I was Chair of @biologists.bsky.social when we started this initiative, the brainwave of the @stevenkelly.bsky.social It was an imaginative idea and I am thrilled to see this landmark Remember: @biologists.bsky.social are the goodies in scientific publishing!

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

American Psychiatrist Association Statement on White House Announcement on Autism

This will only be heard by those who want to hear it. Us evidence-based people need to change our strategy and simply make bad stuff up about RFK and Trump!

UK medicine regulator confirms there is no evidence paracetamol causes autism in children www.gov.uk/government/n...

Vertical rows are the agrivoltaic winner! “The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”

Check out our latest review on Basement Membranes! Including scaled representation of protein & glycan components 😊 @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social

Happy September Equinox! Today the dividing line between day and night runs exactly from the North pole to the South pole, and the sun is directly over the equator. This is an actual image of the Earth today, taken from the Himawari-8 satellite.

My lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social is looking for a computational biologist with a passion for imaging and spatial biology. A staff scientist position with long-term perspective! Apply and spread the word 🙏 jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/jobposting/0...

we found that nuclear envelope rupture triggers rapid DIAPH3 formin influx to generate a actin mesh to prevent further chromatin leakage from damaged nuclei. thanks to Pitter Huesgen @degradomics.bsky.social and @cibss.bsky.social, @chrkam.bsky.social

Islam will take a lot longer because its reinforcement of religious principles has dominated the Muslim way of life for 1400 years. As you say, a huge concern with the Kirk events is the creation of new 'prophets' with the aim of rapidly changing the Christian 'way of life'.

Acetaminophen/paracetamol use in pregnancy doesn't cause autism, no matter what RFK says this week. This is not an unsettled question. Evidence summarized here: sciencebasedmedicine.org/tylenol-and-...

2 decades after the first GLP-1 drug, we're still in the early stages for where this is headed. Nice, succinct summary and graphic by a pioneer of the field: @danieljdrucker.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

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Join me in condemning this kind of statement and this kind of hate.

Astronomers have spotted a quasi-moon near Earth — and the small space rock has likely been hanging out near our planet unseen by telescopes for about 60 years, according to new research: https://cnn.it/4ncnaSm

I’m old enough to remember when Conservative Party leaders believed in law and order.

"At breathtaking speed, the Trump administration is enacting policies that will be difficult to reverse and could disrupt population health for years or decades to come. Time is running out to intervene." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.com

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And now for something completely different @tianyang22.bsky.social & #YanCao uncover of how SPIN90 dimers activate Arp2/3 to nucleate bidirectional linear actin filaments. Great collaboration with @romet-jegou-lab.bsky.social & @carolynmoores1.bsky.social #Cryo-EM #Arp2/3 rdcu.be/eGoH4

Ed Milliband on Elon Musk on LBC, "Just because you're a billionaire doesn't give you the right to tell us how to run our country" "This guy is a publicity seeking narcissist, who is inciting violence on our streets" "As the Americans would say: butt out of our politics"

Hunter-gatherers in parts of ancient Asia prepared their dead for burial with smoke-drying up to 14,000 years ago, resulting in the oldest known evidence of human mummification, according to a new analysis of dozens of burials. https://cnn.it/46hLI4V

Scientists announce the discovery of the bumpy snailfish, a pink, big-eyed species found more than 10,000 feet below the ocean's surface.

And surely NOW the @royalsociety.org will expel him? SURELY

Hollis JA, et al. Molecular exaptation by the integrin αI domain. Sci Adv. 2025 Sep 12;11(37):eadx9567. PMID: 40929264

Good news for those that can get the covid vaccine as the new vaccine has fourfold increase in neutralising antibodies as shown by phase three trials

Let’s go inside Bryn Celli Ddu Neolithic passage tomb! Built about 5,000 years ago to align with the rising sun on the Summer Solstice! 🌅 Look for the stone pillar inside the burial chamber, like a tomb guardian keeping watch from the shadows! Anglesey, Wales 🎥 by me #Archaeology

Balafouti S, et al. Tension-sensitive LINC-RhoA signaling prevents chromatin bridge breakage in cytokinesis. EMBO J. 2025 Sep 9;. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 40926124

Chu CH, et al. Nuclear paxillin functions as a molecular switch for alternative splicing in neurons during a critical period of brain development. EMBO J. 2025 Sep 9;. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 40926123

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“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.” City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design. I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero

Rosalie is now Emeritus Professor of Egyptology at @officialuom.bsky.social. For many years, she led the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology in the Faculty of Life Sciences.

My claim to fame is that as a tech at MIT I sat in a lab bay that had once been David Baltimore's lab. RIP

Wow! Covid vaccine development and delivery cost $79.4 billion, but the health and economic benefits of vaccination were valued between $4.83 trillion–$37.8 trillion. A return on investment of $59.8–$475 per dollar invested!! This is why vaccine equity matters! www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

If you vote Reform you will be voting against women’s equality, for more harassment in the workplace and beyond (as if there isn’t enough) Remember 41% of the Farage Foot Soldiers arrested in last summer’s disgraceful riots had already been REPORTED FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE

I don’t understand why people in AI don’t realise that in effect they are currently building the world’s largest parasite, and parasites can only survive for as long as the underlying host is strong and healthy.

Congratulations James!

Venkatesh B, et al. (@tanentzapflab.bsky.social lab) Inside-out integrin activation is essential for early mammalian development. Mol Biol Cell. 2025 Sep 3;:mbcE25030106. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 40901728

Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome suffered a life-threatening heart injury in his crash last week in France, his wife has said.

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Odell, J et al. (@lammerdinglab.bsky.social lab) A-type lamins anchor emerin at the inner nuclear membrane via two independent binding sites. bioRxiv posted 2 September 2025 doi:10.1101/2025.09.01.673543. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

... and I know which side will outsmart the other!

“The dense interconnectedness of the human family… means that in terms of our biology, there are no different races. We can all claim ancestry from across the world. Nevertheless, our politics is obsessed with distinctions based on national identity…” Gaia’s article more relevant than ever:

Phenomenal result! FIRST positive 52 week study of inhaled therapy in #IPF. Benefits were independent of background therapy! 🤩 Along with Nerandomilast this shows importance of cAMP/PDE4 pathways in fibrosis & opens door 4 other therapies targeting these pathways! #FutureLooksBright #CureIPF

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