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Cycling Scotland @cyclingscotland.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

📰 "Scotland may have witnessed a landmark moment: for the first time in Edinburgh, cars were outnumbered by bicycles during morning rush hour on a key commuter route... a sign that, as a nation, we are beginning to embrace the health benefits of active travel." www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

People travel by bike on a protected cycle lane on Leith Walk in Edinburgh.

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Catherine Lovegrove @celovegrove.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Trends in #KidneyStones in the last 5Y in #England and #Scotland -⬆️ clinical burden -Persistent COVID effect ->50% interventions are URS -Interventions for stones≈uro-onc resections+BPO procedures combined -Socioeconomic gradient -May cost NHS England ~£1.82Bn in next 10Y doi.org/10.1111/bju....

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Trends in kidney stone disease: a 5‐year update of stone management in England and Scotland

Objectives To describe contemporary trends in kidney stone disease (KSD)-related inpatient episodes, procedures, and costs in England and Scotland, with emphasis on post-coronavirus disease 2019 (CO...

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Oxford Population Health @oxpop.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Social inequality remains a powerful predictor of premature death, even among people who neither smoke nor drink alcohol. 🚫 This study is the largest prospective study in South Asia, following half a million adults in Chennai, India. Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/kuLNOIE

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 23/06/2026

New #BMJInvestigation finds NHS trusts have failed to account for over £400m to train future doctors, raising concerns that money is being used to prop up frontline care. Medical leaders have urged trusts to stop treating universities like a “cash cow”

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“Black hole” of medical student funding: NHS trusts have failed to account for over £400m meant for training future doctors

Lack of transparency in how funding from NHS England for undergraduate medical training is spent suggests trusts are treating universities like a “cash cow,” say medical leaders in response to The BMJ...

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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 21/06/2026

BBC article about Brian Ripley of the #RStats Core team given this week's excellent news concerning 2026 Rousseeuw Price for Statistics recognition for him and the core team. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Prof Brian Ripley on developing R to manage the world's data

Prof Brian Ripley has spent the past three decades working on a computer software that analyses data.

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 20/05/2026

This Analysis for The BMJ Commission on the Future of Academic Medicine proposes reforms to rebuild the clinical academic pipeline www.bmj.com/content/393/...

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Mike Inouye @mikeinouye.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Challenges and future directions for Mendelian randomization www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) @geneticssociety.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

In their recent @ajhgnews.bsky.social Review, @vkarhune.bsky.social, @stevesphd.bsky.social, & co discuss the key considerations and provide advice to produce a higher standard in planning, conducting, reviewing, and interpreting cis-Mendelian randomization studies: bit.ly/48DEz0H #ASHG

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Department of Physics at the University of Oxford @oxfordphysics.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

AI can accelerate scientific discovery, but only if we maintain rigor through open data, simplicity, and human understanding. Don't delegate ethics. Read this article in full via @ox.ac.uk www.ox.ac.uk/news #AI #science #research #physics #astrophysics

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Prostate Cancer UK Professionals @prostateukprofs.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Could molecular profiling of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) improve clinical management of #ProstateCancer? Progress on this topic is reviewed by a team including Prostate Cancer UK funded Professor Yong-Jie Lu @qmbci.bsky.social in @natrevurol.nature.com. Grab a ☕ and read: bit.ly/46ti2CJ

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Becky Fisher @beckybeckyfish.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Ever applied to UK Core Surgical Training? I'd love to discuss it with you for my PhD. I've analysed all applications ever(!) & now it's time to speak to real people! All help gratefully received. Please RT! Register interest here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/yj89m1HBJz

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Kidney Precision Medicine Project @kpmproject.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Explore the KPMP Kidney Tissue Atlas today 🔍 Search markers 🧬Download raw gene data 🗺️Explore spatial data Openly accessible and designed to support discovery 🔗 atlas.kpmp.org #KPMP #KidneyResearch #OpenScience #KidneyTissueAtlas

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Oxford Medical Sciences Division @medsci.ox.ac.uk · 21/10/2025

Are you a 3rd or 4th yr medical student interested in pursuing a DPhil in the fields of musculoskeletal disease, inflammation and immunology? Join the OxKen Open Day on Tue 28 Oct to learn about the @NDORMS OxKen programme. Read about programme ➡️

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OxKen — Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences

The Oxford Kennedy MB PhD (BM DPhil) Educational Training Program

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Andrea Ganna @andganna.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Removing genetic effects from plasma proteins is an effective strategy to increase power for biomarker discovery and clinical trial design, consistent with the largely non-causal role of most plasma proteins in disease risk. 👏 Lead by Daniela Fusco and Zhiyu Yang

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 17/10/2025

Glasgow crowned the friendliest city in the UK: 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards gla.ac/3WaOyUQ

Aerial view of the University of Glasgow’s iconic Gilbert Scott Building at golden hour

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Catherine Lovegrove @celovegrove.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

#KidneyStones in the news! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... ❓What are they? 💎 Stones that form in kidneys & can fall into the ureter (drainpipe from kidneys to bladder) ❓So what? 😖 They’re linked to pain, infections, lower quality of life, & can need surgery. ❓What causes them? 🤔 Good question!

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Dolly Parton posts 'I ain't dead yet' after sister sparks health concerns - BBC News

The singer's sister had asked fans to pray for her after the star postponed gigs due to health issues.

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Catherine Lovegrove @celovegrove.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

At #ST3bootcamp for urology in Leeds this week. First-class teaching, simulation, and interactions across all new ST3s. Stones, non technical skills, functional, uroradiology done so far, bladder cancer and recon today.

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Catherine Lovegrove @celovegrove.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Really enjoying a late-summer/early autumn read, courtesy of @rcsed.bsky.social. Brilliantly curated and edited @otolaryngolofox.bsky.social

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Cycling Scotland @cyclingscotland.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

"Six times more people are killed on the roads in the UK each year than through knife crime. If this was any other area of our lives, we would never tolerate this level of harm." Rebecca Morris’ impassioned speech calls for more immediate action for safer streets. #CyclingScotlandConf

Rebecca Morris, Vision Zero Communications Director and road safety campaigner, addresses the 2025 Cycling Scotland Conference in Dundee.

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Dani Prieto Alhambra, He/Him @daniprietoalhambra.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Four PhD projects advertised for October 2026 @ndorms.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk Find info and apply here: www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/study/botnar...

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Botnar projects

Applications will open in September.

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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

👏 Congrats to Katherine Cory & Phil Noble - joint Cycling Champions of the Year in Scotland 2025! True champions of cycling for all 💙

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Nuffield Department of Medicine @ndm.ox.ac.uk · 30/08/2025

Behind every door is a discovery... 📅 On 13 Sept, we’re opening ours at the Old Road Campus Research Building for #OxfordOpenDoors. @cmd.ox.ac.uk, @idrm.ox.ac.uk, @ludwigcancer.bsky.social, @oncology.ox.ac.uk and more will be there, will you? Find out more 👉 buff.ly/WV8TAXt

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Matthias B. Moor, MD PhD @nephmoor.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Looking for a PhD/Md-PhD candidate for a fully funded project at University Hospital Bern Switzerland to work at the intersection of kidney and bone biology. Please share, DM or comment. #NephSky #AskRenal

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Even this late in the summer, the ornamental flower beds in Victoria Park in Glasgow are still looking very colourful. #glasgow #victoriapark #flowers #glasgowparks

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Anshul Kundaje @anshulkundaje.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

@jengreitz.bsky.social l & my lab want to co-hire a computational biologist/biostatistician with project management expertise to help map the regulatory code of the human genome and discover genetic mechanisms of disease. Details below careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/computa... Plz RT

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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 07/08/2025

'If we want more people to cycle, we need to build for the bikes - and riders - we have now and want in the future.' @tsuoxford.bsky.social's Dr Zakiyya Adam outlines recommendations for the implementation of cycling-promoting initiatives in mid-sized European cities 🚲 #CycleToWorkDay

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Cities for cycling: what is needed beyond good will and cycle paths?

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Sarah Howles @sarahhowles.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Our latest with editorial. Genetic susceptibility to kidney stone disease: unveiling pathogenesis and potential therapeutic targets @jclinicalinvest @drsarahhowles jci.org/articles/view/… jci.org/articles/view/�� @celovegrove.bsky.social @ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social

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Journal of Clinical Investigation @jci.org · 09/08/2025

No stone goes unturned in the search for risk-associated variants in kidney stone disease— @celovegrove.bsky.social @sarahhowles.bsky.social & team identify three biologic pathways that underlie ~11-19% of common causes of stone formation: buff.ly/INjAjLy

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Catherine Lovegrove @celovegrove.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Scientific fraud is an issue that needs to be tackled for stakeholders’ (including medical patients’) benefit. “Unless publishers, funders, and people in charge of hiring and promotion pay attention and penalize this behaviour…it will continue. It’s growing fast.” www.science.org/content/arti...

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Scientific fraud has become an ‘industry,’ alarming analysis finds

Sophisticated global networks are infiltrating journals to publish fake papers

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Nicky Whiffin @nickywhiffin.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

📣 We are recruiting! Please share!! Are you a bioinformatician / computational scientist who wants to apply your skills to understanding regulatory biology and improving rare disease diagnosis and treatment? 🧠 💻 🧬 🩺 We have two roles available 👇 🧵 1/4

Image of an old building in Oxford with the heading 'postdoc opportunities' and the text 'computational approaches to improve rare disease diagnosis and treatment' and 'Big Data Institute, University of Oxford'

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American Journal of Kidney Diseases @ajkd.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Review by Michelle A. Baum, Mallory Mandel, and Michael J.G. Somers: Understanding Rare Kidney Stone Diseases: A Review bit.ly/Baum25REV (FREE)

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

"The great irony of vaccines is that populations become complacent about a disease and the need for immunisation largely because a successful vaccine made it feel as though the threat was consigned to the past" excellent stuff by Francis Ryan on the rise of measles across the globe

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Look at the rise of measles in England and ask yourself: have we learned a single thing from Covid? | Frances Ryan

People grow complacent about vaccines precisely because they are so effective. What happened to collective responsibility, asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Catherine Lovegrove @celovegrove.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

💎Kidney stones affect quality of life beyond the acute admission. 😰Acute symptoms & anxiety about recurrent episodes contribute to a desire for improved holistic care that includes: 1. ℹMore information 2. 👋🏼Better support 3. 💊Better preventive therapies publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/10.1308/...

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Patients’ priorities in kidney stone disease | The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England

Introduction Engaging with patients and the public is essential to design and deliver impactful research. Enhancing the relevance of research and tailoring treatments to align with patients’ preferenc...

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Catherine Lovegrove @celovegrove.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Feedback to PI @dominicfurniss.bsky.social from group member: “…incredibly grateful to have experienced the environment of your research group. It’s welcoming, collaborative & nurturing...Being exposed to that culture has been incredibly uplifting & motivating” Proud to be a member of this group 💪🏼

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Nick Clark @clarktawe.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

The NSF siege tower to the TDF’s paywall… Sounds great, I’m in

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 09/07/2025

The advice to “eat less, move more” isn’t just outdated, it’s harmful. Obesity is a chronic condition shaped by biology, environment and inequality.

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Obesity care: why “eat less, move more” advice is failing

The advice to “eat less, move more” isn’t just outdated, it’s harmful. Obesity is a chronic condition shaped by biology, environment and inequality.

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 02/07/2025

Because a single behavior poses so many risks, cutting smoking rates has been one of the most powerful tools to save lives and improve public health. (This Data Insight was written by @scientificdiscovery.dev.)

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The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh @rcsed.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Dr Clare McNaught has been elected as the new President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Dr McNaught will become the College's first ever female President in the College's 520-year history, and will succeed Professor Rowan Parks. Read more: bit.ly/44kf55F

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Jeffrey Barrett @jeffbarrett.eu · 23/06/2025

Testing causal links between all imaginable phenotypes with MR in UKB is easy! But inferring causality still requires that the MR assumptions are valid (notably: genetic instruments must act on outcome only via exposure) See also from @mendelrandom.bsky.social pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Catherine Lovegrove @celovegrove.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

"It's firmly nestled in surgical lexicon&will continue to be. Frustrations are best channelled into improving understanding of resilience so discussion becomes productive...shift focus from terminological inexactitude to supporting trainees to thrive" doi.org/10.1111/bju.... @bjuijournal.bsky.social

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Making peace with resilience

Click on the article title to read more.

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Angus Luk @drangusluk.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

#BAUS25 catching up with the stone geeks @celovegrove.bsky.social#goteamendo

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 17/06/2025

The WHO recently released new data on trends in body mass index, updating all countries to 2022. The previous data only went up to 2016. The share of adults with a BMI of 25 or more — considered overweight or obese — varies widely among high-income countries, from 24% in Japan to 79% in Chile.

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Stephen Burgess @stevesphd.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The difficult part of the work is not performing the analysis, but rather finding and justifying that the genetic variants inform us in a specific way about the effects of ketone metabolism.

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