Professor Kevin Mills
@profkevinmills.bsky.social
Professor, University College London based at Great Ormond Street Hospital Institute of Child Health.
Lover of cats and Welsh rugby.
Views are my own, not my employer.
Lover of cats and Welsh rugby.
Views are my own, not my employer.
Pinned
If I kark it, remind everyone I made the front page of the Times (and for my science and not nefarious reasons)
This is coolest of deers, a wild animal coming this close
June 30, 2026 at 11:08 PM
This is coolest of deers, a wild animal coming this close
'You boy, has Mr Farage explained how he paid for his house yet? '
May 20, 2026 at 9:14 AM
'You boy, has Mr Farage explained how he paid for his house yet? '
Mother of sausages
Another conspiracy theorist loon standing for Reform. It's rapidly turning into the political equivalent of the Flat Earth Society.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Doctor who claimed Covid jab probably caused royal cancers standing for Reform
Last year, at the Reform annual conference, Professor Angus Dalgleish was cited as saying it was "highly likely" that the Covid vaccines had been "a significant factor in the cancer of members of the ...
www.mirror.co.uk
April 19, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Mother of sausages
Amazing how this is all over the right wing media, I can't stop seeing stories on it.
(I'm lying)
(I'm lying)
April 19, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Amazing how this is all over the right wing media, I can't stop seeing stories on it.
(I'm lying)
(I'm lying)
Congratulations to Dr Claire Leckey my PhD student. Using stable isotope labelled leucine we measured synthesis and turnover of neurofilament light in patients. The protein turns over very slowly showing brain trials need long timelines to reveal benefit. academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
Stable isotope labelling kinetics of neurofilament light
Leckey et al. report novel measures of neurofilament light chain kinetics in the human central nervous system using stable isotope labelling. Translation o
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December 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Congratulations to Dr Claire Leckey my PhD student. Using stable isotope labelled leucine we measured synthesis and turnover of neurofilament light in patients. The protein turns over very slowly showing brain trials need long timelines to reveal benefit. academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
This is excellent news, well done Labour. The only way to combat extreme views and anti science is through education.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This is excellent news, well done Labour. The only way to combat extreme views and anti science is through education.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Da iawn Caerphilly, da iawn Wales.
October 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Da iawn Caerphilly, da iawn Wales.
Great work by our research group demonstrating the devasting effect of small increases in these extremely low level lyso-lipids on the neurotoxicity of neuronal cells. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Glucosylsphingosine affects mitochondrial function in a neuronal cell model - Communications Biology
Exogenous addition of glucosylsphingosine affects cellular energy metabolism in SH-Sy5y cell line via changes in mitochondrial function and glycolysis. It also induces an increase in protein ubiquitin...
www.nature.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Great work by our research group demonstrating the devasting effect of small increases in these extremely low level lyso-lipids on the neurotoxicity of neuronal cells. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Interloper spotted at the boardroom meeting of GSL
August 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Interloper spotted at the boardroom meeting of GSL
GSL is a private public partnership UCL spin out with the neurometabolic unit at the National Hospital. Dr Lam presented our model for the acceleration of our research tests into the NHS at the UCLH research open day. This will probably result in the accelerated translaton by at least 5 years.
July 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
GSL is a private public partnership UCL spin out with the neurometabolic unit at the National Hospital. Dr Lam presented our model for the acceleration of our research tests into the NHS at the UCLH research open day. This will probably result in the accelerated translaton by at least 5 years.
Commiserations with Andrew Neil this morning as green and renewal energy supply most of the power to the uk and recent great trade deals with the EU and the US
May 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Commiserations with Andrew Neil this morning as green and renewal energy supply most of the power to the uk and recent great trade deals with the EU and the US
Quite a lot to unpack here but Professors are more Dumbledore than Moriaty in my experience. Clever and educated people tend to caring and nice.
The review process kicks up a few Skeletors from He-Man but that's it..........
The review process kicks up a few Skeletors from He-Man but that's it..........
April 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Quite a lot to unpack here but Professors are more Dumbledore than Moriaty in my experience. Clever and educated people tend to caring and nice.
The review process kicks up a few Skeletors from He-Man but that's it..........
The review process kicks up a few Skeletors from He-Man but that's it..........
Thoughts and prays with Andrew Neil this morning as renewables and wind powers the UK.
And not fossil fuels.
Again.
And not fossil fuels.
Again.
April 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Thoughts and prays with Andrew Neil this morning as renewables and wind powers the UK.
And not fossil fuels.
Again.
And not fossil fuels.
Again.
Very sad to hear the passing of George Foreman, a monstrous puncher and a truly great human being. We've lost a lovely, caring and exceptionally interesting man. A true great.
March 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Very sad to hear the passing of George Foreman, a monstrous puncher and a truly great human being. We've lost a lovely, caring and exceptionally interesting man. A true great.
Very interesting use of graphics to demonstrate movement of front lines during ww1. The collapse at the end is remarkable. Shows statistics can be misleading, up until late 1918 you'd never have backed Germany to lose.
( @peterhart.bsky.social @garyba.bsky.social )
www.reddit.com/r/ww1/s/0ZP2...
( @peterhart.bsky.social @garyba.bsky.social )
www.reddit.com/r/ww1/s/0ZP2...
From the ww1 community on Reddit: WW1 Western Front progression ( 1914-1919 )
Explore this post and more from the ww1 community
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March 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Very interesting use of graphics to demonstrate movement of front lines during ww1. The collapse at the end is remarkable. Shows statistics can be misleading, up until late 1918 you'd never have backed Germany to lose.
( @peterhart.bsky.social @garyba.bsky.social )
www.reddit.com/r/ww1/s/0ZP2...
( @peterhart.bsky.social @garyba.bsky.social )
www.reddit.com/r/ww1/s/0ZP2...
I have woken up to find that during charging overnight, one of of my earbuds has disappeared and the other was covered in cat gob. Money is on Willow as the culprit as Ichabod is generally asleep.
March 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I have woken up to find that during charging overnight, one of of my earbuds has disappeared and the other was covered in cat gob. Money is on Willow as the culprit as Ichabod is generally asleep.
Can anyone tell me why the US cutting Alzheimer's research funding is good? The desire to pay no tax for personal gain instead of paying a little bit to defeat this awful disease is insane.
February 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Can anyone tell me why the US cutting Alzheimer's research funding is good? The desire to pay no tax for personal gain instead of paying a little bit to defeat this awful disease is insane.
Thoughts and prays with Andrew Neil this morning as wind turbines send him into a twitter supernova this morning.
(again)
(again)
February 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Thoughts and prays with Andrew Neil this morning as wind turbines send him into a twitter supernova this morning.
(again)
(again)
Big shout out to @peterhart.bsky.social and @garyba.bsky.social for their ww1 podcast that keeps me company on the tube to work. They make history so much more interesting as they include the personal experiences of the soldiers that fought.
February 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Big shout out to @peterhart.bsky.social and @garyba.bsky.social for their ww1 podcast that keeps me company on the tube to work. They make history so much more interesting as they include the personal experiences of the soldiers that fought.
Serious question here, if we want to provide clean(ish) affordable energy and more importantly energy security, why don't we build more nuclear power stations and make them state owned?
(and put a clause in saying they can never be privatised or sold off if Margaret comes back from the other side)
(and put a clause in saying they can never be privatised or sold off if Margaret comes back from the other side)
February 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Serious question here, if we want to provide clean(ish) affordable energy and more importantly energy security, why don't we build more nuclear power stations and make them state owned?
(and put a clause in saying they can never be privatised or sold off if Margaret comes back from the other side)
(and put a clause in saying they can never be privatised or sold off if Margaret comes back from the other side)
Thoughts and prays with Andrew Neil reading this after his marathon frothing at the mouth, 6 week twitterfest rant saying Rachel Reeves and the new government are fools.
The UK economy fared marginally better than expected at the end of last year, eking out modest growth thanks to an uptick in industrial output.
The UK economy just about grew at the end of 2024
News offers a sliver of relief to Keir Starmer’s government.
www.politico.eu
February 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Thoughts and prays with Andrew Neil reading this after his marathon frothing at the mouth, 6 week twitterfest rant saying Rachel Reeves and the new government are fools.
Imagine having Victoria Derbyshire as your examiner for a Phd.
The BBC presenter asked Sebastian Gorka: "Have you just handed victory to President Putin on a plate?"
'You Should Be Ashamed': Victoria Derbyshire Clashes With Trump Official Over Ukraine Peace Plan
The BBC presenter asked Sebastian Gorka: "Have you just handed victory to President Putin on a plate?"
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
February 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Imagine having Victoria Derbyshire as your examiner for a Phd.