Stephen Royle

I'm into chord changes and cell biology.

Professor at University of Warwick. Director of The Company of Biologists. Affiliate of bioRxiv. Author of "The Digital Cell". Views are my own and do not represent any organisation I am associated with.

#CellBiology #MembraneTrafficking #CellDivision #Microscopy #ImageAnalysis #Science #ScienceMastodon #Academia #AcademicMastodon and #Music #Running #Cycling

Lab Website: https://roylelab.org
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8927-6967
GitHub: https://github.com/quantixed
Data Analysis: https://quantixed.org

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2026-03-02 15:13:15 UTC

First two months of 2026 in #PeerReview
I've reviewed:
4 papers
3 grant applications
I've submitted:
1 paper
1 grant application
so I've “requested” ~6 reviews from the system.
So I'm in credit at the Bank of Peer Review so far.
#LifeOfPI

2025-08-21 06:22:21 UTC

This poll made me laugh. Isn’t it amazing that not a single person (out of 1,386) clicked yes. Even in error.
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2025-02-08 19:13:46 UTC

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I was surprised to learn that previous administrations (including Obama’s) had tried to cut indirects and were thwarted. So there is reason to be optimistic. OTOH, the current administration is… different, so maybe not.

2025-01-25 20:24:40 UTC

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they will actually enforce what they’ve been saying they’ll do: which is delete everything older than 90 days old. Previously, on the free tier you couldn’t access stuff older than 90 days but if you paid, you would gain access. Policy will be to delete and so it's gone even if you upgrade.
Yeah the per-person billing was a killer for us. Glad to hear Mattermost is OK. I'm just getting going with it.

2025-01-25 17:50:11 UTC

The new Slack data deletion policy (effective Jan 28th) was the final straw. I had workarounds to backup our lab Slack stuff, and we could have carried on, but I figured enough was enough. We've spun up a self-hosted Mattermost instance and have managed to import all our stuff from Slack (going back to 2017) into it. Anyway, a few tweaks to iron out, but wanted to mention in case anyone else is wondering what to do about Slack.

2025-01-23 19:40:09 UTC

University of Leeds is the first Russell group uni to quit X.
https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-universities-2025-1-university-of-leeds-first-russell-group-institution-to-quit-x/

2025-01-10 10:00:54 UTC

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I doubt it. I think bootlegs crop up on auction sites and they're not the master; often they're a digital copy to tape. @npub1s5c…8mlm

2024-12-02 17:07:22 UTC

I was pointed towards this website written by Michael Coleman.
The most recent post I found to be the least interesting, but the older posts contain some very insightful advice to scientists at all career stages (even senior scientists!).
It tackles issues around research such as motivation, imposter syndrome and more.
https://www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/