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Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 45m

My expectations of Celebrity Traitors were quite high but that was awesome. The bit with Claudia screaming “HEAVE HO PULL THE HORSE” had me laughing out loud 😄

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Research Culture Leeds @researchcultureuol.bsky.social · 12h

Day 2 of ##Hiddenref2025 and a reminder that people are as important as outputs.

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Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 9h

Hmm. I assumed the pause meant no updates- interesting...(and agree about books, totally)

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Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 10h

Good grief.

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Rob Klose @robklose.bsky.social · 12h

Wonderful opportunity to work with Martin Howard and my group trying to understand how chromatin influences gene transcription and expression. Integration of theory, modelling, and experimentation. Come and join the team!
Please repost!

jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?...

John Innes Centre

jobs.jic.ac.uk

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Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain (SIDB) @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to everyone who joined the 9th Annual SIDB Retreat!
Two incredible days of inspiring science, great discussions, and vibrant collaboration.
Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Find out more on sidb.org or via linktree in our bio

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Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 1d

I've just been yelling "don't open the freezer" to someone who thought she'd like to put her clinical samples somewhere safer (like, where, given that the whole campus was down!!)

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Cardiff UCU @cardiffucu.bsky.social · 12d

'Huddled under blankets in my freezing office, because the anti-suicide lock on the window has seized slightly ajar, I am – like everyone –frantically trying to make it work for the students, [since] any hit in our student satisfaction scores will be an excuse for management to cut more jobs.'

Huge Cardiff University Cuts Have Been A Disaster For Staff & Students -

Reading Time: 3 minutesMonths since bosses at Wales’ biggest university imposed dramatic cuts, an anonymous academic reveals what…

voice.cymru

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Alfredo Castello @alf-castello.bsky.social · 5d

Are you thinking on an exciting PHD project at the interface of translation control and innate immunity? @rnanomad.bsky.social and I have a project that might interest you!

Mehdi Jafarnejad @rnanomad.bsky.social · 5d

@alf-castello.bsky.social & I are inviting applications for a competitive PhD studentship to study the mechanisms of translational regulation of the host response to RNA virus infections. The student will be based at Uni. Glasgow. Please spread the word. #RNASky

www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Understanding Pathogens, from Molecules to Phenotypes - Alfredo Castello

www.gla.ac.uk

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Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 7d

Oh god yes. I have never forgotten suddenly being asked how many PhD vivas I'd done (when going for promotion) and having to say err, somewhere between 50 and 70ish 😬

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Andrea Ganna @andganna.bsky.social · 8d

🧬💥 Do the genetics that make you develop a disease also help you survive it? Not much.

Our new study in Nature Genetics including 9 disease and 7 biobanks shows:

• Susceptibility variants ≠ survival
• PRSs for onset weak at predicting progression
• Lifespan PRS predicts survival better

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Siân Culley @superresolusian.bsky.social · 9d

BioImage analysis friends - King's are recruiting for a full-time, permanent facility position! Come and work with fun microscopes and fun people (and me!) - please share! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/126345-...

Bioimage Analysis Specialist | King's College London

www.kcl.ac.uk

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Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 9d

Huge congratulations, and what an absolutely lovely thread.

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Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 9d

Another day, another email from someone who finds my research "resonates" with their interests. A word I never saw used in this context until a few years ago, but now almost ubiquitous 🙄

batman and robin are running down a city street and talking to each other .

ALT: batman and robin are running down a city street and talking to each other .

media.tenor.com

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Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 14d

To be fair I am just here a day early because I knew my flight was cancelled on Monday so it’s all good- beautiful weather luckily!

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Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 14d

Ah, I just saw the news- brilliant!

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Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 14d

An extra day in Copenhagen thanks to the KLM strike. It’s an ill wind…

Harbour with tall Danish classical buildings reflected in the water

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Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 20d

Oh wow, huge congratulations Emma!! Enjoy the party ☺️

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Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 22d

Amazing news- huge congratulations!

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Ali Twelvetrees @dozenoaks.bsky.social · 26d

Poster boards are ready and waiting for #NeuroBioUK - let’s get this science party started 🥳

The poster hall at the National STEM learning centre with astronauts suspended from the ceiling.

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Noémie Hamilton @noemiehamilton.bsky.social · 26d

Go Diogo Go :) Great first #NeuroBioUK session finishing with our favourite #zebrafish model used to decipher the pathomechanisms of a new #leukodystrophy 😍

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Ines Hahn @exdrososcientia.bsky.social · 26d

We're kicking off the third #NeuroBioUK - an exciting day full of neuronal cell biology ahead!
Massive thank for @bscb-official.bsky.social support and a shout out to our industry sponsors!

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Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 26d

Good morning beautiful York 😍 #NeuroBioUK

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Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · 27d

Excited for #NeuroBio2025 tomorrow- on my way to York 😊

View from train window- fields and blue sky with fluffy white clouds

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NC3Rs @nc3rs.bsky.social · 27d

Join us next week to learn more about misconceptions around sex-inclusive research and how the Sex Inclusive Research Framework can be used by scientists, ethical review bodies and funders: nc3rs.org.uk/events/tackl...

📅 18 September, 15.00 – 16.00

📜 One hour of continuing professional development

A black mouse with a litter of pups in a laboratory cage.

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