Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I gather you are skipping our leadership meeting at 3:30? Say hi to them for me!!!! 3120
Reposted by Sue BigginsKelly Dawe @corncolors.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The UGA Genetics Department is hiring! Please help spread the word. We have an opening for an Associate Professor/Professor in Genetics, Synthetic Biology, and Biological Engineering. See ad for details – and join us here in Athens, GA! 24174
Reposted by Sue Bigginstracey depellegrin @traceydepellegrin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The @c4lifesciences.bsky.social is seeking an Executive Director. CLS is a terrific group of engaged scientific & scholarly society leaders. Check out the position (ideal for a person experienced in policy & advocacy + Capitol Hill) & share w/interested, qualified folks.ascb.applytojob.comExecutive Director, Coalition for the Life Sciences - American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) - Career PageApply to Executive Director, Coalition for the Life Sciences at American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) in Bethesda, MD. 037
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Here it is! @basicsci.fredhutch.org is searching for an associate or senior faculty member! 12116
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Followers of @harmitmalik.bsky.social! Look for an exciting post today! 1101
Reposted by Sue BigginsSamantha Butler @samanthabutler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Please spread the news - the Department of Neurobiology at UCLA is hiring. This is an open rank search for all and any amazing neuroscientists! Please apply here by Nov 15th, first review end of October : recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11296recruit.apo.ucla.eduOpen-rank tenure-track faculty positionUniversity of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now! 07065
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Junior faculty position in Basic Sciences @fredhutch.org! Please repost! 38097
Reposted by Sue BigginsHarmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 03/03/2026My awesome colleague, @yarimura.bsky.social, is recruiting a postdoc to start at the end of 2026 or early 2027! His lab uses cryo-EM to uncover structural basis of key chromatin events using native complexes isolated from human cells or Xenopus egg extracts! careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs/30706/p...careers-fhcrc.icims.comFred Hutchinson Cancer CenterFred Hutch is dedicated to the elimination of cancer and related diseases as causes of human suffering and death. 13221
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Congrats Irini @irinakitop.bsky.social for this honor! Lucky to have you in basic sciences! 120
Reposted by Sue BigginsIva Tolić @ivatolic.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Mitosis lovers, get ready for Dubrovnik! 🔬🎉 I’m super excited to be organizing the 4th Mitotic Spindle Conference with Nenad Pavin, and we can’t wait to see you there! Want your abstract to be selected for a talk? Submit by Feb 8! www.phy.pmf.unizg.hr/~mitosis/ #SpindleCroatia2026 12915
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Congrats to @basicsci.fredhutch.org Professor Steve Henikoff for being the 2025 Rosenstiel Award recipient today! 080
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Excited that our latest paper is out! Congrats to Changkun Hu! This work revealed dependencies between kinetochore proteins for assembly that we didn't know about before and will be interesting to understand 0132
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 02/10/2025apparently immunity and brain aging according to Akhila! 110
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Looking for your next step in fly genetics? The Rajan Lab at Fred Hutch is hiring a staff scientist + postdoc for projects on fat–brain signals, immunity, and brain aging. Stable, long-term role in a collaborative lab. Apply: careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs/30062/j...careers-fhcrc.icims.comFred Hutchinson Cancer CenterFred Hutch is dedicated to the elimination of cancer and related diseases as causes of human suffering and death. 12511
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 15/09/2025New cell cycle meeting starts next summer! events.faseb.org/event/c40174...events.faseb.orgCell Cycle Regulation in Health and Disease.Explore breakthroughs in cell cycle regulation and its impact on disease and therapies at this new multidisciplinary scientific meeting. 0126
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Congrats Chandni and @harmitmalik.bsky.social on your 25th! 040
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Terrific department-amazing faculty position opportunity! Apply now! I 062
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Great work from Hahn lab @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social that changes how we think about transcription factor binding: 030
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 20/08/2025thanks Alex....was wondering what was going on in GM....is there anything notable about how the MYF grants were picked? 112
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Congrats to this fantastic group of @jcchildsfund.bsky.social postdoctoral fellows! Grateful to a fantastic Board of Scientific Advisors for all their work! 0111
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Grateful to the lab for celebrating 25 years and to @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social for being such a great place to do science! 3513
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 06/06/2025This is a really important additional concern with the proposed budget 100
Reposted by Sue BigginsFred Hutch Basic Sciences Division @basicsci.fredhutch.org · 30/05/2025🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Meghan Koch on being named a @bwfund.bsky.social 2025 Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease! The award supports her groundbreaking research @FredHutch exploring how maternal-offspring interactions shape neonatal health.bwfund.orgAnnouncing the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease - Burroughs Wellcome FundDURHAM, N.C. – The Burroughs Wellcome Fund proudly announces the 2025 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) award recipients. This year’s cohort represents a diverse group of… 001
Reposted by Sue BigginsHarmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Interested in postdoc opportunities in Seattle, WA? Join us May 6th for Seattle DROP, a virtual event about biomedical research in Seattle. Hear from recruiting faculty, finding the right mentor and enjoy lunch on us via a delivery voucher within the US! Registration: tinyurl.com/seattledrop25tinyurl.comSeattle DROP: Discover Research Opportunities for Postdocs 14850
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Terrific findings from Steve Hahn's lab in @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social! 03512
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Thanks to Coalition for Life Sciences letter to Kennedy and Bhattacharya: 010
Reposted by Sue BigginsCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 01/04/2025"This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history." Story on the decimation of NIH by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...?nature.com‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffsIn shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts. 401563652
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Inspirational spotlight on @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social faculty member Melody Campbell! nwasianweekly.com/2025/03/from...nwasianweekly.comFrom music to molecules: Fred Hutch’s Dr. Melody Campbell’s lab is one of the only electron microscopy labs studying integrinsGrowing up, Dr. Melody Campbell, 38, was part of the Campbell Quartet. 0184
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Congrats to Jeremy Hollis of @hutchbasicsci.bsky.social and all the other exceptional scientist who have received the 2025 Weintraub award! 121
Reposted by Sue BigginsRebecca D. Burdine, PhD @rburdine1.bsky.social · 21/02/2025#Devbio - please give @c4lifesciences.bsky.social a follow as we are working hard for #science and our community. If you have a story to share - please see below! We are collecting as many as we can. 044
Reposted by Sue BigginsCoalition for Life Sciences @c4lifesciences.bsky.social · 15/02/2025CLS members are speaking out! #SupportingSciencenytimes.comOpinion | American Science is Under AttackThe Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health. 066
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Congrats to BSD Professor Jesse Boom @jbloomlab.bsky.social! 050
Reposted by Sue BigginsFred Hutch Basic Sciences Division @basicsci.fredhutch.org · 24/01/2025Check out a fantastic @elife.bsky.social article highlighting @yarimura.bsky.social’s MagIC #cryoEM technique - a method using specialized magnetic beads that makes it possible to study the structure of proteins from dilute samples. elifesciences.org/articles/105...elifesciences.orgCryogenic Electron Microscopy: MagIC beads for scarce macromoleculesSpecialized magnetic beads that bind target proteins to a cryogenic electron microscopy grid make it possible to study the structure of protein complexes from dilute samples. 0179
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Our latest work using TIRFM to uncover mechanisms that stabilize the centromeric nucleosome: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....embopress.orgStable centromere association of the yeast histone variant Cse4 requires its essential N-terminal domain | The EMBO JournalimageimageCentromeres contain a histone H3 variant that is essential for kinetochore assembly. This work reports that the extended N-terminus of the budding yeast centromeric histone, Cse4, stabilizes... 02915
Reposted by Sue BigginsFred Hutch Basic Sciences Division @basicsci.fredhutch.org · 20/12/2024Get all the highlights from the Basic Sciences Division in our 2024 annual report! Hear from division director @SueBiggins.bsky.social, see event highlights, get updates from each of our labs, and so much more: buff.ly/4foiYKqbuff.ly 011
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Check out the impact of the JCC postdoctoral fellowships! Applications open for the next deadline-Jan 31, 2025 0115
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 03/12/2024some starter ideas and agree we need more ideas how to communicate to public 010
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 03/12/2024whenever we see misinformation, try to respond with evidence.....a tweet, a blog, an email, tik tok video? we need our comms teams to distribute more evidence... and Needhi is right that we need to organize to work with politicians....it would help if scientific societies could help facilitate.... 110
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Agree 100% We need to highlight advances such as HPV vaccine that has had incredible success reducing cervical cancer in a few years...so many examples...the public needs to better understand that science is truly helping them 1115
Reposted by Sue BigginsFred Hutch Basic Sciences Division @basicsci.fredhutch.org · 22/11/2024The best part of the week kicks off soon: Friday Afternoon Seminars! Can’t wait to learn about the latest research from Elyse Christensen in the @nlehrbach.bsky.social Lab and Liberalis Boila in Human Biology’s Kugel Lab. For all our @FredHutch.bsky.social colleagues, join us for two great talks! 052
Sue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 21/11/2024power out since tuesday's bomb cyclone....time to join bluesky! 060