PhD opening Join a collaborative, interdisciplinary project the Excellence Cluster Future Forests @uni-freiburg.de, working on CRISPR/Cas in poplar to understand how trees cope with climate stress. Apply here: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004... @dompsfr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social

We're recruiting a PhD student to try and understand stress memory and gene function, using gene editing, in trees! #plantscience

OpenAI fired a VP who opposed their erotica rollout (and had started a company-wide peer mentorship program for women), allegedly telling her it was because she discriminated against a man 🤔 www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...

Why do some scientists say "Bluesky is dead. I have no engagement. I have more engagement on X"? My TL is full of cool science, queer art, weird history facts, politics and whimsy. You're just not doing it right, man. Plus the fascism

Anyone ever tried super glue (cyanoacrylate) for mounting coverslips with stained mammalian cells, to be used for fluorescence microscopy? I'm looking for ways to conserve microscopy samples for a looooooong time...

One week left to apply!

Lustigerweise werden unsere Daten auch von Verlagen benutzt um zu zeigen, wie verbreitet die Forschung bei denen ist - ganz bestimmt hilft das beim anlocken von neuen Autor:innen auch.

Von wegen freies Wissen: Unis zahlen tausende Euro pro Artikel, um Forschungsergebnisse – oft mit Steuergeldern finanziert – frei zugänglich zu machen. Doch die Transparenz hat einen hohen Preis: Private Verlage machen damit ein undurchsichtiges Milliardengeschäft. fragdenstaat.de/artikel/exkl...

Vom Artikel: "Der Verlag Springer Nature erklärt auf Nachfrage, der Preis spiegele die Kosten für Begutachtung, Verbesserung und Veröffentlichung wider. Außerdem bewerbe der Verlag die Artikel und sorge dafür, dass sie auffindbar seien." Wenig daran ergibt viel Sinn, da Editoren meist...

I think now the @deutschebahn.com is just lying for statistics

GET THE FUCKING AI OUT OF MY EMAILS

Apply today! Last chance :)

Open PhD position – join our lab in Freiburg Through the IMPRS (Max Planck) program, we are looking for a motivated PhD student interested in signalling, and developmental mechanisms. Be quick - deadline is tomorrow! www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Pr...

Not a surprise that Richard Feynman is mentioned a lot in the Epstein files. It seems that the mentions are mostly by sketchy physicists who communicated/were friends with Epstein.

Btw "How Far The Light Reaches" by @sabs.bsky.social is a must read

A Guide to Bayesian Optimization in Bioprocess Engineering doi.org/10.1002/bit....

Turns out that Jim Watson had meetings with Epstein well after his conviction

This is truly incredible (and not in a good way).

Full professor for plant ecology in Regensburg. #plantscience #plantscijobs jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w3-prof...

FoldMason is out now in @science.org. It generates accurate multiple structure alignments for thousands of protein structures in seconds. Great work by Cameron L. M. Gilchrist and @milot.bsky.social. 📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🌐 search.foldseek.com/foldmason 💾 github.com/steineggerla...

Learn to Use Mol* for 3D Biomolecular Visualization Videos and tutorials are available to help users become Mol* experts

If you are looking for a distraction, this seems cool. Sticky ends++. If it works as advertised, seems like it could be a game-changer. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Any bio artists out here? I’m interested in commissioning 1-2 pieces, leaning more towards the art side but love stuff that is science-inspired... DM me if you're interested!

Here are the success rates of de novo pipelines based on which designs I could actually identify the methods for.

Still time to apply: New Generation Thinkers 2026 AHRC is partnering with BBC Radio 4 to offer five early-career researchers the opportunity to work with programme makers, appear on air, and gain first-hand experience of how ideas make it to broadcast. Apply by 28 Jan 2026

Announcement: Ligand Expo To Be Retired February 13, 2026 Users should transition to RCSB PDB and wwPDB services as soon as possible

We’re always recruiting creative bioengineers like Nick who want to build this stuff for real. Just saying. 🧬 😎 🌱 🦠

Hallo 👋 ich bin's!!

So cool - someone finally hacked 'the vault'. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

These are just the first parts and flowers of OpenFlower, a nonprofit aimed at creating designer flowers for art & education as a community 🧬✨ Stay tuned for exciting announcements!

Why I’m genetically engineering a rainbow flower… And how a Russian fairy tale inspired the idea 🧵

We have an open POSTDOC position to explore Marchantia immune receptor biology that is closing on the 18th of Jan. Apply using the link below, and/or email me for more details. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

#REMINDER #TODAY 👇

Check out this exciting online and FREE mini symposium on roots, featuring not one but two Freiburg-based @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @dompsfr.bsky.social talks by @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social and @kevindaniel.bsky.social 🌱

Bluesky is definitely a place for science, research and citing papers. We hope it will continue to close the gap as rapidly as it has with legacy social media. Research, science and dank memes need many homes on the internet. Bluesky provides one of the more inviting ones. Happy New Year.

MAP70-2 is required for division plane orientation during 3D differential growth within a tissue https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.07.697928v1

I don't know how many people in my bubble care about this but I've been working on a small side project: Project Phoenix - Rekindled. Little thread 🧵

Sitting a stewing in frustration isn't nearly as cathartic as just designing a poster. Let's see how often I remember that in 2026.

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

🔬 EXPERT VIEW 🔬 Oven-Krockhaus et al. introduce single-particle tracking photoactivated localization microscopy for studying plasma membrane proteins in plants, outlining key applications and practical guidance on instrumentation, probes, and analysis. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Latest from our lab in 2025. A wonderful collaboration with Sabrina Sabatini's team at Sapienza University of Rome. How mechanical signals contribute to root growth and zonation @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social @upm.es doi.org/10.1126/scia...

Alright scientists! It's that time again! Time to sign up for Skype a Scientist's spring semester. Want to get matched with a classroom in 2026? Sign up now 🥰 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

👉iGEM Freiburg is recruiting motivated members for its 2026 team! 🧬🚀 Don't miss out and apply by Dec 30: kurzlinks.de/op05 🥳Read the report of their success in the 2025 iGEM Competition: kurzlinks.de/lcwr #iGEM #SynBio #UniFreiburg @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @fsbiologiefreiburg.bsky.social

Trans lives matter, you absolute dumbfuck weasels

We have a PhD studentship available for a student who wants to engineer immune responses by tinkering with the connectivity between cells. Based at JIC, collaboration with the Ezer lab, deadline 19th Jan, UK students only. Get in touch for more info! #PlantSciJobs www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

This but I unfurl the Roche Biochemical Pathways chart and stick a dagger right in the center of the Krebs Cycle

My critiques of #ColossalBio and their #Deextinction scam might lead you to believe that I’m anti GMOs, I’m not; this is a stunning example genetic engineering in pursuit of beauty and aesthetics 🧪 🧬🌹

Genetic engineering, painting, sculpting, floristry, and fantasy are united in @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social 's flower design art project. New essay out now on a blossoming frontier of transgenic art!

Pleased to share this thoughtful essay by Jess on my flower design project🌹🧬 As a small thank-you for spreading the work, I'm randomly giving away 5 of these new morphogenesis hoodies to whoever reposts this!