The findings indicate that current training in risk literacy is likely too abstract, with a need to move beyond teaching general ethical principles toward applied scenario-based training.
Congratulations to Shasha Yu and co-supervisor Fiona Carroll.
New paper from my student, Shasha Yu, which finds a paradox in AI risk: students with technical training have higher awareness of AI risk, but are no better at recognising these in real-world scenarios. They also report greater willingness to adopt AI.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.102751
Humans are finally returning to the moon for the first time since 1972! Launch at 23:24 BST tonight.
Popcorn and drinks are ready. 🧑🚀🍿
🫀Keeping a young heart… New ICCARP paper in EHJ explores how the myocardium ages - from mitochondrial dysfunction to fibrosis - helping distinguish physiological changes from early disease.
doi.org/10.1093/eurh...
This lays the groundwork for our effort to improve how ageing is classified.
I recently represented ICCARP at a policy event with Andy Street (@prosperuk.bsky.social), discussing the structural challenges of ageing with policymakers & stakeholders.
At ICCARP, we're developing the technical classifications & guidance to tackle ageing-related diseases.
🦉 Met a minor celebrity today.
Language learning has reminded me that most progress is incremental and compounding. Persistence matters, and the owl is... highly persuasive.
Back amongst the dreaming spires this week, visiting the Medical Sciences Division.
@ox.ac.uk
🧠 Is pineal gland senescence an ageing-related pathology?
In this new paper ICCARP review human evidence of structural & functional changes of the pineal gland with age.
📄https://doi.org/10.1007/s42000-025-00720-9
#Ageing #Aging #CircadianBiology #Geroscience #Hormones #Senescence #Endocrinology
With @camillenebeker.bsky.social & @biovie.bsky.social
Delighted to announce that I will be delivering a keynote at the 2026 World Aging & Rejuvenation Conference in Prague on the progress of ICCARP on the classification of ageing-related pathologies and its implications for research and healthcare. Details to follow. #aging #ageing #senescence
This work provides a reproducible model and represents an important step toward making functional vision restoration more feasible. (4/4)
This protocol applies subnormothermic machine perfusion to maintain and recondition whole eyes ex vivo, moving beyond static cold storage that poorly serves the eye's highly metabolic neural structures. (3/4)
Following the first human whole eye transplant, one of the biggest challenges is preserving the retina and optic nerve, which deteriorate within minutes using conventional methods. (2/4)
💉👁️ New paper in JoVE!
Excited to share work on preservation for whole eye transplantation in a swine model.
📄 doi.org/10.3791/69179
#Transplantation #Ophthalmology #MachinePerfusion #Biopreservation #OrganPreservation #BiomedicalEngineering
(1/4) ...
Grateful to Prof. Donald Fraser and Dr Usman Khalid for their collaboration and support throughout.
#KidneyResearch #OrganPreservation #Transplantation #MedicalResearch #HCRW #Nephrology
Thank you to Health and Care Research Wales for their support this year, which enabled me to spend dedicated time working with the team at the Wales Kidney Research Unit at UHW. This support helped define the groundwork for my future research on kidney preservation for transplantation.
#Academia #HigherEd #ScienceCommunication #FreeSpeech #AcademicPublishing #Censorship #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicFreedom
Pleased to share our new paper with #NobelLaureate Arieh Warshel. Authored with Lee Jussim, Mikhail Shifman, Luana Maroja, @evolutionistrue.bsky.social, David Bertioli & Gernot Frenking, we explore rising censorship in science & its historical context.
journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/5/2/...
As we age, adrenal glands shift gear, making less DHEA/DHEAS & more cortisol (the “stress hormone”).
Linked to dementia, osteoporosis & depression, could this be an ageing-related pathology?
Our recently updated paper: doi.org/10.1007/s406...
#Aging #Gerontology #Endocrinology #Geroscience
The International Consortium to Classify Ageing-Related Pathologies (ICCARP) is now on X. Follow our updates @ICCARP_org (x.com/ICCARP_org)
#aging #ageing #longevity #geroscience #gerontology #healthyaging #agingresearch #ageingresearch
Monasteries & cathedrals with 1,500 years of history, and half-a-billion-year-old rock formations.
After 5+ years in Cardiff, I finally visited West Wales.
As I work on ageing and preservation, I have to wonder what it would take for lifespans to reach these timescales.
@nhm-london.bsky.social #NaturalHistoryMuseum #CharlesDarwin #Inspiration #HistoryOfScience #ScienceMatters #STEM
The Natural History Museum in London is a true cathedral of science. The architecture alone is breathtaking!
The words on Darwin’s plinth capture its spirit perfectly:
"Freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illuminations of men's minds, which follows the advance of science."
@usukfulbright.bsky.social
Wonderful reception at the US Embassy London to welcome this year's #Fulbright cohort.
A highlight: meeting Prof. Pickersgill, a 1960 scholar to
@rad-institute.bsky.social / @harvard.edu, who is still active in the community.
Wishing all the Fulbrighters the very best on your journey!
The CryoDAO team is hard at work on the CryoRepository AI agent. 🧊🤖
Building the first ever central repository of all known CPAs (cryoprotective agents) and data on their mechanisms of action and limitations.
More on the project:
www.cryodao.org/project/cryo...
#cryobiology #cryogenics
"Ageing Isn’t One Thing, It’s Many" -- Article from ICCARP coordinator, Gary Christopher, on the classification of senescence.
#ageing #aging #senescence #healthyaging #longevity #agingresearch #gerontology
www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-s...
🎓🎉One of the best parts of teaching is seeing students succeed.
Proud to see my two BSc dissertation students, Kyle Walford & Ocean Hettiarachchi, graduate with First Class honours yesterday.
Congratulations to the whole Class of 2025!
#Graduation #CardiffMet #ClassOf2025 @cardiffmet.bsky.social
Facebook reminded me that 16 years ago I started my research career working on neural control systems for Mars rovers with @esa.int as an RA for Prof. Cangelosi & Dr Peniak.
I couldn’t have hoped for better mentors!
📸 ESA Mars Yard 2010
#Throwback #ResearchLife #MarsRover #SpaceScience #ESA