In this unique episode, Hend (Hend Abu-Elmakarem) and Julie (@grossesommer) chat with Prof. Jim Kaufman, Dr. Nisha Philip, @LoeskeKruuk, and Helen Alexander about what they think has changed in Academia throughout their scientific careers. #AcademicTwitter Edinburgh Infectious Diseases Behavioural Ecology @ Edinburgh

Really fun episode this month on beetles and their intricate parenting behaviours! Would your parents give you more attention if they had more food?

Training the next generation of Interdiciplinary Scientists. Applications for the 2023 Wellcome 4 year PhD programme in Integrated Cell Mechanisms (iCM) are now open! Join the next cohort on this innovative PhD Programme. For more info see wcb.ed.ac.uk/iCMPhD #phd #phdlife

Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD Be the eminent researcher your spam emails believe you are

“The floor is Microsoft Excel” me, a data scientist: x.com/jonslater37/st…

New day, new The University of Edinburgh BBC News (UK) People and Money story Warnings from all levels of the University fell on deaf ears of the Senior Leadership team Unfortunately, it is the PhD students, those who can least afford it, who are being most affected bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

Fantastic PhD programme in a beautiful city, 10/10 would recommend

Thank you to everyone who attended the BioPod recruitment event. We’re thrilled to see new Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh faces eager to join the team. Watch this space for more!✨🎙️

The good news is that there's no evidence that the effects of Covid last longer than 40 months.

Who do you go to for help when you’re applying for a visa, finding accommodation, questions about your #PhD milestones - with a side of cute dog and cat photos? Tune in tomorrow to find out in the new episode of our #PhDadvice series!

Spring has definitely arrived in Scotland once it reaches all the way to King’s Buildings King's Buildings

SPIKED: Stanford Placebo vs Intraop Ketamine Evaluated for Depression. We masked ketamine with surgical anesthesia in depressed patients. Full details now published, peer review pending. Huge antidepressant response in both groups. Theresa Lii, M.D. 1st auth bit.ly/3LMAueK

insane thing about academia is so many people believe things just because they sound interesting to say

A girl, roughly 8 years old while we’re boarding a flight: “facial coverings required - what is this, 1993?” Best thing I overheard in a while. Sometimes I too forget that it hasn’t been 30 years of this.

New episode OUT NOW! In this fascinating biotech episode, Liz Gaberdiel learns all about the start-up @bioOgi from its CTO Prof. Teuta Pilizota. The company’s automated #bioreactor enables easy and time-saving #microbial culturing. #biotechnology #startups Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh Centre for Engineering Biology

Excited to start the first session of the 91st Harden Conference on Single Molecule Bacteriology! Conference spam tweets to follow shortly #BiochemEvent

Fantastic keynote talk by Mariana Pinho @PinhoLab demonstrating a cool application for Fluorescent Lifetime Imaging Measurements (FLIM) to study single-molecule protein interactions! #BiochemEvent

Enjoying a drink after an exciting first day at the single-molecule bacteriology conference Biochemical Society Particular highlight was a talk by Ferdinand Greiss on transcription in cell-free system.

Science chats with a view at the #BiochemEvent Single-Molecule Bacteriology conference. The sun decided to show up on the last day!

Scientists with their dogs: Richard Feynman, Albert Einstein, Erwin Schrödinger, Ivan Pavlov