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Dervis Salih @dervissalih1.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Join us! Research Fellow role at UCL @ukdri.ac.uk @uclqsion.bsky.social with me & @sj-marzi.bsky.social studying oligodendrocytes, genetics & epigenetics in ageing & neurodegeneration using multiomics/bioinformatics. Collaboration with Alexi Nott & @rikeshrajani.bsky.social Closing date: 2nd June

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Angelini Neurolipidomics Lab @neurolipidlab.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Join us for Mythbusting: Let’s Talk Dementia Research during Dementia Action Week. We’ll discuss brain supplements and visit the Lab. 📅 Mon 18 May, 11:00–13:30 📍 ILS1, Swansea University 🎟️ tinyurl.com/33z5d8c8 Supported by @alzresearchuk.bsky.social Wales Network. @alzheimersresearchuk.org

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Brain Health Swansea Bay

At Brain Health Swansea Bay, we are dedicated to strengthening brain health and reducing dementia risk across West Glamorgan and the Swansea Bay region. Our mission is to provide clear, evidence-based...

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Marc van der Kamp @marcvanderkamp.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Registration is open for the #CCPBioSim Annual Conference, 6-8 July, Bristol, UK! See: www.ccpbiosim.ac.uk/bristol2026 Delighted to be hosting the conference @bristoluni.bsky.social, with the theme "Biomolecular simulation across scales, for understanding and design" #compchem #compbio #biodesign

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CCPBioSim Annual Conference

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Duncan Yellowlees @dyellowlees.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Just gonna leave this here for folks in Academia “It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like, ‘What about lunch?’” —Winnie the Pooh

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BioExcel CoE @bioexcelcoe.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Its not too late to register for our #webinar tomorrow 27-Jan, 15:00 CET ➡️ bioexcel.eu/bcjz "VTX: From Real-Time high performance molecular structure and dynamics visualization to integrative modeling of massive molecular systems" #moleculardynamics @matthieumontes.bsky.social

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LifeArc @lifearc.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

We're proud to partner with Global Alzheimer's Platform Foundation and @ukdri.ac.uk on the Bio-Hermes-002 study, working towards an Alzheimer's test that's scalable, accessible and cost-effective. t.ly/QWn1R

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Alzheimer's finger-prick blood test could transform diagnosis, experts say - BBC News

An international trial involving 1,000 volunteers will aim to detect biomarkers associated with the condition.

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Georgina Menzies @georginamenzies.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Currently enjoying Thursday mornings off on my phased return. Swimming with Mali, and then a coffee shop today whilst one of us sleeps off the excitement!

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Georgina Menzies @georginamenzies.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Being back from maternity leave yesterday on the first Monday after Christmas made it the Monday-ist Monday ever! Very grateful to my lovely colleagues for the welcome back, decorating my office so it would be less depressing, meeting me for lunch and generally stopping by for a chat 💬

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Georgina Menzies @georginamenzies.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

First day back. Filling in the board….

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Georgina Menzies @georginamenzies.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Two weeks left now, please be kind when I return everyone. My brain is not running at full capacity 🧠

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Georgina Menzies @georginamenzies.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

a final two papers are just squeaking over the line this year. One in mBio is still in production- a wonderful collaboration with researchers in Cardiff dental - and this one which would make fantastic Christmas reading www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27... led by prof Jones in the school of Biosciences

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Georgina Menzies @georginamenzies.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Just paid off my student loan. It’s only taken 18 ish years. That’s what happens when governments suddenly put up interest when you’re in the middle of 8 years in higher education. Merry Christmas to me! 🎄

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UK Dementia Research Institute @ukdri.ac.uk · 09/12/2025

Our annual conference, Connectome, is in full swing today! As well as excellent science talks, this morning we heard an insightful discussion between Prof Siddharthan Chandran, Prof Miratul Muqit, and journalist @rorycj.bsky.social, who generously shared his experience of living with Parkinson's.

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Georgina Menzies @georginamenzies.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Very important conversations happening at the U.K. DRI conference today. @rorycj.bsky.social @ukdri.ac.uk

Photo of a stage with three speakers and the title slide stating “in conversation: from tech correspondent to Parkinson’s advocate”

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UK Dementia Research Institute @ukdri.ac.uk · 24/09/2025

🚀 New fellowship opportunity!🚀 Delighted to launch a bold new fellowship scheme in partnership with Race Against Dementia, to support innovative scientists who are using the latest AI technology to drive pioneering dementia research🎉 Find out more👉 buff.ly/xCMwZPM

We are thrilled to announce a bold new fellowship scheme in partnership with Race Against Dementia

The scheme aims to support the next generation of researchers using the latest advancements in AI and machine learning technology to drive pioneering, high-impact research

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Georgina Menzies @georginamenzies.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

😂 with what feels like less than adequate compensation for said constant rejections

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT. CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open. DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open. CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are. DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.

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Georgina Menzies @georginamenzies.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Always a nice email to receive. I look forward to sharing our paper with you once it’s in print 🎉

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UK Dementia Research Institute @ukdri.ac.uk · 14/07/2025

A pleasure to welcome @rorycj.bsky.social to the UK DRI at Cardiff! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Rory has written a fantastic blog about his experience meeting discovery scientists developing the next generation of treatments for Parkinson's & other neurodegenerative conditions rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/dementia-r...

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Dementia Research - meet the scientists

Big data, fruit flies and the battle against brain diseases

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Justin Lemkul @justinlemkulvt.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Happy to announce our latest article, a tutorial on running Gaussian-accelerated MD simulations in NAMD. Tour de force work by @hmmichel.bsky.social with @mdpoleto.bsky.social that unifies theory and practice in one place! livecomsjournal.org/index.php/li...

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Running Gaussian-accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulations in NAMD [Article v1.0] | Living Journal of Computational Molecular Science

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Claus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 12/07/2025

AlphaFold is great, but contrary to public opinion it has not completely solved the protein folding problem. Much work remains to be done. clauswilke.substack.com/p/no-alphafo...

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No, AlphaFold has not completely solved protein folding

Biology is hard. Yes, even for AI.

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 05/07/2025

There is no justification on earth for blocking deliveries of baby formula to starving babies and mothers. What Israel is inflicting on Gaza is monstrous, genocidal. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula

Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babies

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Roland Dunbrack 🏳️‍🌈 @rolanddunbrack.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

CASP is the main reason the protein structure prediction technology and research field advanced over the last 30 years. And the main reason AI based methods have been accepted and widely applied in biology. So shortsighted of NIH to postpone or even halt funding. John Moult is a scientific hero.

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Georgina Menzies @georginamenzies.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Heat and a newborn is not a great combo 🥵

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Georgina Menzies @georginamenzies.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Just found out my nomination to join the biochemical society as a member of the grants panel was successful 🎉 working really hard for the first 5 months of this year is starting to pay off 🤣

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Georgina Menzies @georginamenzies.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

New paper 🚨super proud of this collaborative effort, and grateful to my co-authors for answering the reviewer comments whilst I was on mat leave. You can find it here pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

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Georgina Menzies @georginamenzies.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

One week left in work before maternity leave and I don’t want to speak to soon but I am really getting through my to do list 😆 no one derail me now please!

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Georgina Menzies @georginamenzies.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Next up prof. Vincent Dion from the @ukdri.ac.uk is talking science fact, not science fiction, and telling us about his groups approach to finding a treatment for Huntingtons. @alzheimersresearchuk.org

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Georgina Menzies @georginamenzies.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Our second speaker of the day, Dr Lelos talking to us about cell therapy and how this might be used to treat Huntingtons. @alzheimersresearchuk.org

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Georgina Menzies @georginamenzies.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

ARUK public engagement at the @cardiffcity.bsky.social stadium. Dr Massey kicking it off by talking to us about Huntington’s Disease, what it is and how we might be cure it. @alzheimersresearchuk.org

Image shows a researcher in a stage explaining Huntington’s disease. He is talking about the CAG expansion found in this disease.

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Siewert-Jan Marrink @cg-martini.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Pre-announcement: MARTINI tutorial workshop, August 11-15th 2025 in Groningen, The Netherlands !! Learn basic and advanced Martini from the cocktail masters themselves. Registration will open soon.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Another report on how our high visa costs deter top R&D talent www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

"The UK's upfront immigration costs now vastly exceed other leading research nations, so the UK is struggling to compete.
EU countries can more easily attract talent from the EU due to free movement, and from non-EU countries due to their relatively low visa costs.
"Non-EU countries are also attractive to global research talent due to lower comparative immigration costs than the
UK."
British scientific institutions are having to spend huge sums on visa costs for cancer professionals they wish to attract and recruit.
The Francis Crick Institute, one of the world's leading biomedical research centres, is now spending more than £500,000 a year on visas for cancer scientists. Cancer Research UK institutes are spending almost £690,000 a year, up 44% from £470,000 in 2022-23.

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bioRxiv Biophysics @biorxiv-biophys.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

AF2χ: Predicting protein side-chain rotamer distributions with AlphaFold2 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Vanni Lab at UNIFR, Switzerland @labvanni.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Our lab is hiring 1 PhD and 1 Postdoc to study the mechanism of lipid transport using computational methods (Molecular Dynamics, AI). Fully funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social for 4 years, with amazing collaborators and excellent life and working conditions. Apply by email. Please share and repost!

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MDDB @mddbeu.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

📢 Our article calling for a #FAIR database for #MolecularDynamics simulation data has now been peer-reviewed and published in @naturemethods.bsky.social 📖 Read it here: rdcu.be/ef6YX 📝 Support the statement: bit.ly/3zVS3qm #MDDB #FAIRdata #collaboration

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Georgina Menzies @georginamenzies.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Final taught session of the year is done 🎉 I still have marking and in person assessments to do, but with 7 weeks left till I go on maternity leave it feels pretty good to be concentrating on final research bits and making sure all my students are in a good place before I go. 🧬🖥️

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Dima Lupyan @newyorkdimka.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The Free Energy Workshop (feworkshop.bsky.social) will happen on May 6-8th. If you're an unemployed #CompChem modeller or researcher and want to attend to network but cannot afford the $215 registration fee, please DM me.

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Free Energy Workshop 2025 (@feworkshop.bsky.social)

Organizing the largest workshop concerning Free Energy calculations within the United States.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

More than 2 decades ago the PINK1 protein was found to be linked to Parkinson's disease, but its structure and how it was activated was not known. Until @science.org today. A triumph for cryo-EM and structural biology, introducing new targets for drug intervention. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Georgina Menzies @georginamenzies.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

There is a lot of stress around job cuts and changes in the university at the minute, but Friday my lovely project students gave me the nicest card to say thank you for the help I gave them during their project. Little things like that from students make lots of the hard work so very worth it! 🥰

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Kira Shaw @kirasha.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Dementia devastates the lives of everyone it touches, but this #internationalwomensday let’s highlight the impact it has on women: www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/about-us/our...

ARUK “impact of dementia on women” report graphic

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Adriana Guatame-García @adriguatame.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬

There have been people less than helpful in my journey here. I wanted to acknowledge those too, bc I know I am not unique in this experience.
No thank you to the physics study assoc that made me sing songs about how women couldn't study physics without sleeping with the professor, the day I stepped into university life. No thank you to the 5th year physics student that decided to assign me a stripper name within the first minute of meeting me in the physics coffee corner in my first year. No thank you to the technician that was responsible for onboarding me on the use of the cluster in my third year who raised his eyebrows and asked me if that meant I was some sort of computer girl. No thank you to the senior researcher that sent me utterly inappropriate texts after a conference, then proceeded to apologise months later by telling me they had not been meant for me anyway so no hard feelings remain hopefully And no thank you to him for attending every conference I've been to since. No thank you to the people who told me that it was surprising that I was doing a PhD since I was a girl. No thank you to the man who mistook me for a coffee lady at a conference, and after having to correct him two times that I did not work there, responded with you should consider it. No thank you to the researcher that asked me what I was wearing underneath my outfit during a conference. No thank you to the physicist who declared to a room full of other physicists that biologists don't know how to design an experiment. No thank you to the people who have called me scary instead of strong and intimidating instead of intelligent.
And finally, no thank you to the exec board of the TU Delft, whose knee-jerk reaction to being held up a mirror about the social safety at the university, was to sue the party holding up the mirror instead of looking at the problems they highlighted.
... You have made me feel like I do not belong in science & I cannot forgive you for that.

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Denys Biriukov @denysbiriukov.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

🚨 All right, since this is a place of sanity now, let’s kick things off with an open PhD position in my team to work on simulating glycans and their interactions. If you’re passionate about computational biophysics and glycobiology, go ahead and apply! Any shares would be greatly appreciated. 🙃

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