Struggled to make it down to Exeter in previous years? This time the annual Galleria Mellonella Workshop is in London hosted by Evgenia Maslova 🤩🐛. Go learn all about fab burn wound model in use in the Ronan McCarthy lab and network with other Galleria users

The registration for #Galleriamellonella Workshop 2024 is closing tomorrow Fri 16th of August at noon (BST). A couple of places are still available! Find out more and register here: nc3rs.org.uk/events/galleri…

Couple of cool PhD opportunities at University of Exeter as part of @GW4BioMedDTP involving the #Galleria model, GMRC UK / thewakefieldlab or a combo of both for anybody interested in a bit of moth work!

The first is with Nic Harmer LSI Exeter looking at new therapies against ESKAPE pathogens using the Galleria larval infection model, and building on previous work from the Harmer lab and Jennie Campbell. gw4biomed.ac.uk/developing-new…

The second is with Khushboo Borah Slater at Exeter Biosciences where you'd be using a multidisciplinary approach to investigate oxysterol/oxylipin metabolism in TB to see if this pathway could be used to develop new treatments. gw4biomed.ac.uk/investigating-…

When they ask me what keeps me going in academia

Shiny new project. Do you have the time? No: --> Don't do it. Yes: --> No you don't.

Whoever developed the UKRI funding service submission portal needs to take a long, hard look at themselves

Moths that glow!! By James Pearce 🤩🐛 Read it here: doi.org/10.1101/2024.0…

The last part of my 2023 The National Centre for the 3Rs ECR Engagement Award is now live on the GMRC UK YouTube channel: youtu.be/DyEfCWmd-4U

Applying for funding

We have an open postdoc position for those interested in using SynBio and biofilm engineering to tackle environmental challenges careers.brunel.ac.uk/vacancy/resear…

Not my best work 😅

Scientist on holiday 🤝 parent on holiday

Do you agree? Yes or no?

Now on 🦋 too, can find me at JamesCPearce (as on here). If you want to follow the updates from GMRC UK that Jennie Campbell, thewakefieldlab and I manage - we're there too @ both GMRC and GMRCUK

Thinking about conducting some Galleria experiments this year? Contact us about our research-grade strain: [email protected] 🐛 Laboratory reared WITHOUT antibiotics 🐛 Health checked 🐛 Weight matched All for more reliable and reproducible experiments 🤩🔬🧫

Time to jump ship from here, see you on 🦋 @ jenniesc . 🦋 . social

We won’t be active on here any more in light of recent events. See you over on 🦋 @ gmrc . 🦋 . social (We also hold @ gmrcuk)

Back here to promote the upcoming Galleria Mellonella Workshop 2025 for anyone still following us on this platform. More info here: gmrcuk.org/galleria-mello… Please join us! You can now find us on 🦋 instead: @ gmrc.🦋.social