Izzy Jayasinghe
@ijayas.bsky.social
Scientist (biophysics, single molecule imaging,🔬) | HoD of Molecular Medicine UNSW Sydney | she/her | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ | proud Tangata Tiriti | mostly posting science, academia, & inequality | posts reflect personal views only.
Delighted to see UKRI finally binning Researchfish as their reporting platform.
FYI, RF staff were found to have conspired with UKRI (and in some cases carried out) intimidation tactics on academics criticising the platform on social media before 2022.
Good riddance.
www.researchprofessionalnews
FYI, RF staff were found to have conspired with UKRI (and in some cases carried out) intimidation tactics on academics criticising the platform on social media before 2022.
Good riddance.
www.researchprofessionalnews
January 29, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Delighted to see UKRI finally binning Researchfish as their reporting platform.
FYI, RF staff were found to have conspired with UKRI (and in some cases carried out) intimidation tactics on academics criticising the platform on social media before 2022.
Good riddance.
www.researchprofessionalnews
FYI, RF staff were found to have conspired with UKRI (and in some cases carried out) intimidation tactics on academics criticising the platform on social media before 2022.
Good riddance.
www.researchprofessionalnews
Reposted by Izzy Jayasinghe
We got to talk about the fact that the first target for this is a Black woman which a lot of people in the terminally online world we know these comms staffers (and others) inhabit represent a particular archetype of person who needs to be “humbled.”
January 22, 2026 at 9:44 PM
We got to talk about the fact that the first target for this is a Black woman which a lot of people in the terminally online world we know these comms staffers (and others) inhabit represent a particular archetype of person who needs to be “humbled.”
Really looking forward to this!
Don't forget - abstract submission and registration are *OPEN* for the 21st International Microscopy Congress #IMC21 🙌 🙂 🔬
(31 August - 4 September 2026)
Be sure to take your place at the world's premier event for the global microscopy community!
https://www.imc21.org.uk/
(31 August - 4 September 2026)
Be sure to take your place at the world's premier event for the global microscopy community!
https://www.imc21.org.uk/
January 21, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Really looking forward to this!
Reposted by Izzy Jayasinghe
Don't forget - abstract submission and registration are *OPEN* for the 21st International Microscopy Congress #IMC21 🙌 🙂 🔬
(31 August - 4 September 2026)
Be sure to take your place at the world's premier event for the global microscopy community!
https://www.imc21.org.uk/
(31 August - 4 September 2026)
Be sure to take your place at the world's premier event for the global microscopy community!
https://www.imc21.org.uk/
December 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Don't forget - abstract submission and registration are *OPEN* for the 21st International Microscopy Congress #IMC21 🙌 🙂 🔬
(31 August - 4 September 2026)
Be sure to take your place at the world's premier event for the global microscopy community!
https://www.imc21.org.uk/
(31 August - 4 September 2026)
Be sure to take your place at the world's premier event for the global microscopy community!
https://www.imc21.org.uk/
Reposted by Izzy Jayasinghe
Job 2: Postdoc in Cell Biology 🧫🧬
Focus on cells interacts with the lymphatic endothelium.
We are looking for someone excited about vascular biology, microfluidics/organ-on-chip and microscopy.
Apply here: abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
Focus on cells interacts with the lymphatic endothelium.
We are looking for someone excited about vascular biology, microfluidics/organ-on-chip and microscopy.
Apply here: abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
Researcher (postdoctoral level) in Cell Biology, 1.4.2026–31.08.2028
abo.rekrytointi.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Job 2: Postdoc in Cell Biology 🧫🧬
Focus on cells interacts with the lymphatic endothelium.
We are looking for someone excited about vascular biology, microfluidics/organ-on-chip and microscopy.
Apply here: abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
Focus on cells interacts with the lymphatic endothelium.
We are looking for someone excited about vascular biology, microfluidics/organ-on-chip and microscopy.
Apply here: abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...
The Matilda Effect: what an infuriating but all too familiar narrative of credit for discoveries owed to women in science being *stolen* by male colleagues who then go on to reap the recognition/profits from it and behave so appallingly.
Not exactly shocking that a female scientist was not acknowledged for a key role in a breakthrough discovery (Google Matilda effect) but I hugely admire how she constantly fought back to get the recognition she deserved
www.thetimes.com/article/92f2...
www.thetimes.com/article/92f2...
My research helped invent Ozempic — then male scientists took all the credit
The work of the biochemist Svetlana Mojsov was instrumental in the development of the diet drugs that are now slimming the world. She tells Aimee Donnellan about her 40-year fight for recognition
www.thetimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:28 PM
The Matilda Effect: what an infuriating but all too familiar narrative of credit for discoveries owed to women in science being *stolen* by male colleagues who then go on to reap the recognition/profits from it and behave so appallingly.
Reposted by Izzy Jayasinghe
Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
January 12, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
Reposted by Izzy Jayasinghe
Protocol for applying expansion microscopy to the study of mammalian neuromuscular junctions #protocol #starprotocols #cellpress
Protocol for applying expansion microscopy to the study of mammalian neuromuscular junctions
Expansion microscopy (ExM) is a tissue-swelling technique that enables super-resolution imaging through a specialized preparation process that physically expands stained biomolecules within a fixed sample. Here, we detail a protocol to apply the 4× ExM technique to neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) from both human and mouse muscle preparations. We describe steps for muscle fixation, microdissection, staining, gelation, and digestion. We then detail procedures for expansion, mounting, imaging, analy...
dlvr.it
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Protocol for applying expansion microscopy to the study of mammalian neuromuscular junctions #protocol #starprotocols #cellpress
Happy new year all! Returning to BlueSky after a 3-week hiatus, I have had thousands of spam-follows. As a result, I’ve had to block >90% of those who have added me to starter packs (which seem to be perpetuating this). I’ve also binned the 2x Biophysics starter packs. Thanks for understanding 🙏.
January 5, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Happy new year all! Returning to BlueSky after a 3-week hiatus, I have had thousands of spam-follows. As a result, I’ve had to block >90% of those who have added me to starter packs (which seem to be perpetuating this). I’ve also binned the 2x Biophysics starter packs. Thanks for understanding 🙏.
Happy Saturday! When the national funding councils forget that the not funding researchers is going to cost Australia its greatest minds and the most crucial of opportunities, we are all in deep, deep trouble.
Australia: Low ARC success rates for early career researchers sparks anger (free to read): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...
Low success rate in early career grants ‘deeply disappointing’ - Research Professional News
“Decay continues” as Australian Research Council’s Decra scheme announces 13.1 per cent success rate
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Happy Saturday! When the national funding councils forget that the not funding researchers is going to cost Australia its greatest minds and the most crucial of opportunities, we are all in deep, deep trouble.
Reposted by Izzy Jayasinghe
We are so proud to share that our very own Dr Sami Al-Izzi has been awarded an ARC DECRA for his groundbreaking work in applying maths & theoretical physics to unlocking secrets of devel & mechanobiology. Sami has been supported by @r-g-morris.bsky.social & @emblaustralia.org. Congratulations! 👏👏👏
Congratulations to MACSYS Research Fellow Dr Sami Al-Izzi - just awarded an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA): macsys.org/sami-al-izzi...
@r-g-morris.bsky.social
@r-g-morris.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
We are so proud to share that our very own Dr Sami Al-Izzi has been awarded an ARC DECRA for his groundbreaking work in applying maths & theoretical physics to unlocking secrets of devel & mechanobiology. Sami has been supported by @r-g-morris.bsky.social & @emblaustralia.org. Congratulations! 👏👏👏
If anyone wondering about academic funding in Aus, this is the stark reality at present. I have written countless letters to politicians like @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social, @davidpocock.bsky.social who like to say they are leading this conversation in Aus but it is really like shouting into the void.
Australian #NHMRC Ideas grants are out. 8.1% success rate. Lowest since the scheme began. Congrats to the successful few, as it looks like less than 200 were funded. 🧪
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If anyone wondering about academic funding in Aus, this is the stark reality at present. I have written countless letters to politicians like @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social, @davidpocock.bsky.social who like to say they are leading this conversation in Aus but it is really like shouting into the void.
Want to know the cost/benefit balance of outing 🏳️🌈 oneself* to your students? Here’s the analysis from 9 instructors, 2045 student surveys, implying mostly positive &/or beneficial to the students.
*I don’t think anyone should feel obliged to, not least bc the study features no trans/nb instructors.
*I don’t think anyone should feel obliged to, not least bc the study features no trans/nb instructors.
Nine Undergraduate Biology Instructors Revealing their LGBTQ+ Identities in Class Resulted in Benefits for their LGBTQ+ Students and Students with Other Marginalized Identities | CBE—Life Sciences Edu...
Few LGBTQ+ biology instructors reveal their identities to undergraduates, often without considering the potential student benefits. Although instructors who have revealed their LGBTQ+ identity perceiv...
www.lifescied.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Want to know the cost/benefit balance of outing 🏳️🌈 oneself* to your students? Here’s the analysis from 9 instructors, 2045 student surveys, implying mostly positive &/or beneficial to the students.
*I don’t think anyone should feel obliged to, not least bc the study features no trans/nb instructors.
*I don’t think anyone should feel obliged to, not least bc the study features no trans/nb instructors.
3 yrs ago, I was nearly recruited to CSIRO, which at the time felt like a dream job. Seeing this total cleansing of scientific talent across 🇦🇺 (not just in CSIRO) is so shocking.
Politicians so rarely pay attention the value of scientific careers, but when they do, be sure to get that message home👇🏾
Politicians so rarely pay attention the value of scientific careers, but when they do, be sure to get that message home👇🏾
Save the CSIRO
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
3 yrs ago, I was nearly recruited to CSIRO, which at the time felt like a dream job. Seeing this total cleansing of scientific talent across 🇦🇺 (not just in CSIRO) is so shocking.
Politicians so rarely pay attention the value of scientific careers, but when they do, be sure to get that message home👇🏾
Politicians so rarely pay attention the value of scientific careers, but when they do, be sure to get that message home👇🏾
Reposted by Izzy Jayasinghe
This is a very good point.
And to be honest, the heat here is significantly lower for me than it ever was on Twitter…🤞🏾
And to be honest, the heat here is significantly lower for me than it ever was on Twitter…🤞🏾
And it's like wow how are Black people existing on bluesky if there's so much antiblackness here. So lesson one of being Black is that everywhere is antiblack. So you just pick your flavor of antiblack & the heat level of the antiblackness.
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is a very good point.
And to be honest, the heat here is significantly lower for me than it ever was on Twitter…🤞🏾
And to be honest, the heat here is significantly lower for me than it ever was on Twitter…🤞🏾
This is our national science agency. 440 jobs last year. Another 350 soon. 🤦🏾♀️
“CSIRO has announced it will slash up to 350 jobs as the national science agency grapples with long-term financial challenges … with current funding failing to keep pace with the rising costs of running a modern science agency.”
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul
After 440 positions were slashed last year, the CSIRO has announced more staff cuts across the country in a bid to remain financially viable.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is our national science agency. 440 jobs last year. Another 350 soon. 🤦🏾♀️
Reposted by Izzy Jayasinghe
#SciComm community, I can use your help!
Please share:
1. Any resources or publications about developing a hands-on tabletop science outreach activity.
2. Any personal tips & tricks based on your experiences running this type of activities!
Thanks!
Please share:
1. Any resources or publications about developing a hands-on tabletop science outreach activity.
2. Any personal tips & tricks based on your experiences running this type of activities!
Thanks!
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
#SciComm community, I can use your help!
Please share:
1. Any resources or publications about developing a hands-on tabletop science outreach activity.
2. Any personal tips & tricks based on your experiences running this type of activities!
Thanks!
Please share:
1. Any resources or publications about developing a hands-on tabletop science outreach activity.
2. Any personal tips & tricks based on your experiences running this type of activities!
Thanks!
One of the real highlights of working in @singmolsci.bsky.social is that the view into the campus comes truly alive in the spring. The downside is that campus outside the window comes truly alive in the spring just as ALL OF THE ARC grant deadlines come around and I cannot go outside 😭
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
One of the real highlights of working in @singmolsci.bsky.social is that the view into the campus comes truly alive in the spring. The downside is that campus outside the window comes truly alive in the spring just as ALL OF THE ARC grant deadlines come around and I cannot go outside 😭
Wow! BBC newsroom having an existential crisis suddenly because the way they cut the Trump documentary was too woke? After all these years of airing climate denialist, anti immigrant, anti trans narratives in the name of balance, THIS is what makes resign?? 🙃
BREAKING: BBC has confirmed Tim Davie is to step down as BBC Director General
November 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Wow! BBC newsroom having an existential crisis suddenly because the way they cut the Trump documentary was too woke? After all these years of airing climate denialist, anti immigrant, anti trans narratives in the name of balance, THIS is what makes resign?? 🙃
Reposted by Izzy Jayasinghe
Noted racist and Nobel Laureate James Watson, who stole Rosalind Franklin's data to try to deduce the structure of DNA first, has died at 97 as an unrepentant eugenicist and misogynist.
November 8, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Noted racist and Nobel Laureate James Watson, who stole Rosalind Franklin's data to try to deduce the structure of DNA first, has died at 97 as an unrepentant eugenicist and misogynist.
A very nuanced account of the discovery, but cannot escape the air of misogyny in Watson & Crick diminishing the MRC report as a “preliminary report” in spite of the data being a key confirmation.
If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
A very nuanced account of the discovery, but cannot escape the air of misogyny in Watson & Crick diminishing the MRC report as a “preliminary report” in spite of the data being a key confirmation.
Reposted by Izzy Jayasinghe
Zara Weinberg passed away earlier this week. She joined my lab earlier this year when her postdoc lab formally closed.
She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.
She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Zara Weinberg passed away earlier this week. She joined my lab earlier this year when her postdoc lab formally closed.
She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.
She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.
There are days in academic careers when hard earned wins are taken away by the lack of consideration by others who are meant to support you. Today has been one of those days for me.
Here's to the hope that I can keep that from happening to others around me whether it is from my action or others'.
Here's to the hope that I can keep that from happening to others around me whether it is from my action or others'.
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
There are days in academic careers when hard earned wins are taken away by the lack of consideration by others who are meant to support you. Today has been one of those days for me.
Here's to the hope that I can keep that from happening to others around me whether it is from my action or others'.
Here's to the hope that I can keep that from happening to others around me whether it is from my action or others'.
Resist the slop ✊🏾
“the techno-fascist assault on universities increasingly comes from within. (…) Far from offering genuine solutions, these technologies exacerbate social injustices and corrode the ecosystem of human knowledge.”
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Open access link: archive.ph/ZHGCm
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Open access link: archive.ph/ZHGCm
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Resist the slop ✊🏾