If you're a Crick researcher do check out the news about how open access is changing at the Crick. intranet.crick.ac.uk/news/crick-o... You can still publish where you need to, but over the next two years we're closing agreements with publishers & more articles will be made open access through ePMC

Delighted to share that the Francis Crick Institute has joined the @ojcollective.bsky.social! We are very pleased to have their support for our STEM collection of diamond open access journals. A huge thank you to @drbeth.bsky.social for helping to make this happen!

Our latest: Minimal essential requirements for neural tube self-organisation How does a single cell give rise to a tissue with the right cell types in the right proportions? We deconstruct and rebuild a self-organising tissue from first principles A thread🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Minimal essential requirements for neural tube self-organisation

The reliable generation of diverse cell types in precise proportions is essential for the formation of functional tissues during embryonic development. Three-dimensional organoid models derived from p...

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The LGBTQ+ STEMinar has been away for a few years, but it's back on November 6th 2026! If you identify as LGBTQ+ and you would like to talk about your science, go apply! (anyone can attend)

Michael Armstrong@medialator.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It's at Queen Mary - 6th November. sites.google.com/view/lgbtqst... Sadly clashes with another conference I am speaking at!

🏺🧪Preprint of 1039(!) whole ancient human genomes from Britain, mainly dating to 1st Millennium CE, representing the best part of 7 years of my life. Herculean effort by @marinasdsilva.bsky.social to get this over the line. 'Migration Period' is more migrationy than we could have possibly imagined.

bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Genomic history and selection in Roman and early medieval Britain https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.28.721361v1

This is being held at the Crick on the 21st April. Don't let impending tube strikes put you off - plenty of train and bus options to get to us!

Dr Beth@drbeth.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Are you thinking of coming to the Practitioners Policy Day at the Festival of Open Science & Scholarship? Lots on Open Access, Open Data & Funder Policies. Over half the tickets have been sold already - so I'd get on that! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practition...

The impact of bioRxiv in numbers @richardsever.bsky.social

Calling publishers, developers, researchers, institutions & funders — STM has published a new discussion document on responsible use of research content in GenAI. Your input shapes the next iteration. Read & respond → stm-assoc.org/genai_consult #TrustinResearch

Guest Post — The Perils of Using Generative AI to Perform Research Tasks: Editors’ and Publishers’ Viewpoints scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/03/09/g...

Guest Post - The Perils of Using Generative AI to Perform Research Tasks: Editors’ and Publishers’ Viewpoints - The Scholarly Kitchen

Today's guest post offers a review of a panel of publishers and editors discussing the pros and cons of using Generative AI, along with ethical and policy implications.

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Very exciting to see the full rogramme of the London #OpenScience & Scholarship Festival 2026! #LDNOpenFest26 Led by fantastic team of @uclopenscience.bsky.social Booking is now open. Check the sessions out and note that Tue. 21 April is in-person at the @fci-library.bsky.social 🎊

Open Research: the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences perspective

Discover how open research supports creative, non‑traditional outputs and how iDAH is enabling data sharing in the arts and humanities

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship@uclopenscience.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We are very excited to share the full programme for the London Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2026 and announce that bookings are officially open! ✨ Find all the details on the Open@UCL blog 👉 buff.ly/S7yECkO

The Crick is hosting a full in-person day of workshop and panels about open research policy - useful for librarians, data stewards, research managers etc. Tues 21st April. We'd love to see you there!

UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship@uclopenscience.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We are very excited to share the full programme for the London Open Science & Scholarship Festival 2026 and announce that bookings are officially open! ✨ Find all the details on the Open@UCL blog 👉 buff.ly/S7yECkO

Would you like to come and work in our team? We're hiring a Senior Librarian. Varied and independent role, leadership within the small team without line management reponsibilities. www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Motivated graduates with backgrounds in biological or biomedical sciences, physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering and/or computer science are invited to apply to our 4-year fully funded PhD programme. Apply by 17 March 2026. www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

PhD student recruitment

PhD recruitment information.

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Same is true of scientific software.

BWJones@bwjones.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It would be fun to create an index of the people behind the websites critical to so much of science efforts and education. Protip: It is a shockingly small number of people, often working uncompensated on many of those sites. It's yeoman's work.

We've updated our protocols.io page to highlight a couple of the protocols published by Crick authors recently. If you're at the Crick, don't forget you can get your flat pdfs converted to the protocols.io format at no cost! 😀 www.protocols.io/organization...

Do you do image analysis? Want to make it more robust and reproducible? Have you heard of containers, but don't know why they’re useful, and how to use them? @martinjones.bsky.social will explain all: crick.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: CCP-volumeEM Show and Tell - February 2026. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

'A brief introduction to the use of containers for reproducible image analysis' with Dr Martin Jones Abstract: Reproducibility of scientific data analysis is critical, but can be particularly challe...

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Excited about this. We're busy putting together and in person day at the Crick on the 21st April so block out the day in your diary now! #LNDOpenFest26

UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship@uclopenscience.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Announcing the dates for this year's London Open Science & Scholarship Festival! 🎉 Monday 20 - Friday 24 April 2026 🗓️ Find the full list of 13 partners and more details on the latest Open@UCL blog post buff.ly/eSmjBWJ And make sure to keep following for updates! #LDNOpenFest26 #OpenScience

Engaging with Open Science practices helps to signal your integrity. It's what we've always said, but nice that someone has run the numbers!

The Scholarly Kitchen@scholarlykitchen.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Preliminary Evidence Linking Open Science to Research Integrity scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/28/p...

Would you like to publish in or otherwise support the work of Diamond Open Access journals? Check out the Diamond Discovery Hub created by @craft-oa.bsky.social and launched last October. It has a huge listing of journals and an easy search function ddh.diamas.org/en

Open datasets and code from the @crick.ac.uk are now much easier to find thanks to today's launch of the Francis Crick Open Data Catalogue. Check it out here: www.crick.ac.uk/research/pub...

Happy International Love Methods week! The Crick partners with @protocolsio.bsky.social to share open methods, and if you happen to be a Crick researcher, you can use their protocol writing up service for free (while codes last!) www.protocols.io/we-enter-pro...

We will import and format your protocol

Paper protocols floating on your benchtops? We can digitize them for you!

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Did you know there's a starter pack to help you find people who've worked at the Crick? If you're on here and you'd like to be added, let us or @drbeth.bsky.social know!

Dr Beth@drbeth.bsky.social · 2y ago

So I did a bit of a search around and these are the past and present Francis Crick Institute folks that I could find. I can't guarantee they're talking about science, but if they are, you know it's going to be cool science 😉 FYI - @thecrick.bsky.social go.bsky.app/2tMmrSY

Can AI accelerate exciting science, or is it just giving us more incremental papers to wade through? timrequarth.substack.com/p/before-ai-...

Before AI Can Accelerate Science, We Have to Fix Science

Or, science’s tollbooth problem

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Do you work in a UK HE library? Are you early-career? Would you like a sponsored place to attend the Copim Conference at the end of February? Find out how to apply for these sponsored places, which are offered in memory of our beloved friend and colleague, Elaine Sykes: buff.ly/sbU2eRP #OAbooks

Sponsored places for the Copim Conference 2026 - Copim

Copim is offering a minimum of three sponsored places to this year’s conference ‘Exploring the future of community-led open access books’. Find out more in th…

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The Crash Course lectures at the @crick.ac.uk are a really great introduction to a biomedical subject. Check out this one by @kathaschmack.bsky.social talking about psychosis and the research that her lab is doing.

Katharina Schmack @kathaschmack.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Ready for a crash course in psychosis? My recent public lecture is now on YouTube! I explain what psychosis is, what we are doing about it in the lab, and what the future may hold. Watch & share👇 youtu.be/EUb3_5ecatU

The library is on tour today, lending books in the atrium for the Christmas break. We've built ourselves a Christmas tree and a Snowman. What do you think? 🎄⛄️

Did you know that our Head of Library & Information Services at @crick.ac.uk published a book last year? A great resource for library staff to up their EDI game, but as it covers events, hiring etc. non-library ppl might also like it. If you're at the Crick, we've got a copy in reading corner.

Dr Beth@drbeth.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Want to read my book but don't have access to a library that has it? 50% off means this might be the time to buy it 😉 www.facetpublishing.co.uk/page/detail/...

Learn more about @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence Programme - supporting the transition of postdocs to group leaders Catch up on where the 2022 PI fellows are now Apply to become a 2026 PI fellow journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

A path to success: Development's Pathway to Independence programme

ABSTRACT. For post-docs pursuing an academic career, the transition to a group leader position can be a notoriously difficult one, not least because the availability of necessary support and training ...

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The Francis Crick Institute Library & Information Services team has landed on bluesky! Follow us to see what's going on 😀📚🔬