Mike Fainzilber
@mfainzilber.bsky.social
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Molecular neuroscience, cell biology, aikido and haiku, not necessarily in that order. https://www.weizmann.ac.il/Biomolecular_Sciences/Fainzilber/
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“There are two races of men in this world, but only these two - the “race” of the decent man and the “race” of the indecent man.”

- Viktor Frankl
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economist.com
To Jane Goodall, everything was connected, animals, people and land; to protect her precious chimpanzees, or any other species, the land and its people also had to be saved. Our obituary
Jane Goodall spent her life telling humans to honour animals
The naturalist and activist died on October 1st, aged 91
econ.st
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jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social
Two group leader positions available in the broader areas of RNA science, RNA technologies, and RNA medicine. Attractive packages and a great environment. Come and join us at Helmholtz RNA Würzburg, Bavaria.
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kalinskilab.bsky.social
Paper Alert!! Our collaborative work with Giger Lab at UMich is out now in #ScienceTranslationMedicine Deletion of murine Sarm1 results in a microenvironment that delays peripheral nerve regeneration after injury | Science Translational Medicine @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Deletion of murine Sarm1 results in a microenvironment that delays peripheral nerve regeneration after injury
In Sarm1-deficient mice, peripheral nervous system regeneration is delayed after injury.
www.science.org
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity
mfainzilber.bsky.social
All well and good, but has anyone ever posted said master’s teaching evaluations…?
lindorfflarsen.bsky.social
A good day to remember John Gurdon’s school report from his biology master at Eton
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tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social
Just incredible findings, and a beautifully written paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Get your shingrix vaccine! You do not want peripheral neuropathy, and as a bonus you get substantial protection from later development of dementia.
Varicella-zoster virus reactivation and the risk of dementia - Nature Medicine
Large-scale longitudinal health records reveal consistent association of varicella-zoster virus reactivation with dementia.
www.nature.com
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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
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economist.com
Despite all the improvements China’s winemakers have made in recent years, Chinese wines do not rank among the world’s most coveted bottles econ.st/3VOO4Ui

Photo: Gilles Sabrié
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“A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.”

– Akio Morita

*holds doubly so for research labs!

Quote via @economist.com
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boghuma.bsky.social
Speaking for all physicians and healthcare providers here. When we see patients in need of care especially in an emergency room we do not leave them for dead. We do not care about their immigration status, we treat them because that is what we took an oath to do and is also basic human decency.
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Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."
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jonathanslaght.com
super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉
Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts
Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.
www.popsci.com
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madhupai.bsky.social
PubMed is in trouble

This is beyond bad for medical research

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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greenrat.bsky.social
Neat trick if you polycolonal ab's suck. Incubate them with fixed cells with a KO of your protein of interest, then spin. Protocol here: www.med.upenn.edu/markslab/ass...
I was amazed how well it worked on first try (I'm sure that I can completely eliminate unspecific bands)
#WesternBlot #cellsky
On the left - western blot of B16F10 cells wt and KO for CDK8. Our in house produced antibodies give a lot of unspecific bands. On the right same probes with antibodies preincubated with fixed CDK8 KO cells - there is a specific band and faint unspecific bands, which can be probably eliminated with increase of amount of KO cells.
mfainzilber.bsky.social
“A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.”

– Akio Morita

*holds doubly so for research labs!

Quote via @economist.com
mfainzilber.bsky.social
Do tell us more about the advantages and efficiencies of AI in academic publishing....
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economist.com
Lake Victoria may look inviting, but its waters are full of tiny parasitic worms. A new study suggests an odd way to make it safer, using catfish
Restocking an African lake may ameliorate a debilitating plague
Catfish eat the snails in which the parasite lives
econ.st
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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
Impressive how one political party can control the White House, the House, the Senate, and the Supreme Court, but not bear responsibility for whether the federal government functions. Neat trick.
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prunejuicejournal.bsky.social
Call for submissions! PJ's submission window is now open for the month of October! We’re looking for your best #senryu and related forms of #poetry, including #kyoka, #haibun, #gembun, #haiga, and #sequences.

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#submissions
#WritingCommunity
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emmy.baby
Okay, funny bookstore category
Book section labeled "Most Stolen Books"