Congratulations Kate, this is amazing. Well done!

Kateryna (Kate) Nechyporenko@kate-nech.bsky.social · 4w ago

I am delighted to share that our article has been selected for the Nature Communications Editors’ Highlights collection, “From Brain to Behaviour.” It is an honour to have our work recognised and I am incredibly grateful to all my collaborators! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

NEW VIDEO KLAXON!! With sound! Extracellular signals cause a commotion at enhancers. Thank goodness NuRD is there to re-establish order! youtu.be/FangQlItLv0 Read all about it: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Please spread the Word of the NuRD! #NuRDistheWORD

Enhancer Resetting

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You all remember this, right? www.youtube.com/watch?v=APnJ... (from this paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.mo...) Well. It is almost time for a sequel. #NuRDistheWORD

NuRD: the nucleosome remodelling and deacetylase complex

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Huge congratulations to Professor Frank Vollmer and colleagues at the Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, on their groundbreaking microlaser research published in Nature Photonics 👏 news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... #Science #Research #UniversityOfExeter #LivingSystemsInstitute

First microlasers capable of detecting individual molecules and ions could one day aid diagnosis

Scientists have created the first microlasers capable of detecting individual molecules and even single atomic ions, a breakthrough that could significantly advance early disease diagnosis and molecul...

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Exciting opportunity to join @ausmith.bsky.social and the Smith Group at the Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter! For more information and to apply, please follow the link below careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/79...

Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow in Exeter | University of Exeter

View details and apply for this Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow vacancy in Exeter. Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow This full-time post is immediately available. This ...

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Congratulations to all prize winners from the LSI PhD Day 2026. Best Talk: panel vote: Jessica Bamsey & Alessia Caccamo; popular vote: Tania Atienzar Best Poster: panel vote: Nisha Airra; popular vote: Saffron Russell Best Flash Talk: panel vote: Lizzy Sears; popular vote:Faye Johnson @exeter.ac.uk

LSI PhD Day 2026 brought together LSI PhDs for a day of science, career insights, posters, flash talks & networking. Two keynote speakers, Prof Neil Gow and Prof Karl Friston, inspired the PhDs with talks on their career journeys and career advice. It was a fantastic day of science. @exeter.ac.uk

Thank you very much to Prof Joe Howard, Yale University for his fantastic talk at the LSI Distinguished Seminar Series on “How molecular motors drive the motility of cilia and flagella”. @micromotility.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

We are recruiting PhD students! With @surfinnurd.bsky.social and others @exeter.ac.uk ! www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins... Join us at the Living Systems Institute @lsiexeter.bsky.social Deadline: 8 June 2026 Please repost or forward to prospective students that might be interested!

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Calling all #cilia researchers. Our new Community Page presents CiliaKB, a manually curated #KnowledgeBase that serves as a one-stop platform for researchers to rapidly access mechanistic #data and mine for translational clues about cilia. 🧪 #CellBiology plos.io/4d4QaYr

CiliaKB: A comprehensive knowledge base for cilia-associated genes

Cilia dysfunction is implicated in a range of disorders. This Community Page presents CiliaKB, a manually curated knowledge base that serves as a one-stop platform for researchers to rapidly access…

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Be part of the amazing PhD community at the Living Systems Institute, UoE. @exeter.ac.uk Work in a truly interdisciplinary place with Maths, Physics, CS, Bio & Biomed co-located in one building. Applications for LSI-funded PhD studentships are open now! www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins... #FindaPhD

Do you do a PhD on Chromatin in this cool critter? Work with @jordisolana.bsky.social @seanflynn.bsky.social, Magda Strauss and myself @lsiexeter.bsky.social on developing #singlecell #chromatin analyses to better understand pluripotency #planarians. www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...

🚨Attention #postdocs! Applications for our Excellence Postdoctoral Fellows Program open on April 1. 👩‍🔬Are you an early career researcher interested in working at the interface of biology & physics? We offer a 3+ year position, generous resources, and mentoring opportunities! Apply: tud.link/y3djda

Excited to share our new article, ‘Mechanical regulation of cuboidal-to-squamous epithelial transition in the Drosophila developing wing’, now online in Current Biology. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... There’s also a great accompanying Dispatch: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... #MatrixMechanics #DevBio

Kate, well done!

Kateryna (Kate) Nechyporenko@kate-nech.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🧠 Ever wondered how stress affects reproduction? Using in vivo calcium imaging, optogenetics, and computational modelling, we reveal a tug-of-war between two amygdala GABA populations translating stress into changes of the hormonal rhythms. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We were delighted to welcome our Provost Prof Dan Charman in the LSI. His tour included the ARC, the LSI Image Analysis Hub, and research with CryoEM, microfluidics, magnetoreception and generative AI, highlighting the interdisciplinary science across the Institute. @exeter.ac.uk

🎂💙 Thank you, LSI! 💙🎂 Our cake sale raised £200+ for Balloons — amazing result! Huge thanks to everyone who baked, bought & donated 💙 Balloons supports bereaved children & young people across Exeter & Devon. Proud to support such an important local charity. www.balloonscharity.co.uk

Well done to Johanna Gassauge (Bhinge group), who successfully passed her viva with minor changes, after delivering an engaging talk about her work on “RNA dysregulation in a novel human model of TDP43 proteinopathy”. Huge congratulations Johanna & all the best for the future! @bhingelab.bsky.social

Thanks to Prof. Phillip Stansfeld, @pstansfeld.bsky.social from the University of Warwick, for his amazing insight into 'Molecular Dynamics of Bacterial Cell Envelopes: From Biogenesis to Resistance’ and for his visit to the LSI. @lsiexeter.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

Huge congratulations to William Stuart (Harmer Group) on the successful defence of his PhD. Prior to the viva, he delivered a clear and well-received seminar entitled “Identifying and understanding Coxiella burnetii therapeutics, from old to new (and new again).” @exeter.ac.uk

Looking for a PhD? 3 days left to apply for a fully funded China Scholarship Council & University of Exeter studentship! Join the Living Systems Institute—where Maths, Physics, Bio and Biomed meet—and carry out cutting-edge interdisciplinary research. tinyurl.com/y3ufdnxf @exeter.ac.uk

We’re delighted to share that Anuj Tiwari has successfully passed his viva in the LSI yesterday. Ahead of the examination, Anuj delivered an engaging pre-viva talk on his thesis, showcasing the breadth and impact of his work across disciplines. Congratulations Anuj! @exeter.ac.uk

Well done to Henry Kerr, who passed his PhD viva successfully on Tuesday. Last week, Henry delivered an excellent talk in our Pre-Viva Seminar Series titled: 'Travelling waves modulated by resonant currents in laterally inhibited grids of leaky integrate-and-fire neurons.' @kylewedgwood.bsky.social

Huge congratulations and well done to Hannah Kilford from the Moebius Group, who successfully defended her viva yesterday. Before her viva, Hannah gave a fantastic LSI Pre-Viva talk on ’The consequences of plant anatomy on viral co-infection’ @exeter.ac.uk @wolframmoebius.bsky.social

Last chance to apply for one of the LSI PhD projects intake Sept 2026! Deadline tomorrow, 26.11.2025, noon. www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins... @exeter.ac.uk @lsiexeter.bsky.social

Huge congratulations to Alexander Boggon (Wan group) for successfully defending his Viva! Thanks for giving an excellent Pre-Viva talk in LSI about 'Dynamic and structural basis of complex behaviour in a ciliated unicellular organism'. @micromotility.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social

Curious how mechanics shape the developing eye? 👁️ Join us for your PhD at the interdisciplinary @lsiexeter.bsky.social to explore early eye morphogenesis through developmental biology, biophysics and computational modelling. lsi.exeter.ac.uk/groups/harma... Supported by @swbiodtp.bsky.social

There are 3 PhD positions available in my lab using cryoEM to investigate phage structure! - SWBio DTP: tinyurl.com/ytdft9bj, to apply: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho... - LSI and CSC PhD studentships and how to apply: tinyurl.com/45dze6se

Thrilled to share that we have been awarded a Wellcome DA to explore cytoneme-based cell communication in development! A fantastic collaboration with Kyle @kylewedgwood.bsky.social at @lsiexeter.bsky.social, and Hilary Ashe & Cerys Manning at Manchester - exciting times ahead! tinyurl.com/2ytm6y2w

Exeter researchers awarded £3.5M to uncover how cells communicate during development

Researchers at the Living Systems Institute (LSI), University of Exeter, have been awarded a £3.5 million Wellcome Discovery Award to investigate how cells exchange information to coordinate the forma...

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Thank you very much to Dr Giselle Cheung for her great talk about "Uncovering Brain Development at Single-progenitor Resolution" at the Living Systems Institute in Exeter.