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Nonia Pariente
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Editor in Chief of the #NonProfit, #OpenAccess journal @plosbiology.org Former Chief Editor of Nature Microbiology.
#Virologist. #Feminist. #Spaniard in the UK. #Galician. #European always.
Views my own.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3666-5683
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Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social · Nov 22
Hi Bluesky! 👋
Dipping my toes here given the dumpsterfire over at X. I am Editor in Chief of #PLOSBiology, interested in all things #science.
#virologist, passionate about #OpenScience & making #publication process constructive & transparent.
I look forward to rebuilding community here!
npariente.bsky.social
Happy to see this! This is indeed a mission statement for us, so I am pleased to see we lived up to it.

Congratulations on very nice work @tjryan.bsky.social and all of the team
tjryan.bsky.social Tomás Ryan @tjryan.bsky.social · 14d
Lastly, many thanks to the Editors at @plosbiology.org for a serious, efficient, and scholarly approach to peer review. My first time submitting to this journal, and I was very impressed.
January 16, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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conscienhealth.bsky.social
If we want to understand why taking pleasure from food is not the likeliest cause of #obesity, we need to learn a bit about #interoceptive signals that regulate our eating and our weight. It's all about #homeostasis.
HT: @plosbiology.org
conscienhealth.org/2026/01/12/i...
January 12, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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plosbiology.org
Phage-host interactions have a role shaping microbial ecosystems, but what happens in #microgravity? Experiments aboard the #ISS reveal distinct evolutionary adaptations in T7 bacteriophage & #Ecoli, revealing #phage variants effective against resistant pathogens @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3LtKOfs
A graphic showing E. coli and T7 bacteriophage floating in space. Image credit: C. Chitboonthavisuk.
January 15, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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wenjuanma84.bsky.social
Re-read this #PRDM9 paper: striking evidence from salmonids that #PRDM9-driven #recombination hotspots are conserved across vertebrates, with rapid #hotspot #turnover driven by target erosion over hundreds of millions of years 🧬

Highly recommendation and a must read 👉

@academic-chatter.bsky.social
plosbiology.org PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Jan 7
PRDM9 helps determine the location of recombination hotspots in many mammals. Study of salmonid fish reveals that #PRDM9 function is conserved across vertebrates, and this peculiar evolutionary runaway caused by PRDM9 has been active for 100s of millions of years🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/3DIvFCG
Top: pictures of Salmo salar and Oncorhynchus mykiss (credit: US Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain). Bottom: Structure of the identified PRDM9 alleles in S. salar PRDM9 α1.a.2 and O. mykiss PRDM9 α1.a.1. Colored boxes represent unique ZFs, characterized by the 3 amino acids in contact with DNA (3-letter code).
January 15, 2026 at 8:40 AM
npariente.bsky.social
Lovely paper! 😎

Shorthand for microbes is getting confusing though. I get that Kazachstania pintolopesii is a mouthful, but Kp is Klebsiella pneumoniae, or @katholt.bsky.social 🤪?

#MicroSky #FridayProblems 🧪
January 16, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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plos.org
PLOS Ecosystems is our new open access journal bringing together rigorous research across terrestrial, freshwater, and marine systems - linking biodiversity, ecosystem function, and nature’s contributions to people.

➡️ Help shape the future of ecosystems research: plos.io/4puYlRE
January 15, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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adamjkucharski.bsky.social
Want to get the data out of a PDF figure? As in, the actual data – not a rough trace-along-the-lines version?

I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/

It all started a few years ago... 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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apmahonen.bsky.social
We’re hiring! 🌱
Open positions in my lab for candidates interested in cambium development in Arabidopsis, hybrid aspen, or silver birch. Apply now! Please repost! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Postdoctoral and Doctoral Researchers in Plant Developmental Biology
Postdoctoral and Doctoral Researchers in Plant Developmental Biology
jobs.helsinki.fi
January 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
npariente.bsky.social
Wearing a 30yo “pellizca” coat today. Was a gift from my parents when I left home for uni in the cold Madrid.

I don’t use it often now, but when I do I always get a bit nostalgic
Photo of a brown sheepskin coat
January 10, 2026 at 12:54 PM
npariente.bsky.social
Just like the UK
dudinlab.bsky.social Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · 6d
We can't see the mountains today, but the trains are still on time...
January 10, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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dijiang319.bsky.social
@science.org Deep contrastive learning enables genome-wide virtual screening | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Deep contrastive learning enables genome-wide virtual screening
Recent breakthroughs in protein structure prediction have opened new avenues for genome-wide drug discovery, yet existing virtual screening methods remain computationally prohibitive. We present DrugC...
www.science.org
January 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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plosbiology.org
In hydrozoan #jellyfish, the timing of gamete release is often coordinated by light. Ezio Rosato explores a @plosbiology.org study that elucidates a novel, endogenous clock-based mechanism that governs #egg release in a new species of jellyfish 🧪 Paper: plos.io/4btAwpY Primer: plos.io/49eTOya
Rhythmic ovulation in Clytia species. Top row: In Clytia hemisphaerica, the oocytes develop (blue arrow) becoming competent to respond to the maturation-inducing hormone (MIH), which triggers meiosis. MIH (red triangle) is released by neurosecretory cells in the gonads when they become exposed to light. After completion of meiosis (about 2 hours), the mature eggs are released. Ovulation (green square) lasts about 10 min. Since light is required to start a cycle, whose duration is regulated by the developmental programme, in C. hemisphaerica rhythmic ovulation is analogous to an hourglass. Bottom row: In Clytia sp.IZ-D light is required for synchronous development of the oocytes (blue arrow). However, the final maturation process, which makes them responsive to MIH, is gated by an unknown mechanism that likely operates individually in each oocyte (black-and-blue arrow). Light also drives the accumulation and progressive release of MIH. Meiosis begins when the oocytes reach the right maturation stage and MIH the right concentration. After about 2 hours ovulation begins, lasting about 60 min (green box). Together, the timing mechanisms controlling oocyte development and MIH release constitute an incipient clock. Two light-dark cycles are shown for reference.
January 9, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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clytia-vlfr.bsky.social
There's also a nice accompanying
Commentry piece by Ezio Rosato: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
An emerging clock mechanism in a hydrozoan jellyfish
In hydrozoan jellyfish, the timing of gamete release is often coordinated by light. This primer discusses findings from a recent PLOS Biology article that elucidates a novel, endogenous clock-based me...
dx.plos.org
January 7, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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clytia-vlfr.bsky.social
Now out in PLOS Biology- a novel clock mechanism regulating spawining in a newly-identified Clytia species
: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
A light-entrained clock mechanism in a hydrozoan jellyfish synchronizes evening gamete release
Jellyfish rely on light cues to help coordinate the timing of their gamete release. By characterizing a new species of jellyfish, this study reveals an additional autonomous circadian mechanism that s...
dx.plos.org
January 7, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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ageinves.bsky.social
Participamos en el nuevo partenariado europeo #BrainHealth para reforzar la cooperación internacional en investigación en #saludcerebral,@epbrainhealth.bsky.social
📅 Abiertas dos convocatorias transnacionales, financiadas por la #AEI.
www.aei.gob.es/noticias/age...
January 9, 2026 at 9:59 AM
npariente.bsky.social
Timeline cleanse
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d
On the lamb: 50 sheep break away from flock and storm German supermarket
On the lamb: 50 sheep break away from flock and storm German supermarket
Woolly incursion occurred during seasonal migration of animals in the Bavarian municipality of Burgsinn About 50 wayward sheep have broken off from their flock and stormed a discount supermarket in German town, startling and delighting customers as they rushed to explore the aisles before being escorted from the premises. The woolly incursion occurred on Monday during a routine seasonal migration of the farm animals in the Bavarian municipality of Burgsinn. A few dozen of the sheep had other ideas about the route and made their way into a store of the Penny retail chain. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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melanielaurin.bsky.social
I want to highlight the remarkable experience we had with the PLOS Biology editorial team. Their professionalism and genuinely constructive communication made an enormous difference, especially for an ECI navigating the publication process 😅 . This level of support truly matters.
plosbiology.org PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 9d
During embryogenesis, how do cells self-organize to support tissue-specific functions? @melanielaurin.bsky.social &co show that ARHGEF3 regulates #cadherin patterning & #placode polarization in early #HairFollicle development, influencing #morphogenesis @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/450aBm5
The image depicts P-cadherin levels at cell–cell junctions in a planar view of whole-mount preparation of embryonic mouse skin. The image was derived from confocal microscopy data and artistically enhanced for visual clarity. Image credit: Krithika Kalyanakrishnan and Alexandra Jetté
January 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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npariente.bsky.social
Given current changes to early vaccine recommendations in the US, I though it worth emphasizing again that “Vaccines work… and do not cause autism”

#VaccinesWork #ImmunoSky #ViroSky #MicroSky

🧪

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Vaccines work… and do not cause autism
Vaccines have saved millions of lives, yet their importance and safety is repeatedly in question. W e cannot let disinformation campaigns get in the way of global public health – it is not time to def...
journals.plos.org
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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erictopol.bsky.social
Vaccines, the most impressive public health intervention in medical history, and where we could be headed if there was not efforts to negate truth, facts, and evidence
A great, open-access, review and perspective by @scientificdiscovery.dev
January 7, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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plosbiology.org
Ongoing outbreaks of H5N1 #influenza in U.S. dairy #Cattle threaten the dairy industry & #PublicHealth. @eales96.bsky.social &co analyze public data to quantify the #viral kinetics of infected cattle, providing key parameters for effective #outbreak control @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4szJ2Ks
Ct value trajectory model posterior estimates of the individual-level Ct value trajectories for experimentally infected cattle (top) and naturally infected cattle (bottom). Ct value trajectory posterior estimates are shown with median (line), and 50% (dark shaded region) and 95% (light shaded region) credible intervals. Data points are connected via solid lines, with uncensored data shown as solid points, and censored data shown as a horizontal dash with a dashed line extending to the possible range of values.
January 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
npariente.bsky.social
Given current changes to early vaccine recommendations in the US, I though it worth emphasizing again that “Vaccines work… and do not cause autism”

#VaccinesWork #ImmunoSky #ViroSky #MicroSky

🧪

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Vaccines work… and do not cause autism
Vaccines have saved millions of lives, yet their importance and safety is repeatedly in question. W e cannot let disinformation campaigns get in the way of global public health – it is not time to def...
journals.plos.org
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
npariente.bsky.social
#VaccinesWork
🧪
erictopol.bsky.social Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 9d
Vaccines, the most impressive public health intervention in medical history, and where we could be headed if there was not efforts to negate truth, facts, and evidence
A great, open-access, review and perspective by @scientificdiscovery.dev
January 7, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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npariente.bsky.social
It was a great ride to be on the launch team of @natmicrobiol.nature.com & then have the pleasure of leading it for a time

I'm super proud of what we achieved & happy to see it continue doing well

It was fun to reminisce for this birthday issue & read the other great pieces.

Many happy returns!
natmicrobiol.nature.com Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 11d
Nature Microbiology turns 10! 🎂

As a special treat, we take you back to the editorial team that started it all and then fast forward to take a peek into the future of microbiology through some brilliant microbiologists.

#MicroSky 🦠

www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
January 6, 2026 at 5:33 PM
npariente.bsky.social
It was a great ride to be on the launch team of @natmicrobiol.nature.com & then have the pleasure of leading it for a time

I'm super proud of what we achieved & happy to see it continue doing well

It was fun to reminisce for this birthday issue & read the other great pieces.

Many happy returns!
natmicrobiol.nature.com Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 11d
Nature Microbiology turns 10! 🎂

As a special treat, we take you back to the editorial team that started it all and then fast forward to take a peek into the future of microbiology through some brilliant microbiologists.

#MicroSky 🦠

www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
January 6, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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sshadan.bsky.social
The journal Nature is looking for a Metabolism and Cardiovascular biology editor -- deadline coming soon.

springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Biological, Clinical, and Social Sciences
Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Biological, Clinical, and Social Sciences Organization: Nature Portfolio Locations: New York, Jersey City, or Berlin – Hybrid Working Model Closing Date: Janu...
springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:54 AM