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Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🚨 I am very happy (and relieved!) to announce that I secured Emmy Noether funding by the @dfg.de to start my own group at @unimainz.bsky.social , hosted by Marion Silies & Jakob von Engelhardt in August! 🚨 Website coming soon - open for name/logo suggestions. They better be funny tho!

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Sophia Petrillo with Megaphone in Golden Girls

ALT: Sophia Petrillo with Megaphone in Golden Girls

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Maike Kittelmann @maikekittelmann.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Thank you to @maxfarnworth.bsky.social for inviting me to present the latest data on the wonderful and weird #ctenophore nerve net and aboral organ, a great collaboration with @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social

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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Exciting times ahead - I'm beyond delighted to be joining @bristolbiosci.bsky.social in 2026! 🎉🕷️🎉🐌🎉 I'm also looking for a PhD student to join @multipleye-lab.bsky.social in our new home! Come and study the effects of light pollution on the evolution and development of spider eyes with us 🌃🕷️👀 👇

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Funded PhD - The impacts of light pollution on plasticity and evolution in spider visual systems at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Funded PhD - The impacts of light pollution on plasticity and evolution in spider visual systems at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Scientists for Global Responsibility @responsiblesci.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

An AI chatbot's per-query environmental impact may be small, but does focusing on individual AI usage miss the big picture? As Dr Simon Clark explained at our conference, it is time for transparency and regulation of large AI corporations, not individual guilt. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK0R... 🧪

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Climate, AI and ... me?

YouTube video by Scientists for Global Responsibility

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DrosEU @droseu.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

We are in Bluesky and we are happy to share our two last consortium publications: the DrosEU expanded DEST dataset and a Continent-wide study of phenotypic differentiation among European #Drosophila melanogaster populations (1/7)

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Pawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Our lab is 2.5 years into #ERC funding✨ Grateful for the support that enabled us to uncover the syncytial nerve net in a ctenophore - a discovery reshaping our understanding of nervous system evolution. Stay tuned for more exciting discoveries to come @erc.europa.eu www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DAE...

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Flying into sensory and mesogleal neurons from a ctenophore (comb jelly).

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

When the professor edits the student's draft

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Pawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Our new paper is out: "The 3D architecture of the ctenophore aboral organ & the evolution of complex integrative centers in animals. We reveal a remarkable cell type diversity, nerve net condensation, a multilayered circuit & gene expression profiles. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #ctenophores

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Anna Ferraioli @annaferraioli.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Excited to share our new work on the 3D architecture of the ctenophore aboral organ! We explored its remarkable cellular diversity and integration with the syncytial nerve net, uncovering connectivity and insights into the evolution of sensory complexes. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Heading home after a busy weekend @diamondlightsource.bsky.social with @maikekittelmann.bsky.social, @atal-pande.bsky.social and @samjakeengland.bsky.social @multipleye-lab.bsky.social ✨🕷️🪰 it's always a pleasure scanning and snacking through the days and nights!

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Isabel Almudi @isabelalmudi.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Happy to share our Slow cooked work together with @mcgregorlab.bsky.social, @posnienlab.bsky.social , @nuneslab.bsky.social sky.social and Saad Arif and the collaboration of @maikekittelmann.bsky.social, Fernando Casares & @laurensr.bsky.social and many other friends rdcu.be/d8whP

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Heterochrony in orthodenticle expression is associated with ommatidial size variation between Drosophila species

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obcbioimaging.bsky.social @obcbioimaging.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

WE ARE HIRING www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLM989/e...: The Oxford Brookes Centre for BioImaging are seeking to appoint an Electron Microscopy Specialist. This is a full-time, permanent position to lead the EM side of our work. Please contact Sue Vaughan svaughan[at]brookes.ac.uk if you have any questions.

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Electron Microscopy Specialist at Oxford Brookes University

Recruiting now: Electron Microscopy Specialist on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

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Carlotta Martelli @crltt.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

There is an open PhD position in our Lab! In collaboration with the lab of @manuperisse.bsky.social we will study how flies evaluate negative experiences based on context. More info here: mrtlllab.uni-mainz.de/we-are-hiring/

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We are hiring! - mrtlllab

We are hiring! Are you passionate about neuroscience and eager to understand how the brain processes negative experiences? The mrtllab is looking for a driven PhD candidate to study the neural mechani...

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Maike Kittelmann @maikekittelmann.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Great opportunity to do a #PhD with me! Think #Drosophila #eyes are fun to work with? Love to do #microscopy? Want to look into organ size regulation and evolution? Maybe even in a pest species? Get in touch and check out how to apply via Oxford Brookes University: tinyurl.com/37h7pudv

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Oxford Brookes Helps Train Future Science Leaders - Oxford Brookes University

Oxford Brookes partners with leading institutions to train the next generation of researchers addressing global challenges in life and environmental sciences.

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Maike Kittelmann @maikekittelmann.bsky.social · 06/01/2024

I am looking for a PhD student to work on Drosophila eye development and genetic regulation. We have funded Nigel Groome studentships here at Oxford Brookes University and a great collaborative fly community. Deadline is 26th January. More info here: tinyurl.com/2m4v546v

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Sebastian Kittelmann @sebkittelmann.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Want to understand how Hox proteins interact with each other and their co-factors to specify cell fate? Interested in nuclear receptors and how they control transcription? Want to do your PhD in a supportive and collaborative environment? Check tinyurl.com/3udpv43x or tinyurl.com/588rh7ws and DM me.

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PhD in The Oxford Interdisciplinary Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership at Oxford Brookes Unive...

We offer 2 places on the BBSRC funded DTP in the areas of plant cell biology, mammalian cell biology, molecular biology, parasitology and bioimaging.

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Maike Kittelmann @maikekittelmann.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

We are interviewing again for PhDs as part of the DTP! If you are interested in Drosophila, eye development, vision, gene regulation, bioinformatics and microscopy (or know someone who is) give me a shout and check out www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/rese...

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Maike Kittelmann @maikekittelmann.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

This will be a fun project and lots to learn about flies and microscopy!

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Matthew Freeman @mjafreeman.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

OK this is the mind-blowing image of the week for me: the total global biomass of mammals. Wild animals are a tiny proportion. From a paper by Ron Milo Lab at Weizmann Institute, via a great Oxford lecture by @marionkoopmans.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Maria Sachkova @mariasachkova.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Please spread the word: a funded PhD position at Bristol for UK students of Black heritage to study effects of climate change on venom composition in local jellyfish and sea anemone species! Deadline - January 8. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Maria Sachkova @mariasachkova.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Please spread the word - one more PhD position at Bristol to study the effects of climate change and bleaching on the coral venom! Will be happy to discuss the project 🙂 Deadline: Midnight, 4 December. Funded by SWBio DTP www.swbio.ac.uk/advancing-th...

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Pawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Want to understand the evolution of first brains? Come join us at the Michael Sars Centre in Bergen, Norway. Postdoc position available: "Decoding the gelatinous origins of brain evolution" as part of our #HFSP grant with Fred Wolf (University Göttingen) #ctenophores. link: lnkd.in/dez8YegG

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McGregor Lab @mcgregorlab.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Very cool paper describing the ommatidia and connectome of the lamina in the parasitoid wasp Megaphragma viggianii. Only 29 ommatidia in each eye! www.cell.com/current-biol...

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McGregor Lab @mcgregorlab.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

PhD project available to work on spider eye development, evolution and vision with me @laurensr.bsky.social and @viveknityananda.bsky.social iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships... Please RP.

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