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Andrew Burgess @drandrewburgess.bsky.social · Nov 13

Newbie Intro time: Hello everyone, was a cancer cell bio researcher in a past life, shut my lab down in 2022, and moved over to Research Development helping people survive the endless grant cycle. Quit twitter 2y ago and glad to see people again…time to post some gifs and silly science memes !

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Steven Cook @dumpyunc.bsky.social · 1d

Our group at the Allen Institute is recruiting a technician and postdoc to work on light microscopy-based connectomics. Please DM me or share with anyone you think may be interested in this NIH BRAIN CONNECTS funded project.

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Garcia-Mata Lab @rhopower.bsky.social · 1d

Huge thanks to the incredibly talented Center for Visual Arts students for transforming microscopy images into incredible works of art for Toledo CellulART! Science meets art in the most inspiring way. 🔬❤️🎨 www.toledocellulart.org #SciArt #Microscopy

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DrLachie @drlachie.bsky.social · 1d

Hey microscopists! On behalf of @ausbias.org I'd like to invite you to fill in our inaugural survey of how you perform and interface with bioimage analysis in your work! Help shape our society, and help us understand how we can best serve the wider microscopy community! ausbias.org/survey-2025/

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WEHI (The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) @wehi-research.bsky.social · 1d

🔬 We’re recruiting: Translational Research Scientist (Cell Therapy Manufacturing)

Join the Jenkins Lab at WEHI and be at the forefront of research in immunotherapy for brain cancer.

For full details and to apply visit: wehi.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/WEHI/job/Par...

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Andrew Burgess @drandrewburgess.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like someone is having a good time

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Irene Gallego Romero @ee-reh-neh.bsky.social · 1d

Move to Australia they said, marsupials are cute and fluffy they said.

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Sandra Segura-Bayona @ssegurabayona.bsky.social · 1d

🧬 Preprint alert!

"Distinct ATRX functions cooperate with 9-1-1 and CST complexes to safeguard replication and telomere integrity."

Read the manuscript here 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Distinct ATRX functions cooperate with 9-1-1 and CST complexes to safeguard replication and telomere integrity

Mutations in the ATRX chromatin remodeller predispose to a developmental genetic disorder and cancer, but how it safeguards genome and telomere stability remains unresolved. Here, we uncover critical ...

www.biorxiv.org

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

Canaries.
My @smh cartoon.

Two scenes. 1: advisor to Albo at his desk: “Sir, I must inform you that our canaries-in-the-coal-mines of climate change, transparency, accountability and social equity are all looking sickly…” PM: “Hmm…”
Scene 2: Albo at a lectern with press around: “…and that’s why my government is proud to announce the development of a new SUPER BREED of canaries…”

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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 2d

UNSW researchers unlock singlet fission for silicon solar cells. 30%+ efficiency, cooler panels, and better EV rooftop potential.
This could lead to most of the worlds energy coming from #Solar. all we need now is storage. #auspol
cleantechnica.com/2025/10/02/u...

UNSW Researchers Claim Solar Cell Breakthrough - CleanTechnica

New research is making solar panels that have higher energy output and last longer that expected that help move the solar revolution forward.

cleantechnica.com

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 2d

Will Ferrell as multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogen threats #AMR #MicroSky #IDSky

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Thesiswhisperer @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social · 2d

Can you help us boost this signal? UTS colleagues are doing a governance project to talk back to the consultant led 'reform' of their university.

Please repost!! UTS people please have your say!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

UTS Governance Project Survey: A Staff-Led Collaborative Project

The UTS Governance Project is an independent, staff-led initiative to strengthen transparency, accountability and participation in how our university is run. Inspired by the ANU Governance Project, ...

docs.google.com

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DrLachie @drlachie.bsky.social · 2d

Expanding my socials again - checking back in on linkedIn, are people finding it useful and/or fun these days?

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 2d

The ARC is up at #SenateEstimates this Friday. As per tradition, they come in last on the schedule ▶️ www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

I'm sure there won't be many questions about ANU & TEQSA, so there'll definitely be time for lengthly discussion about the ARC 🫠

Tablular schedule with black text on light brown background showing breaks, and red text on white background showing the ANU, TEQSA and the ARC's time-slots at Senate Estimates, 9th October 2025.

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Albert Vilella, PhD. @albertvilella.bsky.social · 2d

@nobelprize.bsky.social
Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body.

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Kevin Terretaz @kwolbachia.bsky.social · 4d

I’m happy to share some plugins I’ve been developping this summer: "Channels and Contrast" and LUTs Manager!
I can’t find new bugs and ideas by now so I need your help to please test them in your machines and report bugs, feedbacks and ideas! forum.image.sc/t/looking-fo...

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CortésLab @corteslab.bsky.social · 5d

Kickstarting our Bluesky🦋 account with great news!
Our REPAIRome study finally out today in
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A comprehensive genetic catalog of human double-strand break repair

The analysis of DNA sequence outcomes provides molecular insights into double-strand break (DSB) repair mechanisms. Using parallel in-pool profiling of Cas9-induced insertions and deletions (indels) w...

www.science.org

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Rachael Ott @rachaelott.bsky.social · 5d

For #FluorescenceFriday, RhoA (blue) and the actin cytoskeleton (magenta) are shown in a set of primary microglia 🔬 #Neuroscience #Microscopy

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 5d

Mario Ledesma-Terrón, Diego Pérez-Dones, David Míguez and colleagues @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social @ifimacuam.bsky.social present OSCAR, a framework to quantify 3D stacks with high cellular density.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article-...

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Victor Tatarskiy @greenrat.bsky.social · 6d

Neat trick if you polycolonal ab's suck. Incubate them with fixed cells with a KO of your protein of interest, then spin. Protocol here: www.med.upenn.edu/markslab/ass...
I was amazed how well it worked on first try (I'm sure that I can completely eliminate unspecific bands)
#WesternBlot #cellsky

On the left - western blot of B16F10 cells wt and KO for CDK8. Our in house produced antibodies give a lot of unspecific bands. On the right same probes with antibodies preincubated with fixed CDK8 KO cells - there is a specific band and faint unspecific bands, which can be probably eliminated with increase of amount of KO cells.

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 6d

in "shove AI slop down your throats" news: our uni's faculty profiles have all been automatically opted-in for AI summaries of research

next to each 'research output' in Symplectic Profiles (which many universities use) a "AI Summarize" button has appeared

thank goodness, there's a manual opt-out

the option to opt out of showing AI summaries publicly

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Dr van Tilburg @drvantilburg.bsky.social · 6d

The Trump administration has stopped funding of PubMed, not considering a vital service.

Your doctor will not know the newest information that affects your health. This will cost lives.

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Michael J Simmonds @mikesimmonds.bsky.social · 6d

Job alert 2: #PhD in #glycomics at Griffith University, Australia

Are you motivated to examine the links between #mechanobiology and the #glycome in #erythrocytes? Closes 22nd Oct

jobs.smartrecruiters.com//GriffithUni...

#microfluidics #biophysics #physiology #academicsky #blood

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 6d

Pump it up.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Two frames. Both show couple outside building with AUCTION sign looking at brochure. Frame 1: Person one says, “It’s perfect, but we’ll never be able to afford it.” Person two says, “But the govt’s first homebuyers’ assistance scheme means we only need a 5% deposit…” Frame 2: person one says, “The same 5% the price went up since the last time we said we’d never be able to afford it?”

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 7d

Holy SHIT they've identified an actual biomarker!!!

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 7d

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.

Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog

Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, scien...

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