I watched much of Ian Chapman's (Head of @ukri.org) appearance this morning at @ukparliament.parliament.uk Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.. A few points and new information that bioscientists may find interesting... A 🧵

Can anybody tell us, what this all will mean for research at universities? There are two pillars of scientific innovation in our society: industry and universities. Each should be allowed to play at their strengths to have maximal gain. We lose this perspective! www.ukri.org/news/open-le...

Funded 4-year BBSRC NWD PhD to advance neuroscience through vCLEM techniques. 🧠 Are you passionate about EM, neurons, ageing, neurodegeneration? Come and join us! 🙏repost this project with @ianprior.bsky.social @natsansor.bsky.social @aliemliv.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

More evidence that the UK government (or at least one part of it) is doing everything in its power to destroy the country's scientific base.

John Gurdon en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gu..., beacon of a generation that tackled head on the deepest question of biology: the development of an organism. The best tribute to him and his peers should be to remember and follow the path they forged for how to do Science in form and content.

Exciting news for #drosophila #connectomics and #neuroscience enthusiasts: the Drosophila male central nervous system connectome is now live for exploration. Find out more at the landing page hosted by our Janelia FlyEM collaborators www.janelia.org/project-team....

FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...

Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

If you need a simple introduction to axonal cell biology and neurodegeneration for your students, here you go: Shields, Silverdale, Prokop (2024) Understanding the underlying causes of degenerative neural diseases. InnovAiT, 17557380241298477 -- doi.org/10.1177/1755... (OA: tinyurl.com/5dysx3d3)

By popular demand: the Axon Degeneration starter pack. Definitely incomplete so let me know who I missed. go.bsky.app/5BH6mBE

Shit.

If using Bloomigton #Drosophila Stock Center stocks, pls. acknowledge them & their NIH funding (P40 OD018537). Papers listing this no. are being harvested as evidence. We massively depend on the @bdsc.bsky.social & they need our support in these dire times! @flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social

Good news for Kirsty (Biochemistry) and Marisa (MCCM) - Springboard Award winners. Congratulations to both! @livuni-ismib.bsky.social

Couldn’t happen to a more deserving scientist/mentor! ❤️

Paper alert! 🚀very happy to have been involved in this collaboration @livuni-ismib.bsky.social where we developed pexophagy reporters for use in Drosophila research. Great work from @drbaronefg.bsky.social‬ royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs

‘There is a worldwide shortage of scientists and because it’s a worldwide shortage, there’s worldwide competition,' says our Foreign Secretary Professor Alison Noble, as she warns that the UK's visa process and costs could put off scientists from moving to the UK: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

🚀 Hot off the press! Our team findings @livuni-ismib.bsky.social on brain ageing unveil a novel connection between oxidative stress, neuronal microtubules, and the cytoskeletal protein EB1 driving neuronal atrophy. 🎉 A huge thank you to the fantastic team! www.aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/...

There is still time to apply to this PhD opportunity funded BBSRC NWD PhD. Come join us at @livuni-ismib.bsky.social to study novel roles of Tau and Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules in neuronal ageing in Drosophila. Deadline: 31/1/2025. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a Gold #AthenaSwan Award from @advancehe.bsky.social! Thank you to the ISMIB Athena Swan Team who made this all possible! #GenderEquality | #TeamLivUni bit.ly/4jcgcew

It's @biologists.bsky.social Centenary and I am really looking forward to their Biologists@100 meeting in Liverpool. For cell biology folk, the @bscb-official.bsky.social annual meeting is incorporated and there are lots of great speakers. See you there?

This is a serious problem in science (and I would bet other professions, too). The profession cannot afford to lose such a wealth of talent.

Wow, this is beautiful work!

A brief history of The Company of Biologists - 100 years of supporting scientists!👍👏 journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Funded BBSRC NWD PhD to study novel interactions and roles of Tau and Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules in neuronal ageing. Join the Sanchez-Soriano and Ashe (@markashe.bsky.social) lab. Interested? Please email for details. Deadline: 31/1/2025. Please share🙂 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Now official: our next @embl.org course on #Drosophila Genetics & Genomics will be held 3-8 Aug '25. Send in your applications! @bsdb.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social @virtualflybrain.bsky.social

PhD alert!! (MRC DiMeN) in Barsukov and Sanchez-Soriano labs on novel roles of Shank3 with a unique approach: protein structure and cell biology in vivo 🧠 in Drosophila. Deadline Friday 13th December at 5pm (UK time) Interested? www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Are you aware of our collection of #Drosophila #history articles? Feel free to suggest more!!!!!!!! droso4public.wordpress.com/history/

Our paper is out just in time for #EM_Monday! It is about a specialized neuron-specific ER, called the spine apparatus, which is found close to synapses and has a very peculiar shape. If you think neurons are special, the spine apparatus is their🦄 horn! But how does it form?! doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

Interested in understanding how the brain makes decisions? Come and do a PhD with us! MIBTP @BBSRC funded #PhD opportunity. Please, get in touch with questions. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🙋🏽‍♀️ I frequently direct #Drosophila newcomers to this resource and use it myself when planning for community outreach. Will share ideas for updates if I think of anything, but highly doubt that I will…it’s already GREAT!

I am delighted to announce a tailored PhD scheme supporting candidates from minority backgrounds. This scheme is fully funded, passport blind and comes with tailored mentoring www.findaphd.com/phds/program.... Come join us at @livuni-ismib.bsky.social!

A late happy #fluorescentFriday post! The growth cone tree, made from a #Drosophila neuron in culture! 🌳🔬🪰 The cyan highlights the dynamic #actin cytoskeleton, while vibrant red shows the #microtubules (all pseudo colours).

There may be some interesting tips here...

Since I've been here for a while… here are some useful features on Bluesky that you might not have discovered yet! 🧵

Very true and very good post👇

Here's a starter pack to make it easy to follow life science researchers based at the University of Liverpool. A great way to expand our networks. Get in touch if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/Fk7bp3g

Join our amazing team in computational biology. 4 year post, closes in 2 days. Omics + stats + rare disease research. 💥💥💥 Please RP. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKH508/c...

We're hiring! Please share! Exciting opportunities for #PhD students, #postdocs, and #research assistants to join our team in exploring how the brain prioritizes actions in conflict. #Neuroscience #Drosophila Interested? Reach out! rezavallab.org

Many Drosophila vision interneurons for #FluorescenceFriday 🧠🪰

PhD alert!! (MRC DiMeN) in Barsukov and Sanchez-Soriano labs in Liverpool on novel roles of Shank3 (associated with autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder) with a unique approach: protein structure and cell biology in vivo 🧠 in Drosophila. Interested? See below. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

This is a beautiful movie of growth cones, is it yours? That would be great for my lectures in case it can be shared

We never completed the project towards a realistic scale, but there are some great ideas here how to model filopodial growth and achieve realistic lenghts using object-oriented programming & cytoplasmic flow: Leal, de Moura, Kritz, Prokop, 2025, Comput Appl Math 44:28 - doi.org/10.1007/s403...