Alexis Barr
@alexisbarr.bsky.social
Cell cycle enthusiast at MRC LMS and Imperial College London
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Your time for doing science waxes and wanes throughout your career. Don’t let anybody tell you that you’re doing it wrong. You get to decide what’s right for you (as long as you meet your basic commitments). 🧪
Don't let anybody tell you what your academic-life balance is supposed to be
You do you. And please stay healthy.
scienceforeveryone.science
February 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Your time for doing science waxes and wanes throughout your career. Don’t let anybody tell you that you’re doing it wrong. You get to decide what’s right for you (as long as you meet your basic commitments). 🧪
We are also recruiting a Postdoc in cell/molecular biology!
3yr, fully funded by @cancerresearchuk.org more details here: news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/11/27/s...
Apply here: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
3yr, fully funded by @cancerresearchuk.org more details here: news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/11/27/s...
Apply here: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
January 23, 2026 at 4:23 PM
We are also recruiting a Postdoc in cell/molecular biology!
3yr, fully funded by @cancerresearchuk.org more details here: news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/11/27/s...
Apply here: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
3yr, fully funded by @cancerresearchuk.org more details here: news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/11/27/s...
Apply here: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
We are recruiting a Postdoc in computational biology, together with @mariasecrier.bsky.social
4yr, fully funded by @cancerresearchuk.org, ideal for Postdocs wanting to develop their independence
Applications open now: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
4yr, fully funded by @cancerresearchuk.org, ideal for Postdocs wanting to develop their independence
Applications open now: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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www.imperial.ac.uk
January 21, 2026 at 12:58 PM
We are recruiting a Postdoc in computational biology, together with @mariasecrier.bsky.social
4yr, fully funded by @cancerresearchuk.org, ideal for Postdocs wanting to develop their independence
Applications open now: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
4yr, fully funded by @cancerresearchuk.org, ideal for Postdocs wanting to develop their independence
Applications open now: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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In a seminar now where the speaker is sharing advice from their PhD mentor:
“You will make a lot of mistakes… you will be wrong a lot… if you can’t handle this, then science may not be right for you.”
“You will make a lot of mistakes… you will be wrong a lot… if you can’t handle this, then science may not be right for you.”
January 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
In a seminar now where the speaker is sharing advice from their PhD mentor:
“You will make a lot of mistakes… you will be wrong a lot… if you can’t handle this, then science may not be right for you.”
“You will make a lot of mistakes… you will be wrong a lot… if you can’t handle this, then science may not be right for you.”
January 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I think you can only really complain about a slow review process if, when reviewing, you submit your own reviews on time
January 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I think you can only really complain about a slow review process if, when reviewing, you submit your own reviews on time
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Meeting schedule now online for @bsdb.bsky.social 2026 spring meeting: Molecules to Morphogenesis!
***Abstracts due in by January 16***
Join the outstanding line up! Submit your abstract for a short talk, flash talk, or poster presentation:
👇👇👇
bsdb.org/meetings/
***Abstracts due in by January 16***
Join the outstanding line up! Submit your abstract for a short talk, flash talk, or poster presentation:
👇👇👇
bsdb.org/meetings/
December 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Meeting schedule now online for @bsdb.bsky.social 2026 spring meeting: Molecules to Morphogenesis!
***Abstracts due in by January 16***
Join the outstanding line up! Submit your abstract for a short talk, flash talk, or poster presentation:
👇👇👇
bsdb.org/meetings/
***Abstracts due in by January 16***
Join the outstanding line up! Submit your abstract for a short talk, flash talk, or poster presentation:
👇👇👇
bsdb.org/meetings/
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We have an open call for a group leader at the Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging in Würzburg, Germany.
Generous starting package, vibrant and highly interdisciplinary biomedical research environment.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please spread the word.
Generous starting package, vibrant and highly interdisciplinary biomedical research environment.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please spread the word.
Group Leader (f/m/d) at the Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging - Würzburg (Stadt), Bayern (DE) job with University of Würzburg - Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative a...
The Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging (RVZ) ist now inviting applications for the position of Group Leader (f/m/d).
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We have an open call for a group leader at the Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging in Würzburg, Germany.
Generous starting package, vibrant and highly interdisciplinary biomedical research environment.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please spread the word.
Generous starting package, vibrant and highly interdisciplinary biomedical research environment.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please spread the word.
The young woman in her 20s on the train is on the phone stating the benefits of getting up at 9am because “you have, like, a whole morning to get stuff done”
9am?! Try 6am. You can live a whole life by midday
Oh, to be young again
9am?! Try 6am. You can live a whole life by midday
Oh, to be young again
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The young woman in her 20s on the train is on the phone stating the benefits of getting up at 9am because “you have, like, a whole morning to get stuff done”
9am?! Try 6am. You can live a whole life by midday
Oh, to be young again
9am?! Try 6am. You can live a whole life by midday
Oh, to be young again
New lab preprint!
We find that Wee1 phosphorylates Cdh1(FZR1) and suppresses APC/C(Cdh1) activity to promote S-phase entry
A fantastic team effort from the combined forces of @lavuillemenot.bsky.social, Lucas Morales, Calin-Mihai Dragoi & Beth Pennycook
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
We find that Wee1 phosphorylates Cdh1(FZR1) and suppresses APC/C(Cdh1) activity to promote S-phase entry
A fantastic team effort from the combined forces of @lavuillemenot.bsky.social, Lucas Morales, Calin-Mihai Dragoi & Beth Pennycook
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Wee1 opposes APC/C(Cdh1) activity to promote S-phase entry
Wee1 phosphorylates and inhibits CDK activity to inhibit mitotic entry and establish a G2 DNA damage checkpoint. Consequently, Wee1 inhibitors are in clinical trials, developed to be synthetically let...
www.biorxiv.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
New lab preprint!
We find that Wee1 phosphorylates Cdh1(FZR1) and suppresses APC/C(Cdh1) activity to promote S-phase entry
A fantastic team effort from the combined forces of @lavuillemenot.bsky.social, Lucas Morales, Calin-Mihai Dragoi & Beth Pennycook
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
We find that Wee1 phosphorylates Cdh1(FZR1) and suppresses APC/C(Cdh1) activity to promote S-phase entry
A fantastic team effort from the combined forces of @lavuillemenot.bsky.social, Lucas Morales, Calin-Mihai Dragoi & Beth Pennycook
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
@cancerresearchuk.org asked me to write a piece about our latest research programme & here it is!
I'm so excited about this work and always keen to talk to other people interested in similar things so do get in touch.
cruk.ink/4oEdLTz
I'm so excited about this work and always keen to talk to other people interested in similar things so do get in touch.
cruk.ink/4oEdLTz
Spin doctors: taking on the challenge of tissue-specific cell cycle control - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News
A false start, a Nobel Prize and renewed hope – understanding cell cycle disruption over different tissues is complex. But we are getting there…
cruk.ink
November 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
@cancerresearchuk.org asked me to write a piece about our latest research programme & here it is!
I'm so excited about this work and always keen to talk to other people interested in similar things so do get in touch.
cruk.ink/4oEdLTz
I'm so excited about this work and always keen to talk to other people interested in similar things so do get in touch.
cruk.ink/4oEdLTz
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Early bird registration: Save £100 - 21 January 2026! Dynamic Cell VI conference, Reading, UK, April 2026! Co-organised by
@bscb-official.bsky.social
and
@biochemsoc.bsky.social
with
@royalmicrosoc.bsky.social
and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology.
Register now:
bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI
@bscb-official.bsky.social
and
@biochemsoc.bsky.social
with
@royalmicrosoc.bsky.social
and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology.
Register now:
bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Early bird registration: Save £100 - 21 January 2026! Dynamic Cell VI conference, Reading, UK, April 2026! Co-organised by
@bscb-official.bsky.social
and
@biochemsoc.bsky.social
with
@royalmicrosoc.bsky.social
and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology.
Register now:
bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI
@bscb-official.bsky.social
and
@biochemsoc.bsky.social
with
@royalmicrosoc.bsky.social
and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology.
Register now:
bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI
Great post. “mentoring should be criteria for hiring tenure-track faculty! But alas, it rarely is.”
Also how to measure? Everyone can write about how to be a good mentor on an application form but how can you assess if they actually are?
Also how to measure? Everyone can write about how to be a good mentor on an application form but how can you assess if they actually are?
You know those labs that keep harming students, again and again? Some reflections on why it's so hard to stop this from happening and where our responsibilities lie.
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
scienceforeveryone.science/bad-mentors-... 🧪
Bad mentors hurt people
What to do about bad mentors?
scienceforeveryone.science
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Great post. “mentoring should be criteria for hiring tenure-track faculty! But alas, it rarely is.”
Also how to measure? Everyone can write about how to be a good mentor on an application form but how can you assess if they actually are?
Also how to measure? Everyone can write about how to be a good mentor on an application form but how can you assess if they actually are?
Reposted by Alexis Barr
📣 We’re hiring 6 new Team Science postdocs!
Our Team Science approach brings together interdisciplinary researchers to tackle questions no single field can solve alone.
Find out more and download our brochure below
Our Team Science approach brings together interdisciplinary researchers to tackle questions no single field can solve alone.
Find out more and download our brochure below
MRC Postdoctoral Research Scientists x 6 - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
Team Science Project
lms.mrc.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
📣 We’re hiring 6 new Team Science postdocs!
Our Team Science approach brings together interdisciplinary researchers to tackle questions no single field can solve alone.
Find out more and download our brochure below
Our Team Science approach brings together interdisciplinary researchers to tackle questions no single field can solve alone.
Find out more and download our brochure below
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Reposted by Alexis Barr
We have a multidisciplinary PhD position on offer, through a BBSRC funded doctoral training program, open to UK and International students at Bath Uni. Microfluidics, microscopy, mechanobiology and epigenetics!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
SWBio DTP PhD Project: Mapping the epigenetic landscape in cells under compressive forces at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - SWBio DTP PhD Project: Mapping the epigenetic landscape in cells under compressive forces at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:29 AM
We have a multidisciplinary PhD position on offer, through a BBSRC funded doctoral training program, open to UK and International students at Bath Uni. Microfluidics, microscopy, mechanobiology and epigenetics!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@mpercharde.bsky.social & I after presenting our experience of setting up the @mrc-lms.bsky.social Roving Researcher scheme to support Postdocs on leave, in the Research Culture session at #MRCBiomedicine2025
Look at that view! Blooming love London
Look at that view! Blooming love London
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
@mpercharde.bsky.social & I after presenting our experience of setting up the @mrc-lms.bsky.social Roving Researcher scheme to support Postdocs on leave, in the Research Culture session at #MRCBiomedicine2025
Look at that view! Blooming love London
Look at that view! Blooming love London
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Register now for our one-day symposium at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences on environmental and metabolic control of early development on 4 December 2025!
Spaces are limited, register here: www.symposia.org.uk/courses/stem...
Spaces are limited, register here: www.symposia.org.uk/courses/stem...
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Register now for our one-day symposium at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences on environmental and metabolic control of early development on 4 December 2025!
Spaces are limited, register here: www.symposia.org.uk/courses/stem...
Spaces are limited, register here: www.symposia.org.uk/courses/stem...
Love #OnlyConnect Got this after two clues 👊🏻 🤓
October 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Love #OnlyConnect Got this after two clues 👊🏻 🤓
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We are recuiting two new Associate Professors here in Oxford Biochemistry. Come join us! Reach out to me if you have any questions. Please repost! tinyurl.com/mr3m7bd3
October 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We are recuiting two new Associate Professors here in Oxford Biochemistry. Come join us! Reach out to me if you have any questions. Please repost! tinyurl.com/mr3m7bd3
We’re offering a 4y MRC PhD studentship with Fadri Martinez-Perez @mrc-lms.bsky.social Check it out!
lms.mrc.ac.uk/work-and-stu...
lms.mrc.ac.uk/work-and-stu...
Studentships and PhD training
We have two core PhD programmes - traditional and transdisciplinary. Our PhD students are registered with Imperial and are embedded in our dedicated research facility.
lms.mrc.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We’re offering a 4y MRC PhD studentship with Fadri Martinez-Perez @mrc-lms.bsky.social Check it out!
lms.mrc.ac.uk/work-and-stu...
lms.mrc.ac.uk/work-and-stu...
Reposted by Alexis Barr
Register for the Dynamic Cell VI conference, Reading, UK, April 2026! This conference focusses on all aspects of cell dynamics, co-organised by @bscb-official.bsky.social and @biochemsoc.bsky.social with @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology.
bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI
bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI
October 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Register for the Dynamic Cell VI conference, Reading, UK, April 2026! This conference focusses on all aspects of cell dynamics, co-organised by @bscb-official.bsky.social and @biochemsoc.bsky.social with @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology.
bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI
bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI
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9 days to go:
* 2 x open positions!
* Exceptional environment, competitive start-up package
* University of Toronto appointments
* Toronto has great (and peaceful) quality of life!
* 2 x open positions!
* Exceptional environment, competitive start-up package
* University of Toronto appointments
* Toronto has great (and peaceful) quality of life!
JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please repost!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please repost!
October 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
9 days to go:
* 2 x open positions!
* Exceptional environment, competitive start-up package
* University of Toronto appointments
* Toronto has great (and peaceful) quality of life!
* 2 x open positions!
* Exceptional environment, competitive start-up package
* University of Toronto appointments
* Toronto has great (and peaceful) quality of life!
I keep reading this as “The Histones”
I don’t even work on histones!
I don’t even work on histones!
October 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I keep reading this as “The Histones”
I don’t even work on histones!
I don’t even work on histones!