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Quintana Lab @juanquintana.bsky.social · 3d

Beautiful story, congratulations everyone!

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 17d

The Brilliant and Super Bright dyes really do need the Brilliant Stain buffers, but be aware that these buffers are mildly fluorescent, so leave them out if you don't need the dye, and titrate them down when you use them. For many antibodies you'll get better effect at 20-fold less (and cheaper)

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Tara Sutherland @drtesutherland.bsky.social · 18d

We're looking for a Lead Scientist to join Flow Cytometry Centre in Aberdeen! Fantastic opportunity to deliver services, work with varied research groups, promote cytometry and further develop the facility. Aberdeen is a great place to live/work- APPLY NOW www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/cyto...

Cytometry Facility Lead Scientist (IMS313A) | University of Aberdeen

A Lead Cytometry expert post is available for a highly motivated flow cytometrist to deliver cytometry services, promote and develop the Iain Fraser Cytometry Centre (IFCC). This post is for a highly...

www.abdnjobs.co.uk

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 18d

Anyway, here is some actually incredible news

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Doug Dyer @douglaspdyer.bsky.social · 21d

We now have a very exciting technician post advertised as part of our long term Wellcome Trust funded team investigating the role of the glycocalyx during CNS inflammation. Supporint the lab, developing glycan analysis and research experience www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Technician in the Glyco-immunology (Dyer) Lab:Oxford Road

Include: background, duties, essential skills and experience, length of contract, full or part-time. Keep to 150 words.

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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Quintana Lab @juanquintana.bsky.social · 20d

Hopefully it’ll be for EVERYONE and not just for Americans.

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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 20d

Reform's ‘plan’ to revoke the legal status of millions of UK residents is morally abhorrent & economic madness

The public believe in fairness & mutual respect, not this cruel Trumpian policy that would leave us all poorer. We are not America - we must resist this dangerous turn in British politics.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 21d

Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain.

They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.

Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.

Farage vows to scrap indefinite leave to remain, placing thousands at risk of deportation

Reform UK plans to force non-citizens to apply for visas with high salary thresholds and no access to NHS services

www.theguardian.com

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Quintana Lab @juanquintana.bsky.social · 21d

Congratulations Tara!!! 🎉🎉

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 23d

For our #flowcytometry peeps, would you like to have a single fix/perm protocol that is optimised for everything? One that preserves fluorophores while allowing simultaneous TF and cytokine staining? How about 100-fold cheaper?

You got it:
currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Edinburgh Neuroscience @edinunineuro.bsky.social · 24d

Freebie webinar on career development coming up...

British Neuroscience Association @britishneuro.bsky.social · 24d

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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Tara Sutherland @drtesutherland.bsky.social · 24d

Aberdeen is hiring - Neuroimmunology Lectureship! Really exciting opportunity to join our supportive, collaborative and multidisciplinary Institute to carry out cutting edge translation research. Not to mention the scenery in the North East of Scotland is amazing www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...

Lecturer in Neuroimmunology, Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition (MED243A) | The University of Aberdeen

Browse and apply for current job openings at the University of Aberdeen across various schools, departments and roles, including admin and academic.

www.abdn.ac.uk

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 24d

How do your #linguistic, #economic & #gender backgrounds impact your #scientific productivity? @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social & co reveal that being a woman, a non-native English speaker, and from a low-income country is associated with a 70% reduction in productivity @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4n3RLRQ

Scientific productivity gap based on English-language peer-reviewed papers. Shown are the maximum % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers published by female native English speakers from a high-income country (-45%), female non-native English speakers from a high-income country (-60%), and female non-native English speakers from a lower-middle income country (-70%), compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country (red flag). Credit: Tatsuya Amano

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The Dunn School, Oxford @dunnschool.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our PhD studentship programme is officially open; pass it on

If you are looking for a fully-funded PhD in the mechanisms underlying human disease, here are the details...

Great science and a great environment!

www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...

Applications now open for our PhD studentship programme - Dunn School

Applications are now open to apply for our four year, fully-funded PhD programme in Molecular Cell Biology in Health and Disease.

www.path.ox.ac.uk

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Quintana Lab @juanquintana.bsky.social · 26d

Excellent opportunity in one of the best neuroimmunology & glycobiology around 👇🏼

Doug Dyer @douglaspdyer.bsky.social · Sep 12

We have a new Postdoc position advertised as part of our recent long-term Wellcome funding to join an established Postdoc and technician. I’m so excited to explore the role of the glycocalyx in CNS-inflammation. So many tools and expertise to work with! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Associate in in Neuro-Immunology and Extraceullar Matrix Biology (ImmunoMatrix):Oxford Road

Our Glyco-Immunology (Dyer) lab has produced published and preliminary data demonstrating that an under-appreciated structure, the glycocalyx, on endothelial- and immune- cells regulates immune cell recruitment by:

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Quintana Lab @juanquintana.bsky.social · 26d

This is beautiful Rebecca!

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Quintana Lab @juanquintana.bsky.social · 26d

A sad reality… gaslighting and performative actions are still the norm.

Equity in science is a beautiful lie — and I’m done pretending

Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system.

www.nature.com

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Quintana Lab @juanquintana.bsky.social · 27d

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says www.bbc.com/news/article...

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says

The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.

www.bbc.com

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Quintana Lab @juanquintana.bsky.social · 27d

Congratulations!

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Quintana Lab @juanquintana.bsky.social · 27d

This was such a great advice, Adrian. I went back over my budget and was able to identify our burn-rate & spotted a few transactions that shouldn’t have been charged to my grant. Everyone in the lab came together & helped me figure out a way to monitor expenses, so it was a great team exercise.

Quintana Lab @juanquintana.bsky.social · 27d

These amazing women are the first cohort of postdocs from the lab. Their enthusiasm & passion for science make this job worth doing. My gratitude goes out to them! @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

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Quintana Lab @juanquintana.bsky.social · 27d

Lastly we have Jessica Costa, who joined us after completing a PhD in neuroscience in Portugal. She’s our “brain & behaviour” person. In the lab, Jessica is leading projects on sleep & memory regulation during infections, & more recently on intrauterine & perinatal neurodevelopment (stay tuned!) 4/5

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Quintana Lab @juanquintana.bsky.social · 27d

Chloe Barnes @chloebarnes.bsky.social joined us after completing her doctoral studies with @lucyhjackson-j.bsky.social Chloe brings expertise in trypanosomes & gut immunology. In the lab, Chloe is investigating how chronic infection-induced gut inflammation alters the gut-brain axis. 3/5

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Quintana Lab @juanquintana.bsky.social · 27d

Alice Costain joined me from Andrew MacDonald’s lab when I was setting up my lab. She brought a wealth of knowledge in parasitology and immunology, but most importantly, she helped me shake the imposter syndrome off (a bit at least!). She focusses on the role of B cells in neuroinflammation. 2/5

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Quintana Lab @juanquintana.bsky.social · 27d

This week we celebrate the Postdoctoral appreciation week #PDAW - I’m thankful to the amazing & talented women that create a great & stimulating environment in the lab. I’m also grateful that they trusted me on guiding them as they develop their careers. 1/5

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