Barbara Gerratana
@bgerratana.bsky.social
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Science driven evidence, biotechnology, synthetic biology, health, cancer, alternative food The opinions expressed are those of the individual alone and do not reflect those of EISMEA, the EIC or the European Commission.
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Barbara Gerratana @bgerratana.bsky.social · 5d
Two days of exciting science and discussion on the translation of ELMs to market/patients (regulatory and Path to Market) funded by #EIC under #EICPathfinder
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Vivek Mutalik @vivekmutalik.bsky.social · Jul 19
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Aaron J. Waltke @goodaaron.bsky.social · Jul 18
I can confirm the PBS Passport is a very good deal for $5/month or $2.50/month if you do yearly.

Thousands of hours of top notch content. NOVA is great. The new Ken Burns doc on Leonardo da Vinci is excellent.

You can sign up at the link below!

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Victor de Lorenzo (CNB, Madrid) @vdlorenzo.bsky.social · Jul 15
One of the most original stories I have heard in the @femsmicro.org Congress thus far is the proposition by Rachel Armstrong to develop bioreceptive construction materials for functionalizing built surfaces eg catalytic walls with natural or genet eng microorganisms 😱
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Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · Jul 16
#SynBYSS Thur 10 am USA CT
167th, Jul 17: Prof Tim Bugg at University of Warwick & Dr Erin Garza at JCVI
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168th, Jul 24: Dr Emma Yee, an Editor at Cell & Prof Miguel Jimenez at Boston Univ.
@cellpress.bsky.social @bostonu.bsky.social

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Max Fürst @maxfus.bsky.social · Jul 16
Fantastic opportunity at my postdoc institute 👇If you have any questions about a TT, life in Cambridge, the LMB or the PNAC division feel free to reach out !
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Phil Holliger @philholliger.bsky.social · Jul 14
We are looking to recruit a tenure track group leader in the field of Chemical/Synthetic Biology (in the broadest sense) to lead a research program within the Division of Protein & Nucleic Acid Chemistry ( www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNW809/r... ) at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB).
Research Group Leader in Chemical/Synthetic Biology at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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SUMO @sumoconsortium.bsky.social · Apr 3
We updated our website supervised-morphogenesis.eu! New links to data-sets, code & publications. Check it out! #EIC #EICPathfinder #HorizonEU #gastruloids #embryomodels #EngineeredLivingMaterial @bgerratana.bsky.social
SUMO – SUpervised MOrphogenesis – Supervised Morphogenesis
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Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social · Apr 19
Finally, thanks to the funding that made this dream project possible: @maxplanck.de, Bf3R, Stiftung SET, EIC #EICPathfinder @ec.europa.eu @bgerratana.bsky.social
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · Apr 19
Mr. Trump—I’ve known Chris Van Hollen since the last century, and the last thing anyone who knows him would call him is a grandstander. He’s a defender of human rights. You should meet with him—you could learn something.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump White House Lashes Out At Senator Who Visited Kilmar Abrego Garcia In El Salvador
"GRANDSTANDER!!!" the president wrote on social media. He later smeared the Maryland immigrant's character, as well.
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Leibniz INM @leibnizinm.bsky.social · Apr 11
While we're embedding biofactories in contact lenses to make them smarter, others are integrating electronics and sensors. At our Techtransfer day event, we'll meet the pioneers in this sector and talk to industry experts on their vision of the future!
www.linkedin.com/events/techt...
TechTransferDay - Smart Contact Lenses: Embedded Technologies beyond Vision | LinkedIn
Tomorrow’s contact lenses will leverage our capabilities to perceive and interact with the world around us. Augmented reality contact lenses will enable navigation and communication without the need o...
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HHMI @hhmi.org · Apr 5
Congrats to HHMI Investigator David R. Liu on receiving the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences! He is recognized for developing base editing & prime editing: 2 breakthrough gene-editing technologies that enable the correction or replacement of virtually any genetic mutation. hhmi.news/3RA6shj
HHMI Investigator David R. Liu, smiling, with a graphic of a DNA helix in the background. Text overlay announces his award of the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · Apr 1
Call to arms by @lisamjarvis.bsky.social for biopharma to mobilize in support of the engines that power them - federally supported biomedical research and drug evaluation
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Lisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis.bsky.social · Apr 1
Noticeably silent amid the upheaval at HHS? Big pharma. Every new drug has NIH somewhere in its DNA--and NIH funding supports the training of their workforce. Now they're finding out FDA isn't safe, either. Wrote about how keeping quiet isn't working My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):
Big Pharma Needs to Get Off the Sidelines
The industry can’t continue to sit idly by while Robert F. Kennedy Jr. guts the nation’s public health agencies.
www.bloomberg.com
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Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · Mar 31
2025 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Course in Synthetic Biology - apply!
Deadline: April 14, 2025
Financial Aid: Stipend awards are available.
Notifications: Applicants will be notified by May 15, 2025.
meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx...
Synthetic Biology
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.
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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · Mar 25
The more coverage a story gets, the more important readers think it is.

So it matters when the NYT inflates flimsy Dem ‘scandals’ while downplaying real, criminal ones from Trump and Republicans. It’s not just bad judgment — it shapes public perception.
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · Mar 22
Why AI won’t replace scientists capable of making disruptive conceptual breakthroughs - they pose questions that challenge, rather than align with, the training data set

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🔭 The Einstein AI model
I shared a controversial take the other day at an event and I decided to write it down in a longer format: I’m afraid AI won't give us a compressed 21st century.
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Barbara Gerratana @bgerratana.bsky.social · Mar 21
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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · Feb 22
Deeply concerned about NSF. They fired more people than they needed and now leadership is illegally reclassifying employees as probationary. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US science agency reclassifies hundreds of workers as probationary, US lawmaker says
National Science Foundation administrators reclassified hundreds of employees from permanent to probationary status in violation of labor contracts, according to a U.S. lawmaker and agency employee.
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Tom Ellis @proftomellis.bsky.social · Mar 20
Unlike a lot of other universities right now, we are still hiring for new faculty here at Imperial in London
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If you want to come and run a research group in the theme of bioengineering then apply to be my colleague before the end of April. www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · Mar 19
The Justice Department is resisting a federal judge’s demand for more information about flights that took deportees to El Salvador, arguing that the court should end its “continued intrusions” into the authority of the executive branch.
Justice Department resists judge's demand for more details on deportation flights signaling legal showdown
It’s the latest development in a showdown between the Trump administration and the judge who temporarily blocked deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · Mar 19
RFK Jr. suggests the bird flu should be allowed to spread unchecked to identify birds that could be immune.
RFK Jr. Unveils Disturbing Plan to Combat Bird Flu
Trump’s health secretary has proposed the worst idea, as egg prices continue to skyrocket.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · Mar 19
Trump’s new economic constraints on the NSF and NIH deliver another self-inflicted wound to American progress—derailing decades of biological and biomedical research. Doctoral candidates nationwide are already feeling the sting.
Put American innovation first by funding the NSF and NIH
The Trump administration is risking Americans' health and safety by cutting science and research funding.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · Mar 19
Ben & Jerry's alleges its CEO was unlawfully removed by its parent company, Unilever, in retaliation for the ice cream maker's social and political activism.
Ben & Jerry's alleges parent company Unilever removed its CEO over social activism
Ben & Jerry’s says its CEO was unlawfully removed by its parent company, Unilever, in retaliation for the ice cream maker’s social and political activism.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Mar 19
Email sent to FDA staff informs that agency leadership canceled the agency's LexisNexis subscription, even though staff need this tool to research legal and regulatory information as part of their jobs.

I'm reproducing the text of the email here:
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Mar 19
Canadian consumers are responding to U.S. tariffs and presidential musings of annexation with a “Buy Canadian” movement that retailers and producers are swiftly embracing
Bye America, Buy Canadian: Consumers, Retailers Change Tack to Counter Tariff Stresses
Canadian consumers are responding to U.S. tariffs and presidential musings of annexation with a “Buy Canadian” movement that retailers and producers are swiftly embracing.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Mar 19
More than 600 NOAA workers were laid off. This week, federal government reinstated some of them, but they were placed on administrative leave and have not been asked to return to work.
No one seems to know what this means - and how it will affect services in wake of severe storms nbcnews.to/4iE0WGj
Fired workers are reinstated at NOAA, creating confusion on the heels of severe storms
The agency had already halted several services because of staffing issues following the cuts, including some weather balloon launches. It is not clear whether those will resume.
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