Dr Yvonne Couch
@dryvonnecouch.bsky.social
Associate Prof - University of Oxford | Neuroimmunologist interested in stroke, brain injury, brain metabolism, extracellular vesicles | Dogs | Gardening | Food | Travel
So I used this in a gen Z MSc student dissertation yesterday because she kept using *symptomatology" and I absolutely do not think she got the reference...
Ben Aaronovitch@benaaronovitch.bsky.social · 21h agoYesterday’s Word Count = 851 Time for a classic… THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987) “You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.” Inigo Montoya (played by Mandy Patinkin) Ah the gift that keeps on giving… youtu.be/dTRKCXC0JFg?...
Armed with a colander and a piece of paper stuck to an apple tree and I am watching the eclipse begin in an unnecessarily excitable way! The dog could not care less...
new journal record.... request for review at 3pm yesterday reminder that they had requested this 11 hours later 😐 🧪
Ah the joy of summer project students....
Dan Levy as David Rose: Awkward Nodding
ALT: Dan Levy as David Rose: Awkward Nodding
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For UK peeps once again heading into a heatwave I recommend shutting your house up totally during the day to keep it cool and only opening it up around 10pm...
It was great to chat to the BBC Science Focus “Instant Genius” podcast about dementia, familial Alzheimer’s disease, stem cell models & how the field is moving towards better diagnosis and new therapies. Spotify link below but listen wherever you get your podcasts! open.spotify.com/episode/1frL...
On the frontlines of our fight against dementia
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Tell me you're a histologist without telling me you're a histologist...
just got an email with the grant stats at the bottom....722 expressions of interest, 28 ultimate awards which is technically a success rate of 3%...
If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky
Ginger Cat Lying Lazily in Corner
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Harmit Singh Malik@harmitmalik.bsky.social · last wk.If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky
monday morning example of random crap I have to do as an academic... my 8m2 of floor space in a side room is not on the building cleaners rota so they won't clean it, even though a sweep of the mop would take c.2 minutes so this morning I am mopping my lab floor
august in UK science is glorious....it's 8.30 and in the 30 people open plan office it's just me, and the large 20 people open plan over the way still has all the lights out...
Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart): I Don't Mind Being Alone
ALT: Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart): I Don't Mind Being Alone
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Inspired by a variety of things but confirmed by my Gen Z student saying she didn't want her lecturers to just "information at" her...
Dementia Researcher@dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 2w agoDo we need to teach Gen Z differently, or do they need to learn to focus? @dryvonnecouch.bsky.social makes the case for both in her new blog. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-pedagog...
So....these data show that there is a difference between the blue and purple groups. The p value is insane, around 10^-17. But their n....is two. Nowhere in the methods can I find a model for the stats, the legend says 'wilcoxon pairs' and the methods say 't-tests and ANOVAs'. This is in Nature 🧪
64 slides to stain today/tomorrow....64 Monday, 64 Wednesday....this may be my happy place...
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Coraline in the Snowy Forest with Black Cat
ALT: Coraline in the Snowy Forest with Black Cat
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Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2w agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
I recently decided what I need to do with my life is sell my skills as a critical thinking person and this very much has that vibe...😬
Introvert Problems@introvertproblems.bsky.social · 2w agoI always regret the plans I made when I was in a 5 minute extroverted mood
Last fellowship rejected... Anyone looking for an associate prof from Oxford by any chance? Will make tea/file papers/make buffers...
Dog Movie
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Oh no...we could all see it coming but it is a bit sad to actually actually see it coming...
Lena Struwe@drgentian.bsky.social · 3w ago"Hence our dismal conclusion: rather than finding that LLMs free us to do a better job of what we were doing before they came along, they shift scientific incentives (and the playing field of academic competition) in ways that compel us to do more and more, faster and faster, less and less well."
People who have overcome adversity often oppose reform to make the goals they achieved less arduous for others. This tendency to “pull up the ladder” stems from a desire to protect the value of a hard-won achievement, according to a study. In PNAS Nexus: https://ow.ly/wAIM50Z8UK4
That hour of panic when you realise the 128 very precious samples you packef and sent on dry ice are SOMEWHERE on a hospital site but you do not know where....is awful
Man panicking, breathing into a paper bag
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Yet here in the UK we have a bunch of old guys going "you can't MAKE me retire, that's AGEISM"....
Max Heiman@heiman.bsky.social · 4w ago"I still love what I do,” she said. “But it’s time to step aside and make resources available for the up-and-coming junior people who want to do what I do, especially right now" news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
so I have taken one of my dogs beds out of its cover to wash said cover and am currently sat with the pillow next to me whilst the machine runs and it has this slightly warm but not unpleasant dog funk and i honestly can't get enough of it....it's such a great smell! #dogsofbluesky
An important paper... 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Prevalence and severity of mental health problems in early-career researchers: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Nature Human Behaviour
Mental health concerns among early-career researchers are increasingly gaining attention. This preregistered systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis quantifies psychological distress among earl...
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🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Here Amin and co used a multimodal approach to identify a metabolically defined hyperacute ischemic penumbra, providing a molecular framework for studying the earliest stages of tissue injury after stroke 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Multimodal molecular profiling of the metabolic penumbra in hyperacute stroke
Background The ischemic penumbra, a metabolically compromised yet potentially salvageable region surrounding the ischemic core, is a prime target for acute stroke intervention. Yet an objective molecu...
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When you're clearing out your lab book pockets and find your RA has left you a note... 😍😍😍
