Sophie Hesketh, PhD

Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost.

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This is a wonderful tool for customising your own 2025 Remarkable planner - had to give it a shout out.
Well worth it for a coffee 😊 ☕️
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Sophie Hesketh on LinkedIn: #opentowork Hi everyone! I'm actively seeking an academic or industrial position either back in the UK/Europe, or outside of the government in the US. I have strong…

Hi Folks!
I'm actively seeking a new position, either in the UK/Europe or outside of the government in the US.
Please share with whomever and pass the word along! 🙏
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👋👋 Hi everyone! The Astbury Centre is now on Bluesky. Follow along for updates about exciting Astbury Centre science. For now, we have put together a starter pack of members of the Astbury Centre community.

<em>Immunology & Cell Biology</em> | ASI Journal | Wiley Online Library PhD training is incredibly versatile, with the possibility of leading to a myriad of downstream careers. However, it is often only in retrospect that the options and optimal strategies behind your ca...

#PhD researchers - want to build your #career options for post-PhD? This article provides you the necessary goals and timeline to ensure you have a good range of career options after you graduate. 🧵1/4

@immunolcellbiol.bsky.social with @makaroff.bsky.social

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Our paper on nurturing a #PositiveResearchCulture within your #research #team published by @wellcometrust.bsky.social gives useful tips for your lab. As well as making you a good team leader, nurturing culture pays off in building your science: 1/11

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We made a photoswitchable HaloTag (psHaloTag), which can reversibly turn-on fluorogenic dyes upon illumination 💡. Congrats to Franzi, Bego and all co-authors, check out our preprint below 👇
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The legendary EMBO Integrative Modeling Course is back! If you want to be in this picture in the 2025 edition, just go ahead and register at meetings.embo.org/event/25-bio...

Organized by myself & @amjjbonvin.bsky.social & @arneelof.bsky.social & @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social

Good start 🥳😂

Kinesin-2 beta hairpin autoinhibition

Such a tiny motif, with such a big impact! Extremely cool 👏

a man in a suit and tie is holding a wand and saying `` curious , very curious . '' ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a wand and saying `` curious , very curious . ''

#Academia hiring practices food for thought 💭:

Reference letters from students/mentees, as well as supervisors.

....Hmmm... I wonder 🤔

Looking for a job in Britain? Check out our ranking of companies by pay, promotion and hiring practices #dataviz

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Round 2 live now: videocast.nih.gov

Wow - 'If people are saying there's a problem, there's a problem.'
As the only female postdoc in my lab of 7 postdocs, this hit hard.
Ignorance is bliss, but can be harmful. Awareness and visibility are important.
Strong emphasis on working with the institution, not against it👌

A few more minutes until we're live!
Join the videocast here: videocast.nih.gov

📢 Ever hear of the 16 women who published findings on gender discrimination at MIT?

Join us live tomorrow at 9.30am EST / 2.30pm GMT to hear from the incredible Nancy Hopkins herself, with Q&A from 1.30pm EST / 6.30pm GMT. 📅

Videocast link and further details in repost below!

So many people added to pack 1 this weekend we had to make pack 2. Makes sure you refresh for followers on pack one to see them all!
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🚨 Attention #teamtomo PhD students! 🚨 12-week paid internship opportunity at Genentech. Want to see how we use cryoET in pharma? And spend the summer 2025 in the Bay Area? Details and application link here: roche.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/ROG-A2O-GENE...

Thank you! 😊

Could I please be added here, too? :)