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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 5d

The Ig Nobel is incredible , one year an Indian guy won it for calculating the average surface area of an elephant and during his acceptance they had an elephant hold up a sign with the surface area of the scientist on it, they do showbiz better than the Oscars

Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 20d

Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Neta Felsenthal @netafelsenthal.bsky.social · 9d

So proud that my picture is used to advertise this year's fete de la science at @institutcurie.bsky.social !

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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 17d

Join us this Thursday for our mini-symposium with the membrane trafficking webinar series
Featuring talks from @nickader.bsky.social, @maiblab.bsky.social and Mónica Quiñones-Frías, and a keynote lecture from Gillian Griffiths @griffithslab.bsky.social.
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/09/16/f...

FocalPlane features... membrane trafficking - FocalPlane

FocalPlane features... membrane trafficking - News

focalplane.biologists.com

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Becky Dodd @becky-dodd.bsky.social · 19d

Allergen-induced airway matrix remodeling in mice can be prevented or reversed by targeting chitinase-like proteins | Science Immunology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🎉🎉
@hetompkins.bsky.social @drtesutherland.bsky.social @mattoburgess.bsky.social @james-ep.bsky.social
@profjudiallen.bsky.social

Allergen-induced airway matrix remodeling in mice can be prevented or reversed by targeting chitinase-like proteins

Allergic airway matrix remodeling occurs independently of IL-13 and IL-17A and is driven instead by chitinase-like proteins.

www.science.org

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John F Wu @jwuphysics.bsky.social · 19d

Delighted to see that this year's Ig Nobel Physics Prize is about the phase behavior of Cacio e pepe sauce.

Paper: pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/arti...

Pop Sci article: phys.org/news/2025-09...

2025 Ig Physics Nobel Prize goes to perfect pasta sauce

The Ig Nobel Prize honors research that first makes people laugh, then makes them think. Its 35th award ceremony possibly also makes people hungry: ISTA physicist Fabrizio Olmeda and colleagues resear...

phys.org

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Snippert lab @hugosnippert.bsky.social · Jul 23

🔊 Paper alert
1/ Tuft cells are perhaps the coolest cells in our gut orchestrating host defense, but how do they manage? @julian-buissant.bsky.social provides new insights into tuft cell differentiation, and the development of accurate in vitro models for experimental cell biology 🧫🔬🧬
rdcu.be/exou9

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Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · 26d

Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Our #CellLineOfTheWeek is beta-catenin - illuminating adherens junctions! 🧫

Our cell lines & plasmids are available for just the cost of shipping to reduce the barriers to scientific discovery.

📦 Distributed by @coriellinstitute.bsky.social & @addgene.bsky.social

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 26d

Love this

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Christa Buecker @chribue.bsky.social · 28d

Just one more week left to get an application in! Starting my lab at the Perutz and the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social has been a fantastic opportunity that shaped me as a scientist!

Max Perutz Labs Vienna @maxperutzlabs.ac.at · Jul 23

📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship in Mechanistic Cell and Developmental Biology. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/3fbkp89c

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Daniel Krentzel @danielkrentzel.bsky.social · 29d

Super happy to see CLEM-Reg out in @natmethods.nature.com! A short thread on the algorithm behind it and how to try it out for yourself🧵(1/9)

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

CLEM-Reg: an automated point cloud-based registration algorithm for volume correlative light and electron microscopy - Nature Methods

CLEM-Reg automates the three-dimensional alignment of volume correlative light and electron microscopy datasets by leveraging probabilistic point cloud registration techniques for fast and accurate re...

www.nature.com

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Neta Felsenthal @netafelsenthal.bsky.social · 29d

Failing to see the lunar eclipse in Paris, we were compensated with a gorgeous sunset

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 29d

OK--fluorescent protein friends. We want an antibody to TagRFP that works in immunofluorescence. Any suggestions? Re-post please

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Levayer Lab @levayerr.bsky.social · 29d

Important story dissecting the mechanism of gut cell extrusion using organoids. Local heterogeneity of tension promotes live extrusion and basal relaxation is sufficient to kick the cell out. Nice combination of optogenetics and live imaging to demonstrate this
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 29d

Cannabis use may be associated with an increased rate of egg maturation and number of embryos with an incorrect number of chromosomes according to a retrospective study involving patients undergoing IVF, published in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/4m4ps4j #medsky #reprosky 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows tetrahydrocannabinol concentrations and correlation with demographic data and clinical in vitro fertilization outcomes.

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epithelial mechanics fan club @epimechfc.bsky.social · Aug 27

Tsai, T. Y. C., Sikora, M., Xia, P., Colak-Champollion, T., Knaut, H., Heisenberg, C. P., & Megason, S. G. (2020). An adhesion code ensures robust pattern formation during tissue morphogenesis. Science, #EpithelialMechanics doi.org/10.1126/scie...

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Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) @istaresearch.bsky.social · Aug 26

Do you want to push the boundaries of science together with world-class supervisors and colleagues?

The ISTA-Fellowship Program offers fully funded two-year postdoctoral fellowships for highly qualified candidates.

Apply now to take your next career step at ISTA: https://bit.ly/4kfKBZx

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Mikkel Roald-Arbøl @roald-arboel.com · Aug 25

Inspired by @deniswirtz.bsky.social and team, I'm collating a database of #PhD and #postdoc fellowships in the #EU. I'm standardising the information an entry needs, making it easier to (1) search and (2) contribute - and I would appreciate input, especially from other #ECR! Please share!

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laurierking.bsky.social @laurierking.bsky.social · Aug 13

Hannah Arendt knew all about totalitarianism, first hand.
And she knew how to stand up to it.

(Quote from Paul Krugman’s Substack August 11)
#whatcanIdo #standup #throwthebumsout #ImVotingDemocrat

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EMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · Aug 13

Recruitment is now open for the EMBL-EBI–Sanger Postdoctoral Programme.

ESPOD builds on the collaborative relationship between EMBL-EBI and the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, offering projects that combine experimental and computational approaches.

www.ebi.ac.uk/research/pos...

🧬🖥️🔬#postdocjob

ESPOD, the EMBL-EBI/Sanger postdoctoral fellowship. Applications deadline 30 September. Image credit: Karen Arnott / EMBL-EBI

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Science Magazine @science.org · Aug 7

#NextGenSci asks: In the form of a haiku, assess the state of science in your country. What are your country’s science-related strengths and weaknesses?

Submit your answer by 21 August for a chance to be published in Science: scim.ag/459Ozh2

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eLife @elife.bsky.social · Aug 7

New research uncovers how epithelial cells maintain barrier integrity: Rho-ROCK signalling activates matriptase, releasing claudins to rapidly form new tight junctions during cell turnover and differentiation.
buff.ly/JU0X0kn

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Dr. Kakani Katija @kakanikatija.bsky.social · Aug 7

Excited to share that our manuscript "In situ lightfield imaging of octopus locomotion reveals simplified control" has been published in @nature.com. www.nature.com/articles/s41... If you love 🧪🌎🦑🌊, keep reading this thread! 1/n

MBARI’s innovative EyeRIS camera system collects near real-time three-dimensional visual data about the structure and biomechanics of marine life. Filming deep-sea pearl octopus (Muusoctopus robustus) with this system has provided new insight into octopus locomotion that can contribute to the design of bioinspired robots in the future. Image credit: MBARI

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Ben Steventon @bensteventon.bsky.social · Aug 7

Check out this work from @gserranonajera.bsky.social and Apolline Delahaye! They show how gastruloids can employ different morphogenetic strategies to set up a body axis. It nicely builds from Guillermo’s PhD work recapitulating gastrulation modes in the chick: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Fabrizio Musacchio @fabmusacchio.bsky.social · Jul 13

Btw, and in the spirit of #OpenScience, all my #Napari #bioimage analysis #tutorials are freely available — from basics to #segmentation, #tracking, and #clustering. Feel free to explore and share ✌️

🌍 www.fabriziomusacchio.com/teaching/tea...

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