Mark Basham

Thank you to everyone who came to visit our Tiny World of Infection at Chelmsford Science Festival, where we explored the science of viruses, antibodies and the microscopic world around us. A particular highlight was seeing so many people playtesting our new card game.

We've recently upload two new videos to our YouTube channel, both of which were filmed at #RSECon26! Thank you to everyone who took part in the filming! youtu.be/JACSH1DZdkU?...

📢 We’re hiring! Join us as a Research Associate – Mapping Maternal Care Pathway, helping explore how SADIE could improve pregnancy care and help prevent stillbirth. Flexible working available, in collaboration with the University of Manchester. To find out more and apply: tinyurl.com/38xvvw2e

Taps our article loudly in frustration: doi.org/10.1039/d1rp... The number of women and men scientists and how they are represented in text books is a serious issue!!!

This is very sad to hear, especially after I seem to remember @drclairemurray.com talking about this exact same problem at least five years ago. BBC News - Only one female scientist named in GCSEs, research finds www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Looking to hire someone? Have a role you need to fill? Remember that the Society has a jobs board where you can advertise any role that involves a significant element of writing software for research, or supports the role of RSEs. society-rse.org/careers/vaca...

⬢ This morning, we officially launched the Institute for Research Software, marking an exciting new chapter for what was previously the Software Sustainability Institute (SSI).

The #OpenBind Blind Challenge is now LIVE! Can your model predict ligand binding poses for 414 compounds against the Zika virus NS2B-NS3 protease? Join the challenge, submit predictions and see how your method performs. https://loom.ly/1aQdU3U #AIforScience #DrugDiscovery #OpenBind

Imagine having #RSECon26 as your first academic conference! Find out what it was like for two Year In Industry students from @uomresearchit.bsky.social

A valuable day with colleagues from the Henry Royce Institute, sharing ideas and discussing our ongoing collaboration around data management and AI for science. Exciting opportunities lie ahead as these technologies reshape the way research is conducted.

Thank you to our panelists and everyone who came our “From Molecule to Preclinical - within a 5 minute walk” session at Engine this morning.

Remember to share your success stories and celebrate your teams' work tomorrow on #InternationalRSEDay!

The call for RSECon27 committee members is closing next week! Read more about it and apply here to be part of creating an amazing conference in Edinburgh: society-rse.org/rsecon27-cal...

We’re heading to careers fairs over the next few weeks! If you’re thinking about a future in scientific research, come and meet the Franklin team and find out more about our PhD Programme, our research and what it’s like to work with us.

Becoming a member helps support our work in the research software community. For £20 a year, you get access to our Mentoring Scheme and the Events and Initiatives Fund, discounted conference tickets, plus the ability to vote and help shape the future of the Society. society-rse.org/join-us/

Here's the Society's September Newsletter. Not a lot of updates from the Society this month - apart from the RSECon27 announcement - but plenty of community updates to get stuck into! society-rse.org/september-20...

8th October is International RSE Day 2026. We want to celebrate the achievements of the global RSE community and continue to raise awareness of the vital contribution we make to modern research. Share your updates, announcements and stories using the hashtags: #InternationalRSEDay or #IntlRSEDay

As we celebrate funding for the next five years, we're also looking back at some of the highlights from the last five. One example is our collaboration with @jeoleurope.bsky.social to develop a pioneering chromatic aberration corrected electron microscope.

One of the areas showcased during the Science Minister's recent visit to the Franklin was our work using advanced imaging and AI to better understand the placenta's role in healthy pregnancies.

Three weeks to go until the ENGINE Summit at Harwell Campus. Find out more and register your interest: www.harwellcampus.com/engine/

@butserancientfarm.co.uk hello, my son had an amazing time visiting you with his school recently. He brought home a leaflet today which has a winter wonderland advert on the back, it sounds great, but I was finding it hard to find much info, any help would be greatly appreciated.

A new £162m EPSRC investment will support the Rosalind Franklin Institute and Henry Royce Institute for the next five years, to develop new health technologies and deepen our understanding of advanced materials. Hear more from our CEO Professor Sir Ian Chapman below📽️1/

Our September newsletter will be going out at the end of the month. If you have any news, announcements, blog posts or events that you would like to include, please submit them using the form below. society-rse.org/calling-for-...

We were delighted to welcome the Minister for Science, Investment and Technology last week to celebrate the Franklin's plans for the next 5 years.

That is a wrap on #RSECon26! Thank you to every speaker, attendee, sponsor and volunteer who made our time in Sheffield unforgettable. Next stop: Edinburgh for #RSECon27! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Safe travels home!

Well that's it for #RSECon26 on the train home with several green t-shirts. Feeling inspired to try a few things, and also a bit sorry for @alexlubbock.com who will likely pay the price for my ambitions. Looking forward to #RSECon27!

There’s still time to apply! 📢 We’re hiring a Digital Communications Coordinator for 12 months, helping share the Franklin’s science with key audiences. Based near Oxford. Applications close this Sunday! For more details and to apply: opportunities.rfi.ac.uk/vacancy/digi...

Also as a #LEGO enthusiast, I thoroughly appreciated the new "Batton" which is being passed from the #RSECon26 chair to the #RSECon27 (Which will be in #Edinburgh)

And..... The #RSECon27 will be in Edinburgh! #RSECon26

Very proud to see @rosfrankinst.bsky.social as a Bronze sponsor for #RSECon26 especially contributing to the Participation Fund to allow as many people as possible to make it to this excellent conference and help us to build collaborations.

Day 3 of #RSECon26 is underway! We kicked off our final day with a keynote from April Johnson on the human work behind open scientific computing.  Parallel sessions are running throughout the day until our closing remarks this afternoon. What has been your conference highlight so far?

Starting day 3 of #RSECon26, interesting keynote by April Johnson focusing on many of the "Soft Skills" which are super important in RSE. Nice to highlight the benefits and purposes of the keypoints #Welcoming #Listening #Connecting #Moving when dealing with communities.

Lovely talk by @mdsimpson.co.uk at #RSECon26 about his work around mental health and his @softwaresaved.bsky.social fellowship. He had some great tips which might help some. I particularly liked "Eat the frog"!

Had a lot of fun being on the panel of the @biofair.bsky.social workshop "Does reuse still beat rebuilding in the AI era?" At #RSECon26. Lots of great conversations and questions from the audience.