Lars Velten
@larsplus.bsky.social
Group leader @crg.eu | blood, single cell, synthetic genomics | Dad | 🇩🇪🇪🇸🇹🇿 | 🚵🧗🏃
Where are they from? They sing in bad Swahili or a very similar language, “I’m lighting fire, I’m lighting mama fire, and I’m bringing money”. Uganda military speaks (bad) Swahili, but does Museveni send soldiers to Ukraine?
January 11, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Where are they from? They sing in bad Swahili or a very similar language, “I’m lighting fire, I’m lighting mama fire, and I’m bringing money”. Uganda military speaks (bad) Swahili, but does Museveni send soldiers to Ukraine?
There is one joker: Highly skilled technicians. Our two techs are why we can do projects that are ambitious, clear first author, no 100h weeks. Requires very strong commitment to a few projects by PI (more applicable to wetlab, and a + of 🇪🇸 is that there's no industry competing for the best people).
December 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
There is one joker: Highly skilled technicians. Our two techs are why we can do projects that are ambitious, clear first author, no 100h weeks. Requires very strong commitment to a few projects by PI (more applicable to wetlab, and a + of 🇪🇸 is that there's no industry competing for the best people).
IMHO It’s near impossible to sustainably scale an academic research team quickly to 5-10 people. My take: Keep the bar for hiring high, keep money in the bank (allows you to scale up when things start working), and keep two full days per week free of Interruptions for hands on work.
December 15, 2025 at 6:23 AM
IMHO It’s near impossible to sustainably scale an academic research team quickly to 5-10 people. My take: Keep the bar for hiring high, keep money in the bank (allows you to scale up when things start working), and keep two full days per week free of Interruptions for hands on work.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🇬🇧: Finally, English-language coverage by Financial Times, a small London-based newspaper 😉. Thanks again @omarjam.bsky.social and Nahia (@irbbarcelona.org) for making all this possible! www.ft.com/content/a1f8...
Scientists make breakthroughs on blood ageing and limb regrowth
Two new studies could help develop better therapies for rejuvenation and regeneration
www.ft.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🇬🇧: Finally, English-language coverage by Financial Times, a small London-based newspaper 😉. Thanks again @omarjam.bsky.social and Nahia (@irbbarcelona.org) for making all this possible! www.ft.com/content/a1f8...
😵💫: Private TV antenna3 hectically shot an interview 1.5h before their 3pm news, got a lot wrong (no we did not rejuvenate mice by ablating old stem cells, Irv Weissman did that) BUT they made us the good news of the day and it's somehow funny www.antena3.com/noticias/cie...
Científicos españoles descubren cómo envejece la sangre: un gran hallazgo para la lucha contra la leucemia y el envejecimiento
Un estudio desarrollado en Barcelona ha dado con la clave para entender cómo envejece la sangre. El hallazgo podría facilitar la detección temprana de enfermedades como la leucemia y abrir nuevas vías...
www.antena3.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
😵💫: Private TV antenna3 hectically shot an interview 1.5h before their 3pm news, got a lot wrong (no we did not rejuvenate mice by ablating old stem cells, Irv Weissman did that) BUT they made us the good news of the day and it's somehow funny www.antena3.com/noticias/cie...
😬: SER Catalunya, most-listened radio around here, interviewed me at 8:40 (instead of 8:50)... they reached me in the elevator, put me live on air and started asking in Catalan. Had to guess what they meant and improvise. The good thing, I was awake after this 😅 (can't upload audio to bsky - 7/n)
May 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
😬: SER Catalunya, most-listened radio around here, interviewed me at 8:40 (instead of 8:50)... they reached me in the elevator, put me live on air and started asking in Catalan. Had to guess what they meant and improvise. The good thing, I was awake after this 😅 (can't upload audio to bsky - 7/n)
🇫🇷: @scherermich.bsky.social was brave enough to speak to @lemonde.fr in French 💪! Excellent article that definitely sticks out with the accompanying visual.
www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art... (6/n)
www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art... (6/n)
Dès l’âge de 50 ans, les cellules de notre sang s’appauvrissent
Une équipe espagnole a retracé l’évolution des lignées de cellules du sang chez 13 personnes de 35 à 70 ans. A partir de la cinquantaine, le nombre de cellules souches capables d’engendrer des cellule...
www.lemonde.fr
May 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🇫🇷: @scherermich.bsky.social was brave enough to speak to @lemonde.fr in French 💪! Excellent article that definitely sticks out with the accompanying visual.
www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art... (6/n)
www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art... (6/n)
🇦🇹: Austrian ORF covered both the blood ageing context and the DNA methylation discovery in two minutes on the radio after interviewing @martinabraun.bsky.social and me. Real quality science journalism. science.orf.at/stories/3230... (5/n)
„Blutbarcodes“ könnten Alterung verlangsamen
Auch das Blut altert: Ab 50 Jahren verringert sich die Vielfalt der Stammzellen, die Blut produzieren. Ein Forschungsteam hat nun ein „Barcodesystem“ entwickelt, das die verschiedenen Blutstammzellen ...
science.orf.at
May 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🇦🇹: Austrian ORF covered both the blood ageing context and the DNA methylation discovery in two minutes on the radio after interviewing @martinabraun.bsky.social and me. Real quality science journalism. science.orf.at/stories/3230... (5/n)