Austin Smith

Austin Smith

@ausmith.bsky.social

Stem cell biologist and Director of the interdisciplinary Living Systems Institute

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Austin Smith
@ausmith.bsky.social

CSC PhD Project between the Smith and Guo labs to study naive pluripotent stem cells and germ cells from livestock animals lsi.exeter.ac.uk/groups/smith...

lsi.exeter.ac.ukSmith Group - Living Systems Institute - University of ExeterUnderstanding pluripotency
LSI-Exeter@lsiexeter.bsky.social

Fully Funded PhD Opportunity! Join the LSI @exeter.ac.uk - where Maths, Physics, Bio & Biomed unite under one roof. Funded by the China Scholarship Council & University of Exeter, this is your chance to do cutting-edge interdisciplinary research in a vibrant PhD community. tinyurl.com/y3ufdnxf

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Kirsty Wan
@micromotility.bsky.social

Excited to share that we have received significant funding from the @wellcometrust.bsky.social for a new interdisciplinary consortium project on #cilia coordination and function across scales and organisms! 🎉🥂@lsiexeter.bsky.social news.exeter.ac.uk/living-syste...

news.exeter.ac.ukMulti-million project to ‘crack the code’ of cilia – tiny structures with big impact on human healthAn international team of researchers, led by the University of Exeter, have been awarded a Wellcome Discovery Award grant of almost £5 million to investigate one of the body’s most fascinating microsc...
Austin Smith
@ausmith.bsky.social

Terribly saddened to hear of the untimely passing of Pete Coffey. Pete was a true pioneer in regenerative medicine, overcoming many challenges to develop a cell therapy for age-related macular degeneration. A greatly under-rated scientist and a genuine down to earth person.

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Sally Lowell
@cellysally.bsky.social

Reminder: deadline to apply for the Stem Cell Summer School is 30th May. And it's May already! So you have to apply this month! A limited number of bursaries are available. p.s. this year, the summer school coincides with the Spetses Armata Festival, so there will be a big party on the island 🙂

Stem Cell Summer School@stemcellsummer.bsky.social

The 2025 European Summer School in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine will take place 12-19 Sept 2025, on the beautiful Greek island of Spetses. Keep an eye on our website www.stemcellsummerschool.org for updates, or give us a follow 😀 Deadline for applications: 30th May 2025

Austin Smith
@ausmith.bsky.social

New insight into naïve pluripotency – great work by Tao Huang with thanks to Hideki Masaki and colleagues in Japan for a fantastic collaboration www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

sciencedirect.comInhibition of PRC2 enables self-renewal of blastoid-competent naive pluripotent stem cells from chimpanzeeNaive pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) are counterparts of early epiblast in the mammalian embryo. Mouse and human naive PSCs differ in self-renewal requ…

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The Royal Society
@royalsociety.org

Science advances our economic, physical, and social and cultural wellbeing, and is key to a sustainable future. However, we live in times of great change, and the values that have driven science for the benefit of humanity are under threat. Read our statement here: royalsociety.org/news/2025/02...

royalsociety.orgScience under threat | Royal SocietyThe Royal Society will use its voice and the expertise of our Fellows to resist the various challenges to science.

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LSI-Exeter
@lsiexeter.bsky.social

We are delighted to join the BlueSky community. The Living Systems Institute at University of Exeter is a pioneering interdisciplinary research centre focused on understanding the fundamental principles of living systems and applying this knowledge to address challenges in health and life sciences.

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