🚨We're Hiring! The Franklin is currently recruiting for three exciting roles: 🔬 Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantitative Cell Biology/Biochemistry 🧪 Research Associate in Molecular Dynamics 🌀 Senior Scientist in Electron Ptychography 🔗 Learn more and apply now: zurl.co/DGODy

How do we create long-term research data storage that stores meaningful and usable data? Without this, we risk building AI on insecure, biased foundations, shaped by gaps, blind spots, and an ever-growing body of forgotten dark data.

🚨We're Hiring a Research Associate in Molecular Dynamics! We're looking for a biophysicist or computational chemist to join our Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy team. Interested? Click here for more details and to apply: zurl.co/QSiZH

Exciting work from the Franklin, @ox.ac.uk, and @diamondlightsource.bsky.social has led to a new method for imaging small proteins (<50 kDa) using cryoEM. By using bifunctional, bispecific nanobody scaffolds, the team have successfully solved the smallest protein structure to date (14 kDa).

📢We're Hiring! Come and join the Rosalind Franklin Institute as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantitative Cell Biology/Biochemistry. If you are a creative scientist interested in collaborative research across biophysics, structural biology, and biochemistry, then join us! Apply here: zurl.co/aTGq7

Last week we welcomed visitors to the Franklin as part of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Public Access Day! Families helped us to create a people powered network to learn about Artificial Intelligence and how machines make decisions. @markbasham.bsky.social

📢We're hiring a Research Software Engineer! Join the Franklin to support our research in native mass spectrometry and to help build 3D protein atlases of the mouse brain. Bring your skills, grow your scientific independence, and contribute to ground-breaking biomedical research. zurl.co/EBTOP

Researchers at the Rosalind Franklin Institute have developed a novel “leapfrog” scanning technique that dramatically improves image clarity in cryo-SEM. This is already enabling researchers to visualise structures once thought impossible to image with cryo-SEM. Read the full article: zurl.co/cyvxf

We are excited to share a recent article in Nature Methods on condensates featuring the work of Karina Pombo García and her team. Her research focuses on the role of condensates in cell adhesion and tight junctions. Read the full Technology Feature here: zurl.co/fLf4C

We can’t believe it has been a week since we were at the Big Bang Fair! Our team had a brilliant time running a stand with @sciencemadesimple.bsky.social - talking about neurons and showing students how we image them using electron microscopes and interpret those images using AI.

📢We're Hiring! Are you a passionate and experienced molecular virologist/biologist ready to make an impact in infectious disease research? Join us as a Research Associate, where you'll contribute to exploring how pathogens interact with human cells. For further details, and to apply: zurl.co/SThC9

In a first for the Franklin's work experience programme we have been joined by a student that was inspired to complete their work experience with us following a careers workshop delivered by the Franklin team at her school.

We are at @bigbangukstem.bsky.social today and tomorrow with @sciencemadesimple.bsky.social. Come and say hello to the team and find out more about how researchers at the Rosalind Franklin Institute are imaging neurons to understand neurodegenerative diseases. #BigBangFair

A new method from @michaelgrange.bsky.social's group, lets scientists zoom into brain tissue —right down to the molecular level. 🔍 It works on bigger, more complex samples 🤖 Uses AI to handle massive data 🧪 Adaptable to human tissue 🧬 Could give us a detailed understanding of disease

Proud to share our latest paper. doi.org/10.1016/j.cr... Through the dedication of @glynnca.bsky.social and @cryingem.bsky.social we report a thorough method to image molecular organisation within hippocampus tissue. Structural biology in tissue is well and truly here! @rosfrankinst.bsky.social

📢 We're Hiring: Laboratory Technician We're looking for a detail-oriented Laboratory Technician to join our team! If you have a background in science, enjoy hands-on work, and are passionate about precision, we'd love to hear from you. For further details, and to apply: zurl.co/gwyEE

Congratulations to Katie Beirns, PhD Student at the Franklin and @ox.ac.uk, who has received the Don Claugher Award from the Society of Electron Microscope Technology (SEMT). Read more about the award and Katie's work here: zurl.co/6ixFB

It was a pleasure to host the @embo.org practical course: Transposable Elements in the Era of Data Science last week. We welcomed participants from around the world for a week of hands-on experience in the computational analysis of transposable elements. Thank you to all of those who joined us.

📻Catch Cara Griffiths talking to about new results boosting wheat yield using the T6P biostimulant developed by Rothamsted, @ox.ac.uk & @rosfrankinst.bsky.social on BBCR4 Farming Today this morning. First item in the programme... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Applications are still open for our Post Doctoral Researcher in Quantitative Imaging Biology! If you are interested in exploring how epithelial cells self-organise using cutting edge tools like super-resolution STED, FLIM, FRET and FCS, please apply here: zurl.co/iIctt

Published today in @natbiotech.nature.com, researchers from @rothamsted.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk and the Franklin describe their work towards enhancing wheat plants' sugar signalling ability, which could increase yields of the crop by up to 12%. Read the full article here: zurl.co/UNGm8

📣 We're hiring a Post Doctoral Researcher in Quantitative Imaging Biology! Are you a creative scientist excited by imaging, biophysics, and cell biology? Join us to explore how epithelial cells self-organise using cutting edge tools such as super-resolution STED. Find out more: zurl.co/4JHfR

📣 We're hiring a Post Doctoral Researcher in X-Ray Microscopy! Be a part of a multidisciplinary team combining ultrafast lasers, soft X-Rays, and coherent diffractive imaging in a cutting edge laser lab. For further details and to apply: zurl.co/l0WPY

BioCOP - the UK’s first multimodular optical microscope - has entered its testing phase. The microscope allows super-resolved imaging of live cells in their native environments. The team will be focussing on immunology and host-pathogen interactions. Read more here - www.rfi.ac.uk/latest/bioco...

📣 We're hiring a Senior Scientist in Electron Ptychography! Join our team to lead innovative research in electron ptychography and push the boundaries of high-resolution imaging. For further details and to apply: zurl.co/c0hzE

Massive thank you to everyone who attended, we loved meeting you all and we had some fantastic, engaging conversations! Also a huge thank you to our incredible speakers for such thought provoking talks and to @rosfrankinst.bsky.social for hosting us!👩‍🔬 (2/3)

We had a fantastic time at our RFI x WiNUK Women in Science event!👩‍🔬✨ @rosfrankinst.bsky.social @caracroft.bsky.social (1/3)

The @rosfrankinst.bsky.social is currently looking for a 50% secondment in AI to work with me and everyone at the Franklin. Please pass on the info to others who might be interested, and please do get in touch if you would like any more information. www.rfi.ac.uk/latest/call-...

Researchers at the Rosalind Franklin Institute, The Alan Turing Institute, and STFC Scientific Computing have developed a new machine learning model that will improve the detection of proteins in 3D images, such as those obtained by cryo-electron tomography. Read the full update here: zurl.co/1Z0PZ

📸 Nadisha Gamage @rosfrankinst.bsky.social took a photo with the Node's polaroid frame during the poster session yesterday #biologists100 The key words of her research are #nucleosomes #cryoEM #stemcells #chromatin #FIBSEM

Are you ready for your next challenge? We're hiring a Contracts Officer! You’ll play a key role in managing the contract lifecycle, collaborating with research and operations teams, and ensuring smooth contractual processes. For details, and to apply: zurl.co/YX6T9

Last week was our busiest British Science Week yet! 250 classes from 82 different schools connected with 265 scientists. It's fair to say there were plenty of conversations taking place 🌟 Take a look at our report, highlighting some of the stand-out moments: imascientist.org.uk/2025/03/bsw25/

Last week, we launched our new science strategy at our Innovation Forum! Huge thanks to our speakers & panellists for sharing insights on turning ideas into impact. Read our summary here - www.rfi.ac.uk/latest/frank... #Innovation #ScienceStrategy

📣 We're Hiring! We're looking for an Assistant Facilities Manager to join our team and play a key role in keeping our research facilities running smoothly! For more details, and to apply: zurl.co/NAyFr

For the final weekend of British Science Week 2025 we will be at ATOM Science Market. We are at the Science Market in Abingdon from 10 am to 3pm on Saturday 15th March talking about how llamas can help researchers to fight viruses. Find out more here: www.atomfestival.org.uk/atom-4-kids/

“We must join together technologies with innovative pathfinders, partnerships and people together to transform how we innovate” - Dr Sam Barrell, CEO of LifeArc wraps up our Innovation Forum

President and Vice Chancellor of @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, Professor Peter Mathieson highlights the need to make movement easier between academic, industry and clinical settings and establish a common language for innovation to thrive.

All of our Franklin speakers did an amazing job summarising some of our new Science Challenges and projects.   Find out more about these - rfi.ac.uk/focus

Dr Ruth McKernan CBE gives a brilliantly interactive first keynote of the day thinking about what innovation is - emphasising that innovation is not just about research and the vital role of funders like venture capitalists.

📢 We’re excited to unveil our refreshed science strategy today at the Royal Institution! This blueprint will guide our research toward groundbreaking discoveries and real-world solutions. Stay tuned for more. #ScienceForward #InnovationForum

Published in @naturecomms.bsky.social, Franklin researchers describe a high-throughput methodology for cryo focused ion beam lamella preparation. This technique enabled a high-resolution structure (4.0 Å) of an E. coli ribosome using sub volume averaging. Read the full article here: zurl.co/WhpcB

Dr Liang Wu and his team investigate the function of enzymes in heparan sulfate production – long, complex chains of sugar molecules found in every cell of the body. In this latest science update, Liang reflects on how new imaging techniques are helping in this area. Read more here - zurl.co/aB4ks