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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 3d

A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine

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Chris Thorpe @drchristhorpe.bsky.social · 10d

Bloody hell, can't believe it's over 10 years.

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Josh Hardy @joshuamhardy.bsky.social · 11d

I am thrilled to release ProteinDJ: a high-performance and modular protein design pipeline. Our open-source workflow incorporates #RFdiffusion, #ProteinMPNN, #FAMPNN, #AlphaFold2 and #Boltz-2. It is a fast, free, and fun way to design proteins (1/5)
doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.24.678028 #proteindesign

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Chris Thorpe @drchristhorpe.bsky.social · 11d

I’ll just leave this here as it’s awesome in every way and very needed.

Thank you Pulp and LCD Soundsystem. And of course Heaven 17

youtu.be/ydWHNkLtpcA

LCD Soundsystem & Pulp - (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang, Hollywood Bowl, LA, CA 9-26-25

YouTube video by Prestoff2001

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Greifflab @victorgreiff.bsky.social · 11d

We’re recruiting a PhD Fellow in Computational Systems Immunology. Work on large-scale immune receptor datasets and develop computational models in close collaboration with experimental labs. Apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD Fellowship in Computational Systems Immunology (286608) | University of Oslo

Job title: PhD Fellowship in Computational Systems Immunology (286608), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Chris Thorpe @drchristhorpe.bsky.social · 12d

If you see this, post a bridge.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 13d

Labor productivity has more than doubled since the late 1960s. But workers’ compensation has barely budged.

Yes. The economy is rigged in favor of the wealthy.

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Simon Dürr @simonduerr.eu · 14d

We are hiring a PhD student 🎓

Work with me and Matthias Rüdt in our department on an exciting industry collaboration with Lonza combining high-throughput experiments and molecular modelling using AlphaFold and MolecularDynamics

📍 Sion, Valais, Switzerland

More info: www.jobup.ch/fr/emplois/d...

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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 15d

MolViewSpec: describe, share, and reproduce Mol* molecular scenes with a simple extension

MolViewSpec: a Mol* extension for describing and sharing molecular visualizations

Abstract. Data visualization is a pivotal component of a structural biologist’s arsenal. The Mol* Viewer makes molecular visualizations available to broade

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Chris Thorpe @drchristhorpe.bsky.social · 15d

I am disappointed in w3w.co/lager.lager....

I am also surprised/horrified at the news that Nuxx is over 30 years old.

///lager.lager.lager

This is the what3words address for a 3 metre square location near Råneå, Norrbottens län.

w3w.co

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Daphne Jackson Trust @daphnejacksontr.bsky.social · 15d

Investing in people behind medical research fuels UK growth. A new report by Frontier Economics (funded by @amrc-uk.bsky.social & @wellcometrust.bsky.social) shows non-commercial clinical research adds £72.7bn to the economy. Driving innovation in prevention, diagnosis & treatment.
bit.ly/3KrW7nf

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Chris Thorpe @drchristhorpe.bsky.social · 16d

Whoah

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Tim Maughan @timmaughan.bsky.social · 16d

#infinitedetail www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Secret Service takes down network that could have crippled New York cell service

US agency dismantled hidden telecom network that would have unleashed chaos ahead of UN general assembly

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Danny Altmann @daltmann.bsky.social · 16d

Why did all of us never realise the greatest medical breakthroughs were this easy! Evidence from controlled studies with a sample size of millions falls away in thrall to a ‘feeling’ that it was the mothers’ ‘fault’ all along

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 17d

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability

This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

jamanetwork.com

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Adrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 20d

For our #flowcytometry peeps, would you like to have a single fix/perm protocol that is optimised for everything? One that preserves fluorophores while allowing simultaneous TF and cytokine staining? How about 100-fold cheaper?

You got it:
currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Chris Thorpe @drchristhorpe.bsky.social · 17d

Did you know his father was a tool maker?

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Chris Thorpe @drchristhorpe.bsky.social · 17d

Bubbly bubble is bubbly

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Chris Thorpe @drchristhorpe.bsky.social · 17d

Today I had to install Adobe InDesign, remind myself how to use it after almost 20 years and deliver files for printing in the space of 2 hours or the conference would not have had nice name badges. Underworld playlist helped.

I'm also on holiday, so I then went for a walk in this heavenly place.

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Nature Methods @natmethods.nature.com · 21d

GPU-accelerated MMseqs2 offers tremendous speedup for homology retrieval, protein structure prediction with ColabFold, and protein structure search with Foldseek. @martinsteinegger.bsky.social @milot.bsky.social @machine.learning.bio

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

GPU-accelerated homology search with MMseqs2 - Nature Methods

Graphics processing unit-accelerated MMseqs2 offers tremendous speedups for homology retrieval from metagenomic databases, query-centered multiple sequence alignment generation for structure predictio...

www.nature.com

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British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · 24d

Immunology affects everyone.

Join our new PPI Network to bring your voice into research & policy.

No science background needed – just passion & lived experience.

Applications close in 1 week.

🔗 https://bit.ly/3Jz7cT6

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Gina El Nesr @ginaelnesr.bsky.social · 27d

MLSB is coming to Copenhagen, DK 🎉

Submission is under the same portal, just simply indicate your location preference(s).

MLSB (in San Diego + Copenhagen) @workshopmlsb.bsky.social · 27d

You asked and we listened... @workshopmlsb.bsky.social is excited to be expanding to Copenhagen, DK at @euripsconf.bsky.social 🎉

Two workshops (San Diego & Copenhagen) will run concurrently to support broader attendance. You can indicate your location preference(s) in the submission portal💫

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 28d

Really useful update from Bob Hawkins on Long Covid in England from the annual GP survey

bhawkins3.substack.com/p/long-covid...

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Chris Thorpe @drchristhorpe.bsky.social · Sep 9

iPhone SE (3rd Generation) is same for me.

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Ewan Birney @ewanbirney.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thoughtful piece by Abdel on social science genetics - I am definitely taken by “one person’s confounder is another person’s signal”. Also humble about dark histories here and his own perspective

Abdel Abdellaoui @dr-appie.bsky.social · Sep 8

Some people call it a minefield. Others call it dangerous, even irresponsible. I call it the most promising field in life sciences.

My love letter to social science genetics: communities.springernature.com/posts/a-love...

A Love Letter to Social Science Genetics

Some people call social science genetics a minefield. Others call it dangerous, even irresponsible. I call it the most promising field in life sciences.

communities.springernature.com

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