Bioscience: The Musical 2.... combining my two favourite things ❤️
Ines Hahn
@exdrososcientia.bsky.social
Group leader @BiologyatYork | How do neurons grow? | Signalling and the cytoskeleton | science, singing, scifi, silly things, and coffee | 🤟🖖
We had an incredible time at the #DynamicCellVI conference! Our lab showed up almost in full force, contributing 4 posters, 3 flash talks, and 1 selected talk. It was fantastic to share our work and to see such strong interest and engagement from the community.
Day 2 at #DynamicCellVI kicks off with a cytoskeleton session with talks from Roberto Dominguez (UPenn) on f-actin structure, Anne Ridley (Bristol) & @sahilkamboj.bsky.social (KCL) on mechano-sensing and @exdrososcientia.bsky.social (York) on axonal microtubules.
@exdrososcientia.bsky.social an I were delighted to host @franbottanelli.bsky.social for an amazing seminar on nanoscale understanding of membrane trafficking pathways 🔬 We are grateful to @biochemsoc.bsky.social for sponsorship to host an international speaker 🙌
Neuroscientists on a field trip! What to do when the lab is closed for heating updates and window repairs? Leave the flies, pipettes and cultures behind for some fossil hunting and fish&chips at the Yorkshire coast.
Co-creating handbooks in research teams resource - taking the worry out of the process for anyone who wants to create a lab handbook with others, regardless of their role, experience or career stage. Designed by Gina Vong, Dr Ines Hahn and Dr Alex Payne-Dwyer figshare.com/articles/dat...
Interactive Guide to Creating Your Lab Handbook
So you want a lab handbook?Welcome! If you’re reading this, you probably want your lab to have a handbook. Perhaps you ended up here after hearing about how lab handbooks can improve group culture and help people do better research. Maybe you’re not sure about how to do it, or are daunted by the process; it’s a lot of work after all! We hope this resource will guide you through the process, so you can focus on actually creating your handbook, rather than worrying about how to do it.We made this resource based on our experiences working with multiple pilot lab groups in the University of York Biology Department. Through doing this, we tried to make it accessible to groups of different sizes, who work on different topics in a variety of ways. You don’t have to be a principal investigator (PI) or line manager yourself this resource is for anyone who wants to create a lab handbook with others in their group regardless of role, experience or career stage.
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The date for the fourth!!! #NeuroBioUK26 is fixed - join us September 11th 2026!
Save the date for #NeuroBioUK26 Do you like neurons? Maybe glia? Molecules? Cell biology? - The venue is booked and we are excited to see you and your incredible science there on the 11th of September! Please do join our email list to stay up to date. neurobiouk.sites.sheffield.ac.uk
Our article on how GSK3b controls microtubule bundling in axons is live 🎉 Here's our #notthecover attempt www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"Your article has been published" 🎉 We found there's a sweet spot of GSK-3β activity required to keep axonal microtubules bundled in 🪰🐀. Too much/little affect how Tau and Shot associate with microtubules leading to microtubules that loose bundling and resemble a bowl of cooked spaghetti 🍝
This morning's album of the day featuring Yorkshire's @thereytons.bsky.social Kids Off the Estate was playing in a record shop and I had to get it on the spot
Since the start of the year I've been kicking off my mornings with an 'album of the day'. Today's pick: Puscifer's fantastic new album 'Normal Isn't'. Complex rock with goth and punk vibes, MJK and Carina's ethereal voices, excellent lyrics - highly recommend!
At a time when the UK should be capitalising on its global reputation as a great place to do science, this is an enormous own goal. I am so sorry for all those who jobs are going to be impacted.
Both MRC and BBSRC responsive modes now withdrawn until further notice. Existing applications unlikely to succeed (late 2025 round expecting 1-5% success rate). Listen, I get that UKRI wants to pivot. But killing both at once is devastating. Let's hope at least one opens by summer... #AcademicSky
Need a reason to join next year's #NeuroBioUK? Here it is :) Thanks Sally for the amazing review focalplane.biologists.com/2025/10/06/n...
NeuroBio UK 2025: Insights, Innovation, and Inspiration in Neuroscience - FocalPlane
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We're kicking off the third #NeuroBioUK - an exciting day full of neuronal cell biology ahead! Massive thank for @bscb-official.bsky.social support and a shout out to our industry sponsors!
In contrast to tonight's sky I don't want to be dramatic, but there's only two more days left to submit an abstract to be considered for a talk at #NeuroBioUK neurobiouk.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/registration
🚨The deadline for a talk submission is approaching soon - don't miss your spot!! We can't wait to see you in York 😊 For details check out our website: neurobiouk.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/registration
NeuroBioUK - Registration
Step 1: Register through our event page. All attendees should register to attend through our event page. If you are attending without a poster and you don't wish to be considered for a talk slot - you...
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Registration is now open for NeuroBioUK 2025! This year we're looking forward to hearing from our plenary speaker @cathyabbott.bsky.social. As ever, all other talks chosen from submitted abstracts so get submitting - we can't wait to see you there! neurobiouk.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/registration
Really, really amazing conference. We went last year and the scientific programme and atmosphere were incredible! I 100% recommend attending + submitting an abstract for a talk - spread the word! 🧠
Registration is now open for NeuroBioUK 2025! This year we're looking forward to hearing from our plenary speaker @cathyabbott.bsky.social. As ever, all other talks chosen from submitted abstracts so get submitting - we can't wait to see you there! neurobiouk.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/registration
Thank you @clarahowcroft.bsky.social, @toraks.bsky.social and David Dupe for getting the Northern Drosophila community together and organising the first NE fly meeting. We had a wonderful time, thanks for creating such a lovely, supportive and enthusiastic spirit. See you soon!
It was a lovely first Fly North(East) meeting, diverse and supportive. Thank you all for sharing your science and the enthusiasm in strengthening our community. Thank you @gensocuk.bsky.social for the sponsorship that made it possible.
🥳🥳 So many good things happening recently (stayed tuned). This week, the York Neuro community celebrated that Molly Magarotto's first first author paper has been accepted. Congrats to her and the rest of the Han-Jou Chen team - they're on a roll!
It is already tomorrow, our first Fly North(East) England meeting at Northumbria University Newcastle! Co-organized with @toraks.bsky.social @dpdoupe.bsky.social. Looking forward to a day of bulding bridges and discussing how to nurture our network.
Registration is now open for NeuroBioUK 2025! This year we're looking forward to hearing from our plenary speaker @cathyabbott.bsky.social. As ever, all other talks chosen from submitted abstracts so get submitting - we can't wait to see you there! neurobiouk.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/registration
Registration is open for the third #NeuroBioUK!! @dozenoaks.bsky.social @alexfellows1.bsky.social and I are excited to see you again in York!
Registration is now open for NeuroBioUK 2025! This year we're looking forward to hearing from our plenary speaker @cathyabbott.bsky.social. As ever, all other talks chosen from submitted abstracts so get submitting - we can't wait to see you there! neurobiouk.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/registration
Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
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