So it is out! 🎉 I am so excited to share our preprint with Fabio Sterpne and @baam93.bsky.social on the development of a force field for oligourea foldamers, new self-assembling polymers of unnatural amino acids, designed for water desalination membranes. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

C'est la saison des thèses et vous ne savez pas quoi offrir aux futur·e·s docteur·e·s de votre laboratoire ? Sachez que vous pouvez recycler leurs posters (textiles) en tote bag et en plus je vous ai fait un tuto !

An LLM‑run robot vacuum hit an existential crisis while ‘passing the butter’ – only 40% success vs 95% humans. 🤖 What does this say about embodied AI? #ai #robotics Read more → https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/llm-robot-vacuum-existential-crisis

Turns out woodpeckers are tiny hammer‑machines: neck, hips, tail & a rapid ‘grunt‑breath’ sync to slam 30× their weight into wood. Whole‑body power meets quirky respiration. 🐦💥#biology #ornithology #science newatlas.com/biology/wood...

AI isn’t replacing us—it’s giving us a new team of smart agents to manage. The next‑gen talent will delegate, QA, and orchestrate multiple bots like a boss. Ready to upskill? 🤖 #aimanager #futureofwork #skills Read more → https://builtin.com/articles/ai-managers-job-skills

Juno’s latest snaps of Jupiter are jaw‑dropping 🌌—and you can help turn raw data into art! Dive into the new images, add your own color tweaks, and share with the JunoCam community. What will you create? 🚀 #space #jupiter #citizenscience https://www.popsci.com/science/jupiter-stuns-in-new-images/

Winter blues? Try 4 research‑backed hacks: schedule anchor routines, soak up daily daylight, actively cultivate joy, and add 10 min of mindful pauses. 🌤️✨ #winterwellbeing #mentalhealth https://theconversation.com/4-research-backed-ways-to-beat-the-winter-blues-in-the-colder-months-265055

Ever met someone who can spot a face in a crowd instantly? Meet the “super‑recognizers”—the brain’s hidden eagle eyes that catch details the rest of us miss. 🧠🔍 #neuroscience #psychology Read more → https://nautil.us/how-super-recognizers-see-what-the-rest-of-us-miss-1246408/

Quantum bits can be 0 and 1 until we look—super‑position & entanglement sound like sci‑fi, but hardware is fragile. The real win will be hybrid, auditable workflows turning quantum noise into insight. Ready? 🤔🚀 #quantum #computing https://mindlab.marc-baaden.de/qubits-meet-reality

Want to know exactly how many proteins fit in an E. coli cell or how fast a ribosome works? BioNumbers serves up thousands of curated biological constants—perfect for models, experiments, or trivia night. 🚀🔬 Read more → https://idees.moleculair.es/bionumbers #bionumbers #biology #datascience

🚀 Cryo‑EM now reaches near‑atomic resolution, letting us watch molecules in real time—game‑changing for drug design and biology. What breakthrough excites you most? 👀 #cryoem #innovation #research Read more → https://idees.moleculair.es/cryowonder

AI is turning molecular viz into a real‑time, chat‑driven 3D playground—anyone can spin proteins, predict interactions and simulate behavior on a laptop. 🚀 Democratizing drug discovery worldwide. What’s your experience? #ai #molecularscience #visualization https://idees.moleculair.es/ai-molviz

Struggling to reproduce molecular dynamics results? 🤔 Clear documentation, version control, and containerization are key. Let's work together to strengthen our field! What have you found helpful for reproducibility? #reproducibilitymatters #moleculardynamics → idees.moleculair.es/reproduciblemd

A decade of building scientific software taught me this: innovation lives where chemistry meets code—docs, UX, collaboration, and reproducibility are the real force multipliers. 💡🧪 #scientificsoftware #computationalchemistry What do you think? https://idees.moleculair.es/chemistrycodes

Publish or perish.. that was yesterday. How does the academic trade look nowadays? A small week-end animation to get a discussion going :) #academia #publish #perish

Diverse teams drive smarter computational chemistry—new ideas, better checks, faster progress ⚗🌍 Let’s champion inclusion and share initiatives that work. What’s moved the needle for you? Read more → link : idees.moleculair.es/diversity #compchem #diversity #stem

Machine learning can spot and classify subtle membrane protein moves at scale—faster, sharper, and improving with each run 🤖🧪 What do you think? Read more → link #moleculardynamics #machinelearning #bioinformatics idees.moleculair.es/md-ml

AI boosts prediction, but force fields keep us honest—combine both for power + clarity ⚗🤖 What do you think? Read more → link below #moleculardynamics #computationalchemistry #ai idees.moleculair.es/aiforcefields

Beautiful ≠ truthful: prioritize scale, color, and clarity over rainbow‑pretty proteins—function first, form second. 🎯🔬 #scientificvisualization #molecularscience What’s your top visualization pet peeve? Read more → idees.moleculair.es/molvis-preci...

Human-in-the-loop turns raw models into smarter, creative science—experienced chemists guide edge cases, interactivity and visualization steer breakthroughs 🧠⚗ Read more → link. #molecularmodeling #humanaicollaboration Idées Moléculaires ↗ idees.moleculair.es/humanloop

French modeling is leaning hard into multi‑scale: electrons in membranes, nucleosomal DNA damage, and α7 nAChR allostery—clear momentum 📈🔬 What do you think? Read more → Multi‑Scale Molecular Simulations at GGMM 2025: idees.moleculair.es/ggmm25-multi... ↗ #multiscale #computationalchemistry #france

Proteins aren’t static snapshots—they’re dynamic ensembles driving function ⚡ Let’s think beyond single structures and embrace motion to truly understand biology. What do you think? 🔬 #proteindynamics #molecularmotion idees.moleculair.es/proteins-in-...

Day 1 at GGMM 2025: a retrospective on a milestone for the French molecular modeling community—spotlighting structural bioinformatics, AI, integrative modeling, and dazzling visualization, plus my MolPlay poster demo 🎯🧬 Read more → idees.moleculair.es/ggmm2025-day1 - Forges-Les-Eaux 🧬✨ ↗ #ggmm2025

Free month of Comet Pro for research/coding/agentic browsing—try it here: pplx.ai/drbaaden7033 ↗ (opt‑in only; I get a small referral bonus; try if useful). ⚗️✨🧪 #ai #research #coding

Curiosity vs credibility in peer review: should journals entertain whimsical ideas or enforce firmer guardrails? 🧪🛰️ What’s the strangest paper you’ve seen—and did it change your view? Read more → idees.moleculair.es/saturn-neuro... ↗ #peerreview #openscience #academia

Human intuition still matters in computational chemistry: when the numbers look perfect but feel wrong, step back, sketch, let experience guide the model — breakthroughs may happen 🔬✨ What do you think? Read more → idees.moleculair.es/humanedge #computationalchemistry #research #innovation

AI retrosynthesis shines on easy routes but stalls when synthetic accessibility drops—hard molecules still beat smart models. ⚗️🤖 What’s your experience? Read more → Idées Moléculaires ↗ #chemistry #ai #retrosynthesis idees.moleculair.es/retrosynthesis

Curiosity takes the stage at the Grand Palais: live demos linking chemistry, simulations, and hands-on learning—turn wonder into action 🔬✨ #fetedelascience #simulationmoléculaire Read more → www.palais-decouverte.fr/au-programme...

Fête de la Science at LFIV Francfort: from deforming metals to virtual molecule journeys, students brought sharp questions and real wonder ✨🔬 Gratitude to CNRS and the Embassy teams. #science #education #vr

MD myth-busting: results hinge on force fields, smart sampling, and realistic scope—not just longer runs. Let’s share what’s worked (and failed) in practice. 🔬💡 What do you think? Read more → idees.moleculair.es/md-myths ↗ #moleculardynamics #computationalchemistry #research

Innovation thrives with boundaries—rest fuels better science and sustainable impact. Set limits, find mentors, track mental health, celebrate small wins. What’s your go-to balance habit? 💡🧠 Read more → mindlab.marc-baaden.de/noburnout ↗ #research #wellbeing #academia

A “failed” control didn’t break our study—it rewrote the hypothesis and led to sharper insights 🔬✨ #molecularscience #research Read more → Idées Moléculaires ↗. What do you think? idees.moleculair.es/how-a-contro...

NanoPutiens turn molecular building blocks into tiny characters—smart, playful chemistry education at the nanoscale 🔬✨ #chemistry #education #nanotech Read more → folies.moleculair.es/actus/nanopu... ↗

Les Folies Moléculaires: turning chemistry into playful, accessible learning for the 21st century 🎉 and in French language. Curious how visualization can boost science education? Read more → is.gd/YmdRXe ↗ #chemistry #scicomm #education

Membrane charge subtly tunes NOX5 electron flow—systems self‑balance to keep ET slightly favorable 🔬⚡ #nox5 #membranes #electrontransfer Read more → link.growkudos.com/1e46g8nfbpc

Forged authorship in academic publishing is escalating—Elsevier retracted a fraudulent paper submitted under a stolen identity, but kept it accessible, raising urgent questions about verification and integrity. 🔍 What do you think? Read more → is.gd/20uq7r

Failed experiments aren’t dead ends—they’re data and direction. Log the misses, share the grind, celebrate micro-wins, stay mission-driven 💪 What’s your go-to reset after a flop? #researchlife #labs #science Read more → is.gd/J6B4mB

Missing link in MD analysis: workflow-based, drag-and-drop pipelines to democratize complex tasks, improve reproducibility, and share templates—time to bridge the gap? 🔬✨ What do you think? #moleculardynamics #workflows Read more → is.gd/cAVZrt

Scientists are turning massive MD data into clear, actionable visuals, from classic 3D to VR—bridging complexity and decision-making. Read more → Frontiers review ↗ #moleculardynamics #visualization 🔬 What do you think? is.gd/1MefYo

Turning jargon into clarity: start with relatable analogies, show real-world impact, and keep it visual ✍️🧶 What strategies help you make science click? Read more → link #scicomm #communication #proteinfolding is.gd/d3XH0m

My first big grant taught me this: the hard part isn’t science—it’s people. Lessons: 1) Lead with impact. 2) Relationships > cold PDFs. 3) Budget for serendipity. Great science = rigor + emotional intelligence. Humans still decide… for now. is.gd/a7i1jd

Quantum vs classical for biomolecular sims: QC still too noisy for complex modeling - Classical dominates most workloads - Hybrids show near-term promise. Real progress: better error correction, small molecules working. Timeline: 3-5 years. Where do you see QC beating classical first? is.gd/DUNsNX)

Drug design is a 4D puzzle (molecules move!). VR lets teams “see and touch” protein–ligand fits, making AI outputs clearer and decisions faster. We outline tools, use cases, and industry insights—plus what needs fixing (workflow integration, ergonomics, security). link.growkudos.com/1dwpqnnjk74

In ML for molecules/materials, the map matters as much as the model. Physics-inspired structural representations give you robustness and transferability—better predictions, wider generalization, reduced overfitting. Fresh review on arXiv: is.gd/UoRvld

Suite à la migration de scientifiques et d'universitaires de X, Bluesky est devenue une l'une des alternatives. Afin d'évaluer sa viabilité/pertinence pour la communication scientifique, cette étude présente une analyse à grande échelle de la diffusion d'articles scientifiques sur Bluesky. 1/5

Just discovered SingleFile—a browser extension that lets you save entire web pages as a single HTML file, resources and all. Offline access, zero fuss, and open source. Perfect for digital packrats and research nerds alike! #Productivity #OpenSource see www.getsinglefile.com

🤖 Weekend thought: Are we steering the AI ship, or is it quietly taking the wheel? Work is speeding up with every new tool, and I can’t tell if I’m more productive or just more… busy. Anyone else riding this workflow rollercoaster? How are you keeping your balance? #FutureOfWork #AIPerspectives

Ever wondered what your lab partner is really looking at in VR? With GazeMolVR, you can literally see their gaze as you explore proteins together—spotlights, trails, the works. It’s like science telepathy for molecules. Remote collaboration just got a major upgrade: link.growkudos.com/1eu721i08ao

Par @pierrepo.bsky.social : "Partage et réutilisation des données de simulations de dynamique moléculaire : qu'avons-nous raté ? " #Bioinformatics #Data #Science #OpenData #OpenScience ça discute aussi modélisation moléculaire, métadonnées et IA ! videos.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/video/31805-...