We are recruiting a lab manager for my group in Oxford. This is a lovely team doing great things, and you could be an important part of it! See here: www.path.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/lab-... Please spread the word!

One of the best parts of leading a department is the opportunity to recruit exceptional people who will shape its future. Today, I'm thrilled to share that we are recruiting a W3 Professor of Translational Hepatitis Virus Research at Heidelberg University. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

New Online! COPII meets autophagy at the ER membrane

The magical effect of the Green Wave, visualized as if it were an NFL first down marker

Mamdani just showed up at Penn Station, wristbands in hand, helping World Cup fans find their trains like it was nothing. Panama vs England, MetLife bound, and the mayor was just out there in the crowd. No big deal. Very big deal.

If, like me you’re a scientist in Canada, don’t be fooled into thinking this assault will stay south of the 49th parallel. This is coming to Canada, too, as evidenced by Alberta’s Provincial Priorities Act. And the CPC will use the OMB rulebook as an instructional guide. 🧪#Cdnpoli

On Friday, Chris Green, owner of Atlantic News, Colin Chisholm with allNovaScotia, and I recorded our latest edition of the HRM Roundtable podcast. Remember what the big news was at Halifax regional council a week ago today? Here's the YouTube link. www.youtube.com/watch?v=isa6...

Credit to Hope Blooms Halifax — try and head out to their farmers markets to get produce, bread for $1-2 #NovaScotia Thursdays, 4–7pm July–August 2346 Brunswick Street, Halifax Hope Blooms’ 10,000 square foot urban farm, grows more than 4,000 pounds of produce each year

I crashed a road safety conference & one of Q&A sessions had a Q about distracted driving. Most panelists gave the usual spiel. But The planners from Guelph pointed out that that kids can be distracting and also that Finland has phones and no deaths. It's solvable, we are just doing it wrong.

I'll be looking to hire a lab tech (up to 4 yrs) - ideal candidate will have basic molecular lab experience (DNA/RNA) and will be excited about plant photosynthesis! Keep an eye out for the ad in the next few weeks! 2/2

"We declared a War On Cancer in the 1970s and we have not made significant progress on treating cancer despite ever-increasing funding. It's a welfare program for academic labs" Bro what the FUCK are you talking about. The survival statistics do not bear this out even at first glance

**** Via NSLC Kick off summer safely! Halifax Transit is free after 6 p.m. on June 26th Plan your way home and keep yourself and others safe.

Funny timing that @simonoxfphys.com releases a video on cargo sails the same day one ported in Halifax. www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

Since the 1960s, the genetic code has been used to predict protein sequences from DNA and mRNA sequences. Our @nature.com article demonstrates that these predictions miss thousands of protein sequences present in human tissues. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/

It took me longer than I expected to write this, but here's the story on the audit of Andy Fillmore's expenses. The RCMP are on the case now. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...

“As we see micromobility as a new alternative to driving growing in popularity, it just shows that we need more than ever infrastructure design that keeps our road users safe" - @margiesanderson.bsky.social on e-scooters www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.

Sometimes I treat myself by cycling a lap through the largest bicycle parking facility in the world. Just for fun. Because cycling infrastructure can be both fun and practical!

“Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise” (Tom Flood)

Can I introduce you to a Leaf Sheep…a type of sea slug about the size of a grain of rice. 🙂

📢 (1/2) Excited to share the first preprint from my PostDoc! We developed UbSeRP to map co-translational ubiquitination in a translatome-wide, revealing thousands of quality control sites, and how they reshape with aging. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #proteostasis #ribosomes #preprint

“What a gift it is to be brought together by pure unfiltered joy.” New York City Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social with yet another masterclass on speaking, not just about the Knicks championship, but about the soul and spirit of the city. #NYC youtu.be/ZdmneEncsBk?...

The essence of Acadie: In the forests of New Brunswick, Akadi Lumina is a nighttime path through light, sound, and projections that immerses visitors in a whirlwind of emotions.

i highly recommend visiting akadi lumina if you can … i went last september and was blown away. it’s such cool experience!

Like twice a day now I read a headline that makes me remember that time I went to Versailles with my mom, and she looked around and went, “They had it coming.”

If someone chooses to live in a smaller home in the inner city in part to avoid a long commute, they generally don’t pressure society to build them a bigger house with more stuff. So if you choose a bigger stuff-filled house in the suburbs, don’t expect society to build you a fast car commute.

In countries that have successfully reversed democratic backsliding in recent years—from Poland in 2023 to Hungary in 2026—opposition movements made prosecuting those who have broken laws a central campaign issue.

Just… the dumbest timeline

USA sux, but the world cup has brought some heartwarming moments. I saw a post of a Japanese man in TX at a Mexican restaurant. confused by the free chips & salsa he said ‘we did not earn these’ and by the end he ate so much chips & salsa he said ‘I’ve been defeated by a courtesy’ 😭😂

One thing I can never, ever forgive the MAHA leader RFK Jr for is him peddling the dangerous and deadly lie that women who get the HPV vaccine are at higher risk of cervical cancer He makes 💰💰💰 in law suits against the HPV vaccine maker

ZERO! None. Not one. Science is incredible. What incredible news to start the day. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is a brutal post lol

I'm enjoying the Olivia Miles experience, all of it

Liberals to table newest version of First Nations clean drinking water bill #Canada globalnews.ca/news/1190632...

The importance of patios may be the first thing I’ve enthusiastically agreed with our mayor about. www.grandparade.news/hrm-may-redu...

How do human cells defend against viruses? @sgfern.bsky.social discovers that human immune proteins named ISGs target ancient features of replication shared between animal and bacterial viruses – opening analysis of human immunity to the power of bacterial genetics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Do better, CBC.

Vibes so good in NYC

Hi, we saw you from across the bar, and we'd like to give you health care.

Jose Alvarado won the NBA championship last night and today is the Puerto Rican Day Parade

Love seeing reddit up in arms about the Transportation Standing Committee cancelling all of their meetings since April (next one in August) even though the ferries got cancelled because staff got caught in congestion when a bridge was closed (among other problems they're not fixing).

If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20. Via study that still underestimates climate cost. This isn’t about choice. It’s about who pays for your choice. #citymakingmath

This is accurate & not hyperbole from @jfallows.bsky.social With support from USAID, the DRC had built an outbreak preparedness & response system “ready to go,” e.g., surveillance, labs, health workers, & stockpiles of personal protective equipment When Musk killed USAID, that system collapsed 😢

Woohoo, Martin Shkreli (yes that Martin Shkreli!) has given me a new business card!

These are the real people of Belfast. Thousands of anti-fascists rally against the far-right at Belfast City Hall today. They sent a clear message that racism is not wanted in their city. Things you love to see ✊❤

Our whole city is cheering for the Knicks tonight. So it’s only right that we bring the Knicks to the whole city. Tonight, Game 5 will be streaming on 130 LinkNYC kiosks. Let’s go Knicks.

The Dutch mobility system isn't just built around cycling. It's built around bike-train intermodality: cycling solves the train's convenience problem and the train solves cycling's range problem. Together, they offer an attractive alternative to driving on a mass scale. WATCH: youtu.be/jq93DgLvmFc

'We have a term for enterprises that look successful because they keep drawing in new investors and keep drawing in new investors because they look successful. They’re called Ponzi schemes. And Elon Musk is basically a human Ponzi scheme.' paulkrugman.substack.com/p/elon-musk-...

When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story.

While his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse — gleefully. Read more: www.theverge.com/tech/949259/...