I am a mentor on the FlyCROSS scheme - I can say it's extremely well organised and supportive - get involved!

The Inaugural UCL Dystonia Day Symposium was held this week! An amazing line up of speakers, posters and panel discussion. It was fantastic (and important) to be joined by @dystoniauk.bsky.social. A big shout out to @jepsonlabucl.bsky.social for organising. We hope to make this a regular occurrence!

Registration for Dystonia Day closes *tomorrow* at 4pm! Programme here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/sites/io...

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Final programme for this event is now available! www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/events/2...

Exciting news! The Genetics Society & BBSRC are teaming up to launch Research Access Placements (RAPs), offering fully paid summer research internships for undergrad students from underrepresented backgrounds. Deadline for applications: 14 April. genetics.org.uk/grants/resea...

Received your PhD in 2023-2024? Apply by July 15th for the @science.org & SciLifeLabPrize to win up to $30k. Categories: cell & molecular bio; genomics, proteomics & systems bio, ecology & environment; molecular medicine. 🧪 www.science.org/content/page...

Now might be a good time to protect your data if you’ve used this service. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A beautiful day @crick.ac.uk on Monday for the 4th Rare Diseases Conference! It was a great day - and thanks to the conference committee for awarding me the Best Oral Presentation prize 🪰

I've been a bit slow to post about this, but our work on RBL2-linked disease is now available online in #Brain. We provide a comprehensive characterisation of clinical phenotypes, and explore the neurological function of the #Drosophila orthologue, Rbf. (1/2) doi.org/10.1093/brai...

It's conference season! Presenting my recent research at the Brain Conference 2025 on the 7th March 👇 conference.guarantorsofbrain.org/program/

Come join us on May 14th for the UCL Dystonia Day organised by @jepsonlabucl.bsky.social!

Delighted to have been selected to give a talk on 3rd March at the 4th Crick Rare Diseases Conference @crick.ac.uk - there's still time to register (and free to register for students!) www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/4th...

UCL researchers will receive £8.1m in @aria-research.bsky.social funding to embark on cutting edge research to help overcome neurodegenerative diseases. @uclpals.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social bit.ly/4g9MN1H

So happy that this long and winding story I've been chasing as part of two great teams, the @moitalab.bsky.social and @cmendeslab.bsky.social, is out now in BioRXiv! Take a look to see what surprising things fly muscles do when they're standing still.

Register for the final Development presents... webinar of 2024, chaired by @dev-journal.bsky.social Senior Editor @amjeve.bsky.social. We'll hear from Madalena Reimão Pinto and @gabrielaughey.bsky.social on the topic of #GeneRegulation in #DevBio 📆Wed 4 Dec 15:00GMT us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...