Only in Belgium...? 😂 #beernation #DrinksForDogs

🚨🚨🚨🧪 H1B scientists who are traveling outside the USA. Please be aware that current advice is to return to the USA IMMEDIATELY

NEW: Don't ask too many questions, but... NIH may not re-terminate the 900ish grants at issue in the main NIH lawsuits after all. To the PIs of reinstated grants, SPEND NOW! 🧵 Here's what NIH is probably thinking. Bear with me:

Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.

And with these 1500 pieces our summer staycation has officially begun... 🧩🧩🧩

Sometimes I can't help but wonder what triggered inclusion of certain points in the user manual... Case in point: the crutch 🩼 that "does not respond to verbal or telepathic command" 😅

At a conference, and just noticed someone who is "taking notes" by having his computer microphone open, which is auto-transcribing the talks and from time-to-time trading pictures of key slides. Is this the future?

⭐ Faculty for the Future Fellows ⭐ Interesting opportunity for women scientists from the world’s developing and emerging economies schlumbergerfoundation.com/eligibility-...

📢📢📢ICYMI: we're discussing #nanomedicine on Tuesday! There will be awesome #EIC projects and a roundtable discussion. It's virtual and free! Registration link in the original post.

If you're curious abt #nanomedicine & #healthcare, I'm thrilled to announce *Nanomedicine for Today and Tomorrow*, a joint EIC/ETPN event! 🗓️ 8 April, 2PM CET online We’ll present projects+discuss challenges/opportunities to bring nanomedicine to patients. Register: events.zoom.us/ev/AqETSFZxo...

With the world on fire, this was just the thread I needed today, incl some awesome 🐁🐁🐁 mutants and what we *didn't* learn about 🦣 mutations.

Great write up at @thetransmitter.bsky.social on the seeming erasure of SABV in the new era of NIH. Gotta say The Transmitter is killing it the last few weeks, first to report on the Federal Register block and now this. Leading the charge! 💪 www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...

Visiting my mum+sorting through some old stuff. Found my high school geography notes, including lessons on #EU #history, #institutions & #policy from ~1999 (HU wasn't even a member state yet!). Who would have thought that 25 yrs later I will be working for the institutions... 🤯😱☺️ #BlastFromThePast

🚨 The CDC website is purging resources on LGBTQ+ health, diversity, equity, and health disparities. This is not just a bureaucratic change. It’s a dangerous decision with profound negative public health consequences. Let’s break down the harm this will cause. 🧵⬇️

If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me. Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.

Having an amazing time attending "Women's Health: Genes, data and advancing approaches" virtually. Presentations so far were 🎉🎉🎉. I learned so much&already have a looong post-meeting reading list 📄😊 Plus,one of the best hybrid conferences I've experienced to date. #WomensHealth2025

EU medicines agency quits X & moves to Bluesky "EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Trump executive order declaring only ‘two sexes’ gets the biology wrong, scientists say t.co/kAil53eYzu

I still have no idea what this is! Best guess at the moment is some kind of trochophore. It’s shaped like a Minstrel or a sea bean and the cilia was only around the midline. It had this amazing flicking ‘tail’. 258 um in diameter. In August they were in every sample. North Sea. Can you help? 🦑

'Nature asked science-policy specialists which country is particularly good at ensuring science is factored into government decisions. The question mystified many respondents. “Not aware of any,” wrote one. “None have enviable systems,” wrote another. “Very hard to say,” said a third.'

Altmetrics now tracking Bluesky! 🦋 🦘🎓 #AcademicSky #MedSky #publichealth 🛟

I ❤️ Xmas: our family,from around the 🌎,comes 2gether. We've developed our own special traditions thru the years& 1 of my fav's is to DIY a ridiculously #extravagant #advent 🗓️ with a serial, family-themed story. This year I used some old Nature's- I think it turned out quite beautiful! #upcycling 🎄🎄🎄

A list of sort-of-algorithmic general feeds that might make your Bluesky experience more fun: Thread 🧵 🪡 1/5

Interesting read on #menopause in India: bbc.com/news/article...

Found it: bsky.app/profile/kord...

Whoa: Bill & Melinda #GatesFoundation just updated their #OpenAccess policy and will no longer pay for #publishing fees, incl APCs. Really curious to see what impact this will have and if other funders will follow suit. openaccess.gatesfoundation.org

#TIL from the occupational #cancer risk survey: 50.7% of florists probably get exposed to formaldehyde during the working week. osha.europa.eu/sites/defaul... Apparently it's a major component of floral foam (the dense foam used to support cut flowers). bloominghaus.com/news/harmful... #randomFact

As a multicultural family living in a third country today kicks off the season of traditional food and festivities that will last until Jan 6. Happy #Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it! #LetTheGamesBegin

When in #Brussels, forget about waffles, chocolate and fries - when there's a #sewage museum to visit instead! #sightseeing #visitBrussels www.instagram.com/reel/Cz1FCF_...

Finally read the article on #postdocs in their 30s. It reads as if buying a house or starting a family is the main problem. Those are important issues,but it downplays the mental/emotional burden of instability,esp when relocating & how disruptive it is for #sciencecareers...

FDA clears Verve to begin U.S. study of #CRISPR #geneediting treatment in liver to treat familial hypercholesterolemia, after further verification that the treatment is unlikely to inadvertently edit organs or tissues, esp sperm cells or eggs. www.statnews.com/2023/10/23/f...

Top UK trainee anesthetists became "unappointable" because there was no standardised template, naming convention or structure in the Excel sheets used in recruitment process, compounded by inconsistent practice, e.g. of Excel's "VLOOKUP" function. www.theregister.com/2023/10/12/e...