The Rosalind Franklin Institute
@rosfrankinst.bsky.social
We are a technology institute for life sciences - creating innovative technologies to transform our understanding of life and find new pathways to improve human health.
Meet Shigeyuki, a visiting researcher from @jeoleurope.bsky.social
Shigeyuki is currently working with the electron microscopy teams at the Franklin to install and set up UK’s first chromatic aberration-corrected electron microscope - a cutting-edge instrument developed in collaboration with JEOL.
Shigeyuki is currently working with the electron microscopy teams at the Franklin to install and set up UK’s first chromatic aberration-corrected electron microscope - a cutting-edge instrument developed in collaboration with JEOL.
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Meet Shigeyuki, a visiting researcher from @jeoleurope.bsky.social
Shigeyuki is currently working with the electron microscopy teams at the Franklin to install and set up UK’s first chromatic aberration-corrected electron microscope - a cutting-edge instrument developed in collaboration with JEOL.
Shigeyuki is currently working with the electron microscopy teams at the Franklin to install and set up UK’s first chromatic aberration-corrected electron microscope - a cutting-edge instrument developed in collaboration with JEOL.
𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: Alisson Chiquitto
During his time at the Franklin, Alisson led the development of GENNUS, a generative approach for improving mirtron and canonical microRNA classification - now published in NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics.
Read the paper: tinyurl.com/bdjskwjs
During his time at the Franklin, Alisson led the development of GENNUS, a generative approach for improving mirtron and canonical microRNA classification - now published in NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics.
Read the paper: tinyurl.com/bdjskwjs
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: Alisson Chiquitto
During his time at the Franklin, Alisson led the development of GENNUS, a generative approach for improving mirtron and canonical microRNA classification - now published in NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics.
Read the paper: tinyurl.com/bdjskwjs
During his time at the Franklin, Alisson led the development of GENNUS, a generative approach for improving mirtron and canonical microRNA classification - now published in NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics.
Read the paper: tinyurl.com/bdjskwjs
📢We’re Hiring: NMR Facilities Manager
Join us in managing and advancing our NMR Spectrometers to support cutting-edge research in small and large molecule characterisation, including biomolecules and ligand interactions.
👉🏻 For more details, and to apply, follow this link: tinyurl.com/yuwj6wkd
Join us in managing and advancing our NMR Spectrometers to support cutting-edge research in small and large molecule characterisation, including biomolecules and ligand interactions.
👉🏻 For more details, and to apply, follow this link: tinyurl.com/yuwj6wkd
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📢We’re Hiring: NMR Facilities Manager
Join us in managing and advancing our NMR Spectrometers to support cutting-edge research in small and large molecule characterisation, including biomolecules and ligand interactions.
👉🏻 For more details, and to apply, follow this link: tinyurl.com/yuwj6wkd
Join us in managing and advancing our NMR Spectrometers to support cutting-edge research in small and large molecule characterisation, including biomolecules and ligand interactions.
👉🏻 For more details, and to apply, follow this link: tinyurl.com/yuwj6wkd
We’re heading to careers fairs at @universityofleeds.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk, @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social & @unisouthampton.bsky.social! 🎓
If you're curious about doing a PhD, come and chat with us - our programme opens later this year and we’d love to tell you more.
If you're curious about doing a PhD, come and chat with us - our programme opens later this year and we’d love to tell you more.
October 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We’re heading to careers fairs at @universityofleeds.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk, @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social & @unisouthampton.bsky.social! 🎓
If you're curious about doing a PhD, come and chat with us - our programme opens later this year and we’d love to tell you more.
If you're curious about doing a PhD, come and chat with us - our programme opens later this year and we’d love to tell you more.
Meet Kathryn, studying SARM1 with cryo-electron tomography to better understand the structure and association of the protein in situ, as part of a collaboration with AstraZeneca and the Franklin.
Excited to see where her research leads next!
Excited to see where her research leads next!
October 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Meet Kathryn, studying SARM1 with cryo-electron tomography to better understand the structure and association of the protein in situ, as part of a collaboration with AstraZeneca and the Franklin.
Excited to see where her research leads next!
Excited to see where her research leads next!
Welcome to our new PhD cohort! 🎓
This month, we’re thrilled to welcome a talented group of new PhD students who have joined us to begin their research journeys. We can’t wait to see the impact they’ll make.
This month, we’re thrilled to welcome a talented group of new PhD students who have joined us to begin their research journeys. We can’t wait to see the impact they’ll make.
October 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Welcome to our new PhD cohort! 🎓
This month, we’re thrilled to welcome a talented group of new PhD students who have joined us to begin their research journeys. We can’t wait to see the impact they’ll make.
This month, we’re thrilled to welcome a talented group of new PhD students who have joined us to begin their research journeys. We can’t wait to see the impact they’ll make.
On Tuesday we were joined by the UK's Ambassador to the EU, Ambassador Lindsay Appleby, during a visit to Harwell Science and Innovation Campus.
Read more here: www.rfi.ac.uk/latest/uk-am...
Read more here: www.rfi.ac.uk/latest/uk-am...
October 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
On Tuesday we were joined by the UK's Ambassador to the EU, Ambassador Lindsay Appleby, during a visit to Harwell Science and Innovation Campus.
Read more here: www.rfi.ac.uk/latest/uk-am...
Read more here: www.rfi.ac.uk/latest/uk-am...
We can't believe it has been 4 years since our first cohort of students joined us at the Franklin. As they come to the end of their programme with us, we want to wish them all the best and we look forward to their next steps!
October 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
We can't believe it has been 4 years since our first cohort of students joined us at the Franklin. As they come to the end of their programme with us, we want to wish them all the best and we look forward to their next steps!
We had a fantastic day with Alzheimer’s Research UK on Saturday!
We made pipe cleaner neurons, chatted about brain research, and joined in with loads of other brainy activities.
Thanks to everyone who came by!
We made pipe cleaner neurons, chatted about brain research, and joined in with loads of other brainy activities.
Thanks to everyone who came by!
September 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
We had a fantastic day with Alzheimer’s Research UK on Saturday!
We made pipe cleaner neurons, chatted about brain research, and joined in with loads of other brainy activities.
Thanks to everyone who came by!
We made pipe cleaner neurons, chatted about brain research, and joined in with loads of other brainy activities.
Thanks to everyone who came by!
We are in Westgate Shopping Centre in Oxford today with Alzheimer’s Research UK today. Head down to make a neuron out of pipe cleaners with us, and find out more about research into neurodegenerative diseases!
September 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
We are in Westgate Shopping Centre in Oxford today with Alzheimer’s Research UK today. Head down to make a neuron out of pipe cleaners with us, and find out more about research into neurodegenerative diseases!
🚨We're Hiring!
The Franklin is currently recruiting for three exciting roles:
🔬 Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantitative Cell Biology/Biochemistry
🧪 Research Associate in Molecular Dynamics
🌀 Senior Scientist in Electron Ptychography
🔗 Learn more and apply now: zurl.co/DGODy
The Franklin is currently recruiting for three exciting roles:
🔬 Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantitative Cell Biology/Biochemistry
🧪 Research Associate in Molecular Dynamics
🌀 Senior Scientist in Electron Ptychography
🔗 Learn more and apply now: zurl.co/DGODy
September 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🚨We're Hiring!
The Franklin is currently recruiting for three exciting roles:
🔬 Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantitative Cell Biology/Biochemistry
🧪 Research Associate in Molecular Dynamics
🌀 Senior Scientist in Electron Ptychography
🔗 Learn more and apply now: zurl.co/DGODy
The Franklin is currently recruiting for three exciting roles:
🔬 Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantitative Cell Biology/Biochemistry
🧪 Research Associate in Molecular Dynamics
🌀 Senior Scientist in Electron Ptychography
🔗 Learn more and apply now: zurl.co/DGODy
🚨We're Hiring a Research Associate in Molecular Dynamics!
We're looking for a biophysicist or computational chemist to join our Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy team.
Interested? Click here for more details and to apply: zurl.co/QSiZH
We're looking for a biophysicist or computational chemist to join our Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy team.
Interested? Click here for more details and to apply: zurl.co/QSiZH
August 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🚨We're Hiring a Research Associate in Molecular Dynamics!
We're looking for a biophysicist or computational chemist to join our Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy team.
Interested? Click here for more details and to apply: zurl.co/QSiZH
We're looking for a biophysicist or computational chemist to join our Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy team.
Interested? Click here for more details and to apply: zurl.co/QSiZH
Exciting work from the Franklin, @ox.ac.uk, and @diamondlightsource.bsky.social has led to a new method for imaging small proteins (<50 kDa) using cryoEM. By using bifunctional, bispecific nanobody scaffolds, the team have successfully solved the smallest protein structure to date (14 kDa).
August 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Exciting work from the Franklin, @ox.ac.uk, and @diamondlightsource.bsky.social has led to a new method for imaging small proteins (<50 kDa) using cryoEM. By using bifunctional, bispecific nanobody scaffolds, the team have successfully solved the smallest protein structure to date (14 kDa).
📢We're Hiring!
Come and join the Rosalind Franklin Institute as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantitative Cell Biology/Biochemistry. If you are a creative scientist interested in collaborative research across biophysics, structural biology, and biochemistry, then join us!
Apply here: zurl.co/aTGq7
Come and join the Rosalind Franklin Institute as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantitative Cell Biology/Biochemistry. If you are a creative scientist interested in collaborative research across biophysics, structural biology, and biochemistry, then join us!
Apply here: zurl.co/aTGq7
August 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
📢We're Hiring!
Come and join the Rosalind Franklin Institute as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantitative Cell Biology/Biochemistry. If you are a creative scientist interested in collaborative research across biophysics, structural biology, and biochemistry, then join us!
Apply here: zurl.co/aTGq7
Come and join the Rosalind Franklin Institute as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantitative Cell Biology/Biochemistry. If you are a creative scientist interested in collaborative research across biophysics, structural biology, and biochemistry, then join us!
Apply here: zurl.co/aTGq7
Last week we welcomed visitors to the Franklin as part of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Public Access Day! Families helped us to create a people powered network to learn about Artificial Intelligence and how machines make decisions.
@markbasham.bsky.social
@markbasham.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Last week we welcomed visitors to the Franklin as part of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Public Access Day! Families helped us to create a people powered network to learn about Artificial Intelligence and how machines make decisions.
@markbasham.bsky.social
@markbasham.bsky.social
📢We're hiring a Research Software Engineer!
Join the Franklin to support our research in native mass spectrometry and to help build 3D protein atlases of the mouse brain.
Bring your skills, grow your scientific independence, and contribute to ground-breaking biomedical research. zurl.co/EBTOP
Join the Franklin to support our research in native mass spectrometry and to help build 3D protein atlases of the mouse brain.
Bring your skills, grow your scientific independence, and contribute to ground-breaking biomedical research. zurl.co/EBTOP
August 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
📢We're hiring a Research Software Engineer!
Join the Franklin to support our research in native mass spectrometry and to help build 3D protein atlases of the mouse brain.
Bring your skills, grow your scientific independence, and contribute to ground-breaking biomedical research. zurl.co/EBTOP
Join the Franklin to support our research in native mass spectrometry and to help build 3D protein atlases of the mouse brain.
Bring your skills, grow your scientific independence, and contribute to ground-breaking biomedical research. zurl.co/EBTOP
Researchers at the Rosalind Franklin Institute have developed a novel “leapfrog” scanning technique that dramatically improves image clarity in cryo-SEM. This is already enabling researchers to visualise structures once thought impossible to image with cryo-SEM.
Read the full article: zurl.co/cyvxf
Read the full article: zurl.co/cyvxf
July 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Researchers at the Rosalind Franklin Institute have developed a novel “leapfrog” scanning technique that dramatically improves image clarity in cryo-SEM. This is already enabling researchers to visualise structures once thought impossible to image with cryo-SEM.
Read the full article: zurl.co/cyvxf
Read the full article: zurl.co/cyvxf
We can’t believe it has been a week since we were at the Big Bang Fair!
Our team had a brilliant time running a stand with @sciencemadesimple.bsky.social - talking about neurons and showing students how we image them using electron microscopes and interpret those images using AI.
Our team had a brilliant time running a stand with @sciencemadesimple.bsky.social - talking about neurons and showing students how we image them using electron microscopes and interpret those images using AI.
June 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
We can’t believe it has been a week since we were at the Big Bang Fair!
Our team had a brilliant time running a stand with @sciencemadesimple.bsky.social - talking about neurons and showing students how we image them using electron microscopes and interpret those images using AI.
Our team had a brilliant time running a stand with @sciencemadesimple.bsky.social - talking about neurons and showing students how we image them using electron microscopes and interpret those images using AI.
📢We're Hiring!
Are you a passionate and experienced molecular virologist/biologist ready to make an impact in infectious disease research? Join us as a Research Associate, where you'll contribute to exploring how pathogens interact with human cells. For further details, and to apply: zurl.co/SThC9
Are you a passionate and experienced molecular virologist/biologist ready to make an impact in infectious disease research? Join us as a Research Associate, where you'll contribute to exploring how pathogens interact with human cells. For further details, and to apply: zurl.co/SThC9
June 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
📢We're Hiring!
Are you a passionate and experienced molecular virologist/biologist ready to make an impact in infectious disease research? Join us as a Research Associate, where you'll contribute to exploring how pathogens interact with human cells. For further details, and to apply: zurl.co/SThC9
Are you a passionate and experienced molecular virologist/biologist ready to make an impact in infectious disease research? Join us as a Research Associate, where you'll contribute to exploring how pathogens interact with human cells. For further details, and to apply: zurl.co/SThC9
In a first for the Franklin's work experience programme we have been joined by a student that was inspired to complete their work experience with us following a careers workshop delivered by the Franklin team at her school.
June 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In a first for the Franklin's work experience programme we have been joined by a student that was inspired to complete their work experience with us following a careers workshop delivered by the Franklin team at her school.
We are at @bigbangukstem.bsky.social today and tomorrow with @sciencemadesimple.bsky.social. Come and say hello to the team and find out more about how researchers at the Rosalind Franklin Institute are imaging neurons to understand neurodegenerative diseases.
#BigBangFair
#BigBangFair
June 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
We are at @bigbangukstem.bsky.social today and tomorrow with @sciencemadesimple.bsky.social. Come and say hello to the team and find out more about how researchers at the Rosalind Franklin Institute are imaging neurons to understand neurodegenerative diseases.
#BigBangFair
#BigBangFair
A new method from @michaelgrange.bsky.social's group, lets scientists zoom into brain tissue —right down to the molecular level.
🔍 It works on bigger, more complex samples
🤖 Uses AI to handle massive data
🧪 Adaptable to human tissue
🧬 Could give us a detailed understanding of disease
🔍 It works on bigger, more complex samples
🤖 Uses AI to handle massive data
🧪 Adaptable to human tissue
🧬 Could give us a detailed understanding of disease
June 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A new method from @michaelgrange.bsky.social's group, lets scientists zoom into brain tissue —right down to the molecular level.
🔍 It works on bigger, more complex samples
🤖 Uses AI to handle massive data
🧪 Adaptable to human tissue
🧬 Could give us a detailed understanding of disease
🔍 It works on bigger, more complex samples
🤖 Uses AI to handle massive data
🧪 Adaptable to human tissue
🧬 Could give us a detailed understanding of disease
📢 We're Hiring: Laboratory Technician
We're looking for a detail-oriented Laboratory Technician to join our team! If you have a background in science, enjoy hands-on work, and are passionate about precision, we'd love to hear from you. For further details, and to apply: zurl.co/gwyEE
We're looking for a detail-oriented Laboratory Technician to join our team! If you have a background in science, enjoy hands-on work, and are passionate about precision, we'd love to hear from you. For further details, and to apply: zurl.co/gwyEE
June 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📢 We're Hiring: Laboratory Technician
We're looking for a detail-oriented Laboratory Technician to join our team! If you have a background in science, enjoy hands-on work, and are passionate about precision, we'd love to hear from you. For further details, and to apply: zurl.co/gwyEE
We're looking for a detail-oriented Laboratory Technician to join our team! If you have a background in science, enjoy hands-on work, and are passionate about precision, we'd love to hear from you. For further details, and to apply: zurl.co/gwyEE
Congratulations to Katie Beirns, PhD Student at the Franklin and @ox.ac.uk, who has received the Don Claugher Award from the Society of Electron Microscope Technology (SEMT).
Read more about the award and Katie's work here: zurl.co/6ixFB
Read more about the award and Katie's work here: zurl.co/6ixFB
May 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Congratulations to Katie Beirns, PhD Student at the Franklin and @ox.ac.uk, who has received the Don Claugher Award from the Society of Electron Microscope Technology (SEMT).
Read more about the award and Katie's work here: zurl.co/6ixFB
Read more about the award and Katie's work here: zurl.co/6ixFB
It was a pleasure to host the @embo.org practical course: Transposable Elements in the Era of Data Science last week. We welcomed participants from around the world for a week of hands-on experience in the computational analysis of transposable elements. Thank you to all of those who joined us.
May 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It was a pleasure to host the @embo.org practical course: Transposable Elements in the Era of Data Science last week. We welcomed participants from around the world for a week of hands-on experience in the computational analysis of transposable elements. Thank you to all of those who joined us.