Imagine if you woke up this morning and found that the NIH-funded database that holds all of the data that you and thousands of other scientists around the world consult every day was turned off. Gone. Despite many efforts by a community of scientists to lobby NIH NIH Director

🎗Revealing New Insights in Cancer and Obesity Research🎗 With her DOROTHY COFUND project, Dr Féaron Cassidy aims to uncover the role that immune MAIT cells play in the fight against cancer and their potential in enhancing treatment strategies: dorothy.ie/2024/10/03/the…

Yday's Taskforce for Dublin report said 'Crime statistics do not show a sharp increase over the same period; or that Dublin is an outlier against peer cities', so I was a bit disappointed by overall framing. Big social problems to solve; research shows we can't arrest our way out

My dear friend, colleague and mentor Prof Bernard Mahon needs our help. He has contributed so much to Irish Immunology Irish Immunology and Maynooth University and deserves the best EMA approved healthcare possible. Why wont Laya Healthcare fund Immunotherapy for Bernard? VHI do, RT🙏

I do not understand why what is going on in Afghanistan is not bigger news. Women now banned from “hearing other women’s voices” independent.co.uk/asia/south-asi…

I will die on this one: pay is the single largest gatekeeper we have in academia. This crap isn’t viable. It’s hurting people, and limiting the pool of talented folks that think it’s a good idea to do science or have the resources to do so.

Our friend Sarah Cunningham has now been missing since 2.30am on 2nd November. Please can everyone help us find her by sharing on any platform you have - specifically in the London area, or if you have any London connections. BBC Midlands BBC News (UK) Sky News ITV News Channel 4 News @news

Need to channel Maggie Smith’s ‘Good Bones’ talking to the kids this morning…. “The world is at least fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative estimate, though I keep this from my children”

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

Here’s a video produced by “Led by Donkeys” out of the U.K. that puts down the timeline of how Musk used X to get Donald Trump elected. I would save it because I don’t think it will be up for long.

Sweden opens its new Embassy in Dublin tonight. Ireland and Sweden are firm friends and close partners in the EU 🇮🇪🤝🇸🇪 We are delighted to wish them a warm Céad Míle Fáilte! Visit 👉 Ireland.ie/sweden #WelcomeSweden

With less than a week left to polling, Holly Cairns TD is very clear about what a vote for the Soc Dems will mean.

For anyone with a dog who might be unaware how vital it is that flocks of birds are not disturbed whilst feeding. For birds, constant disturbances like this can make the difference between life and death...

Delighted to attend this The Physiological Society plaque unveiling and roadshow in UCL today.

A strong university sector means a strong Ireland and our graduate talent is our greatest national renewable resource. To keep Ireland competitive the incoming government must #InvestInHigherEd

Nessa Carey giving the The Physiological Society President’s Lecture - fascinating insights into what epigenetics teaches us about our behavior as scientists

Delighted to present today, my voice just about made it through with my cold, but I’m so glad I could attend such a fascinating selection of talks

📢Recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join our team in Biomedical Engineering University of Galway. Our research includes medical implant design, mechanotherapies, drug- and cell-based therapies & translation of our discoveries. Get in touch for informal enquires. RTs welcome! nature.com/naturecareers/…..

I’m over on Bluesky these days - hopefully see you there 🦋