Aaron Mercer
@a-mercer.bsky.social
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Senior Principal Scientist @boehringerglobal.bsky.social 🔬 / distance runner https://www.strava.com/athletes/2258146 ⚡/ dog wrangler // view are my own
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a-mercer.bsky.social
My favorite GRC location is Diablerets... just west of you!
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dereklowe.bsky.social
Oh, the “vomiting ferret” model is absolutely a real thing - I’ve encountered it in my own drug discovery career.

They’re one of the smallest animals that show this response- weirdly, rodents can’t do it at all.
a-mercer.bsky.social
Living his best life. Amazing.
nytimes.com
Fred Ramsdell was parked at a campground in Montana on Monday when his wife suddenly started shouting. He first thought that maybe she had seen a grizzly bear. Instead, she had regained cell service and had seen a flood of text messages with the same news. “You just won the Nobel Prize!” she yelled.
Winning a Nobel Prize Interrupted His Off-the-Grid Vacation
Fred Ramsdell found out about his Nobel Prize nearly 12 hours after it was announced because he was on vacation in the Rockies.
nyti.ms
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a-mercer.bsky.social
Beautifully captured! I really like the lighting on this one.
a-mercer.bsky.social
Together was a weird one! I wish they could have uh... fleshed out the mythology behind the buried church a bit more.
a-mercer.bsky.social
Despite the lack of recent rain, there sure are plenty of amphibians around my property #herpetology #moss
a-mercer.bsky.social
I think the amount of IACUC training I just had to complete to be a reviewing member (not even an animal handler) might ruin your month 😆
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burritojustice.bsky.social
quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
a-mercer.bsky.social
Kind of weird that bluesky has a specific feed dedicated to #moss (and the outdoors), but I'm here for it. Here are some of the latest from my little 2-acre plot in the woods.
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deniswirtz.bsky.social
We have developed a new workflow to map in 3D at single-cell resolution whole human organs.

Prof. Rong Fan (Yale) mapped out immune cell populations in the vicinity of ovarian precancerous lesions in healthy women and found no enrichment.

More here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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a-mercer.bsky.social
Go for a run 😅 (I may be biased though.)
a-mercer.bsky.social
Even though I've spent most of my career focused on obesity, I'll be at @americanheart.bsky.social in NOLA in early November as my research group at @boehringerglobal.bsky.social builds up our cardiorenal focus. See you there!
a-mercer.bsky.social
It also slows down searching in general, since it 1) takes long to load and 2) I always scroll past AI and ads to find what I'm looking for.
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greglandrum.bsky.social
It's great to see that the piles of money and enormous amounts of electricity and other resources used to train these models has produced such stunning and useful results. And I'm SUPER glad that google now always shows me this garbage.
A screenshot showing the AI Overview result for the google query. "What is the required pace for a 2:10 marathon"
The AI-generated answer is egregiously wrong.
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tunepers.bsky.social
Remember to sign up for the Gut-Brain Axis @keystonesymposia.bsky.social meeting in March 2026!

Upcoming deadlines:
Scholarship Deadline: November 18, 2025
Short Talk Abstract Deadline: November 18, 2025

Organizers: Martin G. Myers, Jr., Darleen A. Sandoval and Tune H Pers

keysym.us/KSGutBrain26
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stevemagness.bsky.social
Chasing outcomes is often a recipe for disappointment.

When you focus on the process, you can find success even if the outcome isn't what you expected.

Do the small things each day & you'll develop better habits that will help you reach your goal in the long run.
a-mercer.bsky.social
Isn't tech... already prosperous?