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Rob Patro @robp.bsky.social · 18h

The Metagraph paper is out in Nature; it showed up in my feeds today! Congratulations to Mikhail Karasikov, @gxxxr.bsky.social, @akkah21.bsky.social and all of the other authors (whom I'd love to follow on Bluesky if I can find you ;P) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Efficient and accurate search in petabase-scale sequence repositories - Nature

MetaGraph enables scalable indexing of large sets of DNA, RNA or protein sequences using annotated de Bruijn graphs.

www.nature.com

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Nicolas Manel Lab @manellab.bsky.social · 2d

🔥 Mark the date! 🗓️

Millésime 2026 of the @embo.org Workshop on Pathogen Immunity and Signaling has arrived.

Terrific roster of speakers, many spots for talks, spectacular venue in Leiden.

Submit your abstract.

Join us on 8 – 11 June 2026.

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Pathogen Immunity and Signalling

Viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens pose a serious threat to human health, requiring a coordinated response from the innate and adaptive immune systems. Our immune system relies on pathogen recept…

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Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social · 15d

Slowly and tediously, even the rich and powerful can be taken down in functional democracies. This is the third conviction for Sarkozy (and his acolytes). This should encourage other democracies in difficult situations to keep hoping for justice to prevail.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Former French president Sarkozy guilty of criminal conspiracy in Libyan campaign financing trial – Europe live

Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of conspiracy, but innocent of other charges, in case surrounding millions of euros in illegal campaign funding from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi

www.theguardian.com

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bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · 16d

EWS::WT1 Isoform-Dependent Regulation of Neogenes in Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.22.676906v1

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Sep 9

Here is a word cloud of the words that were missing from the noncompetitive renewal awards but had been present in the parent award.

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A word cloud with dominant words "equity", "disparity", "diverse", and similar words.

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Ewan Birney @ewanbirney.bsky.social · Sep 8

Are you an AI expert who wants to stay in academia and change the world by understanding the most complex things we know - living organisms? Want to lead your own group, based in Heidelberg DE, working language English? @embl.org is hiring in AI embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Group Leader – AI in Biology

Are you ready to lead groundbreaking research in AI for Biology? Join us at EMBL! We are seeking a visionary scientist to establish their own independent research group bridging innovations in machine...

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Dana-Farber News @danafarbernews.bsky.social · Jul 30

Congratulations to @danafarber.bsky.social’s Cathy Wu, MD, who was selected by Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer as the recipient of the 2026 Richard V. Smalley Memorial Award and Lectureship.

➡️ bit.ly/4octIB3

Cathy Wu, MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 14

Sign the petition to call for the removal of RFK, Jr.

www.standupforscience.net/rfk-impeachm...

Sign the IMPEACH RFK Citizens' Petition to Congress — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

Join with us to sign our Citizens' Petition to the US Congress to choose the people over Trump and Impeach RFK Jr Now!

www.standupforscience.net

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Bardin Lab @bardinlab.bsky.social · Jul 1

The deadline is approaching for this fantastic course!
Apply now! Free to attend!

Bardin Lab @bardinlab.bsky.social · Jun 13

Students (Master's/PhD), do not miss this fantastic Developmental Biology course of @sorbonne-universite.fr and @institutcurie.bsky.social - It is FREE and open to international students, however, room and board + travel are not included.

training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jun 25

Twice in one day I find myself without words...

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Josh Waterfall @joshwaterfall.bsky.social · Jun 2

So glad to have played a small part in this story. Great work @manellab.bsky.social !

Nicolas Manel Lab @manellab.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thrilled to share our latest @cp-cell.bsky.social.
We present VICAR (VIral-induced Centromeric DNA Amplification and Recognition), a new defense system to detect viruses in the nucleus based on nuclear cGAS.
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

Centromeric DNA amplification triggered by viral proteins activates nuclear cGAS

Herpesvirus proteins disrupt centromeres, triggering centromeric DNA amplification and local nuclear activation of the nucleic acid sensor cGAS. This reveals an immune surveillance mechanism in the nu...

www.cell.com

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Josh Waterfall @joshwaterfall.bsky.social · May 20

PhD opportunity in a great lab at a great institute !

Sebastiaan van Heesch @sebastiaanvheesch.bsky.social · May 16

### PhD position alert ###

Please repost!

I'm excited to announce a new *PhD position* within our group.

We are looking for a super-motivated candidate with a solid basis in wet- and dry-lab research. Apply now & make sure to include all docs!

werkenbijprinsesmaximacentrum.nl/en/vacancy/p...

PhD Position: Unraveling the Dark Proteome in Pediatric Cancer - Werken bij Prinses Maxima Centrum

Background For decades, vast stretches of the genome were dismissed as non-functional ‘junk’. However, our group and others have revealed that these regions harbor numerous non-canonical open reading ...

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Eduardo Villablanca @ejvillablanca.bsky.social · May 9

Postdoctoral position in Computational Biology open !

Our Lab is trying to understand the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in establishing intestinal immune homeostasis and how a breakdown of these mechanisms may lead to diseases

More info 👇 :

lnkd.in/dQZq55nv

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Josh Waterfall @joshwaterfall.bsky.social · Apr 30

Great talks by @belkaidlab.bsky.social @petterbrodin.bsky.social @florentginhoux.bsky.social and more !

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Josh Waterfall @joshwaterfall.bsky.social · Apr 30

Reminder to join us June 5/6 in Paris if you're interested in pediatric immunity and cancer development ! @institutcurie.bsky.social @gustaveroussy.fr @hopitalnecker.bsky.social @institutimagine.bsky.social

Josh Waterfall @joshwaterfall.bsky.social · Mar 5

Interested in the relationship between the developing immune system and pediatric cancer ? Come join us for the first Paris Kids Cancer symposium June 5/6 institut-curie.org/symposium-pa... @institutcurie.bsky.social @aphp.bsky.social @gustaveroussy.fr @institutimagine.bsky.social

Symposium Paris Kids Cancer 2025 - Institut Curie

Find Symposium Paris Kids Cancer 2025. The Institut Curie is the leading center for research and the fight against cancer in France.

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Cedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · Apr 16

Cornell’s new homepage:
RESEARCH MATTERS
🔬🔭🧪⚗️🧬💪😍
www.cornell.edu

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yEFIS @yefis-immunology.bsky.social · Apr 14

Study Immunology in Paris!

📚 Join this International Master’s Program focused on Inflammation & Inflammatory Diseases

🌍 Open to international students – 🏠 Housing & 🇫🇷 French lessons included!

✨ Don’t miss out!

#Immunology #StudyInParis #yEFIS

@efis-immunology.bsky.social

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Institut Curie @institutcurie.bsky.social · Apr 8

🔴 Dans un entretien à @lexpress.bsky.social, Yasmine Belkaid DG @pasteur.fr, Bana Jabri DG @institutimagine.bsky.social et Alain Puisieux, Pdt du Directoire de l’Institut Curie, lancent un appel pour défendre la #science face aux menaces qui pèsent sur elle.

➡️ www.lexpress.fr/sciences-san...

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Michael Stambolis @mstambolis.bsky.social · Apr 8

For academics in the US: the University of Toulouse has quickly put together a program to help bring scholars to France whose work is under attack by the Trump administration. The priorities area are: humanities, climate sciences, health, and space research.

en.univ-toulouse.fr/news/toulous...

Toulouse Welcomes U.S. Researchers Facing Unprecedented Challenges | Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse

In response to the targeted and drastic budget cuts threatening scientific research in the United States, the Toulouse academic community is launching an initiative to host researchers whose work is a...

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Q-Immuno lab at UCL @qimmuno.bsky.social · Apr 8

Two days to go until the 3rd LDN Q-Immuno Day at UCL! We are looking forward to welcome you on Thursday for an incredible line-up of speakers. Full schedule now available here: qimmuno.com/ldnday/

LDNQImmuno · April 10th

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Darragh Duffy @darraghduffy.bsky.social · Mar 24

13 chair positions open @inserm.fr to lead a junior research group in France covering #neuroscience, #immunology, #bioinformatics, #bioengineering, #biotherapy, #public health pro.inserm.fr/rubriques/co... 🧪🔬

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hmenager.bsky.social @hmenager.bsky.social · Mar 24

📢 permanent research engineer position as leader of the Hub Algorithmics & AI pole at the Institut Pasteur. Come and join us!
More details on research.pasteur.fr/en/job/perma...

Permanent research engineer position as Head of Hub Algorithmics & AI pole - Research

The Hub of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics provides analytical support to research units and platforms at the Institut Pasteur. The Hub is committed to this mission through: As head of the Algorithm...

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Josh Waterfall @joshwaterfall.bsky.social · Mar 20

Remember to join us June 5,6 for the first #ParisKidsCancer symposium on #pediatric #immunity and #childhoodcancer Registration open now ! institut-curie.org/symposium-pa...

Symposium Paris Kids Cancer 2025 - Institut Curie

Find Symposium Paris Kids Cancer 2025. The Institut Curie is the leading center for research and the fight against cancer in France.

institut-curie.org

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Kelton Minor @keltonminor.bsky.social · Mar 18

There are days in life that shake you.

I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Mar 7

DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancellation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million (government press release) www.gsa.gov/about-us/new...

DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancellation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million

Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education (ED), and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced that through their coordinated efforts they would i...

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