Björn Högberg
@bjornhogberg.bsky.social
Biophysicist, Professor at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm Sweden.
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🧪🧬 You can now play Minecraft with DNA nanotechnology! In our latest preprint we introduce DNA polycubes platform: A modeling driven system, where we use SAT-solvers+multiscale simulations to design 3D finite-size structures that assemble in high yield
chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....
chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....
February 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
🧪🧬 You can now play Minecraft with DNA nanotechnology! In our latest preprint we introduce DNA polycubes platform: A modeling driven system, where we use SAT-solvers+multiscale simulations to design 3D finite-size structures that assemble in high yield
chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....
chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....
Post-doc positions in my lab. Come join us in Stockholm! ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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January 28, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Post-doc positions in my lab. Come join us in Stockholm! ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Weird statement by Rutte. First, it is obviously wrong. Given time and the necessary investments, Europe can of course defend itself without U.S.
And second: Why undermine European deterrence like that? This message increases the risk that Putin will try to exploit the current fracture in NATO.
And second: Why undermine European deterrence like that? This message increases the risk that Putin will try to exploit the current fracture in NATO.
“If anyone thinks here ... that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the U.S., keep on dreaming,” he told lawmakers on the European Parliament’s defense and foreign affairs committees. “You can't.”
@politico.eu
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
@politico.eu
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Europe can’t defend itself without the US, NATO’s Rutte warns
The EU should stop dreaming of creating a European pillar for NATO and continue to build ties with the U.S. despite Trump, the alliance secretary-general said.
www.politico.eu
January 27, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Weird statement by Rutte. First, it is obviously wrong. Given time and the necessary investments, Europe can of course defend itself without U.S.
And second: Why undermine European deterrence like that? This message increases the risk that Putin will try to exploit the current fracture in NATO.
And second: Why undermine European deterrence like that? This message increases the risk that Putin will try to exploit the current fracture in NATO.
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When Europe shows its true strength, dictators back down.
Apply this lesson to Russia.
Apply this lesson to Russia.
January 21, 2026 at 8:12 PM
When Europe shows its true strength, dictators back down.
Apply this lesson to Russia.
Apply this lesson to Russia.
Our new paper is out! Tracking the stability of DNA origami in-vivo is typically done with fluorescence, but are they still attached to intact DNA nanostructures? Here we introduce PLASTIQ, a method to quantify the structure of DNA nanostructures using tiny blood samples, ligations and PCRs!
January 16, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Our new paper is out! Tracking the stability of DNA origami in-vivo is typically done with fluorescence, but are they still attached to intact DNA nanostructures? Here we introduce PLASTIQ, a method to quantify the structure of DNA nanostructures using tiny blood samples, ligations and PCRs!
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
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full video, obtained by NBC News, that was apparently filmed on a cell phone by the ICE officer who shot Renee Good
January 9, 2026 at 7:45 PM
full video, obtained by NBC News, that was apparently filmed on a cell phone by the ICE officer who shot Renee Good
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It's clear this is the "shooting someone on 5th Avenue" moment right? No one is still waiting for him to be actually there in Manhattan holding the gun?
January 8, 2026 at 6:56 PM
It's clear this is the "shooting someone on 5th Avenue" moment right? No one is still waiting for him to be actually there in Manhattan holding the gun?
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Nanopore sequencing of peptides, exciting possibilities ahead also for the microprotein field.
Latest #CDlab paper on nanopore protein sequencing now published in JACS: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Here, Justas Ritmejeris, Xiuqi Chen, collaborator Bauke Albada, and me developed a conjugation chemistry strategy for nanopore sequencing of natural peptides!
Here, Justas Ritmejeris, Xiuqi Chen, collaborator Bauke Albada, and me developed a conjugation chemistry strategy for nanopore sequencing of natural peptides!
January 9, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Nanopore sequencing of peptides, exciting possibilities ahead also for the microprotein field.
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THREAD
The first full year of tracking research on @bsky.app
Hi, we are Altmetric, and we track how research is communicated across the web.
We now have one full calendar year of Bluesky research data and thought we'd have a looksie.
The first full year of tracking research on @bsky.app
Hi, we are Altmetric, and we track how research is communicated across the web.
We now have one full calendar year of Bluesky research data and thought we'd have a looksie.
January 8, 2026 at 1:08 PM
THREAD
The first full year of tracking research on @bsky.app
Hi, we are Altmetric, and we track how research is communicated across the web.
We now have one full calendar year of Bluesky research data and thought we'd have a looksie.
The first full year of tracking research on @bsky.app
Hi, we are Altmetric, and we track how research is communicated across the web.
We now have one full calendar year of Bluesky research data and thought we'd have a looksie.
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December 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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So the EU could not agree on using the frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine. Are we trying to be the new Switzerland? “Let us take care of all that money while you bomb and rape your neighbor.”
Björn Högberg
bjornhogberg.micro.blog
December 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
So the EU could not agree on using the frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine. Are we trying to be the new Switzerland? “Let us take care of all that money while you bomb and rape your neighbor.”
These arguments come up regularly, that science funding shouldn’t require grant applications because they waste time. But what is the alternative? To rely on universities' internal politics to be able to efficiently... https://bjornhogberg.micro.blog/2025/12/13/these-arguments-come-up-regularly.html
Björn Högberg
bjornhogberg.micro.blog
December 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
These arguments come up regularly, that science funding shouldn’t require grant applications because they waste time. But what is the alternative? To rely on universities' internal politics to be able to efficiently... https://bjornhogberg.micro.blog/2025/12/13/these-arguments-come-up-regularly.html
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🚨New paper out! In our @MolCellNews paper, we solve a piece of the puzzle of how our genome folds. We found the two specific molecular "brakes" in the CTCF protein that stop DNA loop extrusion. One of the final pieces of my PhD!
tinyurl.com/29uuc5by
tinyurl.com/29uuc5by
December 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Ukraine accomplished to pass a UN resolution that recognizes the tragedy of Chornobyl - NOT as RU spells is “Chernobyl”; and Russia’s fault. For years, they’ve claimed their narrative passing THEIR resolutions. For the first time Ukraine accomplished to recognize the truth.
Check who voted against
Check who voted against
December 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Ukraine accomplished to pass a UN resolution that recognizes the tragedy of Chornobyl - NOT as RU spells is “Chernobyl”; and Russia’s fault. For years, they’ve claimed their narrative passing THEIR resolutions. For the first time Ukraine accomplished to recognize the truth.
Check who voted against
Check who voted against
Maybe its time to start posting something.
December 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Maybe its time to start posting something.
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Ytterligare 27 lovande forskare får nu ta del av Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelses femåriga grundforskningsanslag.
Läs mer om deras forskning:
kaw.wallenberg.org/wallenberg-a...
Läs mer om deras forskning:
kaw.wallenberg.org/wallenberg-a...
December 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Ytterligare 27 lovande forskare får nu ta del av Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelses femåriga grundforskningsanslag.
Läs mer om deras forskning:
kaw.wallenberg.org/wallenberg-a...
Läs mer om deras forskning:
kaw.wallenberg.org/wallenberg-a...
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for those claiming "my head went to putin instead of trump" - no. The russian "logic" is to control trump and his behavior. Someone involved, should know. This was before Trump's first term, during, after and is now. Nothing has changed. Both pro and anti kremlin messaging is kremlin approved.
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
for those claiming "my head went to putin instead of trump" - no. The russian "logic" is to control trump and his behavior. Someone involved, should know. This was before Trump's first term, during, after and is now. Nothing has changed. Both pro and anti kremlin messaging is kremlin approved.
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Join us for the inaugural annual Ernest Arenas Memorial Lecture at the Nobel Forum at @ki.se.
with Prof. Roger Barker, University of Cambridge
"Repairing the human brain using transplants - is it possible? The story of Parkinson's disease"
Tuesday November 25th at 15:00
news.ki.se/calendar/the...
with Prof. Roger Barker, University of Cambridge
"Repairing the human brain using transplants - is it possible? The story of Parkinson's disease"
Tuesday November 25th at 15:00
news.ki.se/calendar/the...
The Ernest Arenas Memorial Lecture: Repairing the human brain using transplants- Is it possible? The story of Parkinson's disease.
Welcome to The Ernest Arenas Memorial Lecture with Professor Roger Barker, Professor of Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge and Consultant Neurologist at Addenbrooke's Hospital.
news.ki.se
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Join us for the inaugural annual Ernest Arenas Memorial Lecture at the Nobel Forum at @ki.se.
with Prof. Roger Barker, University of Cambridge
"Repairing the human brain using transplants - is it possible? The story of Parkinson's disease"
Tuesday November 25th at 15:00
news.ki.se/calendar/the...
with Prof. Roger Barker, University of Cambridge
"Repairing the human brain using transplants - is it possible? The story of Parkinson's disease"
Tuesday November 25th at 15:00
news.ki.se/calendar/the...
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IT'S HAPPENING! 💥 I'm psyched to launch the collaboration between @qedscience.bsky.social & @openrxiv.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Preprint + q.e.d = your science is out there, and anyone can appreciate it. Let's care about making discoveries, and not on “getting published” (1/3) 👇
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
IT'S HAPPENING! 💥 I'm psyched to launch the collaboration between @qedscience.bsky.social & @openrxiv.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Preprint + q.e.d = your science is out there, and anyone can appreciate it. Let's care about making discoveries, and not on “getting published” (1/3) 👇
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This video is worth watching. It's easy to lose track of all the fraud going on right now.
youtu.be/JMEJTORMVN4?...
youtu.be/JMEJTORMVN4?...
crypto billionaire pardon is insane
YouTube video by voidzilla
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This video is worth watching. It's easy to lose track of all the fraud going on right now.
youtu.be/JMEJTORMVN4?...
youtu.be/JMEJTORMVN4?...
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A few comments on Trump's dealings with Ukraine:
1. He turned against Zelensky when Zelenky refused to falsify evidence against the Bidens.
2. At that time, Trump & Giuliani worked with men such as Andriy Derkach that US intelligence verified as belonging to Russia intelligence
1. He turned against Zelensky when Zelenky refused to falsify evidence against the Bidens.
2. At that time, Trump & Giuliani worked with men such as Andriy Derkach that US intelligence verified as belonging to Russia intelligence
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A few comments on Trump's dealings with Ukraine:
1. He turned against Zelensky when Zelenky refused to falsify evidence against the Bidens.
2. At that time, Trump & Giuliani worked with men such as Andriy Derkach that US intelligence verified as belonging to Russia intelligence
1. He turned against Zelensky when Zelenky refused to falsify evidence against the Bidens.
2. At that time, Trump & Giuliani worked with men such as Andriy Derkach that US intelligence verified as belonging to Russia intelligence
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On this date in 1939, the USSR invaded Poland in cooperation with its ally, Nazi Germany.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/timot...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/timot...
Bloodlands
From the author of the international bestseller On Tyranny, the definitive history of Hitler’s and Stalin’s politics of mass killi...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
On this date in 1939, the USSR invaded Poland in cooperation with its ally, Nazi Germany.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/timot...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/timot...
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A must read for any (systems) biologist!
www.cell.com/cell-systems...
www.cell.com/cell-systems...
Should biology put complexity first?
The dictum “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler” poses
a problem for biology. How simply can it be told without doing damage to its complex
nature? The answer might be foun...
www.cell.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A must read for any (systems) biologist!
www.cell.com/cell-systems...
www.cell.com/cell-systems...
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Join a global community of excellence Are you a bold, creative researcher ready to shape the future of medical science? Karolinska Institutet (KI), one of the world’s foremost medical universities,
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