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Michael Webster @michaelwebster.bsky.social · 5d

Start independent research at the JIC with us 👇.

Really interested in finding those with an interest in structural biology and biochemistry of plants and microbes.

Please do get in touch by email if you'd like to know more 👍

John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 5d

VACANCY - Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions

We’re inviting applications from outstanding researchers who either hold, or wish to apply for, Independent Research Fellowships.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10 November 2025

Click here to apply: jic.link/Fellows

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Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 11d

We have an open post-doc position in my group to study mRNA cleavage and polyadenylation using biochemical reconstitution and cryoEM.

Please get in touch if you are interested in joining this amazing team! 🔬🧬🤩
#RNA #cryoEM

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Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 14d

Oh that’s not what I meant at all. Family obligations are always a juggle. It is especially challenging in summer for many reasons - including for those who have (often aging) family overseas.

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Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · 16d

Just a reminder that August is peak school holidays in the UK, but also more broadly in Europe and in Canada. If you schedule conferences during August you exclude a large proportion of people from these regions who have family obligations.

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Mathew Garnett @mgarnett.bsky.social · 18d

The Garnett Lab is excited to launch DepMap Miner, a new tool to explore cancer dependency data!
Built on the Sanger DepMap, the DepMap Miner brings together multi-omic and functional datasets for over 1300 cancer cell models.

Start mining data now: dataminer.depmap.sanger.ac.uk

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Marc Bühler @marcbuhler.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are hiring-join us!

FMI science @fmiscience.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 We're hiring, please share! The FMI seeks a tenure-track Group Leader (Assistant Prof) in Structural Biology 🔬
Innovative scientists in genome regulation, RNA metabolism, or protein homeostasis—especially using cutting-edge approaches—apply now at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...

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Christa Buecker @chribue.bsky.social · 28d

Just one more week left to get an application in! Starting my lab at the Perutz and the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social has been a fantastic opportunity that shaped me as a scientist!

Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · Jul 23

📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship in Mechanistic Cell and Developmental Biology. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/3fbkp89c

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Brian Carrick @bcarrick.bsky.social · Sep 3

Great start to the EMBL translation control meeting with a keynote from @lapassmore.bsky.social. Excited for all the science to come. #EMBLProtein

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Matthew Freeman @mjafreeman.bsky.social · Sep 1

Are you a postdoc interested in the mechanisms of disease?

Do you have a great record and an exciting vision?

Come and start your own lab @dunnschool.bsky.social by applying for sponsorship for early career fellowships.

Deadline 30th September...pass it on!

www.path.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...

Group Leader Career Development Fellowships - Dunn School

Are you an early career researcher interested in the cell or molecular mechanisms underlying disease? Do you have an outstanding record and an innovative research plan?

www.path.ox.ac.uk

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Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · Aug 30

Congratulations Bronwyn and team!!

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Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · Aug 27

We LOVE the brewer palette!
Imported into illustrator to facilitate figure making in my lab.

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Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · Aug 27

Unprompted, the 14yo told me she has a deep hatred for Comic Sans.
I love that kid so much.

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Aaron and the Hoskins Lab at UW Madison @uwmadisonrna.bsky.social · Aug 20

Fantastic talk by Ethan showcasing our work with @lapassmore.bsky.social lab at @cshlmeetings.bsky.social #RNAPR25! Hurray Ethan!

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Fusion Conferences @fusionconf.bsky.social · Aug 19

⏰Early Bird and Talk Submission Deadline closing soon - Tuesday 26th August 2025
📣Don’t miss your chance to be part of the amazing #DRRSC26 meeting.
👉 Click here for further details & registration: bit.ly/46YQZjW

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Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · Aug 1

Congratulations to @bcarrick.bsky.social on his Shurl and Kay Curci Fellowship through the Life Sciences Research Foundation! Looking forward to the work to come!

Brian Carrick @bcarrick.bsky.social · Aug 1

Incredibly honored to be a Shurl and Kay Curci Fellow of the Life Sciences Research Foundation. Thanks to Marv and Judith for their support during my PhD and @lapassmore.bsky.social for her backing and mentorship in my postdoc work.

lsrf.org/current-fell...

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Suyang Zhang @suyangzhang.bsky.social · Jul 10

Excited to share our latest work! We found transcription factor SPT6 and phosphorylated Pol II CTD help recruit U1 snRNP to elongating Pol II, allowing efficient co-transcriptional splicing.

Glad to be featured in the Editors’ Highlights!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#splicing #cryoEM

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Kelly Nguyen @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social · Jul 10

Proud to share our work where we resolved a longstanding question regarding the existence of a human telomerase dimer and provided insights into its function. Led by 3 amazing lab members in collaboration with @yiliangding.bsky.social and @rdaslab.bsky.social.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Cryo-EM structure of human telomerase dimer reveals H/ACA RNP-mediated dimerization

Telomerase ribonucleoprotein (RNP) synthesizes telomeric repeats at chromosome ends using a telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and a telomerase RNA (hTR in humans). Previous structural work showe...

www.science.org

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Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · Jul 7

📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Full Professorship in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease. More information ➡️ tinyurl.com/3yn883b8

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Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · Jul 7

Thank you David, Wei and @fusionconf.bsky.social for lots of nucleic acid science!! 🧬🎉🧬🎉🧬

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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.bsky.social · May 20

Congratulations to LMB Group Leaders Leo James, Greg Jefferis & Marta Zlatic who have been elected Fellows of the @royalsociety.org!

Congratulations also to the #LMBAlumni joining them: John Briggs, Graham Hatfull & Baljit Khakh.

Read more: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/leo-james-gr...

#LMBNews

Leo James, Greg Jefferis and Marta Zlatic

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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · May 20

Congratulations to the nine outstanding Cambridge scientists who have been elected as Fellows of the @royalsociety.org, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest science academy in continuous existence.

Explore their research 👉 www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

#CambridgeUniversity

A collage of nine faces making up the nine members of Cambridge University who have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society

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Ben Lehner @benlehner.bsky.social · May 6

Come and join us! We’re hiring a new Group Leader in Generative Biology at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social

Building AI models or the data to train them?

Core funding of >$130M a year for a faculty of ~30.

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...

pls RT!

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Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · May 2

New work from Matti Turtola showing that mRNA poly(A) tail length is controlled by a kinetic ruler. A real pleasure to work with him!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A kinetic ruler controls mRNA poly(A) tail length

Poly(A) tails of newly synthesized mRNAs have uniform lengths, arising through cooperation between the cleavage and polyadenylation complex (CPAC) and poly(A) binding proteins (PABPs). In the budding ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · Apr 18

New abstract deadline May 8, 2025. Should be a great meeting!!

Fusion Conferences @fusionconf.bsky.social · Apr 2

REGISTRATION CLOSING SOON! 🚨
#Nucleic25 is fast approaching! Don’t miss your chance to join the conference in sunny Portugal!
Registration Deadline: 10th April 2025
David & Wei can’t wait to see you there! 👉 Click here for more information on how to secure your place: bit.ly/4ckluBE

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Lori Passmore @lapassmore.bsky.social · Apr 11

Canadians 🇨🇦 abroad - you can register to vote in the election! You need to do it soon. www.elections.ca/content2.asp...

Voting by mail – Elections Canada

Apply to vote by mail, Eligible electors can apply to vote by special ballot. With a special ballot, you can vote by mail from anywhere in the world, 2025.

www.elections.ca

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