Association of Postdoc at University of Geneva
@apdu-unige.bsky.social
We are a group of motivated PostDocs from the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Geneva. The goal of our association is to strengthen social and scientific ties between us :) :) https://www.unige.ch/apdu/
Grants writing tips: (1) Rejections are totally normal, have faith in your idea, push it and improve it; (2) Every panel is different. Study it and prepare your grant for them; (3) Grant-writing takes months. Plan it and get diverse feedback and (4) Have fun with it! The work there is never wasted 😜
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Grants writing tips: (1) Rejections are totally normal, have faith in your idea, push it and improve it; (2) Every panel is different. Study it and prepare your grant for them; (3) Grant-writing takes months. Plan it and get diverse feedback and (4) Have fun with it! The work there is never wasted 😜
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Extension reminder ⏳ We are selecting #speakers for the 2026 Canadian #Neuroscience #Seminars Postdoctoral Series 📢
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@canacn.bsky.social
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November 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Extension reminder ⏳ We are selecting #speakers for the 2026 Canadian #Neuroscience #Seminars Postdoctoral Series 📢
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Why would Mycobacterium shed its surface right after entering a host cell? Host phagocytes rapidly strip its outer layer, releasing components that alert neighbors and trigger defense responses
Our preprint is out, curious to hear your take! 👀
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our preprint is out, curious to hear your take! 👀
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Why would Mycobacterium shed its surface right after entering a host cell? Host phagocytes rapidly strip its outer layer, releasing components that alert neighbors and trigger defense responses
Our preprint is out, curious to hear your take! 👀
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our preprint is out, curious to hear your take! 👀
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Last-minute advert for the Convpaint workshop at I2K by Roman Schwob! Interactive segmentation in @napari.org. Today 2:00 PM CET. Free registration:
www.i2kconference.org/workshops
www.i2kconference.org/workshops
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Last-minute advert for the Convpaint workshop at I2K by Roman Schwob! Interactive segmentation in @napari.org. Today 2:00 PM CET. Free registration:
www.i2kconference.org/workshops
www.i2kconference.org/workshops
Dear Postdoc dommunity
we are happy to invite you to next General assembly+Apperó, happening next 13th Nov at 17.30h
Please join us to take part in the vote, and then stay to enjoy the autumn vibes with cold beers and snacks!
...and join the APDU community
See u there!
@sciencesunige.bsky.social
we are happy to invite you to next General assembly+Apperó, happening next 13th Nov at 17.30h
Please join us to take part in the vote, and then stay to enjoy the autumn vibes with cold beers and snacks!
...and join the APDU community
See u there!
@sciencesunige.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Dear Postdoc dommunity
we are happy to invite you to next General assembly+Apperó, happening next 13th Nov at 17.30h
Please join us to take part in the vote, and then stay to enjoy the autumn vibes with cold beers and snacks!
...and join the APDU community
See u there!
@sciencesunige.bsky.social
we are happy to invite you to next General assembly+Apperó, happening next 13th Nov at 17.30h
Please join us to take part in the vote, and then stay to enjoy the autumn vibes with cold beers and snacks!
...and join the APDU community
See u there!
@sciencesunige.bsky.social
“How has scientific knowledge in your discipline changed the possibilities of human action?”🤔
My immediate answer: it hasn’t.
And that doesn’t trouble me — any more than a symphony orchestra’s lack of “productivity” should trouble us.
It may not produce economic goods, but it’s vital to our society
My immediate answer: it hasn’t.
And that doesn’t trouble me — any more than a symphony orchestra’s lack of “productivity” should trouble us.
It may not produce economic goods, but it’s vital to our society
October 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“How has scientific knowledge in your discipline changed the possibilities of human action?”🤔
My immediate answer: it hasn’t.
And that doesn’t trouble me — any more than a symphony orchestra’s lack of “productivity” should trouble us.
It may not produce economic goods, but it’s vital to our society
My immediate answer: it hasn’t.
And that doesn’t trouble me — any more than a symphony orchestra’s lack of “productivity” should trouble us.
It may not produce economic goods, but it’s vital to our society
This Friday, the @swissrn.bsky.social is organizing a ReproducibiliTea Geneva Journal Club in UniMail!
Room M3141 16:00 in Uni Mail. See you there!🎃
Room M3141 16:00 in Uni Mail. See you there!🎃
October 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This Friday, the @swissrn.bsky.social is organizing a ReproducibiliTea Geneva Journal Club in UniMail!
Room M3141 16:00 in Uni Mail. See you there!🎃
Room M3141 16:00 in Uni Mail. See you there!🎃
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#PhDOffer #AcademicJobs #PhDChat #PhDLife
📣 15 fully funded PhD positions in Evolutionary Medical Genomics (@evomg-bcn.bsky.social) are open!
🧬🔬 Explore ageing, cancer evolution, and pathogen resistance across leading European institutions.
Deadline: Nov 30
Apply here: www.evomg-dn.eu
📣 15 fully funded PhD positions in Evolutionary Medical Genomics (@evomg-bcn.bsky.social) are open!
🧬🔬 Explore ageing, cancer evolution, and pathogen resistance across leading European institutions.
Deadline: Nov 30
Apply here: www.evomg-dn.eu
October 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
#PhDOffer #AcademicJobs #PhDChat #PhDLife
📣 15 fully funded PhD positions in Evolutionary Medical Genomics (@evomg-bcn.bsky.social) are open!
🧬🔬 Explore ageing, cancer evolution, and pathogen resistance across leading European institutions.
Deadline: Nov 30
Apply here: www.evomg-dn.eu
📣 15 fully funded PhD positions in Evolutionary Medical Genomics (@evomg-bcn.bsky.social) are open!
🧬🔬 Explore ageing, cancer evolution, and pathogen resistance across leading European institutions.
Deadline: Nov 30
Apply here: www.evomg-dn.eu
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Academia career ladder:
PhD → Postdoc → Asst Prof → Assoc Prof → Prof
= 20+ years to finally afford fancy ramen 🍜
#PhDLife #AcademicHumor
Article here 👉 https://curiositybloom.com/phd-in-biology-careers/
PhD → Postdoc → Asst Prof → Assoc Prof → Prof
= 20+ years to finally afford fancy ramen 🍜
#PhDLife #AcademicHumor
Article here 👉 https://curiositybloom.com/phd-in-biology-careers/
October 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Academia career ladder:
PhD → Postdoc → Asst Prof → Assoc Prof → Prof
= 20+ years to finally afford fancy ramen 🍜
#PhDLife #AcademicHumor
Article here 👉 https://curiositybloom.com/phd-in-biology-careers/
PhD → Postdoc → Asst Prof → Assoc Prof → Prof
= 20+ years to finally afford fancy ramen 🍜
#PhDLife #AcademicHumor
Article here 👉 https://curiositybloom.com/phd-in-biology-careers/
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Check the new preprint of @juanmagararc.bsky.social !
All you wanted to know about FLIPER and all the things you need to take in account before doing a FLIPER-TR experiment :)
All you wanted to know about FLIPER and all the things you need to take in account before doing a FLIPER-TR experiment :)
October 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Check the new preprint of @juanmagararc.bsky.social !
All you wanted to know about FLIPER and all the things you need to take in account before doing a FLIPER-TR experiment :)
All you wanted to know about FLIPER and all the things you need to take in account before doing a FLIPER-TR experiment :)
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In the context of Postdoc Appreciation Week, the Graduate Campus of Unige is organizing 3 Afterwork Postdoc Meetups :
Register in this link:https://vie-de-campus.unige.ch/catalogue/3637 and share a moment with your colleages!😃
@unigeenergy.bsky.social @biology-unige.bsky.social #postdoclife
Register in this link:https://vie-de-campus.unige.ch/catalogue/3637 and share a moment with your colleages!😃
@unigeenergy.bsky.social @biology-unige.bsky.social #postdoclife
September 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
In the context of Postdoc Appreciation Week, the Graduate Campus of Unige is organizing 3 Afterwork Postdoc Meetups :
Register in this link:https://vie-de-campus.unige.ch/catalogue/3637 and share a moment with your colleages!😃
@unigeenergy.bsky.social @biology-unige.bsky.social #postdoclife
Register in this link:https://vie-de-campus.unige.ch/catalogue/3637 and share a moment with your colleages!😃
@unigeenergy.bsky.social @biology-unige.bsky.social #postdoclife
In the context of Postdoc Appreciation Week, the Graduate Campus of Unige is organizing 3 Afterwork Postdoc Meetups :
Register in this link:https://vie-de-campus.unige.ch/catalogue/3637 and share a moment with your colleages!😃
@unigeenergy.bsky.social @biology-unige.bsky.social #postdoclife
Register in this link:https://vie-de-campus.unige.ch/catalogue/3637 and share a moment with your colleages!😃
@unigeenergy.bsky.social @biology-unige.bsky.social #postdoclife
September 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
In the context of Postdoc Appreciation Week, the Graduate Campus of Unige is organizing 3 Afterwork Postdoc Meetups :
Register in this link:https://vie-de-campus.unige.ch/catalogue/3637 and share a moment with your colleages!😃
@unigeenergy.bsky.social @biology-unige.bsky.social #postdoclife
Register in this link:https://vie-de-campus.unige.ch/catalogue/3637 and share a moment with your colleages!😃
@unigeenergy.bsky.social @biology-unige.bsky.social #postdoclife
UNIGE postdoc? 🎓 Interested in sharing your research in a friendly seminar? Join the new SCIENCE CLUB with Physics, Chemistry & Biology colleagues! Contact us for details 👍 Not a postdoc? Please share with yours!
September 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
UNIGE postdoc? 🎓 Interested in sharing your research in a friendly seminar? Join the new SCIENCE CLUB with Physics, Chemistry & Biology colleagues! Contact us for details 👍 Not a postdoc? Please share with yours!
Lately it has been demonstrated the essential role of organelle-organelle contacts. Here @jcellsci.bsky.social shows beautifully the main methods to investigate them :) ... although I believe Expansion microscopy can also help for that!
September 1, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Lately it has been demonstrated the essential role of organelle-organelle contacts. Here @jcellsci.bsky.social shows beautifully the main methods to investigate them :) ... although I believe Expansion microscopy can also help for that!
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I am looking for a talented postdoc to join my group at EPFL, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Goal is to develop and apply state-of-the-art neural quantum states for electronic structure and related applications. Position to be filled soon, excellent conditions! Apply here: www.epfl.ch/labs/cqsl/jo...
Job Opportunities at CQSL
At the Computational Quantum Science Lab we typically have several openings yearly (at the PhD/ Postdoc level). Applications are reviewed twice a year, at the beginning of April and at the beginning o...
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August 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I am looking for a talented postdoc to join my group at EPFL, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Goal is to develop and apply state-of-the-art neural quantum states for electronic structure and related applications. Position to be filled soon, excellent conditions! Apply here: www.epfl.ch/labs/cqsl/jo...
If you are able, we highly reccomend to participate to review the proposals of PIs of tomorrow :)
The “PIs of Tomorrow” session at #LS2AM2026 is looking for experts to review submitted applications. Details: annual-meeting.ls2.ch/2026/special...
🗓️ Eval period: Oct-Nov
✍️ Sign-up deadline: Oct 6
🔗 forms.gle/wef6qHgHhM1e...
@unibe.ch @unibas.ch @apdu-unige.bsky.social @ethz.ch @unil.bsky.social
🗓️ Eval period: Oct-Nov
✍️ Sign-up deadline: Oct 6
🔗 forms.gle/wef6qHgHhM1e...
@unibe.ch @unibas.ch @apdu-unige.bsky.social @ethz.ch @unil.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
If you are able, we highly reccomend to participate to review the proposals of PIs of tomorrow :)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
During career exploration, small, intentional experiments, such as this one, can turn uncertainty into insight and shrink the psychological distance between the current situation and what comes next.
#postdoclife
During career exploration, small, intentional experiments, such as this one, can turn uncertainty into insight and shrink the psychological distance between the current situation and what comes next.
#postdoclife
Before making a career move, try an experiment
How to use a curiosity-led strategy to find the right role.
www.nature.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:48 AM
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
During career exploration, small, intentional experiments, such as this one, can turn uncertainty into insight and shrink the psychological distance between the current situation and what comes next.
#postdoclife
During career exploration, small, intentional experiments, such as this one, can turn uncertainty into insight and shrink the psychological distance between the current situation and what comes next.
#postdoclife
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We are hiring!
If you are looking for a postdoc position and you are interested in signaling lipids and proteomics, come join us in beautiful Switzerland!
More information on www.epfl.ch/labs/gr-schu...
If you are looking for a postdoc position and you are interested in signaling lipids and proteomics, come join us in beautiful Switzerland!
More information on www.epfl.ch/labs/gr-schu...
Open positions
GR-SCHUHMACHER
www.epfl.ch
August 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
We are hiring!
If you are looking for a postdoc position and you are interested in signaling lipids and proteomics, come join us in beautiful Switzerland!
More information on www.epfl.ch/labs/gr-schu...
If you are looking for a postdoc position and you are interested in signaling lipids and proteomics, come join us in beautiful Switzerland!
More information on www.epfl.ch/labs/gr-schu...
🧩 First-ever cryo-EM structure of transthyretin fibrils from skin tissue! A rare mutation shows the same fold as in other tissues, confirming that a simple skin biopsy can give the same structural insights as invasive organ sampling.
Congrats to Jun Yu & Melli/Boland teams! 🎉
#CryoEM
Congrats to Jun Yu & Melli/Boland teams! 🎉
#CryoEM
August 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🧩 First-ever cryo-EM structure of transthyretin fibrils from skin tissue! A rare mutation shows the same fold as in other tissues, confirming that a simple skin biopsy can give the same structural insights as invasive organ sampling.
Congrats to Jun Yu & Melli/Boland teams! 🎉
#CryoEM
Congrats to Jun Yu & Melli/Boland teams! 🎉
#CryoEM
Congratulation to @ac-almeida.bsky.social for the first work of her postdoc! If you like spheroids, tubulin -specially autoregulation- don't miss this one
#postdoclife #cytoskeleton #tubulin
#postdoclife #cytoskeleton #tubulin
🔎New preprint!
We reveal a physiological role for tubulin autoregulation, fine-tuning microtubule dynamics and preserving 3D cellular architecture.
Big thanks to @ivanagasic.bsky.social and team!
Link below for all #cytoskeleton & #spheroid enthusiasts👇(1/5)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We reveal a physiological role for tubulin autoregulation, fine-tuning microtubule dynamics and preserving 3D cellular architecture.
Big thanks to @ivanagasic.bsky.social and team!
Link below for all #cytoskeleton & #spheroid enthusiasts👇(1/5)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Tubulin autoregulation tunes microtubule dynamics to support multicellular architecture and viability
Alpha- and beta-tubulin heterodimers dynamically assemble into microtubules, key cytoskeletal elements involved in intracellular trafficking, cell adhesion and division. The availability of free tubul...
www.biorxiv.org
August 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Congratulation to @ac-almeida.bsky.social for the first work of her postdoc! If you like spheroids, tubulin -specially autoregulation- don't miss this one
#postdoclife #cytoskeleton #tubulin
#postdoclife #cytoskeleton #tubulin
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Only 1 more month left to submit your nominations!
@unibe.ch @biology-unige.bsky.social @apdu-unige.bsky.social @unibas.ch @unil.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch @ethz.ch @lifesciencezurich.bsky.social @unifr.bsky.social
#award #Biology
@unibe.ch @biology-unige.bsky.social @apdu-unige.bsky.social @unibas.ch @unil.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch @ethz.ch @lifesciencezurich.bsky.social @unifr.bsky.social
#award #Biology
🚨 Call for Nominations: Lelio Orci Award 2025 🚨
The award recognizes outstanding scientists in fundamental cellular biology who conduct their research at a Swiss research institution.
Learn more here: www.ls2.ch/funding/awards
Submit your nomination by August 10: infols2.typeform.com/to/dMxsuTR6
The award recognizes outstanding scientists in fundamental cellular biology who conduct their research at a Swiss research institution.
Learn more here: www.ls2.ch/funding/awards
Submit your nomination by August 10: infols2.typeform.com/to/dMxsuTR6
July 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Only 1 more month left to submit your nominations!
@unibe.ch @biology-unige.bsky.social @apdu-unige.bsky.social @unibas.ch @unil.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch @ethz.ch @lifesciencezurich.bsky.social @unifr.bsky.social
#award #Biology
@unibe.ch @biology-unige.bsky.social @apdu-unige.bsky.social @unibas.ch @unil.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch @ethz.ch @lifesciencezurich.bsky.social @unifr.bsky.social
#award #Biology
Every spike in this photo is a single crystal💠 — an ordered atomic array grown layer by layer. These crystals of transition metal chalcogenide halide doesn’t occur naturally; we built it atom by atom⚛️. Single crystals, which are always chemically pure, allow us to characterise physical properties
May 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Every spike in this photo is a single crystal💠 — an ordered atomic array grown layer by layer. These crystals of transition metal chalcogenide halide doesn’t occur naturally; we built it atom by atom⚛️. Single crystals, which are always chemically pure, allow us to characterise physical properties
Show us your creativity and the beauty of Science 😙🥰
Send us your scientific image for the Image contest that we will do in the Postdoc Day :)
There will be amazing prizes!
#FluorescenceFriday #MicroscopyMonday
#ScientificArt #SciArt
Send us your scientific image for the Image contest that we will do in the Postdoc Day :)
There will be amazing prizes!
#FluorescenceFriday #MicroscopyMonday
#ScientificArt #SciArt
May 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Show us your creativity and the beauty of Science 😙🥰
Send us your scientific image for the Image contest that we will do in the Postdoc Day :)
There will be amazing prizes!
#FluorescenceFriday #MicroscopyMonday
#ScientificArt #SciArt
Send us your scientific image for the Image contest that we will do in the Postdoc Day :)
There will be amazing prizes!
#FluorescenceFriday #MicroscopyMonday
#ScientificArt #SciArt
🚨 Last week to submit abstracts for talks & posters!
Show your research, win prizes & enjoy surprises 🎉
Register here: ‘’ shorturl.at/eOmJt ‘’
Show your research, win prizes & enjoy surprises 🎉
Register here: ‘’ shorturl.at/eOmJt ‘’
May 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🚨 Last week to submit abstracts for talks & posters!
Show your research, win prizes & enjoy surprises 🎉
Register here: ‘’ shorturl.at/eOmJt ‘’
Show your research, win prizes & enjoy surprises 🎉
Register here: ‘’ shorturl.at/eOmJt ‘’