iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 20h

On a scale of "stock up on food before the storm" to "oooooh, plants", it turns out I have very clear priorities

Photograph of a hamging succulent being carried home from the shop. There are no bags of food in sight.

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 12/09/2026

Balancing out the GOP convention by cycling through Dallas to get my covid (and flu) vaccines

Selfie of Ali in a bike helmet and sunglasses, holding a bike in one hand and with 2 bandages on their arm from vaccines. They are wearing a white crop, black tight shorts and white sneakers standing in a forested bike path

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 11/08/2026

He's so smol he doesn't even bend the petal 🥺 📸: my mum

Close up photograph of a small green tree frog balancing on a light pink Dahlia petal. He's such a smol boy he doesn't even bend the petal

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 06/08/2026

Shaking out the cobwebs, mostly by faceplanting in the lake repeatedly

Photo of Ali behind a boat waterskiing, with a calm lake and forest in the background behind a big wake

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 22/07/2026

It took six months and hundreds of dollars, but my USA health insurance has finally decided to pay for the medication I've needed to take for years. The rage/relief combo is real.

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 10/07/2026

Fridays are for tree frogs in roses, 📷 courtesy of my mum

Close up photograph of a small tree frog sitting in a yellow rose

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 07/07/2026

The "Pain at the Periphery" symposium in Oxford last week was such an excellent mix of surgical expertise and basic science. Many thanks to Akira Wiberg from @ndorms.bsky.social for hosting #PainResearch

Group photo of 20 scientists on the lawn of Kellogg college, Oxford

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 04/07/2026

Our captain sure does spend a lot of time in the water

Ali canoeing with a friend down an overgrown canal with a dog leaning over the front of the boat

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 01/07/2026

Slight upgrade to the home office set-up this week

Photo of a solo laptop in the Radcliffe Camera (library) at Oxford

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 29/05/2026

Had a sunbeam and mountain sort of day

Narrow wooden statue of a woman in a remote mountain saddle. A mix of spring snow and flowers are scattered around the rocky scene.

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 20/05/2026

Not a bad spot for a pre-conference run

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 09/05/2026

This is my emotional support creek

Photo of a creek in Dallas from above, surrounded by trees with a short path connecting the view to the pavement

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 27/04/2026

Pretty excited to see this one final out in print! We generated a TurboID transgenic which, when crossed to AdvillinCre, let's us target the proteome of distinct sensory neuron compartments #PainResearch onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Screenshot from Figure 1C showing an immunohistochemistry of the mouse peripheral nervous system (skin, nerve, DRG, spinal cord) as labelled by a TurboID x AdvillinCre transgenic

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 24/04/2026

can't celebrate rejection day if you don't apply

Screenshot of the London Marathon ballot entry for 25 April 2027

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 03/04/2026

Nothing like medical ads in the 1800s

Page from "Handy things to know (1800)".
Ontario: Dr. Hall Medecine Company. Patient story under the header "like a new man", followed by the add titles "DON'T DIE"

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 14/02/2026

Get vaxxed my lovelies ❤️💜💚

Valentine's Day card as a photo of two scientists shrugging and the text "My love for you can't be explained by science. Just like the new federal vaccine guidelines."

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 12/02/2026

Not the country I was aiming for, but clearly the one that was needed

Selfie of Ali with they sister, a baby and a puppy on a beach in front of a mountain range

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 05/02/2026

Bittersweet final week in Vienna but at least the forecast is making it easier to leave

Misty park view with bare tree silhouettes lining an icy path

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 30/01/2026

We can have nice things www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Mark Carney embracing Hudson Williams in the Heated Rivalry team Canada fleece

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 29/01/2026

This account is now exclusively dedicated to complaining about moving for the next few days while I avoid the actual packing bit

Empty apartment with moving boxes scattered around

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 29/01/2026

Repeatedly telling my bike it should be happy it's going into storage instead of texan freeways but I'm not sure it understands

Cannondale Synapse road bike in front of a bike box for storage

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 16/01/2026

Busy getting some snow in before I swap it for Dallas sunshine in a few weeks

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 14/01/2026

Sometimes things are actually really good

Sunny skies over a groomed piste in Switzerland

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 12/01/2026

Reunited with my favourite swiss puppy

Ali sitting in the snow beside a black dog jumping for a snowball in the forest

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 09/01/2026

it's very hard to complain about the alps!

Snow covered rail tracks in front of a large lake and mountain foothill backdrop

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 09/01/2026

if you home office from a train, you get train views

Snowy low mountain valley out a train window

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 01/01/2026

Channelling this energy with my first book of 2026

Book Cover of "Art Monsters - Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art" by Lauren Elkin. Cover Art for the book is an image of Blue Eyeliner, 2020 by Genieve Figgis

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 27/12/2025

Back to the original local, Oxford Uni Parks, for parkrun 3/5

Blue skies reflecting in a canal with a path along the water

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 25/12/2025

Parkrun 2/5 for the season... there may have been brandy in the coffee ❄️🎄

Group of parkrun runners dressed mostly in red and green with Santa hats on a sunny day

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 20/12/2025

Not sure if I'm more excited for Christmas or the corresponding 5 parkruns in 2 weeks

Busy start line at parkrun in Battersea park

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 28/11/2025

Thankful to the palace gardeners who built a perfectly sectioned 800 m running track

Frozen fountain in a park with blue skies

Curved garden track covered in frost at Schönnbrunn

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.com · 25/11/2025

That said, massive congratulations to everyone who fought so hard for this. Long overdue does not mean this is trivial and I hope everyone can exhale and celebrate this in full 🏳️‍🌈🥳