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Barbara Ciani @drbciani.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

...and during these challenging moments the community comes together in support of each other. Thank you to everyone that is signing our Open Letter in support of Chemistry at Sheffield, Nottingham Chemistry and Physics. savesheffieldchemistry.netlify.app nottinghamchemistry.github.io/Open_Letter/

savesheffieldchemistry.netlify.app

An Open Letter

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Barbara Ciani @drbciani.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I am lost for words at what is happening at Sheffield and other Universities. If you think you adding your contribution can help, please sign.

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Barbara Ciani @drbciani.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Really proud to had the opportunity to contribute to this fantastic work from @taylashakespeare.bsky.social @rajseehra.bsky.social and all the other authors that I cannot find on this platform. Amazing @ijayas.bsky.social !

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Izzy Jayasinghe @ijayas.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Many congratulations to the team of collaborators, especially Tayla Shakespeare and @rajseehra.bsky.social who have achieved this with the guidance and support of a whole team, including Philip Woodman (Manchester) and @drbciani.bsky.social. 4/

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Joseph Ward @jward232.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Great to see media coverage of the hostile and punitive approach taken by management at @sheffielduni.bsky.social towards @sheffielducu.bsky.social staff striking to protect jobs. Threats and intimidation won't work. We're out until we win! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

University of Sheffield staff 'intimidated' by pay forfeit warning

University of Sheffield to withhold pay if staff do not make up for teaching missed while striking.

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Barbara Ciani @drbciani.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

@royalsociety.org thank you for a great industry college networking meeting and the opportunity to present my work with @astra-zeneca.bsky.social. Looking forward to continuing engaging!🤩

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Juan Martin Serrano @juanmartin-serrano.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

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

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Barbara Ciani @drbciani.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Can't decide if you like Biochemistry, Chemistry or Biophysics? Do all three! The bonus? You get to learn advanced biophysics with Prof Sarah Harris and @timcraggs.bsky.social and be exposed to the dynamic environment of @ei-science.bsky.social Application information: lnkd.in/eW9VxNBW

lnkd.in

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Sheffield UCU @sheffielducu.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

BREAKING: Our members at the University of Sheffield have voted overwhelmingly for strike action against the University Executive Board’s ongoing campaign of job cuts, and the threat to staff workload and wellbeing that they represent.

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Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October. Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able. More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...

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Barbara Ciani @drbciani.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

We are on iCURE Explore! Go team Optipaws! #iCURE #BBSRC #InnovateUK

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Florian Jug @florianjug.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Immagine you could image two cellular structures in the same fluorescent channel and still reliably get them separated afterwards… What would you do with this? Now… what would you do if that also worked with 4 structures at once? 👇 #MicroSplit #preview🧵

Schematic overview on how MicroSpit operates. It can split superimposed structures in fluorescent image channels by using a suitably trained AI.

Concrete example for how MicroSplit unmixes four superimposed structures.

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Barbara Ciani @drbciani.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Well looks like I finally can add the ‘senior’ word to the lecturer. Only because of supporting colleagues, fantastic collaborators, marvellous students and researchers. It’s a bit bittersweet this year but I need to say thank you 🤗

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Barbara Ciani @drbciani.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Give me some time and I’ll follow you all back. At the rate of 30+ a day, I am getting repetitive strain injury 😬

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Barbara Ciani @drbciani.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Is there an easy way to follow everyone back that follows you ?

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Stephen Royle @steveroyle.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

BSCB Women in #CellBiology prize 🧪 Deadline extended (15th Nov) The deal: UK-based scientist, running lab for < 7 years with 1+ senior author publication. Do you know someone who should be nominated? Maybe it's you? Details (a bit out of date): bscb.org/competitions...

bscb.org

Women in Cell Biology Early Career Award Medal | British Society for Cell Biology

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Joachim Goedhart @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Welcome all (new) followers! Besides our work on probes & biosensors I'd like to share what I know about #Rstats and #DataViz. So I composed a book on data visualization with R & ggplot2 (it's work in progress). Target audience = wet lab scientists. Link: joachimgoedhart.github.io/DataViz-prot...

joachimgoedhart.github.io

DataViz protocols

This is an introduction to data visualization protocols for wet lab scientists

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 12/11/2024

Hey #ChemSky, look who’s here >>> @carolynbertozzi.bsky.social - hey Carolyn! 👋

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Stephen Royle @steveroyle.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

Deeply saddened by the news that David Stephens died last night. David was an outstanding cell biologist based at Bristol whose work spanned #MembraneTraffic #cytoskeleton #ciliogenesis + more. He was “one of the good guys”. Kind, supportive, generous with his time, and rigorous about his science. 🧪

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Stephen Royle @steveroyle.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

I wrote simplified guide to move from Twitter/X to Mastodon. If you find bluesky a bit meh, or if you want to try the OG federated social network (or give it another chance), you might find it useful. quantixed.org/2024/08/14/e...

quantixed.org

Exodus: moving to Mastodon – quantixed

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Barbara Ciani @drbciani.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

So proud our observations of ESCRT-III at micronuclei fare still so well in citations. It was the effort of 3 PhD students, international collaborators and friends (& £0!). Thank you for still citing it even though more complete works are now out there. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.com

ESCRT-III is necessary for the integrity of the nuclear envelope in micronuclei but is aberrant at ruptured micronuclear envelopes generating damage - Oncogenesis

Oncogenesis - ESCRT-III is necessary for the integrity of the nuclear envelope in micronuclei but is aberrant at ruptured micronuclear envelopes generating damage

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Barbara Ciani @drbciani.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

If you are (or know) a postdoc or about to do a PhD viva interested in bioimaging, neurodegeneration and molecular basis of disease, consider applying by the 18.01 for this job in Rome! This is a collaboration with us in Sheffield. 4 questions email the PI or me.

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Buzz Baum @buzzbaum.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Last chance to apply to join us at the LMB for a PhD to explore archaeal cell division and the archaeal origins of eukaryotes: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int...

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James Gurney @jamesgurney.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

We are hiring! Two assistant prof level jobs in biology. Focusing on cellular and molecular biology, microbiology, and metabolic physiology but all good candidates will be considered. cas.gsu.edu/about/employ...

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Izzy Jayasinghe @ijayas.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

This shouldn’t come as a surprise. What is surprising is that there is a non-zero community who subscribe to the thesis that bullying or fear-based workplace cultures can promote “excellence” in academic performance.

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Florian Jug @florianjug.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

😱📣 BlueSky-ers: WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! 🙏 All of you who ever liked a lecture of mine... All of you who liked one of the courses I teach in... All of you I work(ed) with in one way or another... All of you who see my desperation! 😜 PLEASE re-post! 🙏 careers.humantechnopole.it/o/postdoc-in...

careers.humantechnopole.it

Postdocs in Artificial Intelligence

Human Technopole (HT) is an interdisciplinary life science research institute, created and supported by the Italian Government, with the aim of developing innovative strategies to improve human health

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Barbara Ciani @drbciani.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

Wooo this feels like the old good times before the x mutation might be back😀

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Barbara Ciani @drbciani.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

i-CASE PhD with AstraZeneca (+6-months paid placement). If you are or know of students undecided between going into industry or do a PhD ask them to apply! With @ijayas.bsky.social Structural biology, enzymology, innate immunity RNA and super-resolution imaging ✨ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Joyce Yu @joyceyu.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

Are you interested in #scicomm and want to broaden your writing experience alongside your research? The Node is looking for new correspondents! Find out more and also check out the brilliant content put out by our current correspondents Brent, Dina and Alex: thenode.biologists.com/become-a-nod...

Call for applications to become a Node correspondent

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