Shamir Montazid

🚀 Calling all aspiring cancer researchers – Are you ready to embark on a PhD project at the intersection of non-coding RNA biology, functional genomics, and translational oncology?

📆 Applications for 2026-27 entry are now open!

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Well done!

I have made my book on longevity available for free online. Here is the link: bit.ly/shamir-immortality

Enjoy!

Are PhDs losing their lustre? Why fewer students are enrolling in doctoral degrees High living costs paired with stagnant stipends are being blamed for a drop in PhD enrolments in several countries.

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

Does a Phd make you poor? #academiachatter #PhDpoverty

This has happened in other areas of science: an unbiased evaluation of the entities that satisfies consumers and producers. #antibody #science #biotech #reagents #lifescience

Futuristic, to say the least

www.cell.com/cell-stem-ce...

Oxford comes first in Medicine and Computer Science rankings | The University of Oxford has been ranked first in the world in the Times Higher Education (THE) Subject Rankings for Medicine and Computer Science. Oxford leads in Medicine for the 14th consecutive

NEW: Oxford University has been ranked first in the world in the @timeshighered.bsky.social Subject Rankings for Medicine and Computer Science.

Oxford leads in Medicine for the 14th consecutive year and in Computer Science for the 7th.

More info ⬇️

Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.

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

‘Precocious’ early-career scientists with high citation counts proliferate Researchers have questions about how so many authors have racked up a large number of citations so quickly, although some of those authors are honest overachievers.

A good read!

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

Thanks for sharing our piece!

Adult stem cell activity in naked mole rats for long-term tissue maintenance - Nature Communications Authors report that long-term intestinal tissue maintenance in naked mole rats is achieved by having an expanded pool of slow-dividing adult stem cells while a higher proportion of differentiated cell...

Naked mole rat with long lifespan and low cancer incidence was used as an animal model for understanding cancer pathogenesis. Some nice comparisons of ASC dynamics in the intestine with mouse and human in an evolutionary context.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Dc...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...