I am happy to see more and more people joining bluesky.

I am scared for what's to come. Not only for science but also for human rights, common sense and the wellbeing of the planet.

🚨 I'm delighted to announce a fully-funded PhD studentship (October 2025 entry) in collaboration with the Pirbright Institute. Are you interested in FMDV genome replication and packaging? Fascinated by structure and RNA-protein interactions? More info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

If we are banning things, let's ban something that improves #publichealth: fur trading. 🦝 It's 2025 and no one needs fur. Also: viral spillover. 🧪🧬🧫🦠 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This is a turning point. We Europeans have the power to push X into irrelevance across our continent. Freeze or delete your accounts now. Media, it’s time to stop citing X. Dozens of universities are leading the way. Let’s limit Elon Musk’s influence in 🇪🇺. #eXit #SciXit #Democracy

Pardon my ignorance. I just learned about the Academic Publishing in Europe Conference, this year #APE2025. I am so glad that #openaccess is being seriously discussed, but where do we stand now? We need big steps to reach equity, accessibility and affordability in publishing.

Great work! but I only know it's great by using my institution's privilege to access the paper. If only science was accessible for everyone...

Not a bad start to the year, our review article has been published today www.nature.com/articles/s41... Also perfect timing as we were able to have a double celebration as Silvio had organised an apero as he is moving on to pastures new in industry. It's been a pleasure working with you Silvio!

One of the recent works that we have published this year 🧪 @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social