Was at a concert of baroque music (wonderful Pratum Integrum orchestra with Elene Gvirtishvili as a solist) and they played one of mine favorite pieces of classical music, here by another favorite the French "Le Poeme Harmonique" youtu.be/cmY4NM7r6HY?... Le Poeme introduced me to baroque music

thank the gods, because between Tolstoy's and co, run-on sentences for half a page and Russian grammar, the Russian school lessons are torture devices that should be banned by UN

THREAD. 3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead. We decided to call him Jim. This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.

mine is both!

"It may be uncomfortable to conclude that a widely used study design has been producing spurious results. But the evidence is in, and telling uncomfortable truths is a part of doing science." Problems with twin studies. theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/the-missin...

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Attempt number seven at uploading this video of intermediate filaments in an enormous COS7 cell. I have a feeling the BlueSky compression will not do it any favors.

squirrel: *points gun* me: what do you want me to do? squirrel: *gestures at sign* me: alright, i get it *opens book drop* squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion* me: NOT A SQUIRREL! squirrel: *disappears into book drop* me: *whispers* forgive me, keith

1. Great, let's do this 2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators 3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides

📢ATTENTION BSKY COMMUNITY - We are expanding!! If you are interested in studying metabolic drivers of cancer progression and therapy resistance using bioengineered models consider joining our group at the Moffitt! Pl. repost, tks moffitt-cancer-center-careers.hctsportals.com/jobs/2115134...

All Quiet on the Economic Front

getting rejections from journals is always a downer, but when you get several in a row for an article you are proud of, well... if the senior co-author who is at least somebody in the field didn't think it was important, this would be absolutely crushing

Hello #SfN25, come see our poster about cellular memory and multiple kinds of pattern detection operating in kidney cells. Poster LBP077 1-5pm 🧠🫘

not sexy enough! now, molecular biology for eugenics...

very cool paper on the location of tumor mutations within the liver changing cancer initiation www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

All these in one place... yikes. The man did all he could to burn his legacy

Required reading for cell biologists to get a sense of basic statistical principles! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hey Siri, show me the Frenchiest news story

Great lab, great mentor and I love UNC Biology!

the year is 2032. the canadians have won. still, they are very polite about it. the white house ballroom is flooded, and frozen, and is now the white house hockey rink. everyone agrees that having tim hortons is a fair price to pay for a functioning society

Looks like you really need a catchy name to publish in @natmethods.nature.com 😅

Maybe we can get lucky and get some more Sappho? greekreporter.com/2025/10/15/d...

Maybe we can get lucky and get some more Sappho? greekreporter.com/2025/10/15/d...

2023: The Forest of Biologists. We plant a tree for each Research Article or Review article and preserve ancient woodland for our peer reviewers. Find out more in our video:

They should call self-driving cars “Autobots” And AI chatbots spreading misinformation on social media “Decepticons”

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

The clowns were the clowns of old, but we need to bring black the clowns!

#31daysofgraves #13 Skeleton The monument for Elizabeth Benson, obit 1710, in St Leonard, Shoreditch. Carved by Francis Bird, it shows two gleeful skeletons holding a shroud, vigorously ripping apart the tree of life. www.speel.me.uk/chlondon/stl...

Don't know about this particular drug, but if there would be drugs supporting patients with cahexia it would be so important. This is a terrible symptom which leads to very fast decline, preventing treatments because the patient is to frail for it.

Direct single-molecule detection and super-resolution imaging with a low-cost portable smartphone-based microscope www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

Oh, the “vomiting ferret” model is absolutely a real thing - I’ve encountered it in my own drug discovery career. They’re one of the smallest animals that show this response- weirdly, rodents can’t do it at all.

My book, One Hand Clapping, landed in the NYU bookstore! Preorder yours today! Out everywhere Oct 21 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/one-hand-c...

Thread of things I'm learning as I read The Discovery of Insulin by Michael Bliss

as this unexpectedly went semi-viral - NB: I only tried this protocol, all credit goes to www.med.upenn.edu/markslab/ and probably someone even before :)

What you think your brain is supposed to do

Tonight, the adventure begins! I could not be more thrilled to embark on this epic journey with these amazing performers. The world of Aramán awaits, tune in tonight at 7pm PT for the premiere of Campaign 4 of Critical Role!

Classic Soviet joke. American: " Our system is better! We have free speech! I can come to the White House and shout, "Reagan is a fool! Down with him!" Russian: " So what? I cal also come to the Red Square and shout, "Reagan is a fool"

Pete Davidson just became the only victim of 9/11 to get reparations from the Saudi regime.

These plasmids from @promegacorporation.bsky.social are exceptional new offerings from Addgene for a few reasons: - Since there is no MTA, they are available to industry customers (joining an ever-growing catalog subset: www.addgene.org/industry/) - They are available in a DNA format!

Neat trick if you polycolonal ab's suck. Incubate them with fixed cells with a KO of your protein of interest, then spin. Protocol here: www.med.upenn.edu/markslab/ass... I was amazed how well it worked on first try (I'm sure that I can completely eliminate unspecific bands) #WesternBlot #cellsky

If you are in NYC, join us for my book launch party! Tuesday October 7th 5:30pm, NYU, Liberal Studies lobby, 726 Broadway, 6th floor (non-NYU: dm me to register). Conversation between myself and Prof. Jared Simard, our resident classicist! Books available! Slavic food! events.nyu.edu/event/onehan...

It's probably the deterioration of social media (I hope) but i'm exposed to a lot less cool science. It used to feel like a new cool study is being preprinted/published every week, and lately it's rare (at least so it seems). Share a recent study that's worth knowing!

It is Folsom weekend and I have divided my wardrobe up into three piles: Clothes that are old enough to vote. Clothes that are old enough to drink. Clothes that are too old to date Leonardo DiCaprio.

Very happy to report people are hiring! So far the Jelle Hendrix lab and Jessica Houston lab have advertised grad student and postdoc positions at the PicoQuant single molecule and SRM meeting!!

This is so cool. Sperm whales are probably the most amaizing animals on Earth.

Terrific @scientificdiscovery.dev post on randomized controlled trials in @ourworldindata.org. Including this important chart on the impact of pre-registration. Magically, when people had to pre-register outcomes, many of the benefits disappeared. ourworldindata.org/randomized-c...

Openness means more than access. We’re pleased to announce that we now publish Replication Studies, helping make science more reliable, transparent, and trustworthy. buff.ly/Gebypvq