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Anthony Dornan @dornan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I keep waiting for someone else to say - “you do know we know those are just made up passports that you guys drew up in the pub right?”. But then no one does & now I’m wondering if those are real? The one thing I do know … they definitely aren’t products of genAI.

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Anthony Dornan @dornan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Everything about that picture is perfect.

As a sort of reverse measure of their efficacy - with the curtains fully closed, if the light for the individual pods is turned up to full the light will still not leak out into the rest of the imaging suite.

Christopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I absolutely admit it is not the same conditions, as our facility is purpose built for fluorescent microscopy - with matt black walls & floors and controlled/reduced ambient lighting - but the set-up of blackout floor-to-ceiling curtains for the individual pods are incredibly effective as well.

Imaging Suite - Cellular Analysis Facility, Shared Research Facilities, University of Glasgow.

Close up of individual microscope ‘pod’ with Zeiss LSM880 confocal microscope - Cellular Analysis Facility, Shared Research Facilities, University of Glasgow.

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Nice to see our book getting a push over on Instagram.

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According to the shop displays in our local supermarkets ‘tis time for you to be sporting a white beard & a red&white lab coat.

Shouldn’t the stomping be with the feet (then the clap)?

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I loved 'The Sweater' & the story it told. 'We were all Rocket Richards' - though I have to admit as an immigrant kid in Saskatoon my first hockey sweater (I think bought from the Eaton's catalogue) was a No. 4 Boston Bruins Bobby Orr sweater.

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Most strikingly, Honeycomb Synapses are selectively vulnerable in models of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, revealing a new pathological hallmark and a fresh direction for understanding this fatal neurodegenerative disease.

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These Honeycomb synapses combine chemical neurotransmission with gap junctions embedded inside the perforations, forming a highly organised hybrid electrical–chemical synapse built for speed and reliability.

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This represents 6 years of tireless work from Matthew - from first noting these large unique structures in the mouse spinal cord to characterising them as a previously unrecognised synapse type in the monosynaptic stretch reflex - the circuit behind the classic knee‑jerk response.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026

Sharing Matthew Broadhead's recent preprint outlining the discovery & characterisation of the novel Honeycomb Synapse - formed by postsynaptic scaffold proteins that form nanoclusters arranged into perfect rings of ~6, creating the eponymous hexagonal perforations. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

2D microscope fluorescent image & 3D representation of the Honeycomb synapse in the mouse spinal cord.

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This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026

Trump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country.

Screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump’s verified @realDonaldTrump account displaying a signed document titled “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities.” The document outlines voluntary AI safety and oversight commitments for companies developing frontier artificial intelligence models. On the right side are signatures and company labels for leaders including Sundar Pichai of Google, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Elon Musk of xAI, and Jensen Huang of Nvidia. Near the center-right, Donald J. Trump’s large signature appears above the printed title identifying him as president. The title contains a noticeable typo: instead of “President of the United States,” it reads, “President of the Unites States,” misspelling “United” as “Unites.”

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Anthony Dornan @dornan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I would earnestly ask anyone who would want to understand Canada & its denizens to read this. Also kudos to the @thewalrus.ca for their referencing of erstwhile media tycoon & convicted felon Conrad Black.

Anthony Dornan @dornan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The question of national identity was answered by Mordecai Richler, quoting another Canadian writer, Morley Callaghan: “Forget all about the words ‘identity’ & ‘culture,’ just never mention them. Seek only excellence & in good time people all over the world will ask about Canadians.”

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Just checking - how sure are we that this isn’t some invidious AI experiment to see how far they can go before @christlet.bsky.social totally loses it?

Again … I feel there is a subtle subtext to this skeet.

I feel there may a subtle subtext to this (beautiful) skeet.

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Jonas Wietek @jwietek.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I had to scroll back to understand thd reference.

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Two cillia, no AI, enjoy.

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"...given to the most striking image that clearly conveys a point of important biological information in Drosophila research…Because the Award is tied closely to science as well as aesthetics, only images that have been published in a primary research journal... are eligible." drosophila-images.org

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Drosophila Image Award |

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Anthony Dornan @dornan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So what - mouth pipette I-131? I have - in a dim & distant age - mouth pipetted molar grade acid. But that was because I was stupid - not because I was a MAN of SCIENCE.

Anthony Dornan @dornan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“I submitted an R01 in the fall, I got it in the spring, & then I went back to the bench & mouth-pipetted radioactive isotopes without a shield because we were men of science & we had funding & we didn’t have time to be afraid of phosphorus-32.” MEN of SCIENCE. & women. WOMEN of SCIENCE. Superb.

inpreparation.substack.com

Opinion: I Miss When The NIH Payline Was 40% And We All Mouth-Pipetted Phenol

By Dr. Douglas R. Waverly, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, Yale University

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Anthony Dornan @dornan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It is both. But that is Science. And we are Men of Science. And women. We are Women of Science.

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Anthony Dornan @dornan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My daughter starts her final Undergrad year today - guided by fantastic course directors, lecturers & support staff. These same staff are now undertaking 5 more weeks of strikes to fight further staff cuts - all a result of historic senior mismanagement. I would urge you to sign this in support.

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Sign the Petition

Oppose University of Dundee mass cuts

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...

The imposing Callanish Stones stand talk with their shadows spanning out across the glass. It's a super clear sky, but looks cold. Above the central stone is a strange figure-of-8 shape of dots. This is the location of the Sun, at noon, on various different days across the year.

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Anthony Dornan @dornan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Both myself as a kid & my childhood dog have been skunked previously - you both have my sympathy. I’m still scarred by the memory of trying to explain to the dog that it was necessary that he get in & stay in the bath. He looked at me like I was torturing him & enjoying it.

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Anthony Dornan @dornan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yeah I wouldn’t be to sure about Bert.

Anthony Dornan @dornan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We all need some good news these days.

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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The new Current Biology Cat is #1 on @bsky.app. The wonders of the natural world still triumph over man-made madness!😻🙏 www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Anthony Dornan @dornan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yeah yeah yeah … I hear all that. But importantly am I getting to join the EU passport queue* when I’m heading off on my hols anytime soon? * Added bonus of waving at the wife as I zip through while she joins the endless ‘UK - blame Cameron/Johnston/Farage’ queue.

Anthony Dornan @dornan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I first realised we might be in the decline of Western civilisation when I realised the Muzak I was listening to in an elevator was Motörhead’s ‘Ace of Spades’. It was every bit the nightmare you think it was.