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Researcher of chromatin, transcription, DNA repair, splicing & actin. Mostly microscopy. @unibirmingham

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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Looking for a PhD? @crick.ac.uk PhD applications for next year are open. 4 year program with lots of outstanding projects on offer. If you are interested in viral host interactions, cytoskeleton, cell bio, live cell imaging - see Way lab project + video. plz repost www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...
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PhD student positions
PhD projects for the 2027 Crick PhD programme.
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Jens Schmidt @jenscs83.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We are recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to study DNA damage repair via the homologous recombination pathway using quantitative cell biology approaches. The position will be initially supported for two years by the MSU Research Foundation Postdoctoral Scholars program. Please share! 1/5
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Andrew Straw @andrewstraw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We are hiring! Come join us in the Straw Lab at the @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social . Seeking a scientist to work on the neural and computational mechanisms of visual navigation in honey bees. uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...
Bee trajectories in agricultural landscape and two photon microscope for in-vivo calcium activity imaging.
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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Drosophila people - I *really* need to know the story behind the naming of the Turandot genes. I have backtracked to the 2001 papers from the Hultmark lab and there's no explanation! @hansonmark.bsky.social do you know?? Any other fly stress response peeps? Opera fans? 🪰
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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Stand Up To Racism announces protest outside Reform UK’s conference in Birmingham
It claims that Nigel Farage’s organisation is providing a platform to the head of the French National Rally, which is 'rife with fascists and racists'
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FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
As you may know, NIH abruptly terminated funding to FlyBase curators based in the United Kingdom. Please help us retain these curators and thereby enable ongoing curation of bibliographic, genetic and phenotypic data by contributing annually (tinyurl.com/4jw65mbb). Thank you. #FlyBase
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stefankoestler.bsky.social @stefankoestler.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My poster (396) is ready to view at #IMC21. Looking forward to discuss.
Scientific poster showing 10x expansion microscopy revealing DNA repair nano foci and a procedure for correlative pre-/ postexpansion imaging.
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Royal Microscopical Society @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
#IMC21 - 'Early Bird' ticket deadline *THIS FRIDAY* (17 July) Don't miss out on our 'Early Bird' rates 🐤 for the 21st International Microscopy Congress🙂 Book now: www.imc21.org.uk
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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.ac.uk · 08/07/2026
Opportunity for a #postdoc to join Sven Truckenbrodt's group in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, developing expansion microscopy technology & imaging tools for optical #connectomics! www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12… Apply by 21 JUL #PostdocJobs #ScienceJobs
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 07/07/2026
Did you know that there are around 39 trillion microorganisms living inside your body right now? The Government Office for Science have released a new explainer on your gut microbiome and why it's so important to your health. #GutHealth #BackedByUKScience www.youtube.com/shorts/RBvZzicM12c
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What is the gut microbiome?
YouTube video by The Government Office for Science
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
🔥 Now just under 81,000
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Johan Duchêne @johanduchene.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
@sholtodavid.bsky.social Have you seen this WB from ThermoFisher? Still anti-p53 antibody, but another clone (MA-12648 instead MA5-12557). It also looks like that the band in lane 3 was rotated and reused in lane 4. Moreover, it seems that same band was used for the 2 different clones.
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Royal Microscopical Society @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Less than *five months* to go before the 21st International Microscopy Congress #IMC21 🔬 kicks off in Liverpool! Find out more - including details of our congress symposia, exhibition and pre-congress Workshops - and register now! 🙂 ow.ly/iof750YFOLA
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NFDI4BIOIMAGE @nfdi4bioimage.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We have some good news, regarding the 19th @openmicroscopy.org (#OME) Community Meeting from 28.-30.4.2026! To ensure that everyone can participate, we have decided to hold the event in a hybrid format. 👉 Receive further information about your online participation: gerbi-gmb.de/machform/vie...
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Royal Microscopical Society @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Just a few days left to submit your abstract for the 21st International Microscopy Congress #IMC21 - Deadline *THIS FRIDAY* (20th March) Don't miss the chance to share your work with the global #microscopy community in Liverpool this summer! 🙂 🔬 Abstract submissions: ow.ly/sknS50Yv9pk
Liverpool waterfront at sunset with historic buildings promoting the 21st International Microscopy Congress in 2026.
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Izzy Jayasinghe @ijayas.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
🚨New paper out today in @acs.org ACS Nano, showing how expansion microscopy can visually quantify the cell surface receptor turnover mediated by signalling & receptor organising machineries on the surfaces of endosomes, some of the smallest organelles in cells. 🧪 🔬 1/ pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
A surface rendered view of an endosome. The endosome surface is rendered in blue with dimples on it. In specific regions of the endosomal surface, clusters of proteins are seen as aggregates of blobs, coloured in yellow and red.
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Cécile Courret @cecilecourret.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
🔬 Recruiting a Postdoc!!!! I’m looking for a motivated postdoc to join my lab and work on characterizing the role of a heterochromatin protein involved in a sex-ratio meiotic drive system in Drosophila. If you know someone who might be interested, please share widely!
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FragileNucleosome @fnucleosome.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
We've got two exciting chromatin talks coming up on Wednesday next week: @epijenatics.bsky.social from @jbuenrostro.bsky.social's lab and @ambystoma22.bsky.social! register and join us: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
2nd postdoc job alert in the Crick Institute in London. Project will examine the role of motors & the cytoskeleton (actin, septins and microtubules) during vaccinia virus egress using biochemical, structural & cellular approaches + live cell imaging. spread the word. crick.ac.uk/WayPostdoc20...
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Postdoctoral Fellow - Cellular signalling and cytoskeletal function lab
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Claire Dessalles @clairedessalles.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
📢Internships on cellular nematics! 🔬Come for the pretty images, stay for the cool physics: each project combines in vitro experiments with advanced microscopy and image analysis. 📧Feel free to DM or email me with any questions.
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Josh Riback @superscijew.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
(1/10) How do diverse leukemia mutations converge on the same molecular program? In #RibackLab first manuscript @cp-cell.bsky.social, collaboration with @goodell-lab.bsky.social shows that disparate mutations rewire shared protein networks to form nuclear condensates called C-bodies.
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eurobioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Don't miss this opportunity to get funding for a training course!
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Susi Bantele @sbantele.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗡𝗔 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲?Excited to share our new study “Repair of DNA double-strand breaks leaves heritable impairment to genome function”, revealing DNA repair’s hidden cost, out now @science.org tinyurl.com/5n6zw3ye. Led by @sbantele.bsky.social and Jiri Lukas.🧵👇1/n
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Repair of DNA double-strand breaks leaves heritable impairment to genome function
Upon DNA breakage, a genomic locus undergoes alterations in three-dimensional chromatin architecture to facilitate signaling and repair. Although cells possess mechanisms to repair damaged DNA, it is ...
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FragileNucleosome @fnucleosome.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
🥁This Wednesday , in #FragileNucleosome seminar, we are excited to host @hannahlong.bsky.social and @jeffvierstra.bsky.social to tell us about amazing work they are doing! 🗓️Register here for upcoming session and the entire series: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊 @bethcimini.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Do you want to learn more about 25+ bioimage analysis tools, 100% for free? Sign up to attend Halfway to I2K today! tinyurl.com/Halfway-to-I... Wishing you'd submitted a tool or workshop but missed the deadline? GREAT NEWS, we just extended one week! Submit by Friday - airtable.com/app2zpB8d82r...
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Prakash Lab at Stanford @prakashlab.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
An intimate conversation about what drives me every day in “sharing experience” of science by getting tools of science in hands of kids everywhere. themicroscopists.bitesizebio.com/episodes/man...
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The Microscopists | Manu Prakash (Stanford University)
We're thrilled to bring you this episode of The Microscopists with an absolute force in accessible science and microscopy innovation—Manu Prakash of Stanford University.Manu shares the origin of th...
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Séamus Holden 🔬🦠🧫 @seamusholden.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
PhD project available in my lab. Email me with CV if interested www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #microsky #bioimaging
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Using super-resolution microscopy to investigate the mechanistic principles of bacterial cell wall remodelling at University of Warwick on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Using super-resolution microscopy to investigate the mechanistic principles of bacterial cell wall remodelling at University of Warwick, listed on FindAPhD.com
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eric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
🪰 folks! I spoke to the Transmitter about FlyBase. As noted at flybase.org, bridge $ ran out and many staff were laid off. Good news is stopgap contributions will keep core FlyBase operations active. But community support remains essential. Please donate @FlyBase and share! 1/2 tinyurl.com/FlyBase
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FlyBase secures funding for year, but future still uncertain
The FlyBase team’s fundraising efforts have proven successful in the short term, but restoration of its federal grant remains uncertain.
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 24/10/2025
Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is FUS (RNA binding protein)! 🧫🧬 Our stem cell lines and plasmids are fluorescently-tagged to illuminate cellular structures and available for just the cost of shipping. 📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social and @addgene.bsky.social
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Suyang Zhang @suyangzhang.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Our lab @mrclmb.bsky.social in Cambridge is seeking a passionate PhD student to explore transcription-coupled splicing! Join our team for an exciting project to understand human gene regulation 🧬 Feel free to get in touch directly #PhD #cryoEM #biochemistry www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int...
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Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Thrilled to see our preprint featured in Science News! 🩸 Big thanks to Holly Barker for writing such a thoughtful piece about our work. So exciting to see broader attention to menstruation research and new model systems! www.science.org/content/arti...
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Lab mice can now have periods like humans
Studies of rodents with a menstrual on/off switch could help people with endometriosis and other disorders
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FragileNucleosome @fnucleosome.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
👀Next Wednesday, Oct 22nd, at #FragileNucleosome seminar, we are excited to host @alicelaigle.bsky.social and @seungsookim.bsky.social to tell us about amazing work they are doing! 🗓️Register here for upcoming session and the entire series: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Dr Radu Zabet @raduzabet.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
DNA methylation is one of the most studied epigenetic modification associated with regulation of gene expression. Bisulfite-converted genomic DNA sequencing has been the current gold standard in the field for building genome-wide DNAm maps at base pair resolution.
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Alper Akay @alperakay.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
New BBSRC funded PhD opportunity in my group with Inspiralis Ltd and @conradn.bsky.social. If you are interested in RNA - protein interactions and RNA modifications check the details below for how to apply. @nrpdtp.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bdzvn4dr
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How do RNA molecules shape genome regulation in the nervous system? (AKAY_U26CASE) | Doctoral Training Partnership
This PhD project will investigate how RNA modifications influence the activity of topoisomerase I (TOP1), a crucial enzyme that regulates DNA supercoiling during replication and transcription. Using C...
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) @istaresearch.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Join us for the Austrian Cryo-EM Symposium from Nov 11–12 at ISTA! Top speakers, cutting-edge cryo-EM, and a chance to explore Vienna & the ISTA campus. Register now 👉 cryoem-symposium.pages.ist.ac.at/registration/ #cryoEM
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stefankoestler.bsky.social @stefankoestler.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
#racism in the UK is becoming more visible. This is a great way to respond.
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Cahir O'Kane @cahirokane.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
When BCE (before the confocal era) turned into CE (confocal era) - 1987
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Siân Culley @superresolusian.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
BioImage analysis friends - King's are recruiting for a full-time, permanent facility position! Come and work with fun microscopes and fun people (and me!) - please share! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/126345-...
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Bioimage Analysis Specialist | King's College London
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Julia Batki @juliabatki.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I am excited to announce that we are looking for a Lab Manager @fmiscience.bsky.social in Basel. If you want to be part of a growing team investigating development and tissue formation, and are enthusiastic about helping set up a new lab, please check out the role: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
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Friedrich Miescher Institute, open position
Friedrich Miescher Institute, open position
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Drew Berry wehi.tv @drewberry.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Delighted to publish my new molecular animation: DNA Break Repair by Homologous Recombination youtu.be/Xe-83tBcxhs
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DNA Break Repair by Homologous Recombination (2024) Drew Berry wehi.tv
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
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Harvard University lays off fly database team
The layoffs jeopardize this resource, which has served more than 4,000 labs for about three decades.
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Harvard Med Cell Biology @harvardcellbio.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Thoughts from our own Tom Rapoport on the role of basic science in curing disease. magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/rev...
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“Revolutionary Science Comes from Unexpected Angles”
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Mounia Lagha @laghalab.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
#jobAlert We are hiring! If you like #imaging ,gene regulation and a dynamic group please apply. We are looking for a research assistant with a master degree and prior experience in academia.
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FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
FlyBase.org release FB2025_03 is live! Go enjoy the refreshed data.
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FlyBase: a database for drosophila genetics and molecular biology
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Yad Ghavi-Helm @yghavi.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
📢 We are recruiting! Several projects are available and can be tailored to the candidate's profile. Most include confocal imaging/spatial OMICs technologies. Please share and RT 🙏
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eurobioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The #ImageData Community Days provided a space for tool exchange, such as CAREamics, HealthRI, TissUUmaps, Microscopy Image Browser, Bia-bob, Pyfix3d & TrackMatev8. 🔬✨ 🎥Discover them in our session recordings: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Image Data Community Days
The 'Euro-BioImaging Image Data Community Days' took place in April 2025 and brought together Euro-BioImaging Node staff, researchers, and other experts from...
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Vicki Metzis @vmetzis.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Interested in developmental epigenetics? So are we! Apply now to join us for your postdoc! Multiple positions across multiple groups @mrc-lms.bsky.social Projects spanning germline demethylation, gene regulation, genome architecture in development & disease 👇👇 lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacanci...
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MRC Postdoctoral Research Scientists x 5 - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
Applications are now open for up to five postdoctoral positions in the area of developmental epigenetics.
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Kai Johnsson @kjohnsson.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Teaching an old bacterial protein new tricks: Fast, bright and reversible rhodamine tags for live-cell imaging: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Congratulations to Julian Kompa and the entire team.
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Fast, Bright and Reversible Rhodamine Tags for Live-Cell Imaging
We present Rho-tag and SiR-tag, engineered protein tags derived from bacterial multidrug-resistance proteins that bind unsubstituted (silicon-) rhodamines with nanomolar affinity, enabling fast, rever...
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Marko Kaksonen @kaksonen.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Hello microscopy and imaging experts and enthusiasts! We are looking for a staff scientist to join us here in Geneva to work on microscopy and image analysis projects! See the link for the job announcement (in French and in English). Please apply and/or repost! jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
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