kate poole
katepoole.bsky.social
kate poole
@katepoole.bsky.social
Mechanobiology nerd, mechanically gated ion channel aficionado, fan of magpies
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We’re organizing a conference at @ijmonod.bsky.social in Paris, January 2026, in memory of M.P. Sheetz — pioneer in cell mechanics and mechanobiology, co-discoverer of kinesin, and founder of @mbisg.bsky.social. Join us to explore his legacy.

mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org
September 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Once again, ARC hits the 🎯 with their comms strategy:

8pm on Sunday night. When the eyeballs of researchers are glued to … twitter?

They've not posted this anywhere else. I can't think of a better way to _not_ "engage stakeholders". Almost uncanny.
September 8, 2025 at 5:37 AM
A beautifully elegant study from Vaish and Leeba and team looking at mitochondrial volume regulation using cleverly designed and fabricated chambers to track fission yeast divisions over time
How is mitochondrial volume maintained across successive generations of dividing cells? In our new preprint, we show how fission yeast cells use mitochondrial activity to control division timing and maintain mitochondrial homeostasis! (1/n)

📖 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Excited to join Bluesky today! As an ion channel biophysicist, Professor at Duke Neurobiology, and Director of Graduate Studies I will be sharing my insights. Plus the occasional post of my private life. Please help me connect to my community by sharing this post.
January 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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“The PhD stipend is $33,511 … well below minimum wage of $47,627”

“Universities can raise the stipend to a maximum of $52,352, but a ACGR survey found none have done so. The highest stipend is just over $40,000 … with the average at $34,244.”

#RaiseTheStipend
PhD student Jesse Gardner-Russell earns $20 an hour. Experts say low pay is turning Australia’s best and brightest away
The University of Melbourne student whose work could contribute to curing blindness says ‘people are shocked to find out how unlivable it is’
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Good luck every one!
ARC says they’ll release the Discovery Projects 2025 outcomes tomorrow.

Recently, outcomes announcements have tended to happen at/around 11am Canberra time.

My bot will pick up the announcement in RMS’s database and post immediately.

Good luck!
November 25, 2024 at 1:53 AM
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If there is anybody on Bluesky with an interest in working towards a PhD with a vibrant and inclusive group of people, we have a funded project available through @singmolsci.bsky.social in UNSW, Sydney, to do some advanced single molecule & electron 🔬. Please pass on to any students you may know. 🧪
Molecular scale mapping of intracellular signalling nanodomains and giant channels in the heart
www.unsw.edu.au
November 21, 2023 at 10:53 PM