Liam O'Leary
@neuroleary
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Medical Writer | Former Neuroscience PhD at McGill University (Mechawar Lab)
Oxfordshire, UK
Joined August 2019
For 5 years I've studied the brains of people with depression who died by suicide. Here's what I found: https://t.co/Cc72YicDjy Happy to take questions here, please share and comment as you like, and keep well everyone! 🙂
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Working as a medical writer has shown me that academic research does not contribute to drug development in the real world in the way that academic scientists think it might... and it's all a bit surprising. Pretty happy being a medical writer so far though.🙂
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So on Day 2 of my first post-PhD job as a medical writer, I am holding myself back from researching the etymology of obelisms in proofreading markup language. Once a PhD, always a PhD. #phdlife
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Everyone knows already that Sci-Hub is the greatest contribution to science and humanity and etc. Where is my Nobel Peace Prize then? I wonder
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My Neuroscience Masters degree = 1.54 Gb storage. My Neuroscience PhD = 143 Gb storage.
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I'm surprised I hadn't thought about how drugs leaking into water systems might affect aquatic life. I never thought it'd be strong enough... https://t.co/ShrAFn3xUT
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I am at my virtual PhD convocation, in a different country, in my pyjamas, petting my dog, while my Dad is hammering a nail into the wall upstairs.
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So I just got an email congratulating me on my PhD graduation, but my convocation is on Friday. So I have moved from being an official graduand to an unofficial graduate for four days. Digital graduation feels quite empty?
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Unsubscribing from PubMed searches feels like the real end of my PhD.
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Finally, I can justify my sobriety with science!
💔💔 Any amount of alcohol consumption harmful to the brain, finds study | Alcohol | The Guardian
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Yet another great article on our latest study! @psypost
psypost.org
New research indicates that astrocytes, star-shaped cells that support the function of neurons in the brain, play a key role in depression. The findings,
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For 5 years I've studied the brains of people with depression who died by suicide. Here's what I found: https://t.co/Cc72YicDjy Happy to take questions here, please share and comment as you like, and keep well everyone! 🙂
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@NutritionNerd I only just learned this recently: FIND>>ADVANCED FIND Find what: 'double space' Replace with: 'single space' #gamechanger
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Final paper from my PhD project is out today. It's a comprehensive review of postmortem studies of human astrocytes, and includes theories for how astrocytes are involved in major depressive disorder. I'll make bigger posts about this in the future.
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Science public engagement grants/awards for TikTok? Coming soon?
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