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Annette Dolphin @annieneuro.bsky.social · 19h

2026 SIBPA|IVSLA Intl School of biophysics, Venice 2-6 February 2026. venice.ibf.cnr.it

This should be an interesting school for students to attend.

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Andrew Plested @andrewplested.bsky.social · 1d

Also, an admirably succinct piece.

Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 1d

Let this be a motto for all of us, when we peer review:
“Review the manuscript in front of you, not the one you wish existed.”
@earlkmiller.bsky.social

JoCNForum @jocnforum.bsky.social · 2d

New post in @jocnforum.bsky.social by Early Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social: "Principles for proper peer review"

doi.org/10.21428/8e6...

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 1d

Sharing a recent, deep insight:

The concept of a membrane-less organelle is an interesting one, like calling something a house without walls

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Andrew Plested @andrewplested.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing new but Handbrake is still amazing.
Defaults take a 100 Mb screen recording and spit out an indistinguishable 10 Mb .mp4

handbrake.fr
#OpenSource

HandBrake: Open Source Video Transcoder

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder.

handbrake.fr

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Adrian Bowyer @adrianbowyer.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile, in the UK, WHERE WE INVENTED RAILWAYS EXACTLY 200 YEARS AGO, 40% are electrified.

Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 4d

Not nearly enough is made of the incredibly impressive feat Indian Railways has made to electrify almost 100% of its 135,000km of track, while also growing renewable sourcing. Huge:

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...

Indian Railways to achieve net zero targets in 2025 itself - 5 years ahead of 2030 goal - Times of India

India Business News: Indian Railways is set to achieve net-zero targets by year-end, surpassing its 2030 goal through extensive electrification. Aiming for 95% electric tr

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 2d

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 awarded for discoveries that explain how the immune system attacks hostile infections, but not the body's own cells.

The prize is shared by Japan's Shimon Sakaguchi & US researchers Mary Brunkow & Fred Ramsdell. 🧪

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nobel Prize for immune system stops destructive rampage

The prize-winning work explains how the immune system attacks hostile infections, but not the body's own cells.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Andrew Plested @andrewplested.bsky.social · 2d

The Protein Society has regular free webinars and this Wednesday's will be really cool. I mean hot. Juan Du, @sobolevsky.bsky.social and David Julius.

#Ionchannels #structuralBiology

TRP channels at different temperatures

www.proteinsociety.org/webinars

Webinars

www.proteinsociety.org

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VisiTech International Ltd. @visitech.bsky.social · 2d

With instant SIM technology, the VT-iSIM delivers super-resolution images in real time, with no reconstruction or post-processing required. You get spatial resolution down to 100 nm, reduced photo-bleaching, and across a wide field of view. Faster. Clearer. Smarter imaging.

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Kevin Terretaz @kwolbachia.bsky.social · 4d

I’m happy to share some plugins I’ve been developping this summer: "Channels and Contrast" and LUTs Manager!
I can’t find new bugs and ideas by now so I need your help to please test them in your machines and report bugs, feedbacks and ideas! forum.image.sc/t/looking-fo...

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Andrew Plested @andrewplested.bsky.social · 5d

🚂 Barely launched and already cancelled ? Let's save the night trains from Paris to Berlin and Vienna! My family and I took this environmentally-friendly train in the summer and it's an excellent service. How about a coherent pro-climate policy? Sign the petition!
agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/sa...

🚂 Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne

Signez la pétition maintenant !

agir.greenvoice.fr

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Michael Clarke @mtclarke.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, yes, Europe has its benefits. Walkable cities. Cultural heritage. Amazing food. Little gun violence. Healthcare. Governments that are not shut down. But the number of website pop-ups asking one to accept cookies renders the continent pretty much unlivable.

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Andrew Plested @andrewplested.bsky.social · 6d

It’s getting cold in here.
So put on all your clothes.
I am getting so cold,
I’m gonna put my clothes on.

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Manx Neurobiologist @garyrlewin.bsky.social · 6d

Sam has now started her new group at the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research Diseases. Congratulations! I wish her the very best for her independent career. The time Sam spent with us was hugely successful in many respects and we will all be sad to see her go..

Sampurna Chakrabarti @amapruns.bsky.social · 7d

Delighted to be starting a new research group at @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social ! Happy to chat about working together! #pain #infection #electrophysiology
www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/research/...

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Misha Kudryashev @mishakudryashev.bsky.social · 7d

Group Leader in Biomedical Engineering at the @mdc-berlin.bsky.social in Berlin.

It's a broad call for whoever is doing exciting Bioengineering, please apply or share. We have a great institute with amazing colleagues and core facilities,highly recommend

application.mdc-berlin.de/site/index.p...

MDC Berlin - Online Application System

application.mdc-berlin.de

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Dimova Lab @dimovalab.bsky.social · 7d

Helge @ewerslab.bsky.social knows not only how to organize conferences (#BiomembraneDays25) but also how septins organize. Exceptional imaging #ExpansionMicroscopy of cytokinesis

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Andrew Plested @andrewplested.bsky.social · 7d

We just finished watching the two series of Wolf Hall. One of the best things I've ever seen on TV.

Mark Rylance's performance is out of this world.

In France and in Germany, it's currently on ARTE www.arte.tv/en/videos/RC...

Wolf Hall - Series | ARTE in English

Peter Kosminsky's period drama tells the story of Thomas Cromwell, who was to become the most important advisor at the court of Henry VIII during a tumultuous time – An award-winning series with a sta...

www.arte.tv

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 8d

I’ve been listening to a lot of 80s music recently, stuff that was popular when I was in high school. There really were some absolutely banging tunes. Exhibit A, “I can’t wait” by Nu Shooz.

The bonkers baseline! The synthetic cowbells! The chirpy fake brass! Perfection.

youtu.be/UJ1tBVtYOBc?...

Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by RHINO

youtu.be

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Vittorio Saggiomo @vsaggiomo.bsky.social · 8d

Our 6-hands review/perspective: "Hacking 3D printers as laboratory robots" is now on ChemRxiv.
In there, we show how many robots you can make by simply modifying a 3D printer. #chemsky 1/n

with @sandersays.bsky.social and @supersciencegrl.co.uk
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...

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Matthijs Dorst @mattneuro.bsky.social · 8d

I love this sort of thing! Use cheap, generic hardware to do complicated lab stuff!

Vittorio Saggiomo @vsaggiomo.bsky.social · 8d

Our 6-hands review/perspective: "Hacking 3D printers as laboratory robots" is now on ChemRxiv.
In there, we show how many robots you can make by simply modifying a 3D printer. #chemsky 1/n

with @sandersays.bsky.social and @supersciencegrl.co.uk
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...