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Department of Pharmacology | University of Cambridge @phar.cam.ac.uk · 01/10/2026
Today, Professor Ewan St. John Smith begins his new role as the Head of Department! He succeeds Professor Laura Itzhaki, who departs from the position after six years in the post. Read more: www.phar.cam.ac.uk/news/pharmac...
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Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre @engbioirc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Time is running out to apply to join the #EngBio Early Career Research Committee! ⌛ This is your chance to contribute to the University of Cambridge engineering biology community. Find out more and apply: www.engbio.cam.ac.uk/join-engbio-...
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School of Biological Sciences @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🧬 Looking for a PhD in the biosciences? Applications are open for the Cambridge Biosciences DTP, offering fully funded PhD opportunities across a range of research areas. 📅 Deadline: 8 December 2026 🔗 bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/how-apply #PhD #Biosciences
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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There is still time to apply for an Independent Research Fellowship in our Department. Details of how to apply by 25 September are here: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/ind...
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Independent Research Fellowships in Biochemistry | Department of Biochemistry
Independent Research Fellowships in Biochemistry
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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Congratulations to Pedro Rebelo-Guiomar, Ben Luisi, @mito-oncogene.bsky.social and colleagues @miskalab.bsky.social on their Precision Mitochondria @aria-research.bsky.social award: Protein-linked nucleic acid design for mitochondrial delivery and expression. More: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/pedro-r...
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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Applications are invited to our programme supporting early career researchers to establish their own independent research groups. Please circulate and further details of how to apply by 25 September are here: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/ind... #Biochemistry #EarlyCareer #Postdocs #Science
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PomBase: The S. pombe knowledgebase @pombase.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects www.nature.com/articles/d41... We're quietly defunding the infrastructure modern biology runs on. PomBase, FlyBase, HGNC. have faced, or facing, existential funding crises since 2024. Curation expertise, once lost, is difficult to rebuild.
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Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects
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Susanne Bornelöv @susbo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Delighted and very proud to see our study (and Anna-Maria's first first-author paper) recently out in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @cambiochem.bsky.social @cruk-ci.bsky.social 1/5
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Lifestyles of Gypsy-family transposons shape their regulatory mechanisms | PNAS
Transposable elements (TEs) are a highly diverse group of selfish genomic elements, prevalent across the tree of life, whose uncontrolled propagati...
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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
There's still time to join us for the 2026 Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium on 22-24 September (#SLS26)! This year's Symposium theme is Shaping Life: Mechanisms of Morphogenesis and is coordinated by Sarah Robinson and Neha Bhatia. www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/sainsbury-la...
Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium 2026 logo - Shaping Life-Mechanisms of Morphogenesis. Timelapse of a developing Arabidopsis leaf imaged at 9-12 days old under a confocal microscope, with cells segmented and coloured using MorphographX software. Images by Sarah Attrill.
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Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre @engbioirc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Join the Early Career Researcher Committee and help shape the future of engineering biology research in Cambridge. Open to Postdoc, PhD student and support staff from the University of Cambridge only. Find out more and apply: www.engbio.cam.ac.uk/join-engbio-...
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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
A @kiranrpatil.bsky.social Lab study published in Molecular Systems Biology charts the negative effects of sweeteners on healthy gut bacteria growth. Read more in a #CambridgeUniversity feature: www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
A paper in @natmethods.nature.com by @jenny-molloy.bsky.social and @fernanfederici.bsky.social documents the reclone.org model for democratising access to essential biological tools and reagents, and the evidence behind it. Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Reclone: a global research community building equitable access to reagents - Nature Methods
The Reagent Collaboration Network (Reclone) seeks to address the global asymmetry in research and development in biotechnology across the Global South through open sharing of biomaterials, protocols a...
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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The @rosswaller.bsky.social lab, with @kathrynlilley.bsky.social lab and Rayner lab @thecimr.bsky.social have produced the most comprehensive map yet of where proteins are located inside the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in @natcomms.nature.com Read more: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/waller-...
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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
New @cam.ac.uk feature on the wonderful work in the Howe Lab to develop biocells that harness the chemistry of algae to power small devices: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/camb...
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A truly green way to power our devices
At a time when ‘being green’ matters more than ever, a team of Cambridge researchers has devised a way to power electronic devices that’s taken the brief quite literally.
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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Congratulations to Iva Tchasovnikarova who has been awarded the Lister Prize from @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social to expand her work on fundamental epigenetic pathways. Read more about Iva's research group and the Lister Prize: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/iva-tch... #ListerPrize2026 #GurdonInstitute
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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Congratulations to @claudiabonfio.bsky.social on her Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prize from @rsc.org for developing biophysical and supramolecular approaches to understand the origins and evolution of primitive cells. Read more about the prize and her lab: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/claudia...
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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Congratulations to @hollfelderlab.bsky.social on their opportunity seed funding from @aria-research.bsky.social for a project to make iPSC technology into a broadly applicable tool for ecosystem science and species conservation. More about this crucial research: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/hollfel...
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Hollfelder Group is awarded ARIA seed funding | Department of Biochemistry
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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Congratulations to our former colleague John McCafferty, on being elected Fellow of The Royal Society and Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
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Cambridge RNA @cambridgerna.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
We are also hosting Pedro Madrigal (EMBL-EBI) @pmadrigal.bsky.social He leads critical RNA resources (RNAcentral & Rfam) and brings extensive expertise in large-scale omics data from his time at Sanger and Cambridge Don't miss this incredible double-session! @cambiochem.bsky.social @ebi.embl.org
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Cambridge RNA @cambridgerna.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
From Bolivia to Oxford, Nanopore, and York! Don't miss our next RNA Club this Thursday 28th at 16:30! We are thrilled to host Miguel Aracena. He will break down his PhD work on the mechanistic basis for translation initiation on enterovirus IRES. @cambiochem.bsky.social @york.ac.uk
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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Congratulations to the @markohyvonen.bsky.social Group on its celebration of 25 years this week by 40 alumni! Since 2001, it has welcomed 21 Postdocs, 8 RAs, 15 PhDs, 6 Visiting PhDs, 9 MScs and 46 Undergrads and contributed over 90 publications. 🎂🎉👏 Read more: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/hyvonen...
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Geula Hanin @geula.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Join us for the next Cambridge Lactation Network Summer Symposium on Friday, 12th of June 2026. Please register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/cambridge-... @cam-repro.bsky.social @pdncambridge.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk @cambiochem.bsky.social @aj-twigger.bsky.social @koulman.bsky.social
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MRC Toxicology Unit @mrc-tu.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The Patil group is part of a new collaboration that aims to understand how changes to our gut microbiome in early life impact neurodevelopment. The project is part of Wellcome LEAP's Foundation Of a Resilient Microbiome (FORM) initiative Read more:
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Research into the gut-brain axis in early life receives funding | MRC Toxicology Unit
The Patil group is part of a new collaboration between groups in the US, Japan, Australia, and the UK that aims to understand how changes to our gut microbiome in early life impact neurodevelopment.…
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Cambridge RNA @cambridgerna.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
RNA enthusiasts, clear your schedules! Our next RNA Club is happening TOMORROW ,29th April, at 16:30. Join us on Zoom. We’re diving deep into the latest research with two incredible speakers: Zhipeng Lu ( @usc.edu )& Róża Przanowska( @rprzanowska.bsky.social ) @cambiochem.bsky.social
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Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre @crukcamcentre.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
When Rachael was diagnosed with cancer at 22, her interest in cancer research became something far more personal. Through our @crukcamctya.bsky.social PPI network, she undertook a two-week lab placement in the @cambiochem.bsky.social with Dr Lisa Dobson. 🔗 zurl.co/7w2yg #FocusOnCamCancer #TYACAM
Rachael and Lisa stand side by side in front of scientific research posters, each holding a cup and saucer. They are smiling in a lab or academic setting. Below the image, a quote reads: “This placement gave me a boost in confidence. Opportunities like this matter because they allow meaningful connections that otherwise would not have happened.” The Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre logo appears in the corner.
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Susanne Bornelöv @susbo.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
We are recruiting a postdoc interested in using machine learning and AI to understand and control post-transcriptional gene regulation. Please apply and join us at @cambiochem.bsky.social ⏳ Closing date: 16 May 2026 🔗 www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/55254 Learn more about us: www.sblab.uk
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MRC Toxicology Unit @mrc-tu.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Researchers in the Patil lab found that co-culturing bacteria profoundly alters each species' behavior. Because the gut microbiome directly affects our health, understanding these interactions helps show how it responds to challenges (e.g. drugs) Read the full story: buff.ly/dZ42Vnx
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MRC Toxicology Unit @mrc-tu.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
CLOSING SOON: Interested in using machine learning to predict the toxicity of novel therapies? The Patil lab are recruiting a Bioinformatician to work on this in collaboration with @cambiochem.bsky.social & AstraZeneca 💵 £42,254-£56,535 📆 Apply by 20th April Apply here: buff.ly/C8UtZ2n
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Cambridge Zero @cambridgezero.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
🗣️ On 17 April 2026, Cambridge Zero is bringing together researchers across disciplines to explore sustainable foods, medicines, and carbon management. 🔗 bit.ly/4sC8ezn 🌏 A brilliant space for collaboration, innovation, and future funding conversations.
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Select tickets – Plant Engineering for Sustainable Futures – David Attenborough Building
Plant Engineering for Sustainable Futures – David Attenborough Building, Fri 17 Apr 2026 - Join us for a full‑day event focused on Plant Engineering for Sustainable Futures, including: Sustainable Foo...
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MRC Toxicology Unit @mrc-tu.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Are you interested in using machine learning to predict the toxicity of novel therapies? The Patil lab are recruiting a Bioinformatician to work on this in collaboration with @cambiochem.bsky.social & @astra-zeneca.bsky.social 💵 £42,254-£56,535 📆 Apply by 20th April Apply here: buff.ly/C8UtZ2n
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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
We are seeking an IT Apprentice to assist us in delivering a robust digital infrastructure that our diverse scientific initiatives depend upon. Apply here by 20 April: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/it-appr...
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Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre @engbioirc.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Engineering Biology Symposium & Forum - Register and submit your abstract for a chance to win up to £500 to support conference registration and expenses. More information: www.engbio.cam.ac.uk/events/engbi...
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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Just 4 days left to submit your abstract for the Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium 2026 🌱 Join us in Cambridge (22–24 Sept) to share your work on plant morphogenesis — talks & posters all welcome. 🗓 Deadline: 30 March 🔗 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/sainsbury-la... Don’t miss out! #SLS26 #PlantScience #plantsci
Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium poster with timelapse images. of a developing Arabidopsis thaliana leaf imaged at 9-12 days old under a confocal microscope, with cells segmented and coloured using MorphographX software. Images by Sarah Attrill.. 

Text reads: Shaping Life: Mechanisms of Morphogenesis Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium 2026 22–24 September 2026  |  Cambridge, UK #SLS26.

About the Symposium
#SLS26 will explore the cellular, genetic and mechanical forces shaping plant form, bringing together researchers across scales of morphogenesis. Under the theme Shaping Life, topics span molecular regulation, biomechanics, live imaging, computational modelling and evolution.

Abstracts close: 30 March 2026.

Keynote Speakers: Ari Pekka Mähönen (University of Helsinki) and Lucia Strader (Duke University).

Invited Speakers: Bénédicte Sanson, Kalika Prasad, Marie-Cécile Caillaud, Sabrina Sabatini, Thomas Greb, Weibing Yang, Joop EM Vermeer, Keiko Torii, Paz Merelo Cremades, Stéphanie Robert, and Utpal Nath.
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Cambridge RNA @cambridgerna.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Don't miss the next RNA Club session on the 26th March! @cambiochem.bsky.social
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Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre @engbioirc.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
EngBio ECRs Meetup returns Mon 20 April! 🎉 12-1pm. Two great talks: 🔬 Holly Bachas Brook – 3D eccrine sweat gland-on-chip 🧪 Fatma Mihoubi – Nucleotide & peptide diversity in coacervate protocells Hear new research and connect with fellow ECRs. All wellcome. 👉 Sign up buytickets.at/engineeringb...
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Pauli Group (posts by Andi Pauli) @pauligroup.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
This was such an inspirational visit to the @cambiochem.bsky.social (thanks to @ericmiska.bsky.social & Ulrika Yuan for inviting & hosting), and then informally catching up with @trayon.bsky.social + lab @babrahaminst.bsky.social and Juliette Fedry @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social! Science is fun!
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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Calling all colleagues with teenagers. Join us on Saturday 28 March, 2pm-3.30pm in the Jean Thomas Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building for our #CamFest event on how AI can be applied to big questions in Biochemistry for ages 12+. All welcome, book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biochemist...
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Biochemistry and AI
Join us for three talks on how AI can be applied to big questions in Biochemistry. The talks will be followed by a Q and A panel discussion.
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Cambridge RNA @cambridgerna.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Don't miss today's RNA Club! At Sanger Building @cambiochem.bsky.social , 26th Feb 16:30h!
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Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre @crukcamcentre.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
📢 Don’t miss the next Cancer Biology and Medicine talk tomorrow! Machine learning applications to cancer Dr Mireia Crispin Ortuzar 📅 Thurs 26 February, 9:30-10:30 📍Theo Chalmers lecture theatre, School of Clinical Medicine All welcome! @cambridge-scm.bsky.social
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Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre @engbioirc.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🎤🍕Cafe Synthetique is back! Mon 2 Mar,6pm Join Gabriela Guedes, Joel Roca & Gorjan Stojanovski for talks on #proteins #nanomedicine #plastic-eatingenzymes 🧫 🎟️Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/engin... @hollfelderlab.bsky.social @lauraitzhaki.bsky.social @cambiochem.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk
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Lena Quambusch @quambel.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
At the #GlWoBr my department @cambiochem.bsky.social hosted, I was one of the panelist’s and had the chance to reflect on my career path. Thanks to @claudiabonfio.bsky.social lab organising it and to a live illustrator (paraphrase.studio) capturing our conversation, this lovely sketch came out 🥰
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Cambridge RNA @cambridgerna.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
What if RNA–DNA hybrids don’t just form in the nucleus… but trigger immune responses from the cytoplasm? Join us on 26th Feb 4 pm at @cambiochem.bsky.social for Magdalena Crossley's talk and dive into the fascinating world of R-loops, genome regulation & innate immunity
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Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre @engbioirc.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Special guest lecture by Professor Bill DeGrado on '𝘋𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘰 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘨-𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘝𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴'. 📅 5 March 2026 | ⏲️ 12:00 📍 Department of Pharmacology Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/special-ph... @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk
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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Congratulations to our new group leader @jenny-molloy.bsky.social on her Special Recognition for Advocacy and Awareness at the European Open Source Awards in Brussels last week. 👏 👏 👏
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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Wonderful news that the @kiranrpatil.bsky.social Lab's research on removing PFAS 'forever chemicals' from the human body has been developed into a probiotic and can be clinically tested through this investment. 👏 👏 👏
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Søren Hough @sorenhough.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Grateful to @cambiochem.bsky.social for spotlighting my PhD work, recently published in @embomolmed.org. We're really proud of this international collaboration between a wide range of researchers and clinicians. Thanks to everyone involved! www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/embo-mo...
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EMBO Molecular Medicine paper links MAEA to replication stress, DNA repair, and DIADEM | Department of Biochemistry
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Eric Miska Lab @miskalab.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
@ecwalsh.bsky.social , @jonlp-bioinf.bsky.social , @paula-milan-rois.bsky.social , and @bianca-pierattini.bsky.social presented their work at #RNAUK26. We enjoyed the perfect combo of great science, inspiring discussions, and scenic hikes. Thank you to the organiser for such a fantastic conference!
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Eric Miska Lab @miskalab.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Huge congratulations to @juancruedas.bsky.social for successfully passing his PhD viva with minor corrections yesterday! 🧬We’re incredibly proud of you! And even more exciting, the manuscript is on the way. Stay tuned! 👏🥳 @cambiochem.bsky.social
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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
We are recruiting for a postdoc with a background in cell biology and an interest in infection research to join the @camillagodlee.bsky.social Lab to study how Salmonella remodels host membrane dynamics. Apply here by 24 Feb: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
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Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Centre @engbioirc.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
🧬🧫 EngBio ECRs Meetup is back! 📅 Mon 16 Feb | ⏰ 12pm 📍 Postdoc Centre Mill Lane Two great talks on capsid proteins & RNA organelles in bacteria from Daniela Gjorgjevikj and Brian Ng 🎟️ Sign Up at www.tickettailor.com/events/engin... #EngBio #ECRs #RNA #bacteria #CapsidProteins
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