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Emma Creasey

@escreasey.bsky.social
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Writing, books, cats, music, flowers. Oh, and tea. Lots of tea. REF Impact Evidencing Officer at the University of Bristol.

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Humanist Society Scotland @humanistsociety.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
It's #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience, #11February. What better time to learn about June Almeida (1930-2007), a Glasgow-born lab technician with no formal qualifications who discovered human coronavirus in 1964. Read more from @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social: www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...
Black and white photo shows Almeida reaching up to a microscope. Text reads "Meet the Glaswegian woman who discovered coronavirus #WomenInScience"
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University of Bristol Biological Sciences @bristolbiosci.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
To celebrate Women in STEM day on Wednesday 11 February we’ve printed some banners to highlight some of the incredible work that the women of Bio Sci at Bristol have achieved over the years! Pop into the LSB for the remainder of Feb to check out who’s done what and when!
8 posters all describing influential women that have passed through Biological Sciences
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Prof Rachel Oliver @profrachelgan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
Dear Sir Paul,

Re: Royal Society Code of Conduct

I am sure that many scientists have written to you about the specific question of Elon Musk’s Fellowship and whether, under the Royal Society’s Code of Conduct, his retaining that Fellowship is appropriate. I will not rehash these issues.  Instead, as a female scientist with extensive experience of activities aiming to increase equality, diversity and inclusion in the engineering and physical sciences sector, I am writing to you (in a personal capacity) to ask you to reconsider the statements you have recently made in this context to the UK press about the Royal Society’s Code of Conduct and how it is applied.  

A 2018 report  from the joint National Academies of the United States of America, concluded that “sexual harassment is common in academic science, engineering, and medicine” and that “greater than 50 percent of women faculty and staff and 20–50 percent of women students encounter or experience sexually harassing conduct in academia”.  This report described codes of conduct that make clear that sexual harassment is unethical and will not be tolerated as a “powerful incentive for change”. The authors also noted that sexual harassment can have significant and damaging effects on the integrity of research.  In my own praxis, I have found that clear and consistently-implemented codes of conduct that address these issues make female scientists and engineers safer, and allow them to focus more effectively on their research.  For codes of conduct to have such a positive effect, it is vital that sanctions for actions which transgress the code are meaningful and substantial.

I was hence aghast to realise that in an interview with the Financial Times  published on 9/1/26, you appear to have suggested that the Royal Society “should only expel fellows if their science proved “faulty or fraudulent or highly defective””.  Moreover, in a further interview with the Guardian  on 11/1/26 you suggested that the code “may need to be looked at again”, with the implication that your aim would be to remove the option of sanctions on Fellows for reasons not strictly related to faults or defects in their research. 

I suggest that changing the Royal Society’s code of conduct so that the likelihood of serious sanctions for sexual harassment is reduced, would directly endanger women who interact with the Royal Society at events or otherwise, and would provide a licence to harass to the already powerful people on whom the Society bestows fellowship.  The implications of your words - that under your leadership the only infringements of the code which are likely to receive the sanction of the Fellowship being removed are those related to research misconduct - already risk empowering harassers.  You stated, in the Financial Times interview, that “there’s many bad people around, but they have made scientific advances”.  Given this awareness of the possibility of bad actors in our scientific community, it is wholly irresponsible to suggest that the Royal Society would not act to sanction these people if they harass more vulnerable scientists.

I am hence writing to request that you retract any suggestion that the Society’s Code of Conduct should be changed so that the only reason a Fellow might be sanctioned by the removal of their Fellowship is “faulty or fraudulent or highly defective” research.  This action is necessary to safeguard female scientists, a requirement placed on the Society by safeguarding legislation and UK statutory guidance. 

Yours sincerely,

Professor Rachel A. Oliver.
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Rage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
The production of organic matter and its consumption by heterotrophs, including microbes and animals, is a defining feature of almost all life on Earth. But these two processes also govern our climate and environment, controlling CO2 levels and the oxygenation of the atmosphere.
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Bumper and Peanut, two very good bois from Medical Detection Dogs, have been trained to sniff out Parkinson's disease in a study from the Uni of Bristol Vet School and @manchester.ac.uk. Hey @rorycj.bsky.social do you think #SophieFromRomania wants to sign up? www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
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Bio Detection dogs successfully detect Parkinson’s disease by odour, study finds
People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) have an odour that can be reliably detected from skin swabs by trained dogs, a new study shows. The research, in collaboration with Medical Detection Dogs and the ...
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Dr Alison Gregory @dralisongregory.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
My thanks to @capcbristol.bsky.social for publicising (www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealt...) the Friends and Family Handbook (www.womensaid.org.uk/information-...) recently launched by Women's Aid Federation of England. The handbook is for informal supporters of someone experiencing domestic abuse.
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New Friends and Family Handbook gives advice on how to support someone experiencing domestic abuse
A new Friends and Family Handbook, written by Dr Alison Gregory, an Independent Academic and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Academic Primary Care, University of Bristol, has been la...
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Every day she dreads watching that final swirl of soapy water disappear. It means facing whatever is on the other side of the shower door. Soon, it will carry blood. #30Words30Days #Swirl
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Taking a few deep breaths, I gather up all my courage. Other people find this so easy. Finally, I click ‘Share screen’. ‘Thank you everyone for coming to this webinar…’ #30Words30Days #gather
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
My bow lands on the strings. Three triumphant chords, then a lilting melody which lowers and fades, awaiting the… non-existent orchestra. I’m no Jacqueline du Pré, but I can dream.
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Engine rumbling, metal clanging, the skip truck rolled away, taking with it the jettisoned trappings of their life together. She wished she could chuck out her unwanted memories as easily. #30Words30Days #Skip
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
After scrolling through Facebook, browsing Instagram, watching a couple of cute cat videos, checking the headlines and eventually contemplating a blank document, I finally admit defeat on yesterday’s #30Words30Days #challenge.
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
He rummaged through his desk drawers, his coat pockets and his shopping bag, to no avail. Eventually a seven-year-old came to the rescue. ‘Your glasses are on your head, Grandad.' #30Words30Days #rummage
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
As the girls approached, he flexed his biceps in the traditional strongman pose, muscles rippling under his tanned, oiled skin. Eyes locked on the ice-cream van, they walked straight past. #30Words30Days #ripple
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Pigeon pecks at spilt seed Overconfident, not seeing how the Undergrowth trembles with feline excitement Now at last, her chance - Cat pounces, claws spring out Explosion of feathers and blood #30Words30Days #POUNCE p.s. It got away, but there are still feathers all over my garden!
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
‘I’ve lost the thread,’ my mother cries in distress. Alas, she’s right. Her thoughts and memories are springing apart, unweaving like Penelope’s tapestries, collecting torn and raw-edged around her feet. #30Words30Days #weave
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
We attached all kinds of things to our instruments; a knotted handkerchief, a cloth tote bag, even an old sock. COVID precautions certainly made wind band rehearsals a bit different. #30Words30Days #wind
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
I prepare the family feast; chopping, dicing, sprinkling herbs, adding seasoning, basting and stirring. ‘Eww what’s these twigs?’ ‘Bit spicy for me.’ ‘Is there ketchup?’ Next year they’re getting pizza. #30Words30Days #feast
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Hannah swooped down on the mouse, plonking an ice-cream tub over it. ‘I’m taking this outside.’ Felix, who’d been planning hours of fun with the squeaky toy, lashed his tail. #30Words30Days #swoop
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Calum launched himself down the waterslide with a joyous yell, which changed tone on his parting company with the mat, and again on his crotch’s encounter with a loose rivet. #30Words30Days #Slide
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
‘This session will stretch your mind as well as your body,’ intoned the yoga instructor on the screen. ‘Good for you luv,’ said Louise, stretching for her glass of wine. #30Words30Days #Stretch (This was genuinely on the yoga video I chose to do this morning. I did actually do the yoga though!)
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
She paused to collect herself, looking round at her once beloved home, the photos, the trinkets. Then she walked out for the last time. No-one found the body for days. #30words30days #Collect
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Kizzia Mildmay @kizzia.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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a blue white and pink flag with the words human rights written on it
Alt: a blue white and pink striped flag with the words trans rights are human rights flashing up in the white centre stripe
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
She wiggles her hips, slowly at first, then faster, before performing a series of graceful springs, each one higher than the last. No use. Still can’t do up her jeans.
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
‘Just pop your clothes off, pop up on the bed and I’ll pop along in a moment with the speculum.’ Cervical smears sound a lot more fun than they are. #30Words30Days #Pop #WhyAllThePopping
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
That glugglug-fizz from the first champagne of the night was one of her favourite sounds. She was less enamoured of the tinkle-fizz of the morning Alka-Seltzers. #30Words30Days #fizz
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The Spanish called him a vicious pirate, who attacked ships and plundered their treasure. The English knew him as the hero explorer Francis Drake. Always check who's telling the story. #30Words30Days #plunder
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Elsie wandered down to the beach, and disappeared. The tide took her, folks said. Only gulls get close enough to Joe’s houseboat to hear her laughter, and they’re not telling. #30Words30Days #wander
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
This week's bit for @bylinetimes.bsky.social commemorates that time I was ceremonially cut in two and disemboweled by the NHS. Caution: contains Andrew Lansley (No paywall) www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...
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Russell Jones's Week Moment: My Cancerversary
15 years after the removal from his kidney of the biggest tumour in Stockport, Russell Jones commemorates the agony and reflects on the heroism of the NHS doctors and nurses who saw him through
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
‘What activities does she like?’ The walls are hung with bright, daubed paintings and clumsy needlework. The care home nurse smiles; I fight back tears. The parent-child switch is complete. #30Words30Days #Switch
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adam grieve @adamgrieve.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Pls re-skeet! There's a postdoc job available to join us in Bristol! We're looking for a molecular cell biologist to help us investigate plasma membrane proteostasis in neurons. Apply here by 23 April: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMO097/r.... If interested, do contact me and check out grieve-lab.com! Thanks!
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The Triangle went jingle-jangle – loudly, exuberantly, and three bars early. Monica faced the massed accusing stares of conductor, orchestra, and audience, and gave up her percussionist dreams there and then. #30Words30Days #jangle
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Colm ignored the briefing. ‘Health and Safety Regs are for wazzocks,’ he opined. As he plummeted groundwards, he reflected that maybe flip-flops weren’t suitable for climbing on scaffolding after all. #30Words30Days #flip
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Her eyes swivelled in her head as she fell to the ground, arms and legs hammering the floor. 'Another tantrum, Amy?' sighed her mother. 'We're still going to the dentist'. #30Words30Days #swivel
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
She gazed at him through the confetti fluttering down around her, and knew he was the man she wanted to spend her life with. Pity she’d just married someone else. #30Words30Days #flutter
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Her head bowed, she murmurs apologies, while he tells her the latest thing she’s done wrong. Inside, she floats away on dreams, her mind whispering stories he could never understand. #30Words30Days #Float
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Our choir’s 'family friendly' concerts are noisy and chaotic. But when a little girl twirls down the aisle in her princess dress, lost to the music, it’s all worth it. #30Words30Days #Twirl
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Once, words and thoughts flowed, one to another. She came to conclusions, made decisions, presented reports. Now, they judder, stall, restart. She cannot focus. Her colleagues are incomprehensible. Bloody menopause. #30Words30Days #Flow
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
1/3 - Congratulations to Prof Alastair Hay, who has been awarded Senior Investigator status by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). 🎉 NIHR Senior Investigators are among the most prominent & prestigious researchers funded by the NIHR. www.bristol.ac.uk/primaryhealt...
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Professor Alastair Hay chosen for Senior Investigator role by National Institute for Health and Care Research
Three University of Bristol academics have been awarded Senior Investigator status by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), including Alastair Hay, Professor of Primary Care at t...
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University of Bristol Biological Sciences @bristolbiosci.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
From ocean soundscapes to advising Netflix's Our Oceans, Prof. Steve Simpson shares amazing insights into marine biology & climate solutions. Discover how his Science Communication for a Better Planet MSc students create real-world change, below the-bristol-mix.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/01/08/t...
Steve Simpson in front of the ocean
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adam grieve @adamgrieve.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Can I ask you to share a PhD advert at Bristol Uni please? Rhomboid proteases play a role in neurons that is essential for life- but it is not characterised. Got a student interested in cell biology, electrophysiology and neurobiology? Send them our way! tinyurl.com/56f24f7c
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 01/09/2024
The journal prompt asks me how I intend to grow this year. I think of the cluttered house, the dead-end job, the elderly parent, the exhaustion. I will grow... smaller. #30Words30Days #grow
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 28/04/2024
From our local reserve; Hedge Mustard, Marsh Marigold, Hawthorn and Cowslip. #WildflowerHour
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 28/04/2024
More from the woods: three-nerved sandwort, wild strawberry and forget-me-not. #WildflowerHour
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 28/04/2024
Surveys are starting up again! Bluebells and bugle to trumpet the occasion. #WildflowerHour
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 28/04/2024
Sanicle growing amongst bluebells #WildflowerHour
Sanicle, an upright plant with a tall red stem and white pom-poms of flowers, grows against a blue and green blurred background.
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 02/11/2023
CONCERT - Bristol Choral Society sings Duruflé's Requiem Saturday 18 November 2023 7 pm Clifton Cathedral Tickets £15, under 25s £5 Book at www.bristolchoral.co.uk/Durufl%C3%A9...
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Bristol Choral Society
Saturday 18 November 2023
7 pm Clifton Cathedral

Duruflé - Requiem, Messe Cum Jubilo, Prelude and Fugue
Tickets £15, under 25s £5
Book tickets at bristolchoral.co.uk/events
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Emma Creasey @escreasey.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
Here's where I'm spending the weekend recording with Bristol Choral for our second CD! Let's hope it isn't the 'difficult second album '.
Exterior of an imposing chapel in red and cream stone with a rose windowCoils of cable waiting to be tripped over
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