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Steve Russell

@steverus.bsky.social
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Life-long fly biologist, vinyl junkie, Head, Department of Genetics in Cambridge

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge @geneticscam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📢 Exciting Opportunity for an outstanding and motivated scientist! 🔬🚀 We're delighted to advertise a Postdoctoral Research Associate position within Dr Felipe Karam Teixeira Group, Department of Genetics! Please see below details on how to apply : www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position to join the research group of Dr Felipe Karam Teixeira (https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/research-groups/karam-teixeira...
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Congrats on surviving
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
❤️❤️
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🤬🤬🤬
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We’re recruiting to an assistant/associate professorship in Pathogen Genetics- come and join us. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
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Assistant/Associate Professor in Pathogen Genetics
Applications are invited for an Assistant or Associate Professorship in Pathogen Genetics to be held in the Department of Genetics. We are searching for a talented individual with a track record of fu...
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Congratulations and obviously I love your model system.
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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The School of Biological Sciences at @cam.ac.uk is seeking a new Director for our Microscopy Bioscience Platform, which brings researchers together through open access to advanced imaging expertise and technology. Please share! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/directo...
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Director of the School of the Biological Sciences Microscopy Bioscience Platform (Associate Research Professor (G10)/Research Professor (G11))
We are seeking a new Director for the Microscopy Bioscience Platform (https://www.bio.cam.ac.uk/microscopy-platform), based within the School of the Biological Sciences city centre campus. This strate...
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Jason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Banger of a new RasgonLab study by Drs. Najmeh Nejat and Travis van Warmerdam on a new arthropod germline CRISPR delivery system. Knock-out AND knock-in by ORAL delivery! No more injections! Germline Engineering by Viral transduction (GEValT)
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fantastic work 😎
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My brother in law does these, a regular on L'Étape.
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Mad bastard😎
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I thought Yaxley-Lennon was living it up in a luxury villa in a Tenerife suburb
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Marco MILAN LAB @milanlab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Milan Lab is recruiting a new PhD student. Deadline: October 30th. Please, spread the news. www.irbbarcelona.org/en/careers/y...
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IRB Barcelona International PhD Fellowships - Extraordinary call 2026
The following will be offered in this call:Up to 8 FPI positions associated with the “Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento 2025” Call (funded by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación AEI- MICINN).Ch...
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Dave Merritt @butwhatifitsall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#911 I picked up my son, Jack, then aged 6, from school on 11 September 2001. It was a crisp, sunny autumn day, not unlike today, and as I drove from work to his school I listened in horror to the radio reports about the attacks on the Twin Towers. I watched on tv when I got home in increasing
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Mike Small @bellacaledonia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It was 50 years ago today Rock against Racism was created. MARK PERRYMAN recalls the moment... bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/09/11/t...
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The Letter that Rocked Racism
It was 50 years ago today Rock against Racism was created. MARK PERRYMAN recalls the moment. 11 September 1976, I can still remember the scene, just like every Thursday morning before lessons, the …
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Flash Nazi racism yes. A hint of protest the the world is burning due to climate change = immediate arrest & imprisonment. We are so fucked.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🤣🤣🤣
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwbz...
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Billy Bragg -There Is Power In A Union
YouTube video by Col “Honest Col”
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Interesting article in FT www.ft.com/content/c2d0...
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James Orr and the gospel of the new British right
Reform’s policy head is a Cambridge theologian with an enviable contact book and a belief in ‘faith, family and flag’
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🤬🤬🤬
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Prof Rachel Oliver @profrachelgan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Andrew Gilligan is claiming that an actual Baron who sits in the House of Lords is unqualified to lead a Cambridge college. These efforts to tear down Black excellence and revert Oxbridge to an old white men's club need to stop. Far, far too much tragedy has already come from this.
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Reminds me of the mnemonic for Scotland’s performance at the 78 World Cup: Peru Iran Scotland Holland
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Pieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We have written a statement in support of Ghent Uni's decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. We resist attempts to frame this as a punishment for "whistleblowing" or censorship of "controversial research". We invite all academics who share our views to sign our letter. forms.gle/qwN8xzEM5C7Q...
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Open letter on the suspension of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent University
We, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. With th...
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
She was a truly magnificent human being as well as a fabulously gifted musician- a sad loss to us all
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Chance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
say what you will about the myriad valid concerns with current LLMs but I personally will never get over the fact that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted to his literal death for downloading JSTOR and then a decade later, they downloaded & ingested the entire world and our IP laws just went ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I think you mean England. We have had some nice rain in the green and verdant west coast of Scotland over the past week😎
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Giorgio Gilestro @giorgio.gilest.ro · 15/08/2026
It was alleged that Jason Arday was an academic fraud mainly based on accusation of plagiarism initially moved by Nathan Cofnas. I have compared Arday's thesis with the one he's been accused of copying and found a bare 4.2% similarity.
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Let the backlash begin.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 15/08/2026
With respect to Cofnas, why is nobody talking about this in the MSM? > We find it [improbably] that [he] was the best out of 14 candidates for this job[. His boss] repeatedly stated in the press that [he] published in highly ranked journals and had been affiliated with leading institutions. 1/n
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Andy Fraser @andyfraser.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Your reminder that 2 degrees of global warming does not mean “temperatures will be a little warmer, what’s the biggie?” - it means the probability of extreme drought and heat has gone off scale higher. And if the number of unliveable days goes from zero to quite a lot, well that’s unliveable.
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
😂
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The Jason Arday story is by no means the biggest scandal at Cambridge University. I'm sure the media is going to pick this up and run with it in just the same way ... Or is the exaggerated CV of one Black professor somehow more important than this?
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Sad to see the genius William Orbit has gone. Love the Strange Cargo & Bass-O-Matic records. Ray of Light is clearly an Orbit record with Madge on vocals. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...
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William Orbit, pop producer for Madonna, All Saints and more, dies aged 69
Musician’s projects included Madonna’s Ray of Light, Blur’s 13 and All Saints’ chart-topping singles Pure Shores and Black Coffee
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I don't know if Jason Arday is liar. I do know the person who has dedicated himself to Arday's ruin thinks Black Africans are inferior to white people and makes a career out of trying to prove it. Cofnas should have no place in this arena
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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I recall my wife “sold” it to the University back the, it was cover of an alumni (?) magazine back in the day.
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is one I took ~38yrs ago from top of now demolished Genetics Department
Sunrise with clouds behind a university spire
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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Hi all, putting feelers out: folks looking for a job ASAP in the 🇬🇧 in Cornwall, or willing to move? Collaborating group hiring a couple roles with skills in any of: - insect injections (incl. gene edits) - machine learning for image analysis - experience with 🦋 a plus! Can email me at link below.
experts.exeter.ac.uk
Discovery
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Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge @geneticscam.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Year 12 students from the Emmanuel College Summer Residential Programme joined us in the Department of Genetics for hands-on activities exploring developmental biology, genetics, and biomedical research. Many thanks to our postdocs who led the sessions. #ScienceOutreach #STEM
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I to have been enjoying this.
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Darrell Mitchell #MDANT @fac53.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Now playing The Early Years #modernmoonlight contender for album of the year from @soniccathedral.bsky.social I can here echoes of New order, LCDsoundsystem and A Certain Ratio definitely worth the wait 🖤
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
4 tries in Jo’berg is impressive!
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
It’s just getting silly now😵‍💫
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
As always. We have just been discussing the “houses (brick shithouses)” they bring on.
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Sorry I spoke☹️
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
You have watched us before I take it?🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Steve Russell @steverus.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
At this point I’ll take the draw😎
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