Studying molecular switches in development and disease using #Drosophila #Genetics, #CellBiology.

Manchester, UK
Joined July 2013
It’s been a long time coming, but finally our work on USP22 #deubiquitinase and #collectivemigration is available as a preprint 👇(our first!). Much credit to the team, particularly @HammedBadmos (see vid below), and amazing support @CCI_liv @LivUniCBF @LivUniISMIB
Drosophila USP22/non-stop regulates the Hippo pathway to polarise the actin cytoskeleton during collective border cell migration biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv
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Transform your career with an MSc in Developmental Biology and Stem Cells at The University of Manchester! 🔬 Work with internationally recognised developmental biology research groups undertaking world-class discovery science. Find out more and apply: manchester.ac.uk/study/maste…
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Last call for applicants to our BBSRC PhD studentship (tinyurl.com/BBSRC-DTP), a joint project with @TheAsheLab in Manchester to use genome engineering, optogenetics, and live cell imaging to study cell decision-making in Drosophila development. Deadline 19 Jan. Please RT!
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⁦@The_MRC⁩ funded PhD project on #Perraultsyndrome with ⁦@RayOKeefeIII⁩ ⁦@DaimarkBennett⁩ -join a great team and do some exciting science bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/r…
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New Research: A retrospective analysis of phosphatase catalytic subunit gene variants in patients with rare disorders identifies novel candidate neurodevelopmental disease genes: Rare genetic disorders represent some of the most severe and… frontiersin.org/articles/10.… #celldevbio
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I am looking for a motivated #postdoc or research assistant to take over a well-developed project on genome size sensing. I would like someone to start quickly and would consider all levels of experience. About to advertise but please email me if interested. #postdocjobs
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🚨New Preprint from the lab! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… Thrilled to see this online ! Buckle up for a brief 🧵 #Ichthyosporea | #Multicellularity | #Animal #Origins | #Evolution | #Embryo | #Development | #Protist | #Cell #Biology | #Cytoskeleton
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Because it consists of billions of bidirectional interactions per day, Twitter can be thought of as a collective, cybernetic super-intelligence
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#postdoc opportunity to join an industry-funded interdisciplinary team developing PhosTACs - small molecules that induce target dephosphorylation (similar principle to PROTACs). DM/Email me for further info. #postdocjobs #postdocposition jobs.ac.uk/job/CUB455/postdo…
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Hi All-our new review with @idilulengin 'A cellular atlas of calcineurin signaling' is now published and explores mechanisms of localized calcineurin signaling. Click here for free link:authors.elsevier.com/a/1fuVi…
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William Shatner on his Blue Origin flight to space: "It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered." variety.com/2022/tv/news/wil…
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Save the Date and RT!! Dynamic Cell Conference - 17-20th of April 2023! -> Great line up of speakers -> Plenty of slots for selected talks -> ECR Networking events Jointly organised by @BiochemSoc @Official_BSCB
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Interested in community building, publishing and microscopy? This is the job for you! A great opportunity to join the awesome @J_Cell_Sci team at @Co_Biologists and to help grow this exciting project.
The search continues.... We still have a vacancy for a new Community Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to either take a step into publishing or for someone already working in science communication to extend their interest in online communities: biologists.com/wp-content/up…
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Migrating cells can leave trails to guide other cells. nature.com/articles/cr201413… A classic of #CellMigration for this #FluorescenceFriday #SciComm @focalplane_jcs (Movie by Lilian Chen @NikonSmallWorld 2017)
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This online resource that introduces data visualization using #rstats & ggplot2 has 12 complete protocols available for a variety of plots. joachimgoedhart.github.io/Da…
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It's been a long time coming but we can now present our attempt to understand similarities and differences between core and Fat-Dachsous planar polarity pathway function in the fly wing. With congrats to Amy, Sam, Helen, Liz, Sara who did the hard work. cell.com/cell-reports/fullte…
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For the past 18 months I've been trying to establish my research group. It's not been easy and I've been crushed many times. @MCF_UoM have been so supportive and have a call out now jobs.ac.uk/job/CTD187/resear… and this thread is why you should apply!
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New post-doc job in the lab. Interested in flies and how their organs develop (particularly the heart)? Then please take a look. atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engin…
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mBeRFP: a versatile fluorescent tool to enhance multichannel live imaging and its applications An Open Access Techniques and Resources Article from Emmanuel Martin and Magali Suzanne @suzanne_team @CbiToulouse journals.biologists.com/dev/…
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Super stoked to be joining MoGen @UofT as an Assistant Professor in Oct '22! I'm founding "The Laboratory for RNA-Based Lifeforms" to explore the diversity of Earth's RNA entities 🧬🔎🦠🌎! Looking to hire🥰! (Please RT) #RNA #genetics #virology #bioinformatics 1/3
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