Did a 10km “Wolf Run” on Saturday with friends. Lots of mud, water, climbing and other obstacles (including jumping off a bridge into a lake and swimming at the 7km mark). Thought I’d hate it but it was actually good fun and I’m already looking at the next one 😂 🐺 🏃‍♂️

Registered and abstract submitted! Hoping to present some newer work in the group connecting E3 ligases to TOR signalling and co-translational protein quality control 🌱 🧬

Farmers warn ‘crisis is building’ as record rainfall drastically reduces UK food production due to flooding (from April 10th)

theguardian.com/environment/20…

I love this meeting- very friendly crowd and always great speakers 🌱

Last time I checked it was…. STILL April 26th? 🤔

Lovely little thank you card and gift from two of my final year tutees 🥰

📢NEW #Preprint , Brainchild of Jose Julián with Alessia, Peng & our amazing collaborators. Topics covered #ATG8ylation , #cell_wall_damage , #vacuolar_quality_control , #mechanostasis . biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Intrigued? See the 🧵for a summary:

Call for Papers: 2024 Focus Issue on ‘Hypoxia and Plants’! This Focus Issue will curate a collection of original research articles providing new insights into the mechanisms of hypoxia sensing, signaling, and adaptation in. Submission Deadline: 06/24 buff.ly/40Q3oBz

academic.oup.com/plphys/pages/p…

Establishing an Engineering Biology Community at Birmingham University - IAS workshop event - Table 4

🏆 Uni of Birmingham are officially the first choice for the UK’s major employers, according to the latest High Fliers report 👏

Don't forget we are here to support our graduates with employers events, careers advice, mentoring and more.

birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/careers…

University reimbursement culture means you're regularly lending money to your employer, yet they never pay you back with interest.

It's frustrating that this is the norm in academia.

What's the situation at your workplace?

My jaw is on the floor 😧

Job alert‼️We are searching for a #postdoc to study the 'Manipulation of protein translation by bacteria'. If you're interested in #proteostasis , processing bodies, TOR, condensates & pathogens etc. apply ♻️ 🔬🦠 Please share 📢 More info here and below
theustunlab.com/positions/

Congratulations Orla Sherwood on passing your viva today! It was a pleasure to read and discuss your thesis, and sorry I couldn’t make it over to Dublin due to annoying issues Birmingham Airport last night. Enjoy your celebration 🎉

So yeah, I’m stuck in BHX right now and thinking it’s unlikely I will make it over to Dublin this eve where I’m supposed to be external examiner for a PhD viva tomorrow morning. 😢

Thiol dioxygenases: from structures to functions.
Review in Trends in Biochemical Sciences
Very useful review of these interesting enzymes from Monica Perri and Francesco Licausi
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…