Register now for the joint BSDB and Genesis Research Trust (GRT) symposium on Environmental and Metabolic Control of Stem Cells & Development! 4th of December 2025 at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, London. Register here: www.symposia.org.uk/courses/stem...

🎓 Incredibly proud to have graduated today from the @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social University of Aberdeen. Back in 2021, as a Clinical Assistant Professor on the verge of promotion to Associate—and then Full Professor within a few years—I faced a pivotal choice:

Grateful to see our RCT shape STRONG guidelines published @jama.com for restrictive platelet transfusion in dengue without major bleeding. Proud to contribute as lead author of one trial & reviewer of the other—impacting safety & cost-effectiveness in global health. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Looking forward to join online.

Excited to attend this upcoming meeting on cortical development and hear from some of the leading voices in the field. I’ll also be presenting our work from @kangberglab.bsky.social on how maternal inflammation impacts early human cortical development. Still time to register—don’t miss it!

Choose Science. Choose Europe. A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open. With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond. Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

We indeed got many entries!

Come to Lund! We are looking for a postdoc to join the team. #transposons #epigenetics

Human cortical pyramidal neurons are larger, with more elaborate branching, and distinct nonlinear biophysical properties compared to rat cortical pyramidal neurons. Are they more functionally complex? Could that boost the human brain’s computational power? and is that what makes us human? (1/11)

We are seeking a new colleague to join us at the Vienna BioCenter, specifically at my beloved home institution, IMBA @imbavienna.bsky.social we value collegiality and a passion for curiosity driven science. Being a great and fun human being also helps!

Our review "Measuring and manipulating mechanical forces during development" is now published in Nature Cell Biology! #Mechanobiology #DevelopmentalBiology

Multiple group leader positions in developmental biology in @ibdm.bsky.social Marseille, at an institute that produces some great work.

Join the Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology @einsteinmededu.bsky.social ! 🧬✨ Are you passionate about cutting-edge research and collaborative science? We are looking for you😉 Come be part of a department where curiosity meets impact! 🚀 Learn more and join us👇 #ResearchExcellence #JoinUs

Want to work in another country? The HFSP postdoc fellowship supports proposals for frontier, potentially transformative research in the life sciences and cross-disciplinary. high-risk projects are encouraged LOI opens March 13, 2025 #neuroskyence #academicsky 🧪🧠🪰🌱🧬 www.hfsp.org/funding/hfsp...

Spearheaded by Do Hyeon. Thanks to authors who are on bluesky: @dr-assir.bsky.social @mdmorgan.bsky.social @eunchaikang.bsky.social @daniel-berg.bsky.social

Interested in how expression patterns of extracellular matrix related genes evolve across early human cortical development! This recent preprint @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social from our lab shows ECM signatures of diverse cell types of developing cortex and their link to neurodevelopmental disorders.

Proliferating neural stem cells in the P3 mouse dentate gyrus—capturing early postnatal neurogenesis in action. A glimpse into how the brain builds itself. #Neuroscience #Neurodevelopment #StemCells

Really excited this is out! We found polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) were beneficial in models of C9orf72 FTD/ALS and the greatest benefit occurred when increasing levels specifically within neurons @ukdri.ac.uk @uclqsion.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @cziscience.bsky.social rdcu.be/ebbZf

Using your wealth for the betterment of mankind. www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

We are looking for a postdoc in #EvolutionarySystemsBiology. Exciting science, amazing team, wonderful city! landrylab.ibis.ulaval.ca/research-opp... #evolution #synbio #systemsbiology #genomics

We are recruiting @ox.ac.uk @dunnschool.bsky.social for a joint project between Kevin Foster's group and mine! Cluster hire of two postdocs interested in: 1) Mucosal immunology and oral vaccine development my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... 2) Microbiology my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Please share!

We are hiring! If you are curious to understand how the mechanical integrity of epithelia is maintained without the tissue tearing, apply now! Phd and post-doctoral funding available

My lab at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Muenster, Germany offers postdoc positions in stem cell mechanobiology. www.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/departments/... drop me an email

The Biochemistry Department at Université de Montréal is looking for a new Assistant or Associate Professor in Cryo-Electron Microscopy! The job ad can be found here: www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/trouver-un-e...

This #BlackHistoryMonth, SfN celebrates African American scientists who've transformed neuroscience. From labs to clinics, Black neuroscientists drive progress while creating paths for future generations, advancing brain research & strengthening the scientific community and workforce. #Neurosky

I can highly recommend the YEN 2025 meeting for students and postdocs working on 'anything embryo' - a fantastic meeting organized by students and postdocs for you!

We are looking for highly motivated early career scientists to join the Stem Cell Reports Early Career Scientist Editorial Board. Help shape the future of stem cell research. Apply today 👉 bit.ly/4jl22I7

🚨 Job Alert ✨: Postdoc positions available in Daniela Cota’s lab in Bordeaux (France) and Sophie Croizier’s lab in Lausanne (Switzerland)! Do not hesitate to apply!!!

🔬 Curious about #mitochondria #imaging but unsure where to begin? Our review might help! 🚀📜🧪 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... #Quantitative #Microscopy #SuperResolution #AcademicSky #ScienceSky #CellBiology #mtDNA

‼️The Cell and Developmental Biology Department at UCL is looking for potential candidates for their Research Career Development Fellowships with a potential for tenure-track‼️ And believe it or not, UK Research Councils are not frozen🤗 Please spread the words! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Excellent postdoctoral fellowship scheme for those that want to come and work in the UK. Anyone interested in #interdisciplinary work on #epigenetics or #chromatin in the amazing city of Edinburgh is welcome to get in touch. royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

We've summarised the landscape of human pluripotent stem cell trials worldwide in a review in Cell Stem Cell. Fun fact: Over 1200 patients have to date received treatment with hPSC products in 116 different trials, and more than 100 billion hPSC-derived cells have been dosed! doi.org/10.1016/j.st...

Anyone with experience accessing/using the data? 📊Access is applied here: humanphenotypeproject.org/data-access 🔗link to paper: nature.com/articles/s41...

Come join us @umontreal.ca - We're looking to recruit a Professor in the field of neurobiology, with a focus on linking neurodevelopment to neural circuit function and dysfunction. #neuroskyence #neuroscience 🧪 See ad below - www.fens.org/careers/job-...

Nature research paper: Rapid and scalable personalized ASO screening in patient-derived organoids https://go.nature.com/4joxJQB

The Biostar Handbook is a comprehensive guide for bioinformatics enthusiasts, researchers, and professionals. It focuses on practical, hands-on approaches to data analysis, offering step-by-step instructions on a range of bioinformatics topics. 🧬 🖥️ #bioinformatics #genomics www.biostarhandbook.com

🚨 We also have a "Scientist" position in my lab at St. Jude. The position is financially stable and with a very competitive salary range. 📝 If you have Postdoctoral experience and want to develop a steady research career this one is for you! ➡️ Apply here: talent.stjude.org/careers/jobs...

Proud of my first PhD student Muhammad @dr-assir.bsky.social who passed his viva! Great job! And thanks to Dr Theil and Dr Garden who gave valuable feedback.

Inspired by @mads100tist.bsky.social I'm going to do threads on parts of the publishing process we often get asked about. These will be from my perspective @naturecomms.bsky.social and based on my own opinions, so keep your salt handy.

In 2024, cities in Pakistan and India recorded the worst air quality indices 🏭 among major urban areas worldwide, affecting millions of residents. Given high fertility rates 🤰 in the region, there is an urgent need to study how air pollution impacts fetal neurodevelopment 🧠.

Hi Bluesky community! 👋 Are you looking forward to 2025 as much as we are? 👀 We just updated our 2025 Annual Poster to include even more events for you to join, so go and have a look! ➡️ s.embl.org/poster-bl #EMBLEvents #molecularbiology #lifesciencetraining

Do you want to hear the latest and greatest about the neuronal cytoskeleton? Join us in Chile next April for #NeuroCyto2025, organized by @monicamsousa.bsky.social, Kassandra Ori-McKenney and Tomás Falzone! Registration is open until March 5: neurocytoskeleton.com/2025/

I am glad to share that I have successfully defended my PhD in Neuroscience and looking forward to do more exciting science!

ICYMI: Still a bit of time to get your abstract in for the @biologists.bsky.social 100 conference 24-27th March in Liverpool, incorporating both the annual @bsdb.bsky.social & @bscb-official.bsky.social meetings! Support grants available - apply to BSDB by Jan 10 bsdb.org/membership/

Very excited to announce that the single cell/nuc. RNA/ATAC/multi-ome resource from ENCODE4 is now officially public. This includes raw data, processed data, annotations and pseudobulk products. Covers many human & mouse tissues. 1/ www.encodeproject.org/single-cell/...

🎨🔬 Want to create stunning scientific illustrations without breaking the bank? Here are some free tools to try! 1. Inkscape: inkscape.org A free vector graphics software that I use to make figures. 🌟🧑‍🎨✨ #SciComm #OpenScience #VisualizationTips

The next frontier of T cell therapeutics when the T also stands for tissue-targeting, such as brain or local immune response, via synthetic gene circuits @science.org science.org/doi/10.1126/... science.org/doi/10.1126/... science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Trachoma has been eliminated in Pakistan. This is massive as trachoma causes almost 1.5% of blindness worldwide.

This is what happens when you rely on international student fees to subsidise inadequate government funding for #HigherEducation, and then create a hostile environment for immigration.

🚨🚨🚨 Not one, but 3 calls for junior group leaders opening at Imagine!!! [please share] - Systems and computational biology - RNA biology and epigenomics - AI for genetics, biology and medicine Come and join us! www.nature.com/naturecareer...