Ben Wetherall
@wetherall.bsky.social
Fertility & Cell-Cycle scientist 🥚🔬
Research Associate with @SuzanneMadgwick.bsky.social
NCL UK
Research Associate with @SuzanneMadgwick.bsky.social
NCL UK
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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POV you're finally home after a week away
September 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
POV you're finally home after a week away
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After an intense week of learning, coding and playing with advanced methods on #BioimageAnalysis, a well deserved BBQ 🔥 to recover our strength 💪 for tomorrow, the last day of the course 😢
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
September 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
After an intense week of learning, coding and playing with advanced methods on #BioimageAnalysis, a well deserved BBQ 🔥 to recover our strength 💪 for tomorrow, the last day of the course 😢
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
I am not a bird watcher. I have no interest in bird watching. But the best piece of media I think I've watched this year was a 2 hour, un-monetised, amateur documentary about extreme bird watching youtu.be/zl-wAqplQAo?...
LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching
YouTube video by owen reiser
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August 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I am not a bird watcher. I have no interest in bird watching. But the best piece of media I think I've watched this year was a 2 hour, un-monetised, amateur documentary about extreme bird watching youtu.be/zl-wAqplQAo?...
Excited to see my first book chapter is out with @suzannemadgwick.bsky.social 📖 edited by @binyammogessie.bsky.social
Ever wonder what that big weird nucleolus is up to in oocytes?🥚 No? Well. I think we make a good case for maybe you should! link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-97173-0_6
Ever wonder what that big weird nucleolus is up to in oocytes?🥚 No? Well. I think we make a good case for maybe you should! link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-97173-0_6
Canonical and Non-canonical Roles of the Nucleolus in Relation to Nucleolar Function in Oocyte Meiosis
The nucleolus is the most prominent nuclear organelle in almost all cells including mammalian oocytes and embryos. It is primarily responsible for ribosome biogenesis. However, non-canonical functions...
link.springer.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Excited to see my first book chapter is out with @suzannemadgwick.bsky.social 📖 edited by @binyammogessie.bsky.social
Ever wonder what that big weird nucleolus is up to in oocytes?🥚 No? Well. I think we make a good case for maybe you should! link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-97173-0_6
Ever wonder what that big weird nucleolus is up to in oocytes?🥚 No? Well. I think we make a good case for maybe you should! link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-97173-0_6
Reposted by Ben Wetherall
A fantastic primer by Martin Anger highlighting our work on separase control in oocytes! 🥚✂️
@suzannemadgwick.bsky.social @wetherall.bsky.social @plosbiology.org
@suzannemadgwick.bsky.social @wetherall.bsky.social @plosbiology.org
Separase plays a key role in cleaving #cohesin complexes during cell division. Martin Anger explores a @plosbiology.org study showing that #separase activity is controled by #cyclin B/CDK1 & securin in #meiosis (and not SGO2, as in mitosis) 🧪 Paper: plos.io/3RAoccz Primer: plos.io/43L91UR
![Differences in control of separase activity between meiosis and mitosis. Separase activity in mitosis is controlled by at least three different pathways: a specific protein inhibitor called securin; phosphorylation and binding to Cyclin/CDK1; and the Mad2/SGO2 complex. According to the results of the new study by Wetherall and colleagues [9], the Mad2/SGO2 complex does not play a role in separase control in oocytes.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5522ztebtekoor5efelihqhb/bafkreiguzyelcl4wlmxfzvtzntffgkvnwjx4jr5ommoe7rgrg4askkmfru@jpeg)
June 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A fantastic primer by Martin Anger highlighting our work on separase control in oocytes! 🥚✂️
@suzannemadgwick.bsky.social @wetherall.bsky.social @plosbiology.org
@suzannemadgwick.bsky.social @wetherall.bsky.social @plosbiology.org
New paper out = time to actually introduce myself!
I'm Ben, a PDRA in the Egg Lab 🥚 with @suzannemadgwick.bsky.social @ Newcastle University.
I study how oocytes organise chromsomes, developing some cool new tools along the way 🔬 👨🔬
Let's talk #fertility, #imaging, and all things science.
I'm Ben, a PDRA in the Egg Lab 🥚 with @suzannemadgwick.bsky.social @ Newcastle University.
I study how oocytes organise chromsomes, developing some cool new tools along the way 🔬 👨🔬
Let's talk #fertility, #imaging, and all things science.
April 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New paper out = time to actually introduce myself!
I'm Ben, a PDRA in the Egg Lab 🥚 with @suzannemadgwick.bsky.social @ Newcastle University.
I study how oocytes organise chromsomes, developing some cool new tools along the way 🔬 👨🔬
Let's talk #fertility, #imaging, and all things science.
I'm Ben, a PDRA in the Egg Lab 🥚 with @suzannemadgwick.bsky.social @ Newcastle University.
I study how oocytes organise chromsomes, developing some cool new tools along the way 🔬 👨🔬
Let's talk #fertility, #imaging, and all things science.
Reposted by Ben Wetherall
Great collaboration with @suzannemadgwick.bsky.social, led by @wetherall.bsky.social! 🙌🏼🎉
Separase plays an important role in cleaving cohesin complexes that hold #chromosomes together during #CellDivision. A study of #meiosis by @ovarylab.bsky.social reveals that SGO2 does not inhibit separase in oocytes, in contrast to its suggested role in mitosis @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3RAoccz
April 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Great collaboration with @suzannemadgwick.bsky.social, led by @wetherall.bsky.social! 🙌🏼🎉