The Fire Brigades Union has made a statement on the proposed EHRC Code of Practice on Services. Our message is clear. Equality matters, solidarity is essential, and we will continue to fight for both.

Wait, they're doubling down on this? 🤯 Copy + pasted bands and deleted off-target reactivity = "adjusted to clarify" ???

Thermo having what I beleive is referred to as 'a bad one'.

What a week at #DynamicCellVI. Thanks @bscb-official.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social for the opportunity to show off our work (@suzannemadgwick.bsky.social @caitlinsmalley.bsky.social)🥚🔬🧑‍🔬 A lot of great science, a little bit of dancing, and one truly upsetting pint of Guinness.

Super proud of 2nd year PhD student Caitlin Smalley presenting her studies investigating chromatin morphology in oocytes at #DynamicCellVI in the @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social session @bscb-official.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social

Super session at #DynamicCellVI rounded up by @wetherall.bsky.social presenting our Imaging Mass Cytometry work in mammalian oocytes 😊

Very pleased with this long effort through last year, now published last week. Thank you very much @apsphysiology.bsky.social and editors @mhverlhac.bsky.social and Michael Caplan for supporting our review article with @wetherall.bsky.social .

How does an ovarian follicle remodel in space and time to release an egg? 💥🥚 We have an exciting PhD project combining follicle culture, advanced imaging and quantitative analysis to understand the cellular dynamics of ovulation. 🔬 Co-supervised by me and @guignardlab.bsky.social. Please share! 🌱

@suzannemadgwick.bsky.social and I have written a review all about how weird the cell cycle is in our egg cells! 🥚 🔬 It's available now in the July issue of the @apsphysiology.bsky.social Physiology 📖 journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.... (will be on PubMed Central July 1st)

Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.

Capping off the year with some insane and impractical 6x17 photography using my recent obsession - a 3D printed medium format film camera.

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

POV you're finally home after a week away

After an intense week of learning, coding and playing with advanced methods on #BioimageAnalysis, a well deserved BBQ 🔥 to recover our strength 💪 for tomorrow, the last day of the course 😢 Enjoy!

I am not a bird watcher. I have no interest in bird watching. But the best piece of media I think I've watched this year was a 2 hour, un-monetised, amateur documentary about extreme bird watching youtu.be/zl-wAqplQAo?...

Excited to see my first book chapter is out with @suzannemadgwick.bsky.social 📖 edited by @binyammogessie.bsky.social Ever wonder what that big weird nucleolus is up to in oocytes?🥚 No? Well. I think we make a good case for maybe you should! link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-97173-0_6

A fantastic primer by Martin Anger highlighting our work on separase control in oocytes! 🥚✂️ @suzannemadgwick.bsky.social @wetherall.bsky.social @plosbiology.org

New paper out = time to actually introduce myself! I'm Ben, a PDRA in the Egg Lab 🥚 with @suzannemadgwick.bsky.social @ Newcastle University. I study how oocytes organise chromsomes, developing some cool new tools along the way 🔬 👨‍🔬 Let's talk #fertility, #imaging, and all things science.

Great collaboration with @suzannemadgwick.bsky.social, led by @wetherall.bsky.social! 🙌🏼🎉