Stephen Royle
@steveroyle.bsky.social
I'm into chord changes and cell biology.
Professor - University of Warwick. Director - The Company of Biologists. Views are my own and not those of any organisation I am associated with.
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Lab: https://roylelab.org
Professor - University of Warwick. Director - The Company of Biologists. Views are my own and not those of any organisation I am associated with.
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Lab: https://roylelab.org
I forgot to post my 2025 #running shenanigans here. The goal was to get to 3650 km (10 km per day). I reached that on Dec 24th and ended on 3672 km. Aim for 2026 is for less total distance and to improve my marathon time. I ran 3 this year and knocked off 8 min, but feel I can do better.
December 31, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I forgot to post my 2025 #running shenanigans here. The goal was to get to 3650 km (10 km per day). I reached that on Dec 24th and ended on 3672 km. Aim for 2026 is for less total distance and to improve my marathon time. I ran 3 this year and knocked off 8 min, but feel I can do better.
Good morning, cells!
Surprisingly hard to get a good picture down the TC microscope.
Surprisingly hard to get a good picture down the TC microscope.
December 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Good morning, cells!
Surprisingly hard to get a good picture down the TC microscope.
Surprisingly hard to get a good picture down the TC microscope.
The answer: hyperlinks to extend the application are still banned. The guidance doesn't rule out hyperlinks to papers as a form of referencing (by my reading) although two examples given are not hyperlinks and are clearer than a hyperlink to a paper that the *reviewer is not required to click on*.
December 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The answer: hyperlinks to extend the application are still banned. The guidance doesn't rule out hyperlinks to papers as a form of referencing (by my reading) although two examples given are not hyperlinks and are clearer than a hyperlink to a paper that the *reviewer is not required to click on*.
Seems like Wiley journals are down? Maybe I'm just unlucky...
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Seems like Wiley journals are down? Maybe I'm just unlucky...
Congrats. I had a bit of trouble reading. Seems the formatting is messed up? Figures look nice!
September 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Congrats. I had a bit of trouble reading. Seems the formatting is messed up? Figures look nice!
This morning's run took me over 2,000 km for 2025 so far. Average is just under 10 km/day (today is the 201st day of the year). I got fatigued/jaded + a bit injured in June/early July, and fell a bit behind. Now building for autumn marathon. Week 1 of 15 done. Feeling better!
July 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
This morning's run took me over 2,000 km for 2025 so far. Average is just under 10 km/day (today is the 201st day of the year). I got fatigued/jaded + a bit injured in June/early July, and fell a bit behind. Now building for autumn marathon. Week 1 of 15 done. Feeling better!
For example, here is the LaBeRling of mitochondria-ER contact sites in a mitotic HeLa cell. To find out more about the method, take a look at the paper!
July 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
For example, here is the LaBeRling of mitochondria-ER contact sites in a mitotic HeLa cell. To find out more about the method, take a look at the paper!
Shaping up to be a beautiful day here in Liverpool ☀️ for the final day of #Biologists100 Blew away the cobwebs from the gala dinner with run 3. #running
March 27, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Shaping up to be a beautiful day here in Liverpool ☀️ for the final day of #Biologists100 Blew away the cobwebs from the gala dinner with run 3. #running
It’s @drmichaelway.bsky.social talking about @jcellsci.bsky.social and the benefits of publishing there. He announces that the JCS Best Paper Prize has been renamed in honour of David Stephens, JCS editor, who sadly died last year.
March 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
It’s @drmichaelway.bsky.social talking about @jcellsci.bsky.social and the benefits of publishing there. He announces that the JCS Best Paper Prize has been renamed in honour of David Stephens, JCS editor, who sadly died last year.
I ran Middlesbrough half today and got a new PB! Very happy 😃. It was a bit breezy but otherwise perfect to set a good time. 15th in my category. 2640 runners out there #running
March 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I ran Middlesbrough half today and got a new PB! Very happy 😃. It was a bit breezy but otherwise perfect to set a good time. 15th in my category. 2640 runners out there #running
Heads up Early Career Researchers! You can apply for a funded place at the upcoming @biologists.bsky.social Workshop "Democratising Microscopy in Latin America: Imaging Across Scales and Regions". Deadline 14th Feb!
www.biologists.com/workshops/gl...
www.biologists.com/workshops/gl...
February 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Heads up Early Career Researchers! You can apply for a funded place at the upcoming @biologists.bsky.social Workshop "Democratising Microscopy in Latin America: Imaging Across Scales and Regions". Deadline 14th Feb!
www.biologists.com/workshops/gl...
www.biologists.com/workshops/gl...
Cool, dry and sunny out there today. Lovely conditions. Warwick Half Marathon course is quite tough and so I was really not expecting a PB today. Over the moon. #running
February 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Cool, dry and sunny out there today. Lovely conditions. Warwick Half Marathon course is quite tough and so I was really not expecting a PB today. Over the moon. #running
Congratulations @mafesenko.bsky.social on your successful PhD viva. Many thanks to @satooze.bsky.social and John James for examining.
January 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Congratulations @mafesenko.bsky.social on your successful PhD viva. Many thanks to @satooze.bsky.social and John James for examining.
It's @biologists.bsky.social Centenary and I am really looking forward to their Biologists@100 meeting in Liverpool. For cell biology folk, the @bscb-official.bsky.social annual meeting is incorporated and there are lots of great speakers. See you there?
January 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
It's @biologists.bsky.social Centenary and I am really looking forward to their Biologists@100 meeting in Liverpool. For cell biology folk, the @bscb-official.bsky.social annual meeting is incorporated and there are lots of great speakers. See you there?
Update: I made it to 3,500 km for 2024. Would have been easier without getting ‘flu in Dec (why didn’t I get a jab?? Won’t make that mistake again).
If you’re inspired to run - just go for it! Couch to 5 km, parkrun, there’s loads of ways to start or get back into it. It’s basically free.
If you’re inspired to run - just go for it! Couch to 5 km, parkrun, there’s loads of ways to start or get back into it. It’s basically free.
December 30, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Update: I made it to 3,500 km for 2024. Would have been easier without getting ‘flu in Dec (why didn’t I get a jab?? Won’t make that mistake again).
If you’re inspired to run - just go for it! Couch to 5 km, parkrun, there’s loads of ways to start or get back into it. It’s basically free.
If you’re inspired to run - just go for it! Couch to 5 km, parkrun, there’s loads of ways to start or get back into it. It’s basically free.
My 2024 #running highlights:
1. HM PB 1:29:37
2. 5 km PB 19:33
3. 10 km PB 40:33
4. Completed an Ultra (66.8 km)
I’m still chasing a 3500 km total for the year. Sidelined with illness this week but back running today. Quite a few kms to go 🥵 and not much time left! Will update if I make it!
1. HM PB 1:29:37
2. 5 km PB 19:33
3. 10 km PB 40:33
4. Completed an Ultra (66.8 km)
I’m still chasing a 3500 km total for the year. Sidelined with illness this week but back running today. Quite a few kms to go 🥵 and not much time left! Will update if I make it!
December 20, 2024 at 9:38 AM
My 2024 #running highlights:
1. HM PB 1:29:37
2. 5 km PB 19:33
3. 10 km PB 40:33
4. Completed an Ultra (66.8 km)
I’m still chasing a 3500 km total for the year. Sidelined with illness this week but back running today. Quite a few kms to go 🥵 and not much time left! Will update if I make it!
1. HM PB 1:29:37
2. 5 km PB 19:33
3. 10 km PB 40:33
4. Completed an Ultra (66.8 km)
I’m still chasing a 3500 km total for the year. Sidelined with illness this week but back running today. Quite a few kms to go 🥵 and not much time left! Will update if I make it!
Since when did Yoda take over as the spell checker in MS Office?
November 27, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Since when did Yoda take over as the spell checker in MS Office?
GitHub make a nice butterfly if you add your profile there.
November 22, 2024 at 9:08 AM
GitHub make a nice butterfly if you add your profile there.
Today’s run took me over the 3000 km mark for 2024 (3011 km total) 🎉
To mark the occasion I ran ~12 km to Warwick racecourse. Then ran a 19:34 parkrun (my first at Warwick).
For new followers: don’t worry, my insufferable running posts are few and far between.
To mark the occasion I ran ~12 km to Warwick racecourse. Then ran a 19:34 parkrun (my first at Warwick).
For new followers: don’t worry, my insufferable running posts are few and far between.
November 9, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Today’s run took me over the 3000 km mark for 2024 (3011 km total) 🎉
To mark the occasion I ran ~12 km to Warwick racecourse. Then ran a 19:34 parkrun (my first at Warwick).
For new followers: don’t worry, my insufferable running posts are few and far between.
To mark the occasion I ran ~12 km to Warwick racecourse. Then ran a 19:34 parkrun (my first at Warwick).
For new followers: don’t worry, my insufferable running posts are few and far between.
Who needs immunofluorescence?
Focal adhesions (or cell feet as they were known then) were first observed in this 1975 paper by Abercombie and Dunn
doi.org/10.1016/0014...
This gem comes from the obituary of Graham Dunn published in J Cell Sci today.
doi.org/10.1242/jcs.... 🧪
Focal adhesions (or cell feet as they were known then) were first observed in this 1975 paper by Abercombie and Dunn
doi.org/10.1016/0014...
This gem comes from the obituary of Graham Dunn published in J Cell Sci today.
doi.org/10.1242/jcs.... 🧪
November 8, 2024 at 6:22 AM
Who needs immunofluorescence?
Focal adhesions (or cell feet as they were known then) were first observed in this 1975 paper by Abercombie and Dunn
doi.org/10.1016/0014...
This gem comes from the obituary of Graham Dunn published in J Cell Sci today.
doi.org/10.1242/jcs.... 🧪
Focal adhesions (or cell feet as they were known then) were first observed in this 1975 paper by Abercombie and Dunn
doi.org/10.1016/0014...
This gem comes from the obituary of Graham Dunn published in J Cell Sci today.
doi.org/10.1242/jcs.... 🧪
I like seeing preprints as "works in progress”. Here the authors appeal to any readers who might be able to contribute to their study.
![The analysis of barcode yields across different reagents, based on re-exported live-singlets, is also novel. Comparing the performance of the myriad combinations of barcode and sample source is not frequent in the literature, and it behooves the community to have a more complete picture of the advantages and disadvantages of these methods. [note to preprint readers - if you are willing to share non-debarcoded data and a debarcoding key, please reach out! We are hoping to expand the data in the barcode comparison plot in Figure 4! Many thanks to those who already provided data.].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:euufujdetexfodcxeab3jsxw/bafkreid7jgjjtu5p6jhue7kq5xwoslc2uj5rf27oc6uplv2zkvzeygpz3e@jpeg)
November 7, 2024 at 5:02 PM
I like seeing preprints as "works in progress”. Here the authors appeal to any readers who might be able to contribute to their study.
October 18, 2024 at 7:07 AM