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Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social · 23h

A Nobel-winning scientist of great modesty and humour, John Gurdon died on 7 Oct. Not only did he make a discovery that laid the foundations for stem cell research, he also created one of the best environments for research at the Wellcome/CRUK Gurdon Institute wellcome.org/news/sir-joh...

Sir John Gurdon, 1933-2025 | Wellcome

A Nobel-winning scientist of great modesty and humour, John Gurdon died on 7 October. He made a discovery that opened up the field of cloning research, and created one of the best environments for res...

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 5h

The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders

- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology

Deadline 27 Nov

www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Early career group leaders

We appoint researchers from across biology and biomedicine to set up their first groups at the Crick.

www.crick.ac.uk

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Archana Dhasarathy @adhasarathy.bsky.social · 23h

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 6d

History repeats.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 10d

Compelling and quite disturbing...

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 10d

Land of the free. Home of the brave.

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Archana Dhasarathy @adhasarathy.bsky.social · 12d

My “western wear” for our department retreat. 🤣

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24d

We've raised $450 so far and need to raise a total of $3,000

Let's make it happen! All donors get thanked on a plaque by the exhibit.

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24d

Friends, I am helping the The Natural History Society of Maryland to design a shark science and conservation exhibit, and we can use your help funding it!

Learn more about the exhibit and learn how you can donate here: 🧪🦑🌎🦈 #SciComm

www.southernfriedscience.com/help-support...

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 25d

Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...

Graphic with a blue background and light green dots. The text 'call for applications' appears in green, and 'Ausschreibung' in white. A white arrow on the right points diagonally upward.

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Teif lab @teiflab.bsky.social · 26d

A random bit of history (for modern analogies). Lysenko set back genetics in USSR by ~50 years. Hundreds of geneticists imprisoned or died. Cybernetics was also named "reactionary pseudoscience", and about to undergo similar fate, but got lucky that this started close to the end of the Stalin era.

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Archana Dhasarathy @adhasarathy.bsky.social · 26d

Did the same with Thai basil from the local Asian grocery store. They are gorgeous plants!

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Tobias Warnecke @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social · Sep 8

Please re-post:

Interested in chromatin and its evolution? Good news! There's still time to join us in beautiful Catalonia (9-12 Dec) to discuss eukaryotic, bacterial, archaeal, and viral chromatin and how it all hangs together meetings.embo.org/event/24-evo...

Abstract deadline: 30 September

EvoChromo: Evolutionary approaches to research in chromatin

Chromatin is the complex of DNA, RNA and protein that is found making up the chromosomes in eukaryotic cells. Chromatin is essential for proper genome function and is involved in chromosome segregati…

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Pedro Rocha @pedroprocha.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨🚨🚨 Please repost
We are looking for postdocs to join our lab at NIH.
Apply:
www.nichd.nih.gov/research/atNICHD/Investigators/rocha/apply
Learn more about training at NIH :
www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...

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FragileNucleosome @fnucleosome.bsky.social · Sep 5

Let’s kickstart new series of #FragileNucleosome seminars! We are delighted to have @gracebower.bsky.social from Kvon lab and @creminslab.bsky.social to present their work!
Register here for upcoming session and the entire series:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Archana Dhasarathy @adhasarathy.bsky.social · Sep 2

Yellowstone NP. Grizzly guarding kill - you can see him if you zoom in. Sorry not a great shot but was an old phone!

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Sep 1

Yes, it was carefully hidden in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... )

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A graph comparing COVID incidence after the Pfizer vaccine compared to placebo

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Archana Dhasarathy @adhasarathy.bsky.social · Aug 31

Last few days of summer!

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Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · Aug 29

Celebrate #FluorescenceFriday with our #CellLineOfTheWeek CAAX domain of K-Ras - illuminating plasma membranes! 🧫

Our entire catalog of stem cell lines and plasmids are available for just the cost of shipping to support research.

📦 Hosted @coriellinstitute.bsky.social & @addgene.bsky.social

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EPIGENETIC HULK @epigenetichulk.bsky.social · Aug 27

IT BEST HEALTH! FOR SKIN! MAYBE ELAINE FUCHS INVOLVED! NEED CELLULAR EPIGENETICS FOR EVERYTHING PLEASE!

Carmelo Ferrai @carmeloferrai.bsky.social · Aug 27

@magnanilab.bsky.social

What a hell is that? 🤪

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 27

Susan Monarez, who just weeks ago became director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has abruptly left her job after reportedly objecting to RFK's changes www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...

Susan Monarez, who just weeks ago became director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has abruptly left her job after a tumultuous month that included dramatic shifts in vaccine policy and layoffs of the agency’s work force.

People familiar with the matter, who spoke anonymously for fear of retribution, said Dr. Monarez appeared to have run afoul of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. by objecting to his changes to the panel of experts who advise the agency on vaccine policy.

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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · Aug 23

A new study in Science found that in one year, US mines discard enough lithium to power 10 million electric cars and enough manganese for 99 million.

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US mines are literally throwing away critical minerals

The U.S. discards vast quantities of critical minerals in mine waste each year - including enough lithium to power 10 million EVs.

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Uni Göttingen @uni-goettingen.de · Jul 1

Are you ready to boost your research career? Apply with @uniGoettingen for an #MSCA postdoctoral fellowship!

We’ll gladly support your application, so get in touch asap: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/671766.html

#EarlyCareerResearcher #PostdocCareers #Mobility #WeAreInternational Deadline 10 Sept.

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Julie Pfeiffer @jkpfeiff.bsky.social · Aug 18

Faculty search announcement 2025: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Microbiology at UT Southwestern. We seek candidates working in microbial pathogenesis (some preference may be given to bacterial pathogens). Come join our community! (1/5) www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/...

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kasitc.bsky.social @kasitc.bsky.social · Aug 18

Activity of most genes is controlled by multiple enhancers, but is there activation coordinated? We leveraged Nanopore to identify a specific set of elements that are simultaneously accessible on the same DNA molecules and are coordinated in their activation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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