Finally, I talked to Gauri Gharpure, who recently defended her PhD thesis. She explained her research on hoverfly physiology and the challenges/benefits of writing this up and publishing as a preprint. #Physiology #ClimateChange #ECR #preprint (5/5) www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiMe...

I met @matteoall.bsky.social, as well as discussing the impact of preprints, he explained his research on the nuclear pore complex and why sperm cells do not need as much transport in/out of the nucleus. #Cryotomography #NuclearPoreComplex (4/5) www.youtube.com/watch?v=42th...

I talked to Daniel Booth about work on cell division coming from his lab, with three preprints out in time for #biologists100. Check out the interview and read the preprints on chromosome coating, with some beautiful imaging! #Mitosis #CellDivision #Microscopy (3/5) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk5E...

I spoke with Alejandra Clark and @danielgorelick.bsky.social about the fast and fair peer review initiative from @biologyopen.bsky.social. They’re cutting down review times and compensating peer reviewers for their work! #PeerReview #FastAndFair (2/5) www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM6m...

While I applaud Europe taking a step to fund bringing scientific excellence to Europe, the ERC’s current success rates at 10% for Europe based scientists is statistically at lottery levels. The total ERC budget should double across the board aiming at doubling funding rates.

I also caught up with Helena Crellin from @buckleylab.bsky.social‬ @pdncambridge.bsky.social‬, who used a custom microscope to control actomyosin contractility in zebrafish and study how cellular forces can propagate along tissues. (3/3) youtu.be/6uce4whDt2M?...

I talked with Jenny Richens from @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social‬ about her work, now out in @plosbiology.org, where the team developed tracking software and looked at vesicle trafficking and secretion in Drosophila ovaries. (2/3) youtu.be/eLwGRnBrIaU?...

Whilst there I worked with @prelights.bsky.social on a series of interviews with ECRs to highlight the preprints they presented and I’m excited for these to be shared in the coming months along with the preList (3/3).
prelights.biologists.com/prelists/bio...

From the programme, I especially enjoyed the talks of Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz and @prakashlab.bsky.social in the emerging technologies session, #microscopy is the future! (2/3)