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Andreas Prokop

@poppi62.bsky.social

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Using #Drosophila to decipher the cell biology of #neurons during development and #neurodegeneration - #scicomm initiative - https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/andreas.prokop

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

Who would have guessed

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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 1d

If you want to stay informed about what's going on in Ukraine, the weekly "Battleground" podcast on Fridays is excellent (www.podbean.com/podcast-deta...), and the daily "Ukraine: The Latest" outstanding (www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03...)

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 5d

3 OCTOBER 2025
Save this map for the books because this is HISTORIC

From 36C in SPAIN to snow in the Balkans

Unbelievable maximum temps <5C at low elevations;
One for all:Kraljevo,SERBIA 215m asl Min 0.4 Max 4.2
with few hours of snow.
Not even Centenarians had ever lived this

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Martin @dalskov.bsky.social · 5d

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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks so much, Christophe!

Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks, Cahir. Based on this kind of information, I considered the 405, but did you try it yourself? I was now told the wavelength combination works (our LED is 395, so very good), but apparently the staining intensity is not too good. I think we need to try it out!

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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 6d

Does anybody know whether Alexa Fluo 405 works well in the DAPI channel?
www.thermofisher.com/uk/en/home/l...

www.thermofisher.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 7d

Wow! Now over 37,000 signatures! 🙏

For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. It's time to hold them to account.

You can support the campaign to change the law here👇

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 7d

😟

Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 7d

Bit early?

Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 9d

😜👍

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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 10d

So exhausting..

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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 9d

You would not mention "delayed" anymore - that's the norm. You would though state "on-time"!

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 12d

Disinformation

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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 11d

Long over!

Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 11d

Do they?

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Freethinker @69eerrr.bsky.social · 13d

Einsteins theory has been proven.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 14d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 16d

United Utilities will have a fair share in the muddiness!

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19d

AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.

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Tristan Lee @tristanl.ee · 20d

The data itself is questionable, for example the recent Minneapolis school shooter, who wrote neo-Nazi slogans like "Hail Breivik" and "Brenton 4 Ever" on their weapons, is considered "Left".

Screenshot of table from CATO's methodology article about their political violence analysis, showing that Robin Westman's ideology is considered to be "Left". This is concerning because Westman's ideology is not actually particularly clear (True Crime Community), and at the very least adopted the aesthetics of neo-Nazi shooters.
https://www.cato.org/blog/politically-motivated-terrorist-killers-data-sources-methodology

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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 21d

I see some similarity here with 'Bernd das Brot'

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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 21d

Alarming

Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 21d

"Up a thousand! And Rising!"
via Joe Neubarth

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GrandmaDeb @deebee54.bsky.social · 22d

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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 22d

Loosing #FlyBase / @flybase.bsky.social would be a blow to modern science: an unprecedented information hub combining data across levels of complexity from genes to organisms, reaching out to other species & humans, meticulously reporting on 120 years of research!
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

Trump's Harvard cuts threaten a giant in biomedical research: A database about the tiny fruit fly

This spring, the Trump administration rescinded a grant that maintained FlyBase, a pillar of global basic research, as part of its broader $2.2 billion funding cuts at Harvard.

www.nbcnews.com

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