"Creemos nuestro deber realizar diversas cosas: educar a los hijos, acumular un patrimonio, escribir un libro, descubrir una ley científica, pero sólo hay una cosa que hacer: modelar nuestra vida, hacer de ella algo íntegro, racional, bueno". #tolstoi

With great joy—and a touch of nervousness—I’m thrilled to share that my first academic monograph will be published by @mitpress.bsky.social in May 2026! It examines the organism–environment relationship in biology from an integrated #HPS perspective: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #evosky #philsky

"Lo que mucha gente llama amar consiste en elegir a una mujer y casarse con ella. La eligen, te lo juro, los he visto. Como si se pudiese elegir en el amor, como si no fuera un rayo que te parte los huesos y te deja estaqueado en la mitad del patio". Rayuela, Julio Cortazar.

This may be a good time to re-read Elio's memoirs 😥 schaechter.asmblog.org/elios_memoirs/

Music to my ears. This is brilliant. Either 90% of us can claim to be better musicians than Beethoven or… maybe just maybe polygenic scores aren’t perfect?

A wonderful, thought-provoking review www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Did you know that some microbes can simultaneously respire aerobically and anaerobically, even in fully oxic environments? This article elaborates on a flexible strategy that reshapes traditional understanding of microbial metabolism: asm.org/articles/202...

Thrilled to share this work! I am honored to learn from @mlbendall.bsky.social and so grateful for his guidance and mentorship. Stellarscope is just the beginning! There is so much to learn about TEs and now we can all explore the uncharted territory of single cell retro-genomics 🧬🔭

This week @universitypress.cambridge.org has granted free access to all titles in the collection of Cambridge Elements in the Philosophy of Biology, edited by Grant Ramsey. There are many options to choose from! Happy reading! 📕👇 www.cambridge.org/core/publica... #philsci #HPbio #evosky #ISHPSSB2025

Thanks @lecteroide.bsky.social for the opportunity to share the efforts developed in MexOmics www.the-scientist.com/mexomics-map...

transcriptionists take note 👇 gRNA + dCas12f + σE > new promoter 👀 #MicroSky #RNASky

🍄📷 #FungiFriends

Nice work from Joseph Lobel on barcode-based #CRISPRi systems! genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

How can physics contribute to understanding the evolution of complexity? Although great results have been produced over the last decades, some recent "theories" appear to ignore key ideas from evolutionary theory and are seriously flawed. Check this paper in PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Novel insights into the genome organization of Rhizobiaceae: identification of linear plasmids https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.29.656789v1

This is a must-read. Csaba Szabó, the author of Unreliable, was approached by a paper mill, and he decided to conduct a sting operation. He documented how paper mills operate. forbetterscience.com/2025/05/19/a...

It's finally out people ✅🗞️! Check out the final version of our work exploring factors influencing the germline mutation rate and spectra on ~10,000 WGS family trios 🧬👨‍👩‍👦! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The digital erosion of intellectual integrity: why misuse of generative AI is worse than plagiarism - AI & SOCIETY buff.ly/utMR3U9

ASM strongly opposes the proposed cuts in the President’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget request to federal departments and agencies that fund science, research and public health programs. Read our statement: asm.org/articles/pol...

JB Editor's Choice: Wessel, Johnson & Waters show that, unexpectedly, DNA damage repair is essential for the growth of pathogenic Vibrios on thiosulfate–citrate–bile salts–sucrose selective agar. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... @asm.org #JBacteriology

I think that’s enough drinks for you, Molecular Biology! Pack up! “Translation initiation from all 64 codons in E. coli” academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Researchers pinpoint the genes responsible for the final three pea traits studied by Gregor Mendel more than 160 years ago https://go.nature.com/3EC3eqT

Que peligroso y que grave que estas señoras aspiren a un cargo tan importante

Let's talk about sex! Research suggests natural zebrafish have WZ/ZZ sex chromosomes as evidenced by a single sex-linked region on chromosome 4. This trait is lost in laboratory fish as sex is determined by multiple genes, with influences from the environment. #ZebrafishFunFacts 🧪

FYI rabbis and cantors who are alums of Brown University are organizing, asking the university not to capitulate to Trump's weaponization of antisemitism on the path to destroying higher ed and the diversity and freedoms that should accompany it. Glad to be one of them.

all fans of biofilms take note 👇 #MicroSky

Along with colleagues and some former colleagues from CIDE, I've signed this letter in support of Harvard & all other US universities whose academic freedom and whose communities' human rights are currently under attack. #InSolidarity

Fernando Tormos-Aponte writes in Nature how lessons from the environmental movement can help researchers protect scientific integrity. “Elected officials will not be compelled to protect scientific institutions if scientists take no steps to defend them.” 🧪

A paper in Nature presents a method for breaking down perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), environmental contaminants known as ‘forever chemicals,’ while recycling the fluoride contained within them. https://go.nature.com/3Rk1dCf #chemsky 🧪

Hoy hablé sobre la participación del Dr. Federico Sánchez Rodríguez en la Licenciatura en Ciencias Genómicas, en el noveno aniversario de su partida. Aquí podrán saber más sobre un querido investigador y maestro. m.youtube.com/watch?v=PVa3...

"La vida es una tormenta, mi joven amigo. Disfrutarás de la luz del sol en un momento, serás destrozado en las rocas al siguiente. Lo que te hace un hombre es lo que haces cuando llega la tormenta". Alejandro Dumas

Ahí quedó la verdad histórica de la 4T. Muchas cenizas y humo negro desde al menos 2019.

An excellent long read about how conspiracist attacked one of the worlds leading scientific journals. Both extraordinary and also horribly unsurprising. www.computerweekly.com/news/3665534...

Absolutely superb and important piece by Professors @stevelevitsky.bsky.social and @ryanenos.bsky.social The only way to fight authoritarianism is to fight together. Strongest institutions in the front. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

"Lo que me mantuvo cuerda fue saber que las cosas cambiarían, y era una cuestión de mantenerme unida a mí misma hasta que lo hicieran". Nina Simone

A study in Nature Food assesses the future climatic suitability of global croplands for 30 major food crop types, quantifying the changes in potential food crop diversity given climate conditions across four global warming levels. https://go.nature.com/3Dp5LEk #foodstudies 🧪

Stand up for Science Indianapolis. We need science not trillionaires!

How do we fight for equality for #WomenInSTEM? “Communally,” says #LaskerLaureate Joan Steitz. Steitz was recognized for her leadership in #RNAbiology and in scientific mentorship. #WomensHistoryMonth buff.ly/4gk77gQ 🧪

Non-author contributions often go unnoticed in scientific publications. This Comment by Emogor et al proposes ‘Extended Research Credits’, a standardized, tiered system to highlight hidden labour in research. https://www.nature.c...

Seattle #StandUpForScience

Standing Up for Science!🧬🔬 #StandUpForScience #StandUpForScience2025

Declaración de ALLEA (All European Academies) instando a los gobiernos e instituciones a proteger la libertad académica y la autonomía de las organizaciones científicas ante la política anticiencia de Trump. Animan a adherirse. allea.org/portfolio-it...

Inexplicably, US administration has launched an unprecedented assault on science, on research institutions & on vital international organizations & initiatives. An assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere; the global community must unite 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Among world’s top researchers 10% publish at unrealistic levels, analysis finds www.chemistryworld.com/news/among-w...

¿Se puede decir más con menos?, ¿Se puede hacer una declaración de amor tan rotunda con tan solo 7 palabras? "La voz a ti debida", Pedro Salinas

Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic. globalnews.ca/news/9793403...