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Great speaker line up for #BSCBNextGen next week

05.03.2026 09:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Late breaking abstracts for Dynamic Cell VI are now open until 16th March!

02.03.2026 11:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
A joint Biochemical Society and BSCB scientific meeting: Dynamic Cell VI, 21-24 April 2026, Reading, UK. Includes logos for Biochemical Society, BSCB, CSCB and RMS and the event image (photo credit: Sam Dunkley)

A joint Biochemical Society and BSCB scientific meeting: Dynamic Cell VI, 21-24 April 2026, Reading, UK. Includes logos for Biochemical Society, BSCB, CSCB and RMS and the event image (photo credit: Sam Dunkley)

Dynamic Cell VI is accepting late breaking abstract submissions (posters only) until 16 March 2026! Don’t miss the opportunity to present and discuss your research. Submit yours and register now πŸ§ͺ: bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell...

26.02.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Are you a budding science writer? ✍️

Then enter our science writing competition! Entries can be fiction or non-fiction. For more info and how to enter visit our website:
bscb.org/competitions...

Deadline 31st March

26.02.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Have you produced beautiful images as part of your cell biology research?

Then enter our image competition!

bscb.org/competitions...

Deadline 31st March

Check out last year's winner 'Brainbow' by Alvaro Castano

25.02.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Mitochondrial Disease Charity | My Mito Mission An innovative mitochondrial disease charity - My Mito Mission raises awareness, support and funds for research – could you be a Mito Hero and join us?

You can find out more about My Mito Mission here:
www.mymitomission.uk

25.02.2026 10:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This year, in addition to our usual studentships, we are partnering with My Mito Mission who are funding extra studentship places for research focused on mitochondrial function and dysfunction

If you're working on mitochondria, apply now πŸ‘‡

25.02.2026 10:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Applications need to be made by prospective supervisors who are BSCB members on behalf of the student

24.02.2026 11:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
BSCB Summer Studentships - BSCB The BSCB Summer Vacation Studentships offer financial support for high calibre undergraduate students, who wish to gain research experience in cell biology during their summer vacation. Our aim is to ...

Do you know a talented undergraduate student who would like to undertake a paid summer internship in your cell biology lab?

Applications to our summer studentships are OPEN

Deadline 31st March

For details and how to apply, see our website:

bscb.org/support-gran...

24.02.2026 11:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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The BSCB is sponsoring the Scottish Fly Meeting 2026
πŸ—“οΈ 1st April
πŸ“Glasgow
Register now!

29.01.2026 10:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All of our fantastic medal winners will be awarded their prizes and present their research at Dynamic Cell VI. It's not too late to register!

22.01.2026 10:18 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are delighted to announce that @mitosrus.bsky.social from @cruk-si.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk has been awarded the 2026 Hooke Medal

You can read about Stephen's work on mitochondria, cell death and cancer here:

bscb.org/hooke-medal-...

22.01.2026 10:07 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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We are delighted to announce that @rashmi-priya.bsky.social from @crick.ac.uk has been awarded the 2026 Women in Cell Biology Early Career medal

You can read about Rashmi's prize-winning work on heart morphogenesis here:

bscb.org/wicb-early-c...

22.01.2026 09:59 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5
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We are delighted to announce that @giuliapaci.bsky.social from @ucllifesciences.bsky.social has been awarded the 2026 BSCB Postdoctoral researcher medal

You can read about Giulia's work on how tissues withstand mechanical stress here:

bscb.org/postdoctoral...

22.01.2026 09:49 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 6
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We are delighted to announce that Eva Simpson from the University of Nottingham has been awarded the 2026 BSCB Raff PhD Medal

You can read about Eva's prize-winning PhD work using 3D-CLEM to investigate chromosome ultrastructure here:

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

22.01.2026 09:42 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tomorrow is an exciting day.........we will be announcing the 2026 BSCB medal winnersπŸ₯πŸ₯πŸ₯

21.01.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are looking for early career cell biology researchers to present their work at the BSCB NextGen online seminar series.

Scan the QR code to register your interest:

19.01.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Dynamic Cell VI

Early bird deadline: Save Β£100: This Wed 21 January 2026! Dynamic Cell VI conference, Reading, UK, April 2026! Co-organised by
@bscb-official.bsky.social
and
@biochemsoc.bsky.social
with
@royalmicrosoc.bsky.social
and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology.
Register now:
bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI

19.01.2026 11:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Two weeks left to apply to be the BSCB Postdoc rep

19.01.2026 10:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Call for applications for BSCB Postdoctoral representativeΒ  - BSCB The BSCB is calling on eligible members to apply for the position of BSCB PostDoctoral Representative on our BSCB committee. The role will initially involve shadowing the current BSCB PostDoctoral Rep...

Are you a postdoc with a passion for cell biology? We are looking for a postdoc representative to join the BSCB committee!

Applications are open to existing BSCB postdoc members. See our website for further details.

Apply by 31st Jan

bscb.org/call-for-app...

03.12.2025 14:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

One week left to register for our Spring meeting and save Β£100! Super early booking deadline is 21/1

14.01.2026 12:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

BSCB NextGen kicks off tomorrow at 14.00 BST. Don't forget to register your place!

12.01.2026 11:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy New Year from the BSCB! We're very excited to announce 'BSCB NextGen', a new monthly online seminar series aimed at ECRs in Cell Biology.

The series kicks off on 13th January

For full details and how to register see:
bscb.org/announcing-b...

05.01.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Don't forget to register for our Spring Meeting: Dynamic Cell VI
A joint meeting with the @biochemsoc.bsky.social

Super early bird registration ends 21st Jan

18.12.2025 18:07 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

Thanks, Chris! And yep, all going brilliantly - 270 delegates and fantastic talks and posters. Great to see so much support for fundamental discovery science and membrane biology here! Thanks @jcellsci.bsky.social, @embojournal.org and @bscb-official.bsky.social for support!

15.12.2025 12:39 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Haven’t posted for a while but @jezcarlton.bsky.social opening up the annual UK membrane trafficking meeting #UKMT seems like an appropriate reason to post!

Great line up - as ever - with organisers Jez and Chris Stefan introducing a poster session too πŸ€“

15.12.2025 09:43 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Call for applications for BSCB Postdoctoral representativeΒ  - BSCB The BSCB is calling on eligible members to apply for the position of BSCB PostDoctoral Representative on our BSCB committee. The role will initially involve shadowing the current BSCB PostDoctoral Rep...

Are you a postdoc with a passion for cell biology? We are looking for a postdoc representative to join the BSCB committee!

Applications are open to existing BSCB postdoc members. See our website for further details.

Apply by 31st Jan

bscb.org/call-for-app...

03.12.2025 14:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Pathway to Independence
Support postdocs on the job market
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Pathway to Independence Support postdocs on the job market Line drawing of a person at a bench transitioning to working at a desk Development

Apply for our Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs in #devbio and #stemcell research during the transition to their first group leader position: www.biologists.com/grants/devel...

Application deadline: 2 February 2026.

02.12.2025 14:53 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6

EXTENDED DEADLINE: the deadline for BSCB medal nominations is now 14th November.

πŸ”¬Hooke Medal
πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬Women in Cell Biology medal
🧫 Postdoctoral Researcher medal
πŸ”¬Raff PhD medal award

Details of eligibility and how to nominate are on our website.

03.11.2025 16:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Registration is OPEN for our Spring meeting: Dynamic Cell VI

πŸ—“οΈ 21st-26th April 2026

πŸ“Reading, UK

Co-organised with @biochemsoc.bsky.social @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology

Register here:

www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f...

31.10.2025 10:06 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2