Thanks to Katie Pickup (@katiepickup.bsky.social) for chatting with me about my scientific journey and what’s next in the future! If you’re curious about what I do, where I’m heading, and why I used to sleep with a chicken, check out my interview with Development (@dev-journal.bsky.social) below! 🧬

#FocalPlaneFeatures meets @prelights.bsky.social @fadelvalle.bsky.social & Vibha Singh have picked 2 fantastic #cellbio preprints & will be presenting their preLights alongside research talks from @probablycarmen.bsky.social & Eva Mejia-Ramirez. Register: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/08/20/f...

And if you're interested in my academic path, scientific interests and plans for the future; I had a great conversation with @katiepickup.bsky.social @dev-journal.bsky.social as part of the Pathway to Independence program: doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Interested in transposable elements in mammalian preimplantation development? It's not too late to register for the 'Development presents' webinar next Wednesday. Together with Anzy @anzymiller.bsky.social who will talk about her postdoc work as well!

📢Call for papers Submit your latest research to our upcoming special issue on #InVitroModels of #HumanDisease. Submission deadline: 6 October 2025 Editors: @vivianlilab.bsky.social, @ausmith.bsky.social & Joseph Wu journals.biologists.com/dmm/pages/in... #CallforPapers

This week, we are highlighting Helen Zenner, Community Manager of @focalplane.bsky.social and @jcellsci.bsky.social Online Editor, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists @helenzsci.bsky.social

New #Spotlight episode! @ryanharrison13.bsky.social, Stefan and @reinierprosee.bsky.social talk with Katelyn Cooper, first author of a groundbreaking preprint—the first in-depth analysis of the LGBTQ+ climate in the biological sciences. #LGBTinSTEM #preprint 🏳️‍🌈🔬

Who “belongs” in biology? The first comprehensive analysis of the LGBTQ+ climate in the biological sciences! #LGBTinSTEM #preprint 🏳️‍🌈 #preLight prepared by @ryanharrison13.bsky.social, Stefan & @reinierprosee.bsky.social ⬇️👀 prelights.biologists.com/highlights/l...

*Paid internship opportunity* @biologists.bsky.social is looking for a 3-month intern this summer to work across the Node, @prelights.bsky.social and @focalplane.bsky.social If you're interested in #SciCommm & #publishing, and have the right to work in the UK, apply by 5 June 👇

Would you like to be @the-node.bsky.social's new Community Manager? Find out here what this exciting role involves and how you can apply to join the team. thenode.biologists.com/would-you-li... Application deadline 19 May #SciComm #DevBio #StemCell

If you missed Sadaf Farooqi's talk at #Biologists100 in Liverpool last month you can have a read of our interview with her here. Her work on obesity genetics and appetite has paved the way for many new treatments - and it's not often you find chicken korma and Eton mess in scientific studies!

🧪Join us as the new Community Manager to run @the-node.bsky.social . A great opportunity for someone with a love of developmental and/or stem cell biology, #sciencecommunication and engaging with researchers. 📆 Apply by 19 May at biologists.com/about-us/wor...

#DevBio job opportunity! Development (@dev-journal.bsky.social) is looking for a new Community Manager to run our community site, the Node (@the-node.bsky.social) – a great opportunity if you love devbio, #stemcells, #scicom and community engagement. Happy to chat informally about the role. ⬇️

New #spotLights episode! 🎙️ We’re kicking off our #biologists100 series (led by @jontytownson.bsky.social) with @richardsever.bsky.social. We discuss the recently launched #openRxiv, the importance + future of preprints & how early-career researchers benefit. Listen now 🎧⬇️ youtu.be/L5O2mDnqDUI?...

Another neat factoid at #EMBOclimateResilience, this time form @abbasz.bsky.social: "Global healthcare, if it were a country (Healthcareistan) would be the 5th greatest carbon emitter."

Doctors working in Gaza have made urgent pleas, saying that they feel abandoned by the world amid renewed Israeli airstrikes. Justice in healthcare means actively supporting the people of Gaza and helping to rebuild the health system, say @mohammadrazai.bsky.social et al www.bmj.com/content/389/...

This article is a really useful compilation of advice for improving your data skills and workflows - including how to use generative AI to help you learn to code

Interested in how cells respond when squeezed? Check the review paper just published by Laura Faure, @valeriaventurini.bsky.social and myself on this. Really thorough and clear revision by Laura and Valeria!

Essay competition! Win £250! Share your ideas on a more sustainable future for scientific events! Please spread the word to anyone who you think might be interested. Closing date: World Bee Day! (that's 20 May, but you knew that didn't you) #Sustainability www.biologists.com/stories/essa...

I really enjoyed interviewing Sadaf and Charlie. Read Charlie's interview here to learn more about his career and research: t.co/IpMW1RuJQy #Biologists100

Fascinating keynote talks on climate and biodiversity from this morning at #biologists100. I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Jane Francis, director of @bas.ac.uk, to talk about fossil plants, Antarctica and changing climates - do give it a read! journals.biologists.com/bio/article/...

We are excited to welcome everyone to Liverpool for this week’s Biologists @ 100 conference. We will posting across our social media channels all week and you can follow the action at #biologists100

📣 We are advertising for a postdoc to join our team at the University of Edinburgh! Our lab studies gene regulatory mechanisms in development, and how genetic changes may impact these processes to alter development and shape human craniofacial form and function 🧬🧪

I really enjoyed working on this interview article and am looking forward to Charles' talk at @biologists.bsky.social #Biologists100 conference in Liverpool next week!

🧪 @dev-journal.bsky.social has an opening for a Reviews Editor. If you love #devbio, and have an interest in publishing and #scicomms, this could be the role for you. Full details at bit.ly/42eiTpa 📆 Application deadline is 31 March 2025 #careersinpublishing #editor

We offer professional internships for PhD students. We host a 12-week internship with a focus on data gathering & analysis yearly. We're also looking for interns for our community sites @the-node.bsky.social, @prelights.bsky.social, @focalplane.bsky.social. Contact us at [email protected].

Are you a PhD student interested in #SciComm, community building and publishing? Are you in the BBSRC DTP/PIPS or equivalent schemes where an internship forms part of the PhD training? Join us as an intern and work across the Node, @prelights.bsky.social and @focalplane.bsky.social! More details:

As part of our @biologists.bsky.social #biologists100 celebrations, we have interviewed JEB author Hans-Otto Poertner about his experience of co-chairing the @ipcc.bsky.social addressing the most pressing issue facing our planet: climate change journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

“I have been privileged to conduct research at one of the top universities in the world, and I hope one day to be in a position where I can improve scientific education and research in Palestine.” Roza Masalmeh's journey from Palestine to Edinburgh: edin.ac/3XhStjB @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social

Today we are highlighting Liz Patton, the current Editor-in-Chief of @dmmjournal.bsky.social and an MRC Investigator at the @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, as an extraordinary biologist. To know more about DMM and Liz’s role, read this Editorial: doi.org/10.1242/dmm.... #100biologists

This year, @biologists.bsky.social − publisher of Disease Models & Mechanisms− is celebrating its 100-year anniversary. In 2025, we discuss DMM's journey since its launch in 2008. https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.052259

In honour of #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience this week, we are revisiting timely #DMMEditorials from fantastic #WomeninScience who are part of our editorial team. First, Monica Justice discusses the importance of including both sexes in research. https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.050759

To accompany the Biologists @ 100 conference, we're launching an image competition together with @focalplane.bsky.social! Enter your best biological research images 🧪🔬 Shortlisted images will be presented at the #Biologists100 conference in March. Details: thenode.biologists.com/enter-the-no...

🧪Join @dmmjournal.bsky.social for a one-day #AMR programme. The day includes: *Morning plenary on health and disease with Sadaf Farooqi and Charles Swanton *Afternoon talks *Evening poster session *Lunch & refreshments 📆Register by 28 February 2025 Find out more: bit.ly/4ddBF2t

The US was considered a world leader in public health and research. With one repressive stroke that reputation risks being broken, argue @jocalynclark.bsky.social and @kamranabbasi.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/...

We have a great line up for our mini conference on antimicrobial resistance on the Wednesday of Biologists @ 100 conference. There's still time to register! bit.ly/3Ww61aD Or you could even dip in for a few #AMR talks if you'll be at the conference anyway for the #DevBio or #CellBio sessions!

One month left to register for our one-day programme on #AMR at the Biologists @ 100 conference. https://bit.ly/3Ww61aD 🧵 Featuring speakers offering innovative and impactful science providing solutions to enable a step change in our thinking and approaches towards #AMR . #biologists100

🧪 Did you know that our founder held the record for the oldest message in a bottle as part of his research into ocean currents? As part of our 100-year celebrations, we would like to hear stories from you on how The Company of Biologists has impacted your careers. bit.ly/4hsN40W #biologists100

Today is the LAST day to apply for our #scicomm workshop. It's FREE and you will get to learn from fantastic tutors including @genotripe.bsky.social , Alison Woollard, Helen Keen & First Create the Media genetics.org.uk/grants/comm-...

I am embarrassingly proud of the pun I came up with for the title of the first Research Highlight I've written. But it's based on a really cool paper that does add great insight to injury, so do give it a read! journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

📅This Friday 17 January 2025 is the last day to submit your abstracts for our one-day programme on #AMR at the Biologists @ 100 conference. #biologists100 Submit your abstracts here 100yearsconference.biologists.com/abstracts/

One week left to submit an abstract for the @biologists.bsky.social 100 meeting incorporating the @bscb-official.bsky.social & @bsdb.bsky.social annual meetings in Liverpool in March! Don't miss out on an amazing lineup of invited speakers - scan the QR code for the full list

🧪The deadline to submit an abstract for oral and poster presentations at our Biologists @ 100 conference has been extended to Friday 17 January 2025. View the abstract topics and submit yours at 100yearsconference.biologists.com/abstracts/ #biologists100

🧪 We have made it easier to follow our journals and community sites with our new starter pack. https://go.bsky.app/BwC3bSV