Biology Open is published by the nonprofit @biologists.bsky.social so if they can pay reviewers…

most journals have fat profits, they can definitely afford to pay those who do an essential part of their business

The ESCRT machinery mediates repair of damaged lysosomal membranes. But how does it recognise damage? Authors @nature report LASER, a fast-forming protein assembly that detects Ca2+-leakage from sites of lysosomal injury and recruits ESCRTs there. shorturl.at/T9zM6

We are hiring a PDRA in AI at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social to join CARE-AFRICA an @globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social EU-funded project building an AI clinical decision-support tool to tackle diarrhoeal disease & AMR in children under 5 across sub-Saharan Africa. #AI #GlobalHealth #AMR 👇

How about reviewers get paid for their time reviewing manuscripts? Most journals enjoy fat margins that go to their shareholders.

These are very sad news. Bridget made a lasting difference to young scientists in the UK by launching the Lister Prize Fellowship scheme

Is Trump resurrecting Jeffrey Epstein?

It’s pretty weird to take an extra deep breath because the president didn’t order our military to commit horrific atrocities and to then think “well f*ck, I’m pretty sure my country deserves some serious sanctions and whatnot for what our government is up to”

Very proud that Spain is leading the way. UK must speed up the transition to renewable energy.

Just like Poop Cruise in Netflix, you couldn't make this up www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This seems like a very distant world, when US presidents had some decency. We are nearly there to repeat tragedies like Hiroshima and Nagasaki www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Meanwhile, Spain's massive investment in renewables is paying dividends now: with prices for Spanish industry and consumers low and stable compared with other European economies. www.ft.com/content/ac77...

Rubio: “Let me tell you, Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics.”

We're remembering Professor Robin Weiss, who passed away last month. Robin was a pioneer of research into virus-associated cancers and HIV/AIDS, who had a transformational impact on the ICR, as our Director in the 1980s. Read more about his many achievements ⤵️ www.icr.ac.uk/about-us/icr...

This is a huge loss for UK virology, and for the whole scientific community

www.fitovazquez.es/2026/02/ataq... @marujatorres.bsky.social

This week's cover @thelancet.com

this is a great opportunity to work with @dottorinireslab.bsky.social , our fantastic new colleague at KCL

Science funding needs fixing — but not through chaotic reforms www.nature.com/articles/d41...

UKRI still doesn't provide clear timelines to reopen applications. This uncertainty is utterly unnecessary and is harming a lot of excellent science in the UK

Why did the American audience apparently hear different audio of JD Vance's appearance at the Olympics than the audio heard by the rest of the world? NBC denies muting. But it's part of overall disturbing developments in the US corporate media world.

Our bizarre, self-inflicted science funding crisis is finally getting some attention in the general media. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

UKRI funding has been eaten by inflation for more than a decade. Just put more cash into the system for project grants, or UK science won't recover from the current catastrophe

Now: Bruce Springsteen sings “Streets of Minneapolis” in Minneapolis

Yeah so, I really want to see all my non-American friends as much and as soon as possible, but I also want them to not be here for the “raw sewage” situation. Sh*t is not okay over here, friends.

this is about time, there have been plenty of wake up calls before this tragedy

A beautiful poem by the woman murdered by ICE. I feel rage and aching and horror. It isn’t more awful because she wrote this, but it is heartbreaking and tragic in an almost tangible way to read her poetry. poets.org/2020-on-lear...

We’re in an era of back-yardism. Trump’s takeover of Venezuela & maybe Greenland means he can’t logically object to Putin’s desire to take back Ukraine in Russia’s back-yard, or Xi grabbing Taiwan. The US, once the world’s moral super-power, shrinks to policeman for the Americas.

We are recruiting a Reader/Professor of Immunobiology at @kingslsm.bsky.social . This is a unique opportunity to shape basic immunology at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social . Please RP. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131447-...

Delighted to share our latest work today at Sheffield. Many thanks @drbciani.bsky.social for hosting me

Fantastic Inaugural Lectures by Katie Doores and Patricia Barral @barrallab.bsky.social . It is a real privilege to have colleagues like them at @kingslsm.bsky.social .

it was a pleasure to write this spotlight article. Many questions remain about sensing of missegregated DNA by NoCut, but the @longchrom.bsky.social lab makes exciting progress. They put the helicases Srs2/PARI in the picture, suggesting new mechanisms for genome protection.

these are really sad news. Antonio Garcia Bellido was a scientific giant, he paved the way to world class science in Spain. His pioneering work in Developmental Biology was truly revolutionary

that trust won't go well in the White House. Why having the BBC if you can spread fake BS?

it would be good if we were equally alarmed by a certain Prince walking free, worry less about the palace we pay for him and more about the danger to his victims www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I had non-Hodgkin lymphoma more than 20 years ago. Thankfully I chose chemo over coffee enemas www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We're still accepting submissions for our next special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus Guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social and Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social. Submission deadline: 3 November journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu... #cellbiology #nucleus #notforprofit #freetopublish

New Home Office figures show a rise of 50% in citizenship applications from Americans – putting it at the highest since records began. In my view, you can’t have too many open-minded Americans in your country — they’re the best of the best.

Anti-genocidas calentando motores en una plaza Callao, Madrid, tomada por la policía. Bravo, hermanas!

There’s plenty of bad news today, but this should be on everyone’s radar. This is going to have a TON of negative consequences. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

it is the destruction of US science in front of our eyes, as promised. It will take decades to rebuild, if you ever have another presidential election

"It was a notable display, if only because the f-22 is America’s most capable fighter and remains protected from prying eyes. ...The Russian delegation no doubt took every opportunity to scrutinise them as the motorcade made its way down the flight line." www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

America will pay the price for Donald Trump’s tariffs. Growth was underwhelming and inflation disappointingly high in the first half of the year. But the full toll of his foolish policy will be felt over the long term econ.st/4mLeTnP Photo: AP

Disparan a niños y adolescentes que buscan comida, si esto no es genocidio yo soy marciana

Dev biologists! 3-yr postdoc position at King's, collaboration with Trizzino lab @marcotrizzino.bsky.social modelling CHD3 neural crest. We are looking for postdocs with mad embryology skills @the-node.bsky.social #developmental @ccrb27.bsky.social thenode.biologists.com/jobs/postdoc...

Gaza reduced to dust, not very different to Hiroshima 80 years ago. We won't be able to say we didn't know www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

la historia no borrara vuestros nombres

check this advert out if you are interested in doing good virology research in a great lab my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

I am so proud of @jezcarlton.bsky.social . What a magnificent inaugural lecture, many congratulations Professor Carlton!