Alexei Maklakov
@alexeimaklakov.bsky.social
Biology of Ageing and Life History Evolution, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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🧠⏰our latest paper is out now: how each neuron ages differently allowed us to define in silico screens for new therapeutic molecules that could prevent neurodegeneration @cecad.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social @uniklinikkoeln.bsky.social @meyerdh.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Aging clocks delineate neuron types vulnerable or resilient to neurodegeneration and identify neuroprotective interventions - Nature Aging
Gallrein et al. pair functional assays with clocks to compare chronological versus biological age of single neuron types in C. elegans, to probe their vulnerability or resilience to neurodegeneration,...
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February 3, 2026 at 11:44 AM
🧠⏰our latest paper is out now: how each neuron ages differently allowed us to define in silico screens for new therapeutic molecules that could prevent neurodegeneration @cecad.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social @uniklinikkoeln.bsky.social @meyerdh.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Congrats Björn!
February 3, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Congrats Björn!
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How does pre- and post-natal environmental stress affect the seminal foam proteome of Japanese quail? Find out here, Chloe Mason’s second PhD thesis paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @martingarlovsky.bsky.social @oscarvedder.bsky.social
Experimental Evidence That Prenatal and Postnatal Developmental Stress Affects the Adult Seminal Fluid Proteome in a Precocial Bird
Seminal fluid proteins are important modulators of male fertility and reproductive success, yet little is known about how their abundance responds to early-life developmental stress. Japanese quail C...
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February 1, 2026 at 10:06 AM
How does pre- and post-natal environmental stress affect the seminal foam proteome of Japanese quail? Find out here, Chloe Mason’s second PhD thesis paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @martingarlovsky.bsky.social @oscarvedder.bsky.social
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The bots populating Moltbook apparently all come to sound like a familiar kind of internet denizen with delusions of philosophical grandeur. Manifestos and declarations all over the place.
Somebody created an Reddit clone exclusively populated by personal digital agents and let them interact with each other. It’s bonkers, fascinating and terrifying in equal measure.
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An Agent Revolt: Moltbook Is Not A Good Idea
OpenClaw is a breakthrough AI assistant. Moltbook, its new social network for agents, is a security catastrophe waiting to happen. Here's why you should avoid it.
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January 31, 2026 at 1:01 PM
The bots populating Moltbook apparently all come to sound like a familiar kind of internet denizen with delusions of philosophical grandeur. Manifestos and declarations all over the place.
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DNA-protein cross-links promote cGAS-STING–driven premature aging and embryonic lethality
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@science.org @idikic.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social
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January 29, 2026 at 10:38 PM
DNA-protein cross-links promote cGAS-STING–driven premature aging and embryonic lethality
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@science.org @idikic.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.org @idikic.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social
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The largest randomized trial of medical A.I.
—Over 100,000 women in Sweden
—radiologist + AI vs 2 radiologists, in follow-up
—AI added led to 29% more cancer detected, 44% reduced workload, and
—Less cancer dx in subsequent 2 years, and, when found, less aggressive
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
—Over 100,000 women in Sweden
—radiologist + AI vs 2 radiologists, in follow-up
—AI added led to 29% more cancer detected, 44% reduced workload, and
—Less cancer dx in subsequent 2 years, and, when found, less aggressive
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
January 29, 2026 at 11:47 PM
The largest randomized trial of medical A.I.
—Over 100,000 women in Sweden
—radiologist + AI vs 2 radiologists, in follow-up
—AI added led to 29% more cancer detected, 44% reduced workload, and
—Less cancer dx in subsequent 2 years, and, when found, less aggressive
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
—Over 100,000 women in Sweden
—radiologist + AI vs 2 radiologists, in follow-up
—AI added led to 29% more cancer detected, 44% reduced workload, and
—Less cancer dx in subsequent 2 years, and, when found, less aggressive
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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🆕 @science.org
Revising the heritability of lifespan, from 25% to ~50%, by correcting for extrinsic factors
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Revising the heritability of lifespan, from 25% to ~50%, by correcting for extrinsic factors
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
January 29, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Revising the heritability of lifespan, from 25% to ~50%, by correcting for extrinsic factors
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Revising the heritability of lifespan, from 25% to ~50%, by correcting for extrinsic factors
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Thanks to some great comments and suggestions, we've updated TADA!
Read it here: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Transferable, Available, Documented, Annotated.
Read it here: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Transferable, Available, Documented, Annotated.
January 28, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Thanks to some great comments and suggestions, we've updated TADA!
Read it here: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Transferable, Available, Documented, Annotated.
Read it here: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Transferable, Available, Documented, Annotated.
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🎉New preprint!
"TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing"
tinyurl.com/8rmnwjrk
We present simple guidelines to help researchers of all coding levels improve the transparency and reproducibility of their analytical code, TADA!
Transferable, Accessible, Documented, Annotated.
"TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing"
tinyurl.com/8rmnwjrk
We present simple guidelines to help researchers of all coding levels improve the transparency and reproducibility of their analytical code, TADA!
Transferable, Accessible, Documented, Annotated.
TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing
ecoevorxiv.org
August 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🎉New preprint!
"TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing"
tinyurl.com/8rmnwjrk
We present simple guidelines to help researchers of all coding levels improve the transparency and reproducibility of their analytical code, TADA!
Transferable, Accessible, Documented, Annotated.
"TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing"
tinyurl.com/8rmnwjrk
We present simple guidelines to help researchers of all coding levels improve the transparency and reproducibility of their analytical code, TADA!
Transferable, Accessible, Documented, Annotated.
Reposted by Alexei Maklakov
Friends! I am so happy to share our new preprint!
Hydrogen peroxide has been the most common reactive chemical threat to life forms since the Great Oxygenation Event 2.5 billion years ago.
How do animals like C. elegans sense it fast and escape?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Hydrogen peroxide has been the most common reactive chemical threat to life forms since the Great Oxygenation Event 2.5 billion years ago.
How do animals like C. elegans sense it fast and escape?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread 1/
January 28, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Friends! I am so happy to share our new preprint!
Hydrogen peroxide has been the most common reactive chemical threat to life forms since the Great Oxygenation Event 2.5 billion years ago.
How do animals like C. elegans sense it fast and escape?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread 1/
Hydrogen peroxide has been the most common reactive chemical threat to life forms since the Great Oxygenation Event 2.5 billion years ago.
How do animals like C. elegans sense it fast and escape?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thread 1/
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Just renewed my membership for the 5th year with @sortee.bsky.social.
A fantastic organisation to be a part of. If you want to become a member and are interested in open, reliable, and transparent EcoEvo, it’s worth joining!
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A fantastic organisation to be a part of. If you want to become a member and are interested in open, reliable, and transparent EcoEvo, it’s worth joining!
sortee.org/join/
Join
Join Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE)
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January 23, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Just renewed my membership for the 5th year with @sortee.bsky.social.
A fantastic organisation to be a part of. If you want to become a member and are interested in open, reliable, and transparent EcoEvo, it’s worth joining!
sortee.org/join/
A fantastic organisation to be a part of. If you want to become a member and are interested in open, reliable, and transparent EcoEvo, it’s worth joining!
sortee.org/join/
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Finding an em dash in the rejection email
January 22, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Finding an em dash in the rejection email
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Why do some worms graze on bacteria while others hunt and kill?
Our study, published today in Nature, reveals how predatory aggression evolved in nematodes.
Led by @gunizgozeeren.bsky.social and @leoboeger.bsky.social across the @jameslightfoot.bsky.social and @monikakscholz.bsky.social labs.
Our study, published today in Nature, reveals how predatory aggression evolved in nematodes.
Led by @gunizgozeeren.bsky.social and @leoboeger.bsky.social across the @jameslightfoot.bsky.social and @monikakscholz.bsky.social labs.
Predatory aggression evolved through adaptations to noradrenergic circuits - Nature
Noradrenergic circuits support and balance aggressive behavioural states in predatory nematodes, distinguish predatory from non-predatory nematode species and are associated with the evolution of comp...
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January 21, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Why do some worms graze on bacteria while others hunt and kill?
Our study, published today in Nature, reveals how predatory aggression evolved in nematodes.
Led by @gunizgozeeren.bsky.social and @leoboeger.bsky.social across the @jameslightfoot.bsky.social and @monikakscholz.bsky.social labs.
Our study, published today in Nature, reveals how predatory aggression evolved in nematodes.
Led by @gunizgozeeren.bsky.social and @leoboeger.bsky.social across the @jameslightfoot.bsky.social and @monikakscholz.bsky.social labs.
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Nature research paper: Disease tolerance and infection pathogenesis age-related tradeoffs in mice
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go.nature.com/4pBODwV
Disease tolerance and infection pathogenesis age-related tradeoffs in mice - Nature
Disease course and pathology an infection may cause can change owing to the structural and functional physiological changes that accumulate with age, but therapy can be tailored accordingly; disease tolerance genes show antagonistic pleiotropy.
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January 19, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Nature research paper: Disease tolerance and infection pathogenesis age-related tradeoffs in mice
go.nature.com/4pBODwV
go.nature.com/4pBODwV
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Hot off the press! New paper in Biology Letters (@royalsocietypublishing.org) showing that heatwaves impair female but not male fertility in burying beetles 🐞🌡️
Huge congratulations to Izzy (@izzygrieve.bsky.social) on her first first-authored paper! 🥳🙌
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Huge congratulations to Izzy (@izzygrieve.bsky.social) on her first first-authored paper! 🥳🙌
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January 19, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Hot off the press! New paper in Biology Letters (@royalsocietypublishing.org) showing that heatwaves impair female but not male fertility in burying beetles 🐞🌡️
Huge congratulations to Izzy (@izzygrieve.bsky.social) on her first first-authored paper! 🥳🙌
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...
Huge congratulations to Izzy (@izzygrieve.bsky.social) on her first first-authored paper! 🥳🙌
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...
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Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow. Veronika uses sticks to scratch herself, using different orientations and motions, an example of multi-purpose tool use. This suggests scientists may have underestimated cows' cognitive abilities. arstechnica.com/science/2026...
Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow
Veronika uses sticks to scratch herself, suggesting scientists have underestimated cow cognition...
arstechnica.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow. Veronika uses sticks to scratch herself, using different orientations and motions, an example of multi-purpose tool use. This suggests scientists may have underestimated cows' cognitive abilities. arstechnica.com/science/2026...
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Pre-dauer starvation rapidly and reversibly reduces niche proliferative signaling to the C. elegans germ line
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Pre-dauer starvation rapidly and reversibly reduces niche proliferative signaling to the C. elegans germ line
Early life stresses impact reproductive outcomes in many organisms. In response to crowding and starvation, C. elegans nematodes form dauer larvae, in which development arrests until conditions improv...
journals.biologists.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Pre-dauer starvation rapidly and reversibly reduces niche proliferative signaling to the C. elegans germ line
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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The (Yoav) Voichek lab has opened its gates at the Weizmann Institute, and is actively recruiting students and researchers at all levels - come explore gene regulation and computational genomics in a fun, friendly sprouting lab 🤗🥼⚗️🧪
www.weizmann.ac.il/plants/voichek
www.weizmann.ac.il/plants/voichek
January 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
The (Yoav) Voichek lab has opened its gates at the Weizmann Institute, and is actively recruiting students and researchers at all levels - come explore gene regulation and computational genomics in a fun, friendly sprouting lab 🤗🥼⚗️🧪
www.weizmann.ac.il/plants/voichek
www.weizmann.ac.il/plants/voichek
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Hoping the pivotal finding of increased inflammation with #LongCovid will be responsive to tirzepatide (Zepbound) in our ongoing 1,000+ participant randomized, placebo-controlled trial (full enrollment completed in <1 month!)
www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natimmunol.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natimmunol.nature.com
Long COVID involves activation of proinflammatory and immune exhaustion pathways - Nature Immunology
Long COVID (LC) involves a spectrum of chronic symptoms after resolution of acute severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. Barouch and colleagues show that LC is characterized by per...
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January 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Hoping the pivotal finding of increased inflammation with #LongCovid will be responsive to tirzepatide (Zepbound) in our ongoing 1,000+ participant randomized, placebo-controlled trial (full enrollment completed in <1 month!)
www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natimmunol.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natimmunol.nature.com
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A sex-adjusted 7-biomarker clinical aging clock for translational preventative medicine
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A sex-adjusted 7-biomarker clinical aging clock for translational preventative medicine - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A sex-adjusted 7-biomarker clinical aging clock for translational preventative medicine
www.nature.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A sex-adjusted 7-biomarker clinical aging clock for translational preventative medicine
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Peaceful New Year from everyone in the School of Biological Sciences.
Have a wonderful break. 🎄🥳
Have a wonderful break. 🎄🥳
December 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Peaceful New Year from everyone in the School of Biological Sciences.
Have a wonderful break. 🎄🥳
Have a wonderful break. 🎄🥳
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The one validated intervention to slow aging and extend healthspan is not for sale.
It's exercise.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It's exercise.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The one validated intervention to slow aging and extend healthspan is not for sale.
It's exercise.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It's exercise.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Excellent news!!!
UK to rejoin Erasmus student mobility programme from 2027.
The UK will rejoin the European Union’s flagship mobility programme for students in the 2027-28 academic year, the Cabinet Office has announced.
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The UK will rejoin the European Union’s flagship mobility programme for students in the 2027-28 academic year, the Cabinet Office has announced.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
UK to rejoin Erasmus+ student mobility programme from 2027 - Research Professional News
Fee for EU programme lowered as part of deal, as sector celebrates re-entry
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Excellent news!!!