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Mark Basham @markbasham.bsky.social · 11d

I also enjoyed the description of scientific instruments as icebergs, with the capital cost the bit you can see, and the running costs and required infrastructure as the larger hidden piece underneath.

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Mark Basham @markbasham.bsky.social · 11d

One new term I especially enjoyed was the term #Sciborg which referred to someone with scientific, software, and data science skills. An increasingly regularly spotted unicorn.

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Mark Basham @markbasham.bsky.social · 11d

Coming home from the excellent #LabsOfTheFuture conference in #Amsterdam. Had great fun presenting this year, and the content of the other talks was excellent. Heading back to the @rosfrankinst.bsky.social very much inspired.

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Mark Basham @markbasham.bsky.social · Sep 6

What sort of spider? I give all cellar spiders a free pass as they catch the nasty ones like the false window which we annoyingly have a number of who try to get in.

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Mark Basham @markbasham.bsky.social · Sep 6

I totally agree :⁠-⁠) That's one of the main reasons I love giving tours, as introducing your normalised work to others lets you see it through their eyes, and remember how cool some of the things we do are.

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Shane McCracken @shane.mccracken.org.uk · Aug 27

And we're off again for another year of scintillating, surprising and superb chats.

Teachers, get your students involved: imascientist.org.uk/signup/t/
Scientists, Mathematicians, Engineers, get yourself involved: imascientist.org.uk/signup/c/

A lively screenshot from an online “Meet the Scientists” chat with Peterhead Academy’s Astronomy Elective 🌌. Students and scientists are checking in, greeting each other, and talking about the weather before diving into space science discussions. ✨

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Mark Basham @markbasham.bsky.social · Aug 30

I assume it was a fresh batch, but it tasted just like I remembered!

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Mark Basham @markbasham.bsky.social · Aug 30

Can you remember what the house was called?

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Joel Lüthi @joelluethi.bsky.social · Aug 25

We're happy to announce the 2025 International OME-NGFF workshop 🎉

📅 Dates:
- Symposium: Nov 10–11, 2025
- Hackathon: Nov 12–14, 2025

📍 Location: Zurich, Switzerland

Full details & registration: www.biovisioncenter.uzh.ch/en/events/Up...

#bioimaging #openscience #OMENGFF #OMEZarr

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Visual of segmented human induced pluripotent stem cells with the key workshop dates: Symposium on November 10-11, Hackathon on November 12-14th in Zurich Switzerland

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Mark Basham @markbasham.bsky.social · Aug 29

Although I found a lovely wood panelled room at Chirk Castle, it wasn't really set up for drinking in @alunashton.bsky.social :⁠-)

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Mark Basham @markbasham.bsky.social · Aug 29

Very much enjoyed a brief camping holiday to #Llangollen, we did a lot of excellent touristy things, and I very much enjoyed finding an old favourite from my last visit to #Wales for the Eisteddfod.

A bottle of Black Dragon Welsh cider with a lovely Welsh landscape backdrop.

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The Rosalind Franklin Institute @rosfrankinst.bsky.social · Aug 27

@markbasham.bsky.social, science director for AI, and @mdarrow.bsky.social, head of data strategy for cryoimaging at the Rosalind Franklin Institute, wrote about this topic for @resprofnews.bsky.social.

Read the news story and op-ed here - www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...

Make all research data available for AI learning, scientists urge - Research Professional News

‘Dark’ data from failed experiments should be analysed, argue experts

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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The Rosalind Franklin Institute @rosfrankinst.bsky.social · Aug 18

Exciting work from the Franklin, @ox.ac.uk, and @diamondlightsource.bsky.social has led to a new method for imaging small proteins (<50 kDa) using cryoEM. By using bifunctional, bispecific nanobody scaffolds, the team have successfully solved the smallest protein structure to date (14 kDa).

Quote from Dr. Mingda Ye, University of Oxford, highlighting the collaborative breakthrough in cryo-EM imaging of small proteins: “This idea was initiated when solving sub-50kDa protein structures by cryo-EM was almost impossible. To break this barrier, many world-class scientists in different fields have combined forces and it is a great honour to work with them to bring this game-changing tool into reality!” The background diagram outlines the scientific workflow used in the study.

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Mark Basham @markbasham.bsky.social · Aug 20

Really enjoyed watching the #ScienceScribbler livestream on Twitch (www.twitch.tv/sciencescrib...), talking about one of the other @zooniverse.bsky.social projects that we share a campus with, the #CloudCatcher project. youtu.be/qjQiSALVOK8?...

[Science Scribbler Q&A and Classify] CloudCatcher

YouTube video by Science Scribbler

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The Rosalind Franklin Institute @rosfrankinst.bsky.social · Aug 5

📢We're hiring a Research Software Engineer!
Join the Franklin to support our research in native mass spectrometry and to help build 3D protein atlases of the mouse brain.
Bring your skills, grow your scientific independence, and contribute to ground-breaking biomedical research. zurl.co/EBTOP

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Mark Basham @markbasham.bsky.social · Aug 15

This is a really exciting role working with me around some really exciting technologies and scientific data. Please feel free to get in touch if you would like more info.

The Rosalind Franklin Institute @rosfrankinst.bsky.social · Aug 5

📢We're hiring a Research Software Engineer!
Join the Franklin to support our research in native mass spectrometry and to help build 3D protein atlases of the mouse brain.
Bring your skills, grow your scientific independence, and contribute to ground-breaking biomedical research. zurl.co/EBTOP

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The Rosalind Franklin Institute @rosfrankinst.bsky.social · Aug 7

Last week we welcomed visitors to the Franklin as part of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Public Access Day! Families helped us to create a people powered network to learn about Artificial Intelligence and how machines make decisions.
@markbasham.bsky.social

A large room, with several families with small children standing in different hula hoops. The hoops are arranged in a pattern across the floor with lines connecting them.

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Zooniverse @zooniverse.bsky.social · Jun 12

We are developing a set of recommendations for AI-engaged projects on the Zooniverse. This includes a series of workshops and surveys to gather input from our community and experts in communications and ethics. Zooniverse participants have an opportunity to get involved! tinyurl.com/aipublicrese...

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Phil Biggin @philbiggin.bsky.social · Jun 10

Long overdue,but this is a huge relief and great news for computational research in the UK!

www.ft.com/content/b1e9...

Edinburgh supercomputer to get £750mn in UK spending review

Funding comes after Labour initially pulled money for the project last July

www.ft.com

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Martin Walsh @walshdls.bsky.social · Jun 11

This is exciting! www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/News/La... @instruct-eric.bsky.social @fragment-screen.bsky.social @ukri.org @wellcometrust.bsky.social @cancerresearchuk.org

Diamond will host a pioneering AI-driven drug discovery consortium - - Diamond Light Source

New consortium OpenBind will make the UK a world-leader in drug innovation and advancement

www.diamond.ac.uk

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Martin Jones @martinjones.bsky.social · Jun 9

Thanks to everyone who has filled this in already - if you haven't, and you work in #volumeEM, please help us by filling in this survey about all-things data (analysis, processing, storage, transfer and anything else to do with data!)

CCP-volumeEM @ccp-volumeem.bsky.social · May 29

If you work in #VolumeEM, please fill in our survey to help us build a Collaborative Computational Project for volumeEM!

Survey link: forms.office.com/e/eMAJGCKUnc

we're aiming to identify the needs of the community in order to build a roadmap for all-things data-related in #vEM

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The Rosalind Franklin Institute @rosfrankinst.bsky.social · Jun 2

📢 We're Hiring: Laboratory Technician
We're looking for a detail-oriented Laboratory Technician to join our team! If you have a background in science, enjoy hands-on work, and are passionate about precision, we'd love to hear from you. For further details, and to apply: zurl.co/gwyEE

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Mark Basham @markbasham.bsky.social · May 22

Up bright and early to see the beautiful sunrise this morning on my way to the 'NXCT at Manchester' lab launch event. Looking forward to catching up with some old colleagues and seeing all the exciting science they have been up to.

A shaky picture of a sunrise through a tree from a bus window.

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The Rosalind Franklin Institute @rosfrankinst.bsky.social · May 19

It was a pleasure to host the @embo.org practical course: Transposable Elements in the Era of Data Science last week. We welcomed participants from around the world for a week of hands-on experience in the computational analysis of transposable elements. Thank you to all of those who joined us.

EMBO attendees outside of the Rosalind Franklin Institute

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Mark Basham @markbasham.bsky.social · May 14

So sorry to hear that :⁠-⁠(

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