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Postdoc, developmental biologist and unicyclist

London, England
Joined August 2013
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The 5-year postdoc position in my lab is now "live" for applications! Deadline to apply is November 3rd: imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-j… Please RT
Our collaborative NIH-R01 to study the role of TEs in ALS was awarded today, in collaboration with Davide Trotti and Piera Pasinelli (ALS Center at Thomas Jefferson University). Our lab in London will soon advertise a 5-year postdoc position. Please reach out if interested!
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🚨Mark your calendars! We are launching the London EvoDevo club, a space to learn great new science, meet new colleagues and have fun! First meeting on Nov the 8th at @QMUL Register now! shorturl.at/34BOj @MargaridaMCM @deMendoza_Alex @Ferdix
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The CCRB annual “summer” party was rained off, but fear not a new event took its place in the form of CCRB olympics! ⚽️🏀🏈 what lab sports would you include?
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We are hiring a new lecturer for CCRB! 🚨 Interested in craniofacial and stem cell biology, innovative approaches to regeneration and repair, and big data approaches to understand the complexity of development and disease. Apply by 6th October l1nq.com/6eUD0
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We are #hiring new Tenure-Track Group Leaders to join our Centre! More info: shorturl.at/h6BmS Deadline 25 Sept 2024
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Congratulations to Dr Anna @anna_wulf93 for a successful PhD viva on ALK/GSK3 and neuroblastoma! Thanks to examiners Dr Greg Findlay @gregfindlaylab and Prof John Anderson/UCL for a great day. @INeucrest @CCRB27
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A great chance to work with Cathy and join the Network with all its opportunities. Apply now!
📢New #postdoc position working on the #MURIDAE programme within the @MRCMouseNetwork and @MRCHarwell. This #postdoc is supervised by @CathyFernandes1, @L_andreae and @ProfAntIsles, based at @OxfordWIN. Come and join this fantastic project!🐁🧠🧬🐭 jobs.ac.uk/job/DIJ721/postdo…
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Congratulations to our Director, Sara Wells, who has received an MBE in the King's Birthday Honours List 2024 for services to medical research! har.mrc.ac.uk/news/dr-sara-w…
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The @MRCMouseNetwork is sponsoring 2 fully-funded MRes studentships, working with @MRCHarwell to develop new data analysis pipelines to analyse datasets in disease models of obesity! 📅Closing date: 10th July 2024 👉Find out more and apply here: generationresearch.ac.uk/mre…
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CCRB past and present! Enjoying reminiscing old times and learning new things @GordonConf #Craniofacial #Morphogenesis #GRC
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Today the craniofacial community celebrates the life of Dr Francis Smith, 1975-2023. Francis was scientist, colleague and friend, who was an important part of our community. We had wonderful session led by Benedikt Hallgrímsson and organised by Ralph Marcucio.
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Pennywise is visiting @CCRB27 to wish @Wills_Barrell a happy birthday #theyallfloat
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Thank you all for the honour -- such a pleasure to work with all of you and be part of your success 💕 Thanks especially to my amazing team!
Our very own @KarenJLiu takes out the @kingsdentistry Research Guidance and Mentorship Award! Thank you for all your support 🥳🎉
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🧬🚨 New paper alert! 🚨🧬 Published in @JMG_BMJ, collaborative work involving @IsaacSWalton, Chingyiu Pang, and Andrew Wilkie from the @MRC_WIMM reports the first two #craniosynostosis patients with homozygous variants in #SMAD6. jmg.bmj.com/content/early/20… 🧵⬇️ (1/10)
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Are you an early career research? Want to promote developmental biology? Become a representative! YEN is open to anyone, but news doesn't always travel far from London and the UK. Help us reach out to scientist worldwide and become a part of the Network!
Calling all young researchers! Be part of YEN 2024 as a local representative! Help to connect a global network of researchers, and manage our hybrid format. Scan the QR on the poster or click the link below: forms.gle/wyYLVQpPyKk8ZL8P9 We need YOU, don’t miss the opportunity!
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Get to know our speakers! @NIBB_Public's Shosei Yoshida's seminal work has elucidated spermatogenic stem cell homeostasis. Now, using barcoding approaches, his lab is studying clonal dynamics ACROSS generations🤯 Interested? Details below! 👇 @royalsociety
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Final few days to apply to join the Shaw Lab as a post-doc. We're recruiting someone who shares our interests in tissue repair, scarring/fibrosis, regeneration, stem cells & developmental biology. Reach out if you have any questions! Closing date 25th Feb. kcl.ac.uk/jobs/083427-resear…
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Call for Papers! Differentiation will have a Special Issue, *All Things Neural Crest*. Submission Deadline August 15, 2024. For more information and to submit see here: sciencedirect.com/journal/di… #neuralcrest @SocDevBio @_BSDB_ @MBLScience @birthde @ISS_Research @frogwranglers
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