Urszula McClurg
@urszulamcclurg.bsky.social
In my lab we study how germ genes are regulated and why this goes wrong in cancer of all things. Personally a die-hard feminist and a proud immigrant.
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With the spike in numbers its time to reintroduce our lab 😊. We are obsessed with meiotic synaptonemal complex. It is the driver of evolution and genome instability. But it's not just neiotic most cancer patients reactivate SC genes too! We want to know it all! how is their expression regulated? 1/3
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Register for the Dynamic Cell VI conference, Reading, UK, April 2026! This conference focusses on all aspects of cell dynamics, co-organised by @bscb-official.bsky.social and @biochemsoc.bsky.social with @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Register for the Dynamic Cell VI conference, Reading, UK, April 2026! This conference focusses on all aspects of cell dynamics, co-organised by @bscb-official.bsky.social and @biochemsoc.bsky.social with @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology.
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Please sign this petition advocating for better funding and support for Polish science www.petycjeonline.com/list_otwarty...
List otwarty do Prezydenta RP, Marszałka Sejmu RP, Marszałka Senatu RP, Prezesa Rady Ministrów oraz Wiceprezesów Rady Ministrów w sprawie finansowania nauki, w tym zwłaszcza Narodowego Centrum Nauki
Szanowni Państwo,
W niniejszej petycji prezentujemy List otwarty, który będzie wysłany do Kancelarii Prezydenta, Marszałków Sejmu i Senatu, Prezesa Rady Ministr&oacut...
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October 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Please sign this petition advocating for better funding and support for Polish science www.petycjeonline.com/list_otwarty...
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Please consider signing a petition to increase the spending on science in Poland / List otwarty w sprawie finansowania nauki, w tym @ncn.gov.pl www.petycjeonline.com/list_otwarty...
List otwarty do Prezydenta RP, Marszałka Sejmu RP, Marszałka Senatu RP, Prezesa Rady Ministrów oraz Wiceprezesów Rady Ministrów w sprawie finansowania nauki, w tym zwłaszcza Narodowego Centrum Nauki
Szanowni Państwo,
W niniejszej petycji prezentujemy List otwarty, który będzie wysłany do Kancelarii Prezydenta, Marszałków Sejmu i Senatu, Prezesa Rady Ministr&oacut...
www.petycjeonline.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Please consider signing a petition to increase the spending on science in Poland / List otwarty w sprawie finansowania nauki, w tym @ncn.gov.pl www.petycjeonline.com/list_otwarty...
Having a great time at #EMBOMeiosis, celebrating my birthday with a great short talk by Louise from our group #ProudPI #Meiosis4eva
June 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Having a great time at #EMBOMeiosis, celebrating my birthday with a great short talk by Louise from our group #ProudPI #Meiosis4eva
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Just bringing your attention to the coolest #cell & dev meeting in #Switzerland.
Happening every three years, this place is an amazing gathering with fabulous #science and hikes... and lake sampling...
There are only 10 spots left... just saying...
meetings.ls2.ch/arolla2025
Happening every three years, this place is an amazing gathering with fabulous #science and hikes... and lake sampling...
There are only 10 spots left... just saying...
meetings.ls2.ch/arolla2025
LS2 Meeting: Arolla 2025
LS2 Meeting: Arolla 2025 - BioMatter: From Cytoskeleton to Embryo. Monday 25 August 2025 – Friday 29 August 2025, Grand Hotel & Kurhaus, Arolla
meetings.ls2.ch
June 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Just bringing your attention to the coolest #cell & dev meeting in #Switzerland.
Happening every three years, this place is an amazing gathering with fabulous #science and hikes... and lake sampling...
There are only 10 spots left... just saying...
meetings.ls2.ch/arolla2025
Happening every three years, this place is an amazing gathering with fabulous #science and hikes... and lake sampling...
There are only 10 spots left... just saying...
meetings.ls2.ch/arolla2025
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EMBO is #hiring a Scientific Editor (Absence cover) to join @emboreports.org. Apply by 8 June: buff.ly/seVUgYW 🧪
Scientific Editor (Absence cover) – EMBO
About us EMBO is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting excellence in the life sciences in Europe and beyond. We fund talented researchers at all career stages, facilitate scientific…
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May 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
EMBO is #hiring a Scientific Editor (Absence cover) to join @emboreports.org. Apply by 8 June: buff.ly/seVUgYW 🧪
Happy Eurovision day to all that celebrate!!!
a group of people singing on a stage with the words 12 iceland #isl written on the bottom
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May 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Happy Eurovision day to all that celebrate!!!
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Where are these provinces and are they hiring?
The Telegraph thinks we earn "£70k plus" in "the provinces". (The nationally bargained pay spine for that role tops out at about £63k and starts ten k lower).
May 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Where are these provinces and are they hiring?
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'Emmanuel Macron, alongside...Ursula von der Leyen, will make speeches on Monday morning at Sorbonne University in Paris, flanked by European university leaders & researchers, in which they are expected to announce potential incentives & protections for researchers seeking to relocate to Europe. 1/3
France and EU to incentivise US-based scientists to come to Europe
Macron and von der Leyen expected to announce protections for researchers seeking to relocate amid Trump’s crackdown
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May 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
'Emmanuel Macron, alongside...Ursula von der Leyen, will make speeches on Monday morning at Sorbonne University in Paris, flanked by European university leaders & researchers, in which they are expected to announce potential incentives & protections for researchers seeking to relocate to Europe. 1/3
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"Serbia’s government has restricted the time academics can spend on research to just five hours each week. The rule has been widely criticised by the country’s research community, which is now seeking to overturn it through the courts."
www.chemistryworld.c...
www.chemistryworld.c...
Serbia limits academics’ research time to just one hour a day
Researchers say controversial policy will block majority of scientists from applying for grants
www.chemistryworld.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"Serbia’s government has restricted the time academics can spend on research to just five hours each week. The rule has been widely criticised by the country’s research community, which is now seeking to overturn it through the courts."
www.chemistryworld.c...
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A blutorial on my latest manuscript, which will appear as a Hypothesis article in Journal of Cell Science (no embargo requested as far as I am aware). If you are interested in mitosis/meiosis/kinetochores/evolution/deep phylogeny, please read it (1/n)
April 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A blutorial on my latest manuscript, which will appear as a Hypothesis article in Journal of Cell Science (no embargo requested as far as I am aware). If you are interested in mitosis/meiosis/kinetochores/evolution/deep phylogeny, please read it (1/n)
Some days are great, you chat to awesome collaborators, you get to really spend time thinking. I feel inspired and energised. May they all be like this 😉
April 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Some days are great, you chat to awesome collaborators, you get to really spend time thinking. I feel inspired and energised. May they all be like this 😉
We had an amazing seminar at Liverpool from @jweir.bsky.social, loads of cool complexes and exciting insights to #meiosis4eva! Very much a story to watch!
April 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We had an amazing seminar at Liverpool from @jweir.bsky.social, loads of cool complexes and exciting insights to #meiosis4eva! Very much a story to watch!
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Please read this. My daughter is profoundly affected by Angelman Syndrome. She cannot speak or walk and needs assistance with every aspect of daily living. She is also phenomenal. She is loved by her family and friends. She brings joy to any room she is in. She loves fiercely and is loyal. /1
Admirably restrained personal essay (and fact check) by Trey Johnson, the Post Opinions copy desk chief, on RFK Jr's massively ignorant comments about autism. Gift link
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Opinion | Don’t listen to RFK Jr. on autism. Meet my special-needs son.
Let’s break down the points the HHS secretary made this week about individuals on the spectrum.
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April 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Please read this. My daughter is profoundly affected by Angelman Syndrome. She cannot speak or walk and needs assistance with every aspect of daily living. She is also phenomenal. She is loved by her family and friends. She brings joy to any room she is in. She loves fiercely and is loyal. /1
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Moving introduction to the newly named @jcellsci.bsky.social David Stephens Prize & the 2024 inaugural winner Anja Konietzny by @drmichaelway.bsky.social, same issue as brilliant obituary by @jonlanenhl.bsky.social & George Banting. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Announcing the JCS–David Stephens Prize and the 2024 winner Anja Konietzny
Over the past 25 years, Journal of Cell Science (JCS) has been awarding a prize of £1000 – ‘The JCS Prize’ – to the first author(s) of the paper that is judged by the Editors to be the best paper publ...
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April 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Moving introduction to the newly named @jcellsci.bsky.social David Stephens Prize & the 2024 inaugural winner Anja Konietzny by @drmichaelway.bsky.social, same issue as brilliant obituary by @jonlanenhl.bsky.social & George Banting. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Dear cilia researchers, join us in the heart of the beautiful Vosges mountains to share your latest findings! This year, partnership with @for5547.bsky.social and keynote lectures by @micromotility.bsky.social and @mick-lab.bsky.social
Registration is now open www.cfc2025.conferences-pasteur.org
Registration is now open www.cfc2025.conferences-pasteur.org
April 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Dear cilia researchers, join us in the heart of the beautiful Vosges mountains to share your latest findings! This year, partnership with @for5547.bsky.social and keynote lectures by @micromotility.bsky.social and @mick-lab.bsky.social
Registration is now open www.cfc2025.conferences-pasteur.org
Registration is now open www.cfc2025.conferences-pasteur.org
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I'm searching for nice Arabidopsis Col-0 chromatin datasets (modification agnostic), eg MNase-seq, DNase-seq, ATAC-seq. Does anyone have any favourite datasets you could point to?
April 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I'm searching for nice Arabidopsis Col-0 chromatin datasets (modification agnostic), eg MNase-seq, DNase-seq, ATAC-seq. Does anyone have any favourite datasets you could point to?
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A week until our 51st @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-symposium: 15/04/2025 15:00-17:15 BST. Still not registered for the series- join us here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso... Free and open to all! /1
BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-Symposia Series
BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-Symposia Series
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April 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A week until our 51st @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-symposium: 15/04/2025 15:00-17:15 BST. Still not registered for the series- join us here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso... Free and open to all! /1
In our skills and personal development lab meeting we had an incredible seminar from Dr Martyna Pastok formerly @newcastleuni.bsky.social now at Captor Therapeutics. She gave a candid walk through the switch from academia, told us what she misses most and what has been the best bits about her move.
aisle 1 of a grocery store with a woman pushing a cart
Alt: aisle 1 of a grocery store with a woman pushing a cart aisle label says job prospects
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April 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
In our skills and personal development lab meeting we had an incredible seminar from Dr Martyna Pastok formerly @newcastleuni.bsky.social now at Captor Therapeutics. She gave a candid walk through the switch from academia, told us what she misses most and what has been the best bits about her move.
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Your reminder that admission to Johns Hopkins University is completely free if you cannot afford the tuitions+fees.
In other words, if you would need a loan, then it's free.
In other words, if you would need a loan, then it's free.
April 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Your reminder that admission to Johns Hopkins University is completely free if you cannot afford the tuitions+fees.
In other words, if you would need a loan, then it's free.
In other words, if you would need a loan, then it's free.
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Mark your calendars! Call for applications opening 1 May for workshops, practical courses, global lecture courses, India | EMBO Lecture Courses and EMBO | The Company of Biologists Courses & Workshops
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#Networking #LifeSciences @biologists.bsky.social #EMBOevents 🧪
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#Networking #LifeSciences @biologists.bsky.social #EMBOevents 🧪
Funding – Funding for conferences and training – EMBO
We provide funding and support for scientific meetings across all disciplines in the life sciences, including workshops, practical courses, lecture courses and series as well as keynote lectures.
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April 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Mark your calendars! Call for applications opening 1 May for workshops, practical courses, global lecture courses, India | EMBO Lecture Courses and EMBO | The Company of Biologists Courses & Workshops
www.embo.org/funding/fund...
#Networking #LifeSciences @biologists.bsky.social #EMBOevents 🧪
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#Networking #LifeSciences @biologists.bsky.social #EMBOevents 🧪
Happy birthday @richardbj.bsky.social
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April 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Happy birthday @richardbj.bsky.social
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Fellow bacterial cell biologists, message me if you use @thermofishersci.bsky.social Gene Frames for microscopy!
Thermo are planning to discontinue these in September but have indicated they will look into this further.
If I make list of labs using them Thermo might not kill the product
Please RT🔬🦠
Thermo are planning to discontinue these in September but have indicated they will look into this further.
If I make list of labs using them Thermo might not kill the product
Please RT🔬🦠
Live Cell Imaging of Bacillus subtilis and Streptococcus pneumoniae using Automated Time-lapse Microscopy
42.1K Views. University of Groningen. This protocol provides a step-by-step procedure to monitor single cell behavior of different bacteria in time using automated fluorescence time-lapse microscopy....
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April 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Fellow bacterial cell biologists, message me if you use @thermofishersci.bsky.social Gene Frames for microscopy!
Thermo are planning to discontinue these in September but have indicated they will look into this further.
If I make list of labs using them Thermo might not kill the product
Please RT🔬🦠
Thermo are planning to discontinue these in September but have indicated they will look into this further.
If I make list of labs using them Thermo might not kill the product
Please RT🔬🦠
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If you train people in ImageJ, Fiji, whatever, even if it isn't your day job, please let us know, and please share this post! Thanks a ton, we really appreciate it. (2/2) forms.gle/C8dUpg8qZkbD... #bioimaging #microscopy #bioimageanalysis
Open Source Bioimage Analysis Training Survey
We are attempting for a publication to estimate the number of biologists who have attended a tutorial or training course in open source bioimage analysis (especially user friendly tools, but anything ...
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April 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
If you train people in ImageJ, Fiji, whatever, even if it isn't your day job, please let us know, and please share this post! Thanks a ton, we really appreciate it. (2/2) forms.gle/C8dUpg8qZkbD... #bioimaging #microscopy #bioimageanalysis