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School of Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton unisouthampton.bsky.social tackling the world’s greatest life science challenges.
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A reminder that heroes come in many guises. The Cornish caped carrot at the Parliamentary celebration of Sustain’s Sustainable Food Places at Portcullis House. Eat healthily, eat more veg, eat for the planet. #SouthamptonFoodPartnership
November 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A reminder that heroes come in many guises. The Cornish caped carrot at the Parliamentary celebration of Sustain’s Sustainable Food Places at Portcullis House. Eat healthily, eat more veg, eat for the planet. #SouthamptonFoodPartnership
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📢 #PhD Opportunity @unisouthampton.bsky.social on Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion & Marine Fouling 🌊
Join an interdisciplinary team tackling #biofilm -driven corrosion with cutting-edge genomic, electrochemical & imaging tools
⏰ Apply by 28 Nov 2025 tinyurl.com/yat9j59p
#Biofilms #MicroSky
Join an interdisciplinary team tackling #biofilm -driven corrosion with cutting-edge genomic, electrochemical & imaging tools
⏰ Apply by 28 Nov 2025 tinyurl.com/yat9j59p
#Biofilms #MicroSky
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
📢 #PhD Opportunity @unisouthampton.bsky.social on Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion & Marine Fouling 🌊
Join an interdisciplinary team tackling #biofilm -driven corrosion with cutting-edge genomic, electrochemical & imaging tools
⏰ Apply by 28 Nov 2025 tinyurl.com/yat9j59p
#Biofilms #MicroSky
Join an interdisciplinary team tackling #biofilm -driven corrosion with cutting-edge genomic, electrochemical & imaging tools
⏰ Apply by 28 Nov 2025 tinyurl.com/yat9j59p
#Biofilms #MicroSky
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Scientists have confirmed the existence of a miniature T rex - around one tenth of the size of a fully grown T rex!
@gruiformabi.bsky.social says the identification of Nanotyrannus overturns decades of research.
theconversation.com/new-miniatur...
@gruiformabi.bsky.social says the identification of Nanotyrannus overturns decades of research.
theconversation.com/new-miniatur...
New ‘miniature T rex’ rewrites the history of the world’s largest predator
The fossil may help end a long-running debate in palaeontology.
theconversation.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Scientists have confirmed the existence of a miniature T rex - around one tenth of the size of a fully grown T rex!
@gruiformabi.bsky.social says the identification of Nanotyrannus overturns decades of research.
theconversation.com/new-miniatur...
@gruiformabi.bsky.social says the identification of Nanotyrannus overturns decades of research.
theconversation.com/new-miniatur...
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I'm delighted to share that I have joined the School of Biological Sciences at @unisouthampton.bsky.social as Professor in Microbial Biofilms. I'm very excited about this next step in my academic journey and the opportunity to work more closely with all the great scientists at Southampton and
October 23, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I'm delighted to share that I have joined the School of Biological Sciences at @unisouthampton.bsky.social as Professor in Microbial Biofilms. I'm very excited about this next step in my academic journey and the opportunity to work more closely with all the great scientists at Southampton and
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⭐Join us on 8th Nov - With puppeteers & artists bringing bones to life & discovering that no skeleton is ever quite the same !!💀 🎭 Book now 👇 - part of our #Inyourbones project @artcareuk.bsky.social @salisbury-history.bsky.social #HOHD2025
www.southamptonartshumfest.co.uk/artshumday/w...
www.southamptonartshumfest.co.uk/artshumday/w...
Southampton Arts and Humanities Festival 2025 - Whats-on
www.southamptonartshumfest.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
⭐Join us on 8th Nov - With puppeteers & artists bringing bones to life & discovering that no skeleton is ever quite the same !!💀 🎭 Book now 👇 - part of our #Inyourbones project @artcareuk.bsky.social @salisbury-history.bsky.social #HOHD2025
www.southamptonartshumfest.co.uk/artshumday/w...
www.southamptonartshumfest.co.uk/artshumday/w...
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✨ The NBIC Innovation Voucher Scheme at the University of Edinburgh is live!
🚀 Academic-industry partners can apply for up to £10,000 to support projects aligned with NBIC’s strategic themes to Prevent, Detect, Manage and Engineer #biofilms
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/wh7prb4s #funding #MicroSky
🚀 Academic-industry partners can apply for up to £10,000 to support projects aligned with NBIC’s strategic themes to Prevent, Detect, Manage and Engineer #biofilms
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/wh7prb4s #funding #MicroSky
October 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
✨ The NBIC Innovation Voucher Scheme at the University of Edinburgh is live!
🚀 Academic-industry partners can apply for up to £10,000 to support projects aligned with NBIC’s strategic themes to Prevent, Detect, Manage and Engineer #biofilms
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/wh7prb4s #funding #MicroSky
🚀 Academic-industry partners can apply for up to £10,000 to support projects aligned with NBIC’s strategic themes to Prevent, Detect, Manage and Engineer #biofilms
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/wh7prb4s #funding #MicroSky
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🔬 To celebrate World Phage Week, this month's issue of the Phage Collection Blog, written by Hana, explores the history of phage therapy. Thanks to @danielarothschild.bsky.social for providing the cover image, showcasing phage ROTH78.
#WorldPhageWeek
www.phage-collection.org/blog/history...
#WorldPhageWeek
www.phage-collection.org/blog/history...
History of Phage Therapy — ThePhageCollectionProject
Phage therapy is not a recent discovery; it dates back to the early 20th century, with two scientists making impactful discoveries within two years of each other. But research priorities shifted towar...
www.phage-collection.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🔬 To celebrate World Phage Week, this month's issue of the Phage Collection Blog, written by Hana, explores the history of phage therapy. Thanks to @danielarothschild.bsky.social for providing the cover image, showcasing phage ROTH78.
#WorldPhageWeek
www.phage-collection.org/blog/history...
#WorldPhageWeek
www.phage-collection.org/blog/history...
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Could phages in your own urine shape future UTI treatment? Esme Brinsden @phagecollection.bsky.social joined us for an interview to share insights about The Phage Collection Project and how you can get involved. Watch now: https://youtu.be/sLZ498LegBA
#phagetherapy #liveutifree
#phagetherapy #liveutifree
October 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Could phages in your own urine shape future UTI treatment? Esme Brinsden @phagecollection.bsky.social joined us for an interview to share insights about The Phage Collection Project and how you can get involved. Watch now: https://youtu.be/sLZ498LegBA
#phagetherapy #liveutifree
#phagetherapy #liveutifree
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Dr Veronica Zamora-Gutierrez unpicks the things that Halloween and Hollywood get wrong about bats 🦇
theconversation.com/seven-things...
theconversation.com/seven-things...
Seven things Halloween and Hollywood get wrong about bats
Bats are our allies, not enemies.
theconversation.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Dr Veronica Zamora-Gutierrez unpicks the things that Halloween and Hollywood get wrong about bats 🦇
theconversation.com/seven-things...
theconversation.com/seven-things...
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New adventures, same old fantastic companions. @lharkova.bsky.social and I just joined @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social at @unisouthampton.bsky.social with the whole @ronanmccarthy.bsky.social lab. Looking forward to collaborating with such a great research community!
October 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
New adventures, same old fantastic companions. @lharkova.bsky.social and I just joined @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social at @unisouthampton.bsky.social with the whole @ronanmccarthy.bsky.social lab. Looking forward to collaborating with such a great research community!
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Brilliant #PhD opportunity and research team @unisouthampton.bsky.social developing 3D models of #osteosarcoma for novel drug testing 🦴 Apply now for Jan start 📝👇
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Developing a Bioengineered 3-D Multifactorial Humanized Bone Osteosarcoma Model to Assess Tumour Invasiveness and Therapeutic Response at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Developing a Bioengineered 3-D Multifactorial Humanized Bone Osteosarcoma Model to Assess Tumour Invasiveness and Therapeutic Response at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.co...
www.findaphd.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Brilliant #PhD opportunity and research team @unisouthampton.bsky.social developing 3D models of #osteosarcoma for novel drug testing 🦴 Apply now for Jan start 📝👇
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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PhD opportunity: Interested in plants, fungi, and bacteria? Want to understand the cross-talk between all of them + get field and lab experience? Want to learn and apply cutting-edge omics techniques? Apply for a PhD with me (USoton) and Kew Gardens. Due Jan 8.
Details here: shorturl.at/DAmn3
Details here: shorturl.at/DAmn3
Deciphering multi-kingdom diversity relationships between plants, mycorrhizal fungi, and bacteria at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Deciphering multi-kingdom diversity relationships between plants, mycorrhizal fungi, and bacteria at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com
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October 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
PhD opportunity: Interested in plants, fungi, and bacteria? Want to understand the cross-talk between all of them + get field and lab experience? Want to learn and apply cutting-edge omics techniques? Apply for a PhD with me (USoton) and Kew Gardens. Due Jan 8.
Details here: shorturl.at/DAmn3
Details here: shorturl.at/DAmn3
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Really chuffed to be featured. Lovely work led by @gruiformabi.bsky.social. @unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social
#DBfeature
Micro-CT 3D structures provide new criteria can be used to identify medullary bone and female individuals in the avian fossil record.
Crane A H @gruiformabi.bsky.social, Baldry C J, Rankin K E, Clarkin C E @clarkinbonebiol.bsky.social, Williams K A, Gostling N J @neilgostling.bsky.social
Micro-CT 3D structures provide new criteria can be used to identify medullary bone and female individuals in the avian fossil record.
Crane A H @gruiformabi.bsky.social, Baldry C J, Rankin K E, Clarkin C E @clarkinbonebiol.bsky.social, Williams K A, Gostling N J @neilgostling.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Really chuffed to be featured. Lovely work led by @gruiformabi.bsky.social. @unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social
Congratulations Professor Mark Chapman!! 👇🎉
Could chickpeas, lentils and sunflowers become the new normal for UK farmers?
With harvests already being lost due to extreme weather, our researchers are leading a new network to prepare the UK food system for climate change.
Find out more 👉 tr.ee/hhd3au
With harvests already being lost due to extreme weather, our researchers are leading a new network to prepare the UK food system for climate change.
Find out more 👉 tr.ee/hhd3au
October 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Congratulations Professor Mark Chapman!! 👇🎉
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Happy World Mental Health Day! @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisotontechs.bsky.social
We're raising awareness by wearing green and checking in with ourselves and each other, sometimes a smile and a chat is all you need! #worldmentalhealthday
We're raising awareness by wearing green and checking in with ourselves and each other, sometimes a smile and a chat is all you need! #worldmentalhealthday
October 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Happy World Mental Health Day! @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisotontechs.bsky.social
We're raising awareness by wearing green and checking in with ourselves and each other, sometimes a smile and a chat is all you need! #worldmentalhealthday
We're raising awareness by wearing green and checking in with ourselves and each other, sometimes a smile and a chat is all you need! #worldmentalhealthday
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We’re getting ready to bring our annual Arts & Humanities Festival to Southampton city centre next month 🎭
Join us for a series of events from 6 to 15 November, and for our family-friendly Arts & Humanities Day.
Find out more and reserve your free tickets here 👉 https://tr.pulse.ly/hnrwrrkvzi
Join us for a series of events from 6 to 15 November, and for our family-friendly Arts & Humanities Day.
Find out more and reserve your free tickets here 👉 https://tr.pulse.ly/hnrwrrkvzi
October 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
We’re getting ready to bring our annual Arts & Humanities Festival to Southampton city centre next month 🎭
Join us for a series of events from 6 to 15 November, and for our family-friendly Arts & Humanities Day.
Find out more and reserve your free tickets here 👉 https://tr.pulse.ly/hnrwrrkvzi
Join us for a series of events from 6 to 15 November, and for our family-friendly Arts & Humanities Day.
Find out more and reserve your free tickets here 👉 https://tr.pulse.ly/hnrwrrkvzi
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What's the secret to building an interdisciplinary dream team?
We spoke to Professor Jon Swann, who's leading the new Gut-Immune-Brain Axis Network+, about collaboration and the microbiome 🦠
We spoke to Professor Jon Swann, who's leading the new Gut-Immune-Brain Axis Network+, about collaboration and the microbiome 🦠
October 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
What's the secret to building an interdisciplinary dream team?
We spoke to Professor Jon Swann, who's leading the new Gut-Immune-Brain Axis Network+, about collaboration and the microbiome 🦠
We spoke to Professor Jon Swann, who's leading the new Gut-Immune-Brain Axis Network+, about collaboration and the microbiome 🦠
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🎨 How can creativity strengthen policymaking?
CCPN Dialogues hosts Vanissa Wanick & Emily Bastable with a rapid-fire line-up on underrepresented groups, sonic methods, playful participation, and games research.
🗓️ Wed 22 Oct, 12–1pm (UK) • Online
🔗 Register: buff.ly/VeZiVl8
CCPN Dialogues hosts Vanissa Wanick & Emily Bastable with a rapid-fire line-up on underrepresented groups, sonic methods, playful participation, and games research.
🗓️ Wed 22 Oct, 12–1pm (UK) • Online
🔗 Register: buff.ly/VeZiVl8
October 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🎨 How can creativity strengthen policymaking?
CCPN Dialogues hosts Vanissa Wanick & Emily Bastable with a rapid-fire line-up on underrepresented groups, sonic methods, playful participation, and games research.
🗓️ Wed 22 Oct, 12–1pm (UK) • Online
🔗 Register: buff.ly/VeZiVl8
CCPN Dialogues hosts Vanissa Wanick & Emily Bastable with a rapid-fire line-up on underrepresented groups, sonic methods, playful participation, and games research.
🗓️ Wed 22 Oct, 12–1pm (UK) • Online
🔗 Register: buff.ly/VeZiVl8
We are excited to be at the @unisouthampton.bsky.social #vcawards2025 tonight 🌟 Wishing everyone the best of luck!! 🍀🤞🥳
October 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We are excited to be at the @unisouthampton.bsky.social #vcawards2025 tonight 🌟 Wishing everyone the best of luck!! 🍀🤞🥳
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All ready to start our sparkling new BIOL6105 module Advanced Pharmacology 🥳🥳 for our sparkling new MSci Pharmacology and Drug Discovery programme at @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
And now, let's Fold.it!! @foldingathome.org
And now, let's Fold.it!! @foldingathome.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:53 AM
All ready to start our sparkling new BIOL6105 module Advanced Pharmacology 🥳🥳 for our sparkling new MSci Pharmacology and Drug Discovery programme at @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
And now, let's Fold.it!! @foldingathome.org
And now, let's Fold.it!! @foldingathome.org
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Read BBC South Today's additional coverage of this story here - featuring our academic Prof Tamar Pincus👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
September 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Read BBC South Today's additional coverage of this story here - featuring our academic Prof Tamar Pincus👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The latest papers from the Senatore Lab are very interesting and I would recomend to read them to anyone interested in the evolution of the nervous system. First:
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Evolution of iGluR ligand specificity, polyamine regulation, and ion selectivity inferred from a placozoan epsilon receptor - Communications Biology
The authors generated a species-guided phylogeny of eukaryotic iGluRs, alongside a focused analysis of iGluR homologues from the early-branching invertebrate phylum Placozoa.
www.nature.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The latest papers from the Senatore Lab are very interesting and I would recomend to read them to anyone interested in the evolution of the nervous system. First:
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Three new kids on the block. ARMADA, BRIGADE, and TALON. Impressive how multiple labs all come together to contribute to discovery. Great collaboration with Simon, Chase, and Eugene. From the very talented Ryan Bell, together with Thomas Gaudin and our own Yi Wu.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
YprA family helicases provide the missing link between diverse prokaryotic immune systems
Bacteria and archaea possess an enormous variety of antivirus immune systems that often share homologous proteins and domains, some of which contribute to diverse defense strategies. YprA family helic...
www.biorxiv.org
September 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Three new kids on the block. ARMADA, BRIGADE, and TALON. Impressive how multiple labs all come together to contribute to discovery. Great collaboration with Simon, Chase, and Eugene. From the very talented Ryan Bell, together with Thomas Gaudin and our own Yi Wu.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Evolutionarily speaking, the most interesting part for me, is the demonstration that polyamine block in glutamate receptors is an ancestral regulatory mechanism that predates bilaterians, showing that key aspects of synaptic physiology arose early in animal evolution (prebilaterian).
September 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Evolutionarily speaking, the most interesting part for me, is the demonstration that polyamine block in glutamate receptors is an ancestral regulatory mechanism that predates bilaterians, showing that key aspects of synaptic physiology arose early in animal evolution (prebilaterian).
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Excited to share our new preprint introducing CenSegNet, a deep learning framework for high-throughput, spatially resolved and single-cell centrosome profiling in heterogeneous tissues.
A huge effort co-led by brilliant PhD students, Jiaoqi Cheng & Keqiang Fan.
1/3
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A huge effort co-led by brilliant PhD students, Jiaoqi Cheng & Keqiang Fan.
1/3
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
CenSegNet: a generalist high-throughput deep learning framework for centrosome phenotyping at spatial and single-cell resolution in heterogeneous tissues
Centrosome amplification (CA) is a hallmark of epithelial cancers, yet its spatial complexity and phenotypic heterogeneity remain poorly resolved due to limitations in conventional image analysis. We ...
www.biorxiv.org
September 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Excited to share our new preprint introducing CenSegNet, a deep learning framework for high-throughput, spatially resolved and single-cell centrosome profiling in heterogeneous tissues.
A huge effort co-led by brilliant PhD students, Jiaoqi Cheng & Keqiang Fan.
1/3
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A huge effort co-led by brilliant PhD students, Jiaoqi Cheng & Keqiang Fan.
1/3
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...