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Katy

@katyboots.bsky.social
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Postdoc with @HelenWeavers @BristolBiochem 🔬 PhD with @FelipeKTeixeira @GeneticsCam Interested in stress responses, translational regulation, development 🪰

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Katy @katyboots.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Had a brilliant time repping Drosophila at Pint of Science with @helenweavers.bsky.social this week 🪰 🔬 🧬 Thank you to the Bristol @pintofscience.uk team and @nc3rs.bsky.social, and everyone that came out to see us on a rainy tuesday night! 🍻 #Pint26
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Katy @katyboots.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Aaand... my first cover!! RpS6 phosphorylation (magenta) in a Udd (ribosome biogenesis factor) mutant ovary 🔬
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Katy @katyboots.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
So excited to finally be able to share my first paper and the culmination of my PhD work with @felipekteixeira.bsky.social 🪰🔬 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Systematic analysis of noncanonical ribosomal protein paralogs does not provide evidence for specialized functions in Drosophila
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Inside each of us there are two wolves Both of them are saying: "mate, those aren't resurrected direwolves, they're just modern wolves with a few gene tweaks and a ludicrous amount of hype."
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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
What about questioning the entire business model behind deliberately underfunding UK universities and making them depend financially on overseas tuition fees?
theguardian.com
Fall in overseas students fuels threat to English universities despite rise in fees
Higher tuition costs have already been ‘wiped out’ by government tax hikes, critics claim
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Katy @katyboots.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
The collective sigh and desperate hopes that maybe they'll keep on walking as 3 loud americans enter our train carriage...
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Katy @katyboots.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Pharmacist sent me some "helpful links" for pain management after routine med review. I've had chronic pain >10yrs, diagnosed with #fibromyalgia ~9yrs ago, and #hEDS #HSD this year. No amount of positive thinking or fucking mindfulness is going to make my body produce collagen correctly 🤬
Screenshot from "helpful website":
Bold capitals: Have you been on pain medication for over 3 months? It's time to book a review with your GP. After 3-6 months your body would have healed or settled as much as it is going to. Taking medication for longer runs the risk of you becoming unintentionally addicted. 
Clickable button: How to book a review.Screenshot from "helpful website", suggesting ways to manage your pain without medication:
Remaining Positive. With a positive mindset it's easier to stay motivated and look ahead.Screenshot from "helpful website", suggesting ways to manage your pain without medication:
Mindfulness Techniques. Mindfulness encourages the acceptance of the pain and can calm your natural instinct to tense up.Screenshot from "helpful website", suggesting ways to manage your pain without medication:
Positive Imagery. Also known as visualisation, is a relaxation technique that aims to help lower the levels of stress hormones in your body.
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Katy @katyboots.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Why does this sound like a threat?
Email from Trainline saying "Get ready for Crewe"
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Katy @katyboots.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This has reminded me of the most Middlewich headline ever, courtesy of the Middlewich Guardian a few years ago #salttown
Picture of a newspaper with the headline "Best thing since salt"
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Katy @katyboots.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Thrilled to be able to share my PhD work with @FelipeKTeixeira @GeneticsCam doi.org/10.1101/2024... Give us a read if you're interested in #ribosome heterogeneity, #devbio, #translationalcontrol & #drosophila 🪰🔬
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Ribosome abundance, not paralogue composition, is essential for germline development
Ribosomes catalyse all protein synthesis, and mutations altering their levels and function underlie many developmental diseases and cancer. Historically considered to be invariant machines, ribosomes ...
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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I refuse to join Bluesky - I don’t want to become part of an EcoRI chamber
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