It's still mad to me that the UK can choose an entire new government without any input from the people, or indeed the party. I know in principle voters voted for a party and not a specific leader, but... isn't that kind of just a lame pretext? When have you last heard talk of the 2024 manifesto?

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

We will be there, catch us if you can. We will most likely bring some planarian things too. XVI International Symposium on Flatworm Biology events.gwdg.de/event/1168/o...

"They made my face the cause that hounded them." (E. Wilson, trans., The Odyssey) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Interested in DNA taxonomy of meiofauna? Want to do it anywhere you can find a lab, with three barcodes at once (incl. nearly complete nuclear rRNAs)? Have a read of our lab's latest preprint, and tell us what you think. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Every university should have broad subject coverage; that's what a university is

What can one even say any more. The Nothing will eat almost the entire sector if controls aren't brought into force. Hey, government! Anyone there? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Is "Bush Tucker" taken as a drag name yet? Some aussie queen has got to make this happen.

Monsanto is literally Pentex. I hate this timeline.

U.S. President Donald Trump has fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. https://scim.ag/4cxQWhl

Anchigarypus californicus. pseudoscorp very common under driftwood on the beaches of central CA

Interested in miRNAs, early animal evolution, and RNA biology? We’re recruiting a BBSRC-funded Postdoctoral Research Associate @bristolbiosci.bsky.social #Postdoc #microRNA #RNAbiology Apply by 14 May 2026. 👉 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find-in...

Thinking, while my native country's government is threatening and committing war crimes once more, about LeGuin's observation: "The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means." When the violence is over, we still have to live with each other - and ourselves.

We are looking for a Postdoc to join our lab at @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social. This is a dry-lab focused post on the computational analysis of long read single-cell sequencing data to understand the role of transposable elements (TEs) in early development. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... #TEsky

Remember when Starmer promised to get rid of the House of Lords entirely?

Finally! Now do soho.

My good friend and director of the natural history museum of Denmark is looking for a curator for #bryophytes. Thus, if you like these small #plants, you should really apply. Great place to work, great city and amazing plants. #sciencejobs #plantscijobs www.linkedin.com/posts/nina-r...

Well... community post confirms it: ONT is getting rid of P2 Solo, their most cost-effective platform. By transitioning to P2i-only and "contact for quotes" purchase models, ONT is now in the realm of the sequencing companies that they initially claimed to be distancing themselves from.

Every time I see this book in the library, I imagine Darwin saying “draw me like one of your French girls”

@jimmybernot.bsky.social do you know what this pinchy nauplius looking boy might be? It's serving parasite to me, somehow.

Planned action! Protest planned at parliament square on Saturday at 1pm to protest supreme court ruling.

Posting this for the umpteenth time.

Gender is for the individual to decide, not the state. If somebody tells you who they are, and your response is to ignore/question/investigate that identity, I don't know what to say to you. Gender is a matter of etiquette, of common decency, of positive regard for others.

It's official - I'm organizing a field taxonomy workshop on freshwater and limno-terrestrial meiofauna! 27 August-11 Sept, in the Lake District. We have 13 experts covering all major taxa, advanced microscopy, DNA taxonomy, sci-com, publishing. RT! Send your best! www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...

🌍 4 year, fully funded PhD in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Basel! 🌿 Explore flatworm speciation in the African Great Lakes! ✔️ Fieldwork in Zambia & Tanzania ✔️ Training in phylogenetics, molecular ecology, evolutionary biology & stable isotope analysis 📅 Deadline: May 31, 2025

It's official - I'm organizing a field taxonomy workshop on freshwater and limno-terrestrial meiofauna! 27 August-11 Sept, in the Lake District. We have 13 experts covering all major taxa, advanced microscopy, DNA taxonomy, sci-com, publishing. RT! Send your best! www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...

What are people's thoughts on the new metazoa_odb12 as a BUSCO db?

Taking the pulse of meiofauna research in 2025. My biggest take-home message as the head of one panel: evolutionary genomics is not (yet) anywhere near reaching its potential in this field, partly because of a lack of visibility/interdisciplinary education. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Do you have #Discord account? Did you know there is #microscopy server? Good mixture of microscopy and imaging folks with various backgrounds [1.3k members] is already in. Join us, everyone is welcomed. Repost is deeply appreciated ;] disboard.org/server/67276...

Together with Richard Unsworth at Swansea (@zosterar.bsky.social), we've cooked up a PhD project via the CROCUS DLA. Come do cutting-edge molecular ecology of meiofaunal communities in seagrass meadows in various states of "health". Deadline 20 January, please RT. blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...

Together with Richard Unsworth at Swansea (@zosterar.bsky.social), we've cooked up a PhD project via the CROCUS DLA. Come do cutting-edge molecular ecology of meiofaunal communities in seagrass meadows in various states of "health". Deadline 20 January, please RT. blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...

Happy that my first publication in 🦋 is about this. Our preprint on the origin of Bilateria is out. A nice story about the position of the Xenoacoelomorpha in the animal tree of life. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...

Today we report that an engineered skin bacterium, swabbed gently on the head of a mouse, can unleash a potent antibody response against a pathogen. Could lead to topical vaccines that are applied in a cream. @djenetbousbaine.bsky.social led the charge... @natureportfolio.bsky.social 1/55

A weird thing about an #ECR group leader in mid 2020s is that loads of grants are stuck at the same level for years, not accountin for the 20% inflation in the past few years. E.g. A max grant cap of £5000 in 2020 now only has £4000 worth of spending power in 2024. Ladder keeps getting pulled!

We have two open PhD positions in my group at @crg.eu. We are seeking candidates with a background in computational and/or molecular biology, and with a broad interest in evolutionary biology, gene regulation, and comparative genomics. 📅Apply before January 12 here: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...

last couple days to apply (for free! from anywhere in the world!) to the Sanger 2025 PhD Programme — Deadline: 28th November 2024 (09:00 GMT) For more info, visit www.sanger.ac.uk/about/study/...

I haven't posted about #FreshwaterMussels yet on @bsky.app so here's a summery video of a gorgeous #mussel #river in the #LakeDistrict and it's inhabitants #Cumbria #Biodiversity #NatureRecovery #SpeciesConservation #Restoration #Bivalve #Mollusc

This is an incredible, chilling video essay from #notjustbikes which has totally changed how I think about self-driving cars. Something between documentary, journalism, polemic, and the coldly logical tradition of the best dystopian science fiction: youtu.be/040ejWnFkj0?...

Stockholm University is hiring three assistant professors in the broad field of Biodiversity. Positions would be SciLifeLab fellows with a generous starting package. #AssistProf #SciLifeLab #Biodiversity #AcademicJobs #Evolution #Genomics #StockholmUniversity su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Who else at #nanoporeconf is going to try to make bluesky happen?

Lab news: I'm hiring a technician, for all things meiofauna transcriptomics! Perfect for a post-masters student seeking experience before moving to a PhD or industry. Listed as 0.5X but likely to be 0.7X or even 1X, depending on funding. 3.5 years. RT plz. tinyurl.com/LaumerTech