It's finally here! Registration for the 2026 joint international biohackathon is live! 📅 9-11 Sep #Cambridge or #Antwerp 2026.biohack.live #Hackathon #ComputationalBiology #Bioinformatics @uantwerpen.be @vibai.bsky.social @cmn-vib.bsky.social @babrahaminst.bsky.social @babraham-bioinf.bsky.social

Check out the latest pre-print from the Houseley lab 👇

Houseley Lab@houseleylab.bsky.social · last mo.

New preprint: Cells surviving #osimertinib frequently enter a defective S phase with DNA replication and segregation errors Preventing S phase avoids emergence of #drug resistance Great work from Kieron May Collaboration with Matt Martin @astra-zeneca.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Join our BioSCaPe PhD programme! You'll join an interdisciplinary, collaborative research environment and tackle fundamental biological questions with cutting-edge tools and expert supervision. Deadline 30th July. View the projects: buff.ly/Ex0o7rE

How RAB5C enzyme regulates the microbicidal phagosome in macrophages 📷 Edismauro Garcia Freitas-Filho et al, @uspoficial.bsky.social in @science.org Advances ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026/5/12

BPoD | Eating In

Eating In - Biomedical pictures for May 2026.

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I am pleased to share a link to the latest paper from the Cook lab. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... The DYRK protein kinases, near neighbours to the MAPKs in the CMGC arm of the human kinome, control critical cell fate decisions and are deregulated in disease, much like the MAPKs and CDKs.

It's #TestimonialTuesday Find out what our hashtag#Bioinformatics course attendees think of our training 👇 biotrain.tv #ScientificTraining #ComputationalBiology #Stats #Statistics #BigData #DataAnalysis #TrainingTuesday #TestimonialTuesday @babraham-bioinf.bsky.social @babrahaminst.bsky.social

It's #TestimonialTuesday Find out what our hashtag#Bioinformatics course attendees think of our training 👇 biotrain.tv #ScientificTraining #ComputationalBiology #Stats #Statistics #BigData #DataAnalysis @babrahaminst.bsky.social #TrainingTuesday #TuesdayTestimonial

What a great conference! Thanks to the German, Dutch and Spanish dev bio societies for arranging such an inspiring and inclusive meeting. Happy to have met new colleagues and good old friends from my PhD times.

SEBD@sebioldev.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Last morning of #GfESEBDDSDB2026 and a session on Stem cells and organoids where our board member @trayon.bsky.social gave a fantastic talk on her most recent results on protein metabolism in developmental tempo #gfe2026

Exciting new project in our lab @babrahaminst.bsky.social! We are working with @alesdantas.bsky.social at @newcastleuni.bsky.social to understand how extrachromosomal circular DNA mediates drug resistance in fungal pathogens Funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social #ecDNA #eccDNA #Candida #Zymoseptoria

Post-doc job alert! We have an exciting opportunity for a post doc to join our team at the Babraham Institute, exploring ageing metabolism and epigenetics. babrahaminstitute.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details...

We are pleased to welcome Prof Sir Jim Smith as the Institute's Interim Director. Read more 👇

3D lab-grown model of implantation reveals cell types & molecular interactions between embryo & endometrium 📹 Matteo A. Molè, Sarah Elderkin & Irene Zorzan et al @babrahaminst.bsky.social in Cell @cellpress.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

There is just one day left to register for our upcoming Frontiers in Stem Cell Innovation Conference! Join leading academics and industry professionals exploring cutting-edge stem cell technologies and disease modelling for drug discovery. View the full agenda and register now: buff.ly/ZiURhGV

Happy holidays from all of us at the Babraham Institute!✨Our card includes an image of a mouse intestine that has been stained for DNA (blue), e-cadherin (green) and muc2 (red). 📸 Petrina Tan, Christophorou lab

Our team has successfully achieved human embryo implantation in the lab using a 3D endometrial scaffold. The Goal: Implantation is of the biggest hurdle in pregnancy. By understanding this process in the lab, we can develop new therapeutics to improve clinical outcomes and IVF success rates.

Christmas has come early. Fantastic to see this beautiful study from Peter Rugg-Gunn's lab at The Babraham Institute published today. Congratulations to Matteo Mole, Sarah Elderkin, Irene Zorzan and all other authors! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Modeling human embryo implantation in vitro

Building an in vitro model of receptive endometrium allows investigation of human embryo implantation and early post-implantation development and recapitulates the earliest stages in establishing the ...

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NEWS | Researchers ‘listen in’ to embryo-mother interactions during implantation using a culture system replicating the womb lining www.babraham.ac.uk/news/2025/12...

Christmas special: buy one ticket, bring a colleague for free! Join leading academics, industry experts, and biotech innovators and explore next-generation stem cell technology, disease modelling, and translational breakthroughs at the Frontiers in Stem Cell Innovation Conference! buff.ly/oMmTmYd

Earlybird deadline extended 🚨Join us at the Frontiers in Stem Cell Innovation (FISCI) Conference on the 5th –6th February 2026 in Cambridge. Up to 50% off ends 16th January: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/frontiers-...

Frontiers in Stem Cell Innovation 2026

Join leading academics and industry professionals exploring cutting-edge stem cell technologies and disease modelling for drug discovery

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www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.... Congratulations to Suzan Ber and @aesposito1975.bsky.social on their lovely study of KRAS alleles on glutamine and nitrogen metablism and signalling - just out in EMBO Reports. Such a pleasure to collaborate on this fascinating project! 👏

FOXO1 links KRAS G12D and G12V alleles to glutamine and nitrogen metabolism in colorectal cancer | EMBO reports

imageimageKRAS mutations at codon 12 induce profound metabolic changes in colorectal cancer cells. These oncogenic mutations promote FOXO1-dependent glutamine and nitrogen recycling, uncovering a vuln...

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I’m really pleased to share the link to a new Cook Lab paper published today in Nature Communications. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

RAF inhibitors activate the integrated stress response by direct activation of GCN2 - Nature Communications

Three BRAF inhibitors are used to treat melanoma and colorectal cancer. Here, the authors demonstrate that these drugs bind and activate the protein kinase GCN2, a previously unappreciated off-target ...

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🚨UK Ageing Research League Table update @babrahaminst.bsky.social claims 1st 🥇 @unibirmingham.bsky.social in 2nd 🥈 @ox.ac.uk in 3rd 🥉 @ucl.ac.uk & (bluesky shy?) Univeristy of Westmisnter narroly miss the podium & are tied for 4th. How did your institution rank? bsra.org.uk/uk-ageing-re...

The countdown is on! One week left for early birds to get their tickets to the Frontiers in Stem Cell Innovation conference 🎟️ 📅 5–6 February 2026 📍 Cambridge, UK Hosted by The Babraham Institute and Newcastle University. Register now www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/frontiers-...

Frontiers in Stem Cell Innovation 2026

Join leading academics and industry professionals exploring cutting-edge stem cell technologies and disease modelling for drug discovery

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It’s #AnimalStats day in the UK today. You can see our animal stats at any time on our website, as well as finding out how and why we use mice in our research. www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research...

Check out the line up of amazing speakers at the 2026 GRC Autophagy meeting in Ventura, California, 15-20 March. Register now and share your latest findings. www.grc.org/autophagy-in...

Interested in #StemCell research and technologies? Then hopefully this pairing of events is already marked in your calendar for February 2026. If not, take a longer look! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/frontiers-...

VACANCY - We have an opportunity for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Howard Group, working to develop computational models of epigenetic dynamics in the Polycomb system. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po... Closing date - 9 November 2025 Salary - £37,500 - £45,350 Contract - 36 months, full-time

Postdoctoral Researcher (Howard Group) | John Innes Centre

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Howard Group at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of Computational and Systems Biology.

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ICYM our announcement from last week: Two incredible events unite to make one unmissable opportunity! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/frontiers-...

Frontiers in Stem Cell Innovation 2026

Join leading academics and industry professionals exploring cutting-edge stem cell technologies and disease modelling for drug discovery

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Babraham Institute@babrahaminst.bsky.social · 10mo ago

3 days - 2 events - 1 amazing opportunity! Get set for two events showcasing bioscience innovation. 4-5 Feb - WORD+ 2026 event 5-6 Feb - our Frontiers in Stem Cell Innovation (FISCI) conference 📍Cambridge Registration for FISCI is open now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/frontiers-...

NEW PUBLICATION | A research collaboration between the Rugg-Gunn lab and Lonza is moving researchers towards the ability to drive transgene expression (in CHO cells) at higher levels to improve biopharmaceuticals yields. analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

🚀 Applications are open for the Bio-spark Entrepreneurial Programme! Are you an early career researcher hoping to consider options outside the academic world? Are you looking for advice, experience or mentorship? 🗓️ Apply by 13 Oct 🔗 www.gravity.cam.ac.u...