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The Physiological Society @physoc.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Lucy Wills rose to international fame for her research on nutritional anaemia in the 1930s. Alireza Mani & Liz Blanks (@ucl) tell Lucy's story. Here's how her discovery protected mothers & children from folic acid deficiency 🔗 buff.ly/ZtN0N31

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

We are very excited to share the full programme for the London Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2026 and announce that bookings are officially open! ✨ Find all the details on the Open@UCL blog 👉 buff.ly/S7yECkO

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Liz Blanks @lizblanks.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Underground strikes have been cancelled so this will be going ahead in person next week

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Liz Blanks @lizblanks.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Come along to hear @lucyvandorp.bsky.social and I talk about our new Bentham research. Join us 26th March. @ucllccos.bsky.social @ugiatucl.bsky.social Old Relic, New Research: The Auto-Icon of Jeremy Bentham | Museums and Collections - UCL – University College London share.google/wCX3bm7V5RKI...

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Old Relic, New Research: The Auto-Icon of Jeremy Bentham

A free lunchtime talk on the ongoing research examining DNA from Jeremy Bentham's mummified head and Auto-Icon.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

More medicine and history coming to a small screen near you this evening! Alice Roberts: Our Hospital through Time, 8pm on Channel 5!

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Liz Blanks @lizblanks.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Lovely visit today from @anatomicalcat.bsky.social chatting all things Jeremy Bentham and human remains!

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Liz Blanks @lizblanks.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Today marks 200 years since UCL's foundation. Below is the Two Centuries Here exhibition in the Octagon Gallery were you can just see a CT scan of Jeremy Bentham's mummified head peeking out during installation #ucl200 #jeremybentham #twocenturieshereexhibition

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Tom Booth @boothicus.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

🏺 Excellent that we may be on the way to banning the sale of human remaining the UK. Congratulations to the British Association of Biological Anthropologists Task Force for getting it this far. It’s been a grey area because there’s no legal ownership for human remains.

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Liz Blanks @lizblanks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I was lucky enough to work on 2 HS2 excavations and was always the archaeologist digging next to the archaeologist who found fantastic things! 🤣

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Liz Blanks @lizblanks.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Today was spent preparing the collection for the reopening of the Object Based Learning Lab. The OBLL has been closed this year for #ucl200 renovations. Here is Charles Darwin's cloak buckle before remounting (which was very fiddly). Along with a lovely old label. #uclsciencecollections

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Liz Blanks @lizblanks.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Object Based learning session using the phrenology collection today. This cast is from a series depicting the 'intellectual' and 'criminal' type c.1840s #phrenology #historyofscience #uclsciencecollections #pseudoscience

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UCL Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science @ucllccos.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Words Matter is a free multi-disciplinary exhibition that is part of Prejudice in Power. Find out more about the events programme exploring UCL’s historic role in promoting the pseudoscience of eugenics.

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Words Matter Events Programme

Words Matter is a FREE multi-disciplinary exhibition showcasing the works of twelve artists who participated in a six-month knowledge exchange programme, exploring UCL’s historic role in promoting the...

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Liz Blanks @lizblanks.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

My first post had to be about Bentham (of course!) A much needed update to signage for the Auto-Icon 💬

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