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Urszula McClurg

@urszulamcclurg.bsky.social

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In my lab we study how germ genes are regulated and why this goes wrong in cancer of all things. Personally a die-hard feminist and a proud immigrant.

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Urszula McClurg @urszulamcclurg.bsky.social · Nov 19

With the spike in numbers its time to reintroduce our lab 😊. We are obsessed with meiotic synaptonemal complex. It is the driver of evolution and genome instability. But it's not just neiotic most cancer patients reactivate SC genes too! We want to know it all! how is their expression regulated? 1/3

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Kinga Kamieniarz-Gdula @stoplab.bsky.social · 9d

Please consider signing a petition to increase the spending on science in Poland / List otwarty w sprawie finansowania nauki, w tym @ncn.gov.pl www.petycjeonline.com/list_otwarty...

List otwarty do Prezydenta RP, Marszałka Sejmu RP, Marszałka Senatu RP, Prezesa Rady Ministrów oraz Wiceprezesów Rady Ministrów w sprawie finansowania nauki, w tym zwłaszcza Narodowego Centrum Nauki

Szanowni Państwo, W niniejszej petycji prezentujemy List otwarty, który będzie wysłany do Kancelarii Prezydenta, Marszałków Sejmu i Senatu, Prezesa Rady Ministr&oacut...

www.petycjeonline.com

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Urszula McClurg @urszulamcclurg.bsky.social · Aug 3

Congrats Girish!

Urszula McClurg @urszulamcclurg.bsky.social · Jun 24

Having a great time at #EMBOMeiosis, celebrating my birthday with a great short talk by Louise from our group #ProudPI #Meiosis4eva

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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · Jun 16

Just bringing your attention to the coolest #cell & dev meeting in #Switzerland.

Happening every three years, this place is an amazing gathering with fabulous #science and hikes... and lake sampling...

There are only 10 spots left... just saying...

meetings.ls2.ch/arolla2025

LS2 Meeting: Arolla 2025

LS2 Meeting: Arolla 2025 - BioMatter: From Cytoskeleton to Embryo. Monday 25 August 2025 – Friday 29 August 2025, Grand Hotel & Kurhaus, Arolla

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EMBO @embo.org · May 16

EMBO is #hiring a Scientific Editor (Absence cover) to join @emboreports.org. Apply by 8 June: buff.ly/seVUgYW 🧪

Scientific Editor (Absence cover) – EMBO

About us EMBO is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting excellence in the life sciences in Europe and beyond. We fund talented researchers at all career stages, facilitate scientific…

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Urszula McClurg @urszulamcclurg.bsky.social · May 17

Happy Eurovision day to all that celebrate!!!

a group of people singing on a stage with the words 12 iceland #isl written on the bottom

ALT: a group of people singing on a stage with the words 12 iceland #isl written on the bottom

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Urszula McClurg @urszulamcclurg.bsky.social · May 14

Congratulations Julie!

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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · May 5

Where are these provinces and are they hiring?

Dr Matt Lodder @mattlodder.com · May 5

The Telegraph thinks we earn "£70k plus" in "the provinces". (The nationally bargained pay spine for that role tops out at about £63k and starts ten k lower).

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · May 4

'Emmanuel Macron, alongside...Ursula von der Leyen, will make speeches on Monday morning at Sorbonne University in Paris, flanked by European university leaders & researchers, in which they are expected to announce potential incentives & protections for researchers seeking to relocate to Europe. 1/3

France and EU to incentivise US-based scientists to come to Europe

Macron and von der Leyen expected to announce protections for researchers seeking to relocate amid Trump’s crackdown

www.theguardian.com

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · Apr 28

"Serbia’s government has restricted the time academics can spend on research to just five hours each week. The rule has been widely criticised by the country’s research community, which is now seeking to overturn it through the courts."

www.chemistryworld.c...

Serbia limits academics’ research time to just one hour a day

Researchers say controversial policy will block majority of scientists from applying for grants

www.chemistryworld.com

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Bungo Akiyoshi @bungoakiyoshi.bsky.social · Apr 27

A blutorial on my latest manuscript, which will appear as a Hypothesis article in Journal of Cell Science (no embargo requested as far as I am aware). If you are interested in mitosis/meiosis/kinetochores/evolution/deep phylogeny, please read it (1/n)

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Urszula McClurg @urszulamcclurg.bsky.social · Apr 22

Some days are great, you chat to awesome collaborators, you get to really spend time thinking. I feel inspired and energised. May they all be like this 😉

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Urszula McClurg @urszulamcclurg.bsky.social · Apr 21

We had an amazing seminar at Liverpool from @jweir.bsky.social, loads of cool complexes and exciting insights to #meiosis4eva! Very much a story to watch!

John Weir in front of his lecture slides

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Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD @rburdine1.bsky.social · Apr 19

Please read this. My daughter is profoundly affected by Angelman Syndrome. She cannot speak or walk and needs assistance with every aspect of daily living. She is also phenomenal. She is loved by her family and friends. She brings joy to any room she is in. She loves fiercely and is loyal. /1

Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · Apr 19

Admirably restrained personal essay (and fact check) by Trey Johnson, the Post Opinions copy desk chief, on RFK Jr's massively ignorant comments about autism. Gift link
🎁 wapo.st/4jpeyG8

Opinion | Don’t listen to RFK Jr. on autism. Meet my special-needs son.

Let’s break down the points the HHS secretary made this week about individuals on the spectrum.

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Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · Apr 15

Moving introduction to the newly named @jcellsci.bsky.social David Stephens Prize & the 2024 inaugural winner Anja Konietzny by @drmichaelway.bsky.social, same issue as brilliant obituary by @jonlanenhl.bsky.social & George Banting. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Announcing the JCS–David Stephens Prize and the 2024 winner Anja Konietzny

Over the past 25 years, Journal of Cell Science (JCS) has been awarding a prize of £1000 – ‘The JCS Prize’ – to the first author(s) of the paper that is judged by the Editors to be the best paper publ...

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Philippe Bastin's Lab @bastinlab.bsky.social · Apr 14

Dear cilia researchers, join us in the heart of the beautiful Vosges mountains to share your latest findings! This year, partnership with @for5547.bsky.social and keynote lectures by @micromotility.bsky.social and @mick-lab.bsky.social
Registration is now open www.cfc2025.conferences-pasteur.org

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Ian Henderson @hendersi.bsky.social · Apr 15

I'm searching for nice Arabidopsis Col-0 chromatin datasets (modification agnostic), eg MNase-seq, DNase-seq, ATAC-seq. Does anyone have any favourite datasets you could point to?

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Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · Apr 15

A week until our 51st @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-symposium: 15/04/2025 15:00-17:15 BST. Still not registered for the series- join us here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso... Free and open to all! /1

BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-Symposia Series

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Urszula McClurg @urszulamcclurg.bsky.social · Apr 14

For me only all meetings in one day would work, seems impossible though with the amount of meetings so currently I work on the no meetings on Monday rule. Protects one day a week for proper writing...

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Urszula McClurg @urszulamcclurg.bsky.social · Apr 14

In our skills and personal development lab meeting we had an incredible seminar from Dr Martyna Pastok formerly @newcastleuni.bsky.social now at Captor Therapeutics. She gave a candid walk through the switch from academia, told us what she misses most and what has been the best bits about her move.

aisle 1 of a grocery store with a woman pushing a cart

Alt: aisle 1 of a grocery store with a woman pushing a cart aisle label says job prospects

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · Apr 11

Your reminder that admission to Johns Hopkins University is completely free if you cannot afford the tuitions+fees.

In other words, if you would need a loan, then it's free.

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EMBO @embo.org · Apr 11

Mark your calendars! Call for applications opening 1 May for workshops, practical courses, global lecture courses, India | EMBO Lecture Courses and EMBO | The Company of Biologists Courses & Workshops

www.embo.org/funding/fund...
#Networking #LifeSciences @biologists.bsky.social #EMBOevents 🧪

Funding – Funding for conferences and training – EMBO

We provide funding and support for scientific meetings across all disciplines in the life sciences, including workshops, practical courses, lecture courses and series as well as keynote lectures.

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Čajánek lab @cajaneklab.bsky.social · Apr 11

📣Thrilled to announce that the registration for the 8th annual Czech #Cilia #Meeting (17 June 2025, #Brno) is NOW OPEN:

🪧https://forms.gle/wkooViZtBGxvVASNA

👩‍🔬INVITED SPEAKER: Ruxandra Bachmann-Gagescu

⏱️Registration deadline: 17 May 2025

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Urszula McClurg @urszulamcclurg.bsky.social · Apr 10

Happy birthday @richardbj.bsky.social

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Séamus Holden 🔬🦠🧫 @seamusholden.bsky.social · Apr 8

Fellow bacterial cell biologists, message me if you use @thermofishersci.bsky.social Gene Frames for microscopy!
Thermo are planning to discontinue these in September but have indicated they will look into this further.
If I make list of labs using them Thermo might not kill the product
Please RT🔬🦠

Live Cell Imaging of Bacillus subtilis and Streptococcus pneumoniae using Automated Time-lapse Microscopy

42.1K Views. University of Groningen. This protocol provides a step-by-step procedure to monitor single cell behavior of different bacteria in time using automated fluorescence time-lapse microscopy....

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