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Ines Perpetuo, PhD

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Researcher Developer and Concordat Lead @ Imperial. She/Her. #ResearcherDevelopment, #DiversityInSTEM, #anime, Sci-Fi, #StarWars, Heavy Metal🤘 Views are my own!

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Ines Perpetuo, PhD @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hey Followers! 🦑🐙
- I am a Researcher Development Consultant (Postdocs and Fellows) @ Imperial College London
- I have 10yrs of research experience in cell and molecular biology
- Moved from 🇵🇹 to 🇬🇧 9 years ago

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Ines Perpetuo, PhD @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a strike day for us at Imperial. @ucu.org.uk @unison.org.uk and UNITE !

University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 6d

NEW: Staff at Imperial College London will strike for 10 days this autumn over pay and conditions.

Jo Grady: “Staff are the backbone of Imperial and deserve an actual pay rise. Striking is a last resort, but members have had enough and are prepared to fight back”

www.ucu.org.uk/article/1421....

Imperial staff to strike next week in pay and conditions row

Staff at Imperial College London will take ten days of strike action over the next two months in a row over pay and conditions, the University and College Union announced today

www.ucu.org.uk

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Undaunted: Tackling climate change with innovation @undaunted-hq.bsky.social · 22d

Imperial College London academics, this one's for you! Keen to get hands-on w/ your own deep tech business concept?

Join Undaunted & Ben Mumby-Croft for a workshop exploring how to apply the scientific method to developing a business idea: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19810... @granthamicl.bsky.social

Designing Experiments for Entrepreneurship. 30 September 2025. 10.00 - 12.00 BST. Keen to get hands-on with your own deep-tech business concept? Join us as we apply business ideation methods, and leave with your own actionable entrepreneurial experiments to test your ideas fast and effectively.

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Ines Perpetuo, PhD @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social · 23d

Happy #PAW2025 to all the #postdocs around the world!!!!

We at @imperialecri.bsky.social work all year to support and advocate for you, so this week it's all appreciation 😍

HAPPY #PostdocAppreciationWeek!!!!

Imperial Early Career Researcher Institute @imperialecri.bsky.social · 23d

Happy Postdoc Appreciation Week! 🥳

We're looking forward to celebrating with our postdoc community throughout the week 🎉

Ines Perpetuo, PhD @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social · Jul 27

You could have at least the decency to spell the local residents' name correctly... The Portuguese spelling is Inês. Inés is the Spanish version.

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Imperial Early Career Researcher Institute @imperialecri.bsky.social · Jul 15

📣 Do you know outstanding research staff at Imperial who foster a positive research environment?

Nominate them for our ‘Creating a positive research environment’ award! 🏆👇

bit.ly/4kdLaC5

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Imperial Early Career Researcher Institute @imperialecri.bsky.social · Jul 2

That's a wrap!!! So much buzz in the room!!! We're ready for lunch and our keynote speaker at 2.30pm at G34 in SAF!! #ECRShowcase

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Ines Perpetuo, PhD @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social · Jul 2

We already started at the #ECRShowcase!! Looking forward to seeing the creativity of our Researchers!!! Come and check them all at the SAF 1st floor!!!

Kim Foley @kafoley.bsky.social · Jul 2

Excited to be at the @imperialecri.bsky.social showcase today! Come by to spin the wheel and hear me talk about one of the ways we can use electronic health records to improve children’s health!

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Imperial Early Career Researcher Institute @imperialecri.bsky.social · Jul 2

Come one come all!!! The #ECRShowcase is starting!!! Come and see us in the Sir Alexander Flemming Building 1st floor! No ticket needed!!! Just pop in!
@imperialenterprise.bsky.social @imperialchemistry.bsky.social @imperialsci.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

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Ines Perpetuo, PhD @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social · Jul 1

This makes me sick to my stomach... How can someone/a team be so brute and visionless and just plain dumb... the US will soon be living inside "Idiocracy" and the consequences for the rest of the world will be devastating...

Ines Perpetuo, PhD @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social · Jun 27

drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/r...

Researcher Developers as careful gatekeepers in research culture

Dr Ruth Currie, Lecturer in Researcher Development at the University of the West of Scotland When wondering about my role as a Researcher Developer, I can often be found somewhere between reporting…

drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com

Ines Perpetuo, PhD @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social · Jun 27

Ever wondered what I do? I am a Researcher Developer and I do a lot of things :) Beautifully explained by my colleague from Scotland, a Researcher Developer in the Arts.

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Ines Perpetuo, PhD @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social · Jun 26

Come see our researchers present their research next week and check out our Keynote as well!!!

@imperialmed.bsky.social @imperial-csprg.bsky.social @imperial-edu.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

Imperial Early Career Researcher Institute @imperialecri.bsky.social · Jun 24

Join us on Wednesday 2 July for the Early Career Researcher Showcase! 🎉

Meet our fantastic research community, hear about their research & cast your People's Choice vote! 🗳️

➡️View the entries: tinyurl.com/ecrshw
🎟️Book your ticket: tinyurl.com/ecrtic

#ECRShowcase

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Nature @nature.com · Jun 10

This tiny device can shrink dangerous blood clots. It’s called the ‘milli-spinner’ and its invention was partly an accident…

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Ines Perpetuo, PhD @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social · May 8

Pensava que era uma foto

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Ines Perpetuo, PhD @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social · May 8

Are you an European #researcher in the UK?

Reply to the survey below!!!
connects-uk.org/2025/04/22/c...

CONNECTS-UK is conducting a survey to better understand the experiences, needs, and opinions of EU researchers currently based in the UK.

connects-uk.org

Ines Perpetuo, PhD @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social · Jan 16

Tá tão lindoooo
(E porque raio é que retive a letra desta música estes anos todos?)

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Ines Perpetuo, PhD @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social · Jan 11

Very true and relatable.

Laura @lgfarns.bsky.social · Jan 10

This this this this this
Everyone lives so far away

Ines Perpetuo, PhD @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social · Jan 11

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙🎵

#music
#metalsky

Day #13

Cover of the album Atrae Materia Monumentum from Portuguese Black Metal Band Lux Ferre. Depicts a closeup of a broken white wall (Black and White)

Ines Perpetuo, PhD @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social · Jan 11

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
💙📚
🪐 📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day #18

Purple cover of the book Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata with a soy sauce little container in the shape of a fish.

Ines Perpetuo, PhD @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social · Jan 11

People, I've been MIA simply because there is a bit too much going on at work and December was hectic! Need to be back here checking what you're all doing!!!

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · Dec 23

you know who should be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame? Sisyphus

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Ines Perpetuo, PhD @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social · Dec 21

CSI and Hades... Lolol

kelly knowles art @kellyknowles.art · Dec 21

scavengers reign and zelda: tears of the kingdom

hell yeah we’re making some abominations with the fuse power alright

@JewelKnightJess “the last tv show you watched is now getting a crossover with the last video game you played. what is the unholy abomination that has just been created?”

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · Dec 17

Happy Birthday Penelope Houston, born on this day in 1958, Los Angeles, California

Avengers - American In Me
Opening for Sex Pistols last show, Winterland, San Francisco, 1978

#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #penelopehouston #avengers #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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Ines Perpetuo, PhD @ines-perpetuo.bsky.social · Dec 13

Such a great resource for #ECRFriday!!!

Jon Lim, MRCP PhD @drjonlim.bsky.social · Nov 23

🎨 In case anyone need…

The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!

Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov

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