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Adam Obr

@obradam.bsky.social

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Leukemia, immunology, weightlifting, drums, coffee & science communication. // Rejpu se v leukemických buňkách a imunitním systému. Vzpírám. Piju kafe. Píšu o tom články.

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Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · Nov 21

On my social media accounts, I focus on science communication.

That said, I am primarily a cell biologist working on leukemia.

In my group, we are focused on cell adhesion mechanisms — previously in CML, and now in B-ALL in the context of immunological therapy.

If you are interested, hit me a DM.

Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 17d

Meanwhile.

Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 17d

Yeah, unfortunately.
I'm just waiting what comes next.

Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 17d

It has an upside.
From now on, we can continue to safely vaccinate our children.

Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 17d

So the politicisation of health continues in the States and I want to highlight a few key things 🧪🧵

Trump attacks Tylenol as officials unveil highly contentious conclusions on autism

President says acetaminophen – also known as paracetamol - increases risk when taken by pregnant women, assertion contradicted by research

www.theguardian.com

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · Sep 4

Pediatric T cell and B cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection @jci-insight.bsky.social @profshanecrotty.bsky.social
insight.jci.org/articles/vie...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Sep 4

New @science.org
A peptide released from white blood cells, directed against bacteria, can also poke holes in the membrane of heart muscle cells and induce a lethal arrhythmia (ventricular tachycardia). In the mouse model.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Resistin-like molecule γ attacks cardiomyocyte membranes and promotes ventricular tachycardia

Ventricular tachycardia disrupts the heart’s coordinated pump function, leading to sudden cardiac death. Neutrophils, which are recruited in high numbers to the ischemic myocardium, promote these arrh...

www.science.org

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Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · Sep 3

A friendly reminder: If a so-called nutritional expert talks in a way that you can substitute the word "hormones" with "chakras" without a change in meaning of their claim, you are pretty safe to assume they do not know their physiology.

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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · Aug 28

🧵 I know it's ridiculous, but when he's talking mitochondrial challenges & inflammation, he's again referring to his idea of vaccine-induced autism. Let me explain.

jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · Aug 27

via @acyn.bsky.social

RFK JR: I’m looking at kids as I walk through the airports today...and I see these kids that are just overburdened with mitochondrial challenges, inflammation—you can tell from their faces, movements, and lack of social connection

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Dr Karen Pinder 🇨🇦 🔬 @drkarenpinder.bsky.social · Aug 29

This is mitochondria under a scanning electron microscope.

For no reason at all.

📷 credit: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · Aug 27

Glad to help, and I hope I'll see them in action tomorrow 😛

Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · Aug 21

Buňky, geny, barvičky a vlasy v tenisáku.

To všechno a ještě víc v první epizodě podcastu Jak funguje život.

forendors.cz/jakfungujezi...

Jak funguje život (@jakfungujezivot)

Buněčný biolog Adam Obr a obyčejná holka Denisa Hrubešová. 🧠 Ona má blbý otázky, on má odpovědi. Společně řešíme, co se sakra děje v těle, když jíme, cvičíme nebo prostě jen žijeme. Na Discordu roze...

forendors.cz

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Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · Aug 12

That's 105 kilos.
Apparently, when I 1) sleep more than 5,5 h a night and 2) don't train at 7AM but in the afternoon, it's not THAT bad.
Who would have said so, huh.

Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · Aug 11

Zajímavej pocit přijít si takhle do Českého rozhlasu, koukat na všechna ta ocenění za Podcast roku, spálit si jazyk kafem z frenchpressu a pak se tvářit, že něco vím.

Poslouchejte:

youtu.be/iiEvCCJcYcs?...

Vinohradská 12: Recept na dlouhověkost. Mají ho influenceři?

YouTube video by Český rozhlas Radiožurnál

youtu.be

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Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · Aug 11

To jsem rád!

Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · Aug 8

I know what you mean.

If you are a PhD from a different field, you don't understand shit about what it's talking about, and if your PhD is from the same field, you realize it actually is shit and you gotta find out by yourself.

J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · Aug 7

“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.

Theo Sanderson @theo.io · Aug 7

(real, one-shot :p )

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jul 15

"In this cohort study, the use of GLP-1RAs semaglutide and
tirzepatide was associated with a lower risk of dementia, stroke, and all-cause mortality in adults with type 2 diabetes and obesity."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Neurodegeneration and Stroke After GLP-1RAs in Diabetes and Obesity

This cohort study evaluates the association of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) semaglutide and tirzepatide with incidence of neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular diseases in pati...

jamanetwork.com

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Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · Jul 7

#scientistwholift

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časopis Vesmír @vesmir.bsky.social · Jul 2

Hlas Vesmíru tentokrát o (ne)umělých sladidlech!

⁉️Jsou umělá sladidla škodlivá?
🧑‍⚕️Stojí za vznikem metabolických a nádorových onemocnění?
📋Jak o nich získat ty nejvěrohodnější informace?

O tom všem jsme si povídali s buněčným biologem @obradam.bsky.social

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Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · Jun 30

I guess you can say I am sort of a celebrity now or smth.

Vinohradská 12 Podcast coming soon.

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Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · Jun 28

Oh yes, the famous study from my country, from people known as hardcore "vaccine skeptics".

What the study show is that you can actually publish anything as "scientific text", if you really want to.

Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · Jun 28

Science is littered with bad, terrible and fake studies. That is a problem. It undermines trust is scientific data and public health. These studies ate abused by charlatans, extremists and tge ignorant.
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Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · Jun 26

My pleasure!

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Christie Wilcox @nerdychristie.bsky.social · Jun 25

Does ChatGPT rot your brain? Well, maybe, but the preprint everyone has been talking about doesn't show that. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

A comparison of the EEG findings between the groups that used ChatGPT (LLM), Google (Search Engine), or no software aid (Brain). Nataliya Kosmyna

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Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · Jun 25

5) It is a conversation.

Consider every talk a dialogue. Hell, consider every article you write a dialogue. Things will become far more engaging - for you, and for anyone who is interested.

Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · Jun 25

4) Language.

Nobody cares how do you call it in a lab. It's molecules. It's things and stuff. It's biochemical magic that usually does not have to be called names.

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Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · Jun 25

3) Explain. Then explain some more.

The key word is "communication". How do you expect to communicate effectively with a human, of you talk about different things at the same time?

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Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · Jun 25

2) You are there to teach them something. Not to show how much you know.

Only a select few people have the ability to explain anything on the deepest level. Chances are you're not the select few.

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