Excellent work 👏 by @unger-lucas.bsky.social explaining his work in under 2 minutes movie:

Today I'm posting a new blog about an astonishing scientific own goal. Hundreds of papers have reported using a totally wrong antibody to investigate the tumor suppressor p16. This mistake has happened because scientists have muddled the names of two proteins. forbetterscience.com/2026/06/02/m...

😀 see also www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@sholtodavid.bsky.social Have you seen this WB from ThermoFisher? Still anti-p53 antibody, but another clone (MA-12648 instead MA5-12557). It also looks like that the band in lane 3 was rotated and reused in lane 4. Moreover, it seems that same band was used for the 2 different clones.

Many thanks 🙏 to Julie Warin and @anne-grapin.bsky.social for a very nice outlook on our paper in @genesdev.bsky.social genesdev.cshlp.org/content/earl...

🆕 ADVANCE ONLINE 🆕 RESEARCH PAPER: Defective HNF1A hinders GLI3 processing favoring duodenal versus pancreatic fate, thus leading to intestinal elongation in vivo By Unger et al. Luiza Ghila, and Simona Chera ➡️ https://ow.ly/8oTf50YVMEt Simona Chera & Cell Fate Lab‬ Lucas Unger Luiza Ghila

Happy to share our work on characterizing pancreas adaptations during pregnancy in the pig. Our pig cohort allowed us to stratify between early and late pregnancy samples in a model resembling the human pregnancy in terms of gestation time and metabolism. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #PancSky

Great paper on developmental gene expression patterns underlying species-specific cortical features (with a nice combination of tools and datasets) By @itsmeawais.bsky.social @estherkli.bsky.social @djabaudon.bsky.social @silvianeuro.bsky.social @mveronicapravata.bsky.social and colleagues 🧪🧠🧬

Mount Fuji from space.

Our dean, Marit Bakke is introducing Professor Anna Gloyn's lecture @annagloyn.bsky.social Professor Anna Louise Gloyn will be appointed honorary doctor @unibergen.bsky.social on May 21, 2026.

Short (<6 h) & long (>8 h) sleep, compared with a normal sleep (6–8 h), are associated with increased risk of systemic diseases & all-cause mortality, with evidence from genetic correlations & time-to-incident survival predictions, such as depression & diabetes 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

British chemist Dorothy Hodgkin won the 1964 #Nobel Prize in #Chemistry for using X-ray crystallography to "see" the 3D structures of complex molecules. After 35 years of work, she solved the incredibly complex structure of insulin, 1969. She was born #OTD in 1910. #WomenInSTEM

This is true. #WritingCommunity Don't give up. (Just in case you needed to hear that today.)

Nine members of the Hansen group at the @cbmr.science Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research will be participating in the Study Group on Genetics of Diabetes (SGDD) conference this week! If you are attending as well, we would love to meet you at our talks and posters! 🧬

#OTD in 1794, Ann Radcliffe published her Gothic romance "The Mysteries of Udolpho." Known as the "Mother of the #Gothic," she helped legitimize the genre in the 1790s & pioneered "explained supernatural," where seemingly magical events are given rational explanations. #booksky #skybrarian #litsky

Authors and Reviewers in the genAI era

#RIP Pierre Chambon (1931-2026) via @alainberetz.bsky.social one of the last giants in biology: PARP, nuclear receptors, RNA Pol II, nucleosome, promoters, split genes

It is my great pleasure to co-chair together with Leen‘t Hart the iPSC and islet organoids session tomorrow at the 10th Meeting of the Study Group on Genetics of Diabetes #SGGD2026 introducing great speakers: Charlotte Ling, Amna Khamis, and Heiko Lickert, @heikolickert.bsky.social

Really great session on understanding the mechanisms of #diabetes at the 10th Meeting of the Study Group on Genetics of Diabetes #SGGD2026 with Anna Gloyn Anne Grapin Botton @anne-grapin.bsky.social and Simona Chera @cheralab.bsky.social

@njolstad.bsky.social kicking off the 10th Meeting of the Study Group on Genetics of Diabetes #SGGD2026 at Solstrand

"Why is publishing so expensive?" It's a question I hear all the time, so we at @biologists.bsky.social thought we'd try to dispel some of the myths around publishing economics & provide transparency around our costs. Today, we publish editorials in all 5 of our journals - links in the thread below.

Doing the periodic cleaning of used plasmid miniprep columns and realized in honor of Earth Day it may be worth reminding you molecular biologists: Plasmid miniprep columns can be cleaned and reused essentially indefinitely! Just add 1 M HCl, soak overnight and wash 3x w/ water. Save $ and plastic

Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.

We need to talk about failure in science. Everyone fails at some point at something & failure is an integral part of success. Our editorial this week is inspired by a recent meeting at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social on this topic which I helped co -organise 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We are searching for a research technician to join our lab for a year 🔬🧬🐟 Please see the ad below and spread the word!! #ZebrafishRock

In preprints: re-examining the role of oxygen in mammalian embryogenesis @zhumeng123.bsky.social discusses 3 recent preprints that extend the perspective that oxygen availability may function not merely as a permissive condition, but as an active developmental regulator. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

🧵 Bioinformatics faces a critical challenge: despite its importance, software quality often falls short due to the lack of proper development practices. In our latest paper, we advocate for improving software quality in bioinformatics through teamwork. academic.oup.com/bioinformati...

Yesterday I had a very long day in the office due to a first User meeting on my #kreftforeningen project (which was brilliant, meeting patients and surgeons is really helping to keep up the momentum) so driving home I passed by a setting sun over the ocean. We stopped for an amazing picture. ❤️

Germ cells have their own versions of core transcription factors and fertility depends on them. We're hiring a PhD student to figure out how! 📢 Fly genetics + proteomics + genomics. Fully funded. Aarhus University 🇩🇰 Deadline May 1 👇 Please share with anyone who might be interested!

The PALS Summer School in Transcriptomics, I promise, will be a unique experience www.trippus.net/summerschool... 23-26 June 2026 in a hidden Swedish paradise 🇸🇪🫎 We have extended the deadline to May 15 or until availability @scilifelab.se @kawresearch.bsky.social @remeseiro-lab.bsky.social

The lumpfish may look cute with its chubby body and big eyes, but its fierce attitude reveals a territorial nature in the Atlantic waters.

📣 paper alert We are happy to share our latest work on how HNF1A's involvement in GLI3 processing affects #pancreatic & intestinal #development 5 years of work is 🆕 ONLINE ahead of print 🆕 in @genesdev.bsky.social I must say I'm really proud of my team! 👏 genesdev.cshlp.org/content/earl...

An excellent piece by @jvoigts.bsky.social, which also includes a cool simulator that takes into account “Baseline Review Probability” and “Proportion of Bad Actors” (unfair reviewers), demonstrating how a small number of bad reviewers can screw up peer review.

Fantastic news 🙌 Deidre Lyons from @scrippsocean.bsky.social joins the Michael Sars Symposium speaker lineup! Register to attend her talk and many more on June 4 ➡️ tinyurl.com/joinMSS2026 Together with @cbubergen.bsky.social, we have prepared a program you won't want to miss! #MSS2026

Last day to send an abstract for the: 10th Meeting of the Study Group on Genetics of #Diabetes #SGGD which will take place at the Solstrand Hotel in the magnificent landscape by the Bjørnafjord, just 30 km from the center of in Bergen, Norway.

The "publish or perish" culture must perish. Scientists need time to think. We just published our Slow Science Manifesto, where we argue that huge changes are needed in the way we fund, publish, and evaluate science. Read more and sign here: www.slow-science.com

For Nadia Rosenthal, scientific director at JAX, the lesson is clear: “Rare diseases often give us a clear window into the fundamental workings of biology, and what we see through that window can tell us about much more widespread conditions.” 🧪 🧬 #RareDiseaseDay https://go.jax.org/nadia-yt-social

Calling all budding science writers! Applications for our paid London-based internship, starting in June, are now open. Deadline: 9 March 2026 Full info here: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring... #PaidInternship #Internship #Journalism

If it would be so easy. We have reviewers complaining of revising our on data sets for another aspect because we "already published it". Funny thing is that we published the whole dataset but used only half in the published article, the other half was only for this manuscript.

Tissue mechanics and synth morphogenesis folks, bump on this: Would you or someone in your lab be up for a video of a protocol you use getting recorded? The tips and tricks, the hard-to-explain-without-seeing-it-done? In the name of standardization and reproducibility in the field: get in touch! 🫀

🚨 New call for preLighters!🚨 Help us highlight the most exciting biological #preprints. Share your insights, build your profile, and be part of a supportive community! 🌍 Interested? Apply today & help shape the future of science publishing! 📢 More info: prelights.biologists.com/news/join-th...

Congratulations Dr. Unger 👏👏👏 @unger-lucas.bsky.social

Do you know a talented undergraduate student who would like to undertake a paid summer internship in your cell biology lab? Applications to our summer studentships are OPEN Deadline 31st March For details and how to apply, see our website: bscb.org/support-gran...

Professor Emerita Birgitta Åsjø @unibergen.bsky.social is introducing Lucas @unger-lucas.bsky.social as he starts his PhD work presentation focused on the Dissecting HNF1A’s Role in Early #CellFate Decisions & their Impact on Pancreatic #Islet @cheralab.bsky.social #PhDLife #PhDdefense #devbio

Lucas @unger-lucas.bsky.social started his trial lecture @unibergen.bsky.social on "Transcriptional regulation in the developing pancreas: From genome architecture to phenotypes " #PhDLife

When you finish a run, your muscles may feel like they did all the work, but new research from JAX and the @upenn.edu have discovered that what happens in your brain after a run may determine whether you gain endurance over time. 🧪🧠 https://go.jax.org/brain-exercise

A mitochondrial transport protein promotes carnitine synthesis in mice when fat consumption is needed. Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/40fV7Hw

We have a postdoc position available. Please forward to anyone who may be interested.

My lab is hiring a technician to manage our mouse colony and assist with mouse developmental biology experiments. Please RT and forward to anyone interested! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...