🚨 Funding Deadlines Approaching for Novel and Underutilised Crop Research! Are you a UK-based #researcher #ECR #teacher working with NUCs? The BBSRC @novelcropnet.bsky.social currently has three funding opportunities open, with application deadlines for two funds fast approaching shorturl.at/BIFIM

Appreciating the love for the Tech Team in building 85 - you’re very welcome mystery gift giver @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social #techniciansmakeithappen

We are at Pride Southampton, come say hi 🫛 🫘 @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social #uosroadshow

We're offering three full tuition fee scholarships for UK students from racially minoritised ethnic backgrounds studying eligible MSc or MRes courses across Environmental and Life Sciences. Find out more and apply by 14 September 2026: www.southampton.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

youtu.be/VQir4gKCWIA?... So, we were on a podcast. Find out about our Archaeopteryx research here. One of the most exciting projects I have worked on #LifeonEarth #BirdFlight @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @uoscommsallison.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @engineering-soton.bsky.social

Total Dino Podcast 08 - Hop, Hop and Away

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Our researchers have developed a powerful AI tool that reveals previously invisible patterns inside breast cancers. It could help identify high-risk patients, predict how breast cancer progresses, and lead to more targeted treatments. Read more 👉 https://tr.pulse.ly/swvsgqec4c

Are you ready to take on the humble but mighty chickpea? Join Mark @thelablablab.bsky.social Diana Anastasia Annabelle & Jessica 20th Sept Guildhall Sq to discover how small food choices can have a big & sustainable change Cooking demos 12.30, 13.45 & 15.00 🌱 Take home recipes & eco-tips #BSF2026

Chickpeas, culture and cuisine | British Science Festival

Run time: 12.00 – 17.00 Cooking demos will take place at 12.30, 13.45 and 15.00 Are you ready to take on the humble but mighty chickpea? Chickpeas may seem like a simple legume, but even the smallest…

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Biological Sciences@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are very excited to be a part of the @britsciassoc.bsky.social festival this year 🥳 More details to follow!!!

In a collaboration between the Patel, Aravind, and my group, we asked how far cyclic nucleotide signalling in bacterial antiviral immunity can diversify. Pycsar systems use cyclic pyrimidines. Can related systems also use cyclic purines?

Funding call @novelcropnet.bsky.social DEADLINE EXTENDED to Wednesday 2nd September 2026. Full details and how to apply novelcropnetwork.ac.uk/funding-rese...

Novel and Underutilised Crop Network@novelcropnet.bsky.social · last mo.

Funding call open: @novelcropnet.bsky.social provides funding to advance the understanding and deployment of NUCs in the UK, strengthen community engagement, and support impactful research. Summary here shorturl.at/VmSHz Full details and how to apply shorturl.at/hU5LB #cropscience #teachers #ecrs

Delighted to share this with you all. Our new paper on the take-off of Archaeopteryx using a bipedal leaping mechanism. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social It's part of a special issue of Developmental Biology on Avian Evolution and Biology.

Hop, hop and away: On the take-off of Archaeopteryx using a multiple leaping mechanism

Archaeopteryx, the iconic 150-million-year-old basal bird, lies at the heart of the debate on the origin of avian flight. While its asymmetric wing fe…

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Our researchers have revealed how the first ever bird to inhabit the Earth could have taken flight. Archaeopteryx left the ground by making two or three powerful leaps with its legs, before flapping into the air. Find out more: www.southampton.ac.uk/biosci/news/... @neilgostling.bsky.social

🌍 #BiofilmCreate! Our global photography & art #competition is back! 📸 Photography 🎨 Art 🏭 Industry Special Theme Win up to £200 in prizes! ⏰ Enter by 23 Octover 2026 biofilms.ac.uk/create #Biofilm #Biofilms #MicroSky @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @livuniopenhub.bsky.social

Join Anastasia & Mark at #southamptoncityfarm till 4pm 2day 🚜🌞 Come & find out where your veggies 🫛🥬🍅come from 🌎hear how to grow some of your own #novelcrops at home 🌱👩🏼‍🌾 & play bean themed games too! 🫘 Next stop #BSF2026 @thelablablab.bsky.social @novelcropnet.bsky.social @uosengagement.bsky.social

On Sat 19th Sept #southamptoncityartgallery 12-1pm join the Microbes Unmasked workshop with Dr Sandra Wilks & @ukbiofilms.bsky.social #BSF2026 Get creative with microbial art 🎨🖌️& uncover how these tiny organisms can actually protect against disease🦠🧫❤️ Book tickets now👇 @britsciassoc.bsky.social

Microbes unmasked | British Science Festival

This workshop runs from 12.00 – 13.00 You might find microbes in mud, but it’s not a dirty word! Found across soil, water and all animals, microbes are essential to our daily living…

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Biological Sciences@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are very excited to be a part of the @britsciassoc.bsky.social festival this year 🥳 More details to follow!!!

Really pleased to share this with you. Taking part in @theconversation.com Curious Kids was a real delight. Listen here to find out about what dinosaurs looked like theconversation.com/how-do-we-kn... @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social

How do we know what dinosaurs looked like?

Listen to palaeobiologist Neil Gostling on The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast talk about how scientists work out what dinosaurs looked like.

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Our researchers have worked with Hampshire schoolchildren to turn broken instruments into climate art. Find out more: www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2026/07...

A team from Southampton were among exhibitors at Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, sharing their work on digitally reconstructing living & extinct species with thousands of visitors. Find out more: www.southampton.ac.uk/biosci/news/... #RoyalSociety #SummerScience @leaveylab.bsky.social

On 19th Sept @britsciassoc.bsky.social festival join @theeliaslab.bsky.social @clarkinbonebiol.bsky.social @owenrackham.bsky.social & other researchers🔬, artists🎨poets schools 🎓 to explore how AI & 3D imaging are uncovering hidden diseases in our bones 🦴 and detecting cancer earlier 👇#bsf2026

Invisible illness through AI eyes | British Science Festival

This drop in event runs from 11.00 – 17.00 AI has the potential to transform our understanding of hidden diseases. Doctors use specialist medical imaging to uncover what’s beneath the skin – think X…

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Biological Sciences@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are very excited to be a part of the @britsciassoc.bsky.social festival this year 🥳 More details to follow!!!

Isn't it amazing when a fresh new preprint is out on Friday? 😎🥳 Check out the fabulous work by @beatricetropea.bsky.social who gives us a clear mechanistic explanation behind the 'peculiar' structure of the LLO donor preferentially chosen by eukaryotic OST 🤓😍 doi.org/10.64898/202...

Thank you everyone who came today, it was very well attended and there were a lot of exciting interesting conversations @novelcropnet.bsky.social @niab-uk.bsky.social

Novel and Underutilised Crop Network@novelcropnet.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🌱 The first @novelcropnet.bsky.social Farmer Day was today at @niab-uk.bsky.social - on show: soya beans chickpeas lentils sunflowers hemp and flax. Great attendance and discussions. 📍 Join us tomorrow 17/7/26 for day 2 at Sonning Farm, @uniofreading.bsky.social from 10am. #UKFarming #Agriculture 🌿

I am delighted to share the final version of our latest study, led by the extraordinary PhD student Jiaoqi Cheng. We developed CenSegNet, a generalist AI framework for large-scale mapping of centrosome phenotypes at both spatial and single-cell resolution. (1/6) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌱 The first @novelcropnet.bsky.social Farmer Day was today at @niab-uk.bsky.social - on show: soya beans chickpeas lentils sunflowers hemp and flax. Great attendance and discussions. 📍 Join us tomorrow 17/7/26 for day 2 at Sonning Farm, @uniofreading.bsky.social from 10am. #UKFarming #Agriculture 🌿

New updates on the @novelcropnet.bsky.social website! Visit ‘News & Events’ and ‘Funding & Research’ pages to catch upcoming #events and the latest #funding opportunities. novelcropnetwork.ac.uk @hutton.ac.uk @unisouthampton.bsky.social @niab-uk.bsky.social @uniofreading.bsky.social

Congratulations to all of our students who graduated today. We are so proud of all you've achieved so far and excited to see what's to come! Keep in touch: www.southampton.ac.uk/alumni-suppo...

Our scientists have discovered a new way to adjust how our immune system works. They hope it could help to design more effective medicines that turn up our body’s natural immunity in cancer therapies, or calm it down when treating autoimmune disease. Find out more: www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...

There's a little over two months to go until the British Science Festival #BSF26 arrives in Southampton, in partnership with @unisouthampton.bsky.social! Local residents might spot us in the Daily Echo this week with some of our programme highlights... www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2624608...

Book your British Science Festival tickets NOW!

Europe’s longest-running science festival is coming to Southampton, with lots of free events, exhibitions, performances and installations for you…

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We're excited to be part of ORFeus, a new European training programme focused on the dark proteome and its potential role in the development of new treatments, like immunotherapy. southampton.ac.uk/biosci/news/... #ORFeus #MSCA-DN #HorizonEU

We are very excited to be a part of the @britsciassoc.bsky.social festival this year 🥳 More details to follow!!!

University of Southampton@unisouthampton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The @britsciassoc.bsky.social Festival is coming to Southampton and the programme is live 🔬 🗓️ 16–20 September 2026 🎟️ Free tickets now available Join us for one of the UK’s biggest celebrations of science, browse and book events here 👉 https://britishsciencefestival.pulse.ly/qu115wdmak

Great to have Alice and the team showcasing their work at the Royal Society's Summer Science exhibition. Head along to find out more about their research creating 3D digital models of natural history specimens. #SummerScience

Alice Leavey@leaveylab.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The dream team - reps from the four key institutions leading #INHi3D! @unisouthampton.bsky.social (SoBS and uVIS), @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social and @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social. 🦎 #SummerScience @laurabporro.bsky.social @tannisdavidson.bsky.social

Professor Kathryn Woods-Townsend, Dr Nikhil Mistry, and young researchers from the NxtGen Academy have produced a collaborative and timely response to the DSIT consultation about growing up in the online world. 🔗 Read the consultation response here: buff.ly/kOk1hxp