Barbara Ciani
@drbciani.bsky.social
Misplaced biophysical chemist doing biology. Dog lover. Interested in understanding how membranes regulate proteins. Landed in Yorkshire via Rome, Brighton, Nottingham, Chester. She/her. What I send in the blue sky are all my own thoughts and ideas.
Can't decide if you like Biochemistry, Chemistry or Biophysics? Do all three! The bonus? You get to learn advanced biophysics with Prof Sarah Harris and @timcraggs.bsky.social and be exposed to the dynamic environment of @ei-science.bsky.social
Application information:
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Application information:
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November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Can't decide if you like Biochemistry, Chemistry or Biophysics? Do all three! The bonus? You get to learn advanced biophysics with Prof Sarah Harris and @timcraggs.bsky.social and be exposed to the dynamic environment of @ei-science.bsky.social
Application information:
lnkd.in/eW9VxNBW
Application information:
lnkd.in/eW9VxNBW
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BREAKING: Our members at the University of Sheffield have voted overwhelmingly for strike action against the University Executive Board’s ongoing campaign of job cuts, and the threat to staff workload and wellbeing that they represent.
September 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
BREAKING: Our members at the University of Sheffield have voted overwhelmingly for strike action against the University Executive Board’s ongoing campaign of job cuts, and the threat to staff workload and wellbeing that they represent.
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Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
September 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
April 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Immagine you could image two cellular structures in the same fluorescent channel and still reliably get them separated afterwards…
What would you do with this?
Now… what would you do if that also worked with 4 structures at once? 👇 #MicroSplit #preview🧵
What would you do with this?
Now… what would you do if that also worked with 4 structures at once? 👇 #MicroSplit #preview🧵
February 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Immagine you could image two cellular structures in the same fluorescent channel and still reliably get them separated afterwards…
What would you do with this?
Now… what would you do if that also worked with 4 structures at once? 👇 #MicroSplit #preview🧵
What would you do with this?
Now… what would you do if that also worked with 4 structures at once? 👇 #MicroSplit #preview🧵
"Chemistry undergraduate degree course numbers have dropped 26 per cent since 2020, according to OfS figures".
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Fall in UK university core science courses stokes fears for industrial strategy
Chemistry courses have dropped a quarter and biosciences by 15% in past 5 years
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January 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Chemistry undergraduate degree course numbers have dropped 26 per cent since 2020, according to OfS figures".
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Well looks like I finally can add the ‘senior’ word to the lecturer. Only because of supporting colleagues, fantastic collaborators, marvellous students and researchers. It’s a bit bittersweet this year but I need to say thank you 🤗
December 16, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Well looks like I finally can add the ‘senior’ word to the lecturer. Only because of supporting colleagues, fantastic collaborators, marvellous students and researchers. It’s a bit bittersweet this year but I need to say thank you 🤗
Give me some time and I’ll follow you all back. At the rate of 30+ a day, I am getting repetitive strain injury 😬
November 18, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Give me some time and I’ll follow you all back. At the rate of 30+ a day, I am getting repetitive strain injury 😬
if you are a chemistry academic in the UK you should know this. The third department this year. www.chemistryworld.com/news/univers...
University of Reading proposes closing its chemistry department next year
The university joins several others that are considering the future of their departments and undergraduate programmes
www.chemistryworld.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:58 PM
if you are a chemistry academic in the UK you should know this. The third department this year. www.chemistryworld.com/news/univers...
Is there an easy way to follow everyone back that follows you ?
November 13, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Is there an easy way to follow everyone back that follows you ?
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BSCB Women in #CellBiology prize 🧪
Deadline extended (15th Nov)
The deal: UK-based scientist, running lab for < 7 years with 1+ senior author publication.
Do you know someone who should be nominated? Maybe it's you?
Details (a bit out of date): bscb.org/competitions...
Deadline extended (15th Nov)
The deal: UK-based scientist, running lab for < 7 years with 1+ senior author publication.
Do you know someone who should be nominated? Maybe it's you?
Details (a bit out of date): bscb.org/competitions...
Women in Cell Biology Early Career Award Medal | British Society for Cell Biology
bscb.org
November 12, 2024 at 7:19 AM
BSCB Women in #CellBiology prize 🧪
Deadline extended (15th Nov)
The deal: UK-based scientist, running lab for < 7 years with 1+ senior author publication.
Do you know someone who should be nominated? Maybe it's you?
Details (a bit out of date): bscb.org/competitions...
Deadline extended (15th Nov)
The deal: UK-based scientist, running lab for < 7 years with 1+ senior author publication.
Do you know someone who should be nominated? Maybe it's you?
Details (a bit out of date): bscb.org/competitions...
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Welcome all (new) followers! Besides our work on probes & biosensors I'd like to share what I know about #Rstats and #DataViz. So I composed a book on data visualization with R & ggplot2 (it's work in progress).
Target audience = wet lab scientists.
Link: joachimgoedhart.github.io/DataViz-prot...
Target audience = wet lab scientists.
Link: joachimgoedhart.github.io/DataViz-prot...
DataViz protocols
This is an introduction to data visualization protocols for wet lab scientists
joachimgoedhart.github.io
November 12, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Welcome all (new) followers! Besides our work on probes & biosensors I'd like to share what I know about #Rstats and #DataViz. So I composed a book on data visualization with R & ggplot2 (it's work in progress).
Target audience = wet lab scientists.
Link: joachimgoedhart.github.io/DataViz-prot...
Target audience = wet lab scientists.
Link: joachimgoedhart.github.io/DataViz-prot...
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Hey #ChemSky, look who’s here >>> @carolynbertozzi.bsky.social - hey Carolyn! 👋
November 12, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Hey #ChemSky, look who’s here >>> @carolynbertozzi.bsky.social - hey Carolyn! 👋
Woo! Hello followers!
November 11, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Woo! Hello followers!
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Deeply saddened by the news that David Stephens died last night.
David was an outstanding cell biologist based at Bristol whose work spanned #MembraneTraffic #cytoskeleton #ciliogenesis + more. He was “one of the good guys”. Kind, supportive, generous with his time, and rigorous about his science. 🧪
David was an outstanding cell biologist based at Bristol whose work spanned #MembraneTraffic #cytoskeleton #ciliogenesis + more. He was “one of the good guys”. Kind, supportive, generous with his time, and rigorous about his science. 🧪
October 16, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Deeply saddened by the news that David Stephens died last night.
David was an outstanding cell biologist based at Bristol whose work spanned #MembraneTraffic #cytoskeleton #ciliogenesis + more. He was “one of the good guys”. Kind, supportive, generous with his time, and rigorous about his science. 🧪
David was an outstanding cell biologist based at Bristol whose work spanned #MembraneTraffic #cytoskeleton #ciliogenesis + more. He was “one of the good guys”. Kind, supportive, generous with his time, and rigorous about his science. 🧪
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I wrote simplified guide to move from Twitter/X to Mastodon.
If you find bluesky a bit meh, or if you want to try the OG federated social network (or give it another chance), you might find it useful.
quantixed.org/2024/08/14/e...
If you find bluesky a bit meh, or if you want to try the OG federated social network (or give it another chance), you might find it useful.
quantixed.org/2024/08/14/e...
Exodus: moving to Mastodon – quantixed
quantixed.org
August 15, 2024 at 8:12 AM
I wrote simplified guide to move from Twitter/X to Mastodon.
If you find bluesky a bit meh, or if you want to try the OG federated social network (or give it another chance), you might find it useful.
quantixed.org/2024/08/14/e...
If you find bluesky a bit meh, or if you want to try the OG federated social network (or give it another chance), you might find it useful.
quantixed.org/2024/08/14/e...
So proud our observations of ESCRT-III at micronuclei fare still so well in citations. It was the effort of 3 PhD students, international collaborators and friends (& £0!). Thank you for still citing it even though more complete works are now out there. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
ESCRT-III is necessary for the integrity of the nuclear envelope in micronuclei but is aberrant at ruptured micronuclear envelopes generating damage - Oncogenesis
Oncogenesis - ESCRT-III is necessary for the integrity of the nuclear envelope in micronuclei but is aberrant at ruptured micronuclear envelopes generating damage
www.nature.com
August 6, 2024 at 2:02 PM
So proud our observations of ESCRT-III at micronuclei fare still so well in citations. It was the effort of 3 PhD students, international collaborators and friends (& £0!). Thank you for still citing it even though more complete works are now out there. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
If you are (or know) a postdoc or about to do a PhD viva interested in bioimaging, neurodegeneration and molecular basis of disease, consider applying by the 18.01 for this job in Rome! This is a collaboration with us in Sheffield. 4 questions email the PI or me.
December 13, 2023 at 9:13 AM
If you are (or know) a postdoc or about to do a PhD viva interested in bioimaging, neurodegeneration and molecular basis of disease, consider applying by the 18.01 for this job in Rome! This is a collaboration with us in Sheffield. 4 questions email the PI or me.
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Last chance to apply to join us at the LMB for a PhD to explore archaeal cell division and the archaeal origins of eukaryotes: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int...
December 3, 2023 at 10:41 AM
Last chance to apply to join us at the LMB for a PhD to explore archaeal cell division and the archaeal origins of eukaryotes: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int...
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We are hiring! Two assistant prof level jobs in biology. Focusing on cellular and molecular biology, microbiology, and metabolic physiology but all good candidates will be considered. cas.gsu.edu/about/employ...
December 4, 2023 at 12:20 AM
We are hiring! Two assistant prof level jobs in biology. Focusing on cellular and molecular biology, microbiology, and metabolic physiology but all good candidates will be considered. cas.gsu.edu/about/employ...
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"Institutions with a historical record of bullying performed more poorly in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise. Those with good management cultures performed much better."
21percent.org?p=785
21percent.org?p=785
Bullying and University Under-Performance - 21percent.org
In a recent post, we tackled the myth that bullying is necessary to drive academic staff performance. In fact, the data suggest the exact opposite. Institutions with a historical record of bullying pe...
21percent.org
November 14, 2023 at 10:21 AM
"Institutions with a historical record of bullying performed more poorly in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise. Those with good management cultures performed much better."
21percent.org?p=785
21percent.org?p=785
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This shouldn’t come as a surprise. What is surprising is that there is a non-zero community who subscribe to the thesis that bullying or fear-based workplace cultures can promote “excellence” in academic performance.
"Institutions with a historical record of bullying performed more poorly in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise. Those with good management cultures performed much better."
21percent.org?p=785
21percent.org?p=785
Bullying and University Under-Performance - 21percent.org
In a recent post, we tackled the myth that bullying is necessary to drive academic staff performance. In fact, the data suggest the exact opposite. Institutions with a historical record of bullying pe...
21percent.org
November 14, 2023 at 11:08 AM
This shouldn’t come as a surprise. What is surprising is that there is a non-zero community who subscribe to the thesis that bullying or fear-based workplace cultures can promote “excellence” in academic performance.
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😱📣 BlueSky-ers: WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! 🙏
All of you who ever liked a lecture of mine...
All of you who liked one of the courses I teach in...
All of you I work(ed) with in one way or another...
All of you who see my desperation! 😜
PLEASE re-post! 🙏 careers.humantechnopole.it/o/postdoc-in...
All of you who ever liked a lecture of mine...
All of you who liked one of the courses I teach in...
All of you I work(ed) with in one way or another...
All of you who see my desperation! 😜
PLEASE re-post! 🙏 careers.humantechnopole.it/o/postdoc-in...
Postdocs in Artificial Intelligence
Human Technopole (HT) is an interdisciplinary life science research institute, created and supported by the Italian Government, with the aim of developing innovative strategies to improve human health
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October 27, 2023 at 3:05 PM
😱📣 BlueSky-ers: WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! 🙏
All of you who ever liked a lecture of mine...
All of you who liked one of the courses I teach in...
All of you I work(ed) with in one way or another...
All of you who see my desperation! 😜
PLEASE re-post! 🙏 careers.humantechnopole.it/o/postdoc-in...
All of you who ever liked a lecture of mine...
All of you who liked one of the courses I teach in...
All of you I work(ed) with in one way or another...
All of you who see my desperation! 😜
PLEASE re-post! 🙏 careers.humantechnopole.it/o/postdoc-in...
Wooo this feels like the old good times before the x mutation might be back😀
October 21, 2023 at 5:06 PM
Wooo this feels like the old good times before the x mutation might be back😀