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Will Glynn @willglynn.bsky.social · 11h

Here are some of the photos I took in my August 2024 visit

Open area with steps outside the cave entrance. The River Nidd is visible.

Information board outside the cave with a floorplan of the interior

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Will Glynn @willglynn.bsky.social · 23h

The clouds parted just long enough tonight for me to photograph an ice giant — #Uranus. The planet is currently situated between the Pleiades and Lambda Tauri (part of the constellation Taurus) 🔭🧪

The broad zoomed out picture: a foreground of dark trees and fields; constellations visible include Perseus at the top, Pleiades at the centre and a partially obscured Taurus at the bottom.

A zoomed in version of the previous picture, Uranus is circled

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Will Glynn @willglynn.bsky.social · 1d

A fascinating (and satisfying) aspect of the #NoKings protests is how frogs have been reclaimed as a symbol from the far-right 🐸🐸🐸

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Will Glynn @willglynn.bsky.social · 2d

From Antarctic eelpouts to African cichlids, the percomorph (literally “perch-like”) fishes have been a remarkable system for studying how genomic changes underpin evolution by natural selection 🐠🐟🧪

Sam Bogan @snbogan.bsky.social · 11d

Excited to share this work, out today in MBE! In polar fishes, we found that antifreeze protein genes expanded in copy number at low temperatures and contracted in the deep sea, highlighting a role of depth and pressure in AFP evolution.

🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

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Will Glynn @willglynn.bsky.social · 2d

Thrilled to announce that I’ve started studying for a Postgraduate Diploma in Biomedical Science with the University of Greenwich. My first module is Advanced Human Genetics 🧬🧪 🥼

Will Glynn @willglynn.bsky.social · 4d

The guidebook for each stage actually lists key vocabulary, as opposed to stock phrases on the owl app

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Will Glynn @willglynn.bsky.social · 4d

So far so good!

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Will Glynn @willglynn.bsky.social · 4d

Trying out the beta version of the new Lingonaut app #langsky 🇫🇮

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Will Glynn @willglynn.bsky.social · 10d

Sunset over the South Downs 🌅🔭

Disc of the sun touching the horizon between two trees

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Noémie Naguet de Saint Vulfran @nnaguet.bsky.social · 17d

Lundi, on fête les 30 ans de l'annonce de la détection de la 1ère exoplanète à avoir été découverte en orbite autour d'une étoile de type solaire, par Didier Queloz et Michel Mayor, prix Nobel de physique 2019. C'était le 6 octobre 1995 à Florence, et c'était 51 Pegasi b, la 1ère "Jupiter chaude" 🧵👇

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Will Glynn @willglynn.bsky.social · 20d

The Kalevala in the caravan 🇫🇮 #booksky

An Oxford World Classics edition of the Kalevala. In the background, through the caravan window, one can see the Shropshire hills

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Will Glynn @willglynn.bsky.social · 28d

Something has taken a bite out of this wood fungus, which looks like a relative of chicken-of-the-woods #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday

Fleshy sheets of white fungus blooming from log. A parabolic cut has been made in one of the sheets, suggesting an animal took a bite

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Will Glynn @willglynn.bsky.social · 28d

The best characterised oncogenic gene fusion is that of BCR and ABL1, made by translocation from chromosome 9 to 22 (aka a Philadelphia chromosome). Targeting BCR::ABL1 has already revolutionised treatment of chronic myelogenous leukaemia. How many other cancers could be managed in a similar way?

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy @sigtrans-sttt.bsky.social · 29d

This review from @gumedcenter.bsky.social provides an overview of oncogenic #GeneFusions and its prevalence in #cancer, with insights into the detection methods, therapeutic strategies, and clinical studies on fusion-positive cancers. #medsky

#OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1038/s413...

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Catherine Ryan Hyde @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social · Sep 20

This isn't all I'd hoped it would be, due to less than ideal sky conditions and an equipment issue. But this is the transit of Titan and its shadow on Saturn. Ideally the photograph would resolve the moon from its shadow, but I'm still hoping for points for effort. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

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Haus der Astronomie @hausderastronomie.bsky.social · Sep 20

Es hat etwas gedauert, aber hier nun endlich die entscheidenden Momente der gestrigen Venusbedeckung durch die schmale Mondsichel 😊🔭

Zeitserie der Venusbedeckung vom 19. September 2025: Montage von fünf Aufnahmen der abnehmenden schmalen Mondsichel am blauen Taghimmel. Ein heller Punkt verschwindet etwas unterhalb der Mitte am Rand der Sichel

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Will Glynn @willglynn.bsky.social · Sep 20

Wie ein Stück Meissener Porzellan #FungiFriends 🍄🍄‍🟫

Ein weißer, plattenförmiger Pilz ins Unterholtz

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · Sep 19

A genocide is unfolding, and Donald Trump is the one man in the world with the power to make it stop.

If the Prime Minister is going to wine and dine Donald Trump, he must also him to finally take action to end the assault on Gaza City, stop the aid blockade and secure the release of hostages.

Quote from Ed Davey which reads:
What is happening in Gaza is a genocide. And the President of the United States, who wants a Nobel Peace Prize, is doing nothing to stop it.

We have long said that Hamas is genocidal and condemned them for their actions. Now I think we have to say that what the Netanyahu Government is doing amounts to genocide.

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Will Glynn @willglynn.bsky.social · Sep 18

Happy first birthday to my ICD! I’m eternally grateful for the new lease of life it’s given me #cardiology #ARVC #cardiomyopathy

A chest X-ray dated 18th September 2024, showing an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). The ICD sits on the left side of my chest and has two leads: one going into the right ventricle and the other in the right atrium

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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology @natrevmcb.nature.com · Sep 16

New Online! Mechanisms of human germ cell development

Mechanisms of human germ cell development

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Published online: 16 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41580-025-00893-6Human germ cells are specified during early development and eventually differentiate into sperm and oocytes. Recent studies have revealed key signalling pathways and epigenetic mechanisms of their development, enabling in vitro reconstitution and potential treatments for germ cell-related diseases.

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Will Glynn @willglynn.bsky.social · Sep 16

The UK must also end its complicity #StopTheGenocide

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · Sep 16

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.

End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

257. The Commission recommends that all Member States:
(a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip;
(b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide;
(c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law;
(d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide;
(e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court:
(a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants;
(b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.

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Charlotte Wright @charlottewright.bsky.social · Sep 11

How many chromosomes can an animal have?

In our paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social we show that the Atlas blue butterfly has 229 chromosome pairs- the highest in diploid Metazoa! These arose by rapid autosome fragmentation while sex chromosomes stayed intact.
www.cell.com/current-biol...

Constraints on chromosome evolution revealed by the 229 chromosome pairs of the Atlas blue butterfly

The genome of the Atlas blue butterfly contains ten times more chromosomes than most butterflies, and more than any other known diploid animal. Wright et al. show that this extraordinary karyotype is ...

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · Sep 10

If you see headlines claiming NASA's found life on Mars - these are new studies of features in rocks which, if they were on Earth, look like the kind of thing caused by microorganisms. But they could very well - are most probably in fact - be caused by chemistry, not biology.