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Martin Turner

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Immunologist interested in how the genome works www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/lym… @babrahaminst.bsky.social / immunity /ageing / the History of Science/ germinal centres/CD8 T cells

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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
great cover version www.youtube.com/watch?v=anQ-...
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Slippery People
YouTube video by The Staple Singers - Topic
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Congratulations to Helena for getting her first 1st-author paper in this highly-reputable, long-established journal. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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European Journal of Immunology 1st Time Authors
Expression and Role of the RNA-Binding Protein, ZFP36L1, in Mouse T Follicular Helper Cell Differentiation and Function DOI 10.1002/eji.70260 First published: 18 August 2026 Full text | PDF
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
www.ourplanet.com/en/video/dav...
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David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet
In his 93 years, David Attenborough has visited every continent on the globe, exploring the wild places of our planet and documenting the living world in all its variety and wonder. Now, for the first...
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
a clear analysis with some useful advice that is easy to put into practice
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Today's is a classic from Ry Cooder #DailyVinyl
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Going through my old records and came up with this. Its a gem.
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Why pigs might help us develop better vaccines and drugs against influenza virus - Nature Reviews Immunology
Advances in genetic engineering, immunological tools, single-cell transcriptomics and in vivo imaging have strengthened the usefulness of pigs in influenza research. Alongside standardized challenge m...
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
On my way, Clacton.
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Due to alternative splicing that removes the TM–encoding exon, CD137 exists in both soluble and membrane forms, both expressed by Treg & critical for immunoregulation in #T1D @jem.org @medicalcollegeofwi.bsky.social rupress.org/jem/article/...
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
www.rnasociety.org/rna-society-...
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RNA Society Public Statement on the Proposed OMB Rule Changes - RNA Society
The RNA Society is an international non-profit organization incorporated in the United States and dedicated to advancing RNA research and education. The Society is home to over 2,000 scientists (great...
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Congratulations to my final year PhD student Tahmid Hussain on winning a poster prize at Translation UK in Leeds #RNA
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Why not just do both? Most 'green space' is grass fields for cows, which means methane farts plus CO2, methane and nitrous oxide greenhouse gas emissions from fertiliser. End animal farming and cover some fields in solar farms instead.
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Really interesting and important suggestions marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/what-labou...
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What Labour Should Do Next
It’s not enough just to elect a new leader–Labour needs to re-commit to a clear, ambitious agenda that shapes the economy for the common good
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
looks very useful
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
my Bluesky isn't showing pictures anymore and I have nt been able to remedy this. Help appreciated
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
my.genetics.org.uk/item.php?eve...
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mySociety: RNA in physiology and disease
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
very good news! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given HPV vaccine
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
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Christine Mayr @christinemayr.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Finally out in @Cellcellpress! Proteins with long IDRs are prone to misfolding during protein synthesis. This is prevented by mRNA 3′UTRs that act as mRNA-based IDR chaperones. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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mRNA 3′ UTRs chaperone intrinsically disordered regions to control protein activity
Highly conserved mRNA 3′ UTRs act as co-translational chaperones for intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs), preventing inter-domain misfolding and enabling biogenesis of fully active proteins.
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SuMo📞Congress 202-224-3121📞CSPAN 202-748-8000 @sumoh7.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
What were the death tolls from pandemics in history? How many deaths were caused by different pandemics, and how have researchers estimated their death tolls? -by Saloni Dattani (12/7/2023 Our World In Data) Highly Informative article. Stunning data presentation. Follow ‪@scientificdiscovery.dev‬
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Yes, It's Really 💙 Ted Diamond 💙 @ted-diamond.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Last night, I got to sit 5 rows away from a true force of nature, a woman who is the very definition of badass. Her performance was a benefit for the Centrum Arts organization. A force of nature, a badass, and a heart as big as all of us. Thank you, Ms. Raitt!
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Bonnie Raitt - Burning Down The House - Newark 07-06-2017
YouTube video by aerofan2007
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
youtu.be/n0XSOKQDHTU?... longer and more intriguing than the studio version
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King Crimson - The Sheltering Sky (The Noise - Live At Fréjus 1982)
YouTube video by Bill Bruford
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
from someone who knows www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
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How Israeli terror begets Palestinian terror
Settler violence in the West Bank undermines Israel’s security, its moral fabric and its global standing, argues Nimrod Novik
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Life is wondrous!
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
very interesting and informative for the non-expert such as myself royalsociety.org/science-even...
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Faraday Prize Lecture: This is not the AI we were promised | Royal Society
Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize Lecture presented by Professor Michael John Wooldridge
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Harvey Johnston @harveyejohnston.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Poly-ubiquitylated proteins proved trickier to purify for LC-MS than expected. Non-specific background swamped isolations: with histones and uncertainty! This led us to develop Ubi-SCAPE—for characterising the poly-ubiquitylome to unprecedented purity and depth. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Agree with this, Quality Journals can help here by publishing more theory and acting as conduit for discussion.
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This evil happened in a highly technologically and culturally sophisticated society and today we day remember the camp was liberated by the Russians in 1945. And we will remember tomorrow and for ever.
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Just out @natrevimmunol.nature.com RNA-binding proteins and ribonucleoproteins as determinants of immunity www.nature.com/articles/s41... gives our perspective on this growing area of research. Special thanks to the editor Alexandra, for streamlining the manuscript.
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RNA-binding proteins and ribonucleoproteins as determinants of immunity - Nature Reviews Immunology
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) considerably expand the information content of the genome and can determine the lifespan, localization and function of RNA, thereby controlling when, where and how much pro...
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
good to see this landmark work published www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Scientists create replica human womb lining and implant early-stage embryos
Studying chemical chatter as tiny balls of cells embed could shine a light on early pregnancy and glitches that lead to miscarriage
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Britain rejoining Erasmus+ won’t halt the nativist tide – but it’s a step in the right direction | Julian Baggini
In an era of rising nationalism, this move represents a brief flicker of hope for the internationalist ideal, says writer and philosopher Julian Baggini
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
fascinating!
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
essential reading en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bull...
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On Bullshit - Wikipedia
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I had no idea. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
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‘Unavoidably unfair’: the secret courts system hearing part of Palestine Action case
The CMP system means Huda Ammori will not be allowed to know what allegations were made against her
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Thanks Fiamma, Your work has been well-received. It's remarkable that these RNA binding proteins can regulate the cell cycle in proliferating B cells. But in Treg cells this does not seem to be the case, they are regulating responses to IL2, but proliferation was not obviously affected.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/10/2025
‘As new infections outpace new drugs, are we sleepwalking into a global health disaster?’ | Dr Manica Balasegaram
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‘As new infections outpace new drugs, are we sleepwalking into a global health disaster?’ | Dr Manica Balasegaram
Much of the political momentum around the antimicrobial resistance crisis has dissipated, but a new report shows the danger to our health has not
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Manuel D. Diaz-Munoz @diazmunoz-lab.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Fantastic team effort led by the rising star Dunja Capitan-Sobrino and many great scientists at Infinity - Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS !!!
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Why it’s worth taking a wider look at biarchal cultures | Letters
Letter: In places such as Canada, the US, parts of Africa, southern India and Polynesia, biarchal traditions are almost within living memory, says Simon Dawson
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
The saxophone solo is wonderful www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov4p...
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Born Again Human
YouTube video by B.B. King - Topic
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Amazing, and really cool therapy. mRNA for the win! “The cells produce a small fragment of genetic material (called microRNA) that is designed to intercept and disable the instructions (called messenger RNA) being sent from the cells' DNA for building mutant huntingtin.”
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Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
An exceptional album. just saw the original cover photo sold for >300K...The music is for everyone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM3f...
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Panic in Detroit (2013 Remaster)
YouTube video by David Bowie - Topic
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Great album for dog walking on a sunny today morning www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2x1...
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Following the North Star
YouTube video by Rhiannon Giddens - Topic
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
uplifting music for walking the dog on a surprisingly warm September day (Thanks to Bobby Friction for bringing this to my attention) www.youtube.com/watch?v=39VR...
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You Can Find The Feeling
YouTube video by The Master Musicians of Jajouka - Topic
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HSr... check it out, covered by Joy Division on Unknown Pleasures.
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Keep On Keeping On (Mono Single Mix)
YouTube video by Nolan Porter - Topic
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Vivensa Foundation @vivensa.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Vivensa Academy is a growing membership (500+) of researchers, clinicians and community organisations, all dedicated to improving later life. Discover why you should apply to join, and the fantastic members-only exclusives you can access from day one: vivensafoundation.org.uk/news/three-g...
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Three great reasons to join Vivensa Academy today - Vivensa Foundation
Read on to discover why you should apply to join Vivensa Academy, and the fantastic members-only exclusives you can access from day one.
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Great Opportunity
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Great 5' video from >10 years ago explains where we still are today and why the government has to invest (which means spending more money, not austerity). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmsj...
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The Watson Institute at Brown University presents Mark Blyth on Austerity
YouTube video by John Mazza
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Science Magazine @science.org · 06/09/2025
In the new book Labwork to Leadership, chemist Jen Heemstra offers actionable leadership advice to principal investigators. Check out the #ScienceBooks Review on #ReadABookDay: scim.ag/46l2X6y
Cover of Labwork to Leadership
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Martin Turner @martint-babraham.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
These projections for population changes over the century are fascinating! What will the age distribution look like esp in China?
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Vivensa Foundation @vivensa.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
🌟 We have funded five places for Academy members on Zinc's upcoming Inflection Fellowship Programme for mid-career professionals (10+ years of professional or research experience). More info and how to apply here: vivensafoundation.org.uk/news/five-fu... #midcareeropportunity #FundingForAgeingWell
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Five funded places on Zinc’s Inflection Fellowship for mid-career researchers - Vivensa Foundation
We are excited to announce that the Vivensa Foundation is funding five places for Academy members on Zinc’s Inflection Fellowship Programme.
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