💉 Today marks exactly 100 years since Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old boy dying from type 1 diabetes, became the first person to receive an injection of insulin on 11 January 1922. A thread 👇 (1/6)

🎶Iconic! Is there any better country than the land of song?

Pending #NICE outcome, for #T1Diabetes - there WILL be criteria to have access to #Flash or #CGM Having #T1Diabetes Yup, that’s it One #NHS, one criteria 💙

❗ 4.9 million of us live with diabetes. And every one of us matters. This #DiabetesWeek, we’re calling on decision makers across the UK to stand with us & do more for people affected by diabetes. 📢 Let’s make a noise they can’t ignore. Sign & share our petition by 19 June!

It’s Diabetes Week. Sending love to everybody affected by diabetes. #DiabetesWeek #Diabetes

Want to persuade anyone? Use the Rule of 3 to be in the top 1%. The most powerful persuasion tool in the world:

DALL-E 2 vs Midjourney vs StableDiffusion mega thread: photography, illustration, painters, abstract these image synths are like instruments - it's amazing we'll get so many of them, each with a unique "sound" 🤯 rules: same prompt, 1:1 aspect ratio, no living artists

Had such a good time at this. Lots of lessons learned and met some great people!

It's time for another giveaway 🎉 Looking to upgrade your workspace? The folks at Jeff Sheldon have hooked us up with their new Gather Organizer Set + Monitor Stand (normally $588!) to give to one lucky Workspaces reader kickstarter.com/projects/ugmon… RT to win Winner announced 10/25 ✨

Diabetes UK funded PhD studentship available in my lab to study the role RNA binding proteins in ER stress in pancreatic beta cells. The RNA Society DMI Group - Lincoln Full details below findaphd.com/phds/project/t…

🚨The deadline to apply for an Early Career Small Grant is just around the corner! Submit your application by next Monday, July 31 at ⤵️diabetes.org.uk/research/for-r…

Falling behind: postdocs in their thirties tire of putting life on hold. Read the results of Nature’s second global survey of postdoctoral researchers go.nature.com/3Qtd4hI

Decisions, decisions 🧐 180 extra each day on average that myself and other people with #t1d have to make. So that means: 1️⃣2️⃣6️⃣0️⃣ each week 5️⃣4️⃣7️⃣5️⃣ each month 6️⃣5️⃣7️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ each year 6️⃣5️⃣7️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ after 10 years They are quite some numbers 🔢 #DiabetesAwarenessMonth

Really powerful and a great representation of what it feels like to have diabetes.

Happy world diabetes day! 💙

A wonderful,yet poignant video And why we fight with everything to try & ensure ALL children can have this #ClosedLoops #T1Diabetes We aim to start ASAP (thank you NICE) And why scientists must find a cure x (Shared with permission of family) "It's my superpower..." 🥹

I teach a class on how to give a great scientific talk. The core idea is that humans absorb information effortlessly if it is delivered as a compelling story. I call it the 'David Attenborough' method, in honor of the master. Attached is my style guide. #scicomm D Attenborough