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Christian Gonzalez-Billault @glezbillault.bsky.social · Jul 12

It is such an interesting article that might be echoed in the rest of the world

Christian Gonzalez-Billault @glezbillault.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thank you so much for highlighting our recently published paper! We are genuinely thrilled about this new line of research and motivated to see where it leads. It’s an exciting journey ahead. Appreciate your interest!!

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jul 11

Obesity in young adults linked with accelerated epigenetic ("biological") aging jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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EMBO @embo.org · May 20

“Part of the success of the Chilean #research system is (...) tied with the fact that we always establish international connections,” says @glezbillault.bsky.social, Vice-Rector of R&D at @uchile.bsky.social and EMBO Associate Member

Read more: buff.ly/RUqzLzC
#Chile #opportunities #funding 🧪

Will we ever fully understand the brain? – People – EMBO

Meet Christian González-Billault, Vice-Rector of Research and Development at the University of Chile, Santiago, and EMBO Associate Member

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Christian Gonzalez-Billault @glezbillault.bsky.social · May 15

I am truly honored on my election as Council member of the @ascbiology.bsky.social. Looking forward to work with colleagues and move forward this beautiful discipline.

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Christian Gonzalez-Billault @glezbillault.bsky.social · May 5

A great week on Easter Island. Here at the Rano Kai volcano where rapamycin was discovered. #aging #science

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Christian Gonzalez-Billault @glezbillault.bsky.social · Apr 20

It is one week after the 7th Emerging Concepts of the Neuronal Cytoskeleton workshop in Chile. Looking forward to #neurocyto2027 in Santa Cruz, Chile

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Jose A. Esteban @jaestebancbm.bsky.social · Feb 12

Diversity is also having a different native language.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Breaking language barriers: ‘Not being fluent in English is often viewed as being an inferior scientist’

Biologist Tatsuya Amano works to make science a fairer place for non-fluent speakers.

www.nature.com

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Claire Dessalles @clairedessalles.bsky.social · Feb 3

Today is a very special day for me: I just started as a permanent CNRS researcher at the Institute of Light and Matter! My research will focus on the physics of biological tissues and in particular the role of activity and anisotropy.🔬
@cnrs.bsky.social

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · Jan 8

A reminder: for genotypes to produce phenotypes, they have to go through development

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Christophe 🔬 L @christlet.bsky.social · Jan 8

A neuronal Rube Goldberg machine 🤯
Wnt from surrounding cells is internalized via clathrin-coated pits at dendritic branch points before triggering microtubule nucleation at the surface of endosomes. Great work from Melissa Rolls' lab in @plosbiology.org: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Cartoon of the mechanism from the last figure of Thyagarajan et al.

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Sociedad Española de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular (SEBBM) @sebbm.bsky.social · Jan 1

Desde la SEBBM lamentamos comunicar el fallecimiento de Joan Guinovart, acontecido esta pasada madrugada. Joan fue presidente, era socio de honor y ha sido una figura clave para nuestra sociedad, además de referente de la bioquímica tanto a nivel nacional como internacional.

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Christian Gonzalez-Billault @glezbillault.bsky.social · Jan 1

I am deeply saddened to learn of Joan Guinovart’s passing. He was an exceptional scientist and an extraordinary individual whose contributions and presence will be profoundly missed. @irbbarcelona.org

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jan 1

Our assessment of a person's epigenetic ("biological") age has been centered on DNA methylation. A new report shows that a set of 7 histone markers has comparable accuracy and also uncovers new pathways of aging biology
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Lorena Benedetti @lorenabenedetti.bsky.social · Dec 20

I am super excited to share our article addressing a longstanding question in neurobiology: how Ca²⁺ signaling cascades initiated at dendritic spines operate at a distance. Check it out here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... @cp-cell.bsky.social.

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Andy Moore @aaandmoore.bsky.social · Dec 18

Really bummed to have missed ASCB this year due to some last-minute circumstances, but excited that our manuscript describing an IF disassembly tool will (hopefully) be posted soon. Here's a movie of vimentin color-coded by orientation.

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · Dec 17

Infamous paper that popularized unproven COVID-19 treatment finally retracted

Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds
@cathleenogrady.bsky.social reports.

www.science.org/content/arti...

Infamous paper that popularized unproven COVID-19 treatment finally retracted

Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds

www.science.org

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Christian Gonzalez-Billault @glezbillault.bsky.social · Dec 15

I attended @ascbiology.bsky.social meeting almost uninterruptedly since I was PhD student back in 1999. I am missing not be there this year. Hope to come back in Philadelphia. Cell biologist and cytoskeleton researchers, enjoy!!

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Chris Ho @chrisho.bsky.social · Dec 15

Excited to be at #CellBio2024! Today, I'll be presenting my work exploring how the actin binding proteins and E3 ubiquitin ligases regulate neuronal morphogenesis. I'll be at poster board 40 and giving a teaser talk at 10:45 in Room 33B. Come say hi, if you love neurons, cytoskeleton or ubiquitin!

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Kristen Verhey @kjverhey1.bsky.social · Dec 15

Ever wondered about how accessible the tubulin C-terminal tails (CTTs) are within the microtubule lattice? Takashi Hotta (Puck Ohi lab) will present our work at a poster Tuesday 1:30pm (P2401, B8) and in a talk Tuesday 6:15pm (room 30C). #cellbio24 #CellBio2024 #cytoskeleton

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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · Dec 14

Couldn't make @ascbiology.bsky.social annual meeting this year ☹️ - hope everyone has a blast. Check out Journal of Cell Science booth @jcellsci.bsky.social - we are the good publishers who care about the science community!

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Markus Schosserer @mschosserer.bsky.social · Dec 13

My NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Helathy Longevity Webinar is online now. I am very grateful to Brian Kennedy for the invitation to share our latest research on #RNAmodifications and for the excellent discussion.

youtu.be/fFAr5RF_2vs?...

Exploring Ribosomal RNA Modifications in Cellular and Organismal Ageing l Dr Markus Schosserer

YouTube video by NUS Medicine

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Christian Gonzalez-Billault @glezbillault.bsky.social · Dec 13

Congrats!!

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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · Dec 13

Now official: our next
@embl.org
course on #Drosophila
Genetics & Genomics will be held 3-8 Aug '25. Send in your applications!
@bsdb.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social
@flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social @virtualflybrain.bsky.social

EMBL Events @events.embl.org · Dec 13

Hi Bluesky community! 👋

Are you looking forward to 2025 as much as we are? 👀

We just updated our 2025 Annual Poster to include even more events for you to join, so go and have a look!

➡️ s.embl.org/poster-bl

#EMBLEvents #molecularbiology #lifesciencetraining

The 2025 EMBL Annual Poster, listing all of the courses and conferences taking place in 2025 at EMBL

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Christian Gonzalez-Billault @glezbillault.bsky.social · Dec 13

A beautifully written editorial by @holdenthorp.bsky.social explain why HIV/AIDS intervention merits 2024 breakthrough for Science

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