Bhagyashree Mulay

I really like this new article on psychological safety (a belief that we can speak up, take risks & make mistakes without fear of being judged, humiliated or punished) at work. It sets out a series of activities/approaches that all of us can use to build psychological safety in our teams. These include: - Manual of Me - Team Charter - Lifelife - Activity from Google that ranks sources of anxiety - 5-word Fridays - Team temperature check uxdesign.cc/creating-psych…. By @ChristinaLai1, via @Elaineking91. A link to an archived version of the article, in case the above link doesn't work for you: archive.ph/VDr0k

@RaRodea16 @YKulathu @MSCActions @UKRI_News @mrcppu Congratulations 🥂!

Delighted to say I have been awarded a MSCA/UKRI funded postdoctoral fellowship to investigate UFMylation at specific sites with @YKulathu . Looking forward to having a new favourite UBL. @MSCActions @UKRI_News @mrcppu

@ZJAyres This sentiment resonates with all women.

@AndreaMusacchi1 @frances94354144 very succinctly put indeed

1/ Short 🧵 on elections and felon candidates for all my American fellas. I am Italian and I lived through the Berlusconi era. In a lot of ways Berlusconi was to Italy what Trump is to the USA. If you want to know what will happen, look at Italy 20 years ago.

Excited to see this collaborative effort in its final stage @JuaSchweig1 @AndreaMusacchi1 @MarionPesenti

@AndreaMusacchi1 @suruchi_06 @ValentinaPian0 @sabrinaghetti @VCmentowski That’s a #dadjoke I didn’t see coming 🤣🤣

I am really excited to share that my PhD work is now up as a preprint on bioRxiv! 🎉🎉 Huge thanks to @AndreaMusacchi1 @ValentinaPian0 @sabrinaghetti @VCmentowski and Patricia for their amazing support! 🙏🙏

I’ve said it before and l’ll say it again, neglect is a form of trainee abuse. If you don’t have the bandwidth to effectively mentor, don’t take trainees. And if you see neglect, don’t say it’s due to busy PIs or big labs - that’s excusing bad behavior & discounting the trainee

@KopsLab @tatsuofukagawa1 Congratulations to all! 🥂

New #research from @notdatkndofdctr (@GertonJennifer Lab), published in @NatureComms explores the organization of human chromosomes at their centromeres—regions of #DNA typically located near the center, corresponding to the midpoint of the ‘X.’ MORE: bit.ly/46O36wh

RZZ-#Spindly complex & #CENPE (kinesin-7) are intimately connected & reciprocally required for their own #kinetochore recruitment, dynein/dynactin localization & expansion of the kinetochore fibrous corona @VCmentowski et al @MusacchioLab @AndreaMusacchi1 embopress.org/doi/full/10.15…

#hiring 3-Year Post-doc position available in our lab. Great project on serine #metabolism & #leukaemia funded by @bloodcancer_uk Background reading: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Please RT! Apply: jobs.ac.uk/job/DCL717/res… @UofGlasgow @UofGMVLS @UofGCancerSci @CRUK_BI @POG_LRC

I'm not sure who needs to hear this, but giving a mentee space is not: ❌ Ignoring mentee requests for feedback/help ❌ Being unavailable to meet ❌ Dropping the ball on critical deadlines (letters, applications, etc.) 👎 Neglect ≠ supporting independence

A sense of belonging. It reinforces us when things go wrong. It helps us thrive at work. It encourages us to take risk. Now, imagine this feeling is gone. Because… - Your contributions during project discussions are dismissed (or attributed to someone else). - You are asked to do simpler tasks because the advisor thinks you better do less challenging projects (resulting in smaller and less impactful contribution). - Your colleagues joke about your appearance, religion or background, often starting it with saying “don’t take it personally, but…” - Your colleagues discuss their work plans at informal networking events (local bar, restaurant, etc) and "forget" to invite you. - You concerns are dismissed (e.g. due to "being emotional"). And even if you achieve a lot, your accomplishments will not receive the recognition they deserve (“It’s because of your advisor” or “You were just fortunate to have had stellar colleagues”). Does it feel inclusive? Does it sound familiar? For many women in academia, this is the reality. As #PhD students and postdocs, they may dream about being faculties, flourishing with ideas and creativity, mentoring young students and making discoveries… But way too often, the academic environment clip their wings. “You dared too much. The dreams are just dreams. Keep them to yourself.” A sense of belonging is what makes us a community. And inclusivity is central to it. By being inclusive, you’re making the community stronger. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter @AcademicChatter

It's weird to me that people talk about "choosing to leave academia." Many #phds leave b/c they've been insulted, undervalued, underpaid, exploited, and have 0 real options left. Hell of a choice. @academicchatter

@aaandmoore Beautiful images

Mitosis montage. Orange = chromosomes 🧬, white = microtubules. Not all stages are represented, but left to right shows the general progression from prometaphase to late anaphase. These are max projections of HeLa cells (from deconvolved spinning disk stacks).

@AnneJoyful @AcademicChatter @PhDVoice Thank you for talking about this. Very relatable.

Pursuing an academic career when you come from no family wealth = living w major delays in life milestones & chronic stress from financial instability (for self & family) for nearly a decade. Structural barriers exist at every step of the process. 1/3 @AcademicChatter @PhDVoice

@Ruairidhe @KostasTokatlid @LesleyElesley @5edwards @m_liddell93 Congratulations 🎉

Well that’s a wrap! PhDone! Thank you to everyone for all their help and support over the years! Particularly my brilliant supervisor @KostasTokatlid and wonderful family! @LesleyElesley @5edwards @m_liddell93 (and my twitterless sister Lauren!)

I am happy to conclude my trilogy on Cas9 specificity with our new preprint from the @MartinJinek lab! We solved a staggering number (15!) of crystal structures of Cas9 bound to bona fide off-targets to investigate the nature of mismatch tolerance. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

My experience in grad school at this point of the semester be like: