JOB OPPORTUNITY: we are advertising for a PDRA position Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences and School of Engineering LivUni , for a biomechanical project to test how ligament laxity affects articular forces and osteoarthritis development. Please share! BSMB BRS OARSI my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal…

Nicholas Rhind writes about learning techniques in other researchers’ labs that empower the work in his own. asbmb.org/asbmb-today/ca…

You have new exciting results in the field of (posttraumatic) osteoarthritis?! Zsuzsa Jenei-Lanzl and me are guest-editing a special issue in ArthritisResTher and are looking forward to your submissions! Dont hesitate to contact us if you have further questions 👩‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬

I'm very happy to announce that I have been appointed as Deputy Head of Department!! Looking forward to working with our amazing HoD Mandy Peffers to bring the best out of the Musculoskeletal and Ageing Science department! 🥳🥳 Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

And off we go again! First to New York City then to Boston to visit my amazing numerous collaborators across the pond 🥰🥰

Eventful travels so far. Flight to Boston cancelled so overnight stay in Dublin. Waiting for flight to New York, but need to sort out flight Boston to NYC that I cannot make! Shout out to v. helpful Clarity for their help! Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences University of Liverpool News

✨🎵 “I searched for my spark and I found it” ✨🎵 Cruinniú na nÓg, Europe’s only national free day of creativity for young people is back, with over 1,000 free activities, taking place on Saturday, June 15. 🎉 #CruinniuNaNog - an initiative of Creative Ireland, supported by RTÉ

Trip to NYC is finishing, v. successful, plenty of ideas for grant applications and collaborative projects with Dr Alessandra Carrierro (samples for testing on their way soon). Great catch up with colleagues/friends and of course some touristing... now to Boston!

1 in 10 of the top 100 ‘best’ scientists are named Michael or Eric, but only 3% are female, according to Research.com. Putting aside the obvious flaws of the H-index, these numbers are disheartening. Thanks to Michael Eisen for sharing. research.com/scientists-ran…

Fourth viva as external examiner in 6 months done! Always feel honoured to be part of such an important life event. And I learn so much in the process!

Women: These bad bitches fought and died for your right to vote. So fucking use it. You have until midnight: gov.uk/register-to-vo…

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Apply now!!! Brilliant CDT programme University of Southampton Integrated Systems in Defence and Security starting Oct 24. Improving women's skeletal health in UK Army. Enhanced stipend of 5k pa. DM for more info ✉️

We have a BBSRC-funded #PhD studentship that is now available in our lab, on the importance of a serine protease inhibitor in skeletal development+health. Project involves stem cells, CRISPR and gene evolution. Deadline 22nd July. October 2024 start!👇 findaphd.com/phds/project/b…

We have a fully-funded PhD project available to study the role of glycosaminoglycans on early mammalian development using mouse embryonic stem cells and 3D Gastruloids as a model system. Come and apply! It will be fun! findaphd.com/phds/project/a…

Wonderful walk up the mountains in North Wales in Coed Llangwyfan. I miss my mountains but I think we'll be going there more often now. Rockette wouldn't mind moving there either! Thanks Mandy Peffers for the suggestion!

New paper finally out (as a preprint)!!!! First paper on our work on Fibrillin-1 in articular pathology #osteoarthritis #ecm . Now to start the gruelling task of submitting to a journal.. why does it have to be so hard!?!

Birthday holiday in italy now finished.. it was good to have proper break. A few more days to enjoy France.

Just a couple of days home 😍😍. You can take the girl out of the mountains but you can't take the mountains out of the girl. My French home, never bored of these mountains.

I'm just back to Liverpool after 2 weeks annual leave. I have not opened my emails once (which is an achievement). Only 199 emails to respond to (deleted all others). I hope none are urgent! How should I prioritise: oldest one first?