Dr Gillian Halket
@gillhalk.bsky.social
Fellowship Advisor, Daphne Jackson Trust. Microbiologist. Mum of 3 & a dog. Research returner.
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Where do Life Science returners go? What career options do they have?
Today we attended The Scotsman Life Sciences Conference 2025 in Glasgow.
Returners do have options! Our Fellowship Advisor, @gillhalk.bsky.social, is at the event - come and say hi
#ScotLifeSci2025 #ResearchReturners
Today we attended The Scotsman Life Sciences Conference 2025 in Glasgow.
Returners do have options! Our Fellowship Advisor, @gillhalk.bsky.social, is at the event - come and say hi
#ScotLifeSci2025 #ResearchReturners
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Where do Life Science returners go? What career options do they have?
Today we attended The Scotsman Life Sciences Conference 2025 in Glasgow.
Returners do have options! Our Fellowship Advisor, @gillhalk.bsky.social, is at the event - come and say hi
#ScotLifeSci2025 #ResearchReturners
Today we attended The Scotsman Life Sciences Conference 2025 in Glasgow.
Returners do have options! Our Fellowship Advisor, @gillhalk.bsky.social, is at the event - come and say hi
#ScotLifeSci2025 #ResearchReturners
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Today is International Stress Awareness Day 💚
A reminder of how important it is to support wellbeing, especially during times of transition.
Dr Cecilia Lai, a Daphne Jackson Fellow hosted at @qmul.bsky.social & funded by @royalsociety.org shares her experience
A reminder of how important it is to support wellbeing, especially during times of transition.
Dr Cecilia Lai, a Daphne Jackson Fellow hosted at @qmul.bsky.social & funded by @royalsociety.org shares her experience
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Today is International Stress Awareness Day 💚
A reminder of how important it is to support wellbeing, especially during times of transition.
Dr Cecilia Lai, a Daphne Jackson Fellow hosted at @qmul.bsky.social & funded by @royalsociety.org shares her experience
A reminder of how important it is to support wellbeing, especially during times of transition.
Dr Cecilia Lai, a Daphne Jackson Fellow hosted at @qmul.bsky.social & funded by @royalsociety.org shares her experience
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If you are planning a short (one-to three-month) research visit to another laboratory, don’t miss your opportunity to apply for funding via our Research visit grant Check your eligibility and apply before 01 October 2025 at 23.59 BST. microb.io/ResearchVisi...
Research Visit Grant
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September 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
If you are planning a short (one-to three-month) research visit to another laboratory, don’t miss your opportunity to apply for funding via our Research visit grant Check your eligibility and apply before 01 October 2025 at 23.59 BST. microb.io/ResearchVisi...
Fabulous opportunity - get your applications in!!
❗Applications are now open for up to two Medical Research Scotland funded Daphne Jackson Fellowships.
🕛Deadline: 12 noon, Monday 29th September 2025.
🔗 Apply now: daphnejackson.org/fellowship/m...
#ReturnToResearch #MedicalResearchScotland #DaphneJacksonTrust #FellowshipOpportunity
🕛Deadline: 12 noon, Monday 29th September 2025.
🔗 Apply now: daphnejackson.org/fellowship/m...
#ReturnToResearch #MedicalResearchScotland #DaphneJacksonTrust #FellowshipOpportunity
August 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Fabulous opportunity - get your applications in!!
🌟 Inspiring day at MRS’s “Meet the Researcher” at Strathclyde University last week! Fantastic to see senior school pupils inspired by medical research - especially Dr. Jenny Van Bekkum’s engaging session on green prescribing 🌱 #MedicalResearchScotland #DaphneJacksonTrust #STEM #EdinburghUniversity
June 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🌟 Inspiring day at MRS’s “Meet the Researcher” at Strathclyde University last week! Fantastic to see senior school pupils inspired by medical research - especially Dr. Jenny Van Bekkum’s engaging session on green prescribing 🌱 #MedicalResearchScotland #DaphneJacksonTrust #STEM #EdinburghUniversity
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Deadline extended! Don't miss the chance to apply for this UK Health Security Agency Daphne Jackson Fellowship at King's College London.
Closing 14 April: daphnejackson.org/fellowship/u...
#research #researchreturners #returners #radiation #nuclearmedicine #stem
Closing 14 April: daphnejackson.org/fellowship/u...
#research #researchreturners #returners #radiation #nuclearmedicine #stem
March 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Deadline extended! Don't miss the chance to apply for this UK Health Security Agency Daphne Jackson Fellowship at King's College London.
Closing 14 April: daphnejackson.org/fellowship/u...
#research #researchreturners #returners #radiation #nuclearmedicine #stem
Closing 14 April: daphnejackson.org/fellowship/u...
#research #researchreturners #returners #radiation #nuclearmedicine #stem
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www.dundee.ac.uk/events/annua... Blown away to be asked to deliver this year’s Mapstone Lecture on creative leadership in honour of @dundee.ac.uk first female professor, appointed the year I was born. Details below if it’s of interest ❤️☁️❤️
Annual Mapstone Lecture
www.dundee.ac.uk
March 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
www.dundee.ac.uk/events/annua... Blown away to be asked to deliver this year’s Mapstone Lecture on creative leadership in honour of @dundee.ac.uk first female professor, appointed the year I was born. Details below if it’s of interest ❤️☁️❤️
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Thanks to the amazing Jennifer Rivas Perez and The Milner York for another fantastic Daphne Jackson training course. It is always a delight to see our fellows together, networking, learning, and developing their professionalisation skills.
March 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Thanks to the amazing Jennifer Rivas Perez and The Milner York for another fantastic Daphne Jackson training course. It is always a delight to see our fellows together, networking, learning, and developing their professionalisation skills.
Fabulous day attending Medical Research Scotland Researcher Development Event in Pitlochry, to tell them all about Daphne Jackson Fellowships. Beautiful setting. Thank you MRS for inviting us to take part.
March 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Fabulous day attending Medical Research Scotland Researcher Development Event in Pitlochry, to tell them all about Daphne Jackson Fellowships. Beautiful setting. Thank you MRS for inviting us to take part.
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SULSA Postdoctoral Prize 2025🧬
Recognizing outstanding postdocs in life sciences!
✅ £1k tour of 3 Scottish universities—deliver seminars & build networks
✅ £1k funding for professional development
‼️Apply by 14/04/25 buff.ly/qROW8vu
Info session:
📆 13 March | 10 AM
🔗https://buff.ly/mNVavKN
Recognizing outstanding postdocs in life sciences!
✅ £1k tour of 3 Scottish universities—deliver seminars & build networks
✅ £1k funding for professional development
‼️Apply by 14/04/25 buff.ly/qROW8vu
Info session:
📆 13 March | 10 AM
🔗https://buff.ly/mNVavKN
March 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
SULSA Postdoctoral Prize 2025🧬
Recognizing outstanding postdocs in life sciences!
✅ £1k tour of 3 Scottish universities—deliver seminars & build networks
✅ £1k funding for professional development
‼️Apply by 14/04/25 buff.ly/qROW8vu
Info session:
📆 13 March | 10 AM
🔗https://buff.ly/mNVavKN
Recognizing outstanding postdocs in life sciences!
✅ £1k tour of 3 Scottish universities—deliver seminars & build networks
✅ £1k funding for professional development
‼️Apply by 14/04/25 buff.ly/qROW8vu
Info session:
📆 13 March | 10 AM
🔗https://buff.ly/mNVavKN
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Join us on Monday 10 March at The Stand Glasgow for a night of laughs as our researchers and academics turn into stand-up comedians for Bright Club, the academic stand-up comedy night!
Get your tickets now ⬇️
www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...
@emilynordmann.bsky.social
Get your tickets now ⬇️
www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...
@emilynordmann.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Join us on Monday 10 March at The Stand Glasgow for a night of laughs as our researchers and academics turn into stand-up comedians for Bright Club, the academic stand-up comedy night!
Get your tickets now ⬇️
www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...
@emilynordmann.bsky.social
Get your tickets now ⬇️
www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...
@emilynordmann.bsky.social
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The Royal Society's Research Grants are now open for applications. These grants are aimed at early career researchers, or researchers returning from a career break and provides funding for promising new projects. Find out more: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/resea...
Research grants | Royal Society
A scheme for scientists in the UK who are at an early stage in their career or returning from a career break and want to purchase specialised equipment and consumables.
royalsociety.org
January 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The Royal Society's Research Grants are now open for applications. These grants are aimed at early career researchers, or researchers returning from a career break and provides funding for promising new projects. Find out more: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/resea...
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Our fellowships save hundreds of years and millions of pounds of academic investment from being wasted, and our fellows go to to secure millions more in research funding. Find out more about the impact of the Daphne Jackson Trust: daphnejackson.org/fellows/impa...
January 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Our fellowships save hundreds of years and millions of pounds of academic investment from being wasted, and our fellows go to to secure millions more in research funding. Find out more about the impact of the Daphne Jackson Trust: daphnejackson.org/fellows/impa...
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Applications for the Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course 2025 are now OPEN! 🔬✨
SOMC25 will take place in Glasgow, Scotland from 23rd July - 1st August 2025. More details: centreforbiophotonics.com/somc25
Application deadline: 17th January 2025
Please share! 🙏
#Microscopy #ECRChat #MicroSky
SOMC25 will take place in Glasgow, Scotland from 23rd July - 1st August 2025. More details: centreforbiophotonics.com/somc25
Application deadline: 17th January 2025
Please share! 🙏
#Microscopy #ECRChat #MicroSky
November 26, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Applications for the Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course 2025 are now OPEN! 🔬✨
SOMC25 will take place in Glasgow, Scotland from 23rd July - 1st August 2025. More details: centreforbiophotonics.com/somc25
Application deadline: 17th January 2025
Please share! 🙏
#Microscopy #ECRChat #MicroSky
SOMC25 will take place in Glasgow, Scotland from 23rd July - 1st August 2025. More details: centreforbiophotonics.com/somc25
Application deadline: 17th January 2025
Please share! 🙏
#Microscopy #ECRChat #MicroSky
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It’s official: The Microbiology Society is on Bluesky!
January 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It’s official: The Microbiology Society is on Bluesky!
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Don't miss this fellowship opportunity in Engineering and Technology at @lancasteruni.bsky.social! Closing 19th January. Find out more: daphnejackson.org/fellowship/l...
January 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Don't miss this fellowship opportunity in Engineering and Technology at @lancasteruni.bsky.social! Closing 19th January. Find out more: daphnejackson.org/fellowship/l...
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Our next major exhibition, Garden Futures: Designing with Nature, has been included in @thetimes.com best exhibitions for 2025 📣
Opening 17 May, this exhibition explores the important role gardens play in all our lives and how our outdoor spaces can shape a greener, more imaginative future 🌿
Read:
Opening 17 May, this exhibition explores the important role gardens play in all our lives and how our outdoor spaces can shape a greener, more imaginative future 🌿
Read:
Seven of the UK’s best museum and gallery exhibitions for 2025
Add culture to your calendar with the most exciting upcoming displays in Brighton, Belfast, York and more — many free of charge — and charming places to spend the night
www.thetimes.com
December 12, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Our next major exhibition, Garden Futures: Designing with Nature, has been included in @thetimes.com best exhibitions for 2025 📣
Opening 17 May, this exhibition explores the important role gardens play in all our lives and how our outdoor spaces can shape a greener, more imaginative future 🌿
Read:
Opening 17 May, this exhibition explores the important role gardens play in all our lives and how our outdoor spaces can shape a greener, more imaginative future 🌿
Read:
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We have awarded our 500th Daphne Jackson Fellowship! Thank you to all those who have helped us return 500 people to research over the last five decades.
Find out more about the history of the Trust: daphnejackson.org/2024/12/500-...
Find out more about the history of the Trust: daphnejackson.org/2024/12/500-...
Celebrating 500 fellowships in five decades - Daphne Jackson Trust
We’ve reached an important milestone at the Daphne Jackson Trust, awarding our 500th Daphne Jackson Fellowship! In 1985, Professor Daphne Jackson – the first female Professor of Physics in the UK – d...
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December 13, 2024 at 9:31 AM
We have awarded our 500th Daphne Jackson Fellowship! Thank you to all those who have helped us return 500 people to research over the last five decades.
Find out more about the history of the Trust: daphnejackson.org/2024/12/500-...
Find out more about the history of the Trust: daphnejackson.org/2024/12/500-...
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Deadline in ‼️3 weeks‼️ for this project with me & @paulhoskisson.bsky.social 🦠 🧫
Funded PhD project now open via NorthWest Bio DTP - Space invaders: genetic and metabolic factors underpinning successful pathogen invasion into microbial communities 🦠
Project description: shorturl.at/RmMeR
How to apply: shorturl.at/JOtaH
🌟 Applications now open with a deadline of January 6th 🌟
Project description: shorturl.at/RmMeR
How to apply: shorturl.at/JOtaH
🌟 Applications now open with a deadline of January 6th 🌟
December 13, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Deadline in ‼️3 weeks‼️ for this project with me & @paulhoskisson.bsky.social 🦠 🧫
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This is a Starter Pack of @daphnejacksontr.bsky.social Fellows and staff. Please let me know who to add!
go.bsky.app/H7CNqBF
go.bsky.app/H7CNqBF
December 10, 2024 at 1:56 PM
This is a Starter Pack of @daphnejacksontr.bsky.social Fellows and staff. Please let me know who to add!
go.bsky.app/H7CNqBF
go.bsky.app/H7CNqBF
Check out our fabulous new website!
After months of hard work, our new website is live! We hope you like it as much as we do!
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daphnejackson.org
December 10, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Check out our fabulous new website!
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Take a look at our new fellowship opportunity with Lancaster University, closing 19th January: daphnejackson.org/fellowship/l...
December 10, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Take a look at our new fellowship opportunity with Lancaster University, closing 19th January: daphnejackson.org/fellowship/l...