Dr Yvonne Couch

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@siegenthalerlab.bsky.social they have good vibes

LOVE a kakapo ever since i saw one on Stephen Fry's head in some documentary...

Some fab work from the amazing @jnsimon.bsky.social on the response of #mitochondria and #lysosomes to energetic stress
#metabolism
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

one of my new great joys in life is racing my two-factor authentication countdown timer...

Absolutely stellar post by Kam, in much the same way management is not leadership, supervision and mentorship require different approaches...
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First decent sunny afternoon so after a full day attacking a fellowship application it is....guess what...ROSE PRUNING TIME!

This one is my favourite, it's called Tottering-By-Gently!
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I knew we were going to be friends

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Cucamelons. I have a very small very hot greenhouse and I think they don't like it in there but I don't think they've enjoyed outside either....

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Happy pancake day to those who celebrate
# pancake

Me too! I have missed the regular moose updates! So glad to have you pop back up!

Thinking Like a Scientist, Part Three: Hypothesis Retrofitting Scientific papers are more complex than ever, but are we gaining deeper understanding or losing sight of the hypothesis? In this third part of Thinking like a scientist, I reflect on data-driven scien...

This is fabulous and something I have long worried about. Especially given that we are likely to be pricing all of the small people with the hypothesis testing skills out of the market...
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network.febs.org/posts/thinki...

My evening choices are

1. Finish grant
2. Deep clean kitchen

And of course I am going for 2 because it's "easier"

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Great to finally get this one done and dusted for all the #EV nerds out there, it's important to think about function as well as content!
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www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27...

Is the hard set mounting medium not long lasting...?

If you need to switch your brain off with delightful things can I recommend looking for B.Dylan Hollis and his delightful historical bakes on YouTube...the tomato soup cake is particularly good...

Sending sympathy! This happened to me a couple of years ago but it was a flatbed so got me in the shoulder and I just slid straight along the road coming to a halt against the back of a parked taxi. His excuse was, on an empty road with nothing else on it, I had "come out of nowhere"

Dr Yvonne Couch - Blog – The Open Secret: A Piece on Academic Bullying Academic bullying is an open secret, but change is possible. Explore the impact of power dynamics and hierarchy in Dr Yvonne Couch's thought-provoking blog

I wrote something similar but with no handy list to follow!
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-the-ope...

Trending: 1. X-files, 2: antiques roadshow, 3: music challenge, 4: olympic hockey

this is such a fun place sometimes...

Journals: yes, we will take four or five months to review your manuscript and not ever reply to any of your queries

Also journals: now it's been accepted we need you to read the proofs and get back to us in 24 hours and yes, we are aware it's 2am on a Saturday
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Lime harvest for a win!
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Did a rather idyllic thing and strolled the dog into town to collect fresh pastries, he got a biscuit and I am now enjoying the pastry at home with a cup of tea and feeling vaguely wholesome
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Leave it to Shakespeare and Ian McKellen to so eloquently speak of man's mountainish inhumanity. See Ian McKellan in AN ARK, a new play for mixed reality, at @The Shed now! #Colbert #IanMcKellen #Sh... TikTok video by colbertlateshow

If anyone has not seen it I HIGHLY recommend watching Ian McKellan on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social...the full Shakespeare speech on immigrants...absolutely brilliant...

www.tiktok.com/@colbertlate...

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I wish I still got that excited feeling I got as a PhD student when a paper finally gets accepted, instead it's mostly just...

Anyone feeling nostalgic for saner times I can recommend the Becoming documentary about Michelle Obama, very lovely

Normally I quote post about the actual content of my own science blogs but this time I just want to say I look FUN as a cartoon...
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I've just had my last application to save my career rejected. Feeling very lost and untethered from reality...

Lat pulldowns 🤝 birthday cake #workout #fitness #cake #gym YouTube video by Ashley Jannino

Youtube has me feeling seen this morning...

youtube.com/shorts/GRCTC...