NPAW Rising Star Series🌟

Some Alport Syndrome mutations act like a premature 🛑sign, causing cells to quit building collagen halfway.
Dr. Kohei Omachi (@riken-bdr.bsky.social) makes tRNAs that read past it.

#NPAW2026 #MatrixBiology #RisingStars #LovePostdocs

📽️ youtu.be/hqNz43QvsbU

#PostdocAppreciationWeek #LovePostdocs #NPAW2026

@hls.exeter.ac.uk @ecehh.org @willhgaze.bsky.social @climarnetwork.bsky.social @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk @doctoralexeter.bsky.social @gsiexeter.bsky.social

NPAW Rising Star Series🌟

Alport syndrome is a typo in a collagen gene & the kidney's filter comes apart.
Dr @decker-st.bsky.social from @utah.edu studies what happens next, and how mitochondria get dragged in.👨‍🔬🥼

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#LovePostdocs Meet the scientist,: Dr Claudia Smith postdoc in the Neurochemistry Research Group. In this short video she talks about her research on traumatic brain injury and the mix between lab and computational work. #https://youtu.be/HcsRBQ3hEzw?si=5qIIm4bfkOuwI8v7

Adelaide Young is chair of the POstDoctoral Society (PODS) at IGC, which helps postdoctoral & early-career researchers in career development, networking & developing collaborations, as well as providing opportunities to socialise. Read more about her role 👉 edin.ac/4xDPotD #NPAW2026 #LovePostdocs

NPAW Rising Stars Series🌟

What goes wrong in the bone marrow matrix in Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)?👀
Dr. @akbains.bsky.social studies how faulty stromal signaling reshapes the #ECM in MDS.

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#LovePostdocs Meet the scientist, Shaline Fazal: youtu.be/RfSw2SDvWY4
Shaline is the Lab manager for the Barker Lab. Her team explores neurodegenerative disorders of the brain such as Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease.

Happy Postdoc Appreciation Week! 🪅

Celebrating one of our amazing postdocs this week – Dr Thomas O'Shea-Wheller, a Research Fellow from @uniexecec.bsky.social.

#PostdocAppreciationWeek #LovePostdocs #NPAW2026

@cornwall.exeter.ac.uk @doctoralexeter.bsky.social @gsiexeter.bsky.social

For our next profile to celebrate #NPAW2026, we speak to Jana Travnickova, who studies melanoma.
"I work with both zebrafish and cells and it is usually them which decide the schedule of my day."
Read more here 👉 edin.ac/4hHhrn1
@cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social
#LovePostdocs

Professor Prada will see you now.

ASMB President Tom Barker stars in our National Postdoc Appreciation Week message, with a supporting cast of very patient postdocs. 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🔬🧪
No postdocs were harmed in the making of this video.😛
#NPAW2026 #LovePostdocs

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"There really isn’t a typical day, which is one of the things I like about the job."
Today, as part of #NPAW2026, we speak to Carolina Uggenti who studies rare genetic conditions in which the immune system becomes active when it shouldn’t.
Read more here 👉 edin.ac/4y3uqFm
#LovePostdocs

At Development, we #LovePostdocs. For #NPAW2026, we highlight our 2026 cohort of Pathway to Independence fellows. Read about their unique journeys as they work to secure independent positions, their excitement about the latest advances in their fields & the advice they have received along the way.

A huge thank you to all the postdocs for everything you do — your dedication, creativity, curiosity and hard work make a real difference!

Join the celebratory events this week: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/doc...

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Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week!!! #NPAW2026
We start today with a great talk on The Changing Landscape of Postdoc Careers with Martina Diehl and Holly Prescott and panelists.
Thank you Postdocs and enjoy! #LovePostdocs
uk-postdoc-appreciation-week.webnode.co.uk

📢 Calling @medsci.ox.ac.uk and @mplsoxford.bsky.social Postdocs!

Meet fellow postdocs, eat free pizza and get a brief update on services to support you and your research.

📅 Thur. 24 Sep.
🕐 12.30-14.00
🔗 go.glam.ox.ac.uk/postdoc_lunch

#Postdoc #LovePostdocs #NPAW2026