Victoria Hewitt
@vlhewitt.bsky.social
Researcher, mitochondriac, educator & researcher developer working on ways to make academia a little more supportive and collaborative.
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If you are enthusiastic, this is an ideal position for you to hone your leadership skills. Many initiatives, like FlyCROSS mentor-match, were the brainchild of our trainee reps. If you want to know more or be considered, reach out to me, @iamshef.bsky.social, or @shyama13.bsky.social by Nov 17! 3/
November 12, 2025 at 4:58 AM
If you are enthusiastic, this is an ideal position for you to hone your leadership skills. Many initiatives, like FlyCROSS mentor-match, were the brainchild of our trainee reps. If you want to know more or be considered, reach out to me, @iamshef.bsky.social, or @shyama13.bsky.social by Nov 17! 3/
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🌍Open call: Junior Group Leader positions!
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🌍Open call: Junior Group Leader positions!
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
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My new ImageJ / Fiji toolkit is out 🔥! The goal is to make image handling & visualization easy, with an intuitive interface! Install it on Fiji with the "Image Viewer" update site
#microscopy #ImageJ #FluorescenceFriday #microscopyMonday
imagej.net/plugins/imag...
#microscopy #ImageJ #FluorescenceFriday #microscopyMonday
imagej.net/plugins/imag...
November 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My new ImageJ / Fiji toolkit is out 🔥! The goal is to make image handling & visualization easy, with an intuitive interface! Install it on Fiji with the "Image Viewer" update site
#microscopy #ImageJ #FluorescenceFriday #microscopyMonday
imagej.net/plugins/imag...
#microscopy #ImageJ #FluorescenceFriday #microscopyMonday
imagej.net/plugins/imag...
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Required reading for cell biologists to get a sense of basic statistical principles!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ten essential tips for robust statistics in cell biology - Nature Cell Biology
Statistical thinking is a core part of solid, trustworthy biology. However, many studies still include insufficient sample sizes, have poor experimental design or select an incorrect statistical metho...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Required reading for cell biologists to get a sense of basic statistical principles!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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“Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have to pay, nor an offence for which they should be penalised, but a misfortune, the cost of which should be shared by the community” attributed to Aneurin Bevan
This needs reappearing, over and over
Defend our NHS
This needs reappearing, over and over
Defend our NHS
Our health care system is so broken it’s insane.
Stop letting them make you believe a better one is impossible.
#MedicareForAllNOW
Stop letting them make you believe a better one is impossible.
#MedicareForAllNOW
November 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have to pay, nor an offence for which they should be penalised, but a misfortune, the cost of which should be shared by the community” attributed to Aneurin Bevan
This needs reappearing, over and over
Defend our NHS
This needs reappearing, over and over
Defend our NHS
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I try and send something to Wikipedia at least once a year, academics use it so often and so blithely...
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
October 27, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I try and send something to Wikipedia at least once a year, academics use it so often and so blithely...
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Have you applied for #EMBLBrillouin yet? 🔬
📅 9 – 13 Feb 2026
👉 s.embl.org/brm26-01-bl
✅ Introduction to BM and state-of-the-art applications
✅ Hands-on training with real setups
✅ Guidance on project design, data analysis, and visualisation
✅ Skills to interpret and apply BM in your own research
📅 9 – 13 Feb 2026
👉 s.embl.org/brm26-01-bl
✅ Introduction to BM and state-of-the-art applications
✅ Hands-on training with real setups
✅ Guidance on project design, data analysis, and visualisation
✅ Skills to interpret and apply BM in your own research
Brillouin microscopy for life science applications
s.embl.org
October 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Have you applied for #EMBLBrillouin yet? 🔬
📅 9 – 13 Feb 2026
👉 s.embl.org/brm26-01-bl
✅ Introduction to BM and state-of-the-art applications
✅ Hands-on training with real setups
✅ Guidance on project design, data analysis, and visualisation
✅ Skills to interpret and apply BM in your own research
📅 9 – 13 Feb 2026
👉 s.embl.org/brm26-01-bl
✅ Introduction to BM and state-of-the-art applications
✅ Hands-on training with real setups
✅ Guidance on project design, data analysis, and visualisation
✅ Skills to interpret and apply BM in your own research
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The recovery of kelp forests brought many fish species back. But fish stocks in the reserve remain far below those present before commercial fishing took off.
👉 theconversation.com/nzs-fir...
👉 theconversation.com/nzs-fir...
October 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The recovery of kelp forests brought many fish species back. But fish stocks in the reserve remain far below those present before commercial fishing took off.
👉 theconversation.com/nzs-fir...
👉 theconversation.com/nzs-fir...
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How can we see the cells that make up a living organism? Membrane-localising tags can drive fluorescent proteins to the cell's outer membrane, making their outlines visible. But the tags don't work well in all organisms. How do you find one for your species of interest? 🧵
Check our latest preprint
Check our latest preprint
A toolkit for testing membrane-localising tags across species
Transgenic markers and tools have revolutionised how we study cells and developing organisms. Some of the elements needed to construct those tools are universally applicable (e.g. fluorescent proteins...
www.biorxiv.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
How can we see the cells that make up a living organism? Membrane-localising tags can drive fluorescent proteins to the cell's outer membrane, making their outlines visible. But the tags don't work well in all organisms. How do you find one for your species of interest? 🧵
Check our latest preprint
Check our latest preprint
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Free tickets are available for our upcoming Translational Research Symposium, which will highlight the cutting-edge translational programmes and initiatives here at the Crick.
📅 Monday, 17 November.
Get tickets 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crick-tran...
📅 Monday, 17 November.
Get tickets 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crick-tran...
Crick Translational Research Symposium
This inaugural translation symposium will highlight the Crick’s cutting-edge translational programmes and initiatives.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Free tickets are available for our upcoming Translational Research Symposium, which will highlight the cutting-edge translational programmes and initiatives here at the Crick.
📅 Monday, 17 November.
Get tickets 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crick-tran...
📅 Monday, 17 November.
Get tickets 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crick-tran...
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"...appear to be typical of an investment strategy whereby donors, aided by university administrators and regents, circumvent faculty governance in order to treat universities like incubators or, worse, as click-farms to inflate the user data seemingly keeping the AI investment machine humming."
October 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"...appear to be typical of an investment strategy whereby donors, aided by university administrators and regents, circumvent faculty governance in order to treat universities like incubators or, worse, as click-farms to inflate the user data seemingly keeping the AI investment machine humming."
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I have seen too many junior-to-mid career people making this mistake so I need to get this message out there:
Once you get your first big award (R01, CAREER, standard NSF, BL2 DoD), your most important task is to publish papers that cite that grant for support.
Once you get your first big award (R01, CAREER, standard NSF, BL2 DoD), your most important task is to publish papers that cite that grant for support.
October 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I have seen too many junior-to-mid career people making this mistake so I need to get this message out there:
Once you get your first big award (R01, CAREER, standard NSF, BL2 DoD), your most important task is to publish papers that cite that grant for support.
Once you get your first big award (R01, CAREER, standard NSF, BL2 DoD), your most important task is to publish papers that cite that grant for support.
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Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.
The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
October 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.
The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
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The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
October 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
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There's an update on the state of FlyBase on the FlyBase.org front page. You can contribute to FlyBase at this link wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
We express enormous gratitude to the people, labs, groups, and foundations who have already helped us.
#FlyBase #Drosophila
We express enormous gratitude to the people, labs, groups, and foundations who have already helped us.
#FlyBase #Drosophila
October 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
There's an update on the state of FlyBase on the FlyBase.org front page. You can contribute to FlyBase at this link wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
We express enormous gratitude to the people, labs, groups, and foundations who have already helped us.
#FlyBase #Drosophila
We express enormous gratitude to the people, labs, groups, and foundations who have already helped us.
#FlyBase #Drosophila
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The authors of the paper write “Our work introduces the concept and development of tr-FPs as a transformative toolset”. From my perspective, while the paper represents solid technical work, the fundamental concepts and approaches have been established for quite some time.
September 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The authors of the paper write “Our work introduces the concept and development of tr-FPs as a transformative toolset”. From my perspective, while the paper represents solid technical work, the fundamental concepts and approaches have been established for quite some time.
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"By not joining [countries that recognise Palestine], there is a real risk New Zealand will be seen as aligning with states – Israel and the US – that bear significant responsibility for prolonging the catastrophic conflict in Gaza." by @robertgpatman.bsky.social
theconversation.com/by-not-recog...
theconversation.com/by-not-recog...
By not recognising a Palestinian state, NZ puts its own hard-won reputation on the line
By not joining its close allies over the question of Palestinian statehood, NZ risks being ‘on the wrong side of history’.
theconversation.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
"By not joining [countries that recognise Palestine], there is a real risk New Zealand will be seen as aligning with states – Israel and the US – that bear significant responsibility for prolonging the catastrophic conflict in Gaza." by @robertgpatman.bsky.social
theconversation.com/by-not-recog...
theconversation.com/by-not-recog...
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Join Royal Society Ferrier Prize winner Professor Gillian Bates FRS on 06 October at the Royal Society as she unravels the molecular basis of Huntington's disease: royalsociety.org/science-even...
September 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Join Royal Society Ferrier Prize winner Professor Gillian Bates FRS on 06 October at the Royal Society as she unravels the molecular basis of Huntington's disease: royalsociety.org/science-even...
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Join Francis Crick Prize winner Professor Sam Behjati for this free upcoming lecture on 10 October, as he discusses insights into the early detection and prevention of childhood cancer: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2025/10/francis-crick-prize/
September 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Join Francis Crick Prize winner Professor Sam Behjati for this free upcoming lecture on 10 October, as he discusses insights into the early detection and prevention of childhood cancer: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2025/10/francis-crick-prize/
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The future is visiting again! We are seeking applicants for the 7th season of MITOchats. Deadline for submission is October 17th. Visit www.mitotalks.org for details or submit your application at forms.gle/5D6vWE92yYCi...
September 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The future is visiting again! We are seeking applicants for the 7th season of MITOchats. Deadline for submission is October 17th. Visit www.mitotalks.org for details or submit your application at forms.gle/5D6vWE92yYCi...
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Glad Science collected this data (though the results are entirely unsurprising). GenAI cannot accurately summarize scientific papers, sacrificing accuracy for simplicity.
And shame on publishers who are pushing genAI summaries on readers. Great way to accelerate an epistemic apocalypse.
And shame on publishers who are pushing genAI summaries on readers. Great way to accelerate an epistemic apocalypse.
September 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Glad Science collected this data (though the results are entirely unsurprising). GenAI cannot accurately summarize scientific papers, sacrificing accuracy for simplicity.
And shame on publishers who are pushing genAI summaries on readers. Great way to accelerate an epistemic apocalypse.
And shame on publishers who are pushing genAI summaries on readers. Great way to accelerate an epistemic apocalypse.
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Wow, this paper provides crucial understanding of local translation and processing of transmembrane proteins in axons, one of the big mysteries that have haunted the field for a long time!!!!!!!! Fantastic!!!!!!!! Nguyen et al., 2025, bioRxiv 2025.09.09.674816ff. -- doi.org/10.1101/2025...
September 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Wow, this paper provides crucial understanding of local translation and processing of transmembrane proteins in axons, one of the big mysteries that have haunted the field for a long time!!!!!!!! Fantastic!!!!!!!! Nguyen et al., 2025, bioRxiv 2025.09.09.674816ff. -- doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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I just published: Meet the bioRxiv Affiliates
The best and most exciting science often gets preprinted — while many of the more questionable papers that do pop up in high-profile journals skip preprint posting altogether.
medium.com/p/meet-the-b...
The best and most exciting science often gets preprinted — while many of the more questionable papers that do pop up in high-profile journals skip preprint posting altogether.
medium.com/p/meet-the-b...
medium.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I just published: Meet the bioRxiv Affiliates
The best and most exciting science often gets preprinted — while many of the more questionable papers that do pop up in high-profile journals skip preprint posting altogether.
medium.com/p/meet-the-b...
The best and most exciting science often gets preprinted — while many of the more questionable papers that do pop up in high-profile journals skip preprint posting altogether.
medium.com/p/meet-the-b...
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🔥 CDC staff have something to say:
"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is complicit in dismantling America’s public health infrastructure and endangering the nation’s health."
From an anonymous letter posted by current & former staffers
www.savehhs.org/read-the-let...
"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is complicit in dismantling America’s public health infrastructure and endangering the nation’s health."
From an anonymous letter posted by current & former staffers
www.savehhs.org/read-the-let...
Read the Letter — Save HHS
Public servants and allies are standing together to demand work environments free from violence, accountability for leaders and policymakers who put everyday Americans in danger, and public health lea...
www.savehhs.org
August 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
🔥 CDC staff have something to say:
"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is complicit in dismantling America’s public health infrastructure and endangering the nation’s health."
From an anonymous letter posted by current & former staffers
www.savehhs.org/read-the-let...
"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is complicit in dismantling America’s public health infrastructure and endangering the nation’s health."
From an anonymous letter posted by current & former staffers
www.savehhs.org/read-the-let...
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