Marie Walde

Only in Comics: This piece by Tom Gauld for New Scientist, words from Soren Kierkegaard, 1843.

#onlyincomics

Pls re-post: My department @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social are recruiting for several new faculty positions (links below). Broad search in molecular biology/biochemistry, across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Interested in understanding life at the molecular level, this job might be for you!
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𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴! If you're involved in creating, processing, or publishing microscopy data, take a look at the new checklist for reporting requirements provided by @quarep-limi.bsky.social in @jcb.org 🔗 rupress.org/jcb/article/...

"Most importantly, there is no AI without massive financial and ideological backing. It is therefore pointless to discuss its techniques or capabilities without asking who controls it, who benefits from it, who builds and deploys it, and what it is doing in the world"

🗣️Protist friends! I'm looking to put together a list of key protistology resources for new students joining the lab. What are some of your favourite papers???
🧪 #protistsonsky

New preprint alert!

We developed an automated framework to optimize tracking pipelines for bacteria, along with a nice integration of tools for bacteria imaging, in the recently released TrackMate 8 (Fiji plugin).
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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image of the OpenFlexure Microscope on the left. On the right, our adapted live-cell imaging openflexure microscope with cradle to negate vibrations inside an existing incubator

Unleashing live-cell imaging for the masses!
Adapting the OpenFlexure Microscope for Affordable Live-Cell Imaging www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Fits into existing incubators for time-lapse experiments & feeds into existing bioimaging analysis pipelines.
Thanks @wellcometrust.bsky.social funding

Research Group Leader Do you want to lead groundbreaking research in computational biology? Join us at EMBL-EBI! EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is seeking talented and highly-motivated scientists to jo...

We are hiring for group leaders again — EBI is a great place to start your research group!

embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin...

Institut Pasteur (@pasteur.fr) is recruiting new young PIs to open new groups in the Institute. Deadline is February 9th! Don't miss the opportunity!

Full Professor and Chair Laboratory of Biophysics We are looking for a Full Professor in the Biophysics chair group, part of Wageningen University & Research (WUR)

The Laboratory of Biophysics at Wageningen University & Research (NL) is looking for a new chair! Details here: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/f...

Interested in cell-cell communication and microscopy? We are searching for a motivated postdoctoral researcher to join Münster! Please Apply! @uni-muenster.de

Researcher (postdoctoral level) in Bioimaging, 1.4.2026–31.08.2028

Job 1: Postdoc in Bioimaging 🖥️🔬

We are looking for a method developer at the interface of Bioimaging, microscopy, deep learning, and image analysis.

Ideally, you love Biological images, Python 🐍, open-source software, and "smart" microscopy.

Apply here: abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...

CELL MIGRATION LAB We study cell migration in health and disease

🚨 We are hiring TWO postdocs to join the Cell Migration Lab (cellmig.org) 🇫🇮 as part of the new Centre of Excellence in Immune–Endothelial Interfaces (IMMENs).
Join us to decode immune regulation & develop next-gen imaging tools! 🧪🔬
Details in thread 🧵👇
#ScienceSky #Postdoc #AcademicJobs Please RT🫶

My collaborator at University of Copenhagen, Anders Garm, is looking for a 3 year postdoc to work on bioluminescence, neurobiology and ecology of ctenophores. More information here:
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Visual with sea elements, with text on visual saying: "Have your say on EU Ocean Observation"

European Ocean Observation Initiative: We are open for feedback!

Share your views on the future of marine knowledge and help shape this initiative crucial for everyone relying on the ocean.

#EUHaveYourSay until 27 February 2026 → link.europa.eu/hwcfJv

#EUOceanPact

Phytoplankton: Garant für Biodiversität auf hoher See - Die ganze Doku | ARTE Bei der Bestimmung von Schutzgebieten auf hoher See spielt die Forschung eine wichtige Rolle. Sie untersucht zum Beispiel, wie Klimawandel und Überfischung die natürliche Nahrungskette in der Hohen Se...

Die lebenswichtigen Funktionen der Hohen See für das weltweite Klimageschehen - und wie beim
@icbm-uol.bsky.social in #Wilhelmshaven Phytoplankton untersucht wird.
www.arte.tv/de/videos/13...

📢 20 postdoctoral positions (full-time, 4 years) for outstanding female scientists 👩‍🔬 🔬 @univie.ac.at

The E-STEEM programme call opens January 7th, 2026 and closes March 3rd, 2026.
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...

I participate as a host...

Registration deadline is fast approaching for the "Host adaptations to viral infections” Meeting May 10th-13th, 2026, at the CNRS Station Biologique de Roscoff, Brittany, France! JOIN US and the many amazing speakers! JOIN US!

sites.google.com/berkeley.edu...

Laboratory Engineer (Senior), in Advanced Imaging, 1.5.2026-31.12.2028

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨

We have an opening at our Microscopy Core Facility in Turku 🇫🇮.
If you love imaging 🔬 and helping scientists succeed, we want you! 👇

abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...

#Microscopy #ScienceJobs #CoreFacility #Imaging
@turkubioscience.bsky.social

Auxenochlorella: the green algal reference we’ve been waiting for In biology, we use reference organisms to study, test, and observe natural phenomena. The ideal reference is one whose behavior represents a broad range of

Auxenochlorella UTEX250A, the first green algae with HR academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

You don’t need a brain to benefit from a good night of sleep. Despite lacking a central nervous system, jellyfish and sea anemones have sleep patterns remarkably similar to those of humans, researchers report.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/3NgeAEQ

Bürokratie: Steuergelder fließen oft zu großem Teil in Anträge statt Forschung

„The costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.“ Überbordendes Antragswesen in der Wissenschaft - und die Folgen: Viel Geld für Bürokratie, wenig für Forschung. Interview mit Gerald Schweiger TU Wien. www.deutschlandfunk.de/buerokratie-... 1/2

Professurship (W2) in Microbiology - Regensburg (Stadt), Bayern (DE) job with Universität Regensburg | 12851113 UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   The Faculty of Biology and Pre-Clinical Medicine invites applications for a   Professurship (W2) in Microbiology   To be...

A new year brings new opportunities: we are looking to fill a permanent professorship position with a Microbiologist preferably with expertise on archaeal biology, RNA biology or imaging techniques to unravel cell biology in prokaryotes! Please share and/or apply :)! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Major heat wave in the North Atlantic had widespread and lasting impacts on marine life | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication We create vector graphics of model organisms and emerging biological research organisms to enhance our publications. We’re sharing these editable graphics under a CC0 license for other scientists to...

A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication

Introducing Cyclically Multiplexed Expansion Microscopy (Cy-ExM): a workflow for 3D nanoscale, high-plex imaging in whole cells. Cryo-preserved ultrastructure + iterative labeling + expansion microscopy → 20 targets in one dataset with ~70 nm lateral resolution.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Tenure track group leader position Experimental freshwater ecologist (f/m/x) at Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB) im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. We're looking for: Tenure track group leader position Experimental freshwater ecologist (f/m/x) (Full Time) • Müggelseedamm 301, 12587 Berlin, Deutschland

Job alert 🚨

Tenure track group leader position Experimental freshwater ecologist (f/m/x) (Deadline 26/03/15) @igb-berlin.de

karriere-igb.softgarden.io/job/61714387...

And some parting #protist shots - two giant acantharians hand-collected with prey inside (a copepod and maybe a foram) - crazy to see a copepod being digested by an acanth, so curious how the acanth managed to catch it! #microbialsky #microsky #christmasatsea ❤️🌊

Finally, we’ve solved a long-standing mystery: what tintinnid shells are actually made of:
A new class of biomaterial formed by remarkable structural proteins unique to tintinnids.
A major milestone after 3 years of work! Read about it in our preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202...
#ProtistsOnSky

I will be recruiting two postdocs early next year.
- One image analyst
- one biologist interested in working on lymphatics!

Reach out if you are interested 👍