Elisa Fadda
@elisafadda.bsky.social
Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton, head chef at https://GlycoShape.org, Salem's butler, fucose fanatic #glycotime everyday! She/Her
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Elisa Fadda
@elisafadda.bsky.social
· Nov 13
As we (my lab and I) are new here 😻, let me introduce some exciting #glycotime work we recently published in Nature Methods doi.org/10.1038/s415... GlycoShape is a completely OA database and toolbox to restore the 3D structure of glycans on glycoproteins 🥳 You can find it at glycoshape.org 1/2
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Some well-founded warnings about the use of LLMs in medicine:
LLMs for Medical Practice: Look Out
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Some well-founded warnings about the use of LLMs in medicine:
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After immigrating to the U.S. from Lebanon, neuroscientist @ardemp.bskyverified.social found belonging in science—and did Nobel-winning work on the sense of touch: buff.ly/boCE6ZY
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
After immigrating to the U.S. from Lebanon, neuroscientist @ardemp.bskyverified.social found belonging in science—and did Nobel-winning work on the sense of touch: buff.ly/boCE6ZY
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To welcome our new friends, first spoonful of sugar 🥄🍬
Glycan structures can be very complex and deceivingly similar, yet they have unique GlyTouCan IDs[1] that you can find by drawing the glycan you need in gb.glytoucan.org or in the glycoshape.org sugar drawer 1/3 🧵
Glycan structures can be very complex and deceivingly similar, yet they have unique GlyTouCan IDs[1] that you can find by drawing the glycan you need in gb.glytoucan.org or in the glycoshape.org sugar drawer 1/3 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
To welcome our new friends, first spoonful of sugar 🥄🍬
Glycan structures can be very complex and deceivingly similar, yet they have unique GlyTouCan IDs[1] that you can find by drawing the glycan you need in gb.glytoucan.org or in the glycoshape.org sugar drawer 1/3 🧵
Glycan structures can be very complex and deceivingly similar, yet they have unique GlyTouCan IDs[1] that you can find by drawing the glycan you need in gb.glytoucan.org or in the glycoshape.org sugar drawer 1/3 🧵
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"As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacentres, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants"
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
"As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacentres, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants"
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Greetings from Kyiv,
which has survived another russian attack.
The main target was energy infrastructure.
Six people were killed.
There’s damage across the city.
Having my warcoffee.
which has survived another russian attack.
The main target was energy infrastructure.
Six people were killed.
There’s damage across the city.
Having my warcoffee.
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Greetings from Kyiv,
which has survived another russian attack.
The main target was energy infrastructure.
Six people were killed.
There’s damage across the city.
Having my warcoffee.
which has survived another russian attack.
The main target was energy infrastructure.
Six people were killed.
There’s damage across the city.
Having my warcoffee.
"It is not a stretch to say that every pharmaceutical company now studying cancer, HIV-AIDS, COVID-19, and a host of other diseases has made use of Jorgensen’s water models."
As we all do, 45k citations and counting! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
news.yale.edu/2025/11/18/d...
As we all do, 45k citations and counting! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
news.yale.edu/2025/11/18/d...
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
"It is not a stretch to say that every pharmaceutical company now studying cancer, HIV-AIDS, COVID-19, and a host of other diseases has made use of Jorgensen’s water models."
As we all do, 45k citations and counting! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
news.yale.edu/2025/11/18/d...
As we all do, 45k citations and counting! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
news.yale.edu/2025/11/18/d...
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Nice article about the leading computational model of water. The 8th most cited paper ever, with 45000 citations!
#biophysics #chemistry
news.yale.edu/2025/11/18/d...
#biophysics #chemistry
news.yale.edu/2025/11/18/d...
Decades later, a Yale chemist’s water simulations continue to make waves
A look back at one of the most cited science studies of all time — Sterling Professor of Chemistry William Jorgensen’s landmark 1983 simulations of water.
news.yale.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Nice article about the leading computational model of water. The 8th most cited paper ever, with 45000 citations!
#biophysics #chemistry
news.yale.edu/2025/11/18/d...
#biophysics #chemistry
news.yale.edu/2025/11/18/d...
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Last stretch for these positions, as the deadline for this is on Sunday!
employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho...
Hi all! We’re hiring at our brand new Center for Glycocalyx Research, across all areas - but I am also looking for postdocs to join my group specifically!
Hi all! We’re hiring at our brand new Center for Glycocalyx Research, across all areas - but I am also looking for postdocs to join my group specifically!
Postdoc at the Copenhagen Center for Glycocalyx Research at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
employment.ku.dk
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Last stretch for these positions, as the deadline for this is on Sunday!
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"Creating a pattern requires considering the entire work; each step has to fit with and work with all the others (..) This is especially true since AI can’t “test” the pattern after writing it, which is a big part of what humans do"
Yet another example of ChatGPT enshittification 🧶 🙄😒
Yet another example of ChatGPT enshittification 🧶 🙄😒
AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here's why that's happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
The AI Invasion of Knitting and Crochet
AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here’s why that’s happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"Creating a pattern requires considering the entire work; each step has to fit with and work with all the others (..) This is especially true since AI can’t “test” the pattern after writing it, which is a big part of what humans do"
Yet another example of ChatGPT enshittification 🧶 🙄😒
Yet another example of ChatGPT enshittification 🧶 🙄😒
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say what now?
AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here's why that's happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
The AI Invasion of Knitting and Crochet
AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here’s why that’s happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
say what now?
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On November 24, 1971, a man using the name Dan Cooper boarded a flight from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle.
This marked the beginning of a legendary but unsolved heist, a cold case that’s among the most infamous criminal mysteries in American history. 🧵⬇️
This marked the beginning of a legendary but unsolved heist, a cold case that’s among the most infamous criminal mysteries in American history. 🧵⬇️
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
On November 24, 1971, a man using the name Dan Cooper boarded a flight from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle.
This marked the beginning of a legendary but unsolved heist, a cold case that’s among the most infamous criminal mysteries in American history. 🧵⬇️
This marked the beginning of a legendary but unsolved heist, a cold case that’s among the most infamous criminal mysteries in American history. 🧵⬇️
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A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
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Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB."
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
🧪 1/
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
🧪 1/
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB."
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
🧪 1/
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
🧪 1/
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Semaglutide (Ozempic) failed to have clinical impact for slowing progression in people with mild Alzheimer’s disease in 2 large, placebo-controlled trials
novonordisk.com/content/nnco...
novonordisk.com/content/nnco...
News Details
novonordisk.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Semaglutide (Ozempic) failed to have clinical impact for slowing progression in people with mild Alzheimer’s disease in 2 large, placebo-controlled trials
novonordisk.com/content/nnco...
novonordisk.com/content/nnco...
Hello #glycotime! GlycoShape makes its debut on bsky today 🦋🎉 Follow us for news, updates and fun-facts (I take full responsibility for those, Ojas @ojas-singh.bsky.social 😆) below ⬇️
Hello bsky 🦋 GlycoShape is now here to give you updates on our glycan 3D database, toolbox, glyco fun-facts and news!
We just updated server, so clear your browser's cache, and build some glycoproteins with us 🍬
We'll have great new tools coming up soon, so follow us for some exciting #glycotime
We just updated server, so clear your browser's cache, and build some glycoproteins with us 🍬
We'll have great new tools coming up soon, so follow us for some exciting #glycotime
a close up of a feather on a rock with the words `` hello '' written in white letters .
ALT: a close up of a feather on a rock with the words `` hello '' written in white letters .
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Hello #glycotime! GlycoShape makes its debut on bsky today 🦋🎉 Follow us for news, updates and fun-facts (I take full responsibility for those, Ojas @ojas-singh.bsky.social 😆) below ⬇️
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MAD HERON
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
MAD HERON
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Join us for a live webinar with @royalsociety.org to see how we can make science more accessible for everyone.
Hear from members of our Inclusion and Diversity Committee and watch a panel of invited speakers discuss improving inclusion in STEM.
Save the date and the link: rsc.li/4o5uCht
#ChemSky
Hear from members of our Inclusion and Diversity Committee and watch a panel of invited speakers discuss improving inclusion in STEM.
Save the date and the link: rsc.li/4o5uCht
#ChemSky
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Join us for a live webinar with @royalsociety.org to see how we can make science more accessible for everyone.
Hear from members of our Inclusion and Diversity Committee and watch a panel of invited speakers discuss improving inclusion in STEM.
Save the date and the link: rsc.li/4o5uCht
#ChemSky
Hear from members of our Inclusion and Diversity Committee and watch a panel of invited speakers discuss improving inclusion in STEM.
Save the date and the link: rsc.li/4o5uCht
#ChemSky
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Enjoy Christmas Science Comedy cheer with Dr Paul Conway explaining the Moral Psychology of Santa's Naughty List! Our professional comedy headliner is a cancer scientist that The Guardian described as "deliciously funny".
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/southampto...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/southampto...
Southampton Science Comedy!
A December evening of science-themed stand-up comedy, stories, and silliness from some of Southampton’s funniest and nerdiest people!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Enjoy Christmas Science Comedy cheer with Dr Paul Conway explaining the Moral Psychology of Santa's Naughty List! Our professional comedy headliner is a cancer scientist that The Guardian described as "deliciously funny".
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/southampto...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/southampto...
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Learning the lessons of Brexit. Not.
University financial woes ‘could widen regional gaps in spinouts’.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Learning the lessons of Brexit. Not.
Always remember Monty Don's words of wisdom:
"Perhaps in the end all gardening boils down to this: do not fight Nature because, however brilliant a gardener you think you are, you will always lose"
(e.g. me looking up at my beautiful beech while raking the lawn)
"Perhaps in the end all gardening boils down to this: do not fight Nature because, however brilliant a gardener you think you are, you will always lose"
(e.g. me looking up at my beautiful beech while raking the lawn)
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Always remember Monty Don's words of wisdom:
"Perhaps in the end all gardening boils down to this: do not fight Nature because, however brilliant a gardener you think you are, you will always lose"
(e.g. me looking up at my beautiful beech while raking the lawn)
"Perhaps in the end all gardening boils down to this: do not fight Nature because, however brilliant a gardener you think you are, you will always lose"
(e.g. me looking up at my beautiful beech while raking the lawn)
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#CervicalCancer could be the first cancer EVER in the world to be eliminated, if:
9️⃣0️⃣% of girls are vaccinated
7️⃣0️⃣% of women are screened
9️⃣0️⃣% of women with cervical cancer receive treatment
Learn more: bit.ly/47GIbzd #EndCervicalCancer
9️⃣0️⃣% of girls are vaccinated
7️⃣0️⃣% of women are screened
9️⃣0️⃣% of women with cervical cancer receive treatment
Learn more: bit.ly/47GIbzd #EndCervicalCancer
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#CervicalCancer could be the first cancer EVER in the world to be eliminated, if:
9️⃣0️⃣% of girls are vaccinated
7️⃣0️⃣% of women are screened
9️⃣0️⃣% of women with cervical cancer receive treatment
Learn more: bit.ly/47GIbzd #EndCervicalCancer
9️⃣0️⃣% of girls are vaccinated
7️⃣0️⃣% of women are screened
9️⃣0️⃣% of women with cervical cancer receive treatment
Learn more: bit.ly/47GIbzd #EndCervicalCancer
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.....and Green Party membership is rising yet again!
If you want to lower bills and tax billionaires:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
#BBCLauraK
If you want to lower bills and tax billionaires:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
#BBCLauraK
Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
.....and Green Party membership is rising yet again!
If you want to lower bills and tax billionaires:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
#BBCLauraK
If you want to lower bills and tax billionaires:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
#BBCLauraK