Dada Pisconti
@dadapisconti.bsky.social
I wanted to be a singer, ended up being a scientist. Muscle growth + regeneration | satellite cells | muscular dystrophy | ME/CFS 💪🐭🐔🧪🧬🧫🔬
"Well-behaved women seldom make history"
https://you.stonybrook.edu/piscontilab/
"Well-behaved women seldom make history"
https://you.stonybrook.edu/piscontilab/
Wow, I have zero platform here, except when I criticize a "comrade"
And here I thought that on this side of the divide we were still allowed to criticize so we can learn and grow better.
Full disclosure: I have huge admiration and respect for @cdelawalla.bsky.social and the org she's created
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And here I thought that on this side of the divide we were still allowed to criticize so we can learn and grow better.
Full disclosure: I have huge admiration and respect for @cdelawalla.bsky.social and the org she's created
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"Good job" of critiquing someone who spent the last six months leading one of the few scientific organizations that has taken a stand and had an impact
November 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Wow, I have zero platform here, except when I criticize a "comrade"
And here I thought that on this side of the divide we were still allowed to criticize so we can learn and grow better.
Full disclosure: I have huge admiration and respect for @cdelawalla.bsky.social and the org she's created
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And here I thought that on this side of the divide we were still allowed to criticize so we can learn and grow better.
Full disclosure: I have huge admiration and respect for @cdelawalla.bsky.social and the org she's created
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"When we take back Congress, the fight is over"
This is the most naive thing I've read in a long time.
This is the most naive thing I've read in a long time.
Science Fight Club has three rules:
1. Everyone stands up for science.
2. EVERYONE STANDS UP FOR SCIENCE.
3. When we take back Congress, the fight is over.
1. Everyone stands up for science.
2. EVERYONE STANDS UP FOR SCIENCE.
3. When we take back Congress, the fight is over.
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"When we take back Congress, the fight is over"
This is the most naive thing I've read in a long time.
This is the most naive thing I've read in a long time.
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Miriam Tucker reports from the IACFS/ME 2025 conference where researchers spoke about the underlying pathomechanisms of ME/CFS & long COVID and the potential for treatment approaches specifically targeting those identified abnormalities. [Sign in free to read]
tinyurl.com/yc4suscx
tinyurl.com/yc4suscx
Research Into ME/CFS Pathology Points to Possible Treatments
With greater understanding of the complex pathomechanisms of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, researchers aim to target treatments.
tinyurl.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Miriam Tucker reports from the IACFS/ME 2025 conference where researchers spoke about the underlying pathomechanisms of ME/CFS & long COVID and the potential for treatment approaches specifically targeting those identified abnormalities. [Sign in free to read]
tinyurl.com/yc4suscx
tinyurl.com/yc4suscx
This is why I said yesterday, and still say today: "good riddance!"
Honestly, the double helix would have been discovered anyway, sooner or later, with or without him.
The harm he did to people, would have not been done without him.
As simple as that.
Good riddance!
Honestly, the double helix would have been discovered anyway, sooner or later, with or without him.
The harm he did to people, would have not been done without him.
As simple as that.
Good riddance!
Jeremy, I have followed your science advocacy on this platform with respect, but I find this thread deeply hurtful and sad and I am going to tell you why. While my wife did her postdoc at CSHL, she and our many dear friends had to endure the racist rhetoric of this man, which did constant harm
On one evening, the speakers were divided up and went to dinner parties hosted by some of the wealthy folks who lived around Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island. My dinner was delightful, with good conversation with our host (the mayor of a nearby village), his friends, and some other speakers.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This is why I said yesterday, and still say today: "good riddance!"
Honestly, the double helix would have been discovered anyway, sooner or later, with or without him.
The harm he did to people, would have not been done without him.
As simple as that.
Good riddance!
Honestly, the double helix would have been discovered anyway, sooner or later, with or without him.
The harm he did to people, would have not been done without him.
As simple as that.
Good riddance!
Yay, well done New York! 🥳🗽❤️
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Yay, well done New York! 🥳🗽❤️
If any so-called "moderate democrat" still had any doubt, here's an inequivocabile sign that the kid has got talent! Go @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 💪
President Obama called Zohran Mamdani on Saturday — praising his campaign and offering to be a "sounding board" into the future.
Obama said he was invested in Mamdani's success beyond the election on Tuesday.
"Your campaign has been impressive to watch," Obama told Mamdani.
Obama said he was invested in Mamdani's success beyond the election on Tuesday.
"Your campaign has been impressive to watch," Obama told Mamdani.
Obama Calls Mamdani to Praise His Campaign and Offers to Be Sounding Board
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If any so-called "moderate democrat" still had any doubt, here's an inequivocabile sign that the kid has got talent! Go @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 💪
A film you've seen more than seven times with a gif
November 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A film you've seen more than seven times with a gif
My poor old, outdated native language! 😅🤣
In Italian, the word for 'non-binary' is
'non binario' or ‘non binaria’, depending on the person's gender.
'non binario' or ‘non binaria’, depending on the person's gender.
November 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
My poor old, outdated native language! 😅🤣
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Clinical Needs Assessment for ME Many pointed out that they had had #ME/CFS for a long time and support from specialist services was limited or, in many areas of Great Britain, non-existent. Consequently, they had worked out how to manage their Me and meet their needs as best they could themselves.
Development and content validity of the Clinal Needs Assessment for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CNAME)
Purpose To co-produce the Clinical Needs Assessment for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CNAME) with patients and clinicians, and to assess its content validity.
Methods Guided by the COSMIN guidelines, a ...
www.medrxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Clinical Needs Assessment for ME Many pointed out that they had had #ME/CFS for a long time and support from specialist services was limited or, in many areas of Great Britain, non-existent. Consequently, they had worked out how to manage their Me and meet their needs as best they could themselves.
Happy Halloween, from our lab to yours! 🎃👻
October 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Happy Halloween, from our lab to yours! 🎃👻
The thing that drives me cazy is that, even from an economic standpoint, whole genome sequencing (which has become very cheap) as a starting point, not as a last resort, would save so much money to any health care system, whether national or based on private insurance.
1) Interesting study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
1% to 3% of patients with multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease were likely misdiagnosed as they actually had a monogenic rare disease.
1% to 3% of patients with multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease were likely misdiagnosed as they actually had a monogenic rare disease.
October 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The thing that drives me cazy is that, even from an economic standpoint, whole genome sequencing (which has become very cheap) as a starting point, not as a last resort, would save so much money to any health care system, whether national or based on private insurance.
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Voters really don't like inflation, and frankly everything else is secondary to that.
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Voters really don't like inflation, and frankly everything else is secondary to that.
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Join experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists for a Social Media Action Hour on how to educate and activate your social media networks on Congress’s impacts on science over the past year. We need you to speak out and call out the harm!
RSVP today: act.ucsusa.org/4o0B75Z
RSVP today: act.ucsusa.org/4o0B75Z
October 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Join experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists for a Social Media Action Hour on how to educate and activate your social media networks on Congress’s impacts on science over the past year. We need you to speak out and call out the harm!
RSVP today: act.ucsusa.org/4o0B75Z
RSVP today: act.ucsusa.org/4o0B75Z
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Now amazing talk by @zalaly.bsky.social on #LongCovid
#IACFSME Medical and Scientific Conference kicking off with #FredFriedberg and #NancyKlimas talking about overlaps and synergies between #LongCovid and #ME/CFS. It's going to be an exciting meeting!
October 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Now amazing talk by @zalaly.bsky.social on #LongCovid
#IACFSME Medical and Scientific Conference kicking off with #FredFriedberg and #NancyKlimas talking about overlaps and synergies between #LongCovid and #ME/CFS. It's going to be an exciting meeting!
October 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
#IACFSME Medical and Scientific Conference kicking off with #FredFriedberg and #NancyKlimas talking about overlaps and synergies between #LongCovid and #ME/CFS. It's going to be an exciting meeting!
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DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
October 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
DC No Kings: zero
Tell me again which side is violent?
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📣 AOC speaks out about fired federal workers in the sciences. "People's lives are literally on the line."
FIGHT FOR SCIENCE ✊🌏 JOIN US TOMORROW! Stand in solidarity with our public servants!
WHEN: 10/17 @3pm
WHERE: 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC
HOW: In person & Virtual! zurl.co/LayiM
FIGHT FOR SCIENCE ✊🌏 JOIN US TOMORROW! Stand in solidarity with our public servants!
WHEN: 10/17 @3pm
WHERE: 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC
HOW: In person & Virtual! zurl.co/LayiM
October 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
📣 AOC speaks out about fired federal workers in the sciences. "People's lives are literally on the line."
FIGHT FOR SCIENCE ✊🌏 JOIN US TOMORROW! Stand in solidarity with our public servants!
WHEN: 10/17 @3pm
WHERE: 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC
HOW: In person & Virtual! zurl.co/LayiM
FIGHT FOR SCIENCE ✊🌏 JOIN US TOMORROW! Stand in solidarity with our public servants!
WHEN: 10/17 @3pm
WHERE: 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC
HOW: In person & Virtual! zurl.co/LayiM
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Some interesting data from postdoc Nate Serrano: “Displaced myonuclei are attributable to both resident myonuclear migration and stem cell fusion during mechanical loading in adult skeletal muscle” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Displaced myonuclei are attributable to both resident myonuclear migration and stem cell fusion during mechanical loading in adult skeletal muscle
Non-peripheral myonuclei are characteristic of skeletal muscle pathology and severe injury but also appear after exercise and with aging. Displaced myonuclei are typically attributed to the activity o...
www.biorxiv.org
October 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Some interesting data from postdoc Nate Serrano: “Displaced myonuclei are attributable to both resident myonuclear migration and stem cell fusion during mechanical loading in adult skeletal muscle” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
So, let me get this straight: if you are committed to take down the anti-fascism movement (a.k.a. antifa), you are basically admitting to be pro-fascism, right?
October 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
So, let me get this straight: if you are committed to take down the anti-fascism movement (a.k.a. antifa), you are basically admitting to be pro-fascism, right?
same, but terrified for my son
glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity
October 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
same, but terrified for my son
Oh, say, can you see? 🥰
October 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Oh, say, can you see? 🥰
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Hey, #MedSky & #SciSky! New text from Elsevier out today, "The Scientific Basis of Fatigue", with multiple chapters on different diseases, including #MECFS, COVID, Parkinson's, stroke and MS.
Proud to be the co-author of the #MECFS chapter with authors from Mayo and Bateman-Horne! More info:🧪
Proud to be the co-author of the #MECFS chapter with authors from Mayo and Bateman-Horne! More info:🧪
Stellar new work from @grachstephanie.bsky.social, @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social, @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social's Bell and Yellman & @raviganeshmd.bsky.social in the Elsevier text 'The Scientific Basis of Fatigue'! The book has chapters on #MECFS, COVID, Parkinson’s, stroke, and multiple sclerosis.
October 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM