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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 15d

A 7% decline in English birds in just 5 years is astonishing

The web of life is unravelling fast

Wild bird numbers continue to fall in UK with some species in ‘dramatic freefall’

Species index fell by 4% between 2019 and 2024 – although data shows woodland populations beginning to stabilise

www.theguardian.com

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Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · 21d

Exciting to finally announce the first Green DiSC awardees!

Green DiSC @green-disc.bsky.social · 21d

The first six teams across three institutions in the UK and Europe have completed the Bronze certification earlier this year, so we thought we’d celebrate these pioneers! 🎉

Check out the @softwaresaved.bsky.social’s coverage to learn about this first round of certification: lnkd.in/efPKdKpr

Teams awarded the first Bronze Green DiSC certificates. (left to right, top to bottom): Vasilios Andrikopoulos, Elisabeth Wilhelm, Robert Pollice, Brian Setz (University of Groningen), Jacob Househam and the Data Science Team (Institute of Cancer Research), Francesco Lescai and the Laboratory of Computational Genomics (University of Pavia)

Sample of the Bronze certification from Green DiSC

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Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · 24d

@softwaresaved.bsky.social @cambridgebrc.bsky.social @vpd-hlri.bsky.social @green-disc.bsky.social @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social

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Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · 24d

Ideas of projects:
👉 Taking a global view encompassing environmental sustainability, human health, and perspectives from the Global South.
👉 Expanding environmental impacts beyond carbon footprint, with a focus on water usage in particular.

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Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · 24d

⏰ Last couple of days to apply to join my group @Cambridge as a postdoc and work on the environmental (un)sustainability of AI!

⏳ Closing September 16th.

✏️ Apply here: tinyurl.com/2ukkp8yx

Or learn more about what we do at www.lannelongue-group.org

Initial examples of research projects below 👇

Research Associate*/Research Assistant in Sustainability of AI (Fixed Term)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented researcher to join our team as part of the Green Algorithms Initiative, one of the leading academic teams in the field of sustainable computing. The

www.cam.ac.uk

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Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · 28d

We're touching a bit on this in my group, eg running a randomised trial on how to effectively incentivise users to do greener computing...and whether carbon monitoring tools (like the ones we build) are of any use to influence coders behaviour. Happy to chat more!

www.green-algorithms.org/E-SCOUT/

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Mike Inouye @mikeinouye.bsky.social · Jul 25

📣📣 Cool job alert! The @bakerresearchau.bsky.social is recruiting up to 2 new PIs in Biomedical Data Science 👉 www.seek.com.au/job/85989791...

You’d join an awesome institute in an incredible city (Melbourne, Australia) as well as partnerships like with @cam.ac.uk… you’ll also get to work with me 😁

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Sam Lambert @iamslambert.bsky.social · May 24

@hasanga.bsky.social from @mikeinouye.bsky.social / @cambridgebaker.bsky.social @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social sharing new results for local-ancestry effects on CAD risk loci. #ESHG2025

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Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · May 22

Featuring a great talk by @christinabremer.bsky.social and contributing to 1st and 3rd places at the hack-day! (Very excited about the winning project 👀)

@cambridge-ceu.bsky.social @cambridgebrc.bsky.social

Woman talking in front of a slide saying “E-SCOUT: environmentally sustainable computer trial”

7 people posing in front of a screen reading “hackday 3rd place”

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Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · May 22

My 3rd SSI Collaboration Workshop last week, an amazing & energising event as always! This one felt extra special: this time I actually had my own group to bring along! Team building + sustainable software, all in one 🌱 #newPI

Thanks @softwaresaved.bsky.social !

Selfie of four amiling people in front of a leafy background with a medieval tower in the background.

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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · May 19

We are now on Bluesky!

Follow us to keep up to date with our research and find out what goes on at the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit in the @dphpc.bsky.social

#cardiovasculardisease #prevention #healthcare #bigdata #globalhealth #publichealth #riskfactors

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Christina Bremer @christinabremer.bsky.social · May 9

Come work with us! It's a great team and exciting research 🌱

Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · May 9

📣 Interested in the environmental (un)sustainability of AI (and how to support positive change)? Or know someone who is? I have an open position for a postdoctoral researcher to join my group in Cambridge, UK 🌱

🚨Closing June 5th

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51255/

Topics below 👇

#AcademicSky #GreenSky

Photo of Cambridge River and view over King's College with a group of people punting.

Photo of the Heart and Lungs Research Institute on Cambridge Biomedical Campus. The building is bronze-colour and in front of a pond.

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Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · May 9

Thanks a lot!

Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · May 9

@softwaresaved.bsky.social @dphpc.bsky.social @mctd.bsky.social @cambridgebrc.bsky.social @cst.cam.ac.uk you may know people :)

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Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · May 9

This is a chance to join the Green Algorithms project and a team of great people (unbiased opinion) working towards Environmentally Sustainable computing. For more info on our work: www.lannelongue-group.org

| Lannelongue group

University of Cambridge, UK. We tackle the environmental impacts of computing and promote Environmentally Sustainable Computational Science.

www.lannelongue-group.org

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Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · May 9

Topics can include:
💡Studying the environmental impacts of AI tools expected to become prominent in research in the coming years
💡Taking a global view on this: environmental sustainability + human health + Global South perspectives
💡Better integrate life-cycle analyses with a focus on water usage

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Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · May 9

📣 Interested in the environmental (un)sustainability of AI (and how to support positive change)? Or know someone who is? I have an open position for a postdoctoral researcher to join my group in Cambridge, UK 🌱

🚨Closing June 5th

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51255/

Topics below 👇

#AcademicSky #GreenSky

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Christina Bremer @christinabremer.bsky.social · Apr 16

Excited to announce that I will be at #CHI2025 presenting the paper I co-authored with Bran Knowles and Adrian Friday 🌱

The paper describes the outcomes of a case study with energy professionals, revealing several "ironies of energy system automation".

Session: programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/pro...

A screenshot of a CHI 2025 paper titled "Of Ironies and Agency: Energy Professionals’ Views on Digital Interventions and Their Users" and co-authored by Christina Bremer, Bran Knowles and Adrian Friday at Lancaster University.

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Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · Apr 16

Welcoming a new member of the lab (this is Newton!) and turning 30, it’s been a busy week here! But excited to see what the next decade has in store 🌱

*PSA: expect delayed emails and puppy appearances in Zoom calls*

Duck Tolling Retriever puppy sitting in the grass

Puppy on his back playing with a soft toy

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Carles Foguet @cfoguet.bsky.social · Apr 3

Our work on metabolic reaction fluxes as amplifiers and buffers of risk alleles for coronary artery disease is finally out in @molsystbiol.org !
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
A short thread on our key findings 🧵👇

Metabolic reaction fluxes as amplifiers and buffers of risk alleles for coronary artery disease | Molecular Systems Biology

imageimageUsing genetically predicted metabolic reaction fluxes, the authors identify reactions that can amplify or buffer the effect of coronary artery disease (CAD) risk alleles on disease susceptib...

www.embopress.org

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Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · Mar 25

Absolutely, an essential part of good science! 🐕

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Code for Thought / Peter Schmidt @code4thought.bsky.social · Mar 18

English edition [EN] #code4thought: @loiclnlg.bsky.social, @kirstypringle.bsky.social & Andy Turner tell us, why we should care about the energy consumption of our computers & programs. And what can we do about it? Out on your podcast apps, YouTube podcast
or codeforthought.buzzsprout.com

Code for Thought

Welcome to Code for Thought, the podcast about software for research and the people who make it. Languages: English, German, French

codeforthought.buzzsprout.com

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Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · Mar 9

Grant writing in the Cambridgeshire sun, not the worst way to do it! (I do have to periodically throw the ball, today’s research assistant is quite strict on that 🐕)

Picture of a sunny garden, ginger dog, laptop half open and cup of tea

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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · Feb 11

Google doc apparently has inbuilt AI now. Seeing an unfamiliar vertical line, I hovered over it. It suggested that I make some corrections to the blurb I was writing. The first one was to change "Dr. Devezer" to "He".

Thank you, AGI.

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Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · Feb 7

Also looking forward to the AI Fringe event in London on Wednesday, where I’ll sit on a panel on “Designing, building and using sustainable AI” organised by the @raeng.org.uk

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