Duncan Sproul
Group leader at MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh. Interdisciplinary research on disease #epigenetics. Part-time solo dad. Occasional music and climbing.
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- Quite a striking contrast with the situation emerging in the UK! Fundamental science at the Medical Research Council being suggested to be cut from £200 million to £113 million per year based on a @resprofnews.bsky.social article from yesterday.
- Even when the focus is on research with immediate industrial applications, many policymakers recognise that breakthroughs start with fundamental science. That's why Mario Draghi recommended doubling the ERC’s budget. ERC President spoke at @sciencebusiness.net Annual Conference earlier this week.
- Reposted by Duncan SproulJust one week to go until Edith Heard will be joining us for the All-Ireland Chromatin Consortium webinar on 'The Epigenetic Dynamics of X Inactivation in Development and Disease' 🧬 Registration link: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
- After a short break in our webinars we are delighted to be back up & running this month! First up, on Jan 30th we will be joined by @lucas.farnunglab.com from @harvardmed.bsky.social 🔬 Shortly after, on Feb 13th we will be hosting @heardlab.bsky.social from @crick.ac.uk 🧬 Registration details 👇
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Registration now open for the I&I Berlin Symposium 2026! Are you part of Berlin’s immunology community or planning to become one? On March 17, 2026, the symposium bringing together researchers, clinicians, & early-career scientists working on immunology and inflammation. - Reposted by Duncan Sproul[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Duncan Sproul2nd postdoc job alert in the Crick Institute in London. Project will examine the role of motors & the cytoskeleton (actin, septins and microtubules) during vaccinia virus egress using biochemical, structural & cellular approaches + live cell imaging. spread the word. crick.ac.uk/WayPostdoc20...
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- Reposted by Duncan SproulJoin the PALS Summer School in Transcriptomics🧬 🇸🇪 www.trippus.net/summerschool... and learn data integration -Single-cell multiome -ATAC-seq+3Dgenomics -Non-coding variants+Transcription Factors -Large-scale epigenomics -Spatial @scilifelab.se @kawresearch.bsky.social @remeseiro-lab.bsky.social
- Registration for the PALS Summer School in Transcriptomics is Open 🧬 23-26 June 2026 www.trippus.net/summerschool... Join us in this wonderful place 🇸🇪 to learn Theory & Computation from Famous Scientists in the Field w @remeseiro-lab.bsky.social Support by @scilifelab.se & @kawresearch.bsky.social
- Reposted by Duncan SproulPostdoc job alert at Institut Jacques Monod in Paris! Interested in fundamental membrane trafficking? We seek a postdoc to study collagen secretion as a model for core principles of how cells and their environment build each other. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
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- Reposted by Duncan SproulMichal Gdula group leader at @uam-ibmib.bsky.social is saerching for a postdoc to work on the epigenetics of pancreatic cancer within colaborative OPUS-LAP funded by @ncn.gov.pl and @dfg.de - reach out! #3Dgenome #cancer #pancreas
- Reposted by Duncan SproulCome celebrate our Anniversary Day in Edinburgh, 25 & 26 June! Join us for talks from our Honorary Members, Prize & Medal winners, and our Summer Students. Programme & registration details: genetics.org.uk/events/anniv...
- Reposted by Duncan Sproul🧫 For anyone interested in doing a #PhD in #fertility preservation, #chemotherapy & #macrophages please see this opportunity at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social in #Edinburgh, supervised by Roseanne Rosario, @rodtmitchell.bsky.social & me. 💻 www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 📆 Closing date: 6th March
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- Reposted by Duncan SproulPlease share! We are looking for a postdoctoral scientist (2 years, extension possible) starting from 01/05/2026 at @ipbhalle.bsky.social! The project focuses on plant immune receptor biochemistry and structural biology. Deadline 09/03/2026. Apply at: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/11-postdocto...
- Reposted by Duncan Sproul📣 Join us on March 5th for the Community Call, where we'll discuss the ins and outs of doing open peer review as part of a team. 🤝 ASAPbio and @prereview.bsky.social staff will discuss peer review crowds and clubs, PREreview platform & more. Register 👇️ buff.ly/5I0wC4l
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- Reposted by Duncan SproulThe International Fellowships 2026 scheme, run with the @royalsociety.org, supports international early career researchers to undertake a two-year research career with UK partner organisations. Find out more and apply ahead of 11 March deadline: bit.ly/3LaMIBC
- Reposted by Duncan SproulMark your calendars for the next incarnation of the Biology and Physics of the Prokaryotic Chromosome meeting to be held in Paris on July 6-9, 2027. See the web site for further information biophychrom2027.sciencesconf.org
- Reposted by Duncan Sproul'The Centre for Research in Cellular Biology of Montpellier (CRBM) is recruiting Junior/Senior Group Leaders to shape its research in the coming decade. The deadline for application is 31st of March 2026.' #sciencejobs focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology...
- Reposted by Duncan SproulPost-doc job alert! Only a week left to apply for this post doc role, joining our team at the Babraham Institute @babrahaminst.bsky.social to explore ageing metabolism and epigenetics. babrahaminstitute.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details...
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- Reposted by Duncan SproulExciting #postdoc opportunity in #biocatalysis and #oligonucleotide synthesis in my group at the University of York. Check out the details at jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post... Last date to apply is 8th March. Reach out to me if interested.
- Reposted by Duncan SproulDo you know a exceptional PhD candidate whose very promising research career has been interrupted for non-academic reasons? Encourage them to apply for the Krebs Memorial Scholarship - now accepting applications for the 2026/27 academic year! Deadline 3 April ow.ly/Pufm50Y7K5G
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- Reposted by Duncan SproulA special opportunity for lovers of mass spectrometry proteomics to join a like-minded team at PTI. Join a collaborative initiative to enable direct protein analysis at unprecedented scale, in partnership with leading instrument developers, academics, and industry leaders. 1/2
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- Reposted by Duncan SproulI've started my own lab 🎉 PhD/postdoc positions available - reach out if curious about cerebellum evo-devo and autism spectrum disorders. We’re based at Uni Tartu, Institute of Genomics (home to Estonian Biobank), and funded by @simonsfoundation.org @embo.org, and the Estonian Research Council.
- Reposted by Duncan SproulThis is for you – and a great opportunity – if you are establishing a group in Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal and Türkiye...
- Apply now! The 2026 call for the EMBO Installation Grants Programme is now open with a deadline of 15 April 12:00 midday CEST. 🧪 More information can be found here: embo.org/funding/fellowships… #LifeSciences #research #funding
- Reposted by Duncan SproulI started offering career advice to two junior colleagues today in separate meetings, and both times I caught myself thinking that, if I'm honest, I don't have very good advice on navigating the current funding and job climate. I think it's important to say that no one does.
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- Reposted by Duncan SproulRegistrations are now OPEN! Join us in Newcastle for the “RNA in Physiology and Disease” conference, an international meeting bringing together world-leading RNA biologists and emerging researchers. Early bird deadline: 1 May Abstract deadline: 30 June Register now: genetics.org.uk/events/rna-i...
- Reposted by Duncan SproulComing soon! PhD opening joint with @drjonbaxter.bsky.social at @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social Keep a look out and get in touch if you are interested in any and all of: Chromosomes, Genome Stability, Chromatin and DNA Topology in Mitosis and Meiosis.
- Tentatively a wee bit of clarity on the UKRI pauses from Ian Chapman answering questions in parliament. Nothing on the retrospective cuts at MRC and whether this will apply elsewhere though.
- Reposted by Duncan Sproul🧪 My lab has an opening for a postdoc position soon! Please share/get in touch!
- Reposted by Duncan SproulHi everyone! The talk I had the chance to give with @fnucleosome.bsky.social last October is now out on Youtube! If you like evolution, 3D genomics, biodiversity and/or fungi, I think you might like it! 🧬🧪🍄 The submission of this paper has never been that close! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plez...
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- Reposted by Duncan SproulFull professor for plant ecology in Regensburg. #plantscience #plantscijobs jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w3-prof...
- Reposted by Duncan SprouliCASE PhD project available in my lab, combining microscopy method development with high throughput screening of bacteria. Applications to antibiotic drug discovery and screening for new cell division proteins. Collaboration with Cairn Research #microsky #bioimaging www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
- Reposted by Duncan SproulDont miss out on it ! Hands on Summer School. Cut&Run, Cut@Tag, ChIP, ATACseq and analyse your own data ! ➡️Unique opportunity ! 14 exiting days ➕ Daily high profile lectures. 👉 Applications & info: bit.ly/4oGDR8f
- The Epigenetics Community at #HelmholtzMunich, together with #Abcam, is hosting the 3rd #Chromatin #SummerSchool in Munich: 📆 17–29 August 2026 ⏰ Apply by March 29, 2026 👉 Applications & info: bit.ly/4oGDR8f @epihmgu.bsky.social @metorrespadilla.bsky.social @robertife.bsky.social
- Reposted by Duncan SproulExciting opportunity to join the vibrant Montpellier scientific community!
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- Reposted by Duncan SproulPlease share! My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th! uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
- I'll be sorry to miss this one! Pierre-Antoine's group does some really nice work.
- Our next guest speaker webinar is happening on Friday, January 30th at 15:30 GMT. Dr. Pierre-Antoine Defossez will give a talk on 'Roles of DNA methylation in cancer and stem cells'. To join, please follow this link: www.qmul.ac.uk/epigenetics/...
- @andrewwood.bsky.social is one of our colleagues @uoe-igc.bsky.social does some very cool work, will be well worth tuning into!
- Reposted by Duncan SproulOne of my fav conferences! Haven't been there in a while, but this year I'm for sure attending. Who else is coming to Copenhagen? Looking forward to catching up with the SMBE crowd again 🧬🤓🧬
- Abstract submission & Award applications for SMBE 2026 are now open! Submit your research and apply for SMBE awards via the submission portal. 📝 Read more & submit here: smbe2026.org/abstracts And symposium selection is now finalized! 👉 See all accepted symposia: smbe2026.org/programme #SMBE2026
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- Reposted by Duncan SproulDeadline Tomorrow! Students, postdocs, PIs, do not miss the opportunity for short talks and posters as this meeting!
- Come join us in beautiful Roscoff for this Conference Jacques Monod on Developmental regulation: from molecular to ecological niches May 18-22, 2026 Roscoff, France Abstract deadline: January 31, 2026 Apply here: cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en
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- Reposted by Duncan SproulNobel winner and senior scientists slam cuts to UK physics “These cuts are the inevitable consequence of the government’s choices,” Nobel winner Andre Geim tells me www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
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- Reposted by Duncan SproulLet's try this #AcademicSky 1 fav, 1 funny, strange, or unexpected scientific anecdote about a paper, a scientist, a fact, hoping that some will be new to you.
