Professor Grant Trewartha, Cross-Sector Experience Awardee, next to a quote that reads: "The Award has provided the unique space to experience new environments, prioritise career development and create a collaboration built on solid foundations."
Do you work to improve human health?
Apply for our Cross-Sector Experience Awards to
💸 Receive up to £100K in funding
🤝 Work 3-12 months in a new sector
🚀 Gain cross-sector experience to drive health innovation
Check eligibility & apply by Fri 20 Feb: https://bit.ly/48gcvkx
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
To analyse neuroimaging, cognitive, and biological data from the UKRI MRC-funded PREterm Neurodevelopment and COGnition study (PRENCOG), the Theirworld Edinburgh Birth Cohort (TEBC), and other early life image datasets available to the research community. We wish to develop an understanding of how preterm birth affects the brain by studying children born preterm and term comparators. We are collecting multiscale data during the neonatal period and at ages 5 and 7 years. The post-holder will apply statistical and computational approaches to the analysis of high-dimensional data sets from children affected by preterm birth, including MRI, DNA methylation, and phenotypic data, and they will undertake longitudinal image analyses. To contribute to the development of new ideas, approaches, concepts or techniques, to the overall direction and management of this research project, and to publishing or otherwise disseminating the outputs of the research.
📣Job opportunity: To analyse neuroimaging, cognitive, and biological data from the UKRI MRC-funded PREterm Neurodevelopment and COGnition study (PRENCOG), the Theirworld Edinburgh Birth Cohort (TEBC), and other early life image datasets available to the research community.
More info: edin.ac/4pz9kux
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📆 SULSA OPPORTUNITIES WEBINAR!
Register for our webinar to discover how to make the most of SULSA in 2026 - including how we can support your research & career development, plus details on upcoming funding, networking opps, & training designed to help you thrive 🙌
👉 forms.office.com/e/HwqXwZqkjH
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Applications are still open for our CATAC 2026 competitions!
Apply by Thurs 8 Jan to
📑 Showcase your research
🤝Grow your network
💬 Connect with peers across disciplines
Learn more and see eligibility to apply: https://bit.ly/4pQurYV
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The BHF Cardiovascular Biomarker Laboratory is recruiting a full-time technician. Closing date 5 November 2025. More info and application: edin.ac/43BA701
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vacancy senior research technician closing 18 November 2025
📣Job Opportunity: To provide comprehensive support and manage all technical aspects for a clinical research project entitled ‘Protecting spermatogonial stem cells from chemotherapy-induced damage for fertility preservation in childhood cancer'.
More Info: edin.ac/49ni8hx
29.10.2025 12:05 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Job vacancy Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics closing 8th december 2025
📣Job Opportunity: Play a central role in supporting researchers using single-cell and spatial transcriptomics approaches at the Institute for Regeneration & Repair.
More info: edin.ac/3Wuxlpt
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Job Vacancy Lab Services Lab Technician closing date 4th November 2025
📣Job Opportunity: We are seeking a dedicated individual to join our Lab services team providing day-to-day technical support for IRR’s research.
More Info: edin.ac/4qFIJwL
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Join us for another inaugural lecture showcase, with two professors from our Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, exploring what keeps dogs healthy and how nutrition and new technologies are transforming farm animal health.
📅 Tue 4 Nov | 🕒 5–7:30pm | 📍 Easter Bush Campus
👉 edin.ac/47fQUYV
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How does research move beyond academic journals to influence policy, practice, and public understanding?
I'll be chatting with Francesca Brazzorotto from @kargerpublishers.bsky.social on Tuesday 4th Nov as part of their People & Science Live series.
Register Free
www.linkedin.com/events/73834...
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For anyone wanting to revisit Dr Taryn Bell's excellent PI Network session on Narrative CVs - video and session materials are now live on our Portal: bit.ly/3LvMzIr
(including the link to Taryn's wonderful curated Padlet of all things NCV!)
27.10.2025 16:30 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We are delighted that Rosalyn has won the Outstanding Postdoc Award - well done Rosalyn! You are a great example to us all!
19.09.2025 13:06 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Well done to Lizi for winning the Student Support and Supervision Award! Keep doing what you are doing! @edinuni-irr.bsky.social
19.09.2025 13:06 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Well done to Soraya for winning the Scientific Advancement Award! We are looking forward to seeing how your career progresses! @edinunineuro.bsky.social
19.09.2025 13:06 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 2
Well done to Danai for winning Contributions to Citizenship! Such an important part of working in academia - great work! @edinunineuro.bsky.social
19.09.2025 13:06 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 4
Well done to Ambre for winning Contributions to Communities, Knowledge Exchange and Public Engagement! A very worthy winner of this award! @roslininstitute.bsky.social
19.09.2025 13:06 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
🪧We are delighted to announce the winners of the CMVM Postdoc Appreciation Week Awards 2025 - we received lots of super nominations so congratulations to everyone nominated - see🧵for results...
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The Royal Society's #PairingScheme26 is now open for applications for researchers. This scheme pairs scientists with UK parliamentarians or civil servants. Find out more and apply now for this unique scheme: https://royalsociety.org/grants/training-mentoring-partnership-schemes/pairing-scheme/
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Our partnered project 'Breaking Barriers in Research Funding Applications: Evaluating Narrative CVs and Co-designing Solutions' has come to an end! Thanks @edicaucus.bsky.social @daphnejacksontr.bsky.social University of Surrey. Here's an overview of what we have been working on and our key findings
02.09.2025 16:06 — 👍 7 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0
The Royal Society's Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship scheme is now open for applications. This scheme offers a first step into an independent research career for early career scientists who require a flexible working pattern. Find out more and apply now: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/dorot...
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🚨 New Job Opportunity! 🚨
We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to support active clinical research studies within the Hub (principally the METPSY research study) at the University of Edinburgh.
📍Edinburgh
📆 Apply by 11th September
🔗 More info 👇
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📅 Save the Date: 9 Sep at @royalsociety.org
🌍 Five global challenges. One shared future.
⚠️ Places are limited and filling quickly – register now to secure your seat.
👉 More info: iiasa.ac.at/events/sep-2... @ukri.org
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OpenFest 2025
OpenFest 2025 will take place between 2nd-5th September 2025. View the programme and book your place:
If you're in Edinburgh, you'll be familiar with the post-fringe blues. What to do with all the free time?!
Well - how about grabbing a cuppa and signing up to Sheffield's online OpenFest? sheffield.ac.uk/openresearch...
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'UKRI Webinar: Improving the Open Access Research Information Landscape
03 September 2025 11:00 - 12:00
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We're running a webinar on the 'Improving the Open Access Research Information Landscape' report.
🗓️3 September
⏰11:00 - 12:00
Join us to hear about the report's findings and discuss the future of the open access research information landscape.
Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/1b6a1e...
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2025 event :: UK Postdoc Appreciation Week
How can postdocs move beyond day-to-day survival and actively shape their future?
UK National Postdoc Appreciation Week (UKNPAW) 2025 is coming!
Join the online and free flagship event 'From surviving to thriving: planning your future', on 15th September 10.30am (expected finish time 12.30pm), register here uk-postdoc-appreciation-week.webnode.co.uk/teaching-met...
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Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers
Are you an early career clinical lecturer whose research could improve health outcomes like Dr Graham?
You could be eligible for our Starter Grants 🚀
💸 Up to £30k to cover research costs
🔬 Boost your bids for longer-term funding
👉 Apply now: ow.ly/WN3w50Wuv5R
07.08.2025 13:01 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
National Postdoctoral Conference for ECRs
The British Academy Early Career Researcher Network is delighted to host the National Postdoctoral Conference on Thursday, 18 September 2025, at the British Academy in London. Free event.
Explore the postdoc journey, foster cross-sector collaborations, and identify shared opportunities for ECRs across SHAPE and STEM disciplines at the National Postdoctoral Conference next month. Find out more:
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Sign up!
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Research Portal
New report out now: Language Matters in Narrative CVs
Funded by @edicaucus.bsky.social, the study analyses the language used by researchers in narrative CVs and examines how specific linguistic features influence reviewers' evaluations. Findings and tips in the full report doi.org/10.15126/901...
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The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
We mobilise the humanities and social sciences to understand the world and shape a brighter future.
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Through our members, partners and associates, we aim to advance science as a global public good.
Contributing to the social, cultural, and economic wellbeing of Scotland through the advancement of learning and useful knowledge. 💡
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We work to advance and champion the positive economic, societal & cultural impacts of UK research-intensive universities.
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Unlocking postdoc career potential. Funded by @ukri.org
We're the Open Research and Research Support teams at the University of Edinburgh. We work to make research more open and accessible to all.
We are working towards UNESCO and LERU's pillars of Open Research.
Find out more:
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Making Scotland the best place in the world to learn, educate, research and innovate. Opening up opportunities for over half a million learners.
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We provide expert guidance, training, and advice in good research practice to improve #ResearchIntegrity and #ResearchCulture in the United Kingdom. Charity no. 1147061. ukrio.org, also at @ukrio@mstdn.science.
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We are the University of Edinburgh’s College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine; a community united by a shared ambition to turn ideas into positive health outcomes for humans, animals and our planet.
