Evolution of developmental processes. Associate Professor @OxfordBiology & Fellow @JesusOxford. @SteventonLab, @CRGenomica & #embryo17 alumna. Working mother.
Oxford, England
Joined May 2011
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I am recruiting an #ERC funded PostDoc to work on the evolution of vertebral counts in Lake Malawi cichlids. This is an experimental project & you should have experience generating reporter lines, live-imaging & experimental embryology.
Apply by 25th Feb.
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📢 Applications are open for our Independent Research Fellowship Mentorship Programme!
To support promising early career researchers to submit fellowship applications and move towards research independence. Details if you’re looking to make the move 👇
bit.ly/BioIRF
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Applications are currently open for UNIQ 2025.
UNIQ helps support UK state-school students from underrepresented backgrounds prepare for university, with support through the application process to help take those first steps to university life.
uniq.ox.ac.uk/
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Come to Tokyo March 2026 for the limb conference! Honored to be sharing the keynote space with Cliff Tabin and Ken Poss.
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Interested in doing a PhD on modelling the dynamics of a differentiation wavefront in the Arabidopsis root @mpipz_cologne ? Just a few weeks left to apply!
We’re #hiring, please RT! Our #IMPRS @mpipz_cologne & @UniCologne recruits 7 PhD students. We look for candidates with a keen interest in experimental & computational plant biology to join us in 2025!
Find details at mpipz.mpg.de/imprs/imprs-app… and apply by Jan 5.
#PlantSciJobs
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🚨 It's 5 WEEKS until the DPhil Biology deadline!
If you or anyone you know has been thinking about a PhD, now's the last chance to get in touch with supervisors before the winter break
We have 29 exciting projects spanning the biosciences 👇
bit.ly/DPhilBiol
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Very excited about this happening at the Crick in Feb. Paired theory-experiment talks are a great way to see how interdisciplinary projects play out. Don't miss it!
📢 Only few more days left to submit an abstract for #INTERPHACE2025 at @TheCrick or get an early-bird ticket! - deadline 13th Dec
Don't miss out on presenting your work in an interdisciplinary environment, network, or maybe even find new collaborators?
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Only 3 days left to apply! Postdoc positions available in the Röper lab at the University of Cambridge! @PDN_Cambridge Discover the role that supracellular cytoskeletal assemblies and crosstalk play in sculpting organs in Drosophila or human organoids in culture!
Links below!
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Thrilled to announce that our lab is relocating to the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society @maxplanckpress and @MPI_Bio in winter 2025. We’ll have open positions— please help us spread the word and stay tuned for more updates! 🐸 🐁 🥳
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It's 8 WEEKS until the deadline to apply for a DPhil project! ⏰
The winter break is coming up quickly so it's time to get in touch with supervisors. We also have five extra projects that have gone up since we first posted 👇
bit.ly/DPhilBiol
Join us for our DPhil in Biology!
If the big question of 'should I do a PhD?' is on your mind, we have projects that span the biosciences to serve as inspiration. If you know someone who's considering a PhD, send them over! 👇
bit.ly/DPhilBiol
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Registration is open for a Symposium on “Cells and Embryos: #NotInTheGenes” in La Pedrera, Barcelona. 18/19 of September 2025.
Attendance is free but you need to register shorturl.at/77Wqn
Stembryo lab @UPFbiomed @ERC_Research
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My entire team wrote an opinion paper about Common misconceptions of speciation research. Each section is written by 1-2 team members. The bulk of the writing happened during two writing retreats. It was a lot of fun and I am very happy with the result. academic.oup.com/evolinnean/…
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Last but not least: come see @BertaVerd and Ben Steventon's talk about the inference of gene-regulatory networks! 🚨
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This course changes lives. If you are serious about a career in #devbiol, you should apply! Generous fellowships are available so don’t be shy, apply!!!
Embryology: Concepts and Techniques in Modern Developmental Biology 🧫 🧬 🔬 🦠
June 1 – July 15, 2025
Deadline: January 22, 2025
go.mbl.edu/embryology
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A biologist and a mathematician walk into @TheCrick - Curious what happens?
Register now for #INTERPHACE2025!
✨Organised by ECRs for ECRs & everyone else
✨Early-bird & 2 for 1 deals!
✨Abstract submission deadline extended to 13/12
✨Great line-up of confirmed speakers ⬇️
I'd go work with Tom if I was starting my PhD/Postdoc now!
🚨 Job alert in theory/devbio/mathbio 🚨Official applications for PhD/postdoc opportunities in the Hiscock lab are now live! Check out twhiscock.github.io/ for links. Deadline 10 November.
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🚨 Job alert in theory/devbio/mathbio 🚨Official applications for PhD/postdoc opportunities in the Hiscock lab are now live! Check out twhiscock.github.io/ for links. Deadline 10 November.
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Come to Berlin! This is a wonderful 💫 place 💫 & opportunity! Feel free to get in touch in case you have questions!
Deadline November 1st! Call for Applications: College for Life Sciences #fellowships 2025/26 for early career researchers in #lifesciences, natural sciences, medicine, psychology; residencies of 3 to 5 months at @wiko_berlin
wiko-berlin.de/en/becoming-a… #CFA #postdoc
