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Diana Fisher @dianafisher1080.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Ming Tommy Tang @tommytang.bsky.social · 5d

Your data is lying to you. Here’s how technical artifacts distort biology—and how to see the truth. 👇
1/ Beautiful t-SNE? Shiny heatmap?
Look closer.
Technical artifacts can fake whole cell types.
Here’s where the ghosts hide.

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Ian Henderson @hendersonlab.bsky.social · 28d

Want to know what natural products are in clinical trials? Read this review! Great job from Mark Butler, Rob Capon, Mark Blaskovich! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

#naturalproducts #antibiotic #amr #drugdiscovery #drug

Natural product-derived compounds in clinical trials and drug approvals

Covering: January 2014–June 2025. Previous review: Natural Product Reports, 2014, 31, 1612Natural products (NPs) have long been foundational in medicine, from ancient herbal remedies to the discovery ...

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Ian Henderson @hendersonlab.bsky.social · 28d

Want to know what natural products are in clinical trials? Read this review! Great job from Mark Butler, Rob Capon, Mark Blaskovich! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

#naturalproducts #antibiotic #amr #drugdiscovery #drug

Natural product-derived compounds in clinical trials and drug approvals

Covering: January 2014–June 2025. Previous review: Natural Product Reports, 2014, 31, 1612Natural products (NPs) have long been foundational in medicine, from ancient herbal remedies to the discovery ...

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Ian Henderson @hendersonlab.bsky.social · 29d

We postdoc’d together in Baltimore. She was a good friend and world is definitely less bright now. Vale Kim Walker.

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Mark O. Martin @markowenmartin.bsky.social · Sep 7

I heard this sad news yesterday. I had known Kim for about 30 years. She was unfailingly kind and supportive toward all. The world is less bright without her. Deepest condolences to her friends and family.

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Kimberly Walker Obituary (1965 - 2025) - Allentown, PA - WFMZ-TV 69 News

View Kimberly Elaine Walker's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

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Sabrina Sofia Burgener @s-burgener.bsky.social · Sep 7

🌟 I am truly honoured to be named a finalist for the Rose-Anne Kelso Commemorative Award from Life Sciences Queensland Ltd (LSQ).

A big thank you to LSQ for their tireless work in fostering innovation, collaboration, and growth across the life sciences sector in Queensland.

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Ian Henderson @hendersonlab.bsky.social · Sep 2

When the world seems so anti-science, here is something to brighten your day! The UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience is recruiting a new Director for its Centre for Chemistry and Drug Discovery to drive its drug discovery program! #DrugDiscovery #Biotech
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#drugdiscovery #medicinalchemistry #biotech #imb #uq #pharmaceuticalscience #hiring | Ian Henderson

🚀 Exciting Leadership Opportunity at the UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience! We are delighted to announce that the position of Director of Chemistry and Drug Discovery is now open for recruitment...

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Ian Henderson @hendersonlab.bsky.social · Sep 2

When the world seems so anti-science, here is something to brighten your day! The UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience is recruiting a new Director for its Centre for Chemistry and Drug Discovery to drive its drug discovery program! #DrugDiscovery #Biotech
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

#drugdiscovery #medicinalchemistry #biotech #imb #uq #pharmaceuticalscience #hiring | Ian Henderson

🚀 Exciting Leadership Opportunity at the UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience! We are delighted to announce that the position of Director of Chemistry and Drug Discovery is now open for recruitment...

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Ian Henderson @hendersonlab.bsky.social · Aug 24

Go well Mark!

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Thomas Lumley @tslumley.bsky.social · Aug 20

In Australia (UQ) if you click through

Ian Henderson @hendersonlab.bsky.social · Aug 19

Dear Bluesky, some good news to brighten your day! We are recruiting for the Director of the Centre for Population and Disease Genomics!! I would be grateful if you could share across your networks! uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...

Director, Centre for Population and Disease Genomics

Centre for Population & Disease Genomics - Institute for Molecular Bioscience Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50 Full-time, fixed-term position for up to 5 years at Academic Level E Ba...

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Gernot Segelbacher 🪶 🧬 @gsegelbacher.bsky.social · Aug 20

Check out #consgen #popgen

Ian Henderson @hendersonlab.bsky.social · Aug 19

Dear Bluesky, some good news to brighten your day! We are recruiting for the Director of the Centre for Population and Disease Genomics!! I would be grateful if you could share across your networks! uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...

Director, Centre for Population and Disease Genomics

Centre for Population & Disease Genomics - Institute for Molecular Bioscience Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50 Full-time, fixed-term position for up to 5 years at Academic Level E Ba...

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Emily Goodall @emgoodall.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thank you @narjournal.bsky.social and reviewers, and thank you team @hendersonlab.bsky.social @weinehue.bsky.social Brian forde and Matt Hemm, and Jack Bryant who was there from the beginning

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Ian Henderson @hendersonlab.bsky.social · Aug 19

Dear Bluesky, some good news to brighten your day! We are recruiting for the Director of the Centre for Population and Disease Genomics!! I would be grateful if you could share across your networks! uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...

Director, Centre for Population and Disease Genomics

Centre for Population & Disease Genomics - Institute for Molecular Bioscience Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50 Full-time, fixed-term position for up to 5 years at Academic Level E Ba...

uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com

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Alexander Harms @aharms485.bsky.social · Aug 16

Elio Schaechter, eminent microbiologist and great human, leaves us his memoirs that tell the story of an extraordinary life: www.eliosmemoirs.org. What a fantastic and impactful journey!

Elio's Memoirs

www.eliosmemoirs.org

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Asaf Levy @asaflevylab.bsky.social · Aug 15

4 years ago I was honored to host the legendary Elio Schaechter in the microbiology journal club, when he was only 93 yo...
Elio told us about very peculiar microbes that travel 1 mm/sec, reside inside mitochondria, ride a microbial bus...He named my kids who also joined "micro microbiologists"
RIP

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Ian Henderson @hendersonlab.bsky.social · Aug 14

Congrats on your first senior author paper!!!!! It has always been a pleasure working with you and seeing you grow into a stellar thoughtful scientist! May this be the beginning of many such works!!!

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Emily Goodall @emgoodall.bsky.social · Aug 14

Out yesterday. Using a translation reporter on a mini-tn5 transposon, and high freq. mutagenesis, we looked at translation on whole genome scale independently of genome annotation. academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

PIRT-Seq: a high-resolution whole-genome assay to identify protein-coding genes

Abstract. The advent of high-density mutagenesis and data-mining studies suggest the existence of further coding potential within bacterial genomes. Small

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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · Jul 25

Just a few days left to apply for PhD positions in the Health Protection Research Unit - Public Health Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social.

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I am offering two projects (on Clostridioides difficile & metagenomics of wastewater and freshwater).

PhD Microbial Genomics for Health Protection, Biosciences - University of Birmingham

PhD in Microbial Genomics, exciting new Doctoral Training Programme in Microbial Genomics for Health Protection in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) launches

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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · Jul 14

Best day of the year (if a bit hot this time)

Jessica Blair @jessicamablair.bsky.social · Jul 14

I absolutely love graduation day!! Huge congratulations to all today’s graduates! 🎉🍾😀 @wvschaik.bsky.social @jackf7.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · Jul 14

I know you will all play a tiny violin but I genuinely very rarely get invited to speak at big conferences. So the invite this morning to present at ESCMID next year is a career highlight! Can’t wait!!!!

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Daniel Fisch @danielhfisch.bsky.social · Jul 7

Thank you @inflammasomelab.bsky.social and @s-burgener.bsky.social for the invitation to visit the IMB@UQ in Brisbane! I had a fantastic time presenting my postdoc work in the Kagan lab (@jkagan1.bsky.social) and talking science!

Sign of the University of Queensland, Brisbane

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Prof Helen Bostock @oceanhelen.bsky.social · Jul 7

Any international research colleagues interested in a move to Australia 🌊🔬🧪🇦🇺🌏

Global Talent Attraction Program

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Celtic Karla @celtickarla.bsky.social · Jul 5

#sciencejobs

RoordaLab @roordalab.bsky.social · Jul 4

Lots of room for growth at @uwaterloo.ca. 🇨🇦 And were hiring 6 new faculty in #optometry and #visionscience. Spread the news. Contact me if you want to learn more.

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Ian Henderson @hendersonlab.bsky.social · Jul 4

I know - we have the same problem!

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