@_KatiePickup

Cross-Title Reviews Editor @Co_Biologists 🦠🔬| PhD @EdinUni_IGC 🧬🧫| Views my own | she/her

Joined March 2020
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Katie Pickup retweeted
the Node@the_Node21 May 2025
*Paid internship opportunity* @Co_Biologists is looking for a 3-month intern this summer to work across the Node, @preLights & @focalplane_jcs. If you're interested in #SciCommm & #publishing, and have the right to work in the UK, do apply by 5 June 👇 thenode.biologists.com/jobs/…

Community site paid internship - the Node

The Company of Biologists currently has an opportunity for a paid three-month internship to work on our community sites – the Node, preLights and FocalPlane. This is a great opportunity to gain...

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Katie Pickup retweeted
DMM Journal@DMM_Journal26 Mar 2025
We are kicking off today with two keynote talks on health and disease from Professors Sadaf Farooqi and Charles Swanton. To to find out more, read our interview with Charles here: doi.org/10.1242/dmm.052318 Look out for our interview with Sadaf coming soon #Biologists100
Photograph of Professor Sadaf Farooqi

ALT Photograph of Professor Sadaf Farooqi

Photograph of Professor Charles Swanton

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Read our interview with Professor Dame Jane Francis, a palaeoclimatologist whose research has focused on studying fossil plants, particularly from polar regions, to understand past biodiversity & climate, also one of our plenary speakers at #biologists100. doi.org/10.1242/bio.061973
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The deadline to submit an abstract for oral and poster presentations at our Biologists @ 100 conference has been extended to Friday 17 January 2025. View the abstract topics and submit yours at 100yearsconference.biologist… #biologists100
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Wondered what Scotland was like in the time of the dinosaurs? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦖 Listen to the season 6 finale of #NotAnotherSciencePodcast to hear @SteveBrusatte talk about the excitement of fossil hunting on the Isle of Skye beaches 🪨 🦴 LISTEN to the podcast, 🔗 in our bio @GeosciencesEd
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Not read our newest issue yet? Here's a few snippets of the wonderful articles featured within the issue. . You can read now online on our website or pick up a copy at any of the locations mentioned in our previous post! . . #science #scienceComm #scienceCommunication #Magazine
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So excited to announce that issue 32: “The Scientist next door” is now available to read online! 🎉 . Read it here: issuu.com/eusci/docs/eusci_i… . Thanks to all who contributed to this magazine❤️ . #Science #ScienceComm #Sciencenews #ScienceWriting #magazine #writing

Issue 32: The Scientist Next Door

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🍻Pint of Science is over for another year! Thanks to the hard work of our amazing volunteers, speakers and venues, Edinburgh hosted 18 events on everything from toffee physics to telepathy, with 600+ attendees. We had plenty of quizzes, games, and demonstrations too! #pint24
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6 talks across 3 nights filled with fascinating facts about #ourbody! So glad to have been a part of running these events with such an incredible group of people! ☺️ #pint24 ✅
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Thoroughly enjoyed presenting for @pintofscience #pint24 #ourbody #edinburgh last night with my @EdinUni_IRR colleague @Andersonbuglab where we discussed spit, salivary glands, radiotherapy, digestion, gut bacteria, chemotherapy, cell death & much more!
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Our first night of #Pint24 at @leithdepot was so much fun! 🧬🧫🐟 If you missed out we still have tickets for our Mutation Station event on Wednesday evening 🍻🧬 pintofscience.co.uk/event/mu… #Edinburgh
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Ever wondered how population counts are done? Tune in to our new episode with @BayesRuth about the use of statistics and how it can be used to benefit our world. . Listen now link in bio! . #maths #statistics #science #stem #sciencemedia @EdinUniMaths @BayesCentre
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Replying to @fdmadsen @EdinburghUni @uoeKB
If you wanna know more about space weather, and why we see the colours we see in the aurora, then I did a wee podcast episode with @eusci about it: open.spotify.com/episode/5Jo…
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Replying to @rashi_krishna_ @leithdepot @DoctorEmmerson @Andersonbuglab @EdinUni_IRR @pintofscience @pintsworld @cmvm_research
Learn more about genes and diseases on 15 May 2024 at @leithdepot ! We’ve got @Ailith_Ewing and @DanODodd discussing their work on ovarian cancer and ciliopathies. Get your tickets now @ pintofscience.co.uk/event/mu… #pint24 🐝🧪👩‍🔬📚🔬👓🧠🐟🫀💫🥼👨‍🔬🔭🧫🦴
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Could you be on our next committee? Join the EUSci team and make our magazine, podcast and website happen 🥼🧬🔭🧫🧪 #scicomm
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Ready to dive into Edinburgh’s science scene? Pint of Science Edinburgh is just around the corner!   🗓13th-15th May 2024 📍6 locations 🗣30+ talks   Join for a pint-sized adventure through the wonders of science! 🍺 🎟 Book tickets pintofscience.co.uk/events/e…
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Find out more about how the body develops on 13 May 2024 at @leithdepot! We have two exciting talks from @_KatiePickup and @Alex_Brombin. Get your tickets now @ pintofscience.co.uk/event/ho… #pint24 🐝🧪👩‍🔬📚🔬👓🧠🐟🫀💫🥼👨‍🔬🔭🧫🦴
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Pint of Science Edinburgh returns 13-15th May! Come and hear about: 🫧 why spit is so important 👻the science of paranormal investigation 🦠bacteria battle strategies ❌the benefits of failure ⌛️time travel and more! 🧪🔬🌎🤖 #pint24 🎟 Tickets @ pintofscience.co.uk/events/e……
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Our Body Pint of Science Edinburgh 2024 coming soon! ☺️ Grab your tickets! 💫 🎟 Book tickets now: 13/May - pintofscience.co.uk/event/ho… 14/May - pintofscience.co.uk/event/gu… 15/May - pintofscience.co.uk/event/mu… #pint24 🐝🧪👩‍🔬📚🔬👓🧠🐟🫀💫🥼👨‍🔬🔭🧫🦴
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Our preprint on the role of the nuclear pore protein TPR in cytoplasmic chromatin formation in senescence is out! This is most of the work from my PhD, so seeing it out in the world is a proud moment for me. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… Here’s a brief summary of our key results:

TPR is required for cytoplasmic chromatin fragment formation during senescence

During oncogene-induced senescence there are striking changes in the structure of the nucleus and the organisation of heterochromatin. This is accompanied by activation of a pro-inflammatory gene...

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