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40 years ago today, the BDSC made its 1st shipment. To celebrate, Trudy Kaufman, who packed the 1st shipment, boxed up the same kinds of flies for John Roote at Cambridge, who placed the 1st order. Watch for pics of the arrival next week. We’ve shipped 4,882,378 vials total. That’s a lot of flies!

Very important thread on this study revealing insights into why we lose female faculty throughout the career cycle at higher rates and about how each of us can make a difference--well worth a read!

A huge congratulations to Professor Rosana Collepardo-Guevara @rcollepardo.bsky.social, who has recently been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society! 🎉🎉 Find out more on the Department of Chemistry's website: www.ch.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

@harmitmalik.bsky.social Nice, www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... My first paper was on Mst77F/Y 😎 doi.org/10.1093/gene...

Interested in a PhD in Genetics at Cambridge? Explore our selection of PhD projects. Applications close 8 December 2026 for entry in October 2027, with successful applicants automatically considered in the 2027 funding competition. www.gen.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate...

📢 Exciting Opportunity for an outstanding and motivated scientist! 🔬🚀 We're delighted to advertise a Postdoctoral Research Associate position within Dr Felipe Karam Teixeira Group, Department of Genetics! Please see below details on how to apply : www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...

We’re recruiting to an assistant/associate professorship in Pathogen Genetics- come and join us. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

The School of Biological Sciences at @cam.ac.uk is seeking a new Director for our Microscopy Bioscience Platform, which brings researchers together through open access to advanced imaging expertise and technology. Please share! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/directo...

Milan Lab is recruiting a new PhD student. Deadline: October 30th. Please, spread the news. www.irbbarcelona.org/en/careers/y...

#911 I picked up my son, Jack, then aged 6, from school on 11 September 2001. It was a crisp, sunny autumn day, not unlike today, and as I drove from work to his school I listened in horror to the radio reports about the attacks on the Twin Towers. I watched on tv when I got home in increasing

It was 50 years ago today Rock against Racism was created. MARK PERRYMAN recalls the moment... bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/09/11/t...

THIS 👇 HERE.......

Andrew Gilligan is claiming that an actual Baron who sits in the House of Lords is unqualified to lead a Cambridge college. These efforts to tear down Black excellence and revert Oxbridge to an old white men's club need to stop. Far, far too much tragedy has already come from this.

We have written a statement in support of Ghent Uni's decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. We resist attempts to frame this as a punishment for "whistleblowing" or censorship of "controversial research". We invite all academics who share our views to sign our letter. forms.gle/qwN8xzEM5C7Q...

It was alleged that Jason Arday was an academic fraud mainly based on accusation of plagiarism initially moved by Nathan Cofnas. I have compared Arday's thesis with the one he's been accused of copying and found a bare 4.2% similarity.

With respect to Cofnas, why is nobody talking about this in the MSM? > We find it [improbably] that [he] was the best out of 14 candidates for this job[. His boss] repeatedly stated in the press that [he] published in highly ranked journals and had been affiliated with leading institutions. 1/n

Your reminder that 2 degrees of global warming does not mean “temperatures will be a little warmer, what’s the biggie?” - it means the probability of extreme drought and heat has gone off scale higher. And if the number of unliveable days goes from zero to quite a lot, well that’s unliveable.

The Jason Arday story is by no means the biggest scandal at Cambridge University. I'm sure the media is going to pick this up and run with it in just the same way ... Or is the exaggerated CV of one Black professor somehow more important than this?

Sad to see the genius William Orbit has gone. Love the Strange Cargo & Bass-O-Matic records. Ray of Light is clearly an Orbit record with Madge on vocals. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

I don't know if Jason Arday is liar. I do know the person who has dedicated himself to Arday's ruin thinks Black Africans are inferior to white people and makes a career out of trying to prove it. Cofnas should have no place in this arena

Hi all, putting feelers out: folks looking for a job ASAP in the 🇬🇧 in Cornwall, or willing to move? Collaborating group hiring a couple roles with skills in any of: - insect injections (incl. gene edits) - machine learning for image analysis - experience with 🦋 a plus! Can email me at link below.

Year 12 students from the Emmanuel College Summer Residential Programme joined us in the Department of Genetics for hands-on activities exploring developmental biology, genetics, and biomedical research. Many thanks to our postdocs who led the sessions. #ScienceOutreach #STEM

Now playing The Early Years #modernmoonlight contender for album of the year from @soniccathedral.bsky.social I can here echoes of New order, LCDsoundsystem and A Certain Ratio definitely worth the wait 🖤

Professor Kate Baker's study from the Department of Genetics is receiving media coverage, helping to bring this important topic to a broader audience. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

🪲🪰 Our preprint is out! This was a team effort with @wolframponisch.bsky.social, @matthewabenton.bsky.social and Ewa Paluch. We asked whether Drosophila and Tribolium use the same cell behaviours to fold their embryos during gastrulation. 🧵👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Although spreading disinformation is clearly contrary to scientific values and in breach of the @royalsociety.org code of conduct, they have taken no action against Elon Musk FRS, who owns and runs X.

@royalsociety.org I hear you’re blocking people calling on you to cancel Elon Musk’s fellowship. His presence besmirches your name. He’s a danger to British democracy. Reconsider.

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Department of Genetics is hiring a Research Associate (Fixed Term) Details on how to apply: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

There's a new initiative in Makerfield to put signs up pointing at places where idiots live.

The Thermo Fisher situation keeps getting worse. We've now collected 450+ problematic images presented as verification data in TF's antibody catalog. This includes: 🖌️ Dozens more images with duplications or painting 🖨️ Hundreds of blots that all share the same background (behold slideshow below)

Did no one at the BBC have the wit to read the Judge's judgment in this case?

The WC, that once beloved festival of football has been turned into a corrupt money machine by Infantino’s “leadership”. For the 2nd time I’m driven to boycott it despite the unlikely sight of Scotland playing. Makes me sick. Sing up to Reeboot FIFA.

Our TARGet AMR genomics-comic is out now - check it out, share it, print it, use it in your lectures, PE events, or maybe even when trying to explain what you do to dinner guests! 🤓 🧬 🧫

Antonio García-Bellido (1936-2025) In this Obituary, Marco Milán @milanlab.bsky.social discusses Antonio García-Bellido's legacy: his distinguished career, his mentorship and appointments to the world's leading scientific bodies. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Sob. It’s the last dram of the most sublime whisky. Never to be had again ☹️

Want to get paid while gaining valuable experience this summer? 🌟 Our research studentships are open for applications — but time is running out! 📅 Deadline: Friday 2 May www.gen.cam.ac.uk/undergraduat...

Curious about how we assess grant applications? We’re inviting researchers to observe a Wellcome funding advisory committee in action. Apply by 11 May 2026 ⤵️ wellcome.org/research-fun...

#boycottworldcup

Excited to announce Physics of Living Matter 19! To be held in Cambridge 24-25th September 2026: www.plm-symposium.org

Huge thanks to our fantastic scientists for welcoming Year 12 student for a hands-on lab experience. The students gained practical experience in fly phenotyping, staining and imaging, and Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial counterstaining 🧬🧪 #Drosophila #universityofcambridge #Cambridge

NORMAN 30TH ANNIVERSARY: Records That Made Us Fresh retrospective thoughts on records which shaped our shop and then some, featuring classics from Aphex Twin, Can, Talk Talk, Om, The Jesus and Mary Chain, my bloody valentine, Shellac, and more… www.normanrecords.com/features/ann...

Have you ever wondered why children starting nursery/daycare pick up so many germs? I certainly did, and with a crack team of parent-scientists/clinicians, we set out to answer that question. Is childcare a germ factory or an immune bootcamp? journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...