The gag order comes ahead of a key committee meeting next month, where CDC officials were scheduled to help the WHO pick out strains for next winter's influenza vaccine. cbsnews.com/news/cdc-commu…

My home country Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 NO cervical cancer cases detected in vaccinated women following HPV immunisation! None! Zero! What a stunning achievement ! The HPV vaccine ie a modern medical miracle!

With universities unable to afford them, clinical academics across the country are being offered redundancy. These are the people who teach our doctors and conduct ground breaking research. More must be done to support them.

Are you thinking of starting work on influenza for the first time because of... reasons? Or does your lab train people to work on flu? With Maria Amorim and Yohei Yamauchi, we've written a chapter specifically on getting up to speed on flu ... (1/2) link.springer.com/protocol/10.10…

Visualizing RNA in live cells using CRISPR Doudna Lab Nature Biotechnology nature.com/articles/s4158…

HOW does UK not allow legal right to breastfeeding breaks in workplace?! For mat leave, you get 90% pay for 18 wks; most cannot afford to take longer. WHO & UNICEF recommend breastfeeding for *2 years* due to health benefits for baby &mum. It wouldn’t take much to do much better.

Dissertation by Dr Rachel Los not only includes acknowledgements, but also .. anti-acknowledgements. delta.tudelft.nl/en/article/a-n…

After a brief memorial, laz lit the cigarette at 11:37. The 2025 Barkley Marathons has begun. #BM100

Barkley cats be settled in for the next 60 hours or so #bm100 #kittykontent

Probably my favourite sunrise picture: Suilvan on the right and Canisp to the left reflected in Loch Druim Suardalain. This was a short distance from Lochinver, in the stunning Assynt area of the Acottish Highlands.

Loved our lab meeting today, lots of troubleshooting, scientific discussion and shortbread ❤️

Three more from yesterday’s trip to Garbh Choire Mòr by Joe Glennie. The last tiny piece melted at 2.30pm. August 6th is the earliest all snow has vanished in Scotland, beating 2003 by over two weeks. Four consecutive years of disappearance for a patch once thought permanent.

Phewww it was some journey getting to preprint but finally here we are! Awesome fun collaboration with *ten* The Roslin Institute labs represented and wider collabs too, showing that diverse IAVs can replicate in cow udders, with biggest credit to Rute Maria Pinto biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Great to see our review article about RNA vaccines out cell.com/molecular-ther… If the interplay of inflammation, formulation and expression are your thing - it's all here

People don’t realize how safe and effective acetaminophen is for pain and fever. By scaring people away from Tylenol, fevers will either go untreated (dangerous, especially for young children and fetuses) or NSAIDs will take its place, which carry much more significant side

Getting my flu vaccine today felt like an extra special privilege because I’m not just protecting me, I’m also protecting my baby boy 🥰🥰

This was early on in my days crewing Laz as he walked across America for the third time. Despite a blocked femoral artery, Graves' Disease, fused vertebrae in his neck, and a recent stent in a carotid, he walked 10 hours a day. #theenduranceartist

One of the great things about living near the Forth at this time of the year is the geese migration. Tonight’s showing was one of the best I’ve seen in years. Here’s a short snippet.

Jane Goodall had a remarkable ability to inspire us to connect with the natural wonders of our world, and her groundbreaking work on primates and the importance of conservation opened doors for generations of women in science. Michelle and I are thinking of all those who loved