BioFAIR @biofair.bsky.social BioFAIR: a new Digital Research Infrastructure for UK life science researchers
Dr Jenny Dunn @jennycdunn.bsky.social Birds, parasites, vectors. Researcher and lecturer. Thoughts often random, always mine. Owned by two loopy labradors 🏳️🌈 #LincolnSwans
Rosie Parkin @rosieparkin.bsky.social PhD candidate at @sheffielduni.bsky.social investigating the genetic basis of altitude adaptation in Heliconius butterflies
Yannick Wurm @yannickwurm.bsky.social Ants, pollinators, evolution, genomes. Prof @ Queen Mary U London, Founder @ Pragmatic Genomics & Pollinatework
https://wurmlab.com
https://sequenceserver.com - Genomic results fast
https://sensibee.io - Pollinator monitoring for the 21st century
Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) @aria-research.bsky.social Empowering scientists to reach for the edge of the possible
www.aria.org.uk
Claire Turner @claireyt.bsky.social Wellcome Career Development Fellow, University of Sheffield and the Florey Institute working on streptococci. #SpyLab #StrepA
BADGER Project @badgerproject.bsky.social Wildlife disease research
Ecology · genomics · demography · data science
Evidence-led research on badgers, bTB & disease dynamics
University-led project
@jessdunn.bsky.social @jessdunn.bsky.social BBSRC Fellow 🌾🌱
Plant scientist at The University of Sheffield
Peter Price @petedp.bsky.social Postdoc in the Wright lab at TUoS focused on the evolution of sex.
ellieevolves.bsky.social @ellieevolves.bsky.social All things mobile genetic elements, rhizobia-legume interactions and bacterial evolution
Andy Nisbet @andynisbet.bsky.social
John Warren @botanyjohninaber.bsky.social Ex-academic, botanist, small-holder, author and part of the botanical university challenge crew
Clemens Küpper @chorlnev.bsky.social Interested in Biodiversity and why there is so much variation out there. Evolution, Genetics, Behaviour, Ecology, Conservation, nowadays also Physiology. Studying Waders/Shorebirds. Currently at Max Planck BI.
Luis-Miguel Chevin @lmchev.bsky.social A bit of modeling, a bit of experiments, lots of evolution. Researcher
@cnrs @cefemontpellier
Chris Knight @knightjar.bsky.social Evolutionary genetics: microbes, microbial communities, models; academic at the University of Manchester
@ghada-fhaid.bsky.social @ghada-fhaid.bsky.social
Melanie Brien @melbrien.bsky.social Research Fellow at University of Helsinki
~ Evolution, genomics, lepidoptera, all things colour🦋
PI helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/colourful-insect-genomics
Bettina Thalinger @bettinathal.bsky.social she/her
Group Leader | TRIDENT | WasserCluster Lunz
@trident-wcl.bsky.social
#eDNA & #ecology of #fishes #birds #whales #arthropods plus some #trophicInteractions
⛰️ & 🌊 lover
http://eWHALE.eu & @ewhale-dna.bsky.social
Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social Scientist at Moredun Research Institute working on ruminant parasites, especially field studies, host resilience, immunity and sustainable worm control.
Umberto Albarella STOP THE GENOCIDE! @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social Father, Green, Pacifist, Nonviolent, Anarchist, Archaeologist, Anti-fascist, Anti-racist, Unionist, Women rights, Gay rights, Trans rights, Refugees welcome, No-borders, Respect the animals, Jazz, Wildlife, Humanity.
Ian Sudbery @iansudbery.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics at the University of Sheffield. Likes gene regulation, 3' UTRs, non-coding RNA and dancing. He/Him/His
Also at IanSudbery@genomic.social
@hisoph.bsky.social @hisoph.bsky.social
Nova Mieszkowska @marclim-uk.bsky.social Marine biologist and PI of the MarClim project. Anthropogenic impacts on marine biodiversity; research,knowledge exchange, conservation https://www.mba.ac.uk/staff/dr-nova-mieszkowska/ https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/people/nova-mieszkowska/research
Tin Hang (Henry) Hung 洪天恒 @hung.bio forest scientist & croucher fellow @biology.ox.ac.uk
honorary fellow @liverpooluni.bsky.social
chair @bes-egg.bsky.social
#natgeo explorer
30under30 @forbes.com
ex-fellow @somervillecollege.bsky.social
he/佢/他 🏳️🌈🇭🇰
BES Ecological Genetics Group @bes-egg.bsky.social since 1956
Florey Institute of Infection | University of Sheffield @floreyinstitute.bsky.social Understanding infectious diseases at every level of human interaction to improve health outcomes around the world.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/florey-institute
@ravinderkanda.bsky.social @ravinderkanda.bsky.social
Nicola Nadeau @nicolanadeau.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist @sheffielduni.bsky.social
Committee member @gensocuk.bsky.social
(views my own)
https://nadeau-lab.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/
Rich Grenyer @grenyer.bsky.social Biodiversity scientist at the University of Oxford; Fellow @JesusOxford. Conservation planning, computing and consequences. Reluctant user of algorithmic social media.
Bernd Hänfling @berndhae.bsky.social Director of the Institute for Biodiversity and Freshwater Conservation @UHI Inverness. Molecular Ecologist with a broad interest in anything aquatic but mainly fish. #eDNA
Terry Burke @terryburke.bsky.social
Joe Llanos @joellanos.bsky.social Ecologist working in policy. May start talking about soil...
Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology @drn-sheffield.bsky.social Research Cluster in the School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, UK
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/research/areas/development-regeneration-and-neurophysiology
Lucy Barnard @barnardlucy.bsky.social PhD Student at the University of Sheffield, studying epigenetic ageing in Wild Soay Sheep
🔭🐑
Thomas Guillerme @tguillerme.bsky.social Macroevolution, macroecology, phylogenetics, palaeontology, beer taxonomy and unplanned stuff. He/him. Mainly on @TGuillerme@mastodon.social
Soay Sheep Project @soaysheep.bsky.social Bleats about all things Soay Sheep: field, research, puns 🐑
Home of the long term study of the Soay Sheep of St Kilda, Scotland 🏝️
Also check out our instagram: www.instagram.com/soaysheep/
and website: https://soaysheep.bio.ed.ac.uk/
🔭🐏
British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org We are working towards a world inspired by ecology in which nature and people thrive.
Natasha de Vere @ndevere.bsky.social Biodiversity scientist focusing on plant-pollinator interactions & plant diversity 🌿🌸🐝 especially using eDNA, metabarcoding & museomics 🧬 Full Professor & Curator of Botany, NHM Denmark, University of Copenhagen.
Prof. Elizabeth Clare @profbatgirl.bsky.social Molecular Ecologist, Field Biologist at York University Ontario, wildlife photographer, bat biologist, mum, eDNA from the air
www.yorku.ca/professor/eclare/
Host of the BioAudio teaching podcast
bioaudio.buzzsprout.com/2234324
Clare Cowgill @clarecowgill.bsky.social Nature lover 🌿 | PhD researcher at Hull University | Rewild cluster | Using eDNA to study rewilding 🦫 |
She/ her
Si Creer @profsicreer.bsky.social Professor of Molecular Ecology, Bangor University, UK
Joe Taylor @joedtaylor.bsky.social Molecular ecologist @UKCEH work with
#Protists, #Algae, #Fungi, #Bacteria, #eDNA in soil and freshwater.
Allan McDevitt @shrewgod.bsky.social Lecturer in ATU 🇮🇪 Shrews are my thing but work on all sorts of critters across land and water! Molecular ecologist by trade, doing a lot of eDNA work these days! Lab website: https://sites.google.com/view/mcdevittlab/home
Lori Lawson Handley @lorihandley.bsky.social #Molecular ecology, #eDNA, #invasive species, #freshwater, #citizen_science, #rewilding, #birdnerd, #nature_journaling, #wildlife_photography …
Daniel Read @danread.bsky.social Molecular Ecologist researching freshwater microbiology, AMR, eDNA and biodiversity. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH).
Lynsey Harper @lynseyrharper.bsky.social Freshwater and molecular ecologist | currently Natural England | Illinois Natural History Survey affiliate | EvoHull and Mariani Lab alum | #eDNA #metabarcoding #ponds #amphibians #mammals
Dr. Rosie Blackman @rosiecblackman.bsky.social Aquatic Ecologist. Senior scientist interested in biodiversity, spatio-temporal patterns and hydrological changes under global change.
Macroinvertebrates | Macrophytes | Flooding | Drought | Rivers
www.rosettablackman.com
Dr Simon Goodman @phoca-sapiens.bsky.social Evolutionary & conservation genomics, eDNA, parasites, disease ecology, marine mammal conservation. Seal nerd, co-chair IUCN Pinniped specialist group. University of Leeds, UK. 🦭🐳🧬🧪🌍 https://www.goodmanlab.org
The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social Marine Biodiversity, Ecology, Evolution, Ocean Conservation, Sustainability, DNA monitoring.
Made in Rome, Based in Liverpool.
Own views.
Equity, Inclusivity, Compassion, Justice. ✊🏽🇵🇸
www.mariani-lab.org
Dr Joanne Littlefair @jlittlefair.bsky.social UKRI Future Leaders Fellow & Lecturer at the People and Nature Lab, UCL. Researcher of biodiversity via eDNA. Secret fondness for fish and messing about on lakes. Proud mum and Londoner.
UKEOF UKDNA Working Group @ukdnawg.bsky.social We are a WG of @ukeof.bsky.social that facilitates collaboration between researchers, government agencies and other stakeholders for the uptake of #eDNA-based monitoring of #biodiversity. See https://ukeof.org.uk/our-work/ukdna for more info!
ProfColinBean @profcolinbean.bsky.social Freshwater fish biologist - big on rare species, their ecology and conservation. Also known to dabble in non-native species issues. Personal account and all views are entirely my own. Leantóir Celtic FC 🍀
Alex Papadopulos @metallophyte.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist in Wales
Rory Cooper @rorylcooper.bsky.social Evo-devo biologist investigating the emergence of patterns in diverse embryos. Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield 🐊 🦈 🐥
https://linktr.ee/rorylcooper
Molecular Microbiology, University of Sheffield @molmicrosheffield.bsky.social A multi-disciplinary research cluster studying the machinery of microbial life - from their fine molecular structure to interactions with their hosts and the environment.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/research/areas/molecular-microbiology
Bobby Caine @bc247.bsky.social Editorial Advisor at Plants, People, Planet 🌿🫂🌍. Senior Research Associate at The University of Sheffield in the Croft Lab 🍃💧📸🛰☀️🌾
UK Environmental Observation Framework @ukeof.bsky.social The UK Environmental Observation Framework works collaboratively to maximise the value of the UK's environmental observations | ukeof.org.uk
PacBio @pacbio.bsky.social Our mission is to enable the promise of genomics to better human health by creating the world’s most advanced sequencing technologies.
Oxford Nanopore @nanoporetech.com 🌍Direct DNA/RNA analysis for anyone, anywhere
🧬Short to ultra-long reads in real-time for rapid insights
🔬Products for research use only
Charles Michie @charlesmichie.bsky.social Oxford Brookes PhD Student - Studying ERVs in slow lorises
Hayley Beth Free @hayleybethfree.bsky.social Recently completed a PhD in evolutionary genomics researching transposable elements in frogs 🧬🐸 at Oxford Brookes University, ZSL & QMUL
Member of SMBE IDEA Task Force @smbe-idea.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/in/hayley-beth-free
she/her
Sheffield UCU @sheffielducu.bsky.social Updates from the University of Sheffield branch of the University and College Union.
Join us today: join.ucu.org.uk
Website: ucu.group.shef.ac.uk
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uosucu/
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sheffield-ucu-399b5240a
George Lister Cawood @georgelistercawood.bsky.social He/Him 🏳️🌈 🟥🟪🟦
State educated, first-generation, BBRSC White Rose PhD Student
Interested in internal and external stratgeies plants use to adapt to biotic stress.
Chris Toseland @christoseland.bsky.social Prof. Cancer Biophysics at University of Sheffield.
Investigating Nuclear Myosin, Nuclear Organisation and Mechanobiology in Cancer with single molecule Biophysics
Web: Toseland-lab.com
EMBL-EBI Training @training.ebi.embl.org Delivering world-class bioinformatics training in data-driven life sciences virtually and onsite at EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute in Hinxton, UK.
www.ebi.ac.uk/training
Wild Justice @wildjustice.bsky.social Award-winning not-for-profit org fighting for nature conservation in the UK via legal challenges, public campaigns & focused research.
Led by CEO @bobelliot.bsky.social & Directors @chrisgpackham.bsky.social & @ruthtingay.bsky.social
wildjustice.org.
Adam Hannan Parker @adamahp.bsky.social DNA (de)methylation and plant immune memory 🌱🧠
Postdoctoral researcher, Ton Lab, University of Sheffield
Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social Microbial evolution / University of Manchester
Jamie Hall @jpjhall.bsky.social microbiology // evolution // mobile genetic elements
🏫 University of Liverpool, UK
🦠 www.andthemicrobes.org
💻 www.jpjhall.net
M Gemmell @m-gemmell.bsky.social Bioinformatician, educator, and game enthusiast
Website: https://m-gemmell.github.io/
GitHub: https://github.com/m-gemmell
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattie-matthew-gemmell-b562a0b8/
itch.io: https://m-gemmell.itch.io/
Steve Paterson @scottishwormboy.bsky.social Grumpy Scotsman. Mostly here for the science. Genomics of infectious disease, evolution and environmental science. University of Liverpool pays the salary but views are my own.
NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social Our expertise and equipment in environmental omics is available to researchers from the UK, and to train those at the start of their careers.
https://neof.org.uk/
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter: http://eepurl.com/heBOiX
Dina-Leigh Simons @dinathebiologist.bsky.social Marine biologist and science communicator 🌍👩🏽🔬 | PGR at University of Liverpool, UK | she/her #FirstGen | eDNA, climate change, intertidal, conservation marketing | https://www.dinathebiologist.com/
Genetics Society UK @gensocuk.bsky.social The Genetics Society was founded by William Bateson & Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1919 & is one of the oldest learned societies devoted to Genetics in the world.
Mirre Simons @mirresimons.bsky.social Biologist studying why all life slowly deteriorates to eventually cause death #drosophila #science #aging https://simons-lab.sites.sheffield.ac.uk
Stuart A Campbell @evoeco.bsky.social Ecologist & evolutionary biologist at the University of Sheffield.
Fond of insects, plants, photography, wilderness and evidence-based everything.
Web: https://campbell-lab.sites.sheffield.ac.uk
Tori Herridge @toriherridge.bsky.social 🏛Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield 🎓PhD Evolutionary Biology🏝Islands 🐘Elephants🦣Mammoths🦷Teeth ⚒️1/4 of TrowelBlazers 📰EiC Open Quaternary 🎥🎙Presenter. Expcet typos.
Luke Dunning @luketdunning.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist at @SheffieldUni interested in genomics, rapid adaptation & lateral gene transfer in grasses. @NERCscience IRF
Matt Newton @mattdnewton.bsky.social Group Leader at The University of Sheffield. Wellcome ECA Funded. Single-molecule Biophysics, DNA Damage Repair, Genomic Instability, Telomeres, CRISPR/Cas9, Optical-tweezers, Supercoiling, Topology, AFM, smFRET, DNA-protein Interactions. 🧬
Dan J. Hayman @danjhayman.bsky.social Using Drosophila to investigate the role of RNA splicing in ageing
Vivensa Foundation ECR Fellow at the Unviersity of Sheffield, hosted in the Simons Lab. PhD in ncRNAs in ageing from the Young Lab at Newcastle University with CIMA.
The University of Sheffield @sheffielduni.bsky.social We're a QS World Ranking Top 100 University changing lives through education and research since 1905.
linktr.ee/sheffield
Saima Shahid @psaima.bsky.social Interested in #SmallRNA #Transposons #ParasiticPlants #InterspeciesRNAi #plantscience. Lecturer @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Lab: shahidlab.github.io
Dylan Childs @dzchilds.bsky.social Professor of Population Biology & School Director of Education @ University of Sheffield
tomjwebb @tomjwebb.bsky.social Professional marine biodiversity data scientist and academic @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Amateur dad, musician, natural historian, cricketer, kayaker, gardener, cook, haver of opinions.
Rob Fagan @robfagan.bsky.social Lead for Molecular Microbiology @sheffielduni.bsky.social
@molmicrosheffield.bsky.social
#SEN parent, #AngelmanSyndrome
Clostridial cell biology, AMR & bacteriophage structure and function
He/Him
https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/fagan-lab/
Maria Val Martin @mvalmartin.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at Univ of Sheffield | Climate Change Mitigation | Air Quality | Mum of 3 | 🌍 @PPS_UoS @lc3m_cdr
Sam Amsbury @samamsbury.bsky.social Group leader at University of Sheffield PPS, looking at cell wall structure/ function in plants and fungi
Plant Scientist | Glycobiology | Cell Walls | Plant Stress tolerance | Zymoseptoria
Father |Cymraeg | Sport | Books | Allotment| Bad Woodworking
David Strutt @struttlab.bsky.social Cell and developmental biology at the University of Sheffield unravelling the mysteries of planar polarity using Drosophila
Matt Johnson @profmattjohnson.bsky.social Group leader at University of Sheffield, photosynthesis 🌱☀️, plant physiology, biochemistry and structural biology 🔬🇪🇺🇬🇧 www.Sheffield.ac.uk/photosynthesis
Dan Bose @danbose.bsky.social scientist (enhancers, eRNAs, IDRs and chromatin), Group Leader; bike-fettling, bird-watching, sword dancing, accordion-botherer
www.bose-lab.org
@danbose@biologists.social
Bose Lab Sheffield @bose-lab.bsky.social Working on mechanistic enhancer biology at the University of Sheffield, UK.
Part of Sheffield Nucleic Acids Institute and Centre for Single Molecule Biology
See also @danbose.bsky.social
Hannes Maib @maiblab.bsky.social Recent PI and Wellcome Trust fellow at the University of Sheffield. Combining microscopy with membrane reconstitution and cell biology. Lover of Phosphoinositides and rock climbing
Jim Rowe @botanicaljim.bsky.social Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield. Interested in how ABA patterns control water fluxes in leaves using ABA biosensors and image analysis.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/academic-staff/people/jim-rowe
Rainero lab @erainerolab.bsky.social We are in @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social, School of Biosciences at the University of Sheffield. We are interested in understanding how the extracellular matrix controls cancer cell migration, growth and metabolism. @plosbiology.org Editorial Board Member
Anestis Tsakiridis @tsakiridis.bsky.social Research group leader and Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield. Stem cells, embryonic development, disease modelling, regenerative medicine: https://www.tsakiridislab.com/
Helen Matthews @helenkmatthews.bsky.social Cell biologist
Group leader & Sir Henry Dale Fellow at the University of Sheffield
Cell shape, cytoskeleton and mechanics in cancer
Cancer researcher who had #breastcancer
https://www.helenmatthewslab.org/
@mcb-sheffield.bsky.social @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil @sheffieldpps.bsky.social Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil cluster in the School of Biosciences @sheffielduni.bsky.social
Focus on #Plants & #Soil & their interactions with the #environment across all scales, from fundamental #mechanisms to #ecology