I am excited to share our latest paper, Uniform bacterial genetic diversity along the gut, now out in Nature Communications! www.nature.com/articles/s41.... (1/n)

In this work we sought to understand how strains and their evolutionary adaptations are distributed along the lumen of the mouse gut. We found a surprising amount of uniformity despite there being extensive species-level heterogeneity along the gut. (2/n)

We found that these results replicate in both mice as well as humans. These results indicate that spatial segregation is not a requisite for strain coexistence in the gut microbiome (at least in the lumen) and that evolutionary changes do not face barriers in their spread. (3/n)

More work is needed in the future to understand if there is spatial segregation at finer scales as well as in the mucosa. But, for now, we start to obtain a picture of uniform diversity along the gut at the strain and evolutionary level. (4/n)

This work was led by @michaelwasney.bsky.social and @leahbriscoe.bsky.social and was a fun collaboration with @ctropini.bsky.social's lab! Many thanks to @rwolff.bsky.social and Hans Gezzi for their hard work and insights as well in making this work possible. (5/n)

Finally, if interested, please check out @michaelwasney.bsky.social 's talk on this work, broadcasted by MVIF (and won best talk prize in his session!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAzH... (6/6)

Used for centuries by the Cacua people but unknown to science, the táam palm is now officially described as Attalea taam. By co-authoring the study with Indigenous experts, researchers in Colombia prove that traditional knowledge is essential for modern botany. @sofiamoutinho.bsky.social reports.

Pollinating insects in the Netherlands are not doing well. That is why a large-scale national study on bees and hoverflies was launched this week. Until 2030, their numbers will be systematically monitored throughout the Netherlands, from nature reserves to agricultural plots.

De allerlaatste dag! 🚨 De klok tikt... Vanavond sluiten de stembussen voor Insect van het Jaar 2026. Heb jij je stem al uitgebracht of laat je het over aan het toeval? Elke stem kan de doorslag geven in deze spannende strijd! 👉 STEM NU (vóórdat het te laat is): insectvanhetjaar.com #InsectvanhetJaar

SIPRI Distinguished Associate Fellow and former @iaeaorg.bsky.social inspector Robert E. Kelley speaks with @aljazeera.com about the recent attacks on the #Bushehr nuclear power plant and their potential consequences for the region. Watch now: bit.ly/4ce9CS0 #IAEA #Iran #MiddleEast #SIPRI

📚 La langue française est-elle foutue ? Pour Julie Neveux, linguiste à Sorbonne Université, la langue de Molière est au contraire bien vivante et en perpétuelle évolution. 👉 C'est ce qu'elle explique dans "Avec la langue", son nouvel essai consacré au français que l'on parle au quotidien. @rfi.fr

🎙️ S3 E5 Genetics of Mental Health We sit down with Dr. Niamh Ryan from TRC to explore the different types of genetic variants, how they may influence mental health, and what this means for understanding psychiatric conditions. 🎧 Full episode out now on Acast, Spotify & Apple Podcasts. #pint26 🍻

Tickets for #pint26 drop in less that 2 weeks! We’re warming up with a taster event in Manchester on Mon 13 April. 🎫 Get your free tickets here (and complimentary drink) pintofscience.co.uk/event/sip-of... 📅 Pint of Science festival: 18 to 20 May @manchester.ac.uk

#Agenda A few New Orleans Poetry Festival's events #NOPF2026 16-19 April 2026 🔹Roadshow: Thibodaux Wed, 15/4-13:00 Le Bijou Theatre 🔹Premiere: The Last Splice Thu, 16/4-19:00 Saturn bar 🔹Marathon Open Mic Fri, 17/4-13:00 Siberia 🔹A lecture by Working Girls Press Fri, 17/4-14:30 AllWays for 1/2

#MultilingualCritical "The collection has a sensual, fleeting, dreamy quality, interwoven with lines such as: "Do to me what sunlight does to a river." writes Donna Edwards, @apnews.com Author: @patrycjasara.bsky.social Publisher: @tinhouse.bsky.social

Our collaborative work is out now in CELL @cellpress.bsky.social We sugggest sildenafil as a repurposable drug for mitochondrial disease. A clinical trial is planned to start later this year. Thanks to collaborators, funders, and patient organizations! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#bio-photo Brain organoids like the one in the image (with neural progenitor cells (colored red) and neurons (cyan)) were recently used to screen a range of drugs for potential treatments for Leigh syndrome. Ruth Willams @bpodaily.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social @hhu.de @aleprigio.bsky.social

The results of an experiment provide strong support for separate mechanisms for target amplification and distraction suppression, based on differences in internal reliability and uncorrelated individual differences when the corresponding measurements are both internally reliable. 1/3

An interview with the director of the @ark-rewildingnl.bsky.social @estherblom.bsky.social re-generation.cc/pionier

Los creadores del documental The others llevan varios años investigando las irregularidades que se cometen con trabajadores migrantes en la agricultura intensiva de Almería y en la de los frutos rojos de Huelva ✍️Por Santiago F. Reviejo dozz.es/atsv73

Three Dutch astrologers (from the team Rasjied Sloot, Rudy Wijnands,Steven Bloemen,Rik ter Horst,Hans Ellermeijer,Alexander Hoogerbrugare) are going to test their self-developed 'Proto-NUX: A prototype telescope for ground-based near-ultraviolet observations' on De Pic du Midi, French Pyrenees. 1/2

The Amsterdam Cabaret Festival 2026 has been won by Annica Muller(with THIS IS FUCKING CHAOS), for which she received the AKF Sonneveld Prize. The other finalists also won prizes: Daan Put won the AKF Audience Award and Dorelia Schraven received the AKF Shaffy Cheque.

Looking for contributions on colonial legacies in contemporary cultural production from a transatlantic perspective. Topics include slavery, empire, colonial archives, public memory, and plantation legacies. If this resonates, feel free to reach out — happy to share more details 👇

Our new special section in the Journal of Urban History is now online— Capital Cities of Latin America: New Approaches and Scales: journals.sagepub.com/toc/juha/52/... Many thanks to editors Ernie Capello & Josh Savala & the authors for fascinating discussions about urban plans and imaginaries.

Amid talk of mid-term vote issues and potential issues … remembering this www.npr.org/2024/11/05/g...

#MultilingualCritical Author: @yeseniabarragan.bsky.social Publication by Basic Books Nov. 11, 2026

#Agenda Via @openreflections.bsky.social

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Information on childhood cancer burden is crucial for effective cancer policy planning. A new #GBD study analysed the global burden of cancer in children and adolescents aged 0–19 years. Explore the findings ➡️ spkl.io/63324AFnco#GBDIHME_UW

Esta noche tienes una cita con Informe Semanal. Hoy, con estos reportajes 🔸'Cuba, en Candela’ 🔸'De fronteras a puentes’ Este es un avance de lo que podrás ver en 'De fronteras a puentes’ rtve.es/directo/cana...

The investigative journalist, author @nassiraelmoaddem.bsky.social don't understand why the authorities in France don't react indignantly when a journalist is threatened with death, by a senator and former mayor of Le Blanc-Mesnil (Seine-Saint-Denis), simply because she is doing her job.

Alma tombe amoureuse de son professeur de composition, Alexander Von Zemlinsyy, jusqu'à... sa rencontre avec le compositeur et directeur de l'Opéra de Vienne, Gustav Mahler ! ➡️ https://l.francemusique.fr/Zq0

Report by @jasperbunskoek.bsky.social , Maaike Kempes and Koen Voskuil @rtl.nl

There are more than 700,000 households in the Netherlands with problematic debts, such as not being able to pay their energy bills or health care premiums. Among other things, tens of thousands of young people. Experts are worried, because debts make young people vulnerable to criminal recruiters.

In addition to the lawless wars, worldwide, in favor of the big oil and gas companies, they now also want to guarantee broad immunity from law. As a first step, they passed a law in Utah. Article: @karenzraick.bsky.social & David Gelles Open access www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/b... 1/2

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