Congratulations to Prof Dave Jones and the team at Ncl centre for rare disease who’ve received £14m for a UK Rare Disease Research Platform, thanks to funding from @NIHRresearch & @The_MRC . The platform brings together experience from across the UK to help people living with rare conditions.
Read more here ➡️ bit.ly/46FKShQ
Sadly I’m older than I 👀, or at least that’s what I kid myself. The reality hit me in the queue for the vaccine as we were clearly a group of older men who had all been called up as the same year group.
Well done Craig! I had mine about two weeks ago. They say younger people get more side effects (I felt rubbish) so it might be a duvet-day at Craigside tomorrow
Just had my first Jab. Very efficient production line at Newcastle Centre for Life vaccination centre. And, I’m supporting Britain with the Oxford AZ vaccine. No pain, but a lot of Gain.
We asked our CDT researchers to tell us about women who inspire them. Let's start off with @OliviaGittins2 who told us about Prof. Ruth Plummer from @Newcastle_ECMC here in Newcastle! #IWD2021#WomenInSTEM
#InternationalWomensDay is a great opportunity to celebrate women’s achievements, increase visibility of women and call out inequality. I’m passionate about supporting women & looking forward to speaking with some of our staff during our #IWD mentoring scheme at @CR_UK this week.
💬 The UK science ecosystem relies on medical research charities, and they’ve suffered a devastating collapse in income during the pandemic.
Following today's budget, our director Paul Nurse is calling for clarity on this and the #HorizonEurope budget.
Congratulations to Prof Karen Vousden who won the Pezcoller-Marina Larcher Fogazzaro-EACR Women in Cancer Research Award! Through her work on p53 and her roles at @TheCrick and @CR_UK, she exemplifies academic excellence and scientific leadership. Read on: bit.ly/3e5quO7
It's #WorldWildlifeDay and we'd like to pay tribute to our nearest neighbours, these beautiful mute swans. No social distancing going on here, then! #Henley