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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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Nice to see the “progressive Hebridean distillers” progressing their pricing 🫣😫 This, surely, is just pure greed? #Whisky

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

Thrilled to see this monumental work in @thelancet.bsky.social! A single subretinal injection led to staggering improvements in nearly blind children, while behavioural and EEG data from our lab reveal a dramatic boost in function and cortex activity. A major leap for vision restoration! t.ly/fvdQy

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

The alternate splicing small molecule risdiplam, administered to a fetus with spinal muscular atrophy, had an apparent ameliorating effect on the disorder through 30 months. Learn more: nej.md/3XbEg7J #MedSky #Neurology #PedSky

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Damn! Looks like I'm going to have to remove the Das Kapital material from my cardiovascular anatomy lecture slides now...

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Moving on to a sherry cask beast from Cadenhead’s #Whisky Slainte 🥃

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Time to try out my new #Whisky purchase from Lockett Bros in North Berwick. Islay whisky finished in Oloroso Sherry and Tawny Port casks 🤤 Slainte 🥃

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

It had to be done: time for some Springsteen and his finest 8 minutes on record.

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

Moving on to a dram of this heavily-sherried lowland banger of a dram #Whisky Now need to find some suitable musical accompaniment….

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

The House of Lords Science and Tech Ctte have raised concerns about the impact of the UK’s visa regime on research and technology ambitions on.ft.com/4hldDVP (Full letter here committees.parliament.uk/publications...)

submitted 25 days ago • 3 comments

Our February issue, which includes articles on immune mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases, targetable disease mechanisms in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and sleep disturbances in children with neurodevelopmental disorders, is now live! go.nature.com/3WJWQDY

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📢 PhD opportunity: Studying vascular-immune cell interactions in Vascular dementia tissue and mouse models A 4 year industrial (Miltenyi) collaborative PhD Funding - Medical Research Scotland Vascular-immune interactions and contributions to dementia at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com

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Just a lil reminder today 🩵

submitted 31 days ago • 12 comments

Excellent thread and associated articles about the environmental and energy costs of AI and why DeepSeek might therefore be important for us all 👇

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