Nice, so my son is supposed to give a year of his life in military or social service to a society that isn't willing to invest 1350€ (over 11 years) in a "headstart pension" for him, because it is too expensive. Welcome to intergenerational justice and solidarity in Germany in the year 2025...

From Bon-Kyoung Koo's Organoids Zoo & Vincenzo Corbo's pancreatic cancer models to Miki Ebisuya-Matsuda's early forebrain development research and the concluding keynote lecture by Matthias Lutolf:There is much to look forward to on the fourth and final day of #EESOrgan @events.embl.org @embo.org

In 2016, Juergen Knoblich was an organizer for the first #EESOrgan. Today,he gave a magnificent talk about cerebral organoids that help to recapitulate processes occurring in humans after birth and linked to various developmental disorders. Amazing research 🤯 @events.embl.org|@embl.org|@embo.org

Good morning from Day 3 of #EESOrgan! We’re kicking things off with Session 4: 'Organoids in regenerative medicine'. We hope you enjoy today’s talks, make new connections, and take home fresh insights to inspire your research. 💡

Our EMBL Barcelona lab is at #EESOrgan 2025! @embl.org For the latest on #organoid models of #neuroendocrine #lungcancer don't miss posters 109 & 133 TODAY by Andrea Garcia & Heleen Jüngen TOMORROW see posters 68, 80, 168, and 208 by Noah Candeli, Andrés Marco, Marina Cuenca, & Jackie Severino

Day 2 of #EESOrgan: Many different organoids,methods and applications!Highlights:"Generation of urinary tract organoids from human pluripotent stem cells"by Minoru Takasato&"Changing kidney Organoid formats for improved drug development and tissue engineering" by Melissa Little.Can't wait for Day 3!

Amazing talk by Paola Arlotta (Harvard Stem Cell Institute) to kick off #EESOrgan Hugely impressive:They were able to culture brain organoids for 5 years,and created complex models through co-culturing cells from different brain regions. Also enjoyable:A short discussion about brain organoid ethics😇

Excited to join the #EESOrgan as an interdisciplinary event reporter next week. Organoids are transforming biology, disease modelling, and regenerative medicine 🧬🩺 Looking forward to four days of fascinating talks by leading experts, interesting discussions, and much food for thought.

Brosius-Gersdorf zieht zurück. Respekt vor der Entscheidung - aber das ist eine Beschädigung des Rechtsstaats. Jurist*innen mit wissenschaftlichen Positionen werden so nicht mehr ins Verfassungsgericht kommen können. Kein guter Tag für die Gewaltenteilung. www.deutschlandfunk.de/brosius-gers...

Eine Schande für die Union. Eine Schande für die SPD. Eine Schande für unsere Demokratie. Ein weiterer Schritt in Richtung Trumpisierung Deutschlands und Machterschleichung der AfD. SPD sollte jetzt zumindest eine Frau aufstellen, die signifikant linker ist. www.tagesschau.de/eilmeldung/e...

Tiny human hearts grown in pig embryos for the first time: The hearts started to beat in the pig–human hybrids, which survived for 21 days. | Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Scoop from @sarareardon.bsky.social about the erratic process behind NIH's grant cancellations. www.science.org/content/arti...

At least, Quincy Jones doesn't have to live through it.

Thanks for nothing, America. - Grover Cleveland

Empfehlung des Tages: Kumulieren (und panaschieren)!

Goodhart’s Law xkcd.com/2899

if you've gotten this far in life and you still don't know what an umlaut is, that's on u

For Valentine’s Day, here’s an old poem; as old as they get, in fact. It’s considered to be the world’s oldest surviving love poem, written 1.5 million years ago by one of our earliest ancestors, homo unrequitus.

Damit Sky auch was zu lachen hat, wer hätte CDU das zugetraut? 😂😂

Ich kann die Aufregung über das Interview von Maria-Sibylla Lotter im DLF nicht so richtig nachvollziehen. Ja,vermutlich unterschätzt sie die Gefahr,die von der AfD ausgeht. Aber deshalb gleich zur Rundfunkbeschwerde aufzurufen? Ihr müsst euch ja nicht an ihr orientieren, aber lasst sie doch irren!

Sometimes I feel like Western democracy has won itself to death. Because apparently growing up with the blessings of democracy can lead to a situation, where people feel completely justified in voting for hardcore totalitarians over petty grievances or the mere suggestion to change a few habits...

De Gruyter ist ein weltoffener Verlag. Wir stehen, auch aus historischer Verantwortung, zusammen für eine demokratische und plurale Gesellschaft und gegen jeden Rassismus.      #NieWiederIstJetzt #LauteWissenschaft

Der von Gerhard Schreiber & Lukas Ohly herausgegebene Band "KI:Text. Diskurse über KI-Textgeneratoren" versammelt eine ganze Reihe lesenswerter Beiträge zu #ChatGPT & Co. in Forschung & Lehre, KI im Kontext von Kunst & Kreativität, Originalität & Schöpfung, Anwendungsfeldern uvm. Alles #OpenAccess!⬇️

In September, Jacob Hanna, stem-cell researcher at the Weizmann IoS, and Ben Hurlbut, philosopher at ASU, joined us at Heidelberg University for a public discussion about "Synthetic Human Embryos". Find the video recording of the event here: www.marsilius-kolleg.uni-heidelberg.de/de/studium/s...

Is there still time to amend the #GoldenGlobes nominations for best Comedy Special? All they would have to do imho is to take @kvanaren.bsky.social's much more sophisticated list and pass it off as the actual nominations: www.vulture.com/article/best...

Rebuttals xkcd.com/2857

I’m going to say something controversial. The Eagles are one of America’s best rock bands. I just saw them for 2 hours and nothing missed. Perfect harmony, exquisite craftsmanship, timeless songs. 10/10

Der Lübecker Marienkirche gefällt das...

Es würde meinem Fach (& vermutlich auch anderen) übrigens ziemlich gut tun, wenn wir alle nicht schon beim Schreiben von Texten ständig erwarten müssten, dass unsere Argumentation von der Community aufs Destruktivste zerpflückt werden wird. Diese Sorge blockiert Kreativität & mutige, neue Ideen.

First day of the winter lecture period here in Heidelberg. Which, incidentally, is also the first slow day at work I've had in over two months. There really is something to be said for the preoccupation of others.

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From what I've been told, this platform feels like a bubble of "wellness and comedy". And as fleeting as that little piece of heaven may be - I'm all here for it, while it lasts.