Listen to the latest Feel Better, Live More Podcast by Dr Rangan Chatterjee on: Touch – The Forgotten Sense with Professor Francis McGlone (Francis McGlone) somaffect.org/2073 (via SomAffect)

#Touch - In this article published in the most recent issue of Granta (#146 – The Politics of Feeling), Poppy Sebag-Montefiore reflects on touch, culture and society – featuring insight and conversations with ⁦Francis McGlone⁩ , and her visit to our lab somaffect.org/2190/

“Follow the Neuro-Science” - we have a gentle-touch sensitive nerve in our skin that craves physical contact, protecting our mental health and resilience to stress

How many lives did it cost? Those vital weeks in between No.10 being advised to lock down and then doing it? That's the question. It's the mortality gap of competent government.

The priority in a PhD should be building the student's CV, not the research advisor's. Faculty, it is up to us to make this happen.

How is this even a thing? Like tying up loose ends before he leaves?? “The president scheduled a total of five executions to take place before Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, breaking a 130-year precedent in which executions are paused during a presidential transition”

Exactly 6 years ago, the Inaugural Congress of the International Society for the Study of Affective Touch IASAT.org took place in London! Here is a picture of the founding members: India Morrison KatLab håkan olausson Francis McGlone. Looking forward to the #FestivalofTouch now!

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Congratulations to all of our brilliant MSc Brain & Behaviour students who submitted their final research project reports this week! 🧠 You have been absolute stars during a very difficult year. Have a great summer🌞 LJMUHealth RCBB #neuroscience

Most amazing talk on the importance of early life experiences delivered by a 7 year old! How every child can thrive by five (Molly Wright | TED and Minderoo Foundation) ted.com/talks/molly_wr… via TED Talks. Prof Michelle McManus Francis McGlone Public Health @ LJMU

'The pandemic has woken people up to how important touch is' Francis McGlone #SkinHungerOnFilm is live! We're so proud to get this documentary out into the world. Please watch and share, so that as many people as possible get to see the film. WATCH HERE > bit.ly/SkinHungerOnFi…

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MP doesn’t know whether she attended Downing St Party

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Ben Buckley Out of the mouth of oldies

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The power of the poet……

We are looking for a postdoc with a background in pain research for a 6 month project investigating the prevalence and psychological factors of dentinal hypersensitivity - funded by GSK Oral Health Division. jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/resear…

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