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(they/them) Optical physicist, now Chief Editor at Nature Reviews Physics (@natrevphys.bsky.social). Formerly editor at Nature Physics and Nature Communications. 🧪💡 Intersectional STEMinist, theatre and natural history enthusiast. Views are my own.
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#HepJobs The group in which I did my PhD is hiring a PostDoc and a PhD student to do charm physics with Laurent Dufour, who did his PhD with my present group. The loop is closed. www.epfl.ch/labs/lphe/en...

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 We’re looking for someone to join our cross-journal editorial team at @natureportfolio.nature.com 📖 Associate or Senior Editor 🔋 Background in electrochem/energy storage 📍 Shanghai, Beijing, Heidelberg or Berlin 🗓️ Deadline: March 19 ❓ DMs open for questions 🙏 Reposts appreciated

Time to nominate some #WomenInOptics for next year's notebook. Go on, I'm sure you know some.

We are hiring an intern in the UK news team at Nature - a fantastic opportunity for any budding science journo! 6 months of on-the-job training, London based but partly remote, pays living wage. Apply by 28 Feb: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/de-DE/Spring...

Are you a scientist whose work is being affected by changes in the Trump administration? Get in touch with @nature.com reporters @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @heidiledford.bsky.social Jeff Tollefson & yours truly. Let us know what's on your mind & what we should be writing about.

Our February focus issue delves into advancements in biofabrication technologies, showcasing how they are transforming our capacity to create complex biological structures with unmatched precision, control and speed – all free to access Read it here: go.nature.com/3WTonm7

A new round of the Lise Meitner Excellence Program for #tenuretrack group leaders opened today - please consider applying! The program aims to recruit and promote exceptionally qualified female scientists. www.mpg.de/lise-meitner... #LiseMeitnerGroups #WomeninScience #ScienceCareer

🚨Job alert: We're hiring a Data Scientist (Image Analysis) to join our Facility for Advanced Imaging & Microscopy. The facility provides cutting-edge light and electron microscopy, high-content screening, image analysis and spatial-transcriptomics services. Apply at: www.fmi.ch/education-ca...

Writers and aspiring writers! We're launching a writing fellowship on scientific progress, jointly hosted by Works in Progress and Asimov Press. We'd like you to produce richly detailed articles about a selected area of scientific progress. We'll pay, mentor, and give editorial feedback. Apply:

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🔬 On 11 February, we celebrate the important contributions of women to the STEM disciplines. On this occasion, we asked six female scientists what science means to them: home.cern/news/news/cern/international-day-women-and-girls-science-2025

500+ US and International scientists are signing an open letter to NASA leadership and US representatives, asking them to take action and preserve the integrity and public access of the country’s scientific activities and its output. To read and sign, see here: sites.google.com/view/space-s...

My favourite Nat. Rev. Phys. cover since I started here. 😍 It's based on this Comment (free to read for a week) www.nature.com/articles/s42... and also related to the Editorial (always free) www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Please share. Only 3 days left to apply 🚨 for a PhD position on metal-free magnetism at TU Dresden. For more information, see www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/ste... #PhDjobs #Phdsky #chemjobs #chemsky #academicjobs #researchjobs #chemphd #PhDchat #scitwitter ⚛️🧪 #compchem

Join our research team! We have a Postdoctoral Fellowship opening on diamond-based quantum networks. Deadline is March 12th! Follow the link for details! #quantum #optics #spin #photon #physics #diamond #research #vacancy #postdoc www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50162/

Our editor Dr Zoe Budrikis is en route to the IOP Physics of Food conference in Nottingham, and looking forward to some good soft matter chats. If you've ever wanted to know more about the journal, come say hi!

Congratulations to all the new @optica.bsky.social Fellows! It's great to see so many familiar names on the list. www.optica.org/about/newsro...

This, but if you have any concerns about security or potential retaliation, please DO NOT do this using your work e-mail or device.

The US Government may be scrapping all its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies but that's not happening in Ireland. Here is a Full Professor position in Observational Astrophysics or Cosmology at Maynooth University for *female* caandidates. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

We are go! Follow the new #NatureReviews journals and #NatureProtocols starter pack go.bsky.app/KcxvQLp 🧪 @natureportfolio.bsky.social

This Q&A was great fun, thanks to Yanne and Joe being lovely people and having many interesting things to say. Have a read. You'll see.

Has Bluesky replaced X for scientists? Take Nature’s poll “The research community has flocked to the social-media platform Bluesky. Tell us about your experience.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

ICFO is offering 3 PhD positions in their Industrial Track within the FLIGHT Fellowship Program. If you have a strong understanding of optics and photonics and want to join an excellent PhD program, apply before 30 January. @icfonians.bsky.social Learn more and apply here: jobs.icfo.eu/?detail...

First Editorial for my new journal.

Our January issue is live! 🤖Machine learning for the physics of climate ⚛️Physics of exotic nuclei 💪The attoscience of strong-field-driven solids 🛝Sliding van der Waals polytypes 🦸Hydride superconductivity is here to stay 🐈‍⬛Bringing quantum physics to new generations www.nature.com/natrevphys/v...

Do you know a UK-based wheelchair user who works in a lab and would be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users? Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...

We are hiring a materials library creative lead. A perfect job for a materials obssessive with a technical background- www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLE817/m...

Re-posting for the morning crowd! #Chemsky 🧪

Some stats from Nature survey of science-policy experts: • 70% said governments are not routinely using science advice • 80% say policymakers don’t understand science…. • ….but 73% say researchers don’t understand policy! by @helenpearson.bsky.social in Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The December issue of Nat. Rev. Phys. is out! 📈Challenges and opportunities in quantum optimization 🥶Quantum mixtures of ultracold gases of neutral atoms 💎Nanoscale diamond quantum sensors for many-body physics 🌡️Sustainable heat harvesting via thermal nonlinearity www.nature.com/natrevphys/v...

REMINDER! @uoftphysics is hiring a Prof in Theoretical #QuantumOptics – only 10 days left, so please do spread the word to top candidates on the market! jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... @UofTArtSci @CQIQC_Toronto #QuantumOptics #AMOPhysics #QuantumInformation #FoundationsOfQM

PhD places available with the Quantum Light and Matter group in Durham. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Interested in joining our research group? Working in the UK ‘s quantum hub on imaging, sensible and timing. as a Research Associate at University of Glasgow - developing camera that image without detection. Apply below. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKQ439/r...

Looks like someone went ahead and made it... a "Tweetdeck" for Bluesky. https://deck.blue/

Apply for the 2025 Diverse Voices in Science Journalism internship with Science's news team! Students: -from a community historically underrepresented in journalism -with a demonstrated interest in covering science topics for general audiences This could be for you ⬇️ www.aaas.org/programs/div...

Hello, new followers! Things are looking bright around here. For all the writers and academics out there, we’re starting the day with some timeless (and hilarious) advice from the brilliant Umberto Eco, from his classic guide "How to Write a Thesis."

Hey, all! Please share/ReBleep/apply! The Uni of Toronto has a faculty opening in Theoretical Quantum Optics (broadly construed). See jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... #Quantum #QuantumOptics #Optics #QuantumInformation

It's time to start organizing the 2025 #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program! Feel free to reach out with any questions! Mentee application: forms.gle/Xgha7wf6vrwa... Mentor application: forms.gle/mc5a8Bc6mXJX...

Feeling oddly popular. If you want to find other Nature editors and news team then look no further than this starter park. Continually being updated so do check back.

Wichtige Info für im Ausland lebende Deutsche. Für die Bundestagswahl müsst ihr euch ins Wählerverzeichnis eintragen. Das geht jetzt schon, also nicht lang warten! Mehr Info hier 👇🏻

More shameless promotion of Nat Rev Phys content with a Comment that I think is a really fun read. It's out today to mark the centenary of the founding of the Electrical Association for Women. Comment here www.nature.com/articles/s42... (or here rdcu.be/dZ15U).

Calling all #BlackEduSky let's fill this pack - where we at? go.bsky.app/R1Fhqjw