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🔔 The SULSA Early Career Development Fund is now live — offering up to £4,000 for travel, training, consumables & facilities access!

🗓 Apply by: 16 March 2026 at 5pm

Learn more and apply at shorturl.at/5SaMP

📆 SULSA OPPORTUNITIES WEBINAR!

Register for our webinar to discover how to make the most of SULSA in 2026 - including how we can support your research & career development, plus details on upcoming funding, networking opps, & training designed to help you thrive 🙌

👉 forms.office.com/e/HwqXwZqkjH

🧪 Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course (SOMC) 2026!

📍 University of Strathclyde | 21–30 July 2026
🌍 UK’s largest & most comprehensive practical microscopy course
🎓 Ideal for PhD students, postdocs & technical/facility staff
🗓️ Apply by 16 Jan 2026
📄 More info: www.centreforbiophotonics.com/somc26

✨Day Two of IndAc25 is underway focusing on skills and careers — from flash talks to workshops, today’s programme is packed with inspiration and practical takeaways. On stage now: Sarah Hunt (Skills Development Scotland) sharing insights on Powering Skills Growth in Life Sciences #SULSAIndAc25

Breakout time! 💬 Attendees are exploring parallel sessions on: Tackling Disease, Food & Drink Biotechnology, Health Technology, and Sustainability #SULSAIndAc25

Panel alert 🚨 What Help is Available? chaired by Dr Orla Kelly, featuring voices from Interface, Converge, HIE, and Scottish EDGE. A powerhouse discussion on support for collaboration and commercialisation! #SULSAIndAc25

Kicking off Day One of #SULSAIndAc25 with our Executive Director Dr Ally Hughes! Two days of inspiring talks, panels, and workshops bringing together Scotland’s academic and industry leaders. A huge SULSA welcome to everyone joining us today!

It's finally time for IndAc25! 🥳 After months of organising we can't wait to welcome so many of you to IndAc25 over the next couple of days. We hope you enjoy the event, strike up great conversations, and leave with new ideas, inspiration, and connections 😀 #SULSAIndAc25

🚨 Final call – register by midnight TONIGHT for IndAc25! 🚨

Don’t miss our two-day conference at the TIC, Glasgow 28th–29th October 25!

🔹 Day 1: Industry-Academia Collab & Commercialisation
🔹 Day 2: Employability & Skills Dev

Secure your ticket now 👉 www.sulsa.ac.uk/indac

🚀 Join us at day one of IndAc25 for the panel “What Help Is Available?” — exploring support for industry-academia collaboration & commercialisation.

🎤 Chair: Orla Kelly
💬 Panelists: Lissa Herron, Evelyn McDonald, Andrea McColl, Shelley Breckenridge

👉 Register by Monday 20th Oct: sulsa.ac.uk/indac/

Check out day two of IndAc25 👇 Registration open until 20th October via sulsa.ac.uk/indac

🚀 Less than 2 weeks left to register for #IndAc25!

🧬 Join us 28–29 Oct in Glasgow as industry & academia connect to explore collaboration, careers & skills in life sciences.

🌟 Check out our day two Skills Workshops to boost your professional toolkit!

👉 Register by Mon 20 Oct: sulsa.ac.uk/indac/

International Collaboration Fund - SULSA

🥳 We're delighted to announce the RIS International Collaboration Fund 2025 is open! This fund supports Scotland ↔ EU/EEA/EFTA research partnerships with up to £5k for visits & exchanges. 📅 Deadline 10th Oct 2025 📝 Apply and learn more at sulsa.ac.uk/internationa...

📣 Introducing Race Against Dementia: Data Challenge II

Join our launch to learn more about how we're broadening dementia and brain health research through access to rich, innovative datasets with unparalleled academic and technical support, free of charge.

➡️ bit.ly/4mTg3Og

#DataChallengeII 🧠

👀 Curious what’s in store for #IndAc25?

Here’s a first look at the Day 1 & Day 2 agenda ⬇️

It’s shaping up to be two days packed with insights, connections, and inspiration from students to seasoned industry leaders!

👉 Register at sulsa.ac.uk/indac/

📣 Registration is now OPEN for #IndAc25!

🗓️ 28–29 Oct 2025 | Glasgow
A dynamic 2-day #LifeSciences event bringing academia + industry together for collaboration, commercialisation & careers.

🎟️ Register now: sulsa.ac.uk/indac/
#SULSA #STEMCareers #ScotlandInnovation

Great to be part of organising for today’s Career Planning event for PhDs and ECRs in life sciences with @sulsa.bsky.social!

‼️There are only very few places left for the Edinburgh & Glasgow CV & Careers Workshops! Make sure you register in time using the link below 👇

Just under 3 weeks left to send in your application for the Innovation Seed Funding we are running in collaboration with The Data Lab - Innovation Centre! 👀

Details below 👇

SULSA CV & Careers Workshop📝
Join us for a a how-to guide for applications, CVs and interviews, focused on life sciences careers.
📍25 June in Edinburgh: forms.office.com/e/KU3CnKHeM5
📍27 June in Glasgow: forms.office.com/e/dX9eK6gSrd

The information session for the Leadership Accelerator Programme will take place tomorrow! Make sure to sign up below 👇

SULSA CV & Careers Workshop 📝
Join us for a a how-to guide for applications, CVs and interviews, focused on life sciences careers.
📆 18 June🕘 9.00-13.00📍Level 7 Conference Room, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen
Register here: forms.office.com/e/9vVytmecpX

🚀Are you looking to level up your leadership skills? RESILIENCE Leadership Accelerator Programme is aims to nurture the next generation of leaders in both academia and industry.

ℹ️Info session: 5 June | 10 AM | Online
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👀 Learn more: buff.ly/Kegx2sg

Second workshop in the Commercialisation Webinar Series is tomorrow! 👀

💡 Interested in learning more about intellectual property and its importance?
Tune in from 12.30, registration link below 👇

How AI Makes Finding Safe Medicines Faster - The Data Lab Discover how AI is transforming drug discovery in this guest blog by Dr. Angelo Pugliese of BioAscent.

As part of SULSA's collaboration with The Data Lab, Dr Angelo Pugliese from BioAscent wrote a blog in which he explores the critical role Artificial Intelligence (AI) is playing in transforming drug discovery. 📰
Check it out below! 👇
thedatalab.com/guest-blog/h...

Commercialisation Webinar Series💡
Practical workshop series with Amy Lam from Symbiosis IP to build your knowledge and confidence in research commercialisation! 📈
🔗Register here: buff.ly/CetfuFe

Orthogonal visualization presents an explanation for chemical gradients in biofilm transport channels. (a) A thin section of a fixed gfp-expressing E. coli JM105 biofilm is presented with arrows at the apical surface indicating regions where transport channels can be viewed sagittally. Thin layers of cells cap the apical surface of the biofilm and enclose the top of transport channels. The inferior portion of the channels remains open to the underlying substrate. A representative view of the section position through the centre of the colony is presented (top left). (b) A schematic proposing nutrient and oxygen gradients through the depth of biofilm transport channels. A thin layer of apical cells seals the top of channels and maintains a strict oxygen gradient, while nutrients and free oxygen can diffuse from the basolateral surface through open channel conduits into the biomass.

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨

We used complementary sensing approaches to study oxygen microenvironments in E. coli biofilm transport channels, which provided a spatial overview of how transport channels maintain chemical gradients in complex communities.

doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001543

Brilliant session this morning on skills in different careers in the NE Scotland with @sulsa.bsky.social ! Thanks to our speakers Dr Kate Gormley, the KTP Centre, Dr Graeme Rogers, and Prof Alistair Kean for a really engaging session and some great chats during the Q&A 👏

🚀 Innovation Seed Funding
In collaboration with The Data Lab!
Fund supports research projects in life sciences with strong data or digital-driven approach
📌£5k–£15k
📆Info session: 15 May | 10 AM | Online
Sign up: buff.ly/6NGuTTc
📝 Learn more: buff.ly/giXImtP

Celebrating @becks-seascience.bsky.social (@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social), one of our Intl Collaboration Fund awardees! 👩‍🔬
Her research visit to the University of the Basque Country opened doors to new skills, collaboration & career growth. 🌍