Urszula McClurg

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Apply for our Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs in #devbio and #stemcell research during the transition to their first group leader position: www.biologists.com/grants/devel...

Application deadline: 2 February 2026.

If you or someone you know is looking for a post-doctoral position working on mycobacterial envelope biology, please get in touch. I am recruiting here at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.

Congratulations Hana!

Register for the Dynamic Cell VI conference, Reading, UK, April 2026! This conference focusses on all aspects of cell dynamics, co-organised by @bscb-official.bsky.social and @biochemsoc.bsky.social with @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology.
bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI

List otwarty do Prezydenta RP, Marszałka Sejmu RP, Marszałka Senatu RP,  Prezesa Rady Ministrów oraz Wiceprezesów Rady Ministrów w sprawie finansowania nauki, w tym zwłaszcza Narodowego Centrum Nauki Szanowni Państwo, W niniejszej petycji prezentujemy List otwarty, który będzie wysłany do Kancelarii Prezydenta, Marszałków Sejmu i Senatu, Prezesa Rady Ministr&oacut...

Please sign this petition advocating for better funding and support for Polish science www.petycjeonline.com/list_otwarty...

List otwarty do Prezydenta RP, Marszałka Sejmu RP, Marszałka Senatu RP,  Prezesa Rady Ministrów oraz Wiceprezesów Rady Ministrów w sprawie finansowania nauki, w tym zwłaszcza Narodowego Centrum Nauki Szanowni Państwo, W niniejszej petycji prezentujemy List otwarty, który będzie wysłany do Kancelarii Prezydenta, Marszałków Sejmu i Senatu, Prezesa Rady Ministr&oacut...

Please consider signing a petition to increase the spending on science in Poland / List otwarty w sprawie finansowania nauki, w tym @ncn.gov.pl www.petycjeonline.com/list_otwarty...

Congrats Girish!

Having a great time at #EMBOMeiosis, celebrating my birthday with a great short talk by Louise from our group #ProudPI #Meiosis4eva

LS2 Meeting: Arolla 2025 LS2 Meeting: Arolla 2025 - BioMatter: From Cytoskeleton to Embryo. Monday 25 August 2025 – Friday 29 August 2025, Grand Hotel & Kurhaus, Arolla

Just bringing your attention to the coolest #cell & dev meeting in #Switzerland.

Happening every three years, this place is an amazing gathering with fabulous #science and hikes... and lake sampling...

There are only 10 spots left... just saying...

meetings.ls2.ch/arolla2025

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EMBO is #hiring a Scientific Editor (Absence cover) to join @emboreports.org. Apply by 8 June: buff.ly/seVUgYW 🧪

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Happy Eurovision day to all that celebrate!!!

Congratulations Julie!

Where are these provinces and are they hiring?

France and EU to incentivise US-based scientists to come to Europe Macron and von der Leyen expected to announce protections for researchers seeking to relocate amid Trump’s crackdown

'Emmanuel Macron, alongside...Ursula von der Leyen, will make speeches on Monday morning at Sorbonne University in Paris, flanked by European university leaders & researchers, in which they are expected to announce potential incentives & protections for researchers seeking to relocate to Europe. 1/3

Serbia limits academics’ research time to just one hour a day Researchers say controversial policy will block majority of scientists from applying for grants

"Serbia’s government has restricted the time academics can spend on research to just five hours each week. The rule has been widely criticised by the country’s research community, which is now seeking to overturn it through the courts."

www.chemistryworld.c...

A blutorial on my latest manuscript, which will appear as a Hypothesis article in Journal of Cell Science (no embargo requested as far as I am aware). If you are interested in mitosis/meiosis/kinetochores/evolution/deep phylogeny, please read it (1/n)

Some days are great, you chat to awesome collaborators, you get to really spend time thinking. I feel inspired and energised. May they all be like this 😉

John Weir in front of his lecture slides

We had an amazing seminar at Liverpool from @jweir.bsky.social, loads of cool complexes and exciting insights to #meiosis4eva! Very much a story to watch!

Please read this. My daughter is profoundly affected by Angelman Syndrome. She cannot speak or walk and needs assistance with every aspect of daily living. She is also phenomenal. She is loved by her family and friends. She brings joy to any room she is in. She loves fiercely and is loyal. /1

Announcing the JCS–David Stephens Prize and the 2024 winner Anja Konietzny Over the past 25 years, Journal of Cell Science (JCS) has been awarding a prize of £1000 – ‘The JCS Prize’ – to the first author(s) of the paper that is judged by the Editors to be the best paper publ...

Moving introduction to the newly named @jcellsci.bsky.social David Stephens Prize & the 2024 inaugural winner Anja Konietzny by @drmichaelway.bsky.social, same issue as brilliant obituary by @jonlanenhl.bsky.social & George Banting. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Dear cilia researchers, join us in the heart of the beautiful Vosges mountains to share your latest findings! This year, partnership with @for5547.bsky.social and keynote lectures by @micromotility.bsky.social and @mick-lab.bsky.social
Registration is now open www.cfc2025.conferences-pasteur.org

I'm searching for nice Arabidopsis Col-0 chromatin datasets (modification agnostic), eg MNase-seq, DNase-seq, ATAC-seq. Does anyone have any favourite datasets you could point to?

BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-Symposia Series BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-Symposia Series

A week until our 51st @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-symposium: 15/04/2025 15:00-17:15 BST. Still not registered for the series- join us here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso... Free and open to all! /1

For me only all meetings in one day would work, seems impossible though with the amount of meetings so currently I work on the no meetings on Monday rule. Protects one day a week for proper writing...

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In our skills and personal development lab meeting we had an incredible seminar from Dr Martyna Pastok formerly @newcastleuni.bsky.social now at Captor Therapeutics. She gave a candid walk through the switch from academia, told us what she misses most and what has been the best bits about her move.

Your reminder that admission to Johns Hopkins University is completely free if you cannot afford the tuitions+fees.

In other words, if you would need a loan, then it's free.

Funding – Funding for conferences and training – EMBO We provide funding and support for scientific meetings across all disciplines in the life sciences, including workshops, practical courses, lecture courses and series as well as keynote lectures.

Mark your calendars! Call for applications opening 1 May for workshops, practical courses, global lecture courses, India | EMBO Lecture Courses and EMBO | The Company of Biologists Courses & Workshops

www.embo.org/funding/fund...
#Networking #LifeSciences @biologists.bsky.social #EMBOevents 🧪

📣Thrilled to announce that the registration for the 8th annual Czech #Cilia #Meeting (17 June 2025, #Brno) is NOW OPEN:

🪧https://forms.gle/wkooViZtBGxvVASNA

👩‍🔬INVITED SPEAKER: Ruxandra Bachmann-Gagescu

⏱️Registration deadline: 17 May 2025

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Happy birthday @richardbj.bsky.social

Fellow bacterial cell biologists, message me if you use @thermofishersci.bsky.social Gene Frames for microscopy!
Thermo are planning to discontinue these in September but have indicated they will look into this further.
If I make list of labs using them Thermo might not kill the product
Please RT🔬🦠