Björn Högberg
@bjornhogberg.bsky.social
Biophysicist, Professor at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm Sweden.
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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
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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.
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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...
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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...
A couple of weeks left to apply!
Come join our department at the Karolinska Institute! ki.varbi.com/what:job/job...
Assistant Professor in Biomedical Science
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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August 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A couple of weeks left to apply!
Cutting of air defense ammunition to Ukraine at this point is pure betrayal by the US. A stab in the back.
July 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Cutting of air defense ammunition to Ukraine at this point is pure betrayal by the US. A stab in the back.
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Now I've looked more closely at these two recent papers in Nature, and they are both excellent examples of why we need new narratives for talking about molecular biology to non-specialists. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Deciphering disordered regions controlling mRNA decay in high-throughput - Nature
Using high-throughput functional profiling, how disordered regions control mRNA stability and translation is explored.
www.nature.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Now I've looked more closely at these two recent papers in Nature, and they are both excellent examples of why we need new narratives for talking about molecular biology to non-specialists. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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It’s out! 🚨 📣 Excited to see that this collab led to my first paper as one of the first authors—now published in Small @wiley.com 👩🔬 In this study, we explored the binding dynamics of DNA origamis with the cell surface at the single-particle level. Check it out! doi.org/10.1002/smll...
Real‐Time Monitoring of DNA Origami‐Cell Interactions via Single Particle Tracking
This study utilizes single particle tracking (SPT) to capture real-time interactions between DNA origami nanorods (NRs) and cell surfaces. Functionalized NRs targeting EGFR-expressing cells exhibit s...
doi.org
July 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
It’s out! 🚨 📣 Excited to see that this collab led to my first paper as one of the first authors—now published in Small @wiley.com 👩🔬 In this study, we explored the binding dynamics of DNA origamis with the cell surface at the single-particle level. Check it out! doi.org/10.1002/smll...
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Applications are now open! We are recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential.
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
June 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Applications are now open! We are recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential.
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
Come join our department at the Karolinska Institute! ki.varbi.com/what:job/job...
Assistant Professor in Biomedical Science
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,
ki.varbi.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Come join our department at the Karolinska Institute! ki.varbi.com/what:job/job...
Come and start your lab at Karolinska Institutet!
Save the date! On 25 June, Karolinska Institutet will be starting a major recruitment drive for 20 junior researchers with a focus on excellence and mobility news.ki.se/ki-to-recruit-junior-researchers-with-a-focus-on-excellence
KI to recruit junior researchers with a focus on excellence
On 25 June, Karolinska Institutet will be starting a major recruitment drive for 20 junior researchers with a focus on excellence and mobility. As one of Europe’s leading medical universities, KI offe...
news.ki.se
June 19, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Come and start your lab at Karolinska Institutet!
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What’s Kerch bridge doing? 🙂
June 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
What’s Kerch bridge doing? 🙂
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Full house at the Nobel Forum as @kragesteen-lab.bsky.social kicks off MBB’s new lecture series celebrating 1982 Nobel Prize winners Sune Bergström and Bengt Samuelsson. And @itaiyanai.bsky.social’s inaugural keynote lecture was as inspiring and entertaining as you’d expect! 🤩
May 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Full house at the Nobel Forum as @kragesteen-lab.bsky.social kicks off MBB’s new lecture series celebrating 1982 Nobel Prize winners Sune Bergström and Bengt Samuelsson. And @itaiyanai.bsky.social’s inaugural keynote lecture was as inspiring and entertaining as you’d expect! 🤩
This is exactly what is on the table.
A ceasefire is only possible if Russia is given guarantees that Ukraine will not defend itself when we attack it again.
May 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This is exactly what is on the table.
#FNANO in Snowbird a gem among conferences. I went here for the first time as a PhD student in 2005. This year two of my students, Iris and Igor, gave presentations.
May 1, 2025 at 5:16 AM
#FNANO in Snowbird a gem among conferences. I went here for the first time as a PhD student in 2005. This year two of my students, Iris and Igor, gave presentations.
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Trump pleads with his war criminal patron "Vladimir" over social media not to make him look too stupid as Trump gives everything to Russia and justifies past murder and enables future murder. And Putin laughs at him.
April 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Trump pleads with his war criminal patron "Vladimir" over social media not to make him look too stupid as Trump gives everything to Russia and justifies past murder and enables future murder. And Putin laughs at him.
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Trump’s Russia “deal” makes Neville Chamberlain look like Churchill
April 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Trump’s Russia “deal” makes Neville Chamberlain look like Churchill
And Trump is upset with Zelensky...
A map has been released showing the estimated trajectory of incoming Russian missiles and drones overnight.
April 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
And Trump is upset with Zelensky...
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Fresh off the press in @pnas.org: functional and structural studies of the interaction between #fertilization-blocking mAb IE-3 and mammalian #egg coat protein #ZP2
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Thanks to
@vetenskapsradet.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @embo.org @kawresearch.bsky.social @dfg.de
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Thanks to
@vetenskapsradet.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @embo.org @kawresearch.bsky.social @dfg.de
Structural basis of ZP2-targeted female nonhormonal contraception | PNAS
Monoclonal antibody IE-3 prevents mouse fertilization by binding ZP2, a major component
of the oocyte-specific zona pellucida (ZP). We show that an...
www.pnas.org
April 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Fresh off the press in @pnas.org: functional and structural studies of the interaction between #fertilization-blocking mAb IE-3 and mammalian #egg coat protein #ZP2
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Thanks to
@vetenskapsradet.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @embo.org @kawresearch.bsky.social @dfg.de
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Thanks to
@vetenskapsradet.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @embo.org @kawresearch.bsky.social @dfg.de
Ruzzia bombing civilizans. Scum.
April 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Ruzzia bombing civilizans. Scum.
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34 dead and 117 injured and this is what U.S. Secretary of State Rubio comes up with on the Russian missile strike in Sumy: "A tragic reminder of why President Trump has pushed to end this war."
No Marco, it is a tragic reminder of how ineffective your administration is in 'resolving' this war.
No Marco, it is a tragic reminder of how ineffective your administration is in 'resolving' this war.
April 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
34 dead and 117 injured and this is what U.S. Secretary of State Rubio comes up with on the Russian missile strike in Sumy: "A tragic reminder of why President Trump has pushed to end this war."
No Marco, it is a tragic reminder of how ineffective your administration is in 'resolving' this war.
No Marco, it is a tragic reminder of how ineffective your administration is in 'resolving' this war.
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3yo Tymofiy
7yo Radyslav
7yo Arina
9yo Herman
15yo Danylo
15yo Mykyta
15yo Alina
16yo Kostiantyn
17yo Nikita
President Zelenskyi published the names of kids, innocent victims of the russian terror attack against Kryvyi Rih residential district yesterday.
Never forgive.
Never forget.
7yo Radyslav
7yo Arina
9yo Herman
15yo Danylo
15yo Mykyta
15yo Alina
16yo Kostiantyn
17yo Nikita
President Zelenskyi published the names of kids, innocent victims of the russian terror attack against Kryvyi Rih residential district yesterday.
Never forgive.
Never forget.
April 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
3yo Tymofiy
7yo Radyslav
7yo Arina
9yo Herman
15yo Danylo
15yo Mykyta
15yo Alina
16yo Kostiantyn
17yo Nikita
President Zelenskyi published the names of kids, innocent victims of the russian terror attack against Kryvyi Rih residential district yesterday.
Never forgive.
Never forget.
7yo Radyslav
7yo Arina
9yo Herman
15yo Danylo
15yo Mykyta
15yo Alina
16yo Kostiantyn
17yo Nikita
President Zelenskyi published the names of kids, innocent victims of the russian terror attack against Kryvyi Rih residential district yesterday.
Never forgive.
Never forget.
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Hot off the press! 🧬🔬
We developed in utero nano-injection to label & trace the mouse neural plate and otic placode using next generation single cell lineage tracing. We couple progenitors to mature cell types in the CNS & resolve the lineages of cells in the hearing organ:
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
We developed in utero nano-injection to label & trace the mouse neural plate and otic placode using next generation single cell lineage tracing. We couple progenitors to mature cell types in the CNS & resolve the lineages of cells in the hearing organ:
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Ectoderm barcoding reveals neural and cochlear compartmentalization
Placodes and the neural crest are defining features of vertebrates. In this study, we investigate their lineages in mice using in utero approaches. We demonstrated that nanoinjection at embryonic day ...
doi.org
April 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Hot off the press! 🧬🔬
We developed in utero nano-injection to label & trace the mouse neural plate and otic placode using next generation single cell lineage tracing. We couple progenitors to mature cell types in the CNS & resolve the lineages of cells in the hearing organ:
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
We developed in utero nano-injection to label & trace the mouse neural plate and otic placode using next generation single cell lineage tracing. We couple progenitors to mature cell types in the CNS & resolve the lineages of cells in the hearing organ:
doi.org/10.1126/scie...