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🚀 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. 🌍

📣 Last few days to register for this free event happening in under two weeks in Aberdeen!

More details below! 👇

Today is #WorldQuantumDay! 🚀

By bringing together stakeholders from academia, industry, and beyond, the Alliance aims to generate and strengthen research connections and industrial partnerships across the quantum sector.

Visit our website to explore upcoming opportunities & more 👉 bit.ly/4jwIDDd

Life Sciences Skills and Opportunities in NE Scotland🧑‍🔬
A free event that brings together PhD students and postdocs in Life Sciences across NE Scotland!
📆6th May | 9:30 - 4:00 PM | ONE BioHub, Aberdeen
📩 Register: buff.ly/Fo7bKTJ
📝 Agenda: buff.ly/PuWY8Ov

📣 Last chance to sign up for the SULSA Network Support information session tomorrow! 🔎

Details below 👇

View of the river Clyde from the squinty bridge

Beautiful Glasgow day - crossed over the Clyde to present at an invigorating Data & AI event hosted by @sulsa.bsky.social and The Data Lab. Great crowd, great questions.

What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge spread on to UK farmland? Toxic waste – and ministers don’t care | George Monbiot Water companies let waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. When it is recklessly used as fertiliser, we are all at risk, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Fantastic to see our research on #microplastics in #soil featured by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social in @theguardian.com.

After four years of sewage sludge spreading, #microplastic levels rose by up to 1,450%, with levels remaining relatively unchanged 22 years later.

More: ow.ly/UiOr50VrAj7

🌟We welcomed Science Entrepreneur Club in Scotland!🌟
Last night, we hosted a workshop offering insights into how entrepreneurship can amplify academic research & a mixer where researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors came together to spark meaningful connections.
Big Thanks to everyone who came!👏

Poetic sampling: when art and science collide - SAMS Ocean Explorer We've all heard creepy noises in the forest, but you probably haven't heard one like this...In this episode, we hear an artist's take on what a kelp forest looks like below the water surface and liste...

On #InternationalDayOfForests, let's consider the forests we don't often see.

Kelp forests in our seas act as nurseries and food sources, provide coastline protection and absorb CO2.

Learn more in this episode of SAMS Ocean Explorer podcast: www.buzzsprout.com/1080152/epis... @thinkuhi.bsky.social

Join virtual talks on major super-resolution techniques and hear Technobites from @abbelight.bsky.social, @abberior.rocks and Photon Lines, Evident Scientific, and @proteintech.bsky.social