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Thoroughly enjoyed hearing @carlbergstrom.com speak yesterday at @aucklanduni.bsky.social looking forward to seeing where we can use some of these important ideas in teaching!

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Plant Microbe Interactions - Faculty of Science Job in Auckland CBD, Auckland - SEEK We invite scientists interested in Plant-Microbe interactions to join our team in the Te Kura Mātauranga Koiora | School of Biological Sciences

We are hiring! Are you a plant pathologist looking for a permanent academic research+teaching role in NZ? Read more here: www.seek.co.nz/job/89090337...

Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.

On NZ and Australia’s negotiations with Elsevier -

Scientists & universities pay scientific journals for their work to be published. The journals can be very expensive (& hugely profitable). Here the universities are negotiating for a better deal for open-access publishing. It’s not going well 😔

First day done! Been fantastic so far catching up with old friends and making new ones!

Professor Brings Global Stem Cell Medicine Course to PhD Scholars in Pakistan — International Society for Stem Cell Research Dr. Asmat Salim, a faculty member at the University of Karachi , recently adapted the ISSCR’s continuing education course, Stem Cell Medicine: From Scientific Research to Patient Care, into a three...

So proud of the impact of our @ISSCR Education Committee course on Stem Cell Medicine! Look at what it has been used for! www.isscr.org/isscr-news/p.... Interested? it's free, why not upskill yourself :-)

Very sad news, John Gurdon has died.

A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner

His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.

An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers

www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

Distinguishing Hype from Hope: The Critical Role of Clinicians in Stem Cell Medicine | Harvard Medical School Professional, Corporate, and Continuing Education The field of stem cell medicine is at a defining moment—brimming with potential, but also complicated by hype, misconceptions, and, in some cases, significant risk for patients. For health care profes...

Got interviewed by Harvard Medical School for an article on the free, open-access stem cell medicine course I was involved in. Read here: learn.hms.harvard.edu/insights/all...

NZ university review ‘moved the dial’, says chair Gluckman Exercise ‘triggered a lot of work that’s still got to be completed’ but succeeded in being ‘provocative’, according to country’s former chief science adviser

New Zealand’s landmark university review has achieved its objectives by sparking “strategic thinking” in the sector, according to the chair of its panel, despite the government disagreeing with nearly a third of its recommendations
#academicsky

A rare job opportunity for a biochemist who wants to work in beautiful Dunedin.
Will suit someone who enjoys lab-based work.
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Jennifer Doudna is named 2026 Priestley Medalist The award recognizes the biochemist for discoveries on ribozyme function and CRISPR gene editing, and international science leadership

Jennifer A. Doudna will receive the 2026 Priestley Medal, the highest honor given out by the American Chemical Society. She helped discover the gene editing technology CRISPR and has made many contributions to our knowledge of RNA chemistry. cen.acs.org/people/award...

Impressive!

Spare some time today to remember all those killed, injured and traumatised on this day twenty years ago in the London bombings, and recall the public service workers who responded to those horrific attacks with such bravery and dedication.

Getting the Most From Our Extra 30 Years Podcast Episode · The World as You’ll Know It: The Future Of Aging · 07/01/2025 · 34m

Here's the final episode of my podcast, the Future of Aging. I talk to a psychologist and an economist about how we, as a society, can we make the most of the extra decades of life we've ended up with. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/20Yb...

‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home From a lone clinic in Texas to an entire school district in North Dakota, the virus is upending daily life and revealing a deeper crisis of belief.

25 years after measles was officially declared eliminated from the U.S., a cluster of cases that began in West Texas expanded into one of the largest outbreaks in a generation, spreading through communities with declining vaccination rates as three people died and dozens were hospitalized.

NEW POST on AI, learning and why knowing stuff still matters. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-most-i...

#NZ science

This is an iconic study in Dunedin.

In some ways Dr. Silva’s, & earlier Prof. Poulton’s, deaths illustrate the longevity of the study: it’s outlived them—as it should.

You can read more about the study here, including how it began: dunedinstudy.otago.ac.nz

Fabulous stem cell education meet up hub at #ISSCR2025 here in Hong Kong!

What a remarkable achievement--this atlas of zebrafish gill development will power new studies of branching morphogenesis at single cell resolution! 🧪

I'll also be presenting a poster on our course in Hong Kong at the @isscr.org annual meeting next week. Come chat! Friday 4pm

I am a presenter in the ISSCR Continuing Education Course. Learn more.

I am proud to have presented in the open-access ISSCR course, Stem Cell Medicine: From Research to Patient Care, jointly provided with Harvard Medical School! This resource is a major milestone for the field at such a pivotal time. Learn more: invt.io/1bxbesknhow

A growing body of evidence suggests infections are tied to dementia, and that vaccines may minimize the risk. What do we know about these emerging links, and what is still unclear? Read the article: asm.org/articles/202...

I feel like I barely made it to this #FluorescenceFriday

I am proud to be hosting the Global Insights into Stem Cell Education Meet-Up Hub, together with Megan Munsie and Rosa McCarty at the @isscr.org 2025 Annual Meeting in Hong Kong on 11-14 June. Register now to join us!

I'm heading to this in a few weeks, can't wait! Will you be there? let me know!

It's all go at Interplanetary Records this morning. If you're in #Edinburgh this weekend, pop along for a sci-music-art cosmic fusion. 🔭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

👉 Sett Studios: 127 Leith Walk, 11-17 Sat, Sun & Mon

Exciting event for our school tonight, the Sabre Celebration for our Bioscience Enterprise Graduates at Science Uni Auckland, NZ. Thanks to BioPacific Partners! Bring on the guests and the champagne 🍾

Robert Prevost reposted Rocco Palmo @roccopalmo · Apr 14 As Trump & Bukele use Oval to 🤣 Feds’ illicit deportation of a US resident (https://bit.ly/3ROMjnP), once an undoc-ed Salvadorean himself, now-DC Aux +Evelio asks, “Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed? How can you stay quiet?” https://bit.ly/4j700KN Robert Prevost reposted Synod.va @Synod_va · Feb 25 We continue praying together the Holy Rosary for the health of #PopeFrancis this evening at 9 PM in St. Peter’s Square, The prayer today will be presided over by His Eminence Cardinal Louis Antonio Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization. #pope #PopeFrancis

Robert Prevost reposted Synod.va @Synod_va · Feb 15 #PrayForThePope #GoodNews: The Holy See Press Office has announced that Pope Francis' health is improving. Let us pray together for his full recovery @franciscus Be strong, We are looking forward to seeing you again soon at St. Peter's Square. #WeLoveOurPope

Robert Prevost @drprevost · Feb 13 Pope Francis’ letter, JD Vance’s ‘ordo amoris’ and what the Gospel asks of all of us on immigration From americamagazine.org Robert Prevost @drprevost · Feb 3 JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn't ask us to rank our love for others https://ncronline.org/node/292716 via @NCRonline

The new Pope didn't tweet once in 2024. In 2025, he's posted 5 times, in which he:

- Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus
- Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies
- Retweeted twice about the Pope's health
- Retweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG.

A network diagram with a set of large central nodes and smaller nodes around the periphery. Nodes are color-coded based on Practice, Member, and Goal categories, with Practice the most dominant and Goals diffused around the periphery. Nodes are connected by edges of varying weights.

It's new preprint day! We asked students to **draw** what they thought learning was like in a studio-format introductory physics for life science course. Then, we used network analysis to get a holistic view of what they depicted. 1/

arxiv.org/abs/2505.02681 🎢 #AcademicSky #EducationResearch

Abiotic origin of the citric acid cycle intermediates | PNAS The molecular framework for protometabolism—chemical reactions in a prebiotic environment preceding modern metabolism—has remained unknown in evolu...

Abiotic origin of the citric acid cycle intermediates www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs

Paralysed man stands again after receiving ‘reprogrammed’ stem cells Another man also regained some movement, but two others experienced minimal improvement.

Stunning work from Hideyuki Okano's group! www.nature.com/articles/d41...