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Stefan Marciniak
@profmarciniak.bsky.social
Professor of Respiratory Science University of Cambridge. Lung doctor. Fellow St Catharine’s College. Cell biology. Pleural medicine. Rare disease. Genetics.

Lab webpage = https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-stefan-marciniak
Ooh! Always nice to have newly a finished thesis left in my office.

Congrats Dr Dr @veale-n.bsky.social

@asthmaandlung.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Sad to learn of the death of Sir Terence, former Master of @stcatharines.bsky.social and famous @royalpapworth.bsky.social transplant surgeon

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Papworth transplant pioneer Sir Terence English dies at 93
Tributes are paid to the renowned surgeon who carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Cambridge people! Do you like Shakespeare? Do you like material culture? You can hear me talking about BOTH in the Henn Lecture @stcatharines.bsky.social, 1 December, 5.30pm. There will be a reception after the lecture to launch Textile Shakespeare; info here
www.caths.cam.ac.uk/about-us/new...
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Lovely view from the @asthmaandlung.org.uk building in Whitechapel. Was there all day for an NIHR Respiratory TRC meeting
@nihr.bsky.social. Great to see so many great colleagues 😀🩻
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Lab Christmas dinner

Marciniak & Dickens labs
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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COVID inquiry - damning verdict on the lethal incompetence of disgraced former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
A very well written, sad, infuriating, terrifying long read

Free-birthing seems to be to obstetrics what the anti-vaccine movement is to infectious diseases
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Discoveries by Catz Fellows this year:

Dr Denis Lacabanne (2024) on how the molecular machinery in mitochondria makes fuel from sugars: www.caths.cam.ac.uk/...

@profmarciniak.bsky.social (2011) on how the risk of punctured lung from a faulty gene is far higher than thought:
How cell machinery makes fuel from sugars – and could treat disease
A Bye-Fellow at St Catharine’s is among the scientists from the University of Cambridge who have finally worked out – 50 years since its discovery – how exactly a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the ‘powerhouses’ of our cells, allows us to make the fuel we need from sugars, a process vital to all life on Earth.
www.caths.cam.ac.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Enjoying the MB/PhD symposium. First set of talks so good I forgot to photo! 🫢Lots of enthusiasm at the tea time posters. 😁
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This morning am attending the #CamLung2025 meeting. Kicking off with an introduction by the @cruk-ci.bsky.social thoracic cancer theme co-lead Prof Robert Rintoul.

Sadly I can’t stay all day as I’ll be chairing the Cambridge MB/PhD symposium
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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“The Treasury, Mr Sunak and Mr Johnson failed to seek scientific advice in relation to the potential epidemiological risks of the [Eat Out to Help Out] scheme, despite being advised by Prof Whitty about the risk of indoor hospitality settings”

Section 6.43

covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu...
Modules 2, 2A, 2B, 2C - Core decision-making and political governance - Volume I - UK Covid-19 Inquiry
The independent public inquiry to examine the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK
covid19.public-inquiry.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Yes, you still need to get your flu vaccine. Now. www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...
With an absent CDC and mismatched 'subclade K' flu strain, experts face upcoming season with uncertainty
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
“The Treasury, Mr Sunak and Mr Johnson failed to seek scientific advice in relation to the potential epidemiological risks of the [Eat Out to Help Out] scheme, despite being advised by Prof Whitty about the risk of indoor hospitality settings”

Section 6.43

covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu...
Modules 2, 2A, 2B, 2C - Core decision-making and political governance - Volume I - UK Covid-19 Inquiry
The independent public inquiry to examine the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK
covid19.public-inquiry.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 AM
“Even after a lockdown was imposed on 23 March, the report says, mistakes were repeated, including what it calls an “unwise” exit from restrictions that summer, pushed in part by Rishi Sunak, the then chancellor”

Promoting viral spread was unforgivable

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
CDC backpedals on vaccines and autism, despite earlier assurances from RFK Jr.
The CDC, under the direction of an unqualified health secretary, is now promoting claims that flunk Logic 101.
www.ms.now
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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A highlight from our Wheel newsletter was an article dedicated to research by Catz Fellows that is driving groundbreaking innovations in healthcare ft. @profmarciniak.bsky.social (2011), Dr Nisha Nixon (2009, Med Sci; Fellow 2022) & Prof. Michael Sutcliffe (1993). Read more: www.caths.cam.ac.uk/...
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
November’s #Wokeratibookclub is a biography of one of my heroes: Rosalind Franklin by Brenda Maddox. The description of her youth in antisemitic 1920s/30s England gives fascinating historical background. I’ve learned lots already e.g. about her Francophilia and love of hiking. I’d recommend!
November 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Morison’s outdid itself today with the substitution:

No Polish sour cream

so they delivered …

Polish vegetable salad

They’re both Polish, which means they’re basically the same thing, right?
November 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Some good news

New data published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows the 2025/26 vaccine is currently 70 to 75% effective at preventing hospital attendance in children aged 2 to 17 years and 30 to 40% effective in adults.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Flu vaccine providing important protection despite new subclade
UKHSA’s early season data shows vaccination remains best defence alongside good respiratory hygiene as flu activity rises.
www.gov.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
« La révolution dévore ses enfants » Jacques Mallet du Pan

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump ends support for Marjorie Taylor Greene amid growing Epstein feud
President turns on ‘Wacky Marjorie’ after congresswoman criticizes effort to block release of key Epstein documents
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
As with the rest of our continent, influenza on the rise, recent covid wave abating, low levels of RSV low for the moment

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6914b0...
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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#RespiratoryVirus situation update:

#Influenza activity is increasing in the EU/EEA, earlier than in recent seasons, while #RSV activity remains low.

#SARSCoV2 activity is stable or decreasing.
Read more here: erviss.org

#Flu #COVID19 #IDsky #EpiSky
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
By the beginning of the Holocene, dogs already displayed extensive variation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The emergence and diversification of dog morphology
Dogs exhibit an exceptional range of morphological diversity as a result of their long-term association with humans. Attempts to identify when dog morphological variation began to expand have been con...
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 AM