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We are hiring! The [fly connectomics group](flyconnecto.me/) is looking for up to 2 new research assistants *and* up to 2 new postdocs. Come join us in beautiful - we have a great team and exciting new projects in the pipeline!

For details please see these links:
- [RA ad](jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/41174/)
- [postdoc ad](jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/41094/)

Closing date is July 6th.

Boosts would be very much appreciated!

We’re hiring!

As several colleagues are moving on to PhD programmes and other exciting opportunities, we are looking for junior scientists to join our Drosophila Connectomics team in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge. We welcome applications for new research assistants (relevant Bachelors or Masters or 2 or more years of practical experience in neuroscience, computer science, physical sciences) and research associates (relevant PhD in neurobiology/circuit neuroscience with strong background in bioinformatics OR PhD in computer science with experience in neuroscience). Applicants will work with very large volume electron-microscopy Drosophila connectomics data as part of a £6.7M Wellcome international collaborative award with HHMI Janelia Research Campus, the MRC LMB in Cambridge and the University of Oxford. This project will produce the first synaptic-resolution connectome for a whole adult Drosophila central nervous system (brain and nerve cord).Closing Date: 6 July 2023Research Assistant advertisement with links to further information and applicationResearch Associate advertisement with links to further information and application

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Every time I fill in a reimbursement form for what amounts to pennies, articulate a justification or a dispensation for a purchase, write half a dozen emails for something that costs £70 (not counting the time of those involved), or write a "PDR" for a lab member who is leaving in a couple months, or do another compulsory training course on a topic I could have written a scholarly paper about it myself, I think of #MaxPerutz's statement above.

The academic scientific enterprise could be organised so much more effectively. Start by evaluating scientists by what they have done, not what they will do; the rest unfolds from that and leads to enormous savings in time (for scientists) and money (far less admin costs).

Government, funding bodies, are you listening? Are you ready to let go, and evaluate scientists on past work, and save hundreds of millions in the process? Or better yet, reallocate them to science itself for an even bigger impact?

#academia

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Today's #neuroscience news includes the release of the first fully-reconstructed #connectome for the ventral nerve cord (VNC) of the adult #drosophila. This data set, known as the "MANC", is the result of collaboration between the FlyEM team at #HHMIJanelia and teams from the University of #Cambridge and #Google Research. (1/5)

youtube.com/watch?v=0sKpSVZacy

Universities are richer than ever but staff spending has hit a record low.

The surplus universities made last year is enough to raise pay by more than 10%.

But the employers' body UCEA refuses to negotiate. At our upcoming annual Congress we'll table plans to win this dispute.

Full story: ucu.org.uk/article/12941/New-a

#ucuRISING #UCU #HigherEducation #HigherEd

Exciting news! ✨🐣

We just released a new AI-based quick segment feature in WEBKNOSSOS! The new feature is powered by MetaAI's Segment Anything Model. Simply draw a bounding box to automatically segment complex objects. 🚀

Try it now on webknossos.org for free!

The enforcement of copyright law is really simple.

If you were a kid who used Napster in the early 2000s to download the latest album by The Offspring or Destiny's Child, because you couldn't afford the CD, then you need to go to court! And potentially face criminal sanctions or punitive damages to the RIAA for each song you download, because you're an evil pirate! You wouldn't steal a car! Creators must be paid!

If you created educational videos on YouTube in the 2010s, and feature a video or audio clip, then even if it's fair use, and even if it's used to make a legitimate point, you're getting demonetised,. That's assuming your videos don't disappear or get shadow banned or your account isn't shut entirely. Oh, and good luck finding your way through YouTube's convoluted DMCA process! All creators are equal in deserving pay, but some are more equal than others!

And if you're a corporation with a market capitalisation of US$1.50 trillion (Google/Alphabet) or US#2.3 billion (Microsoft), then you can freely use everyone's intellectual property to train your generative AI bots. Suddenly creators don't deserve to be paid a cent.

Apparently, an individual downloading a single file is like stealing a car. But a trillion-dollar corporation stealing every car is just good business.

@technology #technology #tech #economics #copyright #ArtificialIntelligence #capitalism #IntellectualProperty @music@fedibb.ml @music@lemmy.ml #law #legal #economics

I'm looking for an RA to come and work with me in beautiful Scotland! Great cognitive neuroscience community here. 3-year post, rodent electrophys and imaging, with behaviour - details on jefferylab.com/ra-advert Closes May 25 - please could people boost 👍

RT @mikegalsworthy
🙌 And UKIP have been wiped out in these local elections. End of an era.

Why not celebrate by joining European Movement? 😃 --> europeanmovement.co.uk/members

The Scientific Computing group at #HHMIJanelia seeks a software engineer, to work on large-scale electron #microscopy reconstruction and analysis. Come work at the forefront of #imaging and #OpenScience with applications in #Neuroscience and #CellBiology. Janelia welcomes and values diversity, and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds, including people of color and members of groups traditionally underrepresented in science. (#FediHire, #FediHired)

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Scientific Computing Software Engineer

Primary Work Address: 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA, 20147 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. Position Summary We are looking for a software engineer with expertise in mathematics to work in the Scientific Computing Department on exciting projects that involve large data volume electron microscopy reconstruction and analysis. You will work with laboratories and team projects at HHMI Janelia to develop scalable software for imaging data produced at Janelia. Initially, the focus of the position will be streamlining and expanding existing tools for the alignment of multi-terabyte-sized electron microscopy acquisitions produced by the FIB-SEM (Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy) core at HHMI Janelia. This includes development of Java code for distributed non-rigid image alignment, quality control, and workflow optimization using established open-source libraries ImgLib2, BigDataViewer, N5, and Spark. The candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to efforts for robustly aligning peta-scale MultiSEM datasets currently produced by the Hess lab. Based on these experiences you will have opportunities to take on new interesting projects with different teams and/or labs at HHMI Janelia that will also provide the opportunity for professional development, for example in the domain of machine learning. HHMI Janelia recently started its new research direction “4D Cellular Physiology”, which will produce plenty of exciting computational challenges and opportunities. The Scientific Computing Software department at HHMI Janelia is an exciting environment where you will have the opportunity to collaborate with excellent software engineers and scientists and have access to the latest and most exciting data and computational resources. Education: Ph.D. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field Experience: Experience with writing efficient code with Java or other JVM based languages Experience with mathematics, specifically linear algebra Ideally experience with libraries such as Spark, ImgLib2, N5, BigDataViewer Familiarity with Python, other programming languages Ideally, you have a record contributing to open-source projects, so we can discuss code If you do not meet all of the above criteria but you are convinced that you can compensate this with enthusiasm, creativity, and practical experience, reach out to us and let's talk. For more information on Scientific Computing at HHMI Janelia, visit here or email People & Culture at (email) or Stephan Preibisch at preibischs@janelia.hhmi.org directly. Compensation Range Software Engineer III: $113,190.00 (minimum) - $141,400.00 (midpoint) - $183,810.00 (maximum) Software Engineer IV: $131,818.40 (minimum) - $164,773.00 (midpoint) - $214,204.90 (maximum) Pay Type: Annual HHMI’s salary structure is developed based on relevant job market data. HHMI considers a candidate's education, previous experiences, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity when making job offers. Typically, a new hire for this position in this location is compensated between the minimum and the midpoint of the salary range. Compensation and Benefits Our employees are compensated from a total rewards perspective in many ways for their contributions to our mission, including competitive pay, exceptional health benefits, retirement plans, time off, and a range of recognition and wellness programs. Visit our Benefits at HHMI site to learn more. HHMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is an independent, ever-evolving philanthropy that supports basic biomedical scientists and educators with the potential for transformative impact. We make long-term investments in people, not just projects, because we believe in the power of individuals to make breakthroughs over time. Why HHMI To move science forward we need a diverse collection of talents, expertise, and backgrounds in scientific research and science education, as well as communications, finance, human resources, information technology, investments, law, and operations. At HHMI, we encourage collaborative and results-driven working styles and offer an adaptable environment where employees can do their best work. What makes us strong is the diversity of our perspectives. We work to promote a culture of inclusion in our work environments and across the greater scientific community. To find more information about us and the steps we're taking to make HHMI a more inclusive organization, visit our About Us page. A Note for Job Seekers Your best option for consideration in our career opportunities is to apply directly via our HHMI Careers site. There, you will learn more about HHMI and can find information about our available roles. Contact us at recruitingsupport@hhmi.org if you require an accommodation related to completing the job application. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

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From my most fabulous group. Not sure who has migrated over here yet.
They fleas dae braw things wi thir wee heids.

nature.com/articles/s41586-023

Kill it with fire.

QT 0xgaut: AI is now indistinguishable from reality.

It's hard to believe, but this ad was AI generated. It's not real.

The future is here.

We have a new preprint! Together with John Pool and colleagues, we have looked at genomes from 200+ year old flies. Many pages, also a lot of tables. Raw reads are on Genbank!
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20

“Generative network modeling reveals quantitative definitions of bilateral symmetry exhibited by a whole insect brain connectome”, Pedigo et al. 2023 elifesciences.org/articles/837

“This important work demonstrates a significant asymmetry between the connectivity statistics of the left and right hemispheres of the Drosophila larva brain. The evidence supporting the conclusions is compelling and represents a first step toward the development of statistical tests for comparing pairs of connectomes more generally.”

#connectomics #Drosophila #DrosophilaLarva #brain #neuroscience #eLife

Andreas Schoofs and Mike Pankratz wrote a fantastic Dispatch that embeds our recent paper on insulin production in the wieder literature. Check it out here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1gua9_L

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