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Ramon Massoni Badosa @rmassonix.bsky.social · 17h

Dear Postdocs of New York: Next Wednesday, we’re closing out an amazing year of NYC Postdoc Night Science Club sessions at our very own @weillcornell.bsky.social !

If you’re interested in giving engaging, memorable talks, you cannot miss this one.

Details below, hope to see you all there!

Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 8d

Interested in learning how to be a good speaker and give effective talks? Season 2 of the NYC Postdoc Night Science Club begins October 15th. Join us NYC Postdocs for a 2hr workshop and maybe also a drink at a bar! Free registration (usually ~100 come): docs.google.com/forms/d/1dII...

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It also demonstrates the fairness of the prize, as Mary Brunkow is a Senior Program Manager (not a professor) at the @isbscience.org
hood.isbscience.org/people/mary-...

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 6d

Rest in peace Jane Goodall, a true giant among scientists. Your breakthroughs into the secret lives of chimpanzees viewed through an anthropomorphic lens – without yet knowing that science had forbidden it – changed science forever, and with it how we see ourselves.

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 14d

9/22, Night Science: “Akiko Iwasaki & the art of creativity maintenance”

“Patients who are suffering from long COVID..given me a whole new perspective..it's my duty to be able to tackle these very complex problems where there's no biological diagnosis..”

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7...

77 | Akiko Iwasaki and the art of creativity maintenance

Podcast Episode · Night Science · 09/22/2025 · 40m

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 7d

That’s really cool. Every lab should have it!

Joseph Luna @virologistjoe.bsky.social · 7d

I made a sign for the lab with our informal lab motto, inspired by this convo between @itaiyanai.bsky.social and Martin Lercher: nightscience.buzzsprout.com/1744020/epis.... A good reminder that talking is among the best forms of thinking!

A plastic sign with a logogram of two people in conversation alongisde text that reads "There are no lone geniuses"

Our new "There are no lone geniuses" sign mounted on the door to the lab.

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 8d

I can't wait to lead this session together with the wonderful:
Tim Stearns - @stearnslab.bsky.social
Kelsey Monson - @kelseysnell.bsky.social
Ramon Massoni Bados - @rmassonix.bsky.social

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 8d

Interested in learning how to be a good speaker and give effective talks? Season 2 of the NYC Postdoc Night Science Club begins October 15th. Join us NYC Postdocs for a 2hr workshop and maybe also a drink at a bar! Free registration (usually ~100 come): docs.google.com/forms/d/1dII...

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 11d

"That was not a question, it was a statement" said the famous physicist Paul Dirac after a long silence, in a lecture, when a student said to him, "I don't understand that equation".
That was a hundred years ago and not enough has changed since then in our 'welcoming' culture in science..

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 11d

This was such an amazing event! Thank you for having me!!

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Gytis Dudas @evogytis.bsky.social · 11d

EMBO Young Scientists Forum 2025 in Vilnius wrapped up today. Huge thanks to fellow organisers, volunteer teams, @itaiyanai.bsky.social for a wonderful Night Science workshop & all speakers & attendees. Here's fellow organiser Stephen Jones taking YSF attendee entertainment to the next level.

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Migle Gabrielaite @mgabrielaite.bsky.social · 13d

Even though talks at a conference are always cool, the most exciting part of #EYSF2025 is the @nightsciencepod.bsky.social workshop by @itaiyanai.bsky.social and @martinlercher.bsky.social . They are a great resource for scientific creativity and they even have a podcast!

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 13d

The reality in science is that creativity is not treated as a core skill while hypothesis testing is, and that is the imbalance that we want correct through the Night Science Institute!
www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/art... www.night-science.org

The Night Science Institute Is Changing How Science Teaches Creativity

In this interview with Professors Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher, explore how night science brings creativity, ideation and collaboration back into the heart of modern science.

www.technologynetworks.com

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 15d

Dolbear's law: to get the temperature, count the number of chirps a cricket makes in 15 seconds and add 40. #ScienceIsAwesome

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 15d

🔥A really interesting new episode of the Night Science Podcast came out today! Akiko Iwasaki talks about the art of creativity management & how a discovery is like a gem hidden inside a hairball. nightscience.buzzsprout.com/1744020/epis... @virusesimmunity.bsky.social @nightsciencepod.bsky.social

77 | Akiko Iwasaki and the art of creativity maintenance - Night Science

Akiko Iwasaki, a Yale professor and Howard Hughes Investigator, was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2024. Together, we reflect on how diverse backgrounds enrich research, a...

nightscience.buzzsprout.com

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 15d

Present your talk as though your audience is a curious 16-year-old. (At Woodstock Night Science over the summer we literally did this and presenting to a 16-year-old on stage with me made the talk clear and understandable to the entire audience!) #TCTEAC

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The Night Science Podcast @nightsciencepod.bsky.social · 15d

🔥 New episode of the Night Science Podcast with Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social Yale & HHMI professor, and one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2024! Akiko explains how leading large collaborations requires managing expectations, not micromanaging the research.

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you!

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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 16d

Phenomenal talk this morning 🤯🔥
#Nightscience

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 16d

Starting in 10 minutes!

Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 17d

Interested in cellular plasticity? Come to my live virtual talk on Monday! Free register here: cassyni.com/events/ApfsK...

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 17d

Interested in cellular plasticity? Come to my live virtual talk on Monday! Free register here: cassyni.com/events/ApfsK...

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 24d

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0cTb...
@nightsciencepod.bsky.social @night-science-inst.bsky.social

76 | Can Google’s Co-scientist project give scientists superpowers?

open.spotify.com

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 24d

How will AI change the creative scientific process? Check out our discussion with the Google Co-Scientist team on the latest episode of the Night Science Podcast!

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 25d

Congratulations Anna! Very cool 😎

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 25d

Interested in cellular plasticity? Come to my live virtual talk at the Night Science Seminar Series! Free register here: cassyni.com/events/ApfsK...

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 26d

Congratulations Sameer!

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