Rachel Edgar
racheledgar.bsky.social
Rachel Edgar
@racheledgar.bsky.social
Group leader at Imperial College & the Francis Crick Institute, studying cell biology, viruses, immune responses and more. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. Cancer survivor & trustee of @BrainTumourCharity.bsky.social https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/rachel.edgar
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Check out Sayatan @sayantansur.bsky.social latest publication in the Philosophical Transaction of RS! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Excellent resource for scientific literature on seasonal variation in avian immune function.
@uofgsbohvm.bsky.social @physiologyuog.bsky.social
Endocrine and molecular regulation of seasonal avian immune function | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Birds have evolved seasonal adaptations in multiple aspects of the innate and adaptive immune systems. Seasonal immunological adaptations are crucial for survival in harsh environmental conditions and...
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January 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Circadian gating: concepts, processes, and opportunities. We set out some of our thoughts, and also why it is valuable to know about gating. With Pirita Paajanen and @jkimmey.bsky.social #chronobiology royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Circadian gating: concepts, processes, and opportunities | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Circadian clocks provide a biological measure of time that coordinates metabolism, physiology and behaviour with 24 h cycles in the environment. Circadian systems have a variety of characteristic prop...
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January 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Out today! Our article about the importance of creating impact from circadian rhythm research. A collaborative effort from the BioClocks UK volenteer team! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... Published as part of a Royal Society special issue on circadian rhythms in infection and immunity.
BioClocks UK: driving robust cycles of discovery to impact | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Chronobiology is a multidisciplinary field that extends across the tree of life, transcends all scales of biological organization, and has huge translational potential. For the UK to harness the oppor...
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January 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Check out this special issue of Phil Trans R Soc on “circadian rhythms in infection and immunity.” Loads of articles on diverse topics in chronobiology @royalsociety.org royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1918
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January 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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BioClocks UK: driving robust cycles of discovery to impact. Great to see this article, which sets out the vision for the BioClocks UK programme and how chronobiology research has a huge breadth of impact #chronobiology royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
BioClocks UK: driving robust cycles of discovery to impact | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Chronobiology is a multidisciplinary field that extends across the tree of life, transcends all scales of biological organization, and has huge translational potential. For the UK to harness the opportunities presented within applied chronobiology, we ...
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January 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Out today ‘Circadian rhythms in infection and immunity’! Many thanks to everyone who participated in the Royal Society meeting and made this theme issue very special, a pleasure working with you all 😊 @reecelab.bsky.social @imperialinfect.bsky.social
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1918
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January 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Registration is now open for the Spring UK Clock Club in Coventry on 21 March 2025.
More information and sign-up on the BioClocks UK webpage: www.bioclocks.uk/event-detail... and after you signed up, do not forget to submit an abstract here: forms.gle/WQjUKrZGd621... See you in the Midlands in 2025
December 19, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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Come and work with us at the John Innes Centre! We’re recruiting a technician to investigate circadian rhythms in plants and bacteria. Expertise in microbiology, gene cloning, imaging are welcome #chronobiology #arabidopsis #bacillus www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/re...
Research Assistant (Dodd Group) | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Research Assistant to join the Dodd Group at the John Innes Centre, conducting cutting-edge research into circadian rhythms in bacteria and plants.
www.jic.ac.uk
November 28, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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Reminder - if you are a new PI in UK virology and you aren’t yet registered for RIVR2025 on Jan9-10th in Liverpool, registration closes on December 5th!

If you are a new group leader in virology in the UK and aren’t yet on the RIVR mailing list, get in touch to be added.
November 22, 2024 at 11:18 AM
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🌟 Welcome to the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Bluesky!
We’re thrilled to connect with you and share our research insights, job opportunities, events, and more.
Join us on this journey as we advance science and improve human health together!
#MolecularBiology #Research #Innovation
November 22, 2024 at 10:05 AM
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Do you want to become a virologist?
The @CVRinfo PhD programme is now recruiting for both UK and international applicants - rotate in two labs then choose a project tailored to your interests.
Also you get to live in Glasgow, which is fab.
Please RT!
www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
November 22, 2024 at 11:12 AM
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Do you know anyone affected by a brain tumour or brain injury? 🧠🤕

I’m happy to answer any questions you may have (Messages fine for this)

Repost this please to reach as many people as possible 🔁
#braintumour #support
November 18, 2024 at 10:34 AM
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Here’s my spreadsheet of starter packs (>80!) related to broadly ‘mechanistic biology’ plus some intriguing extras

Complete with collective nouns

I’ve been tracking these but now can’t keep up

Hope it’s helpful

2/2

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
@mjafreeman.bsky.social's BlueSky starter packs for 'mechanistic' biologists
docs.google.com
November 19, 2024 at 9:58 PM
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I’ve made a Starter Pack of #innateimmunity and #inflammation researchers to follow! Please contact me to get added or to suggest others to add. We are just getting started 😎
#immunosky
#academicchatter
go.bsky.app/QqJ9AgB
November 16, 2024 at 10:10 PM
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A starter pack for all virologists out there on the blue side ! Might be missing some people but it’s a good start ! go.bsky.app/DmphBCT
November 17, 2024 at 10:05 AM
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Thought I’d share a guide that we have created at The Brain Tumour Charity to help support our community members that are seeking to engage with the 10year health plan consultation. Hoping it helps in any small way and happy to discuss how it was built: www.thebraintumourcharity.org/get-involved...
Have your say on the future of NHS England!
Share your experiences on care you've received to help inform the government's upcoming 10-Year Health Plan for NHS England!
www.thebraintumourcharity.org
November 12, 2024 at 11:09 PM
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First announcement: Spring UK Clock Club at the University of Warwick on 21 March 2025. Keynote by John B. Hogenesch. Associated policy and media training workshops on 20/21 March. Watch the www.bioclocks.uk for more info coming soon.
Home | Bioclocks Uk
BioClocks UK home page
www.bioclocks.uk
November 10, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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Excited by viruses and how our bodies repel them? A fully funded PhD project now available combining expertise from the lab to the clinic. #virology #immunology #dermatology #CRISPR #vector-vertebrate biology. Help us spread the word. ☺️

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Can skin inflammation stop mosquito-borne virus infection? at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Can skin inflammation stop mosquito-borne virus infection? at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 8, 2024 at 9:13 AM
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Postdoc positions available in the Röper lab at the University of Cambridge @PDN_Cambridge!
Join us and help discover the role that supracellular actomyosin assemblies and cell adhesion play in sculpting organs in Drosophila!
jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48942/
November 14, 2024 at 12:59 AM
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This is a brilliant list of all the "usual" political peeps who are now transferring from X to Bluesky....all in one handy parcel thanks to @adambienkov.bsky.social

Cheers Adam

Pls repost

Let's get this party started 👍🏼👍🏼
To all the newly-arrived Twitter refugees, I've created a starter pack of UK political journalists, experts, commentators and politicos to follow here

go.bsky.app/2CwmVfN
November 12, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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My app for finding 🦋 accounts you may want to follow has had a make-over: it now displays names and bios, and allows adding an "app password" for direct follow buttons in the listing

bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
Bluesky Network Analyzer
Find accounts that you don't follow (yet) but are followed by lots of accounts that you do follow.
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
November 12, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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A repertoire of immunologists

by @rodrahimi.bsky.social

go.bsky.app/PY5tCas
A repertoire of immunologists
Join the conversation
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November 12, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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November 11, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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I see more and more life science institutes/departments joining the party.
I have put together a starter pack. Please let me know if you see others that could be added.

go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ
November 13, 2024 at 11:06 AM