Do you have an exciting new chromatin/transcription story that you'd like to share with the #FN community?
Fill out this form to be considered for a talk in our Jan-June 2026 schedule! forms.gle/TBi38UgYxPAB...
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anyone got any advice on the following situation? I wrote and did a big chunk of the admin for a large MRC grant which also also awarded. I am named in the Staff breakdown on the grant as "researcher co-lead" with 100%FTE, and I am mentioned by name as "postdoctoral researcher Maria Niedernhuber"
I would generally advise that if your pi is having you ghost write their grants instead of either writing the grants to support you or letting you explore your writing in named fellowships this is a major red flag
Contact mrc grant officer, they should support you in this as well as your local union, they will help even if you are not a member
I second everything Edward said, it is awful that this happened to you. Make sure to download and save all emails that prove your intellectual input and ownership, all emails showing how close your draft was to submitted work, all emails showing you did the costing and finance as well as admin.
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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.
If you or someone you know is looking for a post-doctoral position working on mycobacterial envelope biology, please get in touch. I am recruiting here at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.
Congratulations Hana!
Register for the Dynamic Cell VI conference, Reading, UK, April 2026! This conference focusses on all aspects of cell dynamics, co-organised by @bscb-official.bsky.social and @biochemsoc.bsky.social with @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology.
bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI
Please sign this petition advocating for better funding and support for Polish science www.petycjeonline.com/list_otwarty...
Please consider signing a petition to increase the spending on science in Poland / List otwarty w sprawie finansowania nauki, w tym @ncn.gov.pl www.petycjeonline.com/list_otwarty...
Congrats Girish!
Having a great time at #EMBOMeiosis, celebrating my birthday with a great short talk by Louise from our group #ProudPI #Meiosis4eva
Just bringing your attention to the coolest #cell & dev meeting in #Switzerland.
Happening every three years, this place is an amazing gathering with fabulous #science and hikes... and lake sampling...
There are only 10 spots left... just saying...
meetings.ls2.ch/arolla2025
EMBO is #hiring a Scientific Editor (Absence cover) to join @emboreports.org. Apply by 8 June: buff.ly/seVUgYW π§ͺ
Congratulations Julie!
Where are these provinces and are they hiring?
'Emmanuel Macron, alongside...Ursula von der Leyen, will make speeches on Monday morning at Sorbonne University in Paris, flanked by European university leaders & researchers, in which they are expected to announce potential incentives & protections for researchers seeking to relocate to Europe. 1/3
"Serbiaβs government has restricted the time academics can spend on research to just five hours each week. The rule has been widely criticised by the countryβs research community, which is now seeking to overturn it through the courts."
www.chemistryworld.c...
A blutorial on my latest manuscript, which will appear as a Hypothesis article in Journal of Cell Science (no embargo requested as far as I am aware). If you are interested in mitosis/meiosis/kinetochores/evolution/deep phylogeny, please read it (1/n)
Some days are great, you chat to awesome collaborators, you get to really spend time thinking. I feel inspired and energised. May they all be like this π
John Weir in front of his lecture slides
We had an amazing seminar at Liverpool from @jweir.bsky.social, loads of cool complexes and exciting insights to #meiosis4eva! Very much a story to watch!
Please read this. My daughter is profoundly affected by Angelman Syndrome. She cannot speak or walk and needs assistance with every aspect of daily living. She is also phenomenal. She is loved by her family and friends. She brings joy to any room she is in. She loves fiercely and is loyal. /1
Moving introduction to the newly named @jcellsci.bsky.social David Stephens Prize & the 2024 inaugural winner Anja Konietzny by @drmichaelway.bsky.social, same issue as brilliant obituary by @jonlanenhl.bsky.social & George Banting. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Dear cilia researchers, join us in the heart of the beautiful Vosges mountains to share your latest findings! This year, partnership with @for5547.bsky.social and keynote lectures by @micromotility.bsky.social and @mick-lab.bsky.social
Registration is now open www.cfc2025.conferences-pasteur.org
I'm searching for nice Arabidopsis Col-0 chromatin datasets (modification agnostic), eg MNase-seq, DNase-seq, ATAC-seq. Does anyone have any favourite datasets you could point to?
A week until our 51st @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-symposium: 15/04/2025 15:00-17:15 BST. Still not registered for the series- join us here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso... Free and open to all! /1
For me only all meetings in one day would work, seems impossible though with the amount of meetings so currently I work on the no meetings on Monday rule. Protects one day a week for proper writing...
In our skills and personal development lab meeting we had an incredible seminar from Dr Martyna Pastok formerly @newcastleuni.bsky.social now at Captor Therapeutics. She gave a candid walk through the switch from academia, told us what she misses most and what has been the best bits about her move.
