Mahadi Alyami
rtkase.bsky.social
Mahadi Alyami
@rtkase.bsky.social
Books, nature, science, and medicine. Med graduate. He/Him. http://OneCuriousCell.wordpress.com
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Bedside clinical skills have been diminished by an overreliance on technology. A new Review Article presents educational strategies for reinvigorating the bedside encounter and shows how much can be learned from it. Learn more: nej.md/4nUirnP

#MedSky #MedEd
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Congratulations to Lucy Shapiro, 2025 #LaskerAward winner! – “for a 55-year career in biomedical science – honored for discovering how bacteria generate distinct daughter cells; and for exemplary leadership at the national level”
#Lasker2025 #LaskerLaureate #devbio 🧪
September 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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2025 Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science winner Dr Lucy Shapiro discusses her discovery of how bacteria coordinate their genetic logic to generate distinct daughter cells.

#LaskerAward #Lasker25 @laskerfdn.bsky.social

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September 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Congratulations to Michael J. Welsh, Jesús (Tito) González, and Paul A. Negulescu, 2025 #LaskerAward winners! – “for their key roles in developing a novel treatment for #cysticfibrosis” 🧪
#Lasker2025 #LaskerLaureate
September 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Welsh, González, and Negulescu share #LaskerAward @laskerfdn.bsky.social

Benjamin D. Singer & G.R. Scott Budinger provide a historical context for this year’s Lasker~DeBakey Award!
September 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Congratulations to Dirk Görlich and Steven L. McKnight, 2025 #LaskerAward winners! - “for discoveries that exposed the structures and functions of low-complexity domains within protein sequences” 🧪
@mpi-nat.bsky.social
#Lasker2025 #LaskerLaureate #structuralbiology #phaseseparation
September 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology.
@roxanegay.bsky.social maybe you’re right.
A new study from MIT’s Media Lab (not yet peer-reviewed & small sample size): ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills. [time.com]
June 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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I’m in dire straits right now. I have $14 in the bank and these bills due *now*:

Rent: $1500
Car payment: $276
Internet: $90
Payment to Standby Cash: $100

My apartment complex starts eviction on the 7th. Please help. #MutualAidRequest #MutualAidBoost gofund.me/d3424e16
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June 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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New paper out in @science.org!

“Brain drain” or “brain gain”?
Effects of high-skilled international emigration on origin countries

doi.org/10.1126/scie...
May 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.

With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
March 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Measles are contagious.
Measles cause 1 in 4 people to be hospitalized.
Measles can be deadly especially in children.
Measles can cause blindness & deafness.
Measles can cause brain damage yrs later.
Measles can cause "immune amnesia".

Measles are preventable with MMR vaccine.

#medsky #IDsky 🛟 😷🧪
February 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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🧵Who is opposing the Trump administration?

I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for *meaningful* opposition to each.

I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24
February 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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UPDATE: The good news: I made it through the splenectomy and appear to be healing well.

The bad news: It appears I have follicular lymphoma.

Doctors haven't responded to my call so I am unsure of the details. Given it was found in my spleen... gofund.me/f8676b90
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February 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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The news cycle right now - even just for science & higher ed - is overwhelming. We have to do it, but fortunately, we don’t have to do it alone.

My team is focused on tracking what’s happening to research funding, jobs & salaries, shared datasets, university responses & safety of our communities
February 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.
Announcing the Data.gov Archive | Library Innovation Lab
Today we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complet...
lil.law.harvard.edu
February 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Doppler ultrasound for venous congestion - #VEXUS - has truly been game-changing in my clinical #POCUS practice.

Here's the TL;DR on the concept of #VEXUS - 🧵

#emimcc
February 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.

Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.

But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.

They aren’t firing for a reason.
January 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better…
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
January 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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#MedSky #IDSky #PublicHealth
There is a widespread outbreak of #norovirus, a GI virus that causes projectile vomiting & profuse diarrhea usually lasting 24-48 hrs. Wastewater levels nationwide in 🇺🇸 are high. It’s miserable & incredibly contagious. So many friends are texting SOS, so here’s a 🧵. /1
January 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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It’s going to be a while before I can work again due to surgery, and I really need help. #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Help #Fundraiser gofund.me/9fd7c859
Donate to Assist Cat with Bills During Job Search, organized by Catrina Fernholz
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December 28, 2024 at 2:59 PM