Dr. C J, PhD

NeuroScientist | Postdoc | University of Nottingham: School of Medicine

[Dr. C J, PhD @cl_j26]

In Belgrade (Serbia) where I presented my poster. My project aims to investing the effect of the pro inflammatory environment on the neurotrophic vs the nerve repulsion ability of cartilage engineered constructs.

[Dr. C J, PhD @cl_j26]

@Gcwanini04 @phume22 That’s a very simplistic take. A “credible” PhD in “most fields” is atleast 3 yrs but can take upto 7 years. There’s more that comes with a PhD. For a Masters you’re spot on. You can plan for x yrs in a PhD but results/data & funding determine if you finish in that timeline.

[Dr. C J, PhD @cl_j26]

@Iam_Marist 😂 making sure the point is driven home!!

Feel free when you need the help.

[Dr. C J, PhD @cl_j26]

In Belgrade (Serbia) where I presented my poster. My project aims to investing the effect of the pro inflammatory environment on the neurotrophic vs the nerve repulsion ability of cartilage engineered constructs.

[Dr. C J, PhD @cl_j26]

@Iam_Marist @Iam_Marist thank you. We stand on the shoulders of many who have paved the way, without “billing” us 😂.

[Dr. C J, PhD @cl_j26]

@ObviousGoody @Faisal_Shittuu @Wizarab10 @ObviousGoody you’re spot on from your very first post to all this nonsense. I’m a Marie Curie fellow alumnus. I can’t even begin to imagine what would make me sell information on how to apply and get an MSC fellowship. Euraxes (https://t.co/8rmffDQrhI) is there for free!!!

[Dr. C J, PhD @cl_j26]

@ritapurity @ritapurity trying to reach out to you.
Thanks in advance!

[Queen of BaTonga👑 @The_Tonga_Queen]

Mwari makanaka, ndokumbirawo 200 reposts ma Zimba. Skin cancer must fall, lets make this video viral if possible

My name is Queen of BaTonga, daughter of the royal, Zambezia water tribe.❤️
#HutanoKuvanhu
#AlbinismKonnect
#2day2Go

[UN Watch @UNWatch]

Zimbabwe Minister and Senator threaten journalist @bbmhlanga with prosecution and passport revocation after he testified at the United Nations on Zimbabwe abuses—blatant reprisal for cooperating with the UN.

We have requested the Secretary-General to act:
https://t.co/zJ9tMdMyKF

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

The Geneva Summit has condemned threats against journalist Blessed Mhlanga by the Zimbabwean government, and has written to the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, raising grave concern over his safety.👇🏿
https://t.co/MRUl9uBY33

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

The news that former Zimbabwean finance minister and convenor of the Constitutional Defence Forum, CDF, Tendai Biti’s offices have been surrounded by Zimbabwe’s police is tragic, but expected.

Biti’s CDF is opposed to the mutilation of Zimbabwe’s Constitution and the extension of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term.

After Biti’s press conference on Friday, the state has moved in on his offices. It clearly shows that the regime is acting outside the law in its attempt to rewrite the Constitution.

Deploying state security apparatus to shut down voices opposed to its agenda is not only oppressive, it is a direct assault on the Constitution itself. It is unlawful, unjustifiable, and exposes the regime’s fear of scrutiny.

If its agenda is legal and constitutional, why is it terrified of open dialogue?

[Prof Jonathan Moyo @ProfJNMoyo]

1/15 #WhyChasiWasFired: Below & in the next hours, days, maybe even weeks & months, I'll share with you the true story of why Mnangagwa yesterday criminally fired @fortunechasi as Minister of Energy & Power Development. The criminality involves theft of at least USD 1,2 billion!

[𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒂 @being_melissssa]

Zimbabwe does not have a leadership crisis. It has a courage crisis. It suffers from a lack of brave men. If men were really men, this moment would look very different. History will not judge this era by what the government did, but by how many men watched, complained on social media, and stayed comfortable. Leadership requires risk. Either men step up and lead, or we admit most of them are just decorative opinions with no backbone.

[Dr. C J, PhD @cl_j26]

@being_melissssa @RichardMushong2 @being_melissssa Your take is very painful, especially on “courage crisis.” However, history is a very good teacher. Hitler’s Germany is well mirrored in Zimbabwe. The system is very effective in “crushing” courage,they have perfected that and so we are left with a vacuum.

[Dr. C J, PhD @cl_j26]

@jeremynigri Thanks for the clarification Jérémy! This is really interesting and I look forward to seeing what you’ll unravel in the future work. All the best!

[Cancer Discovery @CD_AACR]

Sensory Neurons Drive a Fibrotic Immune Microenvironment in Breast Cancer:
A #ResearchWatch summary of a recent study by Si-Wei Zhang, Han Wang, Yi Xiao, Luo-Tian Liu, Jinfei Ni, Zhi-Ming Shao, Yi-Zhou Jiang and colleagues.
https://t.co/JYunkpNd57

[Dr. C J, PhD @cl_j26]

@jeremynigri @jeremynigri Congratulations! Really elegant work. I’d be interested to know whether sensory fibers are similarly remodeled in early PanINs, and how macrophage-derived inflammatory signals integrate with the adrenergic–stromal axis you describe.

[Fadzayi Mahere🇿🇼 @advocatemahere]

🔸A 7-year presidential term? Kana kusanyara kwacho. Munoziva kuti kune vakafira one-man, one-vote here? Musatambe nepfungwa dzevanhu.

We need new leaders.🇿🇼

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Fearlessness.

Hear chemistry laureate Frances Arnold share what she looks for in new recruits in her laboratory.

Watch the full interview with Arnold: https://t.co/yzZ4f3fz3C

#WomeninScience

[Faheem Ullah @Faheem_uh]

Postdoc Vs PhD Student

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

RETWEET THIS FOR THE WORLD TO SEE

This is an official support letter from the Zimbabwean Ministry of Finance, dated 24 March 2025, addressed to the Managing Director of Ecobank Zimbabwe.
It is signed by George Guvamatanga, who is the Permanent Secretary for Finance and the heart of the corruption engine under Mnangagwa’s corrupt regime.

The letter confirms that the Ministry of Finance has recorded a legacy debt of
US$191,578,835 million owed by Valley Seeds (Private) Limited which is run by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s nephew, Temba Nkatazo.

Ecobank Zimbabwe has agreed to discount up to US$20 million of this amount under a 12 month term loan facility.
The Ministry guaranteed the repayment and undertook to reduce the legacy debt by US$5 million monthly through Valley Seeds’ account.

In the event of any payment delays, Ecobank is authorised to directly debit up to US$5 million from a Ministry of Finance account held at the bank.
These are public funds that are being used to pay a debt owed by a private company.

This letter places a public guarantee on a private company’s debt, committing government resources (i.e. public funds) to back a commercial loan facility for Valley Seeds.
This is highly controversial in public finance terms because it tied state funds to a private company without clear public accountability, which is an undeniable act of corruption and cronyism, especially considering the large figures involved and the government’s economic struggles.

This also raises serious concerns about transparency, as there is no explanation at all of how Valley Seeds was selected, what public benefit the deal serves, all know is that it is run by Mnangagwa’s nephew and that it was used to loot public funds during Command Agriculture days.

This is an act of cronyism and state capture, particularly because the company has political ties. The structure put in place by Guvamatanga bypasses parliamentary oversight and violates public finance principles by committing future government revenues to a private debt servicing at a rate of US$5 million per month.

In a country facing a catastrophic healthcare crisis, underpaid civil servants, and failing infrastructure, such a public finance financial burden is reckless, corrupt and unsustainable.

It also undermines the integrity of the banking system by encouraging politically motivated lending and shielding private entities from accountability, making this a glaring example of the misuse of public funds for private gain.

This letter is written by a man who used to be CEO of Barclays Bank, it is staggering!
He is doing this for the President’s cronies because they are accountable to nobody except the corruption mafia Godfather himself, Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Now why Valley Seeds? We know that Temba Nkatazo is the CEO of this company and that he is Mnangagwa’s nephew.
Valley Seeds, under Nkatazo’s leadership, was a huge player in the corrupt Command Agriculture program which was driven by Mnangagwa.
It has many allegations of mismanagement and corruption, billions were looted through it.

Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti highlighted that companies like Valley Seeds invoiced the government without providing proof of seed deliveries.

A 2023 parliamentary probe found no credible evidence to justify the debts claimed by such companies.
Biti questioned how the government ended up owing nearly US$200 million to Valley Seeds, suggesting that the debts might not be genuine and pointing to a pattern of financial impropriety in the programme.

Nkatazo was also listed among the beneficiaries of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Farm Mechanisation Scheme, receiving a loan of US$323,329.
This was published in a report by the later Dr Alex Magaisa which exposed how the bank was looted by ZANUPF.

If Valley Seeds doesn’t pay this money, it is YOU the taxpayer who will pay it! More to come!

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

Ain’t you embarrassed to even tweet this drivel? Nobody is talking about awards, crucifixion, or policing how you raise your children. This is about something very simple that you are deliberately pretending not to understand.

English is not “universal,” it is a colonial language that you learned. Your mother tongue is part of your identity, culture, and history. Losing it is not progress, it is cultural amputation and ignorance.

If a South African can learn Shona through marriage and raise children who speak it fluently, but Zimbabweans born to two Zimbabwean parents cannot speak their own languages, that is not “modernity,” that is failure and self-contempt.

Nobody is forcing you to do anything. We are simply pointing out that raising children who cannot speak their own language is not something to boast about. It is something to reflect on, it is an embarrassment.

Indians born in England speak their vernacular languages and they are some of the smartest kids in the UK. Hazvi shamisire kutaura chingezi, it is simply backward to show off that you can’t speak your vernacular languages.