A new study from @exdrososcientia.bsky.social 's lab shows that GSK 3β is essential to maintain neuronal microtubules, offering clues for disorders like Alzheimer’s. #Neuroscience #Alzheimers #GSK3 #Microtubules #PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Researchers at the Jack Birch Unit @biologyatyork.bsky.social @ybri-uoy.bsky.social revealed how direct communication between cells can help maintain healthy tissue, potentially paving the way for new bladder cancer treatments 🔬 Open access paper in Life Science Alliance doi.org/10.26508/lsa... 🔓 📄

#GenerationResearch 2026 Summer placements are currently open! Have you applied yet? Check deadlines, eligibility, and how to apply via the website - bit.ly/4jWeHBO

How does molecular valency shape condensate assembly and function? We used the CO2-fixing organelle in algae—the pyrenoid—to find out… 🧵 Preprint here!: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @cellarchlab.com @phaips.vd.st @biologyatyork.bsky.social #Rubisco #PhaseSeparation #Condensates #Pyrenoid

We’re hiring a PDRA and a technician! If you’re passionate about #parasites #genomes #condensates then this project is for you! Help us decode the role of nuclear architecture in gene expression regulation in #Leishmania alongside the @mottramlab.bsky.social @york.ac.uk @ybri-uoy.bsky.social

(1/2) How can plants store a 'memory' of winter? With a new technique called SlimVar, which can track microscopic single molecules moving inside plant roots, much deeper than traditional microscopes, researchers can now answer this. www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Big shout-out to our PDRAs - Katy Davis, Justin Lau and Ben Willson - who presented posters at today’s event 👏 Special congratulations to Katy for winning the poster prize 🏆 Great research, great team, great result! #ResearchLife #PDRA #PosterPrize #BlueskyScience @biologyatyork.bsky.social

#job Research Technician with Luke Alphey within @biologyatyork.bsky.social to develop piRNA-based antiviral effects in the mosquito Aedes aegypti to reduce harm caused by pest insects. Apply by 16/02/2026 jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

#job Research Technician with Faria & Mottram groups within @biologyatyork.bsky.social @ybri-uoy.bsky.social investigating the interplay between genome organisation, nuclear architecture & gene expression regulation in Leishmania. Apply by: 23/02/2026 jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/tech...

New research from @biologyatyork.bsky.social "By understanding how plants make these substances, researchers aim to produce new and improved chemicals for medicines more quickly, cheaply and with less environmental impact" 🌱 Full #openaccess paper in WRRO eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/23... 🔓📄

INTERNAL job vacancy for a research technician with Rezk lab within @biologyatyork.bsky.social to define the range of forces that can cause physical, biochemical and cell fate changes in primary blood stem cells. Apply by 26/01/2026. jobs.york.ac.uk/internal/vac...

INTERNAL #job for a Technical Specialist with @lizrylott.bsky.social within CNAP in @biologyatyork.bsky.social investigating uptake of rare earth elements by Eucalyptus & model plant species from mine tailings & artificial media. Apply by 21/1/2026 jobs.york.ac.uk/internal/vac...

(1/2) Phil Lang is Not a Scientist - a podcast brought to you by Placements Coordinator Phil! Phil chats with our amazing researchers to share the great research taking place here. Episode 1 features Mahmoud Metwally, PhD student in Biomedicine. Links to listen below...

We're excited to be part of the new Bio-Boost Industry Doctoral Landscape Award (IDLA) which is focused on harnessing the biological and biotechnological potential of wastewater treatment. See the project areas available for the 2026/27 entry cohort www.york.ac.uk/environment-...

I chatted with @philiprlang.bsky.social on his podcast about how a virus might be involved in bladder cancer. Since "Phil Lang is Not a Scientist", we made this really accessible. If you're interested in how small sneaky DNA viruses might contribute to the origins of cancers, give it a listen.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a restful break, from all of us here at @biologyatyork.bsky.social We look forward to seeing what 2026 brings!

Plant BioDesign is one of the UKRI funded Engineering Biology Doctoral Focal Awards! PhD projects will tackle challenges of clean growth, resilient food and environmental sustainability by engineering plant systems. Recruitment deadline Jan 19th: www.york.ac.uk/biology/stud...

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Want to predict pandemics, investigate evolving parasites in the Amazon, or revolutionise climate-resilient crops? Check out our fully-funded PhD projects starting 2026. djeffares.github.io/phd.html @glycojones.bsky.social @york.ac.uk @biologyatyork.bsky.social @katherinedenby.bsky.social

"We think this research is incredibly exciting because it suggests that bladder cancer might be preventable" #openaccess paper in @aaas.org Science Advances - see thread below from @drsimonbaker.bsky.social @biologyatyork.bsky.social @ybri-uoy.bsky.social 🔓 📄

New research by Biology's Elva Robinson is featured on the Biological Recording Company's YouTube channel: youtu.be/tPpx4U1wL18 Check out the video to learn about the amazing lives of the secretive Shining Guest Ants!

🧬Baking and Biology🍪 Congratulations to York students in the Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership who won the Great BioYorkshire Bake-off at the first year residential! A great way for the students from the @yorkshirebiodtp.bsky.social Universities to come together.

Very excited to advertise 15 plant engineering biology PhD projects @biologyatyork.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social & University of Bristol. 🪴 🥬 🔧 🧬 Come join this new Plant BioDesign community! www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...

#job for a Laboratory Technician within @biologyatyork.bsky.social undertaking a critical role providing daily technical support, organisation and housekeeping within the Biology Teaching Labs. Apply by 05/12/2025: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/labo...

New paper out documenting research in protected areas across the African Savannah. We identify the widespread hot, wet savannah sites as understudied with 38% of all parks having no papers associated with them & 5 parks accounting for ~50% of all papers 🧪 1/3 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Two 4-year PhD positions available for Oct 2026 🪴 We're part of CNAP with 12 plant/microbe research groups combining excellent fundamental science with innovation. 1st - MAGIC Crops: Genomics to breed high yielding, resilient and nutritious amaranth for smallholder farmers tinyurl.tools/fa83da49

(1/2) Congratulations to Dr Ines Hahn who is a finalist for two awards at the @womeninneurouk.bsky.social this autumn 🎉 Ines has been nominated and selected as a finalist for Leading Researcher Award: Cognition and Neurodevelopment Category AND Mentorship Award. @exdrososcientia.bsky.social

@biologyatyork.bsky.social is looking to appoint a Horticulture Technician Apprentice to support plant science research. Duties include propagating, hydroponics, experimenting, managing day-to-day care of plants + plant pest control etc. Apply by 05/12/2025: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/hort...

Some super cool imaging in this BBSRC Yorkshire Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (YBDTP) PhD www.findaphd.com/phds/project... @bioimaginguk.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social c @biologyatyork.bsky.social

3 PhD positions in the lab for British Students. Inflammasome, cell death and skin immunity, with fantastic colleagues. Check them out or share it with curious and motivated PhD students: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor... @yorkshirebiodtp.bsky.social @ybri-uoy.bsky.social @biologyatyork.bsky.social

To mark Lung Cancer Awareness Month, we speak with Professor Dawn Coverley this week about the Coverley lab's research! Today, we ask Dawn, 'what are you researching? #CIZ #CizzleBiotechnology #lungcancerawareness cizzlebiotechnology.com

Exciting news! 🎉 We'd like to welcome Professor Ian Hitchcock as our new Director. With a passion for innovation and collaboration, @ian-hitchcock.bsky.social will lead us into an inspiring new chapter of research excellence

Congrats to @joanarcf.bsky.social @biologyatyork.bsky.social who has been awarded a BBSRC responsive mode grant, with @mottramlab.bsky.social as a co-I & collaborators @ipmontevideo.bsky.social @warwickuni.bsky.social

🚨 We have 3 fully funded PhD studentships open! Join the Grey Lab & collaborators at @biologyatyork.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bky.social & @ybri-uoy.bsky.social to explore stem cells, proteomics & leukaemia biology 📍Start Oct 2026 | 💡Apply via MRC & BBSRC 👇Details in thread 👇

Thrilled to have @ewanbirney.bsky.social as today's BMS seminar speaker & as a keynote in the @biologyatyork.bsky.social Postdoc Symposium Ewan presented his work on "Genomics, Imaging and AI: three technologies changing research and healthcare" Hosted by Prof Gavin Wright

Former @anthropocenebio.bsky.social @biologyatyork.bsky.social PhD student Dr Tiffany Ki has used records from museum collections and citizen science projects to show long-term patterns in the species richness of tropical butterflies 🦋 Read the full #openaccess paper: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... 🔓 📄

#job internal advert for a Technician in @biologyatyork.bsky.social in the Dasmahapatra Group www.york.ac.uk/biology/peop... to support ongoing projects on plant and butterfly evolution. Full time 4 month position. Apply by 04/11/2025. More details: jobs.york.ac.uk/internal/vac...

🎉 Congrats to Dr Ousmane Dao, awarded a prestigious Royal Society Career Development Fellowship! @royalsociety.org His research at @biologyatyork.bsky.social will uncover how photorespiration and CO₂-concentrating mechanisms interact in algae—key to Earth’s carbon cycle and future crop innovation.

International research led by the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products @biologyatyork.bsky.social describes how a potato and tomato crop-killing microorganism employs special enzymes to disable plants’ early warning systems 🥔 🍅 🦠 #openaccess paper in Nature Comms doi.org/10.1038/s414... 📄 🔓

Highlighting: Rebecca Stokes from @biologyatyork.bsky.social who was the runner up in the @rsb.org.uk Technical Apprentice of the Year 2025. Rebecca received her award from @dougbrown1.bsky.social at a celebration event at the Houses of Parliament www.rsb.org.uk/biology-week... #congratulations

A review led by @anthropocenebio.bsky.social @biologyatyork.bsky.social concludes that we have not reached the threshold of 'mass extinction', but could do so if biodiversity loss continues to increase #openaccess manuscript via White Rose Research Online eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/23... 🔓 📄

New funding secured! 🥳 Our next project is a deep dive into Genetics-based methods for precise interventions against invasive species. Lead: Professor Luke Alphey, This ARIA research funding will be used to shape a cross-cutting Engineering Ecosystem Resilience programme. 🌿🔬

Thanks to Reckitt who recently hosted our students on an industry insight visit in Hull. Touring their facilities, hearing about their graduate scheme and taking part in a mock assessment centre. A fab opportunity for students to learn about career paths after graduation.

Enteroviruses cause over a billion infections each year, but the details of how their genomes capture host ribosomes have remained elusive. I'm pleased to share a new preprint from Miguel in our group, providing some new insights into this problem: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

(1/2) Congratulations to Professor @katherinedenby.bsky.social who will become the new Director of the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP) from 1st October. Katherine will take over the lead of CNAP from Professor Neil Bruce, a big thanks to Neil for all his great work.

#job for a Research Technician working in CNAP within @biologyatyork.bsky.social targeting molecular breeding and metabolic engineering of crop plants. Apply by 06/10/2025. More details here: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

🚨Exciting #Postdoc opportunity in the Fogg & Antson labs: 3-year post based @biologyatyork.bsky.social to explore the #StructuralBiology & mechanism of viral DNA-packaging motors using cutting-edge #Cryo-EM, biophysical and molecular approaches. Apply by 9th Oct at bit.ly/3Iz3bOu #ScienceJobs

(1/2) Congratulations to Professor Will Brackenbury who has taken over as the Director of the York Against Cancer-funded Jack Birch Cancer Research Unit. Will takes over the lead of the JBU from Professor Jenny Southgate, a big thanks to Jenny for all her work. @yorkagainstcancer.bsky.social

Ines Hahn has been awarded a 0.73M BBSRC New Investigator Award. In collaboration with Klaus Hahn (UNC), Han-Jou Chen and Peter O’Toole (York), her group will pioneer novel cutting-edge biosensors to unravel how GSK3β regulates neuronal development in both time and space @yorkbioscience.bsky.social

Delighted with our new paper on a novel itaconate transporter in the human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, led by Javeria and Reyme. @ybri-uoy.bsky.social @javeriamehboob.bsky.social @bethkw.bsky.social A duplicated transporter on its way to itaconate selectivity portlandpress.com/biochemj/art...