Martin Turner

Good news for molecular studies of the mechanisms of ageing.

A great moment for Women's football in England. I hope this leads to more investment at the community level in football and all other sports.

Read Hanane's blog for the @bsrageing.bsky.social describing her experience at #AGE2025 held in Alaska!
* how her research @houseleylab.bsky.social has progressed since winning the 2024 Korenchevsky Award
* conference highlights
* sampling the Alaskan wilderness

The lab detective: how DNA breakthrough freed a mother ja... Kathleen Folbigg spent 20 years in prison until Carola Vinuesa uncovered the truth in a drop of blood

An incredibly important contribution to humanity.
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An outstanding opportunity - a great Institute in a beautiful city

Long-read RNA sequencing of transposable elements from single cells using CELLO-seq - Nature Protocols Single-cell long-read RNA sequencing enables the high-fidelity mapping of single-cell expression data from highly sequence-similar transposable elements to unique genomic loci by correcting errors fro...

Very happy to share our protocols paper for CELLO-seq. This will make single cell long read RNA-seq more accessible and provides analysis guidelines. We hope this helps the #transposon #TEsky community and folks working on #singleCell isoform and allelic #gene expression. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Falling vaccination rates leave millions of children at risk, experts warn More than 30m children worldwide not fully immunised for MMR and UK ranks worst in G7, WHO and Unicef say

“Vaccines save lives, and when coverage drops, disease spreads.” Dr Hans Kluge, the WHO regional director for Europe.
• invest in strong local health systems
• ensure vaccines are available to all
• fight misinformation

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

hopefully setting the scene for longer term funding, increasing support for the study of molecular and cellular biology in complex biological systems (living organisms) as well as new ways of working.

A mesmerizing time-lapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft over a month.

-Credits: NASA

Dr Simon Andrews, Head of Bioinformatics at the Babraham Institute, holding a certificate and an award for the 2025 Papin Prize for Contribution to Research. Image courtesy of The UK Institute for Technical Skills and Strategy. Photography by Alex Wilkinson Media.

AWARD NEWS | Following Simon's award for Contribution to Research in the #PapinPrizes, our article covers just a slice of Simon's impact on the Institute's research, on #bioinformatics and on empowering researchers across the world by demystifying data analysis.

www.babraham.ac.uk/news/2025/07...

Symposium a huge success thanks to Rachael Walker and Babraham Institute team!

⏱️ Just over two weeks left to apply for the role of Grants Officer. Read on to find out about the generous benefits, and what Oliver Soutar says about working within a small, expert team. More here: vivensafoundation.org.uk/about-us/vac...
#CharityJobs #GrantsOfficerVacancy

Well deserved Simon, your contributions are making a real difference to so many groups at BI

We'd like to extend our HUGE thanks to two outgoing Trustees, @jlorigan.bsky.social and Professor Tom Kirkwood, who've both served a maximum two terms on the Board. We are now welcoming applications for the position of Trustee: vivensafoundation.org.uk/about-us/vac...
#TrusteeRecruitment

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary ...

Opportunities if you're interested in immunity: we have projects on RNA binding proteins in B & T cell memory and effector responses. marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...

Funding opportunities - Vivensa Foundation We know that there’s a huge amount to do, so we need to prioritise.  We will be focusing on some key themes for support for our current plan period (which you can find in our Strategic Framework 2025-...

Our Early Career Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme is now open. We invite applications from early career postdoctoral researchers with up to 3yrs experience. Funding has been made available to support at least three awards of up to £350k. Further information: vivensafoundation.org.uk/apply-for-fu...

Schematic of TN-seq in C. neoformans. Top left: Transposon insertions (orange arrow) into nonessential genes results in viable cells. In contrast, insertions into essential genes will result in dead and nonrecoverable cells. Top right: TN-seq works by generating a library of cells where each cell has a single independent transposon insertion in a random location. As in A, those insertions into essential regions cause the cells to die and are nonrecoverable. As a result, the total library (bottom) is depleted in insertions in essential regions. Bottom: The Ac/Ds transposon was split into an Ac transposase and a Ds transposon containing a neomycin resistance marker. This Ds transposon was integrated into an intron of URA5 and the Ac transposase was integrated into the safe haven locus. The resulting stain is ura− and neomycin resistant. Upon initiating transposition via growth on galactose, the strain becomes URA+ and mutant at another locus (depicted here as YFG1).

#Fungal infections are hard to treat due to #DrugResistance. @blakebillmyre.bsky.social &co use a high-throughput #TNseq system in #Cryptococcus neoformans to identify >1400 essential genes & reveal a role for #mitochondrial genes in #fluconazole sensitivity @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4dz3iVm

Funding opportunities - Vivensa Foundation We know that there’s a huge amount to do, so we need to prioritise.  We will be focusing on some key themes for support for our current plan period (which you can find in our Strategic Framework 2025-...

📢 Our Academy Ignition fund is now open! Vivensa Academy members who are based at a UK university, research organisation or community organisation working with older people are eligible to apply for up to £5k of funding. vivensafoundation.org.uk/apply-for-fu...
#FundingOpportunity #HealthyAgeing

My new book on immune health - thank you so much Brian Cox!

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Funding opportunities - Vivensa Foundation We know that there’s a huge amount to do, so we need to prioritise.  We will be focusing on some key themes for support for our current plan period (which you can find in our Strategic Framework 2025-...

Pre-call announcement 📢

We are delighted to be partnering with the @gerisoc.bsky.social to fund a brand new Undergraduate Research Placement Scheme. Call opens at the end of May. Find out more here: vivensafoundation.org.uk/apply-for-fu...

#AgeingRelatedResearch #FundingOpportunity

Just published and a very special thanks to Sarah, Bea, Ram and Louise for their dedication to this project. Also the Babraham facilities were outstanding and very engaged throughout this project.

Trustee Professor Rose Gilroy discussing the health consequences of poor housing and the need for “a little less conversation, a little more action.”

Like many others, we’ve left X so we’re new around here - and with a new name too (formerly Dunhill Medical Trust). We’re looking forward to connecting with those who have great ideas and methods for improving the health and well-being of older people.

The do’s and don’ts of scientific image editing Acceptable image-editing practices are partly a matter of common sense. But researchers say journals and funders could help scientists by standardizing policies.

The do’s and don’ts of scientific image editing www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How frustrating to hear this from someone who knows. of course more money needs to be invested for the future-spend this money on computational and practical skills training.

Science’s big problem is a loss of influence, not a loss of trust Evidence shows that science and scientists remain highly trusted. But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway.

Science’s big problem is a loss of influence, not a loss of trust, argue Heidi Larson and David Bersoff

Science & scientists remain highly trusted. But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway
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#AcademicSky

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Could the shingles vaccine help to prevent dementia? Large-scale analyses of electronic health data suggest that the herpes zoster vaccine could protect against dementia — but it’s not yet clear how.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#RNAsky #RNAbiology

Vaccines save lives. Leaders must champion them Attacks on vaccines and the cancellation of research into what causes vaccine hesitancy puts people in harm’s way.

There is overwhelming evidence that vaccine save lives. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The duplication crisis: the other replication crisis How bad publishing incentives hinder long-term thinking in computational biology research

Interesting points about the prolific expansion of computational methods by Jake Taylor-King. My perspective is we need incentives for developers to engage with new entrants/users in the field and each other. A means to "pass the baton" is essential.
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