It was researchers, predominantly working in public sector universities & laboratories, who developed many of the ideas & techniques that are now being used on a massive scale by the big tech companies. Maria Leptin's (@marialep.bsky.social) speech @europarl.europa.eu erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

I see lots of patients with obesity who develop heart attacks. Often they have normal cholesterol, blood pressure and glucose levels are normal. So why do they get heart attacks? We identified endotrophin as a mechanism whereby obesity causes heart disease. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Here's our latest work on proteome profiling of self-sampled dried blood spots to gain insights into the heterogeneity of the immune response against infections and vaccinations. We enrolled random citizens by postal mail to learn more about the molecular effects beyond those seeking medical care.

⭐Preprint alert⭐ Blood #Proteomics can now measure 1000s of proteins, but what can they tell us? We used #MachineLearning in @ukbiobank.bsky.social to derive the foundations of plasma levels >3k proteins among 40 people. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...