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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21d

On this date in 1939, the USSR invaded Poland in cooperation with its ally, Nazi Germany.
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Bloodlands

From the author of the international bestseller On Tyranny, the definitive history of Hitler’s and Stalin’s politics of mass killi...

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Björn Högberg @bjornhogberg.bsky.social · 28d

Great stuff! I disagree with the quantum mechanics analysis though. Why wouldn't it tell us how things actually are? When talking about gravity for example, we (correctly) say that the earth IS orbiting the sun, not that it is a way to predict that if the earth is here, then it will be there next.

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Marian Walhout @marianwalhout.bsky.social · Feb 20

A must read for any (systems) biologist!
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Should biology put complexity first?

The dictum “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler” poses a problem for biology. How simply can it be told without doing damage to its complex nature? The answer might be foun...

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Björn Högberg @bjornhogberg.bsky.social · Aug 14

A couple of weeks left to apply!

Björn Högberg @bjornhogberg.bsky.social · Jun 25

Come join our department at the Karolinska Institute! ki.varbi.com/what:job/job...

Assistant Professor in Biomedical Science

Join a global community of excellence Are you a bold, creative researcher ready to shape the future of medical science? Karolinska Institutet (KI), one of the world’s foremost medical universities,

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Björn Högberg @bjornhogberg.bsky.social · Jul 4

Cutting of air defense ammunition to Ukraine at this point is pure betrayal by the US. A stab in the back.

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Björn Högberg @bjornhogberg.bsky.social · Jul 2

I would say we understand weather very well, we just can't predict it all that well. We also understand how evolution works very well, but that doesn't mean we can predict what the outcomes are in detail. I agree that finding the general principles is the important thing.

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · Jul 1

Now I've looked more closely at these two recent papers in Nature, and they are both excellent examples of why we need new narratives for talking about molecular biology to non-specialists. 🧵
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Deciphering disordered regions controlling mRNA decay in high-throughput - Nature

Using high-throughput functional profiling, how disordered regions control mRNA stability and translation is explored.

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Elena Spezzani @elenaspezzani.bsky.social · Jul 2

It’s out! 🚨 📣 Excited to see that this collab led to my first paper as one of the first authors—now published in Small @wiley.com 👩‍🔬 In this study, we explored the binding dynamics of DNA origamis with the cell surface at the single-particle level. Check it out! doi.org/10.1002/smll...

Real‐Time Monitoring of DNA Origami‐Cell Interactions via Single Particle Tracking

This study utilizes single particle tracking (SPT) to capture real-time interactions between DNA origami nanorods (NRs) and cell surfaces. Functionalized NRs targeting EGFR-expressing cells exhibit s...

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Karolinska Institutet @ki.se · Jun 25

Applications are now open! We are recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential.
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...

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Björn Högberg @bjornhogberg.bsky.social · Jun 25

Come join our department at the Karolinska Institute! ki.varbi.com/what:job/job...

Assistant Professor in Biomedical Science

Join a global community of excellence Are you a bold, creative researcher ready to shape the future of medical science? Karolinska Institutet (KI), one of the world’s foremost medical universities,

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Björn Högberg @bjornhogberg.bsky.social · Jun 19

Come and start your lab at Karolinska Institutet!

Karolinska Institutet @ki.se · Jun 18

Save the date! On 25 June, Karolinska Institutet will be starting a major recruitment drive for 20 junior researchers with a focus on excellence and mobility news.ki.se/ki-to-recruit-junior-researchers-with-a-focus-on-excellence

KI to recruit junior researchers with a focus on excellence

On 25 June, Karolinska Institutet will be starting a major recruitment drive for 20 junior researchers with a focus on excellence and mobility. As one of Europe’s leading medical universities, KI offe...

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Jun 3

What’s Kerch bridge doing? 🙂

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Björn Högberg @bjornhogberg.bsky.social · May 26

Yes, but not really the "same experiment". When we reproduce what others have been doing, it is typically a smaller part of a new experiment. We don't really do the same experiments one more time.

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Björn Högberg @bjornhogberg.bsky.social · May 25

Do any good scientists work on reproducing other peoples papers? Can I please get grants for that? Where do I send other peoples papers, sorry, my proposals I meant?

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Björn Högberg @bjornhogberg.bsky.social · May 25

Ahha. Data-driven life science, but only for facilitating the fun part.

Björn Högberg @bjornhogberg.bsky.social · May 25

What is Vibecoding?

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Björn Högberg @bjornhogberg.bsky.social · May 25

Isn't the idea that if they succeed in formulating a theory of a "universal constructor" that that would enable us to better understand the fundamental connections between computation and physics. That something like the Church Turing hypothesis, but for all physical reactions, could be formulated?

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Tamsin Lindström @tamsinlindstrom.bsky.social · May 14

Full house at the Nobel Forum as @kragesteen-lab.bsky.social kicks off MBB’s new lecture series celebrating 1982 Nobel Prize winners Sune Bergström and Bengt Samuelsson. And @itaiyanai.bsky.social’s inaugural keynote lecture was as inspiring and entertaining as you’d expect! 🤩

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Björn Högberg @bjornhogberg.bsky.social · May 11

This is exactly what is on the table.

Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · May 11

A ceasefire is only possible if Russia is given guarantees that Ukraine will not defend itself when we attack it again.

Björn Högberg @bjornhogberg.bsky.social · May 1

#FNANO in Snowbird a gem among conferences. I went here for the first time as a PhD student in 2005. This year two of my students, Iris and Igor, gave presentations.

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Björn Högberg @bjornhogberg.bsky.social · Apr 30

Nanobase rocks! Thanks for this resource.

Nanobase

A repository for DNA/RNA nanotechnology

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Björn Högberg @bjornhogberg.bsky.social · Apr 29

I'm mostly sorry...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Apr 25

Trump pleads with his war criminal patron "Vladimir" over social media not to make him look too stupid as Trump gives everything to Russia and justifies past murder and enables future murder. And Putin laughs at him.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · Apr 24

Trump’s Russia “deal” makes Neville Chamberlain look like Churchill

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Björn Högberg @bjornhogberg.bsky.social · Apr 24

And Trump is upset with Zelensky...

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · Apr 24

A map has been released showing the estimated trajectory of incoming Russian missiles and drones overnight.