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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 1d

In #GENETICS, @jsrinivasanwpi.bsky.social and the team present a rescue-by-feeding approach, showing that feeding engineered E. coli containing neuropeptides to #Celegans mutants can successfully rescue behavior defects in worms. buff.ly/Qdw9Nsq

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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 2d

Mild stresses on the body, like fasting or cold exposure, can delay ageing. But how?

A new Insight Article explores how oxygen-sensing neurons in C. elegans trigger body-wide stress signals that boost resilience and extend lifespan.
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Working model of the hypoxia-mediated longevity pathway.

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Denise Walker @denisewalker.bsky.social · 2d

Kittens exploring the garden for the first time (while we all stood around anxiously trying to pretend we weren’t watching their every move)

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Denise Walker @denisewalker.bsky.social · 2d

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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 6d

One of today's winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry is UC Berkeley professor Omar Yaghi. Last year I wrote about Yaghi and Atoco, the startup he founded to commercialize his scientific breakthrough with a device that extracts water from air using just sunlight.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Startups Are Racing to Make Water Out of Thin Air

Materials that are bigger on the inside than the outside provide a futuristic solution to supply water to an increasingly arid planet.

www.bloomberg.com

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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 12d

🪱 Ready to take your C. elegans skills to the next level? Join our #EMBOCelegans course!

🎯 Learn hands-on genome editing, AI-driven imaging, microfluidics & uncover development, physiology & evolutionary insights.

📍 EMBL Heidelberg
📅 23 – 29 Mar 2026
👉 Apply by 8 Dec: s.embl.org/cel26-01-bl

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 12d

Hate seeks to divide us. But hope endures when we stand together. Our solidarity is with the Jewish community today. #britainstandstogether

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Cambridge Neuroscience @camneuro.bsky.social · 14d

📢 Deadline for Cambridge NeuroWorks Fellowship extended till 13th Oct 2025!

12 fellowship awards available, ~£117k each, for individuals from any sector in the UK or globally, with ideas at any stage to advance treatments for neurological conditions 🧠💡

Info: cambridgeneuroworks.org/programmes/f...

Fellowship Programme - Cambridge NeuroWorks

Fellowship programme Cambridge NeuroWorks is proud to introduce the Cambridge NeuroWorks Fellowship Programme, offering two transformative fellowship streams …

cambridgeneuroworks.org

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Denise Walker @denisewalker.bsky.social · 17d

One of my @somervillecollege.bsky.social science heros. Loved my Structural Biology tutorials with her.

The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 18d

Born #OnThisDay was Louise Johnson FRS, British biochemist and protein crystallographer. She was part of the team that was the first to solve the structure of an enzyme by x-ray crystallography, and she and her lab solved the structures of many other proteins through her career. #WomenInSTEM

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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · 18d

What do we know about the causes of #autism? @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Professor Laura Andreae speaks with BBC Radio 4's Inside Science about the genetic factors behind autism, particularly around twin studies.

🔊 Listen now: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

BBC Inside Science - The science behind autism - BBC Sounds

What do we know about the causes of autism?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · Jun 3

Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

Drosophila Genetic Database

The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...

www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk

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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 25d

🎉 Congratulations to Needhi Bhalla, UC Santa Cruz (www.bhallalab.com
), named a 2025 #ASCB Fellow! This honor celebrates her outstanding contributions to cell biology, leadership, & service. Fellows will be recognized at #CellBio2025 in Philadelphia this December. #CellBiology

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 25d

Over the last 8 years, Oliver Burton has tested >1000 different fix/perm combos, and here the final verdict is: "Burton's Best Buffer": 2% formalin, 0.05% Fairy dish soap, 0.5% Tween-20, 0.1% Triton X-100.

Yep, replace all of those expensive detergents with @pg.com dishwashing liquid

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Denise Walker @denisewalker.bsky.social · 24d

#caturday and neither surgery nor our silly suits slow us down, apparently

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Somerville College, Oxford @somervillecollege.bsky.social · 28d

Somerville's final Open Day of 2025 is this Friday! If you're thinking of applying to Oxford, please come and visit us between 8.45am and 5pm. It's a great opportunity to meet some of these friendly faces, learn about the college, and talk to our fantastic tutors.

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Somerville College, Oxford @somervillecollege.bsky.social · 25d

Our Emeritus Fellow Barbara Harvey is featured on today's episode of Last Word. Barbara's former colleague Professor Emeritus Joanna Innes speaks about her life and career, alongside her former student, Professor John Blair.

Last Word - Robert Redford, Barbara Harvey, Rosa Roisinblit, Stuart Craig - BBC Sounds

Matthew Bannister on a film star, a historian, a campaigner and a designer.

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British Neuroscience Association @britishneuro.bsky.social · 25d

Want to run your own lab one day?

In our Postdoc to PI series with Scientifica, Dr Sam Booker shares practical tips on the 5 pillars of academic independence:

Research, Funding, Teaching & supervision, Outreach and Balance

Register: tinyurl.com/337ww4mc

#PostdocLife #FuturePI #PhDLife

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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.bsky.social · 25d

#ICYMI spearheaded by Sofia Lövestam, Michel Goedert & @sjorsscheres.bsky.social's groups have identified a combination of 12 residues in tau’s fuzzy coat which, when mutated, facilitates assembly of amyloid filaments.
Read more in AlzForum: www.alzforum.org/news/researc...
#LMBintheNews #PAD12

Tau filaments formed into their distinctive paired helical filaments in Alzheimer's disease

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 25d

I will give the UCL Prize Lecture in Life and Medical Sciences. If you are in London on December 3, come say hello. Registration is required but free:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ucl-prize-...

UCL Prize Lecture in Life and Medical Sciences 2025

The UCL Prize Lecture in Life and Medical Sciences is a prize awarded annually since 1997 to individuals who have excelled in these fields.

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Denise Walker @denisewalker.bsky.social · 27d

This year, for Postdoc Appreciation Week, could we please STOP referring to them as TRAINEES!

They are exceptionally qualified professionals, highly experienced researchers, mentors, educators, world-leading experts in their field, grownups with responsibilities, not interns!

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Juliet Coates @julietccoates.bsky.social · 27d

Best practice by @embo.org : all #symposia are #hybrid for #inclusion and #accessibility. Supports #disability & #carers, #sustainability, #climate. This needs to be standard for all scientific meetings to become fully inclusive, non-discriminatory and sustainable. 🌿♿️🧑‍🧒

www.embl.org/about/info/c...

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · Sep 13

I still sometimes wonder how my life might have unfolded had I returned to the U.S. I might have gained more recognizable credentials. But I would have missed the chance to build a life here, to invest in a relationship with someone I love...

www.science.org/content/arti...

I thought science hinged on prestige. Moving abroad made me reassess my priorities

In Denmark, this Ph.D. student fell in love with an egalitarian society that values work-life balance

www.science.org

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Iris Hardege @ihardege.bsky.social · Sep 13

Are you interested in uncovering how the tiny C. elegans nervous system uses complex dopaminergic signalling to control behaviours? If so check out our new postdoc position, applications are now open: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Research Associate - Neuroscience Research Group (Fixed Term)

Post Doctoral Research Associate in Neuroscience (Fixed Term) Are you excited by the mechanisms of neurotransmission and behaviour and looking for a new opportunity? We are looking for an

www.cam.ac.uk

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Denise Walker @denisewalker.bsky.social · Sep 13

#caturday kittens again! Hope you’re not bored yet

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Claire Linney Author @clairelinney.bsky.social · Sep 9

A gentle reminder that you can ask (as in pay) Black people to talk about Black British history any month of the year. Not just October…

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