Tom Gillingwater
@tomgillingwater.bsky.social
Professor of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh. FRSE, FRSB, HonFAS. Mood generally influenced by family, anatomy, science (MND/SMA/ALS/NMJ), music, whisky and NFFC. Owned by a Lakeland Terrier. My opinions etc!
📍Edinburgh/East Lothian 🏴
📍Edinburgh/East Lothian 🏴
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If you are interested in anatomy and tissue engineering then get in touch to find out more about this project with me and Dr Vorstius at the University of Dundee
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If you are interested in anatomy and tissue engineering then get in touch to find out more about this project with me and Dr Vorstius at the University of Dundee
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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🔥🔥🔥 MND Scotland's Firewalk is coming to Edinburgh! 🔥🔥🔥
📍 The Grange Club, Portgower Place, Edinburgh, EH4 1HQ
📆 29th January 2026
➡️ Sign up today and get your free MND Scotland-branded t-shirt to wear on the day! 🔥
https://bit.ly/4eHNXCE
📍 The Grange Club, Portgower Place, Edinburgh, EH4 1HQ
📆 29th January 2026
➡️ Sign up today and get your free MND Scotland-branded t-shirt to wear on the day! 🔥
https://bit.ly/4eHNXCE
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🔥🔥🔥 MND Scotland's Firewalk is coming to Edinburgh! 🔥🔥🔥
📍 The Grange Club, Portgower Place, Edinburgh, EH4 1HQ
📆 29th January 2026
➡️ Sign up today and get your free MND Scotland-branded t-shirt to wear on the day! 🔥
https://bit.ly/4eHNXCE
📍 The Grange Club, Portgower Place, Edinburgh, EH4 1HQ
📆 29th January 2026
➡️ Sign up today and get your free MND Scotland-branded t-shirt to wear on the day! 🔥
https://bit.ly/4eHNXCE
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Excited to share Emma Sutton's recently published Ph.D. research! By using cells, worms and mice, we report that mifepristone, a glucocorticoid receptor anatagonist, alone and in combination with an approved SMN-dependent therapy, has the potential to improve SMA disease pathology.
rdcu.be/eQpXG
rdcu.be/eQpXG
Mifepristone alone and in combination with scAAV9-SMN1 gene therapy improves disease phenotypes in Smn2B/- spinal muscular atrophy mice
Scientific Reports - Mifepristone alone and in combination with scAAV9-SMN1 gene therapy improves disease phenotypes in Smn2B/- spinal muscular atrophy mice
rdcu.be
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Excited to share Emma Sutton's recently published Ph.D. research! By using cells, worms and mice, we report that mifepristone, a glucocorticoid receptor anatagonist, alone and in combination with an approved SMN-dependent therapy, has the potential to improve SMA disease pathology.
rdcu.be/eQpXG
rdcu.be/eQpXG
Just what’s needed to help with some creativity in the kitchen #Dad’sBiriyani A really cracking 19yo Scapa #Whisky
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Just what’s needed to help with some creativity in the kitchen #Dad’sBiriyani A really cracking 19yo Scapa #Whisky
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Developing new treatments is essential for MND, but the process is lengthy and people with MND don’t have time to wait.
Repurposing means we can quickly see if any already available treatments could be effective in MND and get them into clinical trials as soon as possible.
Read more👇
Repurposing means we can quickly see if any already available treatments could be effective in MND and get them into clinical trials as soon as possible.
Read more👇
Drug development is a complex and costly process.
By using medicines approved for other conditions, we can overcome barriers in drug development.
Read our blog explaining why we believe repurposed drugs could help us find new treatments for #MND/#ALS.
ukmndri.org/2025/11/13/r...
By using medicines approved for other conditions, we can overcome barriers in drug development.
Read our blog explaining why we believe repurposed drugs could help us find new treatments for #MND/#ALS.
ukmndri.org/2025/11/13/r...
Repurposed Drugs: Accelerating MND Treatment Discovery
Discover how repurposed drugs are helping accelerate the search for effective treatments for MND through innovative UK research.
ukmndri.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Developing new treatments is essential for MND, but the process is lengthy and people with MND don’t have time to wait.
Repurposing means we can quickly see if any already available treatments could be effective in MND and get them into clinical trials as soon as possible.
Read more👇
Repurposing means we can quickly see if any already available treatments could be effective in MND and get them into clinical trials as soon as possible.
Read more👇
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UK science and technology is suffering from a lack of investment, a hostile immigration system, and fragile university finances, reports @cathleenogrady.bsky.social 🧪 #scipolicy
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
U.K. science sector is ‘bleeding to death,’ lawmakers say in report
House of Lords committee urges government to stem exodus of science and technology companies
www.science.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
UK science and technology is suffering from a lack of investment, a hostile immigration system, and fragile university finances, reports @cathleenogrady.bsky.social 🧪 #scipolicy
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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From lab to life, MND Scotland is turning motor neuron disease (MND) research into impact 💙 Find out more: https://mndscotland.org.uk/research/
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
From lab to life, MND Scotland is turning motor neuron disease (MND) research into impact 💙 Find out more: https://mndscotland.org.uk/research/
I still can’t get my head around how Springsteen could write and record a song as good as this 👇 and not think it worthy of release at the time…and then subsequently forget that he’d written/recorded it 🤯 youtube.com/watch?v=38uX...
Iceman (Studio Outtake - 1977)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen - Topic
youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I still can’t get my head around how Springsteen could write and record a song as good as this 👇 and not think it worthy of release at the time…and then subsequently forget that he’d written/recorded it 🤯 youtube.com/watch?v=38uX...
Farewell old friend. It’s been the greatest of pleasures getting to know you. A quarter of a century in the cask but unfortunately only a minute or two on the lips! #Whisky
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Farewell old friend. It’s been the greatest of pleasures getting to know you. A quarter of a century in the cask but unfortunately only a minute or two on the lips! #Whisky
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Happy 158th Birthday, Marie Skłodowska Curie! She was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize and the first person to receive the honor twice.
In 2017, #ScienceBooks toured the dynamics that established her as "the most iconic of all female scientists." https://scim.ag/47tkKYA
In 2017, #ScienceBooks toured the dynamics that established her as "the most iconic of all female scientists." https://scim.ag/47tkKYA
The making and remaking of Marie Curie
The famous physicist's legacy looms large 150 years after her birth
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy 158th Birthday, Marie Skłodowska Curie! She was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize and the first person to receive the honor twice.
In 2017, #ScienceBooks toured the dynamics that established her as "the most iconic of all female scientists." https://scim.ag/47tkKYA
In 2017, #ScienceBooks toured the dynamics that established her as "the most iconic of all female scientists." https://scim.ag/47tkKYA
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As Scottish Rugby celebrates 100 years of Murrayfield, they’re asking fans to choose the defining moment in the stadium’s history!
For us, there’s only one 💙💛 Doddie’s unforgettable match ball delivery in 2017 - a moment that inspired the nation.
Vote here 👉 scottishrugby.org/murrayfieldm...
For us, there’s only one 💙💛 Doddie’s unforgettable match ball delivery in 2017 - a moment that inspired the nation.
Vote here 👉 scottishrugby.org/murrayfieldm...
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
As Scottish Rugby celebrates 100 years of Murrayfield, they’re asking fans to choose the defining moment in the stadium’s history!
For us, there’s only one 💙💛 Doddie’s unforgettable match ball delivery in 2017 - a moment that inspired the nation.
Vote here 👉 scottishrugby.org/murrayfieldm...
For us, there’s only one 💙💛 Doddie’s unforgettable match ball delivery in 2017 - a moment that inspired the nation.
Vote here 👉 scottishrugby.org/murrayfieldm...
October 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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🎄Share the spirit of the festive season with exclusive MND Scotland Christmas cards and help support families affected by motor neuron disease 💙
➡️ Now available in the MND Scotland shop: https://bit.ly/4c2XRNQ
➡️ Now available in the MND Scotland shop: https://bit.ly/4c2XRNQ
October 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🎄Share the spirit of the festive season with exclusive MND Scotland Christmas cards and help support families affected by motor neuron disease 💙
➡️ Now available in the MND Scotland shop: https://bit.ly/4c2XRNQ
➡️ Now available in the MND Scotland shop: https://bit.ly/4c2XRNQ
Reposted by Tom Gillingwater
Is it too early to start thinking about Christmas? 🤔🎄 We don’t think so! And our Christmas cards are now available to buy to help you spread some festive cheer. What’s more, each purchase will help support MND research 🔬
Click below to get yours 👇
www.myname5doddie.co.uk/christmas-ca...
Click below to get yours 👇
www.myname5doddie.co.uk/christmas-ca...
October 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Is it too early to start thinking about Christmas? 🤔🎄 We don’t think so! And our Christmas cards are now available to buy to help you spread some festive cheer. What’s more, each purchase will help support MND research 🔬
Click below to get yours 👇
www.myname5doddie.co.uk/christmas-ca...
Click below to get yours 👇
www.myname5doddie.co.uk/christmas-ca...
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Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
www.nature.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning
Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when
academic.oup.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Reposted by Tom Gillingwater
Thank you to Heart of Midlothian FC for featuring MND Scotland in today's match program and on the stadium screens. If you're attending the Hearts FC vs Celtic FC game today, please consider texting 26MNDS to 70085 to donate £5.00 to support those affected by MND. Good luck to both teams!⚽
October 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Thank you to Heart of Midlothian FC for featuring MND Scotland in today's match program and on the stadium screens. If you're attending the Hearts FC vs Celtic FC game today, please consider texting 26MNDS to 70085 to donate £5.00 to support those affected by MND. Good luck to both teams!⚽