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Christine Faulkner

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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Anyone brave enough for an adventure in the uncharted waters of plant immunity and cell biology? We have a PhD studentship available as part of the NRP DTP - join us! biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/how...
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How do the connections between a cell and its neighbours control how a cell responds? (FAULKNER_J27DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
Plant cells are connected to their neighbours via ‘tubes’ called plasmodesmata, creating an interconnected cytoplasm that joins cells within and between tissues and organs.
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Our @NRPDTP Doctoral Training Partnership PhD projects are now OPEN for an October 2027 start, based with leading supervisors at our world-class research institute. ⏰ Apply by 30 November 2026 Find out more: okt.to/gahjq4
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Doctoral Training Partnership | PhD opportunities for bioscience graduates
Our video offers an insight into the exciting and stimulating research environment that we offer to students joining the NRPDTP. The breadth of expertise and innovation on the Norwich Research Park allows PhD students to pursue multidisciplinary research with access to excellent facilities for their study.
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I wrote in the introduction to my PhD thesis that viral movement proteins *open* plasmodesmata... but... what if viral movement proteins induced formation of new plasmodesmata... that might also increase trafficking between cells... 🤔 ?
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Sebastian Samwald (Basti) he/him @samwalds.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This has originally developed out of a thought along the lines of: "What can you do if you only manage to get weak fluorescence signals?" A short explaining thread 🧵
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Annalisa Bellandi @annalisabellandi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Is your reporter dim or silenced, and you did not think about introns? Think again!
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Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research @mpipz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🔬Big news🥳 We’re excited to welcome Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán as new Director and head of the Department of Plant Virology @mpipz.bsky.social Her research focuses on how plant viruses interact with their hosts. 🎉Welcome to MPIPZ, Rosa 🌿🌱 www.mpipz.mpg.de/5842514/loza...
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The Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research welcomes Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán as new director
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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Join us for the next 📢 #CIBSS Seminar! 🗓 21 Jul 2026 | 12:00–13:00 👉 Prof. Dr. Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social (John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK @johninnescentre.bsky.social) 📍 BIO II/III, KS 00 009, Schänzlestr. 1 🔗More info: kurzlinks.de/fkvz #Seminar #PlantScience
Seminar announcement with photo of Prof. Dr. Faulkner.
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Plantae.org @plantaeofficial.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Plant Science Research Weekly --  Closing the gates: Plasmodesmal closure triggers stress responses (EMBO Reports) @pdchristine.bsky.social (Summary by Priyanka Babuta) buff.ly/mPXYRPW #PlantaePSRW
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Closing the gates: Plasmodesmal closure triggers stress responses | Plantae
Plasmodesmata are membrane-lined bridges between adjacent plant cells that control the exchange of signaling molecules and nutrients between neighbouring cells. Biotic stress is known to cause the…
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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
PSRW June 26 plantae.org/plant-scienc... (3/3) Cryo-EM of moss plasmodesmata; What happens after plasmodesmata close?; MAPK signaling in potato stress tolerance; Wall softening is key to snapping the Venus trap closed @madic.bsky.social @pdchristine.bsky.social @alepanda.bsky.social
Diagram showing putative ways that flytrap walls might soften, including changes to cellulose microfibrils, alterations in wall pectins, proton influx, rapid exocytosis, can calcium efflux.
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
VACANCY - Group Leader in Fundamental Biology of Legumes Closing date: 1 September 2026 Salary: competitive Contract: six-year tenure track or direct appointment, depending on experience Apply now: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
We're hiring for a Group Leader in Fundamental Biology of Legumes
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
#PlantScienceJobs
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Phil Carella @philcarella.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Check out our latest pre-print on the evolution of TIR activity/signalling: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Thank you Nacho!
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Emma Turley started her PhD expecting the effector ChEC108 would aid Colletotrichum establish infection, but she instead discovered that when it makes it's way to plasmodesmata it's bound by host HIPP6, triggering PD closure and impeding infection. #PlantScience
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
An exciting opportunity to join Dr Schreier's new group as a postdoctoral researcher is open for applications until 15 June 2026: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
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Postdoctoral Researcher | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the newly starting Schreier group at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of photosynthesis…
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
NEWS - New group leader to shed light on supercharged photosynthesis We are pleased to announce that Dr Tina Schreier will join the John Innes Centre as a tenure-track Group Leader in July 2026: www.jic.ac.uk/news/new-gro...
Dr Tina Schreier
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Plasmodesmal closure triggers stress responses! Turns out cells are generally better off with connections to their neighbours. This manuscript represents a decade-long team collaboration, with heroic effort from Estee Tee to lead it over the line! #PlantScience link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Plasmodesmal closure elicits stress responses - EMBO Reports
Plant cells are connected to their neighbors via plasmodesmata facilitating the exchange of nutrients and signaling molecules. During immune responses, plasmodesmata close, but how this contributes to...
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Thanks for having me! It was great to meet you all and see how dedicated you are to your science. The #TRR365 PIs should be very proud of their student cohort!
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We are devastated to announce that our colleague and friend Professor Philippa Borrill died over the Easter weekend following a rare immune system disorder (HLH). She was a fantastic scientist, collaborator and mentor, and a close friend to many: www.jic.ac.uk/news/profess...
Professor Philippa Borrill
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Two calcium doughnuts... 🍩🍩
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Pablo J. Sáez @pjsaez.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This is why we love #CalciumSignaling Look how mechanical damage triggers long range Ca2+ waves in this plant !! By @annalisabellandi.bsky.social, who is now around here ;) Full www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.org #microscopy #cell #mechanobiology 🧪🔬
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Join us in Norwich this July for the TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions! ☀️🌱🧬 Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international and local speakers. ⏰ APPLY by 30 March '26 New keynote speakers ⬇️
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TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions, 20th – 31st July…
Inviting Early Career Researchers to join international experts in discussing the latest approaches and discoveries in Plant-Microbe Interactions …
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Plant & Cell Physiology @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
📣Special Issue - call for papers📣 ‘Plant Vascular Biology: Functional Design for Transport and Signaling’🌱 Organising Editors: Koh Aoki, Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social, Yrjö Helariutta, Yuki Kondo & Misato Ohtani 📝More info & contact: academic.oup.com/pcp/pages/Sp... #PlantScience
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Special List
Plant & Cell Physiology publishes several special issues each year that cover a wide range of research topics in the plant sciences. Special issues are
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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Join us in Norwich this July for the TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions! ☀️🌱🧬 Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international keynote and local speakers. APPLY by 30 March '26 ⬇️ Click link for more info www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...
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TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions, 20th – 31st July…
Inviting Early Career Researchers to join international experts in discussing the latest approaches and discoveries in Plant-Microbe Interactions …
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
We're looking for a postdoc to join us in trying to map the routes by which different signals travel through plants and identify what information they carry. Link👇or get in touch! @johninnescentre.bsky.social #PlantSciJobs www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
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Postdoctoral Researcher (Faulkner Group) | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Faulkner Group at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of Cell & Developmental Biology.
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
We have a PhD studentship available for a student who wants to engineer immune responses by tinkering with the connectivity between cells. Based at JIC, collaboration with the Ezer lab, deadline 19th Jan, UK students only. Get in touch for more info! #PlantSciJobs www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Engineering plant immune responses (Plant BioDesign JIC project) at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Engineering plant immune responses (Plant BioDesign JIC project) at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
We have a PhD studentship available for a student who wants to engineer immune responses by tinkering with the connectivity between cells. Based at JIC, collaboration with the Ezer lab, deadline 19th Jan, UK students only. Get in touch for more info! #PlantSciJobs www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Engineering plant immune responses (Plant BioDesign JIC project) at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Engineering plant immune responses (Plant BioDesign JIC project) at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Katherine Denby 🌱🥬 @katherinedenby.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Very excited to advertise 15 plant engineering biology PhD projects @biologyatyork.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social & University of Bristol. 🪴 🥬 🔧 🧬 Come join this new Plant BioDesign community! www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
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Biochemical Society @biochemsoc.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Our Plant Proteins meeting has begun! Starting the day with his 2025 Early Career Research Award Lecture, Dr Tatsuya Nobori discussed the development of PHYTOMap, a novel method for multiplexed single-cell 3D spatial gene expression analysis in whole-mount plant tissues.
Professor Rob Hancock (left) and Dr Tatsuya Nobori (right)
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Oh Nacho - that's very kind of you to say... I hope I continue to live up to that!
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
You can ask my students about how annoying the fist pumping and/or welling up after their conference talks gets. 😬
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 14/10/2025
Today for #AdaLovelaceDay, which celebrates the achievements of women in STEM, read about the 10 most influential women in British science history, as chosen by leading female scientists: #WomenInSTEM royalsociety.org/about-us/who...
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Sure, happy to take a look!
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
This is betalain? ~550 Da? Is it in the cytosol? If soluble, I would expect it would pass through plasmodesmata in Arabidopsis. We can help you check if you want.
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
New pre-print from the team! The manuscript is @emma-raven.bsky.social's PhD work showing that whether a leaf is a carbon sink or a carbon source influences how they execute immune responses. Have a read! #PlantScience @johninnescentre.bsky.social
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Nikolai Adamski @nikolaiadamski.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
New #PhD opportunity in the Uauy lab @johninnescentre.bsky.social. Can we increase grain number in wheat by studying genes controlling organ identity? #wheat #spikelet #development biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/ide...
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Identity matters: understanding spike architecture to increase grain number in wheat (UAUY_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
Wheat provides 20% of the calories and protein consumed by humans. The world population will reach 9 billion by 2050, which requires food production to more than double. Although plant breeding has…
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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
New PhD opportunity in my group @thesainsburylab.bsky.social through the BBSRC NRP DTP Programme - see details of host to apply below biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/van...
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Vanishing Virulence: Investigating pathogenicity loss in a plant pathogenic fungus (TALBOT_T26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
What makes a plant killer lose its edge? This project will investigate why fungal pathogens lose virulence when they are grown in laboratory culture away from their host plant. Use cutting-edge…
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Susan Schlimpert @s-lab.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
We have a PhD opportunity available in our group @johninnescentre.bsky.social through the NRP Doctoral Training Partnership. Help us uncover the Hidden Diversity of Bacterial NLRs. Start date: October 2026. For more information and how to apply👉 biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/bey...
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Beyond Immunity: Uncovering the Hidden Diversity of Bacterial NLRs (SCHLIMPERT_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
Join us in exploring the hidden functions of ancient immune proteins in bacteria. Bacteria, like plants and animals, have evolved sophisticated systems to detect and respond to threats.
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Phil Carella @philcarella.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
New opportunity to undertake a PhD in my group ⁦‪at the John Innes Centre - if you’re interested in plant immunity and evolution check out the link!
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Understanding Host Compatibility in the Marchantia-Phytophthora System (CARELLA_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
The fossil record demonstrates that filamentous microbes invaded ancient plant cells with intracellular hyphal structures over 450 million years ago. To this day, a rich diversity of extant land plant...
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
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Rotation biology PhDs | John Innes Centre
Prestigious studentships, for entry in October 2022, this multi-disciplinary PhD programme includes; plant science, microbiology, biological chemistry, applied mathematics…
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
And check out the other opportunities at JIC! biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/project-for-...
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John Innes Centre | Doctoral Training Partnership
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
We have a project available for 2026 NRP Doctoral Training Partnership entry (i.e. PhD studentship opportunity!) How do cells communicate when it's hot? Don't know? Me either! Come work with us @johninnescentre.bsky.social and figure it out biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/how...
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How do cells communicate when it’s hot? (FAULKNER_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
Plant cells are connected to their neighbours via ‘tubes’ called plasmodesmata, creating an interconnected cytoplasm that joins cells within and between tissues and organs.
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Applications are now OPEN for the JIF Rotation PhD Programme This prestigious 4-year #PhD programme trains graduate students in Plant and Microbial Sciences at the JIC, @thesainsburylab.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social. 🗓️ Closing date - 13 November 2025 www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
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Rotation biology PhDs | John Innes Centre
Prestigious studentships, for entry in October 2022, this multi-disciplinary PhD programme includes; plant science, microbiology, biological chemistry, applied mathematics…
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Tough call. Both clearly expressions of great respect and a strong @johninnescentre.bsky.social legacy!
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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 15/09/2025
Oxford Biology is growing 📢 We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in: 🌱 Plant Sciences 🦉 Animal Behaviour 🔬 Molecular Cell Biology 3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7 Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3
Photo showing the inside atrium of the new Life and Mind Building
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
EVENT - Calling all teachers, A-level science classes and colleges! Registration is now open for the NBI Accessible Science Talks 2025 🗓️ Tuesday 7 October 2025 💻 Register here: jic.link/NBIAST2025
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
For sure great news for plant science, but it's actually *even better* news because you missed at least one! @tinaschreier.bsky.social
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
This is a fantastic talk by Chris Hawes @nhm-london.bsky.social. He speaks about #PlantMicroscopy in particular, but also the History of #Microscopy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAFZ... Have a look at this Obituary of Chris, too: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience
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'Leaves & Lasers' With Professor Chris Hawes | Nature Live Talk - Natural History Museum
YouTube video by Oxford Brookes Health & Life Sciences
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Awesome news Tonni! All the very best for your new adventure.
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Yesterday I talked* science with modellers, mathematicians, biochemists, cell biologists and geneticists. Sound like your kind of place? Join us! Applications for a tenure-track or tenured Group Leader ar JIC close Monday. (*I love chatting - if you come to JIC I *will* stop you in the corridor)
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