Alex Johnson
@ajcellbio.bsky.social
Cell biologist 🔬
Research fellow, University of Exeter
https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/42742-alex-johnson
Research fellow, University of Exeter
https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/42742-alex-johnson
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I think Ian Chapman's focus throughout this process has been excessively PI-centred and ignores early career researchers and training.
A big funding pause doesn't cause them to worry about their jobs. It causes them to lose their jobs. And to be unable to get new ones. Their careers will be ended.
A big funding pause doesn't cause them to worry about their jobs. It causes them to lose their jobs. And to be unable to get new ones. Their careers will be ended.
"I realise that this causes upset, it causes uncertainty, it actually causes people to actually worry about their jobs"
"It’s my organisations fault for that, we have not managed that process well enough"
"It’s my organisations fault for that, we have not managed that process well enough"
February 3, 2026 at 11:36 AM
I think Ian Chapman's focus throughout this process has been excessively PI-centred and ignores early career researchers and training.
A big funding pause doesn't cause them to worry about their jobs. It causes them to lose their jobs. And to be unable to get new ones. Their careers will be ended.
A big funding pause doesn't cause them to worry about their jobs. It causes them to lose their jobs. And to be unable to get new ones. Their careers will be ended.
Reposted by Alex Johnson
⚡️Funded PhD position in my lab in Exeter 🧠 @exeter.ac.uk If you are interested in brain development, cell-type diversity, neuroglia, subcortical structures and neurodevelopmental disorders, check out this opportunity. Deadline 28 Feb.
Please RT🙏. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
Please RT🙏. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
PhD Funding: Subcortical brain deve | University of Exeter
The University of Exeter’s Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences is inviting applications for a PhD studentship to commence on September 21st, 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.
www.exeter.ac.uk
January 12, 2026 at 8:13 AM
⚡️Funded PhD position in my lab in Exeter 🧠 @exeter.ac.uk If you are interested in brain development, cell-type diversity, neuroglia, subcortical structures and neurodevelopmental disorders, check out this opportunity. Deadline 28 Feb.
Please RT🙏. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
Please RT🙏. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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Post-lunch, @ajcellbio.bsky.social telling us about imaging plant endocytosis using multiple techniques 🔬
January 7, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Post-lunch, @ajcellbio.bsky.social telling us about imaging plant endocytosis using multiple techniques 🔬
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We’re excited to announce our special guest speaker for Flora in Focus: A Microscopy Conference for Plant Scientists
Join us as Dr Alex Johnson, Research Fellow at University of Exeter, presents “Probing plant endocytosis at multiple scales.”
Join us as Dr Alex Johnson, Research Fellow at University of Exeter, presents “Probing plant endocytosis at multiple scales.”
December 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We’re excited to announce our special guest speaker for Flora in Focus: A Microscopy Conference for Plant Scientists
Join us as Dr Alex Johnson, Research Fellow at University of Exeter, presents “Probing plant endocytosis at multiple scales.”
Join us as Dr Alex Johnson, Research Fellow at University of Exeter, presents “Probing plant endocytosis at multiple scales.”
Reposted by Alex Johnson
The final version of our multispectral microscopy manuscript is now online at Nature Photonics: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The main additions are some further comparisons to yet more unmixing algorithms, in which we find that our algorithm is still the most accurate.
The main additions are some further comparisons to yet more unmixing algorithms, in which we find that our algorithm is still the most accurate.
September 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The final version of our multispectral microscopy manuscript is now online at Nature Photonics: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The main additions are some further comparisons to yet more unmixing algorithms, in which we find that our algorithm is still the most accurate.
The main additions are some further comparisons to yet more unmixing algorithms, in which we find that our algorithm is still the most accurate.
Deadline for funded places has been extended to the 5th of September!
So if your a PhD, post doc, newish PI and like imaging plants - this is a great chance to hang out and talk with some experts in a fancy English countryside house
🌱🔬😎
So if your a PhD, post doc, newish PI and like imaging plants - this is a great chance to hang out and talk with some experts in a fancy English countryside house
🌱🔬😎
Early-career researchers, apply for a funded place at our Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales Workshop.
Find out more: www.biologists.com/workshops/fe...
#Workshop #Plants #Cells #Imaging #Microscopy #Microscope #Research #PlantPhysiology #PlantCells
Find out more: www.biologists.com/workshops/fe...
#Workshop #Plants #Cells #Imaging #Microscopy #Microscope #Research #PlantPhysiology #PlantCells
August 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Deadline for funded places has been extended to the 5th of September!
So if your a PhD, post doc, newish PI and like imaging plants - this is a great chance to hang out and talk with some experts in a fancy English countryside house
🌱🔬😎
So if your a PhD, post doc, newish PI and like imaging plants - this is a great chance to hang out and talk with some experts in a fancy English countryside house
🌱🔬😎
Reposted by Alex Johnson
Organised by Alex Johnson and Joe McKenna, who we have had the pleasure of working with at the Gatsby Plant Science Summer School, this is a great opportunity not to be missed!
Just 2 more days to apply for a funded place if you are an ECR
Just 2 more days to apply for a funded place if you are an ECR
Deadline approaching: Friday 15 August
Early-career researchers, apply for a funded place at our Workshop 'Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales' organised by Mark Fricker, Alexander Johnson, Joseph McKenna and Markéta Šámalová.
www.biologists.com/workshops/fe...
Early-career researchers, apply for a funded place at our Workshop 'Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales' organised by Mark Fricker, Alexander Johnson, Joseph McKenna and Markéta Šámalová.
www.biologists.com/workshops/fe...
August 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Organised by Alex Johnson and Joe McKenna, who we have had the pleasure of working with at the Gatsby Plant Science Summer School, this is a great opportunity not to be missed!
Just 2 more days to apply for a funded place if you are an ECR
Just 2 more days to apply for a funded place if you are an ECR
Reposted by Alex Johnson
Early-career researchers, apply for a funded place at our Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales Workshop.
Find out more: www.biologists.com/workshops/fe...
#Workshop #Plants #Cells #Imaging #Microscopy #Microscope #Research #PlantPhysiology #PlantCells
Find out more: www.biologists.com/workshops/fe...
#Workshop #Plants #Cells #Imaging #Microscopy #Microscope #Research #PlantPhysiology #PlantCells
July 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Early-career researchers, apply for a funded place at our Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales Workshop.
Find out more: www.biologists.com/workshops/fe...
#Workshop #Plants #Cells #Imaging #Microscopy #Microscope #Research #PlantPhysiology #PlantCells
Find out more: www.biologists.com/workshops/fe...
#Workshop #Plants #Cells #Imaging #Microscopy #Microscope #Research #PlantPhysiology #PlantCells
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Brillouin microscopy showing strength in non-invasive, live-imaging applications!
Studying fruit fly embryos during gastrulation as cells rapidly change shape @prevedel-lab.bsky.social @gomezjm-devmech.bsky.social @marialep.bsky.social characterised & mapped mechanical changes in 3D. rdcu.be/ev6ZX
Studying fruit fly embryos during gastrulation as cells rapidly change shape @prevedel-lab.bsky.social @gomezjm-devmech.bsky.social @marialep.bsky.social characterised & mapped mechanical changes in 3D. rdcu.be/ev6ZX
July 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Brillouin microscopy showing strength in non-invasive, live-imaging applications!
Studying fruit fly embryos during gastrulation as cells rapidly change shape @prevedel-lab.bsky.social @gomezjm-devmech.bsky.social @marialep.bsky.social characterised & mapped mechanical changes in 3D. rdcu.be/ev6ZX
Studying fruit fly embryos during gastrulation as cells rapidly change shape @prevedel-lab.bsky.social @gomezjm-devmech.bsky.social @marialep.bsky.social characterised & mapped mechanical changes in 3D. rdcu.be/ev6ZX
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How does evolution shape ancient cellular processes? Our new paper uncovers the mosaic evolution of conserved and diverging endocytic traits in fungi!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Mosaic evolution of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in fungi
Picco et al. take an evolutionary approach to study clathrin-mediated endocytosis
in a fungal clade and discover that the process is evolving in a mosaic fashion. The
early phase of endocytosis has sh...
www.cell.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
How does evolution shape ancient cellular processes? Our new paper uncovers the mosaic evolution of conserved and diverging endocytic traits in fungi!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Interested in imaging plants, then this is a great workshop for you!
We have a great line up of speakers from plant and ‘outside’ fields, fantastic location and spaces for ECRs to come and join in the fun!
🌱🔬💻🤓
We have a great line up of speakers from plant and ‘outside’ fields, fantastic location and spaces for ECRs to come and join in the fun!
🌱🔬💻🤓
Applications are now open for funded early-career researcher places at out Workshop 'Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales'.
Organised by Mark Fricker, Alexander Johnson, Joseph McKenna and Markéta Šámalová.
biologists.com/workshops/fe...
#Imaging #Cells #CellBiology #Biology
Organised by Mark Fricker, Alexander Johnson, Joseph McKenna and Markéta Šámalová.
biologists.com/workshops/fe...
#Imaging #Cells #CellBiology #Biology
June 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Interested in imaging plants, then this is a great workshop for you!
We have a great line up of speakers from plant and ‘outside’ fields, fantastic location and spaces for ECRs to come and join in the fun!
🌱🔬💻🤓
We have a great line up of speakers from plant and ‘outside’ fields, fantastic location and spaces for ECRs to come and join in the fun!
🌱🔬💻🤓
Super happy for 1st author Michelle this is out!
It was fun to help out and try some new ways of imaging. 🌱🔬
#plantsarepretty
It was fun to help out and try some new ways of imaging. 🌱🔬
#plantsarepretty
Super-resolution expansion microscopy in plant roots https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.21.581330v1
Super-resolution expansion microscopy in plant roots https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.21.581330v1
Super-resolution methods enable spatial resolution far better than the optical diffraction limit of
www.biorxiv.org
February 21, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Super happy for 1st author Michelle this is out!
It was fun to help out and try some new ways of imaging. 🌱🔬
#plantsarepretty
It was fun to help out and try some new ways of imaging. 🌱🔬
#plantsarepretty