Petition: Call for children's trans books to be put back in Kent libraries child sections Protect these books under the Equality Act and protecting literature for education. Reach out to KCC about this harmful issue. Keep these age-appropriate trans books in children's sections.

someone made a petition and im spreading it around petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Stem Cell–Derived, Fully Differentiated Islets for Type 1 Diabetes | NEJM Zimislecel is an allogeneic stem cell–derived islet-cell therapy. Data on the safety and efficacy of zimislecel in persons with type 1 diabetes are needed. We conducted a phase 1–2 study of zimisle...

A huge step forward for cell replacement therapy for #T1D @NEJM

Vertex clinical trials for zimislecel

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

It's interesting how OpenTrons started out as a genuinely good value robot starting at $4k. Now the starting price is $20k and they're in the same price range as the competition. I don't know if they were just selling at a loss to start with, but it's a real shame it's no longer affordable.

Too much protein in the diet appears to carry a risk of atherosclerotic heart disease secondary to leucine's effect. An important report considering recent advocacy for very high-protein diets.
@natmetabolism.nature.com
nature.com/articles/s42...

Weren't lectures always pretty useless as a learning experience, apart from a few rare examples? It's just that before recordings we didn't have any alternative but to show up.

Screenshot of SailLink website, with image of sailing vessel approaching Dover

⛵ SailLink launches on Sat 5th April! Sail-powered channel crossings from Dover to Boulogne-sur-Mer. Catamaran "Echoes" sets sail at 10am heading for the French coast – be part of the inaugural crossing by booking here: www.saillink.co.uk/book-now/

OK, every year I try to explain to my students how LLMs work, and every year I have to do a big trawl for good resources and activities. Here's this year's haul of *introductory* materials. (In-class activities + visualizations, not so much readings.)

Islet single-cell transcriptomic profiling during obesity-induced beta cell expansion in female mice Targeting beta cell proliferation is an appealing approach to restore glucose control in type 1 diabetes. However, the underlying mechanisms of beta cell proliferation remain incompletely understood, ...

Excited to share our publication in @cp-iscience.bsky.social
Islet single-cell transcriptomic profiling during obesity-induced beta cell expansion in female mice #IMM @uthealthhouston.bsky.social @bcmhouston.bsky.social 🧵 www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

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Map of Europe with Spain, France and Italy labelled. Text says, the top three destinations for UK travellers can all be reached without flying.

Did you know? The top three overseas destinations for UK travellers are Spain, France and Italy – all easily accessible without flying:

🇪🇸 www.seat61.com/Spain.htm
🇫🇷 www.seat61.com/France.htm
🇮🇹 www.seat61.com/Italy.htm

(Thanks @seatsixtyone.bsky.social!)

Context is everything. We've used genAI feedback for students learning basic Python coding fairly successfully. I'd be interested to see how well it coped with more traditional academic work.

AI generated infographic, decorative

Super pleased to share our latest publication “Generative AI in Higher Education: Balancing Innovation and Integrity” how #GenAI is reshaping learning, assessment, emphasising the need for ethical frameworks to maintain academic integrity.

@nigelfrancis.bsky.social & Sue Jones

tinyurl.com/y384wfvw

Dear meeting organizers:

Picking the same senior PIs to keynote/give talks at meetings, who's talks I've seen a dozen times already, is not a great use of everyone's time. Nor does it highlight all of the rich talent in your field from more junior folks and peeps not at "elite" institutions.

Only two more days left to apply! Please help spread the word.

Last few days to apply for a postdoc position in my lab