I’m bemused by the fact that none of my friends, or my husband, seem to be as excited as I am about the Artemis II launch. This is awesome! 🚀 🌖 🧑‍🚀 🧑‍🚀 🧑‍🚀 👩‍🚀

We are excited to be recruiting into 3 Associate Professorship's in @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social. Come join us as a colleague and benefit from our vibrant and multidisciplinary environment. Reach out to me if you have any questions. Please repost! (tinyurl.com/48deybuu) (tinyurl.com/4pdvjaft).

Looking forward to reading this!

When your “carafe” of wine turns up…in a conical flask 🧪 😂

More PhD positions available @mrc-lms.bsky.social

Our Career Masterclass for Early-Career Cancer Researchers returns in 2026! Join us online on 17-18 November to receive personalised advice from a panel of experts working in cancer research, covering topics ranging from post-PhD opportunities to the use of AI. Register: eacr.org/conference/c...

After just one weekend, the kids are now basically experts in curling #winterolympics2026

Your time for doing science waxes and wanes throughout your career. Don’t let anybody tell you that you’re doing it wrong. You get to decide what’s right for you (as long as you meet your basic commitments). 🧪

We are also recruiting a Postdoc in cell/molecular biology! 3yr, fully funded by @cancerresearchuk.org more details here: news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/11/27/s... Apply here: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

We are recruiting a Postdoc in computational biology, together with @mariasecrier.bsky.social 4yr, fully funded by @cancerresearchuk.org, ideal for Postdocs wanting to develop their independence Applications open now: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

In a seminar now where the speaker is sharing advice from their PhD mentor: “You will make a lot of mistakes… you will be wrong a lot… if you can’t handle this, then science may not be right for you.”

It’s the big game tonight! Eeek! COME ON BARNSLEY ⚽️ 🔴⚪️ #barnsleyfcvsliverpool #facup #canwedoitagain

I think you can only really complain about a slow review process if, when reviewing, you submit your own reviews on time

Meeting schedule now online for @bsdb.bsky.social 2026 spring meeting: Molecules to Morphogenesis! ***Abstracts due in by January 16*** Join the outstanding line up! Submit your abstract for a short talk, flash talk, or poster presentation: 👇👇👇 bsdb.org/meetings/

We have an open call for a group leader at the Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging in Würzburg, Germany. Generous starting package, vibrant and highly interdisciplinary biomedical research environment. www.nature.com/naturecareer... Please spread the word.

The young woman in her 20s on the train is on the phone stating the benefits of getting up at 9am because “you have, like, a whole morning to get stuff done” 9am?! Try 6am. You can live a whole life by midday Oh, to be young again

New lab preprint! We find that Wee1 phosphorylates Cdh1(FZR1) and suppresses APC/C(Cdh1) activity to promote S-phase entry A fantastic team effort from the combined forces of @lavuillemenot.bsky.social, Lucas Morales, Calin-Mihai Dragoi & Beth Pennycook www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

@cancerresearchuk.org asked me to write a piece about our latest research programme & here it is! I'm so excited about this work and always keen to talk to other people interested in similar things so do get in touch. cruk.ink/4oEdLTz

Early bird registration: Save £100 - 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

Watching the Arsenal game on TV… I heard the cheers from the Emirates about 30s before they scored a goal on screen 😂 #spoiler

Great post. “mentoring should be criteria for hiring tenure-track faculty! But alas, it rarely is.” Also how to measure? Everyone can write about how to be a good mentor on an application form but how can you assess if they actually are?

📣 We’re hiring 6 new Team Science postdocs! Our Team Science approach brings together interdisciplinary researchers to tackle questions no single field can solve alone. Find out more and download our brochure below

Is it still raining? I hadn’t noticed…. 😂 @mrc-lms.bsky.social

We have a multidisciplinary PhD position on offer, through a BBSRC funded doctoral training program, open to UK and International students at Bath Uni. Microfluidics, microscopy, mechanobiology and epigenetics! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

@mpercharde.bsky.social & I after presenting our experience of setting up the @mrc-lms.bsky.social Roving Researcher scheme to support Postdocs on leave, in the Research Culture session at #MRCBiomedicine2025 Look at that view! Blooming love London

Register now for our one-day symposium at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences on environmental and metabolic control of early development on 4 December 2025! Spaces are limited, register here: www.symposia.org.uk/courses/stem...

Love #OnlyConnect Got this after two clues 👊🏻 🤓

We are recuiting two new Associate Professors here in Oxford Biochemistry. Come join us! Reach out to me if you have any questions. Please repost! tinyurl.com/mr3m7bd3

We’re offering a 4y MRC PhD studentship with Fadri Martinez-Perez @mrc-lms.bsky.social Check it out! lms.mrc.ac.uk/work-and-stu...

Register for the Dynamic Cell VI conference, Reading, UK, April 2026! This conference focusses on all aspects of cell dynamics, co-organised by @bscb-official.bsky.social and @biochemsoc.bsky.social with @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology. bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI

9 days to go: * 2 x open positions! * Exceptional environment, competitive start-up package * University of Toronto appointments * Toronto has great (and peaceful) quality of life!

I keep reading this as “The Histones” I don’t even work on histones!

Many of you know, we lost Béla Novák this year. John Tyson, Francis Barr & I tried to capture his wonderful character & great mind so that those that didn't know him can see what a fantastic person he was. Thanks to @jcellsci.bsky.social for publishing. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Just over one week until this opportunity closes! If you’re an ambitious computational scientist looking for a Postdoc position, apply now

@mariasecrier.bsky.social & I are looking for an enthusiastic & excellent data scientist for a 4-year postdoc to understand cell cycle dysregulation in cancer. Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions. Please repost! More details: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Feeling very fortunate to be awarded a Programme Foundation Award from CRUK @cruk-si.bsky.social This is a new area for the lab & lets us team up with @mariasecrier.bsky.social to tackle a big problem of how different cancers lose control of proliferation

We’re a bunch of amateur psychologists… #AcademicChatter #phdchat

How can patients help shape the future of cancer research? Join us at our new virtual conference to explore how involving cancer patients in research leads to more meaningful, impactful outcomes. Learn more and register: eacr.org/conference/p...

EMBL Cell Biology and Biophysics department is searching for a new director. A major position to lead this field in Europe and beyond. embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

They did it! England you legends! Lots of love for the Lionesses. What a team ❤️🥹

Coming back to tissue culture after 20 months away 🥰

Very pleased to say we have an Assistant Professor job opening (tenure track) in the Department of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin! 😀 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA399/a... - deadline is August 19th! Please repost!

📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship in Mechanistic Cell and Developmental Biology. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/3fbkp89c

ENGLANDDDDDDD!! (Bloody hell that was stressful)

📢 We're hiring 5 postdocs across multiple projects! Spanning germline demethylation, gene regulation and genome architecture in development and disease! Apply now!

Year 6 leaving school is The Neverending Story….

As seen in North London

More fabulous research from @mrc-lms.bsky.social This time from Will Scott’s team 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

🚨Symposium alert! 🚨 Next edition of our biennial stem cell symposium is 4th Dec 2025 - focus on metabolism and development. Sponsored by @bsdb.bsky.social. Great lineup of speakers, hosted @mrc-lms.bsky.social in London. Registration is open. www.symposia.org.uk/courses/stem...

We're recruiting junior team leaders @mrc-lms.bsky.social This time we're looking for those working in human metabolic disease. It's a great place to start your lab. Fantastic colleagues, exciting science, world class facilities. Join us! lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacanci...