Lecturer and PI at GCU working on fibrosis and gap junctions in the skin and their involvement in wound healing

Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined January 2016
It's international women's day. Give to gain is what I always strive for in teaching and mentorship. internationalwomensday.com/
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It's International day of women and girls in science! The theme this year is “Synergizing AI, Social Science, STEM and Finance: Building Inclusive Futures for Women and Girls.” #STEMEducation un.org/en/observances/women-…
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Please consider submitting an article to our Special Issue, shaping up to be great collection: Diabetology | Special Issue : Advances in Diabetic Wound Healing: From Mechanisms to Therapies
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The best science images of 2025 — Nature’s picks
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It's World Diabetes Day worlddiabetesday.org/ this year focussing on well-being. Proud to be a researchers and educator in diabetes with improving the well-being of people with diabetes at the heart of what I do.
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'Had she had that finger prick test she would have been alive today' John Story told #BBCBreakfast about his campaign for better awareness of the symptoms of diabetes after his two-year-old daughter Lyla died with undiagnosed type 1 diabetes, 24 hours after her mum had taken her to their doctor, who diagnosed acute tonsillitis bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8ex…
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Join us at GCU for full and part-time MSc Advanced Practice programmes with specialisms in MSK health, diabetes, travel medicine and expedition and wilderness medicine gcu.ac.uk/study/courses/post…
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Proud to be part of the delivery of AHP post-graduate education at GCU via our MSc Advanced Practice pathways lnkd.in/e2HJr4SV gcu.ac.uk/impact/the-future-…
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In a medical first, researchers report that they have implanted CRISPR-edited pancreas cells into a person with type 1 diabetes go.nature.com/3UYR0gD
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Say hello to Jonathan he was born in 1832 & is 192 years old
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Bumblebees #sleeping on/in #flowers at this time of year! What the feck is that all about? Lots of people asking us so here’s a quick (long)🙄 thread explaining what’s going on. Please #retweet/#share so more are more informed. Thanks good people. #bees 1/16
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The world's oldest baby has been born from an embryo frozen in 1994 Thaddeus Daniel Pierce is over 30 years old despite being born July 26, 2025
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Long-awaited results suggest that mitochondrial donation can prevent babies from inheriting diseases caused by mutant mitochondria go.nature.com/4lBeXpV
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Hugely honoured that my Robin family in a farm wall has been selected to go in the Bird Photographer of the Year 2025 book which means it’s made the top 1% of entrants, a real honour. Winners announced in September. @Natures_Voice @ShropsWildlife @OMSYSTEMcameras @WildlifeMag
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Day 3 of the #BAD2025 and the #BSID showcase of the best talks from our London meeting
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Excited to be at the #BAD2025 in Glasgow and looking forward to our #BSID showcase session on Thursday morning
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Tardigrades are eight-legged, microscopic water-dwellers have survived the vacuum of space, extreme dehydration, and temperatures ranging from near absolute zero to above boiling point. go.nature.com/3TGCaKM
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How innate immunity starts? Early embryos eliminate bacterial infections by epithelial phagocytosis, a conserved process from zebrafish to human embryos. cell.com/cell-host-microbe/f…
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