Kif Liakath-Ali
@kifla.bsky.social
Lecturer/ Assistant Professor in Advanced Cell Biology, University of Southampton, UK. Alumni: Stanford, Cambridge, Kings College London. 🇬🇧 🇮🇳 தமிழ் #FirstGen #NewPI. RNA Splicing Investigator at www.spliclab.co.uk
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New BBSRC funded PhD opportunity in my group with Inspiralis Ltd and @conradn.bsky.social. If you are interested in RNA - protein interactions and RNA modifications check the details below for how to apply. @nrpdtp.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bdzvn4dr
How do RNA molecules shape genome regulation in the nervous system? (AKAY_U26CASE) | Doctoral Training Partnership
This PhD project will investigate how RNA modifications influence the activity of topoisomerase I (TOP1), a crucial enzyme that regulates DNA supercoiling during replication and transcription. Using C...
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk
October 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
New BBSRC funded PhD opportunity in my group with Inspiralis Ltd and @conradn.bsky.social. If you are interested in RNA - protein interactions and RNA modifications check the details below for how to apply. @nrpdtp.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bdzvn4dr
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Very honest and very good World View from Severine Toussaert
www.nature.com/articles/d41..., one that is very much in tune with our recent proposals for a framework to incentivise publication of negative or null results: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
www.nature.com/articles/d41..., one that is very much in tune with our recent proposals for a framework to incentivise publication of negative or null results: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Six journal rejections and a major rethink: why I’m happy to admit to my research failures, and you should too
Outlining the trial-and-error processes that are involved in every research project could help others to become more efficient and paint a more honest picture of life as a researcher.
www.nature.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Very honest and very good World View from Severine Toussaert
www.nature.com/articles/d41..., one that is very much in tune with our recent proposals for a framework to incentivise publication of negative or null results: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
www.nature.com/articles/d41..., one that is very much in tune with our recent proposals for a framework to incentivise publication of negative or null results: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
And it is this kind of messages that makes us keep going in academia!
October 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
And it is this kind of messages that makes us keep going in academia!
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Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. @scurry.bsky.social &co present a roadmap to a solution that has a role for everyone in the scientific community 🧪 #Academicsky #reproducibility
plos.io/3VwaU2O
plos.io/3VwaU2O
Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results
Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. This Consensus View discusses the problem of such publication...
plos.io
September 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. @scurry.bsky.social &co present a roadmap to a solution that has a role for everyone in the scientific community 🧪 #Academicsky #reproducibility
plos.io/3VwaU2O
plos.io/3VwaU2O
Null & negative results ≠ failure. They’re essential—but still sidelined.
Proud to co-author this @plosbiology.org paper tackling systemic bias & calling for culture change.
ECRs pay the highest price for this biased culture!
Blog by @scurry.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ysc23wrx
#PublicationBias
Proud to co-author this @plosbiology.org paper tackling systemic bias & calling for culture change.
ECRs pay the highest price for this biased culture!
Blog by @scurry.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ysc23wrx
#PublicationBias
Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results
Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. This Consensus View discusses the problem of such publication...
journals.plos.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Null & negative results ≠ failure. They’re essential—but still sidelined.
Proud to co-author this @plosbiology.org paper tackling systemic bias & calling for culture change.
ECRs pay the highest price for this biased culture!
Blog by @scurry.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ysc23wrx
#PublicationBias
Proud to co-author this @plosbiology.org paper tackling systemic bias & calling for culture change.
ECRs pay the highest price for this biased culture!
Blog by @scurry.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ysc23wrx
#PublicationBias
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A year ago, The Splice Lab was just me. Now it is filled with talented, fun-loving people. Navigating this growth phase is both challenging and rewarding as we bid farewel to colleagues while welcoming fresh talents! www.splicelab.co.uk @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A year ago, The Splice Lab was just me. Now it is filled with talented, fun-loving people. Navigating this growth phase is both challenging and rewarding as we bid farewel to colleagues while welcoming fresh talents! www.splicelab.co.uk @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social
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✨Special Issue Editors:
@kifla.bsky.social | @marionhogg.bsky.social | Renate Weizbauer PhD
#LifeSciences #RNA #OpenScience #Technologies
@kifla.bsky.social | @marionhogg.bsky.social | Renate Weizbauer PhD
#LifeSciences #RNA #OpenScience #Technologies
July 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
✨Special Issue Editors:
@kifla.bsky.social | @marionhogg.bsky.social | Renate Weizbauer PhD
#LifeSciences #RNA #OpenScience #Technologies
@kifla.bsky.social | @marionhogg.bsky.social | Renate Weizbauer PhD
#LifeSciences #RNA #OpenScience #Technologies
Love RNA biology and care about reproducibility? I’m co-editing a @bio-protocol.bsky.social special issue with @marionhogg.bsky.social & Renate Weizbauer —focusing open access and transparent RNA detection protocols.
Submit yours today - en.bio-protocol.org/content17
#OpenScience #ReproRNAbiology
Submit yours today - en.bio-protocol.org/content17
#OpenScience #ReproRNAbiology
July 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Love RNA biology and care about reproducibility? I’m co-editing a @bio-protocol.bsky.social special issue with @marionhogg.bsky.social & Renate Weizbauer —focusing open access and transparent RNA detection protocols.
Submit yours today - en.bio-protocol.org/content17
#OpenScience #ReproRNAbiology
Submit yours today - en.bio-protocol.org/content17
#OpenScience #ReproRNAbiology
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A lot of unnecessary administration to make administration look like necessary for the sake of fat salaries. There used to be times when academics had the say.
This is not unique to Dundee Uni. Across UK higher education mismanagement is widespread. Uni leaders like blaming fees, student numbers economy but at the bottom of it, it is university leaders that have been walking blindly into a catastrophe year after year. Let’s see more of these reports.
Staff at the University of Dundee have spoken of their “elation” at the release of a “damning” report that blamed management failures for its financial crisis, reports @julietterowsell.bsky.social
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
June 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A lot of unnecessary administration to make administration look like necessary for the sake of fat salaries. There used to be times when academics had the say.
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"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
May 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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We’re accepting applications for our Accelerator Awards.
This opportunity aims to support researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK to undertake activities that help them build a stronger profile to make successful career transitions within academia.
Find out more ⤵️
This opportunity aims to support researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK to undertake activities that help them build a stronger profile to make successful career transitions within academia.
Find out more ⤵️
Accelerator Awards | Grant funding | Wellcome
Eligibility and applications details for the Wellcome Accelerator Awards, which will support Black, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani researchers in the UK to make successful career transitions.
wellcome.org
May 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We’re accepting applications for our Accelerator Awards.
This opportunity aims to support researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK to undertake activities that help them build a stronger profile to make successful career transitions within academia.
Find out more ⤵️
This opportunity aims to support researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK to undertake activities that help them build a stronger profile to make successful career transitions within academia.
Find out more ⤵️
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“Given the very real consequences for our competitiveness, our standard of living and, yes, also our bottom lines, we all ought to be making the case for aggressively funding basic science.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
Opinion | The White House Tech Bros Owe Their Fortunes to the Research They’re Killing
Underlying many investments are breakthroughs in medicine and technology from great universities.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“Given the very real consequences for our competitiveness, our standard of living and, yes, also our bottom lines, we all ought to be making the case for aggressively funding basic science.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
Killing the Science Golden Goose - The American Journal of Medicine www.amjmed.com/article/S000...
Killing the Science Golden Goose
In the 1970’s I was probably one of the last American high school students who was
told that if you wanted to go to medical school, you should learn to speak German.
This was because in the late 19th ...
www.amjmed.com
April 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Killing the Science Golden Goose - The American Journal of Medicine www.amjmed.com/article/S000...
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For American readers, this is from one of the UK's leading right-wing newspapers today. The game is up.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2...
It’s over. America has ceased to be leader of the free world
Accidentally copying in a journalist to senior officials’ private thoughts about Europe was a gift of Providence
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
For American readers, this is from one of the UK's leading right-wing newspapers today. The game is up.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2...
Great kickstart of UK Young Academy - All Members Meeting today @royalsociety.org, one of the senior partner academies of UKYA. Lot to hear about the past achievements and future goals. #UKYA
March 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Great kickstart of UK Young Academy - All Members Meeting today @royalsociety.org, one of the senior partner academies of UKYA. Lot to hear about the past achievements and future goals. #UKYA
Excited to be @acmedsci.bsky.social today for the official induction of UK Young Academy membership among 42 new early career professionals that aspire to champion positive change in society.
March 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Excited to be @acmedsci.bsky.social today for the official induction of UK Young Academy membership among 42 new early career professionals that aspire to champion positive change in society.
Deeply honoured to be selected as a member of the prestigious UK Young Academy and join these trailblazing minds in creating positive change. Looking forward to collaborating with fellow academics and researchers as we tackle pressing challenges in science and society. @unisouthampton.bsky.social
UK Young Academy appoints 42 new emerging leaders | UK Young Academy
Introducing our newest members to the nationwide network of early career researchers and professionals, selected through the 2024 call for applications
ukyoungacademy.org
March 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Deeply honoured to be selected as a member of the prestigious UK Young Academy and join these trailblazing minds in creating positive change. Looking forward to collaborating with fellow academics and researchers as we tackle pressing challenges in science and society. @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Excited to be part of this scientist-led initiative at @narjournal.bsky.social! I look forward to contributing initiatives from an early-career researcher perspective. @unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social
🌟 Thrilled to welcome our new Early Career Investigators to NAR including Kif Liakath-Ali (@kifla.bsky.social) Lecturer in Advanced Cell Biology at the University of Southampton! 🧬
#NucleicAcidsResearch #MolecularBiology #EarlyCareerInvestigators #Mentorship #OpenAccessResearch
#NucleicAcidsResearch #MolecularBiology #EarlyCareerInvestigators #Mentorship #OpenAccessResearch
March 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Excited to be part of this scientist-led initiative at @narjournal.bsky.social! I look forward to contributing initiatives from an early-career researcher perspective. @unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social
Spring has sprung @uosmedia.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Spring has sprung @uosmedia.bsky.social
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I wrote a thing for @thetransmitter.bsky.social. The attack on scientific infrastructure happening in the US shows that relying on any one country is not a good option for science. We need to start supporting and building international, decentralised infrastructure for science.
Scientific data and independence are at risk: We need to work with community-driven services and university libraries to create new multi-country organizations that are resilient to political interference.
By @neuralreckoning.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/policy/scien...
By @neuralreckoning.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/policy/scien...
Science must step away from nationally managed infrastructure
Scientific data and independence are at risk. We need to work with community-driven services and university libraries to create new multi-country organizations that are resilient to political…
www.thetransmitter.org
February 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I wrote a thing for @thetransmitter.bsky.social. The attack on scientific infrastructure happening in the US shows that relying on any one country is not a good option for science. We need to start supporting and building international, decentralised infrastructure for science.
Had a nightmare PubMed website was shut ☹️
February 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Had a nightmare PubMed website was shut ☹️
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I joined 75+ @nobelprize.bsky.social laureates urging US Senators to oppose RFK Jr.'s confirmation as DHHS Secretary. If you’re in a state with GOP senators, PLEASE reach out to them! I’d deeply appreciate it if you amplified this post! 🙏
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
December 9, 2024 at 11:19 PM
I joined 75+ @nobelprize.bsky.social laureates urging US Senators to oppose RFK Jr.'s confirmation as DHHS Secretary. If you’re in a state with GOP senators, PLEASE reach out to them! I’d deeply appreciate it if you amplified this post! 🙏
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
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If you’re a federal govt employee targeted for leave or termination on the basis of your DEI work, please file an EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) complaint & retain legal counsel.
I’m a former NIH PI. Happy to refer you to a law firm that has successfully sued the govt many times!
Pls repost 🙏❤️
I’m a former NIH PI. Happy to refer you to a law firm that has successfully sued the govt many times!
Pls repost 🙏❤️
January 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
If you’re a federal govt employee targeted for leave or termination on the basis of your DEI work, please file an EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) complaint & retain legal counsel.
I’m a former NIH PI. Happy to refer you to a law firm that has successfully sued the govt many times!
Pls repost 🙏❤️
I’m a former NIH PI. Happy to refer you to a law firm that has successfully sued the govt many times!
Pls repost 🙏❤️