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Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · 4d

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How different mushrooms learned the same psychedelic trick

The discovery could also make the production of psilocybin in the lab more sustainable.

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Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · 5d

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Scientists revive old Bulgarian recipe to make yogurt with ants

Ants carry lactic and acetic acid bacteria that help coagulate milk, as well as formic acid to acidify it.

arstechnica.com

Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · 5d

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Ancient viral DNA is essential for human embryo development, study shows

Our ancient past isn't always buried history. When it comes to our DNA, nearly 9% of the human genome is made up of leftover genetic material from ancient viruses (called endogenous retroviruses or ER...

phys.org

Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · 8d

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Scientists unlock secret to Venus flytrap’s hair-trigger response

Ion channel at base of plant’s sensory hairs amplifies initial signals above critical threshold.

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Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · 13d

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Apple develops a lightweight AI for protein folding prediction - 9to5Mac

Apple developed an alternative AI model to predict the 3D structure of proteins, and it shows promise. Here are the details.

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Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · 19d

You can hold on to your butts thanks to DNA that evolved in fish arstechnica.com/science/2025...

You can hold on to your butts thanks to DNA that evolved in fish

Making digits seems to involve gene activity that was needed to make a cloaca.

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Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · 19d

Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers - arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...

Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers

LLM “tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity” when writing news briefs.

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Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · 19d

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Kenya’s Turkana people genetically adapted to live in harsh environment, study suggests

Research which began with conversations round a campfire and went on to examine 7m gene variants shows how people survive with little water and a meat-rich diet

www.theguardian.com

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Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · 25d

Ass't Professor of Biology - ecological genomics - Uni S. Dakota
yourfuture.sdbor.edu/postings/45104

Assistant Professor of Biology

Assistant Professor of BiologyThe Department of Biology at the University of South Dakota is recruiting an Assistant Professor in Ecological Genomics to begin August 2026.Responsibilities:Use genomics...

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Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · 25d

New pathway engineered into plants lets them suck up more CO₂
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New pathway engineered into plants lets them suck up more CO₂

Engineered pathway lets carbon be plugged directly into key metabolic pathways.

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Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · 27d

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Scientists Infuse Cement With Bacteria to Create Living Energy Device

The proof-of-concept material could one day be used to make more sustainable buildings.

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Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · Aug 10

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Fraudulent research is 'destroying trust in science' – DW – 08/10/2025

Organized networks are infiltrating the academic publishing system to promote fake science, say experts investigating research fraud. A new study highlights the major challenge for modern science.

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Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · Jul 22

Postdoc: Environmental Microbial Genomics - Trent Univ, ON
microbial community composition and functioning in thawing North American permafrost, focus on environmental pathogens & application of single-cell sequencing.
more info: glfc-wet.github.io

contact: Andrew Tanentzap ([email protected])

Watershed Ecology Team

The Watershed Ecology Team is a research group at Natural Resource Canada's Great Lakes Forestry Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada. We study how aquatic ecosystem functions and services are influence...

glfc-wet.github.io

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Ana Conesa @anaconesa.bsky.social · Jul 1

Happy to announce I will be leading the "Advances in Genomics Technologies" workshop at this exciting conference in Biodiversity Genomes organized by @ebpgenome.bsky.social‬ at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social on 27–29 October 2025. Registration deadline: July 14th!!!

tinyurl.com/BioGenome

Understanding Life: Using Largescale Biodiversity Reference Genomes — 20251027

Understanding life: Using largescale biodiversity reference genomes

coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org

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Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · Jul 2

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Scientists Finally Sequenced the First Ancient Egyptian Genome

The individual lived 4,500 years ago, and his genome is offering new insights into ancient Egyptians and the lives they led.

gizmodo.com

Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · Jun 23

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Scientists use bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol

Genetically modified E coli used to create painkillers from material produced from plastic bottles

www.theguardian.com

Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · May 21

Six striking images showcase scientific fieldwork

[note: a little bit off-topic, but given the situation in the US, we need to be celebrating the accomplishments of scientists whenever and wherever the opportunity arises]

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Six striking images showcase scientific fieldwork

The winners of Nature’s 2025 photo competition braved crashing waves and misty mountains to capture their science.

www.nature.com

Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · May 21

Postdoc: ecology of deep soil forest fungi - Uni Basel - CHE
plant microbiome biology, to uncover how microbes contribute to plant growth.

contacts:
Björn Lindahl ([email protected])
Klaus Schlaeppi ([email protected])

jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Universität Basel: Postdoctoral researcher: Ecology of deep soil forest fungi

The research group 'Plant Microbe Interactions' at the Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel (https://duw.unibas.ch/en/pmi/) is welcoming applications for a postdoctoral researcher...

jobs.unibas.ch

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Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · May 19

Viruses that infect fungi

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Viruses that roam the fungal kingdom

Mushrooms and other fungi can harbor hidden companions — and some of these may fight pesky or dangerous molds

knowablemagazine.org

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Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · May 15

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A dangerous E. coli strain has emerged; a small mutation may explain its rise

It’s unclear what the mutation does, but it might make E. coli stealthy on lettuce.

arstechnica.com

Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · May 12

Intraterrestrials: The Most Alien Life We've Ever Seen Is Right Beneath Our Feet gizmodo.com/intraterrest...

Intraterrestrials: The Most Alien Life We've Ever Seen Is Right Beneath Our Feet

In her new book, scientist Karen Lloyd details how the microbes living deep inside the planet have changed the rules of biology as we know it.

gizmodo.com

Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · May 8

Genetically engineered bacteria break down industrial contaminants

#Vibrio_natriegens

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Genetically engineered bacteria break down industrial contaminants

Five clusters of genes from different organisms put into a single bacterial strain.

arstechnica.com

Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · May 7

Korea's Haenyeo women divers developed genetic superpower

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Korea's Haenyeo women divers developed genetic superpower – DW – 05/06/2025

A generations-long culture of deep-diving among women on a South Korean Island may have changed their genetic evolution. A study shows potential for medical discoveries.

www.dw.com

Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · May 6

Postdoc: Environmental Microbial Genomics - microbial release from permafrost thawing - Trent Univ, ON

microbial community composition and functioning, focus on environmental pathogens using single-cell sequencing approaches.
glfc-wet.github.io

contact: Andrew Tanentzap [email protected]

Watershed Ecology Team

The Watershed Ecology Team is a research group at Natural Resource Canada's Great Lakes Forestry Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada. We study how aquatic ecosystem functions and services are influence...

glfc-wet.github.io

Cell Bio News @cellbionews.bsky.social · May 1

#DNA links modern pueblo dwellers to Chaco Canyon people

#genomics #anthropology #firstnations

arstechnica.com/science/2025...

DNA links modern pueblo dwellers to Chaco Canyon people

People in Picuris Pueblo wanted to know how they got there, contacted researchers.

arstechnica.com