Duncan Sproul
@sproullab.bsky.social
Group leader at MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh. Interdisciplinary research on disease #epigenetics. Part-time solo dad. Occasional music and climbing.
https://institute-genetics-cancer.ed.ac.uk/research/research-groups-a-z/sproul-group
https://institute-genetics-cancer.ed.ac.uk/research/research-groups-a-z/sproul-group
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⌛Just one week left to submit your applications for the Black Leaders in Cancer PhD programme in Scotland!
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
⌛Just one week left to submit your applications for the Black Leaders in Cancer PhD programme in Scotland!
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The Vienna BioCenter Summer School 2026 call is now open for talented undergrads, it's a great opportunity for students who are interested in graduate study in the life sciences. Please RT
https://training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
https://training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Vienna BioCenter Summer School 2026 call is now open for talented undergrads, it's a great opportunity for students who are interested in graduate study in the life sciences. Please RT
https://training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
https://training.vbc.ac.at/summer-school/
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Interested in whole genomes, AI and functional validation? Sign up to hear more about our summer school in the sunny southwest U.K. @exeter.ac.uk in Sept 2026, in partnership with the U.K. Functional Genomics Initiative @uk-fgx.bsky.social and Google Deepmind @nihrexeterbrc.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Interested in whole genomes, AI and functional validation? Sign up to hear more about our summer school in the sunny southwest U.K. @exeter.ac.uk in Sept 2026, in partnership with the U.K. Functional Genomics Initiative @uk-fgx.bsky.social and Google Deepmind @nihrexeterbrc.bsky.social
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Ten days left to apply to be a @crick.ac.uk Early Career Group Leader
Closing date 27th November
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Closing date 27th November
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ten days left to apply to be a @crick.ac.uk Early Career Group Leader
Closing date 27th November
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Closing date 27th November
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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🚨Reposts appreciated‼️If I had read this PhD offer five years ago, I wouldn’t have hesitated for a second to apply 😉
Passionate about gene regulation, chromatin, and developmental biology? Just contact @radaiglesiaslab.bsky.social at @ibbtec.bsky.social 🧬✨
#PhD #3DGenome
Passionate about gene regulation, chromatin, and developmental biology? Just contact @radaiglesiaslab.bsky.social at @ibbtec.bsky.social 🧬✨
#PhD #3DGenome
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🚨Reposts appreciated‼️If I had read this PhD offer five years ago, I wouldn’t have hesitated for a second to apply 😉
Passionate about gene regulation, chromatin, and developmental biology? Just contact @radaiglesiaslab.bsky.social at @ibbtec.bsky.social 🧬✨
#PhD #3DGenome
Passionate about gene regulation, chromatin, and developmental biology? Just contact @radaiglesiaslab.bsky.social at @ibbtec.bsky.social 🧬✨
#PhD #3DGenome
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We are pleased to announce our next #SEBD2026 meeting! The meeting will take place in El Rompido, Huelva, from the 28th to the 30th of October 2026 #savethedate @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @gfeev.bsky.social @ijdb.bsky.social @devbiol.bsky.social @devdynamics.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 7:53 AM
We are pleased to announce our next #SEBD2026 meeting! The meeting will take place in El Rompido, Huelva, from the 28th to the 30th of October 2026 #savethedate @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @gfeev.bsky.social @ijdb.bsky.social @devbiol.bsky.social @devdynamics.bsky.social
Research question for the #epigenetics community: Anyone on here tested using NEB's EM conversion with Illumina Infinium microarrays and want to share there experiences? Please share 🙏
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Research question for the #epigenetics community: Anyone on here tested using NEB's EM conversion with Illumina Infinium microarrays and want to share there experiences? Please share 🙏
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@newcastleuni.bsky.social Faculty of Medical Science Research Associates and Assistants Committee (FMS-RAAC), made of NUBI, NUTCRI and NUPHSI RAs, had something brewing over the last months, find more info here 👇🏼
www.societies.ncl.ac.uk/fmspostdocco...
www.societies.ncl.ac.uk/fmspostdocco...
Scientist Social Brew 2025 | FMS PostDocSoc
www.societies.ncl.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
@newcastleuni.bsky.social Faculty of Medical Science Research Associates and Assistants Committee (FMS-RAAC), made of NUBI, NUTCRI and NUPHSI RAs, had something brewing over the last months, find more info here 👇🏼
www.societies.ncl.ac.uk/fmspostdocco...
www.societies.ncl.ac.uk/fmspostdocco...
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Hot take: Most covers of songs are not good.
Some covers are better than the originals, but this is rare.
What are your fave covers that are better than the originals?
Some covers are better than the originals, but this is rare.
What are your fave covers that are better than the originals?
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Hot take: Most covers of songs are not good.
Some covers are better than the originals, but this is rare.
What are your fave covers that are better than the originals?
Some covers are better than the originals, but this is rare.
What are your fave covers that are better than the originals?
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There are 3 PhD positions available in my lab using cryoEM to investigate phage structure!
- SWBio DTP: tinyurl.com/ytdft9bj, to apply: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...
- LSI and CSC PhD studentships and how to apply: tinyurl.com/45dze6se
- SWBio DTP: tinyurl.com/ytdft9bj, to apply: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...
- LSI and CSC PhD studentships and how to apply: tinyurl.com/45dze6se
November 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
There are 3 PhD positions available in my lab using cryoEM to investigate phage structure!
- SWBio DTP: tinyurl.com/ytdft9bj, to apply: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...
- LSI and CSC PhD studentships and how to apply: tinyurl.com/45dze6se
- SWBio DTP: tinyurl.com/ytdft9bj, to apply: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...
- LSI and CSC PhD studentships and how to apply: tinyurl.com/45dze6se
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Please share far & wide. Looking for a #postdoc to get stuck in with a wide range of projects, with freedom to explore and lead the #computational #bioninformatics work
12 months to begin with, but for the right candidate we have funding for a further 19 months
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK467/p...
12 months to begin with, but for the right candidate we have funding for a further 19 months
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK467/p...
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Computational Muscle Biology at King's College London
Discover Postdoctoral Research Associate in Computational Muscle Biology jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Please share far & wide. Looking for a #postdoc to get stuck in with a wide range of projects, with freedom to explore and lead the #computational #bioninformatics work
12 months to begin with, but for the right candidate we have funding for a further 19 months
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK467/p...
12 months to begin with, but for the right candidate we have funding for a further 19 months
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK467/p...
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A biologist at the American Museum of Natural History, Jonathan Coddington, cataloged a new genus of South American spiders in 1986.
Two things about the spider were unique:
they lived in caves & laid cubic eggs.
So he called them genus 'Plato', and that's the nerdiest thing I have read all year.
Two things about the spider were unique:
they lived in caves & laid cubic eggs.
So he called them genus 'Plato', and that's the nerdiest thing I have read all year.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A biologist at the American Museum of Natural History, Jonathan Coddington, cataloged a new genus of South American spiders in 1986.
Two things about the spider were unique:
they lived in caves & laid cubic eggs.
So he called them genus 'Plato', and that's the nerdiest thing I have read all year.
Two things about the spider were unique:
they lived in caves & laid cubic eggs.
So he called them genus 'Plato', and that's the nerdiest thing I have read all year.
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Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
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Our 2nd online talk of the AI Hub in Generative Models generative biology meetings is on November 20th at 12pm UK time. We have @alextong.bsky.social presenting "Scalable Equilibrium Sampling via Generative Modelling" hosted by @jhartford.bsky.social - register here lnkd.in/eQUhfZjV
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November 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Our 2nd online talk of the AI Hub in Generative Models generative biology meetings is on November 20th at 12pm UK time. We have @alextong.bsky.social presenting "Scalable Equilibrium Sampling via Generative Modelling" hosted by @jhartford.bsky.social - register here lnkd.in/eQUhfZjV
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PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social
hoehnalab.github.io
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social
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🧪Hey Sciencers:
What's the best protein to tag if you want to look at the recycling endosome without disrupting it's function in human cells?
@franbottanelli.bsky.social ?
What's the best protein to tag if you want to look at the recycling endosome without disrupting it's function in human cells?
@franbottanelli.bsky.social ?
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🧪Hey Sciencers:
What's the best protein to tag if you want to look at the recycling endosome without disrupting it's function in human cells?
@franbottanelli.bsky.social ?
What's the best protein to tag if you want to look at the recycling endosome without disrupting it's function in human cells?
@franbottanelli.bsky.social ?
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Interested in pursuing a PhD by working on a long-neglected marine organism and making a lot of discoveries? Darwin Trust offers a PhD studentship for international students (anyone non-UK) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Interested in pursuing a PhD by working on a long-neglected marine organism and making a lot of discoveries? Darwin Trust offers a PhD studentship for international students (anyone non-UK) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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🚀 Workshops, mentoring, pitch training and networking: our Impulse programme, in partnership with @cam.ac.uk is here to help you make the leap into research commercialisation 💡
🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/49JLwic
#OnMyHorizon
🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/49JLwic
#OnMyHorizon
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🚀 Workshops, mentoring, pitch training and networking: our Impulse programme, in partnership with @cam.ac.uk is here to help you make the leap into research commercialisation 💡
🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/49JLwic
#OnMyHorizon
🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/49JLwic
#OnMyHorizon
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Just a reminder that the application deadline for the @uncbiology.bsky.social tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology position closes in a week (Nov 17). Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Just a reminder that the application deadline for the @uncbiology.bsky.social tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology position closes in a week (Nov 17). Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
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🧬 List of 2026 DNA repair and genome stability conferences, now updated. Please let me know if there is anything missing!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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DNA REPAIR/GENOME STABILITY CONFERENCES
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November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
🧬 List of 2026 DNA repair and genome stability conferences, now updated. Please let me know if there is anything missing!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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1 week left to apply for a postdoc position in beautiful Switzerland doing awesome mucosal immunology. See below for details! Please re-post to spread the word!
We have an opening for a postdoctoral researcher in my group at the Botnar Institute for Immune Engineering in Basel, Switzerland. The project is aimed at developing novel mucosal adjuvants for application in oral vaccines. Deadline to apply 16.11.25! Please re-post 🔬🧬
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Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering - BIIE (Zürich): Postdoctoral Researcher (100%): Mechanisms of action of mucosal adjuvants
Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering - BIIE has a job opening for Postdoctoral Researcher (100%): Mechanisms of action of mucosal adjuvants in Zürich (published: 30.10.2025). Apply now or check the ...
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November 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
1 week left to apply for a postdoc position in beautiful Switzerland doing awesome mucosal immunology. See below for details! Please re-post to spread the word!
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🚀 Exciting news for the imaging community!
The EMBO Practical Course – Hack Your Microscope is coming to ITQB NOVA (Oeiras, Portugal) on April 20–25, 2026 🧠🔬
👉 Course details & registration: meetings.embo.org/event/26-mic...
#Microscopy #OpenScience #Bioimaging #EMBOmicroscope
The EMBO Practical Course – Hack Your Microscope is coming to ITQB NOVA (Oeiras, Portugal) on April 20–25, 2026 🧠🔬
👉 Course details & registration: meetings.embo.org/event/26-mic...
#Microscopy #OpenScience #Bioimaging #EMBOmicroscope
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🚀 Exciting news for the imaging community!
The EMBO Practical Course – Hack Your Microscope is coming to ITQB NOVA (Oeiras, Portugal) on April 20–25, 2026 🧠🔬
👉 Course details & registration: meetings.embo.org/event/26-mic...
#Microscopy #OpenScience #Bioimaging #EMBOmicroscope
The EMBO Practical Course – Hack Your Microscope is coming to ITQB NOVA (Oeiras, Portugal) on April 20–25, 2026 🧠🔬
👉 Course details & registration: meetings.embo.org/event/26-mic...
#Microscopy #OpenScience #Bioimaging #EMBOmicroscope
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Our lab is actively looking for PhD students and there is NOW an Open Call for PhD fellowship at the IRB Barcelona!!!!! phd.irbbarcelona.org
Application Guidelines - IRB PhD Call 2026 NOW OPEN! | Irb
phd.irbbarcelona.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Our lab is actively looking for PhD students and there is NOW an Open Call for PhD fellowship at the IRB Barcelona!!!!! phd.irbbarcelona.org
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Our lab is actively looking for posdocs and there is NOW an Open Call for Postdoc contracts (3 years) here: www.aei.gob.es/en/announcem...
www.aei.gob.es
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Our lab is actively looking for posdocs and there is NOW an Open Call for Postdoc contracts (3 years) here: www.aei.gob.es/en/announcem...