Just came across "About: Blanks": blank notebooks with real #book covers. Undecided if I like the idea or not. On one hand the notebooks are beautiful & #recycling is better than throwing books away,but it's also sad: It feels like only the book covers are deemed worthy to save, not the content...

Most biotech training focuses on what you can do. The ELSA Summer School on Engineered Living Materials will focus on how to integrate ethical, legal, and social points into your research and how to communicate evolving science to the public and policymakers. prism-livingtissues.eu/elsa-summer-...

📢European scientists interested in translational #ageing research: join our online info session on the upcoming EIC #funding call on "Biotechnology for Healthy Ageing" on 🗓️March 20, 2026. 📝Registration: lnkd.in/gJAUXB66

It's come to this: The Ig Nobel Awards, presented at Harvard or MIT since the 1990s, is moving to Zurich because the US is not safe for foreign visitors www.swissinfo.ch/eng/research...

Question to the bsky crowd: does a weekly (i.e. 6-7day) biological cycle exist in people? Thinking specifically about hormonal and/or drug-response related...

EMA is organising a virtual webinar to explore the evolving role of platform technologies, bringing together regulators and medical developers to discuss how they can be used beyond quality and manufacturing. Mark your calendars and tune into the live broadcast 👇 www.ema.europa.eu/en/events/we...

Undergrads seeking summer research experience in gene or cell therapy: there's a *paid opportunity* from @bsgct.bsky.social! Please apply before 27th Feb. Please see bsgct.org/undergraduate/ for details. Please repost to help spread the word - thanks!

You had one job 😅

China bans all retractable car door handles, starting next year arstechnica.com/cars/2026/02...

Thanks to the White House about half the internet learnt that there are actually no penguins in Greenland. Yay #scicomm! BUT there *is* one 🐧living in the northern hemisphere: the Galapagos penguin, the only species found (just) north of the equator. No, the "penguin" on the WH tweet is not it. 🧪🪶

Last week I joined a presentation by the mathematician István Lénárt on spherical (vs Euclidean) geometry using oranges, markers and bottle caps. It was a ton of fun, very inspiring and really reminded me how learning new stuff can take the mind of things, such as current affairs...

🌟 Are you a Young Professional shaping the future of European #Standardization? CEN and CENELEC want to hear your story! 💬 We’re looking for passionate young experts who are making a difference through standards. 📩 Reach out to schedule an interview and share your experience!

Powerful piece in STAT this morning from some NIH staff members who have resigned www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n... 1/3

Really fascinating data. If I remember correctly, the Volkswagen Stiftung had similarly reported on increase in diversity during interim evaluations of their lottery scheme.

#LivingArchitectures We put cells and cytoskeleton filaments on the architecture of the musée d'Orsay. www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/agenda/ev... Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab adapted their protocols to illustrate the questions that keep them awake at night. -> Two shows on the 24th and 25th of January.

Normally, every year I make a special advent 🗓️ for my family. They have included treasure hunts across town, quizzes and a day-by-day story. But this year, my 7y.o. and husband went all out to surprise me with a calendar they made for me! ❤️🤶🏻🎄🎄🤶🏻❤️ Can't wait to see what each day has in store!

Almost 20 years after it was published I finally read World War Z and I'm crazy shocked by a) how underrepresented women are in the book, and b) how little this seems to be discussed in most analyses of the book. #howManyWomen #weekendreading

The #EIC work programme 2026 is out! It includes 2 health-related challenges: - ⌛Pathfinder Challenge: #Biotechnology for Healthy #Ageing - 🧫 Advanced Innovation Challenge: Translating Disruptive New Approach Methodologies #NAMs into Practice 📑 Check it out: www.linkedin.com/safety/go?ur...

Ghost train in Vienna...

Almost 10yrs ago🫣 I contributed to a @nature.com Careers story on Individual Dev Plans (IDPs). This summer I got to follow up,discuss my career&IDPs some more. 🎧The podcast is now out! It's part of a series on career strategies/tools, all of which is worth a listen👂🏻 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Really enjoying this story about Fred Ramsdell not knowing about his Nobel prize in Medicine, because he's offline, hiking in Idaho. There seems to be such pressure to be reachable all the time nowadays, that is nice to see! 😅 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Husband recently got a @newyorker.com print subscription, and I've really enjoyed some of their #science and #technology pieces. For example, this one on the search for interventions for healthy #ageing was a really fun read: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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