Ed
@edballister.bsky.social
Parent, partner, scientist, restaurant-suggester
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I just heard an ad that said “Ford was built on the belief that no can tell you what you can’t do” and man if I were Ford corp the LAST thing I’d want to remind anyone is the beliefs of Henry Ford 🫣
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I just heard an ad that said “Ford was built on the belief that no can tell you what you can’t do” and man if I were Ford corp the LAST thing I’d want to remind anyone is the beliefs of Henry Ford 🫣
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the fact that Sandwich Guy is facing this 'wich trial at all is evidence of subpar justice. he is a hero being put through the judicial grinder. i hope the jury wraps up a not guilty verdict without delay or loafing around
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
the fact that Sandwich Guy is facing this 'wich trial at all is evidence of subpar justice. he is a hero being put through the judicial grinder. i hope the jury wraps up a not guilty verdict without delay or loafing around
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A thread about keeping one’s head above water under the current conditions and not being incapacitated by rage, fear, despair or some mixture of those (1/11)
October 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A thread about keeping one’s head above water under the current conditions and not being incapacitated by rage, fear, despair or some mixture of those (1/11)
This sounded a little too good to be true
I've been asked about this paper (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) enough times that I finally had to read it.
The basic claim is that mRNA vaccines had huge synergistic benefit with checkpoint blockade against lung cancer melanoma.
tl;dr it's glam-slop & everyone involved should be embarrassed
The basic claim is that mRNA vaccines had huge synergistic benefit with checkpoint blockade against lung cancer melanoma.
tl;dr it's glam-slop & everyone involved should be embarrassed
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint blockade - Nature
mRNA vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2 also sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint inhibitors.
www.nature.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This sounded a little too good to be true
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Thank you, Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Thank you, Chicago.
Sometimes I just want to ask people, “Have you heard the good news of our Lord and Savior, Common Sense?”
October 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Sometimes I just want to ask people, “Have you heard the good news of our Lord and Savior, Common Sense?”
Go Bears! Go UC Berkeley Chemistry!!!
October 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Go Bears! Go UC Berkeley Chemistry!!!
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Neat trick if you polycolonal ab's suck. Incubate them with fixed cells with a KO of your protein of interest, then spin. Protocol here: www.med.upenn.edu/markslab/ass...
I was amazed how well it worked on first try (I'm sure that I can completely eliminate unspecific bands)
#WesternBlot #cellsky
I was amazed how well it worked on first try (I'm sure that I can completely eliminate unspecific bands)
#WesternBlot #cellsky
October 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Neat trick if you polycolonal ab's suck. Incubate them with fixed cells with a KO of your protein of interest, then spin. Protocol here: www.med.upenn.edu/markslab/ass...
I was amazed how well it worked on first try (I'm sure that I can completely eliminate unspecific bands)
#WesternBlot #cellsky
I was amazed how well it worked on first try (I'm sure that I can completely eliminate unspecific bands)
#WesternBlot #cellsky
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No. It's a stolen Tumblr post: www.tumblr.com/5-and-a-half...
Post by @5-and-a-half-acres · 1 image
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September 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
No. It's a stolen Tumblr post: www.tumblr.com/5-and-a-half...
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Hominid re-diversification
September 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Hominid re-diversification
I would love it if there was a season of Bake Off where the showstoppers were simply like “bake 3 types of biscuits, a dozen each”. Really sick of these insane architectural challenges
September 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I would love it if there was a season of Bake Off where the showstoppers were simply like “bake 3 types of biscuits, a dozen each”. Really sick of these insane architectural challenges
I want a gif of the small triangle expanding to reveal the big triangle, in an infinite loop
September 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I want a gif of the small triangle expanding to reveal the big triangle, in an infinite loop
We finally caved and got our youngest kid a phone. Is 2 years too young?
July 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We finally caved and got our youngest kid a phone. Is 2 years too young?
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Whether or not you agree with his policies (which I largely do!), it's clear from every second of every communication he's put out, in every medium, that he genuinely loves NYC and wants to make it the best city it can be. He doesn't have ulterior motives: that's his laser focus.
July 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Whether or not you agree with his policies (which I largely do!), it's clear from every second of every communication he's put out, in every medium, that he genuinely loves NYC and wants to make it the best city it can be. He doesn't have ulterior motives: that's his laser focus.
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Impressed that this box of Cheez-It’s have a 900 year shelf life.
July 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Impressed that this box of Cheez-It’s have a 900 year shelf life.
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It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
July 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
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Yes. The litmus test has to be "all people are people, and equal to me and you." This includes Palestinian people and trans people: there is only one answer: *yes.*
All counterarguments are saying in effect "no, they're not people, and they are not equal to me and you." Nonstarter.
All counterarguments are saying in effect "no, they're not people, and they are not equal to me and you." Nonstarter.
July 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Yes. The litmus test has to be "all people are people, and equal to me and you." This includes Palestinian people and trans people: there is only one answer: *yes.*
All counterarguments are saying in effect "no, they're not people, and they are not equal to me and you." Nonstarter.
All counterarguments are saying in effect "no, they're not people, and they are not equal to me and you." Nonstarter.
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Every time I hang out in Philly I ask myself “why did I ever leave?”
Oh, that’s right! Family & the love of my hometown and home state.
But mannnn. Love this city!
Oh, that’s right! Family & the love of my hometown and home state.
But mannnn. Love this city!
June 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Every time I hang out in Philly I ask myself “why did I ever leave?”
Oh, that’s right! Family & the love of my hometown and home state.
But mannnn. Love this city!
Oh, that’s right! Family & the love of my hometown and home state.
But mannnn. Love this city!
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A kind invitation by the Cell Biology Department of @charlesuni.cuni.cz brought Israeli scientist stranded in Prague after the #TCTeAC to do what we love best - participate in exciting scientific discussions!
June 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A kind invitation by the Cell Biology Department of @charlesuni.cuni.cz brought Israeli scientist stranded in Prague after the #TCTeAC to do what we love best - participate in exciting scientific discussions!
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I am once again pitching my romantic comedy:
- two academics start dating
- discover they are each other's terrible reviewer
- hijinks ensue
Working title: Love is Double-Blind
- two academics start dating
- discover they are each other's terrible reviewer
- hijinks ensue
Working title: Love is Double-Blind
June 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I am once again pitching my romantic comedy:
- two academics start dating
- discover they are each other's terrible reviewer
- hijinks ensue
Working title: Love is Double-Blind
- two academics start dating
- discover they are each other's terrible reviewer
- hijinks ensue
Working title: Love is Double-Blind
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A blutorial on my latest manuscript, which will appear as a Hypothesis article in Journal of Cell Science (no embargo requested as far as I am aware). If you are interested in mitosis/meiosis/kinetochores/evolution/deep phylogeny, please read it (1/n)
April 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A blutorial on my latest manuscript, which will appear as a Hypothesis article in Journal of Cell Science (no embargo requested as far as I am aware). If you are interested in mitosis/meiosis/kinetochores/evolution/deep phylogeny, please read it (1/n)