Maria Sachkova
@mariasachkova.bsky.social
Scientists studying the evolution of neurons and venoms in marine invertebrates. Lecturer at University of Bristol
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Interested in a #PhD with neuroendocrine and bioimaging focus? Check out our @swbiodtp.bsky.social project 'Creating a functional map for brain-gut signalling in a simple worm', with @alexdcorbett.bsky.social and CASE partner Cairn Research Ltd. Application deadline Wednesday 3rd December.
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Interested in a #PhD with neuroendocrine and bioimaging focus? Check out our @swbiodtp.bsky.social project 'Creating a functional map for brain-gut signalling in a simple worm', with @alexdcorbett.bsky.social and CASE partner Cairn Research Ltd. Application deadline Wednesday 3rd December.
🪸 Two weeks to go! Please apply for this Postdoc position! 🪸
🪸 🪸 🪸 Postdoc position in my group at Bristol to study the role of venom in surviving environmental stress in corals! 🪸 Interested in venom biochemistry and coral ecology?Please apply by November 24!
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🪸 Two weeks to go! Please apply for this Postdoc position! 🪸
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Happy #worldjellyfishday, everyone 🪼🪼🪼!
Jellyfish (and their blooms) are a fundamental part of marine ecosystems, significantly contributing to carbon transport and storage. An ocean without jellyfish would not be a healthy ocean.
@universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social
Jellyfish (and their blooms) are a fundamental part of marine ecosystems, significantly contributing to carbon transport and storage. An ocean without jellyfish would not be a healthy ocean.
@universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Happy #worldjellyfishday, everyone 🪼🪼🪼!
Jellyfish (and their blooms) are a fundamental part of marine ecosystems, significantly contributing to carbon transport and storage. An ocean without jellyfish would not be a healthy ocean.
@universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social
Jellyfish (and their blooms) are a fundamental part of marine ecosystems, significantly contributing to carbon transport and storage. An ocean without jellyfish would not be a healthy ocean.
@universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social
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Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻
July 31, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻
🪸 🪸 🪸 Postdoc position in my group at Bristol to study the role of venom in surviving environmental stress in corals! 🪸 Interested in venom biochemistry and coral ecology?Please apply by November 24!
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
October 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🪸 🪸 🪸 Postdoc position in my group at Bristol to study the role of venom in surviving environmental stress in corals! 🪸 Interested in venom biochemistry and coral ecology?Please apply by November 24!
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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The CRG PhD call is now open. Exciting opportunities across diverse topics and within a world-class scientific environment.
Our group is offering one PhD position to study chromatin evolution.
Consider applying or share with anyone who might be interested!
www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
Our group is offering one PhD position to study chromatin evolution.
Consider applying or share with anyone who might be interested!
www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
Are you looking for a PhD? Join us in Barcelona! You'll dive into a community of >100 PhD students from 30 countries exploring the frontiers of biology. You can also join an online workshop on 6 November (15:00 CET) to learn how to find the right lab for you.
More info: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
More info: www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
October 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The CRG PhD call is now open. Exciting opportunities across diverse topics and within a world-class scientific environment.
Our group is offering one PhD position to study chromatin evolution.
Consider applying or share with anyone who might be interested!
www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
Our group is offering one PhD position to study chromatin evolution.
Consider applying or share with anyone who might be interested!
www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
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If you’re interested in joining our team as an Assistant Engineer, don’t hesitate to get in touch! Exciting projects, a friendly and dynamic team - all based in the beautiful French Riviera! @institutBiologieValrose - @cnrscotedazur.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 6:42 AM
If you’re interested in joining our team as an Assistant Engineer, don’t hesitate to get in touch! Exciting projects, a friendly and dynamic team - all based in the beautiful French Riviera! @institutBiologieValrose - @cnrscotedazur.bsky.social
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❓ Want to join us?
📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork
👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🙏Share widely
📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork
👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🙏Share widely
October 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
❓ Want to join us?
📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork
👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🙏Share widely
📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork
👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🙏Share widely
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We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Michael Sars Visitors Program! ✨🧪 To spark new connections, we are opening our doors to visiting researchers who wish to conduct a project in #SunnyBergen. Applications are open, help us spread the word!
Introducing the Michael Sars Visitors Program
The Michael Sars Centre is launching a Visitors Program designed to foster scientific exchange and collaborations across disciplines.
tinyurl.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Michael Sars Visitors Program! ✨🧪 To spark new connections, we are opening our doors to visiting researchers who wish to conduct a project in #SunnyBergen. Applications are open, help us spread the word!
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Exciting news to share! I have started my new role as a Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology / Director of MSc Bioinformatics program at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Exciting news to share! I have started my new role as a Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology / Director of MSc Bioinformatics program at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
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We have a postdoc opening for a protistologist with biophysics inclinations to join our @hfspo.bsky.social project! (focus will be on characterising the morphology, ultrastructure and behaviour of excavates) #protistsonsky
Apply by Sept 17th (RTs appreciated!)
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
Apply by Sept 17th (RTs appreciated!)
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
August 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We have a postdoc opening for a protistologist with biophysics inclinations to join our @hfspo.bsky.social project! (focus will be on characterising the morphology, ultrastructure and behaviour of excavates) #protistsonsky
Apply by Sept 17th (RTs appreciated!)
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
Apply by Sept 17th (RTs appreciated!)
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
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🚨 We’re recruiting PhD students! 🚨
Join the Stem Cell Biology and Evolution lab at @lsiexeter.bsky.social to study planarians, stem cells & evolution.
2 projects available - 1 week left to apply!
Interested and no PhD yet? Apply now. Or help us spread the word! 🙌
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
Join the Stem Cell Biology and Evolution lab at @lsiexeter.bsky.social to study planarians, stem cells & evolution.
2 projects available - 1 week left to apply!
Interested and no PhD yet? Apply now. Or help us spread the word! 🙌
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
LSI PhD programme | Living Systems Institute | University of Exeter
www.exeter.ac.uk
June 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🚨 We’re recruiting PhD students! 🚨
Join the Stem Cell Biology and Evolution lab at @lsiexeter.bsky.social to study planarians, stem cells & evolution.
2 projects available - 1 week left to apply!
Interested and no PhD yet? Apply now. Or help us spread the word! 🙌
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
Join the Stem Cell Biology and Evolution lab at @lsiexeter.bsky.social to study planarians, stem cells & evolution.
2 projects available - 1 week left to apply!
Interested and no PhD yet? Apply now. Or help us spread the word! 🙌
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...
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My group is hiring a new Postdoc to work on gene regulation and chromatin in Nematostella. Please RT!
For more information see here:
gahanlab.com
tinyurl.com/34xke35d
For more information see here:
gahanlab.com
tinyurl.com/34xke35d
April 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
My group is hiring a new Postdoc to work on gene regulation and chromatin in Nematostella. Please RT!
For more information see here:
gahanlab.com
tinyurl.com/34xke35d
For more information see here:
gahanlab.com
tinyurl.com/34xke35d
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Job! 2-year postdoc position in EVElab, Bristol UK on nutrition and infections in pregnancy (FLF-funded)
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r...
Apply if you are enthusiastic about:
- experiments on insects which get pregnant
- relevance of evolution to public health
- a vibrant city & research environment
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r...
Apply if you are enthusiastic about:
- experiments on insects which get pregnant
- relevance of evolution to public health
- a vibrant city & research environment
February 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Job! 2-year postdoc position in EVElab, Bristol UK on nutrition and infections in pregnancy (FLF-funded)
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r...
Apply if you are enthusiastic about:
- experiments on insects which get pregnant
- relevance of evolution to public health
- a vibrant city & research environment
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV631/r...
Apply if you are enthusiastic about:
- experiments on insects which get pregnant
- relevance of evolution to public health
- a vibrant city & research environment
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Sea anemones track the suns position?! 🤯 So thrilled to share our paper is finally published in @J_Exp_Biol! 🎉
Congrats to my student leads Eliska Lintnerova and Callum Shawn.
Check it out: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Congrats to my student leads Eliska Lintnerova and Callum Shawn.
Check it out: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
February 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Sea anemones track the suns position?! 🤯 So thrilled to share our paper is finally published in @J_Exp_Biol! 🎉
Congrats to my student leads Eliska Lintnerova and Callum Shawn.
Check it out: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Congrats to my student leads Eliska Lintnerova and Callum Shawn.
Check it out: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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Thrilled to see #choanoflagellates on the cover of Science Advances🤩. Our latest work "Electrical signaling and coordinated behavior in the closest relative of animals" out now. Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 👏 @jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Thrilled to see #choanoflagellates on the cover of Science Advances🤩. Our latest work "Electrical signaling and coordinated behavior in the closest relative of animals" out now. Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 👏 @jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social
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1/3 I am very excited to tell you about our latest work where we looked not only into sea anemones but also 🪸
We find in #Nematostella that stress induces not immunity, but also viral replication, actually much faster than the immune response! 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Heat stress drives rapid viral and antiviral innate immunity activation in Hexacorallia
The cnidarian class Hexacorallia, encompassing stony corals and sea anemones, plays a critical role in marine ecosystems. Coral bleaching, the disruption of the symbiosis between stony corals and zoox...
www.biorxiv.org
December 22, 2024 at 4:52 PM
1/3 I am very excited to tell you about our latest work where we looked not only into sea anemones but also 🪸
We find in #Nematostella that stress induces not immunity, but also viral replication, actually much faster than the immune response! 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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We've got a number of PhD projects up for grabs with competitive funding, but apply asap because they have Jan 13 and Jan 20 application deadlines!!
Check out the list below......
www.bristol.ac.uk/earthscience...
Check out the list below......
www.bristol.ac.uk/earthscience...
Postgraduate research projects
www.bristol.ac.uk
December 13, 2024 at 5:16 PM
We've got a number of PhD projects up for grabs with competitive funding, but apply asap because they have Jan 13 and Jan 20 application deadlines!!
Check out the list below......
www.bristol.ac.uk/earthscience...
Check out the list below......
www.bristol.ac.uk/earthscience...
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We’ve extended the deadline to Jan 6 2025. Come join us in #SunnyBergen
At the Michael Sars Centre, 📢 We are hiring Group Leaders! 🌊
Come join our team @UiB to lead innovative research in molecular, cellular and organismal biology using marine/aquatic organisms! ⌛️ Application deadline Dec. 15. Share this exciting opportunity ⤵️
tinyurl.com/4bwn8u3n @embl @EMBRC_EU
Come join our team @UiB to lead innovative research in molecular, cellular and organismal biology using marine/aquatic organisms! ⌛️ Application deadline Dec. 15. Share this exciting opportunity ⤵️
tinyurl.com/4bwn8u3n @embl @EMBRC_EU
Group Leader Positions (Researcher I, code 1110) (270380) | University of Bergen
Job title: Group Leader Positions (Researcher I, code 1110) (270380), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, December 15, 2024
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December 13, 2024 at 7:46 AM
We’ve extended the deadline to Jan 6 2025. Come join us in #SunnyBergen
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We are seeking to appoint a Pathway 3 Lecturer as the operational lead of our highly successful Bioinformatics taught Masters programme!
More info:
bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?nPostingId=185735&nPostingTargetId=368795&id=Q50FK026203F3VBQBV7V77V83&LG=UK&languageSelect=UK&mask=newuobext
More info:
bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?nPostingId=185735&nPostingTargetId=368795&id=Q50FK026203F3VBQBV7V77V83&LG=UK&languageSelect=UK&mask=newuobext
November 26, 2024 at 11:52 AM
We are seeking to appoint a Pathway 3 Lecturer as the operational lead of our highly successful Bioinformatics taught Masters programme!
More info:
bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?nPostingId=185735&nPostingTargetId=368795&id=Q50FK026203F3VBQBV7V77V83&LG=UK&languageSelect=UK&mask=newuobext
More info:
bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?nPostingId=185735&nPostingTargetId=368795&id=Q50FK026203F3VBQBV7V77V83&LG=UK&languageSelect=UK&mask=newuobext
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Very exciting meeting next year bringing together multiple areas of expertise to discuss early animal evolution!
cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...
cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...
Origin of metazoans | CNRS - Conférences Jacques Monod (CJM)
cjm.sb-roscoff.fr
December 11, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Very exciting meeting next year bringing together multiple areas of expertise to discuss early animal evolution!
cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...
cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...
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The mysterious comb jellies are the stars of the latest episode of Science Sessions, a podcast by @pnas.org 🤩🧪 Listen to @joanjsoto.bsky.social & @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social explain their fascinating ability to become young again.
🔊 www.pnas.org/post/podcast...
📖 tinyurl.com/yj2xjsx3
🔊 www.pnas.org/post/podcast...
📖 tinyurl.com/yj2xjsx3
The curious case of the comb jelly
Joan Soto-Angel and Pawel Burkhardt describe a comb jelly with the ability to reverse its development to an earlier stage of life.
www.pnas.org
December 11, 2024 at 1:06 PM
The mysterious comb jellies are the stars of the latest episode of Science Sessions, a podcast by @pnas.org 🤩🧪 Listen to @joanjsoto.bsky.social & @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social explain their fascinating ability to become young again.
🔊 www.pnas.org/post/podcast...
📖 tinyurl.com/yj2xjsx3
🔊 www.pnas.org/post/podcast...
📖 tinyurl.com/yj2xjsx3
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📢 18-month postdoc in my lab doing drought modelling with either the UK land surface model JULES or machine learning. Up to you which. Please share widely (thanks)
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Closes: 18th January
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Closes: 18th January
December 11, 2024 at 10:31 AM
📢 18-month postdoc in my lab doing drought modelling with either the UK land surface model JULES or machine learning. Up to you which. Please share widely (thanks)
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Closes: 18th January
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Closes: 18th January
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#Multicellularity enthusiasts! Mark your calendars! EMBO Workshop on "Evolution and Origins of Multicellularity Across the Tree of Life"
📅 October 9-11, 2025, Barcelona
🔗 Pre-register here: coming-soon.embo.org/w25-102
@csic.es @embopress.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxKj...
📅 October 9-11, 2025, Barcelona
🔗 Pre-register here: coming-soon.embo.org/w25-102
@csic.es @embopress.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxKj...
EMBO meeting
YouTube video by Multicellgenome Lab
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2024 at 11:16 AM
#Multicellularity enthusiasts! Mark your calendars! EMBO Workshop on "Evolution and Origins of Multicellularity Across the Tree of Life"
📅 October 9-11, 2025, Barcelona
🔗 Pre-register here: coming-soon.embo.org/w25-102
@csic.es @embopress.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxKj...
📅 October 9-11, 2025, Barcelona
🔗 Pre-register here: coming-soon.embo.org/w25-102
@csic.es @embopress.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxKj...
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This Black Heritage PhD position is still available in our lab at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social if anyone is interested (or knows someone who might be). Please re-post #blackinStem 🐝
PhD position at Bristol in my research group. Please can people share with their networks 🐝
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal behaviour, physio...
PhD Project - Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal beh...
www.findaphd.com
December 8, 2024 at 5:06 PM
This Black Heritage PhD position is still available in our lab at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social if anyone is interested (or knows someone who might be). Please re-post #blackinStem 🐝