'Asbestos can be found in any buildings built or refurbished before the year 2000. Houses built in fifties, sixties and seventies are very likely to include asbestos'. #asbestos

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🗣️ 'He pro-actively compared almost half of the Scottish population with a war criminal like Vladimir Putin'

Stephen Flynn MP told Rishi Sunak to apologise for his 'pathetic' remarks after he labelled Yes supporters extremists

Join the team at the Centre for Immunobiology UofG Sii
We have a vacancy for a Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Immunology. Apply now!!
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It should outrage the country that not a single journalist present at todays press conference sought to question or challenge the Prime Minister on his threat to leave the ECHR

If you agree RT this widely

Let’s get the job done for them

The Mesothelioma UK Younger Persons Group is designed specifically to support mesothelioma patients and carers under 55. Our next meeting is on Wednesday 5 June at 1pm on Zoom. For joining details, email [email protected]

A reminder that our civic nationalism embraces multicultural Scotland. Meanwhile, the Tories are the Party that gave us Windrush, the Hostile Environment, Go Home Vans, Lee Anderson, Frank Hester, Rwanda flights, Liz Truss, Suella Braverman & Boris.

We're not the dangerous ones.

This is absolutely right: there is no doubt that international students bring huge economic benefits, especially in levelling-up areas, and are a source of soft power for the U.K. Universities UK International Russell Group Universities UK

Fantastic work from Rakesh K Panchal and team! Thanks to all of our amazing #MesoORIGINS sites ! Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK CRUK Scotland Inst

Today, Mesothelioma UK would like to celebrate International Nurses Day with all our amazing UK Clinical Nurse Specialists for the incredible care, treatment and support they provide for mesothelioma patients and their families. Thank you all! #NursesDay mesothelioma.uk.com/our-nurses/

Every single politician, academic, journalist, peer or other member of “the establishment” who advocated for Brexit should never be listened to again. This was blindingly obvious.

'We must have strong visibility in the EU, and identify how Scotland’s research strengths might best align with like-minded nations.'

Anton Muscatelli on how engagement with Horizon Europe can drive our economy in The Herald.

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Public opinion in the U.K. has swung decisively against #Brexit . Most people regret it now. In most referendums the opposite is true, with decisions confirmed by subsequent polling. A policy opportunity for future U.K. govts…⁦⁦The Economist⁩
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We urgently need new therapies #mesothelioma

Our new article in ⁦⁦The Lancet Respiratory Medicine⁩ makes the case for expansion of intrapleural trials, covering who, why and how!

Leveraging the pleural space for anticancer therapies in pleural mesothelioma sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We are looking for an Animal Technician to provide high quality husbandry, perform experimental procedures to fulfill scientific needs, and ensure that the needs of the animals are met in terms of clean cages, food, bedding and health and welfare checks:

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Hot off the press
'Leveraging the pleural space for anticancer therapies in
pleural mesothelioma' published in Lancet Respiratory Medicine. Discussing how pleural space is a challenging environment for #mesotheliomadetection , but may present opps for local therapy. Link to follow

Happy #EuropeDay ! 🌍

Today, we celebrate our European students, colleagues, alumni, partners & friends. 💙

UofG will always be a proudly European institution.

Learn more about our European partnerships in this special edition of our Connect newsletter ➡️

We'd like to say a huge thanks to our BreatheEasy support group on the Isle of Man, which has made a phenomenal donation of £10,000 through the support of an anonymous benefactor. Your generous gift will help make a huge difference and support our work to transform lung health 💜

We're #hiring a Molecular Biologist and Senior Molecular Biologist to join our genome engineering team. Their work will span genome editing of the mouse genome and validation of engineered alleles.

Apply by 19th May

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A heartfelt thank you to Craig Semple for his dedication to this project.

With agreement from each of the subjects and their families, Craig painted 10 portraits over the last 15 months which demonstrate how asbestos has affected so many lives across Scotland.

#CapturingLife

Our 5-day Mouse Models for Human Disease Workshop brings together a team of experienced mouse geneticists and invited speakers to provide ECR attendees with a comprehensive course in everything mouse genetics

Note: 31st May application deadline!

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