Continuing to prepare:
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Geraint Rees
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Geraint Rees
@profgeraintrees
UCL Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement). Husband, dad, doctor, professor, runner. Not necessarily in that order
- From zero to producing 1000/day from next week - the power of university partnerships #unisupport. Truly phenomenal achievement from @rebeccajshipley & her @ucl @UCLHresearch @MercedesAMGF1 team BBC News - Coronavirus: Mercedes F1 to make breathing aid
- *NEW COVID-19 STUDY* @ucl Recruiting adults in UK to answer wkly 15min online surveys about psychological & social experiences during COVID-19. Results will help identify effects of social isolation & how to support mental health. covid19study.org pls retweet #unisupport
- Honoured to be featured alongside four other terrific scientist-dads in this @nature careers article - Juggling research and family life: honest reflections from scientist dads nature.com/articles/d4158…
- Some major good news. Well done all involved in negotiating this to a successful conclusion. UK to rejoin EU Horizon research programme
- Day 1 - the adventure begins! Huge thanks to @DavidPriceUCL for his inspirational leadership and an immense legacy of achievement…
- Research culture is a shared endeavour. The new @WellcomeLeap call bit.ly/3kSwlXU asks researchers to devote Dec 15 - Jan 13 to writing a 25 page application. That's school holidays so v.difficult for those with caring responsibilities. Can we do better @JeremyFarrar ?
- Some good news for science in both the EU and the UK: UK can take part in Horizon Europe research scheme following Brexit deal ft.com/content/37ae0e… via @FinancialTimes
- University College London generates £10bn a year for UK, says report
- Great that second jabs now available for 16+. Less impressive that NHS website says you can’t actually book these until the website is updated which will take at least a week. Why not coordinate update and announcement for maximum impact?! nhs.uk/conditions/cor…
- Delighted to see Jeremy is adhering to on-campus regulations. I suspect hand washing will be a bit of a stretch though. But if you can wear a mask, we expect you to even if you are an auto-icon...This Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
- If you’re a globally outstanding scientist the visa/health cost of moving to the uk is now 21x higher than 🇫🇷 and 34x higher than 🇩🇪. A very big disincentive to creating the productivity, jobs and growth that science in 🇬🇧 brings. We are allowing ourselves to be outcompetedTop scientists turning down UK jobs over ‘tax on talent’, says Wellcome boss | Research | The Guardian theguardian.com/education/arti…
- Good news everyone Britain and EU agree draft Horizon deal
- UCL denames buildings named after eugenicists | UCL News - UCL – University College London ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/jun/…
