Serious question for #medtwitter: If you show up at a code, and the patient is a centaur who had a cardiac arrest, ignoring the joules question, where do you think the defib pads should go? A, assuming the heart is in the human part, or B, assuming the heart is in the horse part?

Researchers at the University of Oxford, working with colleagues developed a new technology based on analysis of computed tomography (CT) coronary angiograms that can flag patients at risk of deadly heart attacks years before they occur. Oxford Population Health (OxPop) ox.ac.uk/news/2018-08-2…

The human heart contains 2 types of macrophages with distinct self-maintenance & inflammatory functions. A shift in the balance between these macrophage populations correlates with left-ventricle remodeling & systolic function in patients w/heart failure: go.nature.com/2C9154K

BREAKING NEWS The 2018 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.”

Hi- we’re two students from Homerton College participating in this years RAG Jailbreak, a challenge where we have 36 hours to get as far away from Cambridge as possible! We’re raising money for charity and it’d be great if you could donate: jailbreak2020.everydayhero.com/uk/mark-and-ad…

I made another virtual choir video with my choir although this time we had a lot more involved. I would be really grateful if you could check it out. Enjoy! youtube.com/watch?v=dDonPk…

Very interesting question!! Wonder which will come on top hmmm could be a close one...

How I feel presenting in lab meetings

Using a combination of modern cell biology techniques, including #trafficking assays, #CRISPR, and secretomics, Pereira, Stalder, David Gershlick et al. Cambridge University reveal that the exocyst complex has a fundamental role in protein secretion. bit.ly/3FoYvpA

The K/HDEL receptor does not recycle but instead acts as a Golgi-gatekeeper nature.com/articles/s4146…

Nanoscale imaging reveals the mechanisms of ER-to-Golgi transport via a dynamic tubular-vesicular network biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Here’s the big one: In collaboration with Alf Honigmann, Shevchenko Lab, Björn Drobot and Martin Hof we present a general workflow for imaging the localization and transport of individual lipids in cells and mapping their metabolism. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Scientists report progress in stimulating the brain to boost memory nyti.ms/2pkBVsX

'80% of the #NHS was unaffected' As reassuring as: The plane is 80% airworthy 80% of the office is scorpion-free My house is 80% not on fire

I can't believe there was another attack today at the London Bridge. Wishing the best to the victims and families in this difficult time🙏🏻

This is so cool - if only it was acceptable to culture E. coli at home... bio-rad.com/en-cn/product/…

So I tried googling 'somite'. I get the first bit but it lost me in the second sentence... Googling that term did not help either 😂

K so I thought the London Underground was confusing... x.com/simongerman600…

Woah I did not realise how diverse flora and forna used to be on this planet - I mean I didn't even know about diprotodons...