In defense of basic science - my new video about how we balance basic vs. translational science: https://t.co/BoQnmaIUJS. . And why we should encourage a culture of wandering to solve problems:. A team effort between @UniofOxford and @OxfordSparks.
The truest highlight of any academic career is seeing trainees find their own path. One of my former postdocs @shruthy_suresh is such a passionate scientist, and her institute just made a profile about her and the work she is doing on cancer metastasis. She is so inspiring - check it out: https://t.co/njIcjjKZuV
The annual Zebrafish Disease Models Society meeting is in Oxford this year - we already have a great lineup of new speakers, covering lots of different diseases and technologies. Registration and abstracts closing soon! @ZDMSociety#zebrafish. Check it out here: https://t.co/qCoI2gKn3s
An exciting EMBO regeneration meeting coming up in September! Check out the program and details about registration here: https://t.co/ppn3UiDc3h. #EMBORegeneration2026
My department at Oxford is recruiting junior faculty to the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. A collaborative and stimulating department, with great access to the breadth of the Oxford environment. The positions come with core funding and cutting edge technologies. If interested, apply here: https://t.co/R5Lah3bZB3
Our new Comment is out today in @natrevbioeng. mRNA could treat many more diseases than it currently does, but we don’t have a way to get it to most of the cells where it’s needed. We explain why a cell will be the next transformative delivery vehicle⬇️
The @acmedsci Professorship Scheme is now open. This generous grant allowed me to explore new and "out there" ideas without restrictions. A new round is open offering up to £500k to researchers moving to the UK for a full Professorship. If you're eligible, highly encourage you to apply: https://t.co/EcVy2BEEhr
New paper: Bosch, J. A. et al. (2026) Multi-omic mapping of Drosophila protein secretomes reveals tissue-specific origins and inter-organ trafficking. Nat Commun. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-71763-8. PMID: 42009678
For a long time, I assumed we mammals weren't all that regenerative. Then I learned that we can regenerate our digit tips! In @MekaylaStorer new paper they show why and how. Check it out: https://t.co/X7cY1VzS8W
Interesting idea - clonal outgrowth by stem cell "attrition" rather than selection for DNA drivers. Suspect this could apply to many different situations, not just clonal hematopoiesis. Congrats to the team.
We are recruiting! If you are passionate about technology development, protein engineering, computational design, directed evolution, chemical biology - please reach out!
(The setting is pretty nice too…)
We're seeking to fill two roles: a postdoc and a research assistant. Both will focus on resistance mechanisms in brain tumour models using various approaches (in vivo, spatial omics, CRISPR). Please apply if this aligns with your previous experience!
https://t.co/kwOJOidU18
Want to understand how antibodies protect us from disease? Join our team at Arc! We are looking for a PhD-level Scientist, who will develop new approaches for profiling human antibody repertoires and discovering new antibodies. Apply here: https://t.co/fvrhr7NGH4
Honored to be selected as this year’s March of Dimes Prize awardee. Grateful for the incredible work my lab has done over the years. I embraced developmental biology when I started my lab and am excited to see its principles translate to patients. https://t.co/afD2sycH2x.
Whoa. An RNA molecule that can replicate itself? This seems ever closer to the origins of life on earth. Really amazing paper in @ScienceMagazine: https://t.co/QUvaVxAspG
AI is cool and all... but a new paper in @ScienceMagazine kind of figured out the origin of life?
The paper reports the discovery of a simple 45-nucleotide RNA molecule that can perfectly copy itself.
Too much data, too little thinking.
A important essay from Ruslan Medzhitov on the importance of understanding data, not just generating it. A must read.
@RMedzhitov@YaleIBIO
https://t.co/d3Q2Slp0hx