Rob Stephenson
@nandemokaizen.bsky.social
Locum Senior Editor handling stem cells, developmental biology, mechanobiology, general physiology @nature.com
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The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders
- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology
Deadline 27 Nov
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology
Deadline 27 Nov
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Early career group leaders
We appoint researchers from across biology and biomedicine to set up their first groups at the Crick.
www.crick.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders
- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology
Deadline 27 Nov
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology
Deadline 27 Nov
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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Nature Biomedical Engineering is hiring again! This time we're hoping to add an editor with machine learning expertise to the team (although we are open to those with other relevant expertise!) Deadline is Oct 20. Please RT! springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Nature Biomedical Engineering is hiring again! This time we're hoping to add an editor with machine learning expertise to the team (although we are open to those with other relevant expertise!) Deadline is Oct 20. Please RT! springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
What a monumental contribution. Very sad loss.
Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Gurdon Dies Aged 92
It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the Gurdon Institute.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
What a monumental contribution. Very sad loss.
Dinner by the lake after a great Human Development meeting in Suzhou, China. Excellent science and insights at a lovely location. Massive thanks to the organizers, incl CSH Asia. Suzhou's neural tube shaped building a fitting bonus. #developmentalbiology #stemcells
September 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Dinner by the lake after a great Human Development meeting in Suzhou, China. Excellent science and insights at a lovely location. Massive thanks to the organizers, incl CSH Asia. Suzhou's neural tube shaped building a fitting bonus. #developmentalbiology #stemcells
The view from my window at 11:58 pm in Suzhou China. Could you please turn the dang building off so I can get some sleep?
September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The view from my window at 11:58 pm in Suzhou China. Could you please turn the dang building off so I can get some sleep?
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There is still time to apply to become part of our team at Nature Biomedical Engineering! Please share! springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
a blue sign that says we are hiring
ALT: a blue sign that says we are hiring
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August 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
There is still time to apply to become part of our team at Nature Biomedical Engineering! Please share! springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
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SickKids Research Institute has just launched a search for Program Head in Developmental, Stem Cell and Cancer Biology. Phenomenal colleagues, amazing science and great food all in the most multicultural city in the world. Join us: www.sickkids.ca/en/research/...
Developmental, Stem Cell & Cancer Biology | SickKids Research Institute
The Developmental, Stem Cell & Cancer Biology program has led significant discoveries in developmental genetics, genomics, stem cell and cancer biology.
www.sickkids.ca
July 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
SickKids Research Institute has just launched a search for Program Head in Developmental, Stem Cell and Cancer Biology. Phenomenal colleagues, amazing science and great food all in the most multicultural city in the world. Join us: www.sickkids.ca/en/research/...
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The decades-old limit on how long human embryos can be grown in culture is under debate
https://go.nature.com/3GnRpWg
https://go.nature.com/3GnRpWg
Human embryo research: how to move towards a 28-day limit
Nature - The decades-old limit on how long human embryos can be grown in culture is under debate. A new road map outlines how to extend the length of culture responsibly.
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July 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The decades-old limit on how long human embryos can be grown in culture is under debate
https://go.nature.com/3GnRpWg
https://go.nature.com/3GnRpWg
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☕Attending the @isscr.org meeting next week and looking for a recap of interesting work in the field during the past year? Take a look at our collection of #StemCell and development papers published across @natureportfolio.nature.com during the past 12 months!
www.nature.com/collections/...
www.nature.com/collections/...
A year of stem cell and developmental biology
In recent years, the field of stem cell and developmental biology has seen remarkable breakthroughs that have deepened our understanding of how organisms ...
www.nature.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
☕Attending the @isscr.org meeting next week and looking for a recap of interesting work in the field during the past year? Take a look at our collection of #StemCell and development papers published across @natureportfolio.nature.com during the past 12 months!
www.nature.com/collections/...
www.nature.com/collections/...
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At a time when people are understandably focused on the daily chaos in Washington, these articles describe the rapidly accelerating impact that AI is going to have on jobs, the economy, and how we live.
Behind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbath
Hardly anyone is paying attention.
www.axios.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
At a time when people are understandably focused on the daily chaos in Washington, these articles describe the rapidly accelerating impact that AI is going to have on jobs, the economy, and how we live.
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Trump signed an order mandating the overhaul of research-integrity policies so that the US government promotes “gold standard science”. But many researchers worry about political interference and are mobilizing opposition.
https://go.nature.com/43EYiKo
https://go.nature.com/43EYiKo
Trump’s call for ‘gold standard science’ has prompted an outcry: here’s why
Thousands have signed an open letter against the US president’s latest order, anxious about political interference in science and more.
go.nature.com
May 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Trump signed an order mandating the overhaul of research-integrity policies so that the US government promotes “gold standard science”. But many researchers worry about political interference and are mobilizing opposition.
https://go.nature.com/43EYiKo
https://go.nature.com/43EYiKo
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If we stop calling these “grants” and start calling them “contracts,” it’s clearer to people why this is such an abuse of power. This wasn’t a bunch of gifts. This was a bunch of binding contracts between researchers and the US govt for specific agreed upon projects.
Research into quantum mechanics, volcanic eruptions and all sorts of other studies already underway canceled for no reason - a waste of resources, loss of innovation and undercutting expertise across multiple fields.
NEW: The National Science Foundation last week terminated 196 grants to Harvard amid the university's feud with Trump.
“Pure retribution,” one NSF employee told me of the administration axing $46 million in unfinished research. www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...
“Pure retribution,” one NSF employee told me of the administration axing $46 million in unfinished research. www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...
May 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If we stop calling these “grants” and start calling them “contracts,” it’s clearer to people why this is such an abuse of power. This wasn’t a bunch of gifts. This was a bunch of binding contracts between researchers and the US govt for specific agreed upon projects.
Many CD and vinyl shops in Tokyo where you can make some great and rare finds
May 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Many CD and vinyl shops in Tokyo where you can make some great and rare finds
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Nature research paper: Molecular basis of positional memory in limb regeneration
https://go.nature.com/44OtQj3
https://go.nature.com/44OtQj3
Molecular basis of positional memory in limb regeneration - Nature
A molecular analysis of axolotl limb regeneration has identified a positive genetic circuit that maintains posterior cell identity and can be used to reprogramme anterior cells into posterior cells.
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May 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Nature research paper: Molecular basis of positional memory in limb regeneration
https://go.nature.com/44OtQj3
https://go.nature.com/44OtQj3
Very cool! Please science, can you make nose plugs for breathing underwater next?
(Of course, still early days for these lenses...)
(Of course, still early days for these lenses...)
Researchers have made the first contact lenses to convey infrared vision — and the devices work even when people have their eyes closed
https://go.nature.com/3FlIT9y
https://go.nature.com/3FlIT9y
These contact lenses give people infrared vision — even with their eyes shut
Sci-fi-style technology uses nanoparticles to convert infrared light into visible light that humans can see.
go.nature.com
May 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Very cool! Please science, can you make nose plugs for breathing underwater next?
(Of course, still early days for these lenses...)
(Of course, still early days for these lenses...)
Cell therapy approaches are potentially limited by low oxygen supply post transplantation. Multiomic analysis of #StemCell derived #pancreatic islet-like cells in hypoxic culture identifies EDN3 as a gene that preserves beta cell identity and function.
#scRNAseq
#scRNAseq
Improving cellular fitness of human stem cell-derived islets under hypoxia - Nature Communications
Hypoxia impairs the efficacy of stem cell-derived islet cell therapy, making it a potential barrier for treatment of type 1 diabetes. Wang et al. identify EDN3 as a key factor that preserves β cell id...
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May 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Cell therapy approaches are potentially limited by low oxygen supply post transplantation. Multiomic analysis of #StemCell derived #pancreatic islet-like cells in hypoxic culture identifies EDN3 as a gene that preserves beta cell identity and function.
#scRNAseq
#scRNAseq
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Come work with us! The Earth team at Nature Communications is looking to hire a new editor in the field of environmental carbon cycle, check the ad here and spread the word: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
Associate or Senior Editor (environmental carbon cycle), Nature Communications
Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor (environmental carbon cycle), Nature Communications Location(s): Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, New York, Jersey City, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Milan, Madrid (Hy...
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May 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Come work with us! The Earth team at Nature Communications is looking to hire a new editor in the field of environmental carbon cycle, check the ad here and spread the word: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
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A baby boy with a devastating genetic disease is thriving after becoming the first known person to receive a bespoke, CRISPR therapy-for-one, designed to correct his specific disease-causing mutation
https://go.nature.com/4ml3ZW6
https://go.nature.com/4ml3ZW6
World’s first personalized CRISPR therapy given to baby with genetic disease
Nature - Treatment seems to have been effective, but it is not clear whether such bespoke therapies can be widely applied.
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May 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A baby boy with a devastating genetic disease is thriving after becoming the first known person to receive a bespoke, CRISPR therapy-for-one, designed to correct his specific disease-causing mutation
https://go.nature.com/4ml3ZW6
https://go.nature.com/4ml3ZW6
Technology is moving so fast nowadays, and in many cases testing ethical boundaries. A great article on strategies for enabling dialogue with the public.
Identifying enabling strategies for effective public dialogue in human embryo research
Public dialogue is crucial for understanding societal views on human embryo research, and the complexity and sensitivity of this topic require special…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Technology is moving so fast nowadays, and in many cases testing ethical boundaries. A great article on strategies for enabling dialogue with the public.
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Online Now! 3D reconstruction of a human Carnegie stage 9 embryo provides a snapshot of early body plan formation #stemcells
3D reconstruction of a human Carnegie stage 9 embryo provides a snapshot of early body plan formation
Yu and his colleagues present a 3D spatial transcriptomic map of a CS9 human embryo, investigating several key developmental events during this critical stage of body patterning.
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May 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Online Now! 3D reconstruction of a human Carnegie stage 9 embryo provides a snapshot of early body plan formation #stemcells
Grok (X's AI, commonly being used as a fact checker) was posting about "white genocide" in South Africa last week in response to EVERYTHING. Some suspect a clumsy patch installed. Seems the issue is resolved; perhaps dialled down to dispense more relevant propaganda?
fortune.com/2025/05/15/e...
fortune.com/2025/05/15/e...
Elon Musk's AI says it was 'instructed by my creators at xAI' to accept the narrative of 'white genocide' in South Africa
"This directive caused me to inappropriately insert references to 'white genocide' into unrelated conversations," Grok told Fortune.
fortune.com
May 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Grok (X's AI, commonly being used as a fact checker) was posting about "white genocide" in South Africa last week in response to EVERYTHING. Some suspect a clumsy patch installed. Seems the issue is resolved; perhaps dialled down to dispense more relevant propaganda?
fortune.com/2025/05/15/e...
fortune.com/2025/05/15/e...
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Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab
May 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab
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A lipid nanoparticle–delivered base-editing therapy was custom designed for an infant with a ureacycle disorder. The affected infant was treated at approximately 7 and 8 months of age. Read the Brief Report: nej.md/42XF03F
#ASGCT2025 #MedSky @asgct.bsky.social
#ASGCT2025 #MedSky @asgct.bsky.social
Patient-Specific In Vivo Gene Editing to Treat a Rare Genetic Disease | NEJM
Base editors can correct disease-causing genetic variants. After a neonate had received
a diagnosis of severe carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 1 deficiency, a disease with
an estimated 50% mortality ...
nej.md
May 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A lipid nanoparticle–delivered base-editing therapy was custom designed for an infant with a ureacycle disorder. The affected infant was treated at approximately 7 and 8 months of age. Read the Brief Report: nej.md/42XF03F
#ASGCT2025 #MedSky @asgct.bsky.social
#ASGCT2025 #MedSky @asgct.bsky.social
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Our colleagues at the Nature Research Cross-Journal Editorial team are also hiring for two new positions! 👇
Metabolism/cancer/aging/immunology/cell bio:
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May 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Our colleagues at the Nature Research Cross-Journal Editorial team are also hiring for two new positions! 👇
Metabolism/cancer/aging/immunology/cell bio:
springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
Neuroscience/genetics/genomics/mol bio:
springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
Metabolism/cancer/aging/immunology/cell bio:
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Neuroscience/genetics/genomics/mol bio:
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