iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Jack Stonebridge

Medical Research UK @medicalresearchuk.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

🦠🏆This week, three scientists won the 2025 #NobelPrize for their discoveries about the immune system’s security guards - regulatory T cells. Dr @zania-stamataki.bsky.social is building on this breakthrough, working to develop new therapies for autoimmune and liver conditions.🔬

043

Jack Stonebridge @jackstonebridge.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Great coverage of this important @medresfdn.bsky.social study: “We know most young people don’t seek help for period pain & those who do may be dismissed, belittled or told it is normal. This study shows that teenage period pain may also shape future physical health” @katyleach-comms.bsky.social 👏

021

Reposted by Jack Stonebridge

Medical Research UK @medicalresearchuk.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

🚀 We’ve just launched our biggest Impact Report yet 🚀 From pain in babies to autism and eating disorders – this is research that’s changing lives. £23m invested. 192 researchers supported. 200+ awards. Read the full report on our website 💚 www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/what-we-fund...

055

Reposted by Jack Stonebridge

Medical Research UK @medicalresearchuk.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

We’re hiring! 🚨 Join our team as a Research Communications Officer. Do you have a talent for turning complex science into compelling stories? Are you passionate about research and making an impact? If so, we’d love to hear from you. ➡️ Learn more and apply today: shorturl.at/dq5T5

shorturl.at

Research Communications Officer

We're looking for a talented Research Communications Officer to join our growing team. If you have a knack for translating complex science into compelling stories along with a genuine passion for rese...

001

Reposted by Jack Stonebridge

Medical Research UK @medicalresearchuk.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Join us online at 12:30pm on Wed 18 June for our 1st FREE Public Science Seminar! 🧪 Dr Lauren Heathcote @lcheathcote.bsky.social (King’s College London) will be sharing her work on easing pain in childhood cancer survivors. If you're a science lover, don't miss it! 👉Register now: shorturl.at/oXuu1

066

Jack Stonebridge @jackstonebridge.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

There's an exciting, brand new 🌟 Senior Marketing Manager 🌟 role going in my team at @medresfdn.bsky.social We’re looking for a marketing specialist to lead national brand awareness campaigns that spark public interest & grow support for our work www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/about-us/joi...

medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk

Senior Marketing Manager

We’re looking for a strategic and imaginative Senior Marketing Manager to lead national brand awareness campaigns that spark public interest and grow support for our vital work.

021

Jack Stonebridge @jackstonebridge.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

We're looking for a #Communications or #Marketing specialist to join our amazing Board of Trustees. Find out more below 👇

020

Reposted by Jack Stonebridge

Medical Research UK @medicalresearchuk.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

🌟 We’re thrilled to announce new funding for 8 brilliant scientists through our Launchpad Grants in #MentalHealth! 🌟 These exceptional researchers are tackling critical mental health challenges - from #ADHD and youth mental health to psychosis: www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/news/new-rou...

medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk

Medical Research Foundation | New round of mental health ‘launchpad’…

032

Jack Stonebridge @jackstonebridge.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Always a festive treat, running this science image competition alongside colleagues from the MRC ✨ 2024's winner 'illuminates complex parasite structures', offering clues for potential drug targets 🎄 Order your 'Twinkling Toxoplasma' cards now! 👇 #MedSky #AcademicSky

Toxoplasmosis is an illness caused by an infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Scientists often use microscopy to explore the biology of parasites such as this, seeking clues for potential drug targets.

To create this image, shaped like a Christmas tree, Dr Kseniia Bondarenko grew human skin cells in the lab, and then infected them with Toxoplasma. She then used fluorescent dyes to highlight various parasite structures, and captured high-resolution images.

The high-resolution images revealed the parasites’ basket-like skeleton (shown in yellow), inner shell (magenta), and DNA (blue). The ‘star’ on top of the tree is a regular-microscopy snapshot of an unusually large parasite rosette – a cluster of parasites that clump together inside the body.

This technique has the potential to illuminate complex parasite structures, so that areas of infection within the body can be more effectively targeted and treated.

091

Jack Stonebridge @jackstonebridge.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

The reason I'm here (on @bsky.app, not in life 😅) 👇👇👇

020