Lina Kim
@linathekim.bsky.social
PhD candidate at ETH Zürich studying microbiome bioinformatics, oncology, and alloHCT with @sturlalab.bsky.social. MIT and biotech industry alum.
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Lina Kim
@linathekim.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Thrilled to share that the ETH Laboratory of Toxicology is now LIVE on BlueSky! Follow @sturlalab.bsky.social for updates on 🦠 #microbiome #science, 💻 #bioinformatics, 🧬 #dnadamage, and of course 🧪 #oncology.
Also: sneek peeks into our 🇨🇭 Swiss life and fun!
Also: sneek peeks into our 🇨🇭 Swiss life and fun!
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The University of Toronto CS Department is recruiting applications for a Canada Research Chair, Tier 2, in Human-Computer Interaction
The job is open only to individuals who self-identify as women and/or members of gender equity seeking groups
research.utoronto.ca/crc-opps/db/...
The job is open only to individuals who self-identify as women and/or members of gender equity seeking groups
research.utoronto.ca/crc-opps/db/...
Faculty of Arts & Science (Dept of Computer Science - Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)) - NSERC - Targeted Call | Research & Innovation
November 18, 2025
research.utoronto.ca
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The University of Toronto CS Department is recruiting applications for a Canada Research Chair, Tier 2, in Human-Computer Interaction
The job is open only to individuals who self-identify as women and/or members of gender equity seeking groups
research.utoronto.ca/crc-opps/db/...
The job is open only to individuals who self-identify as women and/or members of gender equity seeking groups
research.utoronto.ca/crc-opps/db/...
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I can't stay quiet about what RFK jr is doing to the CDC and FDA:
stevensalzberg.substack.com/p/dont-trust...
stevensalzberg.substack.com/p/dont-trust...
Don't trust the CDC while RFK Jr. is in charge
The HHS secretary, a notorious anti-vaxxer, is now posting his crank views on CDC's website
stevensalzberg.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I can't stay quiet about what RFK jr is doing to the CDC and FDA:
stevensalzberg.substack.com/p/dont-trust...
stevensalzberg.substack.com/p/dont-trust...
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SciReps: "a quasi-experimental field study on the Milan metro, [...] Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present "
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect - npj Mental Health Research
npj Mental Health Research - Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
SciReps: "a quasi-experimental field study on the Milan metro, [...] Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present "
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
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Reposted by Lina Kim
PhD position alert 📢📢📢
🦠 Emerging mycotoxins - human gut microbiota - molecular mecanisms
🏢 University of Vienna, Institute of Food Chemistry and Toxicology
💌 [email protected]
#microbiome #PhDPosition #toxicity #science #career #AcademicJobs
🦠 Emerging mycotoxins - human gut microbiota - molecular mecanisms
🏢 University of Vienna, Institute of Food Chemistry and Toxicology
💌 [email protected]
#microbiome #PhDPosition #toxicity #science #career #AcademicJobs
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
PhD position alert 📢📢📢
🦠 Emerging mycotoxins - human gut microbiota - molecular mecanisms
🏢 University of Vienna, Institute of Food Chemistry and Toxicology
💌 [email protected]
#microbiome #PhDPosition #toxicity #science #career #AcademicJobs
🦠 Emerging mycotoxins - human gut microbiota - molecular mecanisms
🏢 University of Vienna, Institute of Food Chemistry and Toxicology
💌 [email protected]
#microbiome #PhDPosition #toxicity #science #career #AcademicJobs
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Our department (Comp Sci) at UMD is hiring this cycle. We have an open-rank search (umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...). Consider applying to join our department; we’re a pretty cool group if I say so myself ☺️!
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor
Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The Department of Computer Science is top-ranked for research and teaching, with its undergraduate computer science program ranked 9th among p...
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Our department (Comp Sci) at UMD is hiring this cycle. We have an open-rank search (umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...). Consider applying to join our department; we’re a pretty cool group if I say so myself ☺️!
#ChemSky 🖥️🧬🧪
@georgaichinger.bsky.social & @profshana.bsky.social presented at #ICT2025 in Beijing! 🌏
KL “Advancing Chemical Research in Toxicology: From Genotoxicity to Gut Microbial Metabolism”
“Quantifying the Gut Microbiome’s Impact on Toxicokinetics by PBK Modeling.”
#IUTOX2025 @nynkekramer.bsky.social
KL “Advancing Chemical Research in Toxicology: From Genotoxicity to Gut Microbial Metabolism”
“Quantifying the Gut Microbiome’s Impact on Toxicokinetics by PBK Modeling.”
#IUTOX2025 @nynkekramer.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#ChemSky 🖥️🧬🧪
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We are hiring! 🧫 🧬 🚀
Three PhD studentships with start dates in 2026 available in the Molecular Mucosal Immunology lab at the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering, Basel, Switzerland.
See here for details (Deadline: 7th November 2025):
join.com/companies/im...
Three PhD studentships with start dates in 2026 available in the Molecular Mucosal Immunology lab at the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering, Basel, Switzerland.
See here for details (Deadline: 7th November 2025):
join.com/companies/im...
Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering - BIIE (Zürich): Doctoral studentships, Molecular Mucosal Immunology Group
Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering - BIIE has a job opening for Doctoral studentships, Molecular Mucosal Immunology Group in Zürich (published: 29.10.2025). Apply now or check the other available...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We are hiring! 🧫 🧬 🚀
Three PhD studentships with start dates in 2026 available in the Molecular Mucosal Immunology lab at the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering, Basel, Switzerland.
See here for details (Deadline: 7th November 2025):
join.com/companies/im...
Three PhD studentships with start dates in 2026 available in the Molecular Mucosal Immunology lab at the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering, Basel, Switzerland.
See here for details (Deadline: 7th November 2025):
join.com/companies/im...
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My department, Cornell BME, is hiring!
This tenure-track faculty position is a great opportunity to join a vibrant community that values research, teaching, and entrepreneurship.
📝 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30816
This tenure-track faculty position is a great opportunity to join a vibrant community that values research, teaching, and entrepreneurship.
📝 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30816
October 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
My department, Cornell BME, is hiring!
This tenure-track faculty position is a great opportunity to join a vibrant community that values research, teaching, and entrepreneurship.
📝 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30816
This tenure-track faculty position is a great opportunity to join a vibrant community that values research, teaching, and entrepreneurship.
📝 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30816
In light of the season: how click chemistry (Nobel in Chemistry 2022) is expanded for genomics research at @ethz.ch!
#ChemSky 🧪🖥️🧬
#ChemSky 🧪🖥️🧬
Exciting contribution from our lab at the 8th EU–US Conference on Endogenous DNA Damage and Repair! 🔬🌍
Dr. Vakil Takhaveev (@vakil-takhaveev.bsky.social) presented a great showcase of how innovative sequencing approaches advance our understanding of genome integrity. 💡🧬
Dr. Vakil Takhaveev (@vakil-takhaveev.bsky.social) presented a great showcase of how innovative sequencing approaches advance our understanding of genome integrity. 💡🧬
October 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings
October 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings
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M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
🧵 1/7
🧵 1/7
October 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
🧵 1/7
🧵 1/7
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🎓 Big congrats to our MSc student Emanuel Schönbächler for successfully defending his thesis: “Expanding Click-Code-Sequencing for Mapping Oxidative and Alkylation DNA Modifications.” 💥🧬
October 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🎓 Big congrats to our MSc student Emanuel Schönbächler for successfully defending his thesis: “Expanding Click-Code-Sequencing for Mapping Oxidative and Alkylation DNA Modifications.” 💥🧬
If you need information on carcinogenic alkylating agents, check out this amazing new book chapter! 📘✨
Authors: Jasmin Huber, Monika Kojic, Claudia Aloisi, and Shana Sturla 👉 doi.org/10.1016/B978...
Congrats to all authors for this outstanding contribution to the field of molecular toxicology! 👏🧬
Authors: Jasmin Huber, Monika Kojic, Claudia Aloisi, and Shana Sturla 👉 doi.org/10.1016/B978...
Congrats to all authors for this outstanding contribution to the field of molecular toxicology! 👏🧬
Redirecting
doi.org
October 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
"It now holds that if many of Kirk’s views were repugnant, his willingness to calmly argue... [made him] an exemplar of how we should engage politically across difference.
This thinking seems to place the civility of Kirk’s style of argument over the incivility of what he argued."
This thinking seems to place the civility of Kirk’s style of argument over the incivility of what he argued."
For those who were directly targeted by Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric, bipartisan tributes to him as a champion of free speech signal the mainstreaming of formerly extremist views, Nikole Hannah-Jones writes in an essay for The New York Times Magazine.
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"It now holds that if many of Kirk’s views were repugnant, his willingness to calmly argue... [made him] an exemplar of how we should engage politically across difference.
This thinking seems to place the civility of Kirk’s style of argument over the incivility of what he argued."
This thinking seems to place the civility of Kirk’s style of argument over the incivility of what he argued."
🧪🦠
It's Monday!
...and a new #MVIF program is out! 🤩
Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-42
⭐️ Highlights:
🇦🇺 @gbouras13.bsky.social
🇺🇸 Danica Schmidtke
⭐️ Keynote:
🇺🇸 Peter Turnbaugh
⭐️ Talks:
🇸🇬 Minghao Chia
🇺🇸 @arzamasovalex.bsky.social
🇳🇿 Brooke Wilson
...and a new #MVIF program is out! 🤩
Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-42
⭐️ Highlights:
🇦🇺 @gbouras13.bsky.social
🇺🇸 Danica Schmidtke
⭐️ Keynote:
🇺🇸 Peter Turnbaugh
⭐️ Talks:
🇸🇬 Minghao Chia
🇺🇸 @arzamasovalex.bsky.social
🇳🇿 Brooke Wilson
September 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🧪🦠
Some awesome scientists. They're on a productice high right now, check out their work! 👩🔬🧪🧬🖥️
#MicroSky #WomenInSTEM
#MicroSky #WomenInSTEM
🌍 Our team had the privilege to showcase our latest advances in developing #NAMs under the equator at #WC13! ✨
🔬 @georgaichinger.bsky.social – microbiome-competent biokinetic modeling
🧪 Blandine Descamps – prediction of emerging mycotoxins toxicokinetics
⚖️ Hélène Bigonne – sex-informed PBK models
🔬 @georgaichinger.bsky.social – microbiome-competent biokinetic modeling
🧪 Blandine Descamps – prediction of emerging mycotoxins toxicokinetics
⚖️ Hélène Bigonne – sex-informed PBK models
September 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Some awesome scientists. They're on a productice high right now, check out their work! 👩🔬🧪🧬🖥️
#MicroSky #WomenInSTEM
#MicroSky #WomenInSTEM
Stand-up #science and character! Ask @vakil-takhaveev.bsky.social about fungi, #cancer, and anti-aging 🧪
You can also get Vakil's attention by posting your favorite 🍄 below.
You can also get Vakil's attention by posting your favorite 🍄 below.
Our fantastic postdoc Vakil Takhaveev (@vakil-takhaveev.bsky.social) rocked the EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists’ Symposium in Porto 🇵🇹 @euromedchem.bsky.social, presenting how DNA-damage sequencing can reveal anti-cancer drug mechanisms and push precision oncology forward! ✨🧬
September 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Stand-up #science and character! Ask @vakil-takhaveev.bsky.social about fungi, #cancer, and anti-aging 🧪
You can also get Vakil's attention by posting your favorite 🍄 below.
You can also get Vakil's attention by posting your favorite 🍄 below.
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Open postdoc position in in my lab in Berlin @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de.
Join us to push the frontier in ancient microbial genomics. Please apply until Oct 17th. Reach out in case you have any questions.
www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2193291/job_...
Join us to push the frontier in ancient microbial genomics. Please apply until Oct 17th. Reach out in case you have any questions.
www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2193291/job_...
September 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Open postdoc position in in my lab in Berlin @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de.
Join us to push the frontier in ancient microbial genomics. Please apply until Oct 17th. Reach out in case you have any questions.
www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2193291/job_...
Join us to push the frontier in ancient microbial genomics. Please apply until Oct 17th. Reach out in case you have any questions.
www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2193291/job_...
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We are looking for a postdoc to study single-cell transcriptional heterogeneity in the human skin microbiome.
We have a new protocol mostly developed, but need someone to see it through. Experience with protocol dev or RNAseq appreciated.
Funded by a new grant from MIT-HEALS.
We have a new protocol mostly developed, but need someone to see it through. Experience with protocol dev or RNAseq appreciated.
Funded by a new grant from MIT-HEALS.
September 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We are looking for a postdoc to study single-cell transcriptional heterogeneity in the human skin microbiome.
We have a new protocol mostly developed, but need someone to see it through. Experience with protocol dev or RNAseq appreciated.
Funded by a new grant from MIT-HEALS.
We have a new protocol mostly developed, but need someone to see it through. Experience with protocol dev or RNAseq appreciated.
Funded by a new grant from MIT-HEALS.