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Rare Disease and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Lab @rdndlab.bsky.social · 3d

Fully funded #PhD position in the RDND lab, with the MMG Simpson Lab, through the 2026 MRC DTP. Applications open October 8th.
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@kingslsm.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

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#MedicalResearchCouncil #MRCDTP26
#PhDstudentship #FundedPhD
#genetics #Genomics #NDDs

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Naomi Moris @nmoris.bsky.social · 2d

Fully-funded 4-year PhD Opportunities available at the @crick.ac.uk , including a project in our lab on human #embryomodels Feel free to share with anyone interested, and apply through the online portal before 5th November! 👏

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Moris Lab | Investigating human trunk development using stem cell-based embryo models

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Rare Disease and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Lab @rdndlab.bsky.social · 2d

The importance of a multidisciplinary approach in solving #undiagnosed #rareconditions: 2025 UDNI Hackathon, supported by @wilhelmfoundation.bsky.social
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social represented by @ykainov.bsky.social, contributing his expertise in RNA biology and non-coding variation.
#UDNI

Undiagnosed Hackathon 2025 - Wilhelm Foundation in collaboration with Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, USA.

YouTube video by Wilhelm Foundation

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Rare Disease and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Lab @rdndlab.bsky.social · 3d

Fully funded #PhD position in the RDND lab, with the MMG Simpson Lab, through the 2026 MRC DTP. Applications open October 8th.
tinyurl.com/rdnd-mrcdtp
@kingslsm.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

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#MedicalResearchCouncil #MRCDTP26
#PhDstudentship #FundedPhD
#genetics #Genomics #NDDs

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VinTorraca @vintorraca.bsky.social · 14d

Applications for the 2026 round of the King's College London Medical Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership (KCL MRC-DTP) in Biomedical Sciences will open on October 8th!

Visit the programme website to start preparing your application!

lnkd.in/ejK8-GW6

@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 6d

Motivated graduates with backgrounds in biological or biomedical sciences, physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering and/or computer science are invited to apply to our 4-year fully funded PhD programme.

Apply by 05 November 2025

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PhD students

Our PhD programme attracts the brightest scientific minds and is an opportunity for talented people to embark on their career in biomedical research.

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 6d

#ChooseEurope for Science is live!

With €22.5 million under #MSCA, we’re funding organisations to:

🔬 Host postdoctoral researchers in all fields
🔬 Offer stable jobs and great working conditions
🔬 Create long-term career prospects

Europe is where science thrives.

More → link.europa.eu/6JhtHp

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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 7d

We're looking for clinicians who are passionate about research to join our 3-year fully funded clinical PhD programme. 🔬🩺

Apply by 14 November 2025. 👇

www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Doctoral clinical fellows

The Crick's clinical PhD programme.

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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 20d

UK DRI @ukdri.ac.uk at King’s, London. Seeks Research Assistant in Dr Sarah Marzi’s @sj-marzi.bsky.social group to support stem cell culture, assays, and genomic work on neurodegenerative disease. Closing date: 6th October

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Research Assistant: Stem Cell / iPSC work

UK DRI at King’s, London. Seeks Research Assistant in Dr Sarah Marzi’s group to support stem cell culture, assays, and genomic work on neurodegenerative disease

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk

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Rare Disease and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Lab @rdndlab.bsky.social · 25d

Congratulations Ollie👏🎉. A beautiful body of work. All the best for the exciting new chapter ahead!

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Greg Findlay @gregfindlay.bsky.social · Sep 8

We now have an open post-doc position in the lab:

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Please apply if you have a background in functional genomics or a related field and are eager to develop methods to map variant effects at scale.

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Edinburgh Neuroscience @edinunineuro.bsky.social · Sep 8

📢 Job Alert: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Full details: edin.ac/3Ibm1uQ

Deadline for applications: Friday 19 September 2025

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Athene Donald @athenedonald.bsky.social · Aug 30

RIP Margaret Rossiter, who coined the phrase the Matilda Effect (amongst many others), a phenomenon too many women will have seen first hand

Will Thomas @williamthomas.bsky.social · Aug 30

Good to see the New York Times has a lengthy obituary for Margaret Rossiter

Margaret W. Rossiter, 81, Dies; Wrote Women Scientists Into History

www.nytimes.com

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Karen J Liu @karenjliu.bsky.social · Aug 18

Embryology! Neural crest! Looking for a postdoc? Job closes 25 Aug. Informal enquiries welcome, and anyone hanging out at the Xenopus meeting come say hi. #mouse #human #development #neuralcrest #chromatin
@the-node.bsky.social @marcotrizzino.bsky.social

Karen J Liu @karenjliu.bsky.social · Aug 5

Dev biologists! 3-yr postdoc position at King's, collaboration with Trizzino lab @marcotrizzino.bsky.social modelling CHD3 neural crest. We are looking for postdocs with mad embryology skills @the-node.bsky.social #developmental @ccrb27.bsky.social

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Postdoctoral Research Associate: Modelling Neural Crest Anomalies (mouse/human) - the Node

The Liu lab is looking for a postdoc with a love of embryos and developmental biology! This post is part of an MRC-funded collaboration between Karen Liu’s lab at King’s College London and Marco Trizz...

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Cathryn Lewis @cathrynlewis.bsky.social · Aug 11

🚨Come work with us!🚨 Open post for Clinical Psychology Lecturer, combining NHS clinical work with research and education at the SGDP Centre.

Thalia Eley @thaliaeley.bsky.social · Aug 7

Delighted to be hiring a new Clinical Psychology Lecturer to come and join our vibrant environment at the SGDP Centre @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social please share!

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Eileen Furlong @eileen-furlong.bsky.social · Aug 11

Open Team Leader position @embl.org to head & reshape our Genomics Core facility. Interested in providing & developing state-of-the art omics tech to a wide community? A very vibrant, dynamic place to work with fantastic colleagues. Closing Sept 30th
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Team Leader – Genomics Core Facility and Method Development

Are you ready to lead a cutting-edge Genomics Core facility while developing state of the art genomics methods? Join us at EMBL! We are seeking talented scientists to develop and lead a cutting-edge G...

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Joris Veltman @jorisveltman.bsky.social · Aug 8

Looking for a new opportunity in computational genomics? Join our group @uoe-igc.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

Deadline September 1!

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Lecturer in Computational Genomics

Establishing an innovative research line as Lecturer in Computational Genomics related to reproductive disorders and genomic medicine. This Lecturer post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we ...

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Rare Disease and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Lab @rdndlab.bsky.social · Aug 8

Very cool 😎 May also increase the publication of negative results with benefits for reproducibility and sustainability (avoiding unnecessary time and reagent rabbit holes we could avoid!)

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Karen J Liu @karenjliu.bsky.social · Aug 5

Dev biologists! 3-yr postdoc position at King's, collaboration with Trizzino lab @marcotrizzino.bsky.social modelling CHD3 neural crest. We are looking for postdocs with mad embryology skills @the-node.bsky.social #developmental @ccrb27.bsky.social

thenode.biologists.com/jobs/postdoc...

Postdoctoral Research Associate: Modelling Neural Crest Anomalies (mouse/human) - the Node

The Liu lab is looking for a postdoc with a love of embryos and developmental biology! This post is part of an MRC-funded collaboration between Karen Liu’s lab at King’s College London and Marco Trizz...

thenode.biologists.com

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Unique @uniquecharity.bsky.social · Aug 5

Researchers want to design a novel self-report sleep questionnaire and sleep diary for adolescents (aged 12-18 years) with mild-moderate intellectual disabilities. Can you help by sharing more on your child's attitude towards sleep measures: astonpsychology.eu.q...

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Aug 1

Save the Date!

Development has teamed up with the Wellcome-funded consortium the Human Developmental Biology Initiative to co-organise a meeting on #HumanDevelopment.

📅7 - 9 Sep 2026
📍University of Warwick, UK

Register your interest for #HumanDev26: www.biologists.com/meetings/dev...

Human Development: Stem Cells, Models, Embryos. 7 - 9 September 2026 University of Warwick, UK. Resgiter your interest. #HumanDev26. Image credit: Susanna Narkilahti, Tampere University, Finland

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Vicki Metzis @vmetzis.bsky.social · Aug 1

Application deadline for up to 5 @mrc-lms.bsky.social postdoc positions in developmental epigenetics closes soon - don’t miss out! Positions across both experimental and computational projects. Come and join our fantastic team science community!

Vicki Metzis @vmetzis.bsky.social · Jul 14

Interested in developmental epigenetics? So are we! Apply now to join us for your postdoc!

Multiple positions across multiple groups @mrc-lms.bsky.social

Projects spanning germline demethylation, gene regulation, genome architecture in development & disease 👇👇

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MRC Postdoctoral Research Scientists x 5 - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences

Applications are now open for up to five postdoctoral positions in the area of developmental epigenetics.

lms.mrc.ac.uk

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Nicky Whiffin @nickywhiffin.bsky.social · Jul 31

📣 We are recruiting! Please share!!

Are you a bioinformatician / computational scientist who wants to apply your skills to understanding regulatory biology and improving rare disease diagnosis and treatment? 🧠 💻 🧬 🩺

We have two roles available 👇

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Eileen Furlong @eileen-furlong.bsky.social · Jul 30

To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept ‪@embl.org
has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
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Group Leader - Genome Biology Unit

Are you ready to lead groundbreaking research in Genome Biology? Join us at EMBL! We are seeking a motivated scientist to lead an independent research group addressing exciting and original biological...

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Anthony Mathelier @amathelier.bsky.social · Jul 22

🚨 We're hiring! NCMBM @ncmbm.bsky.social is looking for 2 new group leaders to join our vibrant research community. Ready to build your own group with strong support and a solid startup package?

Interested and attending #ISMBECCB2025? Let’s connect!

🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Group Leader (282908) | University of Oslo

Job title: Group Leader (282908), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, September 8, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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