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We develop diverse computational approaches to study tumour organisation and dynamics at the Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute @cruk-si.bsky.social

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πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ’₯πŸ’₯πŸ’₯🌢️🌢️🌢️ Hottest new lab in town, led by the exceptional @calumgabbutt.bsky.social, is recruiting it's first #PhD student. If you love #maths and somatic #evolution it could be your dream come true! 🌢️🌢️🌢️πŸ’₯πŸ’₯πŸ’₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

24.02.2026 07:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Check out this lineup πŸŽ‰

Join us the last week of June for 100% cancer immunology

23.02.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£Register now for the Beatson International Cancer Conference 2026 β€˜From Tumour Genesis to Metastasis: an immune perspective’

πŸ“…22-25 June 2026
πŸ“CRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow
🎟️Early Bird registration closes on 1 April
πŸ”— www.beatsonconference.org

#BICC2026 #CancerResearch #Immunology

22.02.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

An incredible opportunity for early career researchers - Imperial's Faculty of Medicine is hiring 20 Assistant Professors!

13.02.2026 11:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Developing machine learning methods to infer the evolution of haematological cancers at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Developing machine learning methods to infer the evolution of haematological cancers at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com

If you’re interested in machine learning and mathematical modelling, we’re recruiting a PhD student to develop new methods for studying cancer evolution at
@imperialimmuno.bsky.social

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

13.02.2026 13:18 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
lab to life

lab to life

Exciting conference alert!

sites.manchester.ac.uk/from-lab-to-...

Fantastic speakers includingΒ Chris Marine, Christian Blank

Melanoma evolution
Local microenvironment of melanoma
Melanoma-host interactions
Precision immunotherapy
Emerging therapeutics
Clinical trials and real-world data

22.01.2026 23:28 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are delighted to announce that @mitosrus.bsky.social from @cruk-si.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk has been awarded the 2026 Hooke Medal

You can read about Stephen's work on mitochondria, cell death and cancer here:

bscb.org/hooke-medal-...

22.01.2026 10:07 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
The Many Faces of Cancer Evolution Cancer evolution is a multi-faceted process and a major clinical challenge. Indeed, tumors constantly change as they progress through multiple mechanisms, the understanding of which is critical to an…

Allright folks, time for the first #TMFCE2026 speaker highlight meetings.embo.org/event/26-can.... Our keynote this year is arguably one of the most critical thinkers in cancer research: Joan Massague' www.mskcc.org/research/ski.... How to sum up his career and his current interest? 1/

15.01.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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You have until 19 January to submit your abstract or apply for a Travel Grant to attend the next edition of our Tumour Ecosystem conference!

If your research falls into one of these topics, learn more: eacr.org/conference/t...

13.01.2026 09:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

17.12.2025 14:34 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
View from Monte VeritΓ  onto Ascona and Lago Maggiore

View from Monte VeritΓ  onto Ascona and Lago Maggiore

Announcing the Ascona Workshop "Statistical and AI methods for multi-modal multi-scale modeling of biological systems" on 28 June - 3 July 2026 in Ascona, CH

www.huber.embl.de/group/events...

Reserve the dates!

22.12.2025 11:10 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Calling all aspiring geneticists! Apply for our Summer Studentship Grant and kick-start your research journey. Deadline: 31 March

Apply now: genetics.org.uk/grants/summe...

12.12.2025 13:51 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Come and work with us, We are looking for a new group leader at Turku Bioscience @turkubioscience.bsky.social.
Γ…bo Akademi University invites applications for a fixed term position as Head of Research in Bioscience (Principle Investigator).

abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...

12.12.2025 08:01 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Immunometabolic Gatekeeping: Reconciling Peto's & the T-cell Infiltration Prognostic Paradox Classical models of cancer focus on tumour-intrinsic genetic aberrations and immune dynamics and often overlook how the metabolic environment of healthy tissues shapes tumour development and immune ef...

New #PrePrint from @turajliclab.bsky.social and first author @naomiirisvdberg.bsky.social based @crick.ac.uk

"Immunometabolic Gatekeeping: Reconciling Peto's & the T-cell Infiltration Prognostic Paradox"

➑️Metabolism may be an upstream gatekeeper of anti-tumour immunity

arxiv.org/abs/2511.20883

02.12.2025 11:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£Announcing the 4th edition of the EMBL‑IBEC Conference on β€œEngineering Multicellular Systems”, taking place 11–13 March 2026 in Barcelona. Exploring organoids, mechanobiology, embryo models, organ-on-chip systems, multiomics and more. Abstracts open now!
events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...

22.10.2025 14:04 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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We hiring! Please share this post with your talented ECRs

We're looking for a postdoc interested in the formation and function of tertiary lymphoid structures - project funded by Wellcome

Based at @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social at University College London

Apply here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPD418/r...

21.10.2025 15:57 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are excited to announce that our #PhD Student Recruitment is open for applications!

For full details of all projects and information on how to apply, visit: www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/phd-student-...

πŸ“… Applications close 28th November & we look forward to hearing from you!

17.10.2025 10:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Honoured the IGC invited me to write for Ada Lovelace Day. I talk about what makes creativity possibleβ€”and how often it’s withheld, especially from womenβ€”and share practical ways to open up space and time for each other. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I loved writing it😊

14.10.2025 19:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to a busy week of spatial biology at EMBL. If you’re at #ESSB2025 and interested spatial analysis and/or its use for identifying drug response, come find me at p151 (helix b)

14.10.2025 11:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Just pulling into Heidelberg for #EMBLSpatialBiology #ESSB2025... Really looking forward to meeting more of the #SpatialBiology community this week!

If you want to chat with a friendly mathematician, do say hi if you see me wandering around, or drop me a message on here and we can coordinate :)

14.10.2025 10:36 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.

Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.

Apply now ➑️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

09.10.2025 14:06 πŸ‘ 135 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 18
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UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

How do tissues organise, adapt, or collapse? 🧬
We’re looking for a postdoc with strong quantitative skills to tackle these questions in a highly interdisciplinary project bridging spatial omics, ecology & mathematical modelling (expertise required in at least one topic).
Apply πŸ‘‰ tinyurl.com/3d37d3st

07.10.2025 19:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
FrΓΆhlich Lab | Scientific Machine Learning for Signal Transduction

🌊 Signals intertwine,
πŸ”¬ cells tell hidden stories,
πŸ€–βœ¨ SciML maps their future.

Come do a PhD with us www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

07.10.2025 13:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Multiple, Open Rank, Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Positions in Biomedical Engineering Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) is engaged in a multi-year initiative to increase the breadth and scope of its faculty in biomedical engineering. We are inviting applications for multiple tenure-...

We're hiring several tenure-track biomedical engineering faculty (at open rank) at IU Bloomington! Come join me in a very multidisciplinary, forward-focused culture that integrates cutting-edge engineering, computing, and artificial intelligence. πŸ§ͺ

indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30517

03.10.2025 18:58 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Group Leader Recruitment Now Open (MI/25/54) | Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute We are seeking to appoint exceptional early-career scientists, including clinician scientists, as Group Leaders to develop bold, innovative, and high-impact research programmes.

We encourage applicants from disciplines including #MolecularBiology, #mathematics, #physics, #ComputationalBiology, #DataScience & #Engineering to bring fresh perspectives & disruptive approaches to #CancerResearch to transform our understanding of cancer biology & drive translational impact

24.09.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Group Leader Recruitment at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute
Group Leader Recruitment at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute YouTube video by CRUK Manchester Institute

Exciting news - we are recruiting new Group Leaders! πŸ₯Ό

We are seeking to appoint exceptional early-career scientists & clinician scientists as #GroupLeaders to develop bold, innovative, high-impact #CancerResearch programmes

Full details on our website: www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/new-g...

24.09.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
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Interested in host-microbe interactions and how we can apply findings to develop immunotherapies? The come join us for an exciting workshop in October @cruk-si.bsky.social
www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/events/125-s...

23.09.2025 14:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Save the date for Multifaceted mitochondria!

Save the date for Multifaceted mitochondria!

Announcing Cell Symposia: Multifaceted Mitochondria, June 21–23, 2026, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
@CellSymposia #CSMito2026 Save the date!
Keynote speakers: Judy Hirst (University of Cambridge) & Jared Rutter (University of Utah)
Find out more: http://dlvr.it/TN9ZsN

19.09.2025 14:30 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Description Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

@mariasecrier.bsky.social & I are looking for an enthusiastic & excellent data scientist for a 4-year postdoc to understand cell cycle dysregulation in cancer.

Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions.

Please repost!

More details:
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

18.09.2025 20:02 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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We’re organizing a conference at @ijmonod.bsky.social in Paris, January 2026, in memory of M.P. Sheetz β€” pioneer in cell mechanics and mechanobiology, co-discoverer of kinesin, and founder of @mbisg.bsky.social. Join us to explore his legacy.

mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org

18.09.2025 08:50 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2