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If this wasn’t so serious it would be laughable. This is the sort of thing a white supremacist would do www.bbc.com/news/live/cp...

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I’m at the @eu-life.bsky.social meeting in Brno so was delighted to make a little pilgrimage to see where Gregor Mendel grew his peas and launched genetics

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Corruption and cronyism don't just swindle honest actors out of business, they cost lives.

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Someone just bombed a reproductive health clinic in California. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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It would be helpful if the headline pointed out it was actually Rishi Sunak who dropped this in 2023

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I love travelling by train for many reasons so slightly saddened to read this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Another reason to like MEKI!

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Congratulations to #MolecularTherapeutics faculty and @mti-ucb.bsky.social member @olzmannlab.bsky.social for receiving the Beatriz Manz award for 'transformational teaching and community service'. Glad to have you as a friend and colleague @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, James!

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Today in 1943 a top secret wartime project suffered a set back. A huge number of bats were released with incendiaries on them, unfortunately they found an army airfield to roost in. The bombs went off and they incinerated the Carlsbad Army Airfield in New Mexico.

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Quiescent cell re-entry is limited by macroautophagy-induced lysosomal damage: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Wow!

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Using laboratory-evolved versions of enzymes called CASTs, researchers have achieved a long-standing goal of genome editing: inserting entire healthy genes into human cells efficiently enough for potential therapeutic applications. @isaacwitte.bsky.social @eitzingersimon.bsky.social

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SPRINGSTEEN, on tour in the UK: “.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration." @variety.com variety.com/2025/music/n...

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It’s plain for all to see.

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Fantastic evening listening to @robinince.bsky.social in Ely courtesy of Toppings Bookshop. Entertaining, hilarious, passionate, compassionate and key insights into neurodiversity. Thank you! 👏

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@birdlifeglobal.bsky.social published report on tackling illegal killing of birds in Europe & Mediterranean African-Middle East countries. Only 8 out of 46 countries on track to meet 50% reduction target by 2030 @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @arielbrunner.bsky.social www.birdlife.org/news/2025/05...

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Shaping the mitochondrial inner membrane- the site of a lot of adaptation to the varying energy needs of the cell

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Some small molecules modulate protein condensation in cells, but how? Our latest work shows a possible mechanism of action of the small molecule lipoamide. This molecule prevents condensation of stress granules whose components are found as protein aggregates in ALS. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Our Special Issue: Cell Biology of Mitochondria is complete. Explore our ToC: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13... Our cover image highlights mitochondria (magenta) and DNA (cyan) in glioblastoma cells from Buckley et al. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... #JCSMitoSI #Mitochondria

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Marjorie, I know the truth confuses you and facts ain’t your strong suit—so let me break it down real slow: George Floyd didn’t die from drugs. He died because Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes. That’s called murder.

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We are down the rabbit hole now in La La land www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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These people would be 'Strangers' on this Island. The good folks at the Mosque and Synagogue not

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Yes!!! Yes! 🤦

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On this day, 10 years ago, my lab published the @nature.com paper reporting the discovery of the Asgard archaea (Lokiarchaeota at the time), revealing the archaeal nature of eukaryotic cells, and reshaping the Tree of Life. What a ride it has been since then... www.nature.com/articles/nat...

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Dear Keir Starmer, it's not the immigrants I have trouble communicating with, it's the Reform voters.

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mTORC1 is activated when cells are fed with amino acids. New preprint with @robzonculab.bsky.social led by Rachel Jansen shows how the massive "CastiGATOR" complex is formed when arginine-free CASTOR1 binds to the GATOR2 complex to antagonize mTORC1 starved cells. tinyurl.com/yr6en6f4

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My grandmas were immigrants, my mum & sisters in law are immigrants; my sister & nephews are migrants. My kids study maths, Shakespeare, dance, act & score tries alongside the kids of immigrants. My dad’s life was saved by immigrants. Immigrants have made us richer, wiser, stronger Win the fight

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How can a Salmonella effector change the specificity of a host kinase? SteE mediates kinase reprogramming via mimicry of conserved eukaryotic-like motifs- doi.org/10.1038/s443... Great collaboration with @katrinrittinger.bsky.social + big thanks to all authors & congrats to lead PDRA Ioanna Panagi!

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Art of the Deal!!

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Immigrants. Coming over here & serving in the army. Raising children who become NHS nurses and doctors. Despicable. Private Marciniak pictured below 1945-ish 🇵🇱 #NotACountryOfStrangers

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When reducing immigration numbers takes precedence over all else. Many immigrants don't have to come here and this is the uK's loss.

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This 👇 Exactly the same with all my Mum's carers. The care sector absolutely depends on overseas staff, as does the NHS, Science, Finance, etc etc you know... those things that support ... (checks notes) ... growth

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What a mean-spirited and inward looking country the UK has become. I have no regrets about emigrating in 2019 and look forward to applying for Irish citizenship at the earliest opportunity. #UKPolitics #BrexitBrokeBritain www.ft.com/content/f844...

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SF3B1K700E Drives Oncogenic Alternative Splicing of Cell Cycle Checkpoint Genes in Cancer https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.08.652831v1

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📢The peer-reviewed version of our work on TEs driving innovation of F-box genes is out now on @molbioevol.bsky.social. 🎉 paper here: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... Check my previous, but still up-to-date 🧵 to read the highlights. #TEsky #evosky #Celegans

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Condensates that are redox-sensitive?!

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1 in 5 of the UK’s care workforce have a non-British passport. Starmer would have us believe these carers are the “squalid” result of a “failed experiment”. I say they do vital, necessary, humane, skilled work and they are worth their weight in gold.

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BREAKING: GMB Union says “Scrapping care visas will be potentially catastrophic. Care is utterly reliant on migrant workers and there's still over 130,000 vacancies. We are working with the Government to deliver the pay rise care workers deserve. But this won't arrive soon enough to fill the void”

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Please enjoy this photograph of a recently arrived immigrant

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The @ukdri.ac.uk is recruiting a Research Associate to investigate how E3 ubiquitin ligases drive degradation of protein aggregates in neurodegenerative disease. Closing date: 25th May www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...

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