As academics, most of us never see the inside of a courtroom. So don't forget to tune into the Royal Institution (now on Bluesky) #XmasLectures on #BBC4 tonight at 8pm to see some cool science and watch us sweat.

We're looking for an accomplished IT Infrastructure Engineer to join our team and help us eliminate child sexual abuse images and videos online. Find out more about the role and apply on our website. iwf.org.uk/careers.

Excited for the final instalment of the Royal Institution (now on Bluesky) #XmasLectures starting on #BBC4 in 3.. 2.. 1..

Getting the most reliable memories from eyewitnesses doesn't look like what we often see on crime shows. Huge thanks to Charlie Frowd from @UCLan for showing us this leading-edge technique to produce images of suspects! #XmasLectures

I'm sure I recognise number 2 from somewhere... 🤣

Did you know? The pattern of veins in our hands differs so much from person to person, some of those veins don't even have a name. Huge thanks to Ricki Boswell-Challand from Lancaster University for giving us *checks notes* a hand 🙄 #XmasLectures

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened 🥲 It's a wrap on the 2022 #XmasLectures! Please join us in saying a massive "well done" to our Christmas Lecturer, Sue Black 👏 How great was she?!

Excellent example of how to mislead people.

ICYMI, here are some highlights from the Q&A with Sue Black! This page has few images and folks using screen readers might prefer it to the Twitter thread. rigb.org/explore-scienc…

Snow day at InfoLab ❄️

Protecting children is at the heart of everything we do. Our analysts help child victims of sexual abuse by hunting down and removing any online record of the abuse. Could you help us too? Learn more about the crucial work we do: iwf.org.uk/about-us/.

With the images contributed, we have developed world-leading research in feature identification and extraction. Please get involved at h-unique.lancaster.ac.uk as we move into the next stage of understanding anatomical variation in the hand. lancaster.ac.uk/news/scientist…

Our Dr Bryan Williams was interviewed by BBC Radio Lancashire this morning about the important hand identification research he is leading here at Lancaster and how members of the public can help. Listen again after 1hr 53mins H-Unique Bryan M. Williams bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Our scientists are developing forensic tools to help identify and convict abusers. And they need businesses and community groups to help. Learn more about H-Unique and how to get involved lancaster.ac.uk/news/scientist…

It's so quiet and peaceful at SCC Lancaster on the Lancaster University campus today. Happy Easter everyone.

If you're at #CVPR2025, come check out our poster at board 72 at 10am, showcasing our H-Unique work on 3D texture reconstruction.

Loving the first poster session at #CVPR2026 on an EPIC SCALE

It's so long since my last in person conference, I forgot how much I enjoy poster sessions.

Graduation 2023 is here! 🎓🌹 Congratulations to all our graduating students. We are so proud of you and cannot wait to celebrate all your achievements this week! We'll be celebrating across our channels, so be sure to tag us in your posts and use the hashtag #Gradcaster

So apparently I’m the first official woman orator University of Leicester graduations! I’m lucky enough to give the oration for the rather incredible Lord Simon Woolley, whose achievements include setting up Operation Black Vote.