A gentle reminder that this exciting PhD opportunity closes in just over 2 weeks. Please reach out to me to chat before applying.

Mike Morgan @mdmorgan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm looking for a PhD student to join the lab studying mutations, T cells ageing and cancer. If that tickles your fancy then reach out and I'd love to chat. More details on findAPhD.com www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

There’s also a prophylactic cancer vaccine trial in the UK for smokers: www.cancer.ox.ac.uk/news/world20...

World’s first lung cancer prevention vaccine gets £2 million for clinical trial

People at high risk of lung cancer will soon be able to receive the first-ever experimental vaccine, 'LungVax', designed to prevent the disease, in a world-first clinical trial. The LungVax vaccine ca...

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I'm looking for a PhD student to join the lab studying mutations, T cells ageing and cancer. If that tickles your fancy then reach out and I'd love to chat. More details on findAPhD.com www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

JAMT: Somatic mutations as drivers of ageing and chemotherapy-induced immunosenescence at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - JAMT: Somatic mutations as drivers of ageing and chemotherapy-induced immunosenescence at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

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1/ Apply for an inter-disciplinary postdoc position in Heidelberg with the Health & Life Science Alliance Deadline: **31 March** Project proposals can be self-designed or adapt one of the outlines on the website ("List of project outlines for download") www.health-life-sciences.de/opportunitie...

It will be a great time! UK Worm labs - please pass on group members.

Denise Walker@denisewalker.bsky.social · 6mo ago

One week left to register and submit your abstract for the UK C. elegans meeting. Southampton, April 15th-17th. @gensocuk.bsky.social genetics.org.uk/events/uk-c-...

Is the UK government anti-science or is UKRI?! Either way this will be the death knell for many a junior and aspiring group leader. Shocking decision making

Cathy Abbott@cathyabbott.bsky.social · 6mo ago

So now we have it- not only the reduction from 12-13 to 3 grants from each board recommended for funding but the budget for applicant-led research to be reduced from £200 million to £113 million per year. This is appalling, Especially given all that is happening with medical research in the US.

I fail to see how a 43.5% drop in funding is compatible with the statement Ian Chapman made to the committee on Tuesday that funding for curiosity driven research at UKRI will be flat (which is technically still a cut but a smaller one).

The first domino to fall? The university sector is in dire straits and politicians on all sides of the UK borders have sat in silence.

Diamond Ashiagbor@diamondashiagbor.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Devastatingly sad. Every Labour MP should be forced to read this. In fact, every MP, who rushed back to Parliament to vote to save one steel mill, whilst hastening the collapse of dozens of universities - and harming the students, staff, communities and economies universities sustain and support

Devastatingly sad. Every Labour MP should be forced to read this. In fact, every MP, who rushed back to Parliament to vote to save one steel mill, whilst hastening the collapse of dozens of universities - and harming the students, staff, communities and economies universities sustain and support

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 7mo ago

'When it opened, the campus housed a GP surgery and a new dental clinic offering free treatment to local people. This was followed later by the forum – a library and art gallery shared by the university and local people.' 1/2

Today is #WorldCancerDay. Meet Dr Maike de le Roche and her team at the CRUK Cambridge Institute, exploring how hedgehog signalling helps the immune system fight cancer. 🎥 Watch the full video: zurl.co/MMY6E Watch the full series: zurl.co/wXWNJ #FocusOnCamCancer

Our new book "Self-Doubt" is written by scientists for scientists. You might think you are alone when you doubt your ability or suitability for science - you aren't. We all question ourselves and carry doubt with us daily. www.amazon.co.uk/Self-Doubt-A...

Recruitment for the EMBL International PhD Programme is officially open! 🔊 At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia, industry and other sectors. Start your career in the life sciences with us! 🔎 Read more here: tinyurl.com/4jdt2ra5

Board of Peace - Season 1

Woefully irresponsible of Nature Medicine to publish this comment from the NIH puppet director. Absolutely shocking.

Joshua Weitz@joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 7mo ago

"We recognize that much of the American public lost trust in the NIAID, the National Institutes of Health (NIH; of which the NIAID is a part), and in the greater scientific community." Factually incorrect statement on trust in Nature Medicine via NIH Director + co. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨Calling all UK-based biomedical postdocs!🚨If you’re curious about code or have questions about the world of data science, join our peer mentoring scheme to connect with your peers across the data divide forms.office.com/e/UsRFm2F0a7 (closes 02/03/26).

Vaccines, the most impressive public health intervention in medical history, and where we could be headed if there was not efforts to negate truth, facts, and evidence A great, open-access, review and perspective by @scientificdiscovery.dev

🤯 Another tumour immune evasion strategy uncovered. This times it's MHC molecules that acts as decoys to distract cytotoxic T cells.

Prof Danny Altmann@daltmann.bsky.social · 7mo ago

HLA export by melanoma cells decoys cytotoxic T cells to promote immune evasion: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Job links for those posts with our team: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

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Prof Danny Altmann@daltmann.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Come and join us at Imperial College to work a project looking at mechanisms in Long Covid and ME/CFS We're looking for: A keen, experienced Research Nurse A gifted molecular immunologist with a strong bioinformatics background www.imperial.ac.uk/.../descript.... www.imperial.ac.uk/.../descript....

CSAMA 2026 - Biological Data Science Summer School Bressanone-Brixen, South Tyrol / Italy 24-29 May 2026 csama2026.bioconductor.eu Statistical & computational methods for single cell and spatial omics, with lectures and hands-on exercises in R/Bioconductor.

CSAMA back in 2014 was a formative experience for me as a budding computational biologist. The instructors are world class, the workshops are pitched at a level for a range of expertise, and the location is second-to-none. Highly recommended.

MIT's famous 'Missing Semester' course (for the Independent Activities Period in January is back. missing.csail.mit.edu/2026/

Last few days to apply for this #PhD project!

Duncan Sproul@sproullab.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨 Want to do a #Phd using high-throughput mutagenesis and CRISPR screens to understand how gene body methylation impacts transcription in collaboration with Greg Kudla's group? Do apply, deadline in a week! www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Deadline 15th December 2025 #epigenetics Please share 🙏

🧬🎉Join us on Dec 17th for our last session of 2025! 🎉🧬Two fantastic talks on transcriptional regulation: 🔬JB Lalanne on developmental enhancers (and starting a lab in 2025?) 🔬 @rberrens.bsky.social on transposable elements in development 📋Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

👉 Save the date! SIICA announces the Virtual School of Immunology 2026, an online event open to anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of how the immune system works. 🎙️Expert talks 💼 A dedicated career-development workshop session ✍️ More details coming soon!

What coding with an LLM feels like sometimes.

Congratulations to @zaminiqbal.bsky.social from @milnerevolution.bsky.social on being awarded the 2026 Mary Lyon Medal!

Applications for the Genetics Society Summer Studentship Grants are open! If you’re an undergrad itching to dive into real research, this is your doorway into the lab. More information here: genetics.org.uk/grants/summe...

🚨 Multiple #PhD opportunities for lab or computational applicants. Do you want to understand the molecular basis of #epigenetic dysfunction in human disease? Come work with our group at the fantastic, collaborative @uoe-igc.bsky.social in a beautiful, liveable city. 🧵 1/4 Please repost 🙏

I'm looking for top-notch candidate for a fully-funded PhD working on role of somatic mutations in ageing immune decline. Ideal for wet-lab or quantitative candidates. Fantastic collaboration with Prof Martin Taylor in Edinburgh THE UK expert in mutations. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Small update from AllTheBacteria (allthebacteria.org). Assemblies can be bulk downloaded from OSF as before, or you can now get individual assemblies from AWS. We now also have a LexicMap index on AWS, so you can align your favourite gene against 2.4million bacteria (next post for price estimates)