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Yehu Moran @yehumoran.bsky.social · 6d

My first ever non-peer reviewed science-related piece. Together with Howard Wolinsky and Holger Breithaupt @embopress.org

It's about how scientists critical of de-extinction are targeted by dark PR tactics: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Scientists targeted by dark PR tactics: Several academic scientists critical of de-extinction projects have become the targets of anonymous smear articles and weaponized copyright infringement claims:...

EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.

www.embopress.org

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O. Kerscher @yeastlife.bsky.social · 12d

🚨 We’re hiring! William & Mary Biology is seeking a **tenure-track Assistant Professor in Immunology** . Join our vibrant department in beautiful Williamsburg, VA — **amazing students, strong Master’s program, and a balanced teaching load**. pls share 👉 jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/674976/a...

Assistant Professor of Biology (Comparative Immunology)

Job Requisition: JR100791 Assistant Professor of Biology (Comparative Immunology) (Open) Job Posting Title: Assistant Professor of Biology (Comparative Immunology) Department: CC00098 WM001 | PROV | B...

williammary.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com

O. Kerscher @yeastlife.bsky.social · 14d

Amazing!!!

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 🧵)

O. Kerscher @yeastlife.bsky.social · 25d

Dog fell over. #happypup #firepit

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O. Kerscher @yeastlife.bsky.social · Sep 2

There’s a glitch in the matrix!

O. Kerscher @yeastlife.bsky.social · Aug 26

Freddie was pondering the meaning of flies.

Frog sitting by small pond looking over the water

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O. Kerscher @yeastlife.bsky.social · Aug 12

Fearless predators!

Gwyllm Llwydd @gwyllm.bsky.social · Aug 11

Watch Out!

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O. Kerscher @yeastlife.bsky.social · Aug 9

It is a bird, it is a fish, no! It is a Sea Robin! #surffishing #catchandrelease

Sea Robin fish caught in the NC surf - the animal was caught and released while surf fishing.

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O. Kerscher @yeastlife.bsky.social · Aug 6

Here is an end-of-the summer beach picture I took as some weather is rolling in.

Kids running into the waves as approaching weather turns the sky dark on a late summer beach scene

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O. Kerscher @yeastlife.bsky.social · Aug 2

Local awkward teens hanging out on our street. #deercam #wildlife

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O. Kerscher @yeastlife.bsky.social · Jul 15

If there is ever a worthier repost!

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jul 15

Boldly growing where no spore has grown before.

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O. Kerscher @yeastlife.bsky.social · Jul 15

Great shot!

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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Jul 10

Hidden prompts in articles to fool #AI reviewers! It'sbrilliant, it's resistance and it's self-defense! It shows the massively wealthy publishing companies that cutting corners is bad for #science! They could use their wealth to pay independent reviewers.... 🧪

www.theregister.com/AMP/2025/07/...

Scholars sneaking phrases into papers to fool AI reviewers

: Using prompt injections to play a Jedi mind trick on LLMs

www.theregister.com

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O. Kerscher @yeastlife.bsky.social · Jul 9

Today in ridiculously priced items from scientific vendors: weighing paper 3x3 in for analytical balances $126 per pack of 500!

O. Kerscher @yeastlife.bsky.social · Jul 8

Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/s...?

Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment

www.nytimes.com

O. Kerscher @yeastlife.bsky.social · Jun 20

E-sports nonsense even on my bananas!

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · Jun 17

I do not like AI in Slack
I do not like AI on Mac
I do not like AI in Zoom
I don’t want AI in my room
I do not want ChatGPT —
please stop, AI, and leave me be!
I don’t want AI here, or there;
I don’t want AI anywhere!

(… okay, okay — had to Seuss it, sorry 😇)

Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · Jun 17

I do not want AI in Slack. I do not want AI in Google. I do not want AI on Facebook. I do not want AI in documents or spreadsheets. I do not want AI in Adobe Acrobat. I do not want AI in Zoom. I do not want AI on news sites. I do not want AI in the patient portal for my doctor's office. I do not wan

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O. Kerscher @yeastlife.bsky.social · Jun 15

Nature reclaiming this excavator along the Chickahominy river, VA.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jun 15

#BethesdaDeclaration @standupforscience.bsky.social

I decided to share the opportunity to sign the support letter for the Bethesda Declaration with my entire email list for our family holiday letter.

I learned some important lessons.

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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · Jun 12

Microtubules do more than move chromosomes—they help clean up cellular messes too. 🧹 Eric Rubenstein of Ball State University shows Kar3 and Vik1 are key to protein quality control via ER-associated degradation.
📖 www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/... #ASCB #CellBiology #ERAD #Proteostasis

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · Jun 8

An analysis shows that NIH grant awards supported 407,782 jobs and $94.58 bn in new economic activity nationwide, the largest figure in the history of the report, w/ an ROI of $2.56 for every $1 in awards.

Deep cuts to NIH funding will contribute to a recession.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae... 🧪🔬

NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report

National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

www.forbes.com

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jun 9

www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

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Ted Pavlic (he/him/his) @tedpavlic.bsky.social · Jun 8

Reminder: Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically all genetic tech today, was only possible because of extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. #science 🧪
www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...

How a discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR - Richmond Scientific

A discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR, the gold-standard COVID-19 tests used to fight the global pandemic.

www.richmondscientific.com

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O. Kerscher @yeastlife.bsky.social · Jun 5

Wow - no more OneDrive saves! Thank you! Made my day! Worked like a charm!

Anne Carpenter @drannecarpenter.bsky.social · Jun 5

if you’re tired of Word/excel/PPT asking to save files to OneDrive and would rather default to your local computer, it’s in Preferences > Save - uncheck the top box
(whose wording sounds nothing like having this functionality)

screenshot showing TUrn on AutoSave by default unchecked

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O. Kerscher @yeastlife.bsky.social · May 31

Lucy #dog is showing off her prized possession - a paper towel role! Surprisingly not yet shredded!