The BSCB is sponsoring the Scottish Fly Meeting 2026 🗓️ 1st April 📍Glasgow Register now!

All of our fantastic medal winners will be awarded their prizes and present their research at Dynamic Cell VI. It's not too late to register!

We are delighted to announce that @mitosrus.bsky.social from @cruk-si.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk has been awarded the 2026 Hooke Medal You can read about Stephen's work on mitochondria, cell death and cancer here: bscb.org/hooke-medal-...

We are delighted to announce that @rashmi-priya.bsky.social from @crick.ac.uk has been awarded the 2026 Women in Cell Biology Early Career medal You can read about Rashmi's prize-winning work on heart morphogenesis here: bscb.org/wicb-early-c...

We are delighted to announce that @giuliapaci.bsky.social from @ucllifesciences.bsky.social has been awarded the 2026 BSCB Postdoctoral researcher medal You can read about Giulia's work on how tissues withstand mechanical stress here: bscb.org/postdoctoral...

We are delighted to announce that Eva Simpson from the University of Nottingham has been awarded the 2026 BSCB Raff PhD Medal You can read about Eva's prize-winning PhD work using 3D-CLEM to investigate chromosome ultrastructure here: bscb.org/bscb-phd-awa...

Tomorrow is an exciting day.........we will be announcing the 2026 BSCB medal winners🥁🥁🥁

We are looking for early career cell biology researchers to present their work at the BSCB NextGen online seminar series. Scan the QR code to register your interest:

Early bird deadline: Save £100: This Wed 21 January 2026! Dynamic Cell VI conference, Reading, UK, April 2026! Co-organised by @bscb-official.bsky.social and @biochemsoc.bsky.social with @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology. Register now: bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI

Two weeks left to apply to be the BSCB Postdoc rep

Are you a postdoc with a passion for cell biology? We are looking for a postdoc representative to join the BSCB committee! Applications are open to existing BSCB postdoc members. See our website for further details. Apply by 31st Jan bscb.org/call-for-app...

One week left to register for our Spring meeting and save £100! Super early booking deadline is 21/1

BSCB NextGen kicks off tomorrow at 14.00 BST. Don't forget to register your place!

Happy New Year from the BSCB! We're very excited to announce 'BSCB NextGen', a new monthly online seminar series aimed at ECRs in Cell Biology. The series kicks off on 13th January For full details and how to register see: bscb.org/announcing-b...

Don't forget to register for our Spring Meeting: Dynamic Cell VI A joint meeting with the @biochemsoc.bsky.social Super early bird registration ends 21st Jan

Thanks, Chris! And yep, all going brilliantly - 270 delegates and fantastic talks and posters. Great to see so much support for fundamental discovery science and membrane biology here! Thanks @jcellsci.bsky.social, @embojournal.org and @bscb-official.bsky.social for support!

Haven’t posted for a while but @jezcarlton.bsky.social opening up the annual UK membrane trafficking meeting #UKMT seems like an appropriate reason to post! Great line up - as ever - with organisers Jez and Chris Stefan introducing a poster session too 🤓

Are you a postdoc with a passion for cell biology? We are looking for a postdoc representative to join the BSCB committee! Applications are open to existing BSCB postdoc members. See our website for further details. Apply by 31st Jan bscb.org/call-for-app...

Apply for our Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs in #devbio and #stemcell research during the transition to their first group leader position: www.biologists.com/grants/devel... Application deadline: 2 February 2026.

EXTENDED DEADLINE: the deadline for BSCB medal nominations is now 14th November. 🔬Hooke Medal 👩‍🔬Women in Cell Biology medal 🧫 Postdoctoral Researcher medal 🔬Raff PhD medal award Details of eligibility and how to nominate are on our website.

Registration is OPEN for our Spring meeting: Dynamic Cell VI 🗓️ 21st-26th April 2026 📍Reading, UK Co-organised with @biochemsoc.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology Register here: www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f...

🗓️ the deadline for our medal nominations is fast approaching! Send your nominations by 1st Nov For full details see bscb.org

🗓️ the deadline for our medal nominations is fast approaching! Send your nominations by 1st Nov For full details see bscb.org

🎆 Join us for an unmissable finale to 2025! 🎆 We're thrilled to bring our #cilia & #centrosome community together 25/11/2025 15:00-17:45 GMT! Our 53rd @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social e-symposium schedule is live: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso... /1

The cell dynamics conference in 2026 not to be missed: Dynamic Cell VI conference, Reading, UK, April 2026! Co-organised by @bscb-official.bsky.social and @biochemsoc.bsky.social with @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology. Register now: bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI

Thank you to @biologists.bsky.social for highlighting the long history of the BSCB

Happy 100th birthday to @biologists.bsky.social

Registration is OPEN for our Spring Meeting: Dynamic Cell VI co-organised with @biochemsoc.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology

Do you know an outstanding cell biologist? Nominations are open for our 2026 medals: 🔬Hooke Medal for outstanding contribution in cell biology 👩‍🔬Women in Cell Biology medal 🧫 Postdoctoral Researcher medal 🔬Raff PhD medal award Deadline 1st November

Do you know an outstanding cell biologist? Nominations are open for our 2026 medals: 🔬Hooke Medal for outstanding contribution in cell biology 👩‍🔬Women in Cell Biology medal 🧫 Postdoctoral Researcher medal 🔬Raff PhD medal award Deadline 1st November

@mark-morgan.bsky.social kicking off NECB forum 2025 in Liverpool, funded by @bscb-official.bsky.social and external sponsors. Great schedule lined up in a really cool location - talks and posters presented in the Victoria Gallery & Museum 👌

We're kicking off the third #NeuroBioUK - an exciting day full of neuronal cell biology ahead! Massive thank for @bscb-official.bsky.social support and a shout out to our industry sponsors!

Less than a week to go, before the North England Cell Biology Forum in Liverpool #NECB-2025 We’re excited to be welcoming cell biologists, from across the North, to our amazing city. The schedule is packed full of great science! bit.ly/3Vh5dpg

We are sponsoring the North of England Cell Biology Forum in Liverpool on 18th Sept Register and submit your abstracts here: markmorgan60.wixsite.com/necb2025

Our latest interview is with 2025 @bscb-official.bsky.social Hooke Medal winner Ian Ganley of the University of Dundee @mrcppu.bsky.social‬‬. We spoke with Ian about his career journey, his approach to mentorship and his pet snowflake moray, Eel Armstrong. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

And we are back for our final 2025 @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social session 25/11/2025 with a special joint @jcellsci.bsky.social venture... watch this space! Not yet registered for this institution- free & open to all: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso...

Keynote talk: Holger Knaut, New York University Title: “The Motor, the Clutch, and the Traction of a Migrating Tissue”. For more information on the London Cell Motility Club see: cytoskeleton.wixsite.com/londoncellmo... ‪Follow us on @uk-cmc.bsky.social‬

Our first UK Cell Motility Symposium‬ will be on Friday, June 13th, 2025, 10:00-18:00 in the Sainsbury’s Laboratory, Cambridge. This symposium will be ECR focussed with 12 short talks by PhD student and postdocs. Abstract deadline: May 16th, 2025: register here: forms.office.com/e/DwEGemeNEY

We are sponsoring the first UK cell motility club on 13th June in Cambridge. Lots of slots for ECR presentations. It's not too late to submit an abstract!

We are sponsoring the Scottish Cell Biology Meeting on 18th Sept. Save the date!

In our latest interview, we hear from the 2024 @bscb-official.bsky.social Hooke Medal winner Emmanuel Derivery @deriverylab.bsky.social. Emmanuel tells us about his research, what winning the Hooke Medal means to him & his advice on building a successful lab. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

This week, we are highlighting Emily Lucas, a @bscb-official.bsky.social early-career representative, as an extraordinary biologist. Emily was also involved in the ‘Early-career researcher session’ of the Biologists @ 100 conference. #100biologists @emilyxlucas.bsky.social

A week until our 51st @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-symposium: 15/04/2025 15:00-17:15 BST. Still not registered for the series- join us here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso... Free and open to all! /1

Farewell #biologists100 What an amazing meeting. The pure joy of discovery & wonder Thank you to @bscb-official.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social for organising!

Maria Leptin @erc.europa.eu discussing the importance of large infrastructures for biology @bscb-official.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social annual meetings with Jim Murray and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz and Nick Hopwood.

We are pleased to announce the winners of 2025 image competition..... 🥁🥁🥁🥁

Congrats to Pamela Swiatlowska for winning the #BSCB Postdoctoral Medal for her outstanding work on vascular smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis 🎉🌟🥇

Congratulations Pamela Swiatlowska @qmulsems.bsky.social @imperialnhli.bsky.social winner of the BSCB Postdoc Medal 2025 bscb.org/postdoctoral...

Ian Ganley delivering his Hooke Medal lecture on mitophagy at #biologists100 @biologists.bsky.social

Congrats to Ian Ganley of Dundee University on winning the #BSCB Hooke Medal 🥇for his outstanding work on mitophagy 🎉🎉🌟