1. Apply for one of the positions below (lab or theory) by Jan 18th
2. Learn interdisc skills and discover cool new things about how mitochondria move and socialise
3. Explore some of Norway's beautiful nature (both the below, Rundemanen and Gullfjellet, <10km from work)
Here's a mitochondrial "social network" (tracking encounters) emerging over time from their collective dynamics in a plant cell. This picture helps us understand their capacity to share and exchange biomolecules 🔬🌱🫂
Read more https://t.co/MY9Hbp3FkA ; https://t.co/ykf0ZMrjhw
RTs much appreciated! Here's a PhD opportunity with us, revealing and exploring the social behaviour of mitochondria across different eukaryotes. A chance to connect lab+modelling in beautiful Bergen, $55.7k (£41.6k) with full staff rights https://t.co/VZ4ztSgJZZ . Happy to chat!
Deadline tomorrow for applications to this PhD position looking at cool collective mito dynamics! Here's a few pics of the neighbourhood to help convince you to apply
Most researchers have nothing on Larry Richardson. Racking up more than 130 citations in 4 years, he seemed like a scientific superstar in the making. Except the studies were gibberish—and Larry is a cat.
This “exercise in absurdity” is an eye-opening look at byzantine world of scientific rank, and just how easy it is to manipulate. https://t.co/fRPjH9gGsY #InternationalCatDay
Finally, the tool to "paint" chromosomes according to inheritance simply using unphased VCF files has been published!
https://t.co/0qjuj1J1C4
The installation is super easy through conda as seen here: https://t.co/qGMZ8btkyP
Few biologists today argue that genes are "blueprints", contrary to Balls claims.
I don't know any leading biologist who denies phenotypic plasticity, genotype-by-environment interactions, epistasis, epigenetics etc.
Rather, Phillip Ball seems to have created a huge strawman.
Let me put my @mbeisen hat on for a second...
Publishing academic work for profit is pure extortion of the taxpayer.
I like the notion of taxpayers having access to the science they fund. But I foresee a few off-target effects of this policy:
1) more taxpayer money will be funnelled towards journal profits (see screenshot) via now-mandatory APCs.
2) NIH budget will be spread thinner to ensure APCs are accounted for within each grant, meaning less grant money for actual science overall.
3) early-career / less well-funded scientists will be excluded from top journals even more than they already are, since closed-access (aka discounted) publishing is no longer an option
I suppose it depends how scientists react. Forgo prestige to save costs, or forgo funding to save prestige? Sadly, us scientists are addicted to prestige. The ball is in our court, since I don't think @NIH can legally force journals to waive APCs??
Postdoc position in my group in Tokyo!
Please get in touch if you are interested.
And happy to discuss projects - ranging from developing new methods to analysis of new genomes that we are now sequencing in the lab.
https://t.co/RurkIGI2TC
Lab page: https://t.co/Y12xg6qiG8
News! (and RTs much appreciated). Norway has funding opportunities for excellent researchers outside Europe to join projects like this one. If you're interested in (a) biomathematics, bioinf, or mitochondria and (b) Norway (it's awesome), drop me a DM!
https://t.co/8AvtxlADNn
We’re departing on a collaborative research cruise between @JAMSTEC_PR and Ocean Census! We’ll dive with the Shinkai 6500 @6K_JAMSTEC to explore deep ecosystems in the Nankai Trough and Shichiyo Seamount Chain.
Follow us on @oceancensus!
PRESS RELEASE:
https://t.co/LZ0M0EjTJ2
CHEF'S KISS doesn't even begin to capture how perfect it is that @nature limits comments on this post to accounts it follows. It's literally the definition of perfect.