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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · 22d

thank you so much to everyone who took part and helped to make this happen! expression of interest for next editions: bit.ly/exp_interest

INTS Expression of interest

We are running the interdisciplnary science school (INTS) at INTP in the 2nd week of September 2025. You can read more info here - INTP - Interdisciplinary science school @ INTP 2025 and sign up here...

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · 22d

School/retreat I organised with @intp-science.bsky.social. No publications, big name speakers, $$ benefit. Just people - PhD students, young professionals, academics, independent researchers, activists, artists, +2 teenagers and 1 toddler - exploring science, creativity, and the beautiful Pyrenees 💗

Institut Natura e Teoria ※ Pireneus (INTP) @intp-science.bsky.social · 22d

INTP wishes you a great start to the 2025 academic year!
We kicked off with the first edition of the Interdisciplinary Science School last week! 🧪
Ecology, theatre, anthropology, yoga, and more!
✨ Huge thanks to all participants and especially to @estere-sei.bsky.social! 🙏

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · Aug 27

congrats @evakaulich.bsky.social, great work! and cool to see we have more overlapping research interests now :)

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · Jul 29

I have direct experience with several of these orgs (volunteering myself + via my close friends' & partner's work). They provide vital support and they are run by people with simultaneously the biggest hearts and the best "get sh*t done" attitude that I've ever met. If you care, please donate.

Distribute Aid @distributeaid.org · Jul 28

Over the last three years, we have lost partner org after partner org in Europe due to funding cuts to civil society actors- especially ones assisting refugees and migrants.

Yet, the need is as high as ever. That is why we have joined the Where We Rise movement: buff.ly/V9ZGeGO

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · Jul 22

oh yes, combining with an EBI visit should be even easier - I still live in Cambridge, next to the train station now, in London a couple of times a week :)

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · Jul 22

are you in Liverpool then? good luck for the talk, and let me know if you happen to pass via London and have a spare hour for a coffee :)

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · Jul 5

Using your TMT analysis example is essentially how I (and essentially our lab at @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social ) got into proteomics analysis in 2019-2020, which has kind of now become my main career since 2023, so I'm really looking forward to reading this. Thank you so much!

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · Jul 5

(Picnic lunch at Jardin du Luxembourg that was meant to say)

Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · Jul 5

Having picnic lunch before my train to Toulouse was cool, wasting hours on communicating with insurance (never use Aviva!) was less so

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · Jul 5

Cool! Last time I went to @intp-science.bsky.social which is close to Perpignan/Barcelona I was supposed to fly from STN (£20 vs £200 train when I looked in advance) but Stansted had an IT failure when I arrived, so instead of q'ing I turned around and went to London to catch a Eurostar :)

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · Jun 21

The event that I'm organising - interdisciplinary science school/retreat (INTS) @intp-science.bsky.social is fully-booked but a) you can still join these, mindful research/co-working retreats in July b) you can express your interest (& get 15EUR off) for INTS 2026 bit.ly/exp_interest

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · Jun 20

I've also got an unofficial "best question of the day" (on multiomics hype) award from @jamesmacraedonkey.bsky.social, which I said I'd put on my CV - but maybe a bluesky account that barely has any followers is good enough? 😅

Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · Jun 20

I've really enjoyed the facilities day @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social and all the interactive discussions! Again, I've just started the job, and it's my first one in a core facility/STP, but that made it even more interesting for me to engage in this, learn more, and meet great colleagues

Cancer Research UK City of London Centre @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social · Jun 17

Today our world-class facilities staff gather to discuss latest research, emerging technologies, and career development. We have a packed programme covering the full scope of expertise on offer to researchers at our Centre @crick.ac.uk @qmbci.bsky.social @kingslsm.bsky.social @uclmedsci.bsky.social

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · Jun 16

And now #EuPA2025 too.. still unsure whether this was this the worst or the best month to start a new proteomics job!

Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · May 31

First time I'm "officially" #TeamMassSpec during a big mass spec/proteomics conference but not actually there: #ASMS2025 hasn't even properly started yet, and I'm already having FOMO looking at BlueSky this morning - assuming that's normal..?

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · Jun 13

this week I've been working on a proposal for @navigation.org open science call, and am now seriously tempted to just submit today's xkcd instead: xkcd.com/3101/
(also @intp-science.bsky.social )

Good Science

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · Jun 13

love your jacket! congatulations again 🎉

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · Jun 12

Just saw this pop up @royalsociety.org - royalsociety.org/science-even.... I often don't feel comfortable dwelling on scientists' bios, but that seems to be part of this talk. Coincidence (or synchronicity?) that it came up 1d after I posted the below, & that Ben works at @rosfrankinst.bsky.social ?

Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · Jun 10

I was also really in a "preaching to the choir" situation when Ben talked about what Crick meant by central dogma, and why we shouldn't just do RNA-seq or even chase protein numbers in omics. So far this seems to be a pretty solid unifying theme of my scientific career...

Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · Jun 10

Really enjoyed the talk from Ben @bendavisgroup.bsky.social yesterday at @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social hosted by @silviasurinova.bsky.social. I'm still v new here at UCL but it was great to hear how cool chemistry can be applied to bio questions + chat about innovation, proteomics & weird PTMs!

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · Jun 10

Curious what is the distribution of downloads/user? I imagine there are people whose projects are based on existing datasets, who may download 1 in 4 or 1 in 10, and many who go looking for something specific and download one ever. Per dataset not sure, would be happy to hear if it's >1 in 100 :)

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PRIDE Database @pride-ebi.bsky.social · Jun 7

The PRIDE Dataset Bot 🤖 doesn’t sleep. It formats. It renders. It posts. If it sparked joy (or just didn’t break anything), smash that ❤️. Feedback fuels its ego.

The PRIDE team wants to get feedback on each service we put out there. Now is the time for the Dataset Bot. 🤖

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · May 31

Thanks so much for the tips! Unfortunately motivating myself and prioritising watching something online is much harder than attending an exciting event with cool people in a new place, but still good to keep in mind. An alternative is just following you here I guess! 😀

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · May 31

First time I'm "officially" #TeamMassSpec during a big mass spec/proteomics conference but not actually there: #ASMS2025 hasn't even properly started yet, and I'm already having FOMO looking at BlueSky this morning - assuming that's normal..?

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · May 26

(the latter gives you 15EUR off for the next time!)
Also I wrote a more personal post on why this all is important for me - complexbroadcast.com/2025/05/17/c...

Communities and hidden extroverts

I should really look into this properly, but I bet that being part of a community, i.e. having regular contact and some common activities and goals with like-minded people, scores very highly in hu…

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Estere S @estere-sei.bsky.social · May 26

📢Sign-ups for our interdisciplinary school/retreat at @intp-science.bsky.social close soon and places are filling up⏰
There is more info on the website now, incl. a schedule and a list of teachers bit.ly/INTS2025
Sign up bit.ly/INTS_signup; otherwise express interest (or lackof) bit.ly/exp_interest

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