Sometimes work collides with pleasure! Look at this fish I recovered from a gurnards stomach! #practicaldissection

PhD opportunity in Braunschweig! tu-braunschweig.de/zoology/forsch…

Boris Johnson's unwillingness or inability to do the right thing has left the Government looking untrustworthy and unprincipled. Worst of all he's undermined the public health advice that keeps us all safe, just to keep one aide in his job. Our nation’s health must come first.

Some good news for the lab during a strange year: our investigation into histamine signalling and zebrafish aggression has been published in Acta Physiologica! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/Y…

Great three-year postdoc opportunity available in coming months to work with Ger Clarke UCCpsychiatry & myself here APC Microbiome Ireland in Cork on mechanisms underpining Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis signalling. Please RT

First live teaching sessions of the year!

A few months ago I asked a friend at work to knit me a Purkinje cell. The result is absolutely amazing! sciencemakes.blogspot.com/2020/10/purkin…

Fully funded PhD positions at the university of Leicester! le.ac.uk/study/research…. My lab is also listed, we will investigate how the cerebellum controls aggression

A question for the zebrafishers out there. Does any know roughly how much a fin clip weighs?

We have a beautiful Purkinje cell knitted by Sarah White!

PhD studentship available with Claire Russell at RVC! eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Very pleased to be a co-author on this study which made the cover of Molecular Pharmacology! Congratulations to Kai Waloen, first author! molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/100/2/…

Interesting article about modelling autism in fish, worms and flies - many excellent labs are mentioned! spectrumnews.org/features/deep-…

Opportunity to apply for a fully funded PhD with my colleague Dr Mervyn Thomas at the University of Leicester! The project will investigate normal and abnormal retinal development using a range of different techniques. findaphd.com/phds/project/u…

The OLF is a charity that provides a free (and very popular) leadership course for undergrads studying Zoology. Please share with your students! eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Today we are celebrating #WomenInScienceDay with our new article exploring the work and experiences of three women responsible for major advancements in laboratory animal welfare! Lynne Sneddon @nortonlab Jane Hurst #WomenInScience #AnimalResearch understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/how-women…

Check out the new swabbing resource from the NC3Rs! nc3rs.org.uk/skin-swabbing-…