@nsmyllie
Investigator scientist at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Neurobiologist researching the circadian clock of the suprachiasmatic nucleus STEM Ambassador Passion for Science Public Engagement All views are my own
Person on ladder adjusting clock hands against a sky transitioning from day to night.
New #LMBResearch led by @drbatmo.bsky.social in John O’Neill’s group (@cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social) has identified the molecular switch decides day or night.
Click here to read how the mTOR pathway controls when mammals are active and the role it’s played in evolution: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...
Since I moved to @mrclmb.bsky.social I’ve been trying to answer this: Why are some mammals active at night and others in the day? Today our answer is out @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/....
If you’re interested in circadian biology, evolution or how timing shapes physiology, take a look
4yr MRC-funded postdoc position investigating circadian mechanisms in cardiometabolic disease, currently available @manchester.ac.uk
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Come and join our brilliant Centre for Biological Timing team!
@bioclocksuk.bsky.social #chronobiology #circadian #postdoc
Share you #chronobiology research at the upcoming #ClockClub in Nottingham on the 9th of January 2026. Only a few more days until the 14th Nov abstract submission deadline!
Send your abstract here: forms.office.com/e/cQDefteB7S
Join the LMB's PhD programme! Applications now open for October 2026 Deadline 2nd December 2025
Considering the LMB for your PhD?
We’ve got over 25 projects available, covering a wide array of topics. Check them out here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int...
Apply by 2nd DEC for Autumn 2026 admission.
M4S collage with past winners and in action pictures
The M4S Competition has expanded its reach to Birmingham and Manchester, underscoring the programme's success in sparking scientific curiosity among primary students across the UK
#LMBNews
www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/m4s-expansio...
@mcrcnews.bsky.social @uom-dcs.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Join us at @pborostemfest.bsky.social on Oct 18 to test your detective skills in an interactive game, matching what you see under a microscope with different areas of LMB’s science #PSF2025
📍 ARU Peterborough
🕚 11:00 – 16:00 (Quiet time 9.30-11)
www.peterboroughstemfestival.co.uk/exhibitors/m...
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Want to help inspire future generations of scientists? Are you passionate about #SciComm? We have a Public Engagement and Communications Officer (Maternity Cover) position in the LMB engagement & comms team:
www.reed.co.uk/jobs/public-...
Closes 21 SEP
#SciCommJobs
Michael Hastings in a light pink shirt stands with arms crossed in front of scientific research posters filled with charts and graphs.
We’re looking for a #postdoc to join Michael Hastings’ group, studying diet-induced neuroinflammation in the hypothalamus and its modulation by circadian clock mechanisms, in collaboration with John O'Neill's group.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Closes 08 SEP
#ScienceJobs #PostdocJobs
☀️ Summer is a great time to observe biological rhythms in action. Look at the insect life around you - do they come out at a particular time of day?
🐝 If so, you've found their 'temporal niche'!
🔗 Learn more through our factsheets here: www.bioclocks.uk/factsheets
#SciComm #Ecology 🧪
To be successful, policymakers need to consider diverse perspectives
go.nature.com/3H7XR3X
We're Hiring! Science Photographer/Videographer VisLab, MRC LMB Bring science to life through stunning visuals. Apply Today
Are you creative? Curious? Science-savvy?
We have a unique opportunity to join the LMB’s VisLab as a Photographer / Videographer where you’ll help communicate ground-breaking research with dynamic visuals.
Apply now: mrc.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
#CambridgeJobs #PhotographyJobs #ScienceCommunication
Is the next step of your career at the LMB?
Come and find us at the @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social Campus Jobs and Career Fair this Saturday 21st June at the Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology!
More details here: cambridge-biomedical.com/event/cbc-jo...
What does the evidence say about beating #jetlag? It depends which way you’re going!
Check out our full factsheet on Jetlag here: www.bioclocks.uk/factsheets
#chronobiology #scicomm 🧪
Thanks to Michael Brunner for writing this #news&views article for @embojournal.org about our recent research on #circadian clock protein dynamics in the SCN: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
The LMB is committed to being open & honest about why & how we use animals in our research.
Our Biological Services Group provide excellent care to our colonies of rodents – our fantastic animal technicians explain why they work with mice in this video: youtu.be/V7CHmPGjvSo
#BOARD25 @eara.eu
A nice summary about my latest paper, and I got to use this image that I had fun putting together (no AI in sight!)
Artistic representation of the complex dynamics exhibited by “clock proteins” within the brain.
Uncovering the hidden complexity behind the brain’s master clock.
New research led by @nsmyllie.bsky.social, in Michael Hastings’s group, reveals that body clock proteins PER2 & CRY1 act more independently than previously thought:
www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/uncovering-t...
#LMBResearch 🧪 🕙 🧠
If anyone is interested, I've updated our take on a cellular basis of the mammalian nocturnal-diurnal switch @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
We've refined the paper (for the better, hopefully!) - my fave updates are the results from a collab with Zoonomia (Fig 3)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Very pleased to see my latest paper out in @embojournal.org Go check it out!
Quantitative measures of clock protein dynamics in the mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus extends the #circadian time-keeping model
Michael Hastings, Nicola Smyllie @nsmyllie.bsky.social et al @mrclmb.bsky.social
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Girl and woman looking under a microscope in an outreach activity
LMB scientists showcased their work at the @cambridgefestival.bsky.social with a hands-on activity about the scale of biology and an artistic piece about body clocks.
Read about the event here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/lmb-highligh...
#LMBNews #CamFest @nsmyllie.bsky.social
LMB engagement team group photo
LMB @cambridgefestival.bsky.social engagement team ready to go! Join us at CAST today 11-4 to explore the tiny scale of our research, play our mutant matching game & see @nsmyllie.bsky.social Sci-Art collaboration.
More details: www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/molec...
Fluorescent microscopy image
Looking for something to do next weekend? Join us at
@cambridgefestival.bsky.social
We’ll be at CAST from 11AM-4PM on 22nd March
Discover how scientists unlock the mysteries of life by studying its constituent parts at vastly different scales
More details: www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/molec...
A scientist looking under a microscope and an artist painting
We will also display the sci-art collaboration between the contemporary artist Laura Pearson-Clark and Nicola Smyllie @nsmyllie.bsky.social in the LMB's Neurobiology Division
Collage showing students in lab based work experience placements
📣 Last week to apply to our work experience placements
🧪🔬 Aimed at local Y12 students from state schools interested in a science career
🗓️ 28/07 – 1/08
Eligibility and selection criteria apply
Applications by 09/03
Info: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/wor...
#STEM #WorkExperience #BiologyCareers
Collage showing work experience students working in labs
📣 Applications are open for our work experience placements
🧪🔬 Aimed at local Y12 students from state schools interested in a science career
🗓️ 28/07 – 1/08
Eligibility and selection criteria apply
Applications by 09/03
www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/wor...
#STEM #WorkExperience #BiologyCareers
Woman looking into a microscope, wearing blue, protective gloves and a white lab coat.
This #WomenInScience Day, why not check out our 'Equity in Microscopy' Resource, which highlights women and other underrepresented people in #microscopy and #cytometry
A great resource for conference organisers!
Find out more and add to our database: www.rms.org.uk/community/eq...
We work today and everyday for the right of every women and girls to be who they want to be. From REVERS-ED we are working to achieve this right from education, so educational inequalities won't be a barrier for any #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🔬👩🔬 🎉
A big thank you to the fantastic scientists we get to work with every day as well as our enthusiastic event participants!
Let's continue to break down barriers and advance equality in science 💪
📸 Kinga Lubowiecka/ EMBL