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Colin M. Hammond

@needfuzz.bsky.social

Biochemist of histone and chromatin biology. Group Leader. University of Liverpool.

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Landmark! Last week we had the inaugural new group leaders and lab members day out @ New Brighton's Championship Adventure Golf Course ๐Ÿ˜Ž. New annual tradition? I will try not to win every year ๐Ÿซฃ๐Ÿ˜…

07.07.2025 18:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

RIP Diogo Jota and Andrรฉ Silva. Very sad. YWNWA โ™ฅ๏ธ

03.07.2025 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Landmark! Well done ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿ™‚

03.07.2025 23:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats Mathieu! All the best

03.07.2025 21:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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if youโ€™re tired of Word/excel/PPT asking to save files to OneDrive and would rather default to your local computer, itโ€™s in Preferences > Save - uncheck the top box
(whose wording sounds nothing like having this functionality)

05.06.2025 11:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 110    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Interested in the interplay between histone supply, epigenetics and cancer biology? This research intensive Masters (MRes) course at the University of Liverpool could be for you! Apply by 29th August 2025. www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/biol...

03.06.2025 08:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Why do they call it a standard 'curve'?"

21.05.2025 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If anyone would like to apply for an Marie Skล‚odowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship to join my laboratory, please send me an email with your CV and cover letter detailing you experience and type of project you would have in mind. Please get in contact by the 6th June. Thanks!

21.05.2025 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Congrats to Daisy and Jenny on completing their final year projects in my lab - it was a pleasure to have worked with you and good luck for the future! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ€

08.05.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fantastic work! Congrats to all the authors

10.04.2025 09:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just back from Sopot, Gdansk - the Polish Riviera. Fantastic conference and location. โ›ฑ๏ธ Thanks to all the organisers and sponsors for the invite. 50 years of J domain protein research highlighted with a keynote from Betty Craig, amazing! ๐Ÿคฉ @stresscell.bsky.social

08.04.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Needle in a haystack plot

01.04.2025 19:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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R script needs a bit of optimisation ๐Ÿ˜‚

28.03.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to our 2025 Raff PhD medal winner @impeiyee.bsky.social from @liverpooluni.bsky.social

bscb.org/bscb-phd-awa...

24.03.2025 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Please repost! Post-doc studying novel mechanisms of post-replicative gap-filling available in my lab here in beautiful Snowdonia, between July 2025 to end Nov 2026. Generous travel budget. Lab is full of friendly and supportive colleagues. Link below, or DM me/email c.staples@bangor.ac.uk for info

12.03.2025 14:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats Natalia!

07.02.2025 20:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A picture of the Liverpool Museum, near Albert Dock Liverpool with frozen dock area

05.02.2025 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How nice is this? Stratech planted a tree for my placing an order with them for antibodies! ๐ŸŒณ

17.01.2025 09:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Amazing!

13.01.2025 00:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Visualisation of the steps in the replisome assembly process. at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Visualisation of the steps in the replisome assembly process. at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com

A week left to apply for our MIBTP funded PhD program scholarship. DNA replication, structural biology, biochemistryโ€ฆ open to UK and international students.
Supportive and international team ๐Ÿ˜€

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

10.01.2025 09:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“Œ

08.01.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am going to start using this feature, not trying to burst anyone's baloon(s). Its just a way of bookmarking posts. pushpin emoji ๐Ÿ“Œ

08.01.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When will @bsky.app get a bookmark button for posts? Tech savvy people, is there a work around for this?

08.01.2025 14:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Several opportunities to join another great new lab here at the University of Liverpool. Contact Pari below ๐Ÿ‘‡

19.12.2024 08:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@mcmillanlab.bsky.social

18.12.2024 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Role of the Endosomal System in Alzheimerโ€™s Disease. at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - The Role of the Endosomal System in Alzheimerโ€™s Disease. at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com

Hi all, please see this PhD advert with my colleague Kirsty McMillan at UoL studying endosomal trafficking in neurodegeneration. Kirsty's a great new PI here at the University of Liverpool - and we share a lab space :) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

18.12.2024 15:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks Ian, you have had loads of success so that's very encouraging to hear!

17.12.2024 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"For everyone out there that got told they couldn't do something and thought they couldn't do something. It just shows with opportunity and support and determination anything can happen."

16.12.2024 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The most inspiring thing I heard this year was a quote from this weekend by Chris McClausland, a comedian from Liverpool who is blind and won Strictly Come Dancing...

16.12.2024 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There has also been amazing times presenting at international conferences, bumping into old colleagues and visiting Thailand to give a grant writing workshop. Luckily they didn't ask for a fellowship interview workshop 2/2 ๐Ÿซ 

16.12.2024 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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