It’s that time of the week when a comfy seat on the couch with a little furry pal and a cracking dram is called for 🐾 🥃 Oh…and some Bach on the stereo too 🎶 Slainte!

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There are still few better feelings as an academic than when your paper’s image is chosen for the front cover of a journal #ProudPI #NMJ Confocal micrograph taken by the amazing @drchayts.bsky.social

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Our new open access review published in @cp-trendsmolecmed.bsky.social provides an update on the exciting potential of targeting PGK1 as a therapeutic option for neurological diseases, including Parkinson’s disease and motor neuron diseases such as ALS: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

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Anatomy friends, would you like to come and live and work in beautiful Hobart, Tasmania? We're looking for an anatomy lecturer to come and join our wonderful team. www.seek.com.au/job/83567965

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Our new open access review published in @cp-trendsmolecmed.bsky.social provides an update on the exciting potential of targeting PGK1 as a therapeutic option for neurological diseases, including Parkinson’s disease and motor neuron diseases such as ALS: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

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Looking for a MSc research project? Interested in cardiac diseases? We have a couple of thesis projects on the mechanisms of heart failure (with preserved ejection fraction). The projects based at UCPH involve cell functional assays and omics. If interested DM me or send me an email.

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🚨 JOB OFFER in our lab at Institut Pasteur 🚨 We are looking for a postdoc! Please repost 🙏

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Ouch!! 🚨

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