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@cilialab.bsky.social

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Group at MRC HGU using genetics, cell biology and lots of imaging to unlock the mysteries of mammalian #cilia. #cilia. #centrioles #cytoskeleton #RareDisease www.cilialab.co.uk

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Liz Miller @lizmillercu.bsky.social · 3h

Attention membrane traffickers! I'm recruiting a post-doc to my lab in Dundee. We're dissecting the functions of intrinsically disordered domains of COPII coat proteins. We think they control timing of coat assembly and morphology of carriers.

www.dundee.ac.uk/work-for-us/...

Postdoctoral Research Assistant - MCDB - UOD2016

Closing date: Thursday 6 November 2025, 23:59

www.dundee.ac.uk

Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 4h

Huge thanks to all the brilliant minds rallying behind this cause: Steve Bates, Sue Hill, Richard Scott, Stephan Sanders, Alan Karthikesalingam, Charlotte Guzzo, Deborah Richards, Karen Skinner, Adam Clatworthy, Julian Beach, Zubir Ahmed, Matthew Wood, and David Cameron 👏 /fin

Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 4h

This government's ambition? 50% of clinical decisions will be genomics-informed by 2035! 🧬 Harness the power of partnerships and openly share data. Patient voice MUST remain at the center. A coalition of the determined to shift not needles, but systems!
#RareDiseaseSummit2025 #RareDisease
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Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 4h

🏗️ Turn vision into action. Let's ensure our bold plans don't get buried in bureaucracy and printed in glossy documents...

💡 Despite the challenges, I left energized. Change feels possible—we're on the cusp of something transformative.

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Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 4h

🔨 Break down silos. We need to tackle data fragmentation to build a connected and resilient rare disease ecosystem.

🛣️ Revolutionary therapies need revolutionary regulatory routes. Who pays 💰 ? How do we create bespoke and novel paths to commercialization?

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Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 4h

🫥 Make it routine. Genetic testing as standard as whole blood work in the NHS—& we need to tackle stigma around genetic disorders.

💪 "Nothing about us, without us." Patients must be active participants, not just subjects of our research. Their voices constantly challenge us to do better.
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Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 4h

⏳ The opportunity is NOW. The UK has huge potential to accelerate innovation and clinical trials if we "move fast and in different ways."

⚖️ Equity matters. How do we avoid a two-tiered system and ensure everyone has access to diagnosis & delivery?
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Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 4h

Organized by @alexionpharma.bsky.social & Harriet Holme PCD Research, this Rare Disease Summit: Transforming Diagnosis and Treatment yesterday @crick.ac.uk brought together diverse experts to tackle critical challenges: too few diagnosed, too slow, & too few therapies.

🔑 Key takeaways:
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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 6h

Tomorrow at @ISTAresearch.bsky.social in Vienna at 4:30 PM I will show and discuss how shapes can emerge (and disappear) from mixture of microtubules and molecular motors.
#morphogenesis

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Manuel Thery @manuelthery.bsky.social · 1d

We hire!
The CytoMorpho Lab is looking for an engineer with a background in cell and molecular biology to join our team in Paris. This is a 18-month contract position, but we're open to exploring long-term opportunities.
More details here:
cytomorpholab.com/index.php/jo...

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 3d

I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Poster with QR code linking to the position

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 3d

My quote of the day

Nancy Hopkins et al., A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT (1999)

They found that discrimination consists of a pattern of powerful but unrecognized assumptions and attitudes that work systematically against women faculty even in the light of obvious good will. Like many discoveries, at first it is startling and unexpected. Once you "get it", it seems almost obvious.

Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to those who celebrate!! 20 years on I have finally managed to source key ingredients ahead of the American date… We are grateful for the people, the interactions & opportunities to move needles…

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Daniel Durocher @durocher1.bsky.social · 4d

9 days to go:
* 2 x open positions!
* Exceptional environment, competitive start-up package
* University of Toronto appointments
* Toronto has great (and peaceful) quality of life!

Daniel Durocher @durocher1.bsky.social · Aug 28

JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto.

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

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Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 4d

#AxolotlActivism- you see frog I see #Xenopus- this could be a #DevelopmentalBiology uprising!! ✊✊✊ 'If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution.' Emma Goldman

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 4d

Last 2 days in Trump's America - mainly around suppressing dissent and attacking science.

All actions available on www.trumpactiontracker.info

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGuv...

Main authoritarian things Trump has done since Wednesday - as of Fri 10th October

YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel

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Ewan Birney @ewanbirney.bsky.social · 5d

I am hiring! - looking for a Staff Scientist to co-run my research group with me. Staff Scientist is a senior professional scientist role at EMBL. Please forward to people you might know who could be interested! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Staff Scientist

About EMBL-EBI EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute is a data powerhouse, utilised on a global scale to advance scientific discovery through bioinformatics and solutions to some of the world’s mos...

embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 5d

Every time he does this a calculator somewhere in the country spontaneously bursts into flames

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Trump: "We're gonna be reducing the cost of medicines by 100%, 200%, 300%, 500% and even more than that."

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Torsten Wittmann @microtubule.bsky.social · 6d

Playing around with how to represent volume in #Snouty light sheet data. Here is a dividing hiPSC with endogenously tagged histone in all three orthogonal projections. Bluer is further away. If anything, it distracts from politics.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 6d

Best consideration deadline, Friday Oct 10:

#SCIMaP (scienceimacts.org) seeks to hire a Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist at U-Maryland to facilitate public engagement related to federal investment in science and health research.

umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...

SCIMaP job opportunity - https://umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/job/Research-Communications-and-Media-Outreach-Specialist_JR102577

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 7d

Canada vs. America

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 7d

Ling Jin, Muchen Liu and Xianrui Cheng report a centrosome-independent, self-organising microtubule aster that exhibits mostly inverted microtubule polarity and recruits cytokinesis signals to its centre.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
#OpenAccess

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 8d

Very sad news, John Gurdon has died.

A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner

His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.

An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers

www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS (1933-2025) | Magdalene College

Magdalene College is deeply saddened to announce the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS, who served as Master of the College from 1995 to 2002.

www.magd.cam.ac.uk

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Jean-Yves Tinevez @jytinevez.bsky.social · 8d

Job alert!

We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks?

See also on the forum:
forum.image.sc/t/research-e...

Research engineer in Bioimage Analysis for the researchers of the inIdEx FORMULA

Hi all We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks? The position is in the Instit...