Wonderful news, an inspired and inspiring appointment ⁦The Francis Crick Institute⁩ 💐💐💐💐💐 crick.ac.uk/news/2024-07-0…

I think it's time to move to Bluesky. Follow me there (@mspivakov.bsky.social)! Will cross-post to X/Twitter for now.

By instituting their own funding calls, smaller science funders increase the workload of everyone: their staff, reviewers/panelists and the applicants. Would it not be better if they committed to funding some proposals deemed fundable but not making the cut at major funders?

Congratulations Pavel Artemov on passing his PhD viva and many thanks to Vlad Teif Lab and @Alexis_Barr for conducting it!

A great new PI at our institute is hiring!

Dear reviewers, when you refuse to re-review a revised version of the paper you reviewed earlier, you mess things up quite badly for the authors. Please try to avoid doing that.

An exciting preprint from our LMS colleague!

Happy to be part of this exciting study!

Great lab, highly recommended!

Our institute has created an exciting postdoc fellowship scheme for UK black heritage scientists. Please spread the word and apply if eligible! lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacancies…

This is consistent with my personal impression and, to me, is a key reason why, despite Brexit and the numerous socio-economic problems, the UK remains one of the best countries to contribute your talent to.

Perhaps even more so, an invited seminar talk.