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Helen Walden

@hw1o9.bsky.social
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Scientist, Feminist, Mother, Drinker

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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... I bloody love John Crace’s sketches. Even by his brilliant standards tho that opening paragraph is gorgeous
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Do parents make the politician? Find out on the Today programme’s psychotherapy couch | John Crace
Dad’s the word for Andy Burnham, so maybe all party leaders should be seen afresh through a Freudian lens
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Kirsty Grainger @kirstygrainger.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New blog. Written before today's changes from UKRI. Full of lots of ideas (including an alternative to Distributed Peer Review). Publishing in a not quite finished form because I've sat on it too long - .I think it contains interesting thoughts anotherwayoflookingatit.substack.com/p/the-right-...
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The Right To Apply
Many thoughts on rising application numbers and peer review
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Wow. The Communards so joyful on #totp. What the hell happened? How were the 80s soooo much more progressive on some issues than now?!?
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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 14/08/2026
#Clacton
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/education/20... Lots of important points made here…
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Jason Arday and the lack of oversight and quality control of academics | Letter
Letter: An Oxford academic says teaching and teamwork matter just as much as a CV full of impressive research output
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Genuinely scary that people now say stuff about race the BNP would never have dared say, and the media carry sentiment that would have been rejected as totally out of bounds in the 1990s. These are the fruits of sheer hatred, directed by politicians and 'commentators'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Further arrests in Thetford as disorder continues for third night
The arrests follow disturbances linked to anti-immigration protests in the market town.
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Just to be clear this isn’t an anti-Norfolk comment - it’s more that somewhere I’ve felt relatively safe and at home has a different vibe (in my experience) at the moment and I’m worried about it.
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I come to Norfolk each year to visit family (it’s where I’m ‘from’). This year feels very different - young men in pub tell me I’m insane to think Reform are a bad idea, and that it’s ‘only the illegals’ they’ve a problem with (it’s not). My nephew (from Dereham) being told to ‘go back to Nigeria’ 😔
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Well that was insane #football
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
#football
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Pit Trap Trap Door
ALT: Pit Trap Trap Door
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
#football
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Will Fuller @fuller-lab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
How do phosphorylation and palmitoylation talk to each other? 🤔 Our new preprint identifies #phosphorylation of Kv4.3 as a priming event that promotes channel #palmitoylation and shapes channel activity. A fascinating example of PTM cross-talk in the heart. ❤️⚡ doi.org/10.64898/202...
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A phosphorylation‑dependent mechanism controls splice variant-specific S‑palmitoylation of cardiac Kv4.3
S-palmitoylation modulates the activity of many cardiac ion channels, yet the upstream signals that control this post-translational modification (PTM) are poorly defined. Here we identify a phosphoryl...
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 04/07/2026
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
You know you’re old when the family group chat erupts at the possibility of the Mexico-England game being brought forward #sleepisgood
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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
News of England taking the lead against Congo has reached the House of Lords, and the steel bill
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
There must be a compound German word for this feeling of seeing Germany go out on penalties….
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
For my 30th birthday, my lab members bought me a copy of The God Delusion. I found it (the book) sexist, patronising, and other (then) unfashionable things. For my 50th, my lab members bought me champagne and a super cute necklace. I consider this excellent progress!
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The House of Commons Education Committee is out today with a report on Higher Education... I'm quoted four times! There's a lot of good meat in there, even if I think the recommendations don't meet the case. But the policy disaster is very clear. (1/2) committees.parliament.uk/work/9012/hi...
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“A very serious problem”: No clear government plan for universities risking insolvency, MPs find in new report - Committees - UK Parliament
Today MPs on the Education Committee warn that the government has no clear plan for universities facing insolvency and that protections for students are inadequate, as the Committee publishes a new re...
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
A no from BBSRC with nothing but positive feedback after excellent reviews. Strong prelim data, excellent rebuttal, excellent application. But no funding. Time to consider moving to a country that takes science funding seriously? So disappointed 😔
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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Job alert! We are seeking a rodent in vivo electrophysiologist to work on coordination between anterior thalamus and hippocampus in rats using Neuropixels. Beautiful Scotland, leading university (Glasgow) and vibrant intellectual setting. Post is 23 months but hopefully extensible. Details here 👇
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Ref definitely had too much influence on the game. Ah well. #ncfc
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
This ref clearly a Reform voter #ncfc
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Staying up! 🎉💚💛 #otbc #ncfc
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Take a look at Martin’s new preprint on discovering a FANCD2-interacting motif, and his helpful summary posts!
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Actually hilarious! I got “cute cats making cookies is the biggest betrayal of the Brexit mandate”. Seems about right.
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
I cannot believe how exciting it is watching people go down an ice slide headfirst 🤣
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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
📚New Episode📚 A forty-year slow-motion disaster in higher education is reaching its climax – and Labour is left holding the bag. @gsoh31.bsky.social joins @rostaylor.bsky.social & @hannahfearn.bsky.social to ask if the problems can be solved ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Touré’s knee-slide the highlight of the match 🤣 #ncfc 💛💚
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde
Obsessing over individual players and political chaos leaves less time to focus on the misogyny. And that’s for the best, isn’t it guys, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
As of roughly half an hour ago, I am now the parent of an adult 😱 Where does the time go?!
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Blimey. #ncfc Good goal difference building!
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Am spending my Saturday reading grant proposals and feeling such pessimism about the state of uk science funding. So many good ideas, so many talented researchers, so incredibly little investment 😞
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MVLS Shared Research Facilities @mvls-srf.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Ever wondered what Integrated Protein Analysis www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl... actually is? Well, wonder no more as here is Mads to explain what it is and how it supports your research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct3a...
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Integrated Protein Analysis Webinar | Shared Research Facilities at the University of Glasgow
YouTube video by UofG MVLS
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Having no racist politicians on #imaceleb this year really improved it
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Fusion Conferences @fusionconf.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
⏰ Only 1 week left! Registration for #DRRSC26 closes soon - don’t miss out on being part of this exciting conference. 📅 Deadline: 25 November 2025 Click here to Register: bit.ly/49oHUCi #FusionStructuralMolBio #FusionDNA
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Pietro Roversi @pietro1968.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Don’t forget to apply for the 2026 Erice Course! Deadline is 30th November 2025. Apologies if earlier today I wrote Dec 15th.
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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 13/10/2025
‘Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth’ by @philipcball.bsky.social in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Screenshot that reads:

The award "underlies the importance in investing in science for innovation and long-term economic growth", says economist Diane Coyle of the University of Cambridge. "It's great to see the Nobel prize recognize the importance of this topic," adds innovation policy researcher Richard Jones of the University of Manchester, UK. "It's important that economists understand the conditions that lead to technological progress," he adds. The winners, says Coyle, "have long been on people's list of potential candidates".
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Another day, another Dear Sir email *sigh*. This one followed up by a woman apologising for the bloke who called me Sir.
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Have had cause today to go through reviews for a paper we published 7 years ago. One of the ‘essential’ experiment requests we’ve still not been able to do, neither has anyone else in field….
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Reshuffle it how you like, Starmer’s ‘grownup’ Labour has the Tory whiff of spiteful incompetence | Nesrine Malik
Here we are again: constant rebooting, cruel rhetoric and crackdowns. And hurtling towards a Reform-shaped future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Why would anyone want to be a scientist? "Doing good science requires the utmost exertion of body, mind and spirit, yet is consistently filled with failure and rejection." journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 05/09/2025
get why she had to go but irksome she lost her job to something quite complex and, let's be honest, reasonably minor in the grand scheme of things, when shadow cabinet members get to merrily hang out with Eddie Swastika without any repercussions
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement

Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty

Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence

[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]

Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent

29 August 2025 8:57am BSTThe Telegraph

Money > Property > Second homes

How to avoid tax on your second home

From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net

[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]

Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer

29 August 2025 1:21pm BST
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Helen Walden @hw1o9.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Just pay your taxes. It’s the price for a civilised society. I do not understand why those who wish to govern and therefore make the actual decisions about how to spend the tax take try to find ways not to pay their share (Reform-fanciers take note). So disappointed in Rayner 😞
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Fusion Conferences @fusionconf.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Please help promote the meeting by reposting: @loizoulab.bsky.social @hopfnerlab.bsky.social @lapassmore.bsky.social @raychaudhurilab.bsky.social @hw1o9.bsky.social @westlabcrick.bsky.social @gwuite.bsky.social @dijiang319.bsky.social
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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Feels about right www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
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UKRI award rate halves in seven years as grant applications double - Research Professional News
Trends across research councils prompt warning that system is “overstretched or broken”
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