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"Being able to fail, or lose gracefully is, in my view, just as important as winning." Dr Lindsey Sinclair on the rowing tradition where losers cheer the winners, and why scientists should borrow it. pod.fo/e/4d6837

Jodrell Bank is the most visible causality of UKRI’s short sighted ‘vision’ for science, but as you’ll see below, there are many other valuable UK facilities and collaborations at risk. We became aware of the problem in the autumn of last year. It is not a result of the overall funding settlement for science after the spending review, which was quite generous I would say in the circumstances. Neither as far as we can tell is it a direct decision by ministers (all of whom have now gone in any case). Rather the problems appears to have been caused by senior management at UKRI focusing on short term economic ‘impact’ (whatever that means) rather than doing their job as custodians of the foundations of science. What must happen now is that the new ministerial team make the time (and space ;-)) to review the upcoming catastrophe, and instruct UKRI to do their job and focus on making Britain the best place in the world to do science, now and in the future.

@ProfBrianCox @PearsLDA @andyburnham Just one of many stories we will see like this in the coming weeks and months, Diamond Light Sources, and the Central Laser Facility at Harwell also face the same funding issue with STFC

This is the result of many bad legacy decisions taken by UKRI hastily and without proper consultation, overseen by a government department that no longer exists. Surely the new @andyburnham government will want to take time to review this.

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@alzassociation @VJDementia @SuzanneESchind1 Really enjoyed these talks, Suzanne’s story telling really brings the issues to life.

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Great to see so many people join the 2026 NIHR BioResource Scientific Conference. A fantastic morning of discussion on genomics, inclusion, mental health, gene therapy and more. Catch up on the highlights: ow.ly/anlt50ZjFWO

'Embedding the public voice in clinical trials: developing public-informed training for patient data research'. New paper in BMC Research Involvement & Engagement link.springer.com/article/10.118… open access!!

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@BetterResearch That’s awesome.

On my third night of trying I got a great picture (that I’m happy to share) out of the #dwarflab mini - The Andromeda Galaxy

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Meet the 25-year-old who's trying to stop footballers getting dementia bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Really enjoyed hosting this live stream @ISTAART are doing such an amazing job of supporting the community, and enabling research and collaborations and genuine progress!

Six Clinical Fellowships awarded to bring dementia research closer to the people who need it and strengthen the UK’s ability to deliver clinical trials. Read more: alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/new-clini… More news on our Clinical Accelerator Programme coming soon!