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Petr Svoboda

@svobodalab.bsky.social

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playful scientist cynical biologist nerdy nerd & teacher professor de La Mancha admiring humanity, curiosity & Yossarian Lord of Sealand husband & father citizen of Prague & peasant of Bohemia

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Mar 12

ARGONAUTES 2025
The grassroot meeting of Argonaute afficionados is looking for afficionados! Full coverage of Argonautes from prokaryotes to #RNAi, #piRNA and #microRNA Join us in Prague at @imgprague.bsky.social during 27-30/8, 2025. Registration, program and more info here:
argonautes.img.cas.cz

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · 4d

... if anyone would have extra 300 bucks and would speak french and be a true nerd ... here is a hidden gem awaiting to be found:
www.ebay.com/itm/40524050...

Pardon Our Interruption...

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Biozentrum, University of Basel @biozentrum.unibas.ch · 10d

Assistant/Associate Professor in Structural Biology, Biophysics or Biological Imaging

www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...

#biozentrum #University #Basel #Professor #Structural #Biology #Biophysics #Biological #Imaging

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 28d

✍️ We are seeking a highly motivated technician to join our multidisciplinary team.

See more ► www.uochb.cz/en/open-posi... ⤵️

#openposition #iocbprague #iocb #researchjobs #biosciences

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ME Torres-Padilla @metorrespadilla.bsky.social · Jun 12

Are you @ the late stages of your postdoc ? Want to pursue a PI career ?

Then this 👇👇 is for you ! Apply for a spot @ our Talent Forum
www.helmholtz-munich.de/en/stem-cell...

Peer-networking / Career orientation and more !!!

Please distribute :) 🙂

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Elin Videvall @elinvidevall.bsky.social · Sep 1

Anyone with experience doing #metagenomics #microbiome of small insects, e.g. mosquitoes? 🦟🦠

Trying to figure out feasibility of doing individual metagenomes vs pools of individuals. I see both approaches are still used in the literature. My concern would be getting enough DNA from individuals.

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Aug 31

We considered might & magic-like variant but it would make producing them more complicated, so we made them as regular playing cards.

Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Aug 30

When you come to the next an Argonaute conference, then maybe :-)

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Dr. Julie Claycomb @farmgirlphd.bsky.social · Aug 29

Kicking off our third day of #argonautes2025 with a talk by Nobel Prize winner and all around amazing person, scientist, and mentor, Victor Ambros! 🐙

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Aug 28

The original idea is from @lcochella.bsky.social, we just extended it a bit.

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Aug 28

Ambros, Ruvkun, Mello, and Fire will kill me for sure :-)

Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Aug 28

The Argonautes 2025 - we made a special gift for participants - a card set with 32 different Argonautes + an extension pack with four Nobel prize winners from the small RNA field. Mello, Fire, Ambros & Ruvkun as jokers :-) #argonautes2025

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Aug 27

... we got drums! Thank you @obradam.bsky.social !

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Aug 26

.. achievement unlocked: backup beer obtained. Non-alcoholic included. Tastes better than Bud light. 😉

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Aug 26

... achievement unlocked: badges are ready! 🙂

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Aug 25

Did you read the manual? 😄

Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Aug 25

... got the guitar ... but it wasn't without a price ... it's still under control. I think. I hope. :-)) ... the first meeting participant from abroad I know of has arrived! More come tomorrow.

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Ian in 314 @ianwrobel.bsky.social · Aug 24

I thought this was way cool. It’s a fire hydrant painted in Starry Night by Van Gogh in Kirkwood.

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Aug 22

Wild epigenetic landscape

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Aug 21

Culture clash :-)

a man in a suit with a red tie and a pocket square that says ' i ' on it

ALT: a man in a suit with a red tie and a pocket square that says ' i ' on it

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Aug 21

When a beetle crawls over the surface of a globe, it doesn't notice that the track it has covered is curved ...

Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Aug 21

Maybe it's time to change the nomenclature:
Gene oppression
Gene uprising
Gene liberation
Gene supremacy

Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Aug 21

Argonautes are coming :-) ... soon at @imgprague.bsky.social ... finishing preparations. Still missing a few things like drums, guitar, badges, beer ... but it's under control. I think. I hope. :-))
#argonautes2025

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James Galbraith @gulbruth.bsky.social · Aug 19

Does selfing allow or even lead to massive genome reshuffling, expansion and sky high homozygousity? Come and find out at posters 29 and 42 this afternoon, only at #eseb2025 and learn about an organism whose genome looks like it went through a blender and came out high repetitive and homozygous.

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · Aug 10

My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships.

This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria.

Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · Aug 9

Nope, no newsletter ... but if you follow @odedrechavi.bsky.social and @itaiyanai.bsky.social you won't miss it.