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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · 1d

I absolutely loved my time at @crick.ac.uk with @jimsmith31.bsky.social I can't recommend this program enough 🙂

The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 1d

2026 PhD recruitment is now open.

As well as our main PhD recruitment, which is open to all, we are pleased to be offering scholarships for candidates of Black or mixed Black heritage. Learn more and apply on our website:

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

PhD student recruitment

PhD recruitment information.

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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · Aug 12

Or even worse "the fixed version was better"

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Ronan Chaligné @ronanchaligne.bsky.social · Jun 23

🚨🚨 We're hiring! 🚨🚨
The Single-cell Analytics Innovation Lab (SAIL) at @mskcancercenter.bsky.social is looking for a Junior Technician to join our wet lab team!
You'll work with spatial genomics and single-cell technologies, helping us push the boundaries of cutting-edge analysis in cancer research.

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · Jun 17

Our first extraordinary biologist for this week is Jim Smith, former Editor-in-Chief of @dev-journal.bsky.social and @biologists.bsky.social Director, who was also part of the Biologists @ 100 organising committee. #100biologists

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epithelial mechanics fan club @epimechfc.bsky.social · Jun 8

What do we see when looking at cells under the microscope? 👉Some are bigger than others, some are elongated and align with the neighbors & others seem to move. Cool, right? But wouldn't it be cooler to quantify these observations?

I'm @juliaeckert.bsky.social. Let's explore some analysis software!‬

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Nature Methods @natmethods.nature.com · May 23

Proseg is a segmentation tool for single-cell spatial transcriptomics data that uses unsupervised probabilistic modeling of transcript spatial distribution, for accurate segmentation without multimodal staining.

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

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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · May 27

@jimsmith31.bsky.social

Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · May 27

@david-j-barry.bsky.social perfectly summarizes this - very flattered to see our work featured at the top of the EMBL-EBI AI Ready list @bioimagearchive.bsky.social. A truly fruitful cross-disciplinary collaboration made possible by the incredibly talented STP scientists at @crick.ac.uk 🔬💻🐟!

Dave Barry @david-j-barry.bsky.social · May 27

It's not something we had in mind when assembling this data with @rebannjones.bsky.social, but it's very gratifying and flattering to see our zebrafish embryo images and annotations feature at the top of the AI Ready list presented by @bioimagearchive.bsky.social

www.ebi.ac.uk/bioimage-arc...

BioImageArchive < The European Bioinformatics Institute < EMBL-EBI

The BioImageArchive – a free, publicly available online resource which stores and distributes biological images

www.ebi.ac.uk

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kenzo ivanovitch @kenzoivanovitch.bsky.social · May 13

We’re excited to share the first publication from our lab, now out in @EMBOPress! @shayma-a.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
Using live imaging in the mouse embryo, we tracked how heart progenitors migrate and assemble into the heart tube.

The EMBO Journal @embojournal.org · May 13

Early coordination of cell migration and cardiac fate determination during mammalian gastrulation, revealed by light-sheet microscopy tracking of individual mesodermal cells
#RefereedPreprint c/o @reviewcommons.org by @kenzoivanovitch.bsky.social and colleagues
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · May 13

Congratulations @kenzoivanovitch.bsky.social - this is awesome! 😍

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Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge @camzoology.bsky.social · May 9

📢New publication alert!

Exciting new research on start points for DNA replication in human cells by Dr Torsten Krude, students here in Zoology and colleagues @crick.ac.uk

Read more about it: bit.ly/3F1PYvN

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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · May 7

Congratulations!!! Awesome news and very well deserved 🎉🎈

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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · May 6

Wow! Congratulations Alex! That's awesome!!! 😎

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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · May 6

I think the story from this collaboration might just be (nearly) the last of my PhD work out there in the world!

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Debraj Ghose @debrajghose.bsky.social · May 5

We found that cells use emergent collective memory—arising from simple chemical reactions—to outperform physical limits of detecting chemical gradients. Curious how? 1/n

8 min talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7XH...

bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#biophysics #cellbiology

Local collective memory from ratiometric signaling outperforms cellular gradient sensing limits

YouTube video by Debraj Shubham Ghose

www.youtube.com

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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · May 6

Ahhh cell migration, so much cool reading to do!

Jupiter Algorta @jupiteralgorta.bsky.social · May 6

If you're curious about how cells make decisions in complex environments, and how mathematical models can capture such behaviour, our preprint is now live!
Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Investigating Local Negative Feedback of Rac Activity by Mathematical Models and Cell Motility Simulations

For polarization and directed migration, cells use a combination of local positive feedback and long-range inhibition. We have previously used mathematical models to show the ability of this core…

www.biorxiv.org

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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · May 6

Absolutely beautiful work! Congratulations @jupiteralgorta.bsky.social !!

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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · May 6

Also many thanks to the reviewers and editors @narjournal.bsky.social, @oxfordunipress.bsky.social for your time, suggestions and support 🙂🔬🧬 Happy reading!

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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · May 6

An absolute pleasure, as always, to work with colleagues Torsten Krude @camzoology.bsky.social and Jim Smith @crick.ac.uk on this, together with Jiaming Bi and Rachel Doran. I particularly love that these findings came from an 'artefact' that turned out to be anything but!

Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · May 6

What governs where DNA replication begins in human cells? Here, we show that origins of replication in human DNA are epigenetically specified and that crucially, this epigenetic mark is required for both DNA replication and cell proliferation! @narjournal.bsky.social academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

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brangwynnelab.bsky.social @brangwynnelab.bsky.social · Apr 21

What drives cytoplasmic mRNA organization? We created unbiased, genome-wide maps of mesoscale RNA-RNA spatial proximity, revealing impact of encoded protein function. Fantastic work from @lindsayabecker.bsky.social @sofiquinodoz.bsky.social @davidaknowles.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Genome-wide mapping of mesoscale neuronal RNA organization and condensation

Subcellular RNA organization can affect critical cellular functions. However, our understanding of RNA microenvironments, particularly biomolecular condensates, remains limited, largely due to a lack ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · Apr 13

Fillmore?

Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · Apr 1

Congratulations @timisstuck.bsky.social!!!

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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · Mar 23

Absolutely beautiful 😍

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