Petr Svoboda
@svobodalab.bsky.social
playful scientist
cynical biologist
nerdy nerd & teacher
professor de La Mancha
admiring humanity, curiosity & Yossarian
Lord of Sealand
husband & father
citizen of Prague & peasant of Bohemia
cynical biologist
nerdy nerd & teacher
professor de La Mancha
admiring humanity, curiosity & Yossarian
Lord of Sealand
husband & father
citizen of Prague & peasant of Bohemia
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Petr Svoboda
@svobodalab.bsky.social
· Jan 21
This thread ... LIFE OF PIs ... is being brought to you by one and only Buster Keaton ... I hope you will enjoy it. #LifeOfPI
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📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship in Genome Biology. We are particularly interested in researchers investigating the molecular and biophysical mechanisms underlying genome function and regulation. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/3t7vvdct
November 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship in Genome Biology. We are particularly interested in researchers investigating the molecular and biophysical mechanisms underlying genome function and regulation. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/3t7vvdct
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Let's go! Super excited to partner with @richardsever.bsky.social and the fantastic @openrxiv.bsky.social team - Preprints have been the best thing that happened to science publishing during my lifetime, and we're happy @qedscience.bsky.social can make preprints do more 👊
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Let's go! Super excited to partner with @richardsever.bsky.social and the fantastic @openrxiv.bsky.social team - Preprints have been the best thing that happened to science publishing during my lifetime, and we're happy @qedscience.bsky.social can make preprints do more 👊
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The death of American intellectual and scientific leadership. Not only Harvard does this: Stanford, Brown, Boston U: it’s across all higher education. MADA (dumb again)
October 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The death of American intellectual and scientific leadership. Not only Harvard does this: Stanford, Brown, Boston U: it’s across all higher education. MADA (dumb again)
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Seeking work in a research group run by an ERC-funded researcher?
You can find more than 145 positions open for application on the #Euraxess website 👉 buff.ly/ROwXHf6
#ChooseEurope #jobs #research
You can find more than 145 positions open for application on the #Euraxess website 👉 buff.ly/ROwXHf6
#ChooseEurope #jobs #research
October 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Seeking work in a research group run by an ERC-funded researcher?
You can find more than 145 positions open for application on the #Euraxess website 👉 buff.ly/ROwXHf6
#ChooseEurope #jobs #research
You can find more than 145 positions open for application on the #Euraxess website 👉 buff.ly/ROwXHf6
#ChooseEurope #jobs #research
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This #fossilfriday, we move in time to the #Permian when the #amphibian Seymouria sanjuanensis lived in what is New Mexico today. Clusters of large animals like this one are rarely found in the #fossil record, especially this well preserved.
Photo: Amy Henrici
Photo: Amy Henrici
October 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This #fossilfriday, we move in time to the #Permian when the #amphibian Seymouria sanjuanensis lived in what is New Mexico today. Clusters of large animals like this one are rarely found in the #fossil record, especially this well preserved.
Photo: Amy Henrici
Photo: Amy Henrici
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Catch my new lecture at the Collège de France entitled “The Origin of Walking.” Thanks to @denisduboule.bsky.social for hosting!
💙🧪
m.youtube.com/watch?v=fNim...
💙🧪
m.youtube.com/watch?v=fNim...
Neil Shubin (2) - Denis Duboule (2025-2026)
YouTube video by Sciences de la vie - Collège de France
m.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Catch my new lecture at the Collège de France entitled “The Origin of Walking.” Thanks to @denisduboule.bsky.social for hosting!
💙🧪
m.youtube.com/watch?v=fNim...
💙🧪
m.youtube.com/watch?v=fNim...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
OMFG, Zima chce jako 1. prioritu zvysit pocet ERC o polovinu 😂 (smich skrz slzy).
Kolik ERCs opustilo PrF kvuli tomu, ze tam stestim nemohli vydrzet za jeho dekanovani?
Jaka systemova opatreni udelala jeho PrF pro ERC zadatele? Od administrativni podpory po mentoring?
[repost vlakna z twitteru]
Kolik ERCs opustilo PrF kvuli tomu, ze tam stestim nemohli vydrzet za jeho dekanovani?
Jaka systemova opatreni udelala jeho PrF pro ERC zadatele? Od administrativni podpory po mentoring?
[repost vlakna z twitteru]
🎓Největší a nejstarší univerzitu u nás, @unikarlova.cuni.cz, čeká rektorská volba, která se uskuteční 31. října 2025.
Vstoupilo do ní hned pět kandidátů: Milena Králíčková, Ladislav Krištoufek, Martin Mihaljevič, Jiří Zima a František Zahálka.
Zeptali jsme na jejich vize, čtěte:
👉 1url.cz/LJUOY
Vstoupilo do ní hned pět kandidátů: Milena Králíčková, Ladislav Krištoufek, Martin Mihaljevič, Jiří Zima a František Zahálka.
Zeptali jsme na jejich vize, čtěte:
👉 1url.cz/LJUOY
October 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
OMFG, Zima chce jako 1. prioritu zvysit pocet ERC o polovinu 😂 (smich skrz slzy).
Kolik ERCs opustilo PrF kvuli tomu, ze tam stestim nemohli vydrzet za jeho dekanovani?
Jaka systemova opatreni udelala jeho PrF pro ERC zadatele? Od administrativni podpory po mentoring?
[repost vlakna z twitteru]
Kolik ERCs opustilo PrF kvuli tomu, ze tam stestim nemohli vydrzet za jeho dekanovani?
Jaka systemova opatreni udelala jeho PrF pro ERC zadatele? Od administrativni podpory po mentoring?
[repost vlakna z twitteru]
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TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience!
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
Brandeis University, Biology Department
Job #AJO30961, Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program, Biology Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, US
academicjobsonline.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience!
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
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🔥🔥🔥🔥New paper out; a opinion piece in @narjournal.bsky.social with Michael Hackenberg, @panosbino.bsky.social, Kevin K Peterson and @marcfriedlander.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥🔥
„Knowing is not enough, we must apply“
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
„Knowing is not enough, we must apply“
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
a statue of a man 's head with a bunch of paper coming out of it
ALT: a statue of a man 's head with a bunch of paper coming out of it
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October 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
🔥🔥🔥🔥New paper out; a opinion piece in @narjournal.bsky.social with Michael Hackenberg, @panosbino.bsky.social, Kevin K Peterson and @marcfriedlander.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥🔥
„Knowing is not enough, we must apply“
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
„Knowing is not enough, we must apply“
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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Unlike the heart attack of getting a “Decision” email, it’s such a good feeling to get a “Your review is ready” email from qed :)
October 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Unlike the heart attack of getting a “Decision” email, it’s such a good feeling to get a “Your review is ready” email from qed :)
... if anyone would have extra 300 bucks and would speak french and be a true nerd ... here is a hidden gem awaiting to be found:
www.ebay.com/itm/40524050...
www.ebay.com/itm/40524050...
Pardon Our Interruption...
www.ebay.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
... if anyone would have extra 300 bucks and would speak french and be a true nerd ... here is a hidden gem awaiting to be found:
www.ebay.com/itm/40524050...
www.ebay.com/itm/40524050...
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Assistant/Associate Professor in Structural Biology, Biophysics or Biological Imaging
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...
#biozentrum #University #Basel #Professor #Structural #Biology #Biophysics #Biological #Imaging
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...
#biozentrum #University #Basel #Professor #Structural #Biology #Biophysics #Biological #Imaging
September 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Assistant/Associate Professor in Structural Biology, Biophysics or Biological Imaging
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...
#biozentrum #University #Basel #Professor #Structural #Biology #Biophysics #Biological #Imaging
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...
#biozentrum #University #Basel #Professor #Structural #Biology #Biophysics #Biological #Imaging
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✍️ We are seeking a highly motivated technician to join our multidisciplinary team.
See more ► www.uochb.cz/en/open-posi... ⤵️
#openposition #iocbprague #iocb #researchjobs #biosciences
See more ► www.uochb.cz/en/open-posi... ⤵️
#openposition #iocbprague #iocb #researchjobs #biosciences
September 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
✍️ We are seeking a highly motivated technician to join our multidisciplinary team.
See more ► www.uochb.cz/en/open-posi... ⤵️
#openposition #iocbprague #iocb #researchjobs #biosciences
See more ► www.uochb.cz/en/open-posi... ⤵️
#openposition #iocbprague #iocb #researchjobs #biosciences
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Are you @ the late stages of your postdoc ? Want to pursue a PI career ?
Then this 👇👇 is for you ! Apply for a spot @ our Talent Forum
www.helmholtz-munich.de/en/stem-cell...
Peer-networking / Career orientation and more !!!
Please distribute :) 🙂
Then this 👇👇 is for you ! Apply for a spot @ our Talent Forum
www.helmholtz-munich.de/en/stem-cell...
Peer-networking / Career orientation and more !!!
Please distribute :) 🙂
June 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Are you @ the late stages of your postdoc ? Want to pursue a PI career ?
Then this 👇👇 is for you ! Apply for a spot @ our Talent Forum
www.helmholtz-munich.de/en/stem-cell...
Peer-networking / Career orientation and more !!!
Please distribute :) 🙂
Then this 👇👇 is for you ! Apply for a spot @ our Talent Forum
www.helmholtz-munich.de/en/stem-cell...
Peer-networking / Career orientation and more !!!
Please distribute :) 🙂
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Anyone with experience doing #metagenomics #microbiome of small insects, e.g. mosquitoes? 🦟🦠
Trying to figure out feasibility of doing individual metagenomes vs pools of individuals. I see both approaches are still used in the literature. My concern would be getting enough DNA from individuals.
Trying to figure out feasibility of doing individual metagenomes vs pools of individuals. I see both approaches are still used in the literature. My concern would be getting enough DNA from individuals.
September 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Anyone with experience doing #metagenomics #microbiome of small insects, e.g. mosquitoes? 🦟🦠
Trying to figure out feasibility of doing individual metagenomes vs pools of individuals. I see both approaches are still used in the literature. My concern would be getting enough DNA from individuals.
Trying to figure out feasibility of doing individual metagenomes vs pools of individuals. I see both approaches are still used in the literature. My concern would be getting enough DNA from individuals.
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Kicking off our third day of #argonautes2025 with a talk by Nobel Prize winner and all around amazing person, scientist, and mentor, Victor Ambros! 🐙
August 29, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Kicking off our third day of #argonautes2025 with a talk by Nobel Prize winner and all around amazing person, scientist, and mentor, Victor Ambros! 🐙
The Argonautes 2025 - we made a special gift for participants - a card set with 32 different Argonautes + an extension pack with four Nobel prize winners from the small RNA field. Mello, Fire, Ambros & Ruvkun as jokers :-) #argonautes2025
August 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Argonautes 2025 - we made a special gift for participants - a card set with 32 different Argonautes + an extension pack with four Nobel prize winners from the small RNA field. Mello, Fire, Ambros & Ruvkun as jokers :-) #argonautes2025
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I thought this was way cool. It’s a fire hydrant painted in Starry Night by Van Gogh in Kirkwood.
August 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I thought this was way cool. It’s a fire hydrant painted in Starry Night by Van Gogh in Kirkwood.
When a beetle crawls over the surface of a globe, it doesn't notice that the track it has covered is curved ...
August 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
When a beetle crawls over the surface of a globe, it doesn't notice that the track it has covered is curved ...
Argonautes are coming :-) ... soon at @imgprague.bsky.social ... finishing preparations. Still missing a few things like drums, guitar, badges, beer ... but it's under control. I think. I hope. :-))
#argonautes2025
#argonautes2025
August 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Argonautes are coming :-) ... soon at @imgprague.bsky.social ... finishing preparations. Still missing a few things like drums, guitar, badges, beer ... but it's under control. I think. I hope. :-))
#argonautes2025
#argonautes2025
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Does selfing allow or even lead to massive genome reshuffling, expansion and sky high homozygousity? Come and find out at posters 29 and 42 this afternoon, only at #eseb2025 and learn about an organism whose genome looks like it went through a blender and came out high repetitive and homozygous.
August 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Does selfing allow or even lead to massive genome reshuffling, expansion and sky high homozygousity? Come and find out at posters 29 and 42 this afternoon, only at #eseb2025 and learn about an organism whose genome looks like it went through a blender and came out high repetitive and homozygous.
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My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships.
This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria.
Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria.
Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
August 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships.
This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria.
Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria.
Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
Disaster strikes today. Czechia is mourning.
August 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Disaster strikes today. Czechia is mourning.