Annette Jacobsen
@carryingstraw.bsky.social
🇦🇺 cell biologist in 🇨🇿 currently studying primary cilia biology through the lens of the kinase TTBK2 and a 🔬 | past scientific history: inflammatory cell death, pseudokinases | used to dispatch ambulances | she/her
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In the words of a world-renowned cardiologist, Australia’s young medical researchers are “left to flounder with total job insecurity and family pressures. It’s the best recipe we have for raiding our future, in terms of a medical research workforce and the benefits of medical research”
‘We’re losing careers’: Leading cardiologist warns Australian medical research is in crisis
The head of the Heart Research Institute is telling young scientists medical research is a “terrible career path”. There’s a $5 billion answer in the government’s budget.
www.theage.com.au
January 16, 2026 at 10:27 PM
In the words of a world-renowned cardiologist, Australia’s young medical researchers are “left to flounder with total job insecurity and family pressures. It’s the best recipe we have for raiding our future, in terms of a medical research workforce and the benefits of medical research”
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There's still time to apply to be a 2026 @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence fellow
For those about to apply for their first independent academic position, the programme offers
- mentoring
- leadership training
- profile rising
- networking
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...
For those about to apply for their first independent academic position, the programme offers
- mentoring
- leadership training
- profile rising
- networking
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...
Pathway to Independence programme | Development | The Company of Biologists
Pathway to Independence programme | Development | The Company of Biologists
Development's Pathway to Independence programme
Launched in 2022, Development’s Pathway Independence programm...
journals.biologists.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:29 PM
There's still time to apply to be a 2026 @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence fellow
For those about to apply for their first independent academic position, the programme offers
- mentoring
- leadership training
- profile rising
- networking
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...
For those about to apply for their first independent academic position, the programme offers
- mentoring
- leadership training
- profile rising
- networking
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...
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What a great way to kick off 🎉 2026 🥳 ! Our 54th @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social e-symposium this afternoon drew an audience of 371 attendees live, from Ireland to India, Canada to Chile! #UKCilia2026 1/8
January 13, 2026 at 10:49 PM
What a great way to kick off 🎉 2026 🥳 ! Our 54th @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social e-symposium this afternoon drew an audience of 371 attendees live, from Ireland to India, Canada to Chile! #UKCilia2026 1/8
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🙌 The Image Data Community Days are back! Join us for 5 online days packed with lectures, hands-on workshops & networking sessions from 🗓️ April 13-17.
✅ Mark your calendars
✅ Fill in our “Collection of Interest” form
Learn more 🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/our-events/i...
✅ Mark your calendars
✅ Fill in our “Collection of Interest” form
Learn more 🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/our-events/i...
December 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🙌 The Image Data Community Days are back! Join us for 5 online days packed with lectures, hands-on workshops & networking sessions from 🗓️ April 13-17.
✅ Mark your calendars
✅ Fill in our “Collection of Interest” form
Learn more 🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/our-events/i...
✅ Mark your calendars
✅ Fill in our “Collection of Interest” form
Learn more 🔽
www.eurobioimaging.eu/our-events/i...
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Would your #cellbio research benefit from you attending a #Microscopy or #BioimageAnalysis training course? For grants of up to £1,000, check out our Microscopy Training Grants with @focalplane.bsky.social
Next deadline: 5 September 2025
www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...
Next deadline: 5 September 2025
www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...
August 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Would your #cellbio research benefit from you attending a #Microscopy or #BioimageAnalysis training course? For grants of up to £1,000, check out our Microscopy Training Grants with @focalplane.bsky.social
Next deadline: 5 September 2025
www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...
Next deadline: 5 September 2025
www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...
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⏰ One week countdown- 19/08/2025 15:00 BST we kick off our 52nd BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-symposium with 6 stellar talks from the field's rising stars 🌠 on the latest breaking science 🧪!!
FOMO? Join the fun: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso...
FOMO? Join the fun: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso...
We have something for everyone- CSF flow & #neurodegeneration, ciliary trafficking of PKD2 complexes, cilia & #actin dynamics, #DNADamageResponse & multiciliation, cilia & pituitary development & transcriptional control of ciliogenesis... Great breaking science & rising talent to be showcased...🧪
August 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
⏰ One week countdown- 19/08/2025 15:00 BST we kick off our 52nd BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-symposium with 6 stellar talks from the field's rising stars 🌠 on the latest breaking science 🧪!!
FOMO? Join the fun: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso...
FOMO? Join the fun: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso...
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August 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Microscopy most especially. To be the first human to ever lay eyes on something. What a feeling.
Really just had something like this feeling this afternoon. It’s the high that keeps you coming back for more
August 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Microscopy most especially. To be the first human to ever lay eyes on something. What a feeling.
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We have a postdoc opening for a protistologist with biophysics inclinations to join our @hfspo.bsky.social project! (focus will be on characterising the morphology, ultrastructure and behaviour of excavates) #protistsonsky
Apply by Sept 17th (RTs appreciated!)
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
Apply by Sept 17th (RTs appreciated!)
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
August 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We have a postdoc opening for a protistologist with biophysics inclinations to join our @hfspo.bsky.social project! (focus will be on characterising the morphology, ultrastructure and behaviour of excavates) #protistsonsky
Apply by Sept 17th (RTs appreciated!)
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
Apply by Sept 17th (RTs appreciated!)
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
In science news from back home, Australia recorded a new giant stick insect species last week - love this overview from the legendary First Dog.
A giant insect that looks like a stick! What is not to love? | First Dog on the Moon
A giant insect that looks like a stick! What is not to love? | First Dog on the Moon
Even more amazing – it is not even Australia’s longest stick insect!
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www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In science news from back home, Australia recorded a new giant stick insect species last week - love this overview from the legendary First Dog.
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Would you like to make your lab greener?
Read our blog series by Jeroen Dobbelaere to find out how to make your lab more energy efficient and less wasteful.
www.biologists.com/storycategor...
#Sustainability #Energy #CarbonFootprint #Plastics #Environment
Read our blog series by Jeroen Dobbelaere to find out how to make your lab more energy efficient and less wasteful.
www.biologists.com/storycategor...
#Sustainability #Energy #CarbonFootprint #Plastics #Environment
August 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Would you like to make your lab greener?
Read our blog series by Jeroen Dobbelaere to find out how to make your lab more energy efficient and less wasteful.
www.biologists.com/storycategor...
#Sustainability #Energy #CarbonFootprint #Plastics #Environment
Read our blog series by Jeroen Dobbelaere to find out how to make your lab more energy efficient and less wasteful.
www.biologists.com/storycategor...
#Sustainability #Energy #CarbonFootprint #Plastics #Environment
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As part of the #EVOLVE Mentoring Masterclass series, #EuroBioImaging invited Dr. Sylvia Le Dévédec of our Dutch Highthroughput Imaging Node, to share her insights on #ImageDataManagement & FAIR Core Facilities.
Read her insights⤵️
www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/evolve-...
Read her insights⤵️
www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/evolve-...
July 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
As part of the #EVOLVE Mentoring Masterclass series, #EuroBioImaging invited Dr. Sylvia Le Dévédec of our Dutch Highthroughput Imaging Node, to share her insights on #ImageDataManagement & FAIR Core Facilities.
Read her insights⤵️
www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/evolve-...
Read her insights⤵️
www.eurobioimaging.eu/news/evolve-...
OK. First post in this new place - giving me old-school twitter vibes, which makes me happy. Starting with some good news: got my first ever project funding as a postdoc. Very grateful to Czech-Bioimaging for the support!
July 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
OK. First post in this new place - giving me old-school twitter vibes, which makes me happy. Starting with some good news: got my first ever project funding as a postdoc. Very grateful to Czech-Bioimaging for the support!