Ian Sudbery
@iansudbery.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics at the University of Sheffield. Likes gene regulation, 3' UTRs, non-coding RNA and dancing. He/Him/His
Also at IanSudbery@genomic.social
Also at IanSudbery@genomic.social
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A gangster state at home, a rogue state abroad: and entirely because Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their proper constitutional roles.
January 3, 2026 at 10:11 AM
A gangster state at home, a rogue state abroad: and entirely because Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their proper constitutional roles.
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Looking to start your lab in generative biology / AI?
Come join us at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Sanger is core-funded so you can generate data at scale to train the next generation of models and understanding. Design/Engineering/Chemistry/Proteins/Pathways!
pls RT
tinyurl.com/GenGenFaculty
Come join us at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Sanger is core-funded so you can generate data at scale to train the next generation of models and understanding. Design/Engineering/Chemistry/Proteins/Pathways!
pls RT
tinyurl.com/GenGenFaculty
Group Leader - Generative Biology and AI
Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenge...
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January 1, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Looking to start your lab in generative biology / AI?
Come join us at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Sanger is core-funded so you can generate data at scale to train the next generation of models and understanding. Design/Engineering/Chemistry/Proteins/Pathways!
pls RT
tinyurl.com/GenGenFaculty
Come join us at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Sanger is core-funded so you can generate data at scale to train the next generation of models and understanding. Design/Engineering/Chemistry/Proteins/Pathways!
pls RT
tinyurl.com/GenGenFaculty
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Roz is absolutely correct.
Deprivation of citizenship should not be a matter for mere ministerial discretion (with light touch judicial review).
In the extreme circumstances when it can happen, the determination should be made by a tribunal, where government and citizen can make their cases.
Deprivation of citizenship should not be a matter for mere ministerial discretion (with light touch judicial review).
In the extreme circumstances when it can happen, the determination should be made by a tribunal, where government and citizen can make their cases.
December 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Roz is absolutely correct.
Deprivation of citizenship should not be a matter for mere ministerial discretion (with light touch judicial review).
In the extreme circumstances when it can happen, the determination should be made by a tribunal, where government and citizen can make their cases.
Deprivation of citizenship should not be a matter for mere ministerial discretion (with light touch judicial review).
In the extreme circumstances when it can happen, the determination should be made by a tribunal, where government and citizen can make their cases.
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ABSOLUTE INSANITY IN ICELAND
It s warmer than summer !
19.7C Bakkagerði in the middle of the night !
‼️nearly 10C above JULY average
MOST EXTREME EVENT EVER SEEN IN WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY
Records brutalized allover the country
It s warmer than summer !
19.7C Bakkagerði in the middle of the night !
‼️nearly 10C above JULY average
MOST EXTREME EVENT EVER SEEN IN WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY
Records brutalized allover the country
December 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
ABSOLUTE INSANITY IN ICELAND
It s warmer than summer !
19.7C Bakkagerði in the middle of the night !
‼️nearly 10C above JULY average
MOST EXTREME EVENT EVER SEEN IN WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY
Records brutalized allover the country
It s warmer than summer !
19.7C Bakkagerði in the middle of the night !
‼️nearly 10C above JULY average
MOST EXTREME EVENT EVER SEEN IN WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY
Records brutalized allover the country
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'An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the Russell Group university “does not have appropriate arrangements in place” for managing workplace stress and was unable to demonstrate that it is managing the risks associated with excessive workloads.' 1/2
Birmingham reprimanded over its management of work-related stress
Investigation by Health and Safety Executive found institution ‘does not have appropriate arrangements in place’ to manage burnout among staff
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
'An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the Russell Group university “does not have appropriate arrangements in place” for managing workplace stress and was unable to demonstrate that it is managing the risks associated with excessive workloads.' 1/2
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Oh hey it finally made the media, only a week after the letter was actually sent.
FWIW despite being legally obliged to share with all staff, he so far hasn't.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/birming...
FWIW despite being legally obliged to share with all staff, he so far hasn't.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/birming...
Birmingham reprimanded over its management of work-related stress
Investigation by Health and Safety Executive found institution ‘does not have appropriate arrangements in place’ to manage burnout among staff
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Oh hey it finally made the media, only a week after the letter was actually sent.
FWIW despite being legally obliged to share with all staff, he so far hasn't.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/birming...
FWIW despite being legally obliged to share with all staff, he so far hasn't.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/birming...
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As things wind down for the holidays, @sheffielducu.bsky.social members are facing a threat of 100% pay deductions from January, thanks to our Scrooge-like management. We’ve now set up a fundraiser to bolster our local solidarity fund. If you can spare some change, please do! gofund.me/ac2b3adcb
Donate to Support University of Sheffield striking staff!, organized by Mark Pendleton
I'm the branch treasurer for the University of Sheffield University and… Mark Pendleton needs your support for Support University of Sheffield striking staff!
gofund.me
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
As things wind down for the holidays, @sheffielducu.bsky.social members are facing a threat of 100% pay deductions from January, thanks to our Scrooge-like management. We’ve now set up a fundraiser to bolster our local solidarity fund. If you can spare some change, please do! gofund.me/ac2b3adcb
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Support @sheffielducu.bsky.social! Oppose the lock-out threat! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
No lockout for University of Sheffield staff
UCU members have been standing up against the continual cutting and restructuring of the last several years which has significantly damaged the University’s international standing, the quality of educ...
www.megaphone.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Support @sheffielducu.bsky.social! Oppose the lock-out threat! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
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We'll only start dealing properly with the university crisis when we understand that redundancies do not occur because of a financial deficit, but rather a financial deficit is fabricated so that redundancies can be made. @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @ucuhallam.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We'll only start dealing properly with the university crisis when we understand that redundancies do not occur because of a financial deficit, but rather a financial deficit is fabricated so that redundancies can be made. @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @ucuhallam.bsky.social
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Best way to start your day is to show solidarity and sign this petition! Should you be in Sheffield, please come to our student-led rally on the University Sheffield Concourse (Student Union building) at 12noon! #Sheffield #UCUstrike @sheffielducu.bsky.social
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
No lockout for University of Sheffield staff
UCU members have been standing up against the continual cutting and restructuring of the last several years which has significantly damaged the University’s international standing, the quality of educ...
www.megaphone.org.uk
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Best way to start your day is to show solidarity and sign this petition! Should you be in Sheffield, please come to our student-led rally on the University Sheffield Concourse (Student Union building) at 12noon! #Sheffield #UCUstrike @sheffielducu.bsky.social
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
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It is shocking that a government inquiry was needed to confirm that universities should prioritise … checks notes … teaching and research
A similar inquiry is needed in the UK
A similar inquiry is needed in the UK
A Senate inquiry in Australia has found that corporatised universities have 'betrayed' students and staff. Good stuff.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
'Dirty secret' of higher education revealed as senate inquiry calls on universities to change
The final report into governance has called for state and Commonwealth legislation to refocus universities on teaching and research.
www.abc.net.au
December 12, 2025 at 7:49 AM
It is shocking that a government inquiry was needed to confirm that universities should prioritise … checks notes … teaching and research
A similar inquiry is needed in the UK
A similar inquiry is needed in the UK
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If you are nearby get yourself down! If not, be sure to show your support in any way you can.
Our members deserve better.
Our members deserve better.
December 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If you are nearby get yourself down! If not, be sure to show your support in any way you can.
Our members deserve better.
Our members deserve better.
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Really unhelpful to see infectious disease 'experts' reviving the covid culture wars in the middle of a serious influenza wave. If you have flu, staying home if your employment allows, is a great idea. And if you must see others, wear a mask, its will help. Nobody is talking about mandates here.
December 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Really unhelpful to see infectious disease 'experts' reviving the covid culture wars in the middle of a serious influenza wave. If you have flu, staying home if your employment allows, is a great idea. And if you must see others, wear a mask, its will help. Nobody is talking about mandates here.
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Another day on the picket alongside my @sheffielducu.bsky.social colleagues
December 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Another day on the picket alongside my @sheffielducu.bsky.social colleagues
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@ucu.org.uk striking staff at the Uni of Sheffield must deal with a confrontational management showing no interest in a fair-running Uni, but the students are with us! Join our mass picket (Arts Tower on Fri morning) & rally at 12 (Student Union's Concourse) @sheffielducu.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
@ucu.org.uk striking staff at the Uni of Sheffield must deal with a confrontational management showing no interest in a fair-running Uni, but the students are with us! Join our mass picket (Arts Tower on Fri morning) & rally at 12 (Student Union's Concourse) @sheffielducu.bsky.social
One can always take these assumptions a step further back. I think treating students as customers here to get a return on their financial investment is a corruptoin of educations's purpose, but the original sin is not AI, but the fact that students have to take on debt - that made students customers
However, I don't accept the premise of the broader critique that treating students as customers and asking for accountability in what universities deliver is somehow a corruption of higher education’s noble purpose. More thoughts: doi.org/10.59350/4md...
The False Choice Between Meaning and Accountability in Higher Education
Thoughts on Ronald Purser's December 2025 essay in Current Affairs, "AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself"
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
One can always take these assumptions a step further back. I think treating students as customers here to get a return on their financial investment is a corruptoin of educations's purpose, but the original sin is not AI, but the fact that students have to take on debt - that made students customers
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📢 PhD opportunity: fully-funded BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience project available @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary project on keratins in cell division combines cell biology, biophysics and in vivo Zebrafish imaging.
👇Apply by 7th Jan
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Interdisciplinary project on keratins in cell division combines cell biology, biophysics and in vivo Zebrafish imaging.
👇Apply by 7th Jan
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DLA Programme: The role of keratin networks in cell division in tissues under tension at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DLA Programme: The role of keratin networks in cell division in tissues under tension at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
📢 PhD opportunity: fully-funded BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience project available @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary project on keratins in cell division combines cell biology, biophysics and in vivo Zebrafish imaging.
👇Apply by 7th Jan
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Interdisciplinary project on keratins in cell division combines cell biology, biophysics and in vivo Zebrafish imaging.
👇Apply by 7th Jan
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The comment about the greens aside, I think Starmer comes across pretty well here. His comments about the meritocratic snobbery of the educated are spot on. What really strikes me is how can the person in this piece lead a government with the policies of this government
An excellent piece from @rachelsylvester.bsky.social
Starmer comes across as deeply odd. A huge sense of detachment between him and the reality of this Labour government.
His quote on the threat of Reform is delusional coming from this deeply racist government.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Starmer comes across as deeply odd. A huge sense of detachment between him and the reality of this Labour government.
His quote on the threat of Reform is delusional coming from this deeply racist government.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Keir Starmer: ‘The Greens are anti-Nato and think it’s all right to sell drugs. That’s nuts’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The comment about the greens aside, I think Starmer comes across pretty well here. His comments about the meritocratic snobbery of the educated are spot on. What really strikes me is how can the person in this piece lead a government with the policies of this government
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This element of the situation is so maddening because it adds this air of unreality to the transphobes statements - and yet they are taken totally seriously by our press and much of our political class. Very obviously people were muddling making accommodations and no great social crisis was caused!
The WI has been trans inclusive since the 70s, before I was born. Do you see who in this scenario was innocently minding their own business, coming to their own arrangements locally? Do you see who is forcefully imposing themselves and their demands upon others, via threats.
December 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This element of the situation is so maddening because it adds this air of unreality to the transphobes statements - and yet they are taken totally seriously by our press and much of our political class. Very obviously people were muddling making accommodations and no great social crisis was caused!
The youth organisation that made me who I am today, the Woodcraft flFolk, have released this statement on the decision of the Guides to not recognise trans people
woodcraft.org.uk/woodcraft-fo...
woodcraft.org.uk/woodcraft-fo...
Woodcraft Folk statement on the exclusion of trans children from Girlguiding - Woodcraft Folk
Woodcraft Folk stands in solidarity with every trans child, young person and volunteer who faces exclusion from Girlguiding UK following the announcement on Trans inclusion. We recognise that Girlgui...
woodcraft.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The youth organisation that made me who I am today, the Woodcraft flFolk, have released this statement on the decision of the Guides to not recognise trans people
woodcraft.org.uk/woodcraft-fo...
woodcraft.org.uk/woodcraft-fo...
My unpopular opinion is that I actully quite like GFF (well, GTF, GFF3 is more of a pain).
December 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
My unpopular opinion is that I actully quite like GFF (well, GTF, GFF3 is more of a pain).
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Uni staff 'intimidated' by pay forfeit warning
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Sheffield staff 'intimidated' by pay forfeit warning
University of Sheffield to withhold pay if staff do not make up for teaching missed while striking.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Uni staff 'intimidated' by pay forfeit warning
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Check out this post about our current situation from a colleague at another university. @sheffielducu.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Check out this post about our current situation from a colleague at another university. @sheffielducu.bsky.social