Tomás Gomes 🇪🇺
@tomsgoms.bsky.social
[Immune] Single-cells & sci-fi, often together | Post-doc
@LGraca lab @gimmfoundation.bsky.social | Posts 🇬🇧 🇵🇹
@LGraca lab @gimmfoundation.bsky.social | Posts 🇬🇧 🇵🇹
the best way to make progress on your paper reading list is not reading papers, it's removing the ones you've put there that you don't really need to read
(fine, it's not really progress, but definitely cuts the mental workload 😅)
(fine, it's not really progress, but definitely cuts the mental workload 😅)
November 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
the best way to make progress on your paper reading list is not reading papers, it's removing the ones you've put there that you don't really need to read
(fine, it's not really progress, but definitely cuts the mental workload 😅)
(fine, it's not really progress, but definitely cuts the mental workload 😅)
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Coffee beans harvested from the faeces of the Asian palm civet may have higher levels of fats and other key flavour-enhancing compounds than traditionally harvested beans, according to a paper in Scientific Reports. go.nature.com/4nuNrL2 #plantscience 🧪
October 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Coffee beans harvested from the faeces of the Asian palm civet may have higher levels of fats and other key flavour-enhancing compounds than traditionally harvested beans, according to a paper in Scientific Reports. go.nature.com/4nuNrL2 #plantscience 🧪
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Success rates for Europe’s leading research grants are declining as a surge in applications far outweighs the funds available
go.nature.com/479Sni6
go.nature.com/479Sni6
Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data
Applications for European research grants increased in 2025. Scientists say they’re feeling the competition.
go.nature.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Success rates for Europe’s leading research grants are declining as a surge in applications far outweighs the funds available
go.nature.com/479Sni6
go.nature.com/479Sni6
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Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! formatmypaper.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! formatmypaper.com
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Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We are excited that the Earth BioGenome Project, a global network of scientists including those from the Sanger Institute, has mapped the second phase of its ambitious plan to sequence all 1.67 million known species on Earth by 2035. 👏
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/bi...
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/bi...
September 5, 2025 at 8:34 AM
We are excited that the Earth BioGenome Project, a global network of scientists including those from the Sanger Institute, has mapped the second phase of its ambitious plan to sequence all 1.67 million known species on Earth by 2035. 👏
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/bi...
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/bi...
🍂*Autumn School for Single Cell-ers 2025*🍂
Register Now! gimm.idloom.events/autumn-school
📆October 20-24
📍GIMM Oeiras, Portugal
📧[email protected]
Register Now! gimm.idloom.events/autumn-school
📆October 20-24
📍GIMM Oeiras, Portugal
📧[email protected]
September 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🍂*Autumn School for Single Cell-ers 2025*🍂
Register Now! gimm.idloom.events/autumn-school
📆October 20-24
📍GIMM Oeiras, Portugal
📧[email protected]
Register Now! gimm.idloom.events/autumn-school
📆October 20-24
📍GIMM Oeiras, Portugal
📧[email protected]
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Now online! Ancient host-associated microbes obtained from mammoth remains
Ancient host-associated microbes obtained from mammoth remains
A study of 483 mammoth remains spanning over a million years reveals ancient host-associated microbes preserved in bones and teeth, offering new insights into the long-term evolution of Pleistocene microbiomes and their association with megafaunal hosts.
dlvr.it
September 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Now online! Ancient host-associated microbes obtained from mammoth remains
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🔆 Good morning!
Why chocolate tastes so good:
Microbes that fine-tune its flavour 🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Manipulating the microbial communities involved in cocoa bean fermentation could make chocolate even more delicious.
More delicious? Is that even possible?
Why chocolate tastes so good:
Microbes that fine-tune its flavour 🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Manipulating the microbial communities involved in cocoa bean fermentation could make chocolate even more delicious.
More delicious? Is that even possible?
August 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🔆 Good morning!
Why chocolate tastes so good:
Microbes that fine-tune its flavour 🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Manipulating the microbial communities involved in cocoa bean fermentation could make chocolate even more delicious.
More delicious? Is that even possible?
Why chocolate tastes so good:
Microbes that fine-tune its flavour 🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Manipulating the microbial communities involved in cocoa bean fermentation could make chocolate even more delicious.
More delicious? Is that even possible?
Reposted by Tomás Gomes 🇪🇺
What’s on at #GIMMFest Day 1 & 2? We’ll kick things off with big ideas to spark your curiosity, then dive into fresh perspectives on the future of aging and the everyday experiences that shape it.
🔗 gimm.pt/pt-pt/gimm-festival/#program
🔗 gimm.pt/pt-pt/gimm-festival/#program
August 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
What’s on at #GIMMFest Day 1 & 2? We’ll kick things off with big ideas to spark your curiosity, then dive into fresh perspectives on the future of aging and the everyday experiences that shape it.
🔗 gimm.pt/pt-pt/gimm-festival/#program
🔗 gimm.pt/pt-pt/gimm-festival/#program
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"For half an hour, I vented everything I had been holding in for months … my supervisor … then calmly offered a line I’ll never forget: 'You are here to learn to ride a bicycle, not to invent a bicycle.' That one sentence landed softly, but it cracked something open." https://scim.ag/4lt1Ru0
August 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"For half an hour, I vented everything I had been holding in for months … my supervisor … then calmly offered a line I’ll never forget: 'You are here to learn to ride a bicycle, not to invent a bicycle.' That one sentence landed softly, but it cracked something open." https://scim.ag/4lt1Ru0
"Os homens estão mesmo a deixar de ler ficção?" www.publico.pt/2025/08/14/p...
Os homens estão mesmo a deixar de ler ficção?
Elas estão a ler mais do que eles, principalmente romances, fantasia e thrillers. Homens escolhem a não-ficção em nome do autoaperfeiçoamento e evitam ler autoras mulheres. Mas há quem contrarie.
www.publico.pt
August 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
"Os homens estão mesmo a deixar de ler ficção?" www.publico.pt/2025/08/14/p...
A positive insight of what we should take from books.
Still makes me think what would be the best way to save interesting quotes/passages from books (and same goes for papers!)
horacebianchon.substack.com/p/youre-not-...
Still makes me think what would be the best way to save interesting quotes/passages from books (and same goes for papers!)
horacebianchon.substack.com/p/youre-not-...
August 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
A positive insight of what we should take from books.
Still makes me think what would be the best way to save interesting quotes/passages from books (and same goes for papers!)
horacebianchon.substack.com/p/youre-not-...
Still makes me think what would be the best way to save interesting quotes/passages from books (and same goes for papers!)
horacebianchon.substack.com/p/youre-not-...
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The grave risks for science as the whole of leaving fundamental scientific infrastructure in the hands of for-profit capitalist company. Essential scholarly services should be internationally curated by value-based societies/orders/colleges.
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Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
hannahshelley.neocities.org
August 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The grave risks for science as the whole of leaving fundamental scientific infrastructure in the hands of for-profit capitalist company. Essential scholarly services should be internationally curated by value-based societies/orders/colleges.
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The end of peer-review in the U.S.A.? www.nature.com/articles/d41... #science #research #nih #nsf #peerreview
Trump order gives political appointees vast powers over research grants
Researchers are alarmed that the move might upend a long-standing tradition of peer-review for grants.
www.nature.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The end of peer-review in the U.S.A.? www.nature.com/articles/d41... #science #research #nih #nsf #peerreview
"the council was also developing a new initial step for the scientific process, “Assess Profitability of Research,” which would help determine if systematic investigation is even worth pursuing in the first place."
theonion.com/seek-funding...
theonion.com/seek-funding...
‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
PARIS—In an effort to modernize the principles and empirical procedures of examining phenomena and advancing humanity’s collective knowledge, the International Council for Science announced Thursday t...
theonion.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"the council was also developing a new initial step for the scientific process, “Assess Profitability of Research,” which would help determine if systematic investigation is even worth pursuing in the first place."
theonion.com/seek-funding...
theonion.com/seek-funding...
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Glow-in-the-dark marsupials, fashionable science, and cyborg jellyfish
Check out July's best science images, chosen by Nature's photo team 📸
go.nature.com/4fgF7M8
Check out July's best science images, chosen by Nature's photo team 📸
go.nature.com/4fgF7M8
Glow-in-the-dark marsupial shows off its luminous fur — July’s best science images
The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.
go.nature.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Glow-in-the-dark marsupials, fashionable science, and cyborg jellyfish
Check out July's best science images, chosen by Nature's photo team 📸
go.nature.com/4fgF7M8
Check out July's best science images, chosen by Nature's photo team 📸
go.nature.com/4fgF7M8
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Happy to share that @spac.bsky.social was awarded an @erc.europa.eu PoC
It's a bit of an unusual one: the innovation is in policy. We want to help scientists, NGO's, journalists... implement @ec.europa.eu #DSA #Article40 and make the internet a better place
More info: www.lip.pt?lang=en§...
It's a bit of an unusual one: the innovation is in policy. We want to help scientists, NGO's, journalists... implement @ec.europa.eu #DSA #Article40 and make the internet a better place
More info: www.lip.pt?lang=en§...
ERC funds project on algorithmic bias led by LIP researcher
Joana Gonçalves-Sá, from LIP’s SPAC group, receives ERC Proof of Concept grant to audit recommendations from search engines and LLMs.
www.lip.pt
July 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Happy to share that @spac.bsky.social was awarded an @erc.europa.eu PoC
It's a bit of an unusual one: the innovation is in policy. We want to help scientists, NGO's, journalists... implement @ec.europa.eu #DSA #Article40 and make the internet a better place
More info: www.lip.pt?lang=en§...
It's a bit of an unusual one: the innovation is in policy. We want to help scientists, NGO's, journalists... implement @ec.europa.eu #DSA #Article40 and make the internet a better place
More info: www.lip.pt?lang=en§...
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We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to investigate the role of inflammation on therapy resistance in colorectal cancer using patient-derived organoids and single-cell multiomics. Please reach out if interested:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX776/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX776/p...
Postdoctoral Research Associate at Queen Mary University of London
Discover Postdoctoral Research Associate jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
www.jobs.ac.uk
July 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to investigate the role of inflammation on therapy resistance in colorectal cancer using patient-derived organoids and single-cell multiomics. Please reach out if interested:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX776/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX776/p...
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Our Biobank has been selected by @esa.int to store the biological samples of European astronauts. The first 6 thousand samples are expected to arrive later this year.
With this agreement, GIMM becomes the sole centralized location for the preservation of these samples.
www.publico.pt/2025/07/22/c...
With this agreement, GIMM becomes the sole centralized location for the preservation of these samples.
www.publico.pt/2025/07/22/c...
Sangue, saliva e urina de astronautas europeus vêm para Portugal
Biobanco do Instituto Gulbenkian de Medicina Molecular foi escolhido pela Agência Espacial Europeia para acolher as amostras biológicas dos astronautas europeus. Seis mil amostras chegam já este ano.
www.publico.pt
July 24, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Our Biobank has been selected by @esa.int to store the biological samples of European astronauts. The first 6 thousand samples are expected to arrive later this year.
With this agreement, GIMM becomes the sole centralized location for the preservation of these samples.
www.publico.pt/2025/07/22/c...
With this agreement, GIMM becomes the sole centralized location for the preservation of these samples.
www.publico.pt/2025/07/22/c...
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My postdoc work at Treutlein lab and @graycamplab.bsky.social with @jasperjanssens.bsky.social is out in @science.org ! We screen for neuron subtypes using pro-neural TFs + morphogen combinations + scRNA-seq and profiled over 700,000 cells in 480 conditions. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
July 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
My postdoc work at Treutlein lab and @graycamplab.bsky.social with @jasperjanssens.bsky.social is out in @science.org ! We screen for neuron subtypes using pro-neural TFs + morphogen combinations + scRNA-seq and profiled over 700,000 cells in 480 conditions. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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#HotFromThePress !!
What if instead of analyzing 4-6 pathology markers you could check >100 in the *same* sample?
@maltekuehl.com & co @puellesv.bsky.social lab introduce #PathoPlex, method that could even predict disease
Full www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@focalplane.bsky.social @nature.com 🧪🔬
What if instead of analyzing 4-6 pathology markers you could check >100 in the *same* sample?
@maltekuehl.com & co @puellesv.bsky.social lab introduce #PathoPlex, method that could even predict disease
Full www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@focalplane.bsky.social @nature.com 🧪🔬
July 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
#HotFromThePress !!
What if instead of analyzing 4-6 pathology markers you could check >100 in the *same* sample?
@maltekuehl.com & co @puellesv.bsky.social lab introduce #PathoPlex, method that could even predict disease
Full www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@focalplane.bsky.social @nature.com 🧪🔬
What if instead of analyzing 4-6 pathology markers you could check >100 in the *same* sample?
@maltekuehl.com & co @puellesv.bsky.social lab introduce #PathoPlex, method that could even predict disease
Full www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@focalplane.bsky.social @nature.com 🧪🔬
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Horizon Europe budget to double, but €68B will remain in Competitiveness Fund
🧪 #AcademicSky
sciencebusiness.net/news/plannin...
🧪 #AcademicSky
sciencebusiness.net/news/plannin...
Horizon Europe budget to double, but €68B will remain in Competitiveness Fund
The proposal for the next Horizon Europe is in, with funding increases all round, including a tripling of the budget for the EU’s innovation scheme, the European Innovation Council (EIC).The European ...
sciencebusiness.net
July 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Horizon Europe budget to double, but €68B will remain in Competitiveness Fund
🧪 #AcademicSky
sciencebusiness.net/news/plannin...
🧪 #AcademicSky
sciencebusiness.net/news/plannin...
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Know what has been surprising & fun about being part of Science Vs? Research we've done for the show has led to TWO peer-reviewed papers. When I returned to journalism after my MSPH, I didn't think I'd ever co-author studies.
The latest, on the "orgasm gap"👇🧪
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The latest, on the "orgasm gap"👇🧪
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Examining the orgasm gap in a diverse sample with mixed methods
Research has identified gender differences in orgasm frequency during sex between heterosexual individuals. This orgasm gap is reduced for cisgender women who have sex with women, while cisgender m...
www.tandfonline.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Know what has been surprising & fun about being part of Science Vs? Research we've done for the show has led to TWO peer-reviewed papers. When I returned to journalism after my MSPH, I didn't think I'd ever co-author studies.
The latest, on the "orgasm gap"👇🧪
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The latest, on the "orgasm gap"👇🧪
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks Spam Email, but I'd make more progress if I didn't have to remove you constantly from my inbox. Who knows, maybe I could then even submit my work to your completely unrelated journal 😉
July 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Thanks Spam Email, but I'd make more progress if I didn't have to remove you constantly from my inbox. Who knows, maybe I could then even submit my work to your completely unrelated journal 😉