Reposted by Dr. MeowMariaEichelVogel.bsky.social @mariaeichelvogel.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Excited to share my postdoc paper from the @lyons-lab.bsky.social Our question: what controls axon diameter? It varies >100-fold between neurons, shapes signal speed & myelination, and changes in disease. Yet very little is known about what regulates it. 🧵 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...journals.plos.orgA high-resolution phenotypic screen identifies regulators of CNS axon diameter in zebrafishAxon diameter is important for action potential conduction speed, but what molecular pathways influence this neuronal property? This study reports a high-resolution imaging-based chemical screening pi... 33615
Reposted by Dr. MeowJames Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 18/06/2026As Editor of @dev-journal.bsky.social I get asked "What are you doing about your impact factor?" In our new editorial we say: Ask not what Dev can do for the impact factor. Ask what you can do for Dev's IF The IF is about how we all cite, review & assess each other's work doi.org/10.1242/dev....doi.orgThe elephant in the room: impact factorSummary: This Editorial offers an honest look at impact factor trends in developmental biology, explains how Development serves its community, and makes the case that sustaining developmental biology ... 06633
Reposted by Dr. MeowEdinburgh Neuroscience @edinunineuro.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Wanted: Postdoctoral research fellow in systems neuroscience. Determine how descending information from supraspinal centres influences spinal cord computations to drive continuous and flexible action switching during naturalistic behaviours. Apply by 21 May 2026. edin.ac/4tGDIVM 076
Dr. Meow @tomavitamina.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Will be presenting at the next poster session so make sure to swing by!! 🥰 110
Dr. Meow @tomavitamina.bsky.social · 24/04/2026So excited for #EESSexDifferences next week! Just got my poster printed - who will I be chatting about it to? 👀 @events.embl.org 241
Reposted by Dr. MeowEdinburgh Neuroscience @edinunineuro.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Emily Sena at the opening gala of the Edinburgh Science Festival 2026. The panel discussed some of amazing women who changed the scientific path of history forever but whom were barely recognised in their own time. How much have things changed? A thought-provoking kick-off! #edscifest #edi 042
Reposted by Dr. MeowPRISMA LGTBIQA+ @prismaciencia.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Ya está disponible el programa del viernes de las VI Sesiones LBTIA+. Sesión no mixta LBTIA+ 🌈 Inscripción obligatoria. 🔗 Info completa: prismaciencia.org/vi-sesiones-... 🎫 Inscripción: www.eventbrite.es/e/registro-v... 011
Reposted by Dr. MeowInstitute for Regeneration and Repair @edinuni-irr.bsky.social · 24/11/2025It’s World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week. We caught up with Prof @bachmanntill.bsky.social to tell us about his research and how he’s tackling antimicrobial resistance. Find out more about antimicrobial resistance and how diagnostics research can help: edin.ac/48wzjfG #WAAW @who.int 021
Reposted by Dr. MeowHeather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 23/11/2025Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedenttheconversation.comPuberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedentThe government’s ban on puberty blockers undermines clinical expertise and targets trans youth with a policy that lacks evidence, consistency and fairness. 1021648
Dr. Meow @tomavitamina.bsky.social · 23/10/2025My endothelial cell cultures that have been listening to Taylor Swift nonstop: 010
Reposted by Dr. MeowSébastien Gauvrit @sebgauvrit.bsky.social · 22/10/2025"Here we show that heartbeat sound promotes structural and functional maturation of human cortical organoids with a physiological astrocyte-to-neuron ratio." 🤯 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgAstrocytic PIEZO activation by heartbeat sound promotes extracellular matrix and maturation in human brain organoidsHeartbeat sound is one of the first rhythmic stimuli encountered by the developing human brain, yet its biological role has remained unexplored. Here we show that heartbeat sound promotes structural a... 1289
Reposted by Dr. MeowJavier DN @javierdn.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Scientific objectivity is a myth – cultural values and beliefs always influence science and the people who do it. theconversation.com/scientific-o...theconversation.comScientific objectivity is a myth – cultural values and beliefs always influence science and the people who do itCultural ideas are inextricably entwined with the people who do science, the questions they ask, the assumptions they hold and the conclusions they land on. 021
Reposted by Dr. MeowAnna Williams @annawilliamslab.bsky.social · 18/09/2025The Edinburgh participants at dinner at VasCog! 0102
Reposted by Dr. Meowlolalirola @lolalirola.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Esto es súper esclarecedor: Los hombres sin pareja se consideran una crisis grave, pero las mujeres sin pareja se consideran una traición egoísta, porque los hombres emparejados acceden al trabajo gratis de su pareja (en el hogar y familia) y eso les permite ascender socioeconómicamente. 5240154
Reposted by Dr. MeowDr Kevin Guyan @kevinguyan.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Edinburgh is hosting a QUEER DATA SHOWCASE! ✨ We’re inviting artists, academics, activists and anyone who works with – or is interested in – queer data to share their ideas. 📢 The Call for Presenters is live! www.ai-ethics.org/queer-data-s... #data #AI #tech #LGBTQ #queer #edinburgh 1125
Dr. Meow @tomavitamina.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Congratulations to this absolute force of a woman for this 🎉👏 can't wait to hear about the exciting science she'll be doing (and hear her go on about lipids for hours on end) 💖 020
Reposted by Dr. MeowGaryfallia Gouna, PhD, 🏳️🌈 @garyfalliagouna.bsky.social · 10/02/2025I was thrilled to receive this news—I’ve been awarded the #MSCAPostdoctoralFellowship for my project, PHOS-SVD! Extremely grateful for the support of @annawilliamslab.bsky.social, @nadlerlab.bsky.social and my colleagues for their feedback. Excited to begin the journey into membrane lipid research! 1103
Dr. Meow @tomavitamina.bsky.social · 24/11/2024 Hey Erik! I’d love to be added to the feed, I’m a Postdoc at the university of Edinburgh ☺️ Here’s my linktree with my website/researchgate/linkedin if that’s useful! linktr.ee/tomavitamina...linktr.eeDaniel Ruiz-Gabarre | Twitter | LinktreeWelcome! Please, feel free to contact me through any of these means, let's chat! 010
Dr. Meow @tomavitamina.bsky.social · 23/11/2024I was already high-key obsessed with Edinburgh but seeing it under snow has been simply magical ✨❄️ 040
Reposted by Dr. MeowAlicia Tamarit @aliciatamarit.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Me presento para las nuevas como yo en esta nuestra comunidad✨ soy investigadora y profe precaria en psicología y mi misión en la vida es queerizar la ciencia, mamarrachear la academia y hablar sobre sáficas. Hasta ahora no me han echado de la universidad pero podría pasar en cualquier momento 172
Dr. Meow @tomavitamina.bsky.social · 20/11/2024La mejor persona en cualquier red social (y maravillosa la foto en la que estamos desorinadas en mitad de una charla ❤️🩹) 020
Dr. Meow @tomavitamina.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Probablemente el mejor cumplido que me han hecho en la vida pienso usar supernova en mi currículum de aquí en adelante ✨☄️❤️🩹 000
Dr. Meow @tomavitamina.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Por supuesto, infinitas gracias y amor para mi highlight personal, mi otra Frida, mi persona favorita y casi-siamesa esta conferencia y la persona más importante en haber pisado esta sala desde Einstein @aliciatamarit.bsky.social. El activismo es verdaderamente las amigas que hicimos en el camino 🫂 140
Dr. Meow @tomavitamina.bsky.social · 19/11/2024El corazón lleno un año más después de la #ConferenciaPRISMA2024 - siempre es un placer ver lo bonito que es todo al organizar espacios seguros donde todo el mundo puede ser elle misme y abrazamos la diversidad de esta manera ❤️🩹🫂 172
Dr. Meow @tomavitamina.bsky.social · 08/10/2024I also got to deliver a talk on mental health in Academia (and how we can try and manage ours) - and to no one’s surprise, make it about Taylor Swift, again. So happy to see people at Edinburgh Neuroscience are creating this very necessary spaces and elated to be a part of it! ❤️🩹🫂 020
Dr. Meow @tomavitamina.bsky.social · 08/10/2024Such a pleasure to participate today in this panel where I got to share some insights into all those other things we get during a PhD apart from the more obvious technical skills. Thank you so much to @garyfalliagouna.bsky.social for brilliantly chairing and to the rest of the speakers! ❤️🩹 110
Reposted by Dr. MeowGaryfallia Gouna, PhD, 🏳️🌈 @garyfalliagouna.bsky.social · 08/10/2024It was a great pleasure to chair the Transferable Skills session at the Autumn School for PhD students, organized by Edinburgh Neuroscience today! Thank you to Dr. James O'Malley, Dr. Manuela Marescotti, @tomavitamina.bsky.social @cathyabbott.bsky.social, Dr. Marja Main for an insightful discussion. 062
Reposted by Dr. MeowAnna Williams @annawilliamslab.bsky.social · 23/09/2024www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSZ7...youtube.comWhat's the most exciting MS research right now?YouTube video by MS Society UK 011
Reposted by Dr. MeowInstitute for Regeneration and Repair @edinuni-irr.bsky.social · 15/08/2024As part of our summer campaign, we took a look into skin and spinal cord health. We asked members of the Williams Group to share their research into Multiple Sclerosis and how the spinal cord is involved in this work. www.instagram.com/p/C9mQTxGsAnX/instagram.comUoE Institute for Regeneration & Repair on Instagram: "💊 Do patients with Brain MS and Spinal Cord MS need different therapies? Or are we just targeting everything in the same way? As part of our lo...14 likes, 0 comments - edinuni_irr on July 19, 2024: "💊 Do patients with Brain MS and Spinal Cord MS need different therapies? Or are we just targeting everything in the same way? As part of our loo... 043
Dr. Meow @tomavitamina.bsky.social · 19/09/2024Also want to include our lovely Martina, who is as much a Williams lab postdoc but couldn't be here for the group picture! 🤩 010
Reposted by Dr. MeowRebecca Sherrard Smith, PhD @rebeccakssmith.bsky.social · 19/09/2024Where all the magic happens 👩🔬 031
Dr. Meow @tomavitamina.bsky.social · 19/09/2024Kicking off our Bluesky accounts with a cute little photo for Postdoc Appreciation Week at the @annawilliamslab.bsky.social ❤️🩹 #NPAW2024 #LovePostdocs @rebeccakssmith.bsky.social @garyfalliagouna.bsky.social 152