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MUSICC @musiccproject.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🎉Major milestone for MUSICC! 🎉 Enrolment has completed for our very first COVID-19 human challenge study! This is an important step that supports future research and study design. 📰Read our new article to learn more about the study: bit.ly/3QV8xHJ

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Enrolment completed – MUSICC hits major milestone for first study

Enrolment has completed in MUSICC's first COVID-19 human challenge study, marking a key milestone for the project.

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MUSICC @musiccproject.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

On #WorldPatientSafetyDay, we’re highlighting the importance of coronavirus research. People living with noncommunicable diseases often face worse outcomes from COVID-19. MUSICC’s studies are helping lay the groundwork for the next generation of infection-blocking vaccines. 🔗 www.musicc.org 🧪

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MUSICC @musiccproject.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Come and meet some of the team behind MUSICC! What's the status of our research into harnessing immunity to prevent transmission? Find out at the Where Great Ideas Grow event. No need to book, just drop by and ask us anything! 🧪 📍https://bit.ly/4hpA7Xi 🔗 Follow our progress: www.musicc.org

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MUSICC @musiccproject.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We're going to New Scientist Live!🎉 In two weeks, the MUSICC team will be at Excel London running some fun games and interactive activities. If you're coming along, drop by and say hello. We'd love to chat, answer your questions and show you what we're up to! 🧪

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Matt Forde @matt-forde.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It’s the real PMQs with Andy Burnham. New ep every week…

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MUSICC @musiccproject.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

💉 Help advance COVID-19 research We’re recruiting healthy participants aged 18–50 for the COVHIC003 SARS-CoV-2 study. Participants will complete pre-screening, screening, a quarantine stay, and 4 follow-up visits. 💷 Paid up to £3,935 📍 Locations: London, Oxford & Southampton. 🔗 bit.ly/COVHIC003

Graphic promoting recruitment for MUSICC's COVID-19 human challenge study. The graphic includes virus based graphics and the logos of the project's funders, CEPI and the European Union.

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MUSICC @musiccproject.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

💡 Help researchers understand COVID-19 infection Healthy adults aged 18–50 are invited to join the COVHIC003 study. The study includes pre-screening, screening, a quarantine stay, and 4 follow-up visits. 💷 Paid up to £3,935 📍 Locations: London, Oxford and Southampton. 🔗 bit.ly/COVHIC003 🧪

Infographic advertising recruitment for a COVID-19 research study as part of the MUSICC project.

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MUSICC @musiccproject.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

MUSICC’s second human challenge study, COVHIC003, has now opened for recruitment. The study will help researchers understand the immune responses that can prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection and support future COVID-19 vaccine research. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/4zyfpfW 🧪

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MUSICC’s second human challenge study seeks participants – MUSICC

MUSICC has opened recruitment for its second human challenge study, COVHIC003.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

One of French puppeteer Raphaël Gromy’s most recognizable performances features a puppet painting real artworks on canvas, blending puppetry, live performance, and visual art into a unique theatrical experience. 😊 IG: @artistsuniversum @raphael_gromy

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Anaesthesia @anaesjournal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Pain management strategies in patients with rib fractures. @benmorton.bsky.social #AnSky #MedSky #EMSky #SurgSky #PainSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

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Anaesthesia @anaesjournal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

What are the indications for surgical rib fixation? @benmorton.bsky.social #AnSky #MedSky #EMSky #SurgSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

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Anaesthesia @anaesjournal.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

How do you classify thoracic trauma? @benmorton.bsky.social #AnSky #MedSky #EMSky #SurgSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

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Ben Morton @benmorton.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Really enjoyed writing this with major trauma colleagues from @nhsuhlg.bsky.social. Effective trauma management is a team sport so it's only right that treatment recommendations include multidisciplinary perspectives: doi.org/10.1111/anae... @anaesjournal.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social #ansky

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Ember @ember-energy.org · 26/06/2026

Something remarkable has happened in #Pakistan’s energy sector, largely missed by official stats… In just two years, electricity generation has surged by 21%, making an increase of 33 TWh – this boost was entirely led by distributed solar, which rose by 36 TWh 🇵🇰 🌞 ember-energy.org/lat...

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Ember @ember-energy.org · 30/06/2026

☀️ NEW | Renewables were the LARGEST source of global energy supply growth in 2025, for the first time outside a recession. Renewables grew by 10%, adding 3.3 exajoules to total energy supply in 2025. Solar alone delivered 71% of that rise. 🧵1/3 🔗 www.energyinst.org/statistical-...

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Ian Moss @ian.allenmoss.co.uk · 29/06/2026

Manc-a-largo

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Susanna Stanford @susannastanford.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

New Editorial in @anaesjournal.bsky.social Pain only she knows There is a persistent gap between pain experienced by patients and pain recognised by clinicians; namely, patients feel pain more often than clinicians recognise. Great to work with Tracey Vogel and Heather Nixon on this. 1/

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The BBC has requested that Donald Trump hand over his phone records from Jan. 6 as part of his defamation lawsuit against the broadcaster.

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BBC requests Trump’s diary and phone logs in editing scandal lawsuit

The US president is demanding $10bn in damages from the BBC

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Ben Morton @benmorton.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I like Andy Burnham and hope that he can change the narrative in government. I can't get passed him looking like a Thunderbird character but I liked them too as a kid so I guess that's OK

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 10/06/2026

Among critically ill adults with acute respiratory failure, neither carbocisteine nor hypertonic saline reduced the duration of mechanical ventilation, and each strategy was associated with harm. Full phase 3 MARCH trial results: nej.md/3PUyHdA #CCR26 | @criticalcarereviews.com

Kaplan-Meier curves comparing duration of mechanical ventilation. Chart A compares carbocisteine (CS) versus no CS, while Chart B compares hypertonic saline (HTS) versus no HTS.

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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 26/05/2026

“You could meditate on the historical shift to monotheism by reading a weighty biography of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor. Or you could do it by reading Small Gods, which has jokes in it.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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I Am Begging You to Read Terry Pratchett

One of England’s funniest writers is in danger of being lost to history.

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Kasia @scullingmonkey.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Hot off the press, and a plug for PLUGS @anaesjournal.bsky.social @docashah.bsky.social Our prospective study of platelet function in vascular surgery TLDR: better periop pathways 🤝 personalised periop care Read👇 associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 17/05/2026

Immigration make Britain brilliant

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Labour hopeful Andy Burnham to C4: “We need a different path completely. Put more things back under public, stronger public control, energy, housing, water, transport. I've done that with the busses in Greater Manchester...so you take that principle and you apply it to energy, water. 1/

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Ben Morton @benmorton.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Arsenal need to make a choice. Is it better that Spurs go down or to win the league… I might have a slight bias #CTID

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Suffragette march, London, 1911, photo by Scottish photographer Christina Broom (1862-1939), UK's first female press photographer, who documented the women's suffrage movement.

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MUSICC @musiccproject.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

We loved spending the day with Year 12 students on Imperial College London’s STEM Futures programme, exploring how to communicate the MUSICC project and its aims. From interpreting messages to designing t-shirts, their ideas were brilliant. 📖 Read more: bit.ly/4ldUvMz 🧪

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Opening doors to STEM Futures with MUSICC

MUSICC ran a workshop on public engagement design and STEM careers with Year 12 students, as part of the STEM Futures programme.

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MUSICC @musiccproject.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

💉 How are tomorrow's vaccines being shaped today? Join MUSICC consortium researchers in Rotterdam for an in-person evening of talks and discussion on cutting-edge vaccine science. 📍Rotterdam | 📅 20th April 🔗Register: bit.ly/musicc-vacci... 🧪

Poster advertising an in‑person public engagement event titled “The science shaping tomorrow’s vaccines”, featuring talks and discussions with MUSICC consortium researchers at Erasmus MC in Rotterdam on 20 April 2026, with registration details and speaker names listed.

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MUSICC @musiccproject.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Welcome to MusiCC’s Bluesky 🦋 The MusiCC project is laying the groundwork needed to develop the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines. 💉🧪 Follow us for the latest updates, industry insights and networking opportunities! 🌐 Website: www.musicc.org 💡 LinkedIn: bit.ly/4f2lgi9

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he set up four shell companies that let him avoid paying £100,000 he owed in tax and to then transfer the cash to Reform

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Anaesthesia @anaesjournal.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Safer prehospital anaesthesia: updated guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists @STHJournalClub.bsky.social #AnSky #MedSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

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Anaesthesia @anaesjournal.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Here is some great news for the environment! Presenting the new consensus guidelines on the use of sterile gowns for single-shot spinal anaesthesia. @assocanaes.bsky.social @rcoanews.bsky.social @oaa-anaes.bsky.social @ra-uk.org @anzca.bsky.social #AnSky #climate #MedSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

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The Association of Anaesthetists @assocanaes.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

New guidance on sterile gown use during spinal anaesthesia aims to reduce unnecessary waste while maintaining high standards of patient safety Guidelines published in @anaesjournal.bsky.social buff.ly/rvtALwy With CAI, @ra-uk.org, @oaa-anaes.bsky.social, @rcoanews.bsky.social, @anzca.bsky.social

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Ben Morton @benmorton.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

James at Co-op arena, Manchester. Spectacular!

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented. They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed. That energy is all around us. And it does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 13/04/2026

When gas prices spike after Trump's Iran war, renewables step in and cut the cost. Now the largest offshore wind farm in the world has just reached Norfolk. So why does Reform UK double down on fossil fuels? eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/world...

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World’s largest offshore wind farm is getting plugged in

Hornsea 3 – a vast, offshore, wind farm project – has reached Norfolk, as renewables cut costs and reduce reliance on gas

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Reform donor Ben Delo, who has given £4 million to the party, is making legal threats to those who reference his 2022 US conviction for failing to implement anti-money laundering laws, prior to a pardon by President Trump. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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British crypto billionaire Ben Delo says he has given £4m to Reform UK

Delo, pardoned by Trump after violating US banking law, describes himself as champion of free speech

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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

A tiny firm - so small it doesn’t have to publish audited accounts - with £81k in cash made 7 donations totalling £200k to Reform UK. We now know the firm has had long-term dealings in Iran, including a €145m deal with the Iranian state-owned telecoms company. Reform have more questions to answer.

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Reform UK donor linked to sanctioned Iranian conglomerate

A churchwarden behind a £200,000 gift to Nigel Farage’s party is the director of a company cited in French intelligence memos

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MUSICC @musiccproject.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Most vaccines protect us from severe disease but don’t fully stop respiratory viruses from spreading. Mucosal immunity could change that by impacting infection right at the nose and airways. Our new article breaks down the science and showcases how MUSICC is pushing this frontier forward. 🧪 ⬇️

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Mucosal immunity: The next frontier in pandemic preparedness – MUSICC

Mucosal immunity could greatly reduce transmission of respiratory viruses. Why is this vital for future vaccines and pandemic preparedness?

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