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Retrieving sequences of genetically modified plants from public databases to widen screening approaches - Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
The development of effective screening methods and implementation of official controls on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) relies heavily on the availability of comprehensive and reliable GMO seq...
tinyurl.com
Detecting unauthorised #GMOs in the #EU market requires detection methods, and developing those methods requires DNA sequences. 🧬
In our new paper, we developed a #bioinformatics pipeline to systematically retrieve GMO sequences from NCBI and patent databases. Check it out!
tinyurl.com/agromethod
In our new paper, we developed a #bioinformatics pipeline to systematically retrieve GMO sequences from NCBI and patent databases. Check it out!
tinyurl.com/agromethod
"L'intelligenza condivisa" di @emollick.bsky.social è un bel libro. Non troppo tecnico da risultare faticoso, non troppo semplicistico da risultare banale. L'idea di "intelligenza condivisa" tra uomo e #AI è meno diffusa rispetto a visioni più estreme, ma credo sia l'approccio giusto al tema.
December 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"L'intelligenza condivisa" di @emollick.bsky.social è un bel libro. Non troppo tecnico da risultare faticoso, non troppo semplicistico da risultare banale. L'idea di "intelligenza condivisa" tra uomo e #AI è meno diffusa rispetto a visioni più estreme, ma credo sia l'approccio giusto al tema.
"Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks and other whales. ...They detected a highly infectious #virus linked to mass strandings of #whales and dolphins worldwide." 🐳
#morbillivirus
#morbillivirus
Drones detect deadly virus in Arctic whales' breath
Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks and other whales.
www.bbc.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks and other whales. ...They detected a highly infectious #virus linked to mass strandings of #whales and dolphins worldwide." 🐳
#morbillivirus
#morbillivirus
"Try the new #NotebookLM infographics!" – they said.
And voila, here's an amazing picture of DNA molecules with 3' ends on both sides 🤷🏻♂️
And voila, here's an amazing picture of DNA molecules with 3' ends on both sides 🤷🏻♂️
December 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"Try the new #NotebookLM infographics!" – they said.
And voila, here's an amazing picture of DNA molecules with 3' ends on both sides 🤷🏻♂️
And voila, here's an amazing picture of DNA molecules with 3' ends on both sides 🤷🏻♂️
Fine-tune an #LLM to output old bird names and it'll start behaving as if it’s the 19th century. Ask for a major recent invention, it'll reply the electrical telegraph! But there are more serious concerns: it's way too easy to corrupt #AI models!
#AIsafety #AIresearch
#AIsafety #AIresearch
Weird Generalization and Inductive Backdoors: New Ways to Corrupt LLMs
LLMs are useful because they generalize so well. But can you have too much of a good thing? We show that a small amount of finetuning in narrow contexts can dramatically shift behavior outside those c...
arxiv.org
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Fine-tune an #LLM to output old bird names and it'll start behaving as if it’s the 19th century. Ask for a major recent invention, it'll reply the electrical telegraph! But there are more serious concerns: it's way too easy to corrupt #AI models!
#AIsafety #AIresearch
#AIsafety #AIresearch
Come riporta @cattiviscienziati.bsky.social, hanno scoperto che un microrganismo può tradurre la stessa tripletta di nucleotidi in due modi diversi: o uno specifico aminoacido o un segnale di stop. In questo modo, lo stesso #DNA può produrre una proteina lunga o una corta. 🧬
Una grande novità nella biologia molecolare: il codice genetico può essere ambiguo
Per la prima volta si mette in discussione un principio che sembrava universale per tutta la vita conosciuta, aprendo un modo nuovo in cui l’informazione ereditaria può generare...
www.ilfoglio.it
December 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Come riporta @cattiviscienziati.bsky.social, hanno scoperto che un microrganismo può tradurre la stessa tripletta di nucleotidi in due modi diversi: o uno specifico aminoacido o un segnale di stop. In questo modo, lo stesso #DNA può produrre una proteina lunga o una corta. 🧬
"The long-term ban is an important pillar of the Commission's proposal to channel the Russian assets into a zero-interest reparations loan to support #Ukraine, which Belgium, as prime custodian of the funds, continues to fiercely resist." 🇺🇦
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
EU agrees to indefinitely immobilise €210 billion of Russian assets
The EU has decided to keep the assets of the Russian Central Bank immobilised for the foreseeable future. The ban, which is based on a provision for economic emergencies, pushes back against external attempts to release the €210 billion in assets before Ukraine is compensated.
www.euronews.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"The long-term ban is an important pillar of the Commission's proposal to channel the Russian assets into a zero-interest reparations loan to support #Ukraine, which Belgium, as prime custodian of the funds, continues to fiercely resist." 🇺🇦
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
#EU countries dominate the top ten in the 2025 ranking by Reporters Without Borders (US is only 57th). Our dear Elon doesn't know what he talks about 🤷🏻♂️🇪🇺
rsf.org/en/index
rsf.org/en/index
Index
RSF's World Press Freedom Index aims to compare the level of press freedom enjoyed by journalists and media in 180 countries and territories.
rsf.org
December 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
#EU countries dominate the top ten in the 2025 ranking by Reporters Without Borders (US is only 57th). Our dear Elon doesn't know what he talks about 🤷🏻♂️🇪🇺
rsf.org/en/index
rsf.org/en/index
Today #EU Council and Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on the regulation of #NGT. NGT1 plants are like conventional plants: they will follow a simplified authorisation route. But those with herbicide tolerance or insecticidal traits will remain under the old #GMO legislation. 🧬
New genomic techniques: Council and Parliament strike deal to boost the competitiveness and sustainability of our food systems
Council and Parliament reach provisional deal on a set of rules for new genomic techniques, aiming to improve the competitiveness of European agriculture and support the sustainability of our food sys...
www.consilium.europa.eu
December 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Il lancio di #ProtonSheets è una notizia enorme! Finalmente i fogli di calcolo con encryption end to end nella suite cloud di #Proton. Chi ha ancora bisogno di Google? 🙂
Proton Sheets: il nuovo foglio di calcolo criptato per proteggere i dati aziendali
Proton Sheets, nuovo foglio di calcolo criptato, alternativa sicura a Excel e Google Sheets, con collaborazione in tempo reale.
www.ilsoftware.it
December 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Il lancio di #ProtonSheets è una notizia enorme! Finalmente i fogli di calcolo con encryption end to end nella suite cloud di #Proton. Chi ha ancora bisogno di Google? 🙂
Reposted by Moreno Colaiacovo 🇪🇺
One Health⚕️in #Denmark and beyond! 🌍
Let’s talk about 💊 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) 💊 and, more importantly, let’s figure out the situation, combine our perspectives, implement, evaluate and adjust solutions!
More here 👉 lnkd.in/dhBmeP-s
#euonehealth2025 #amr #eu #jrc #onehealth
Let’s talk about 💊 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) 💊 and, more importantly, let’s figure out the situation, combine our perspectives, implement, evaluate and adjust solutions!
More here 👉 lnkd.in/dhBmeP-s
#euonehealth2025 #amr #eu #jrc #onehealth
🦠Antimicrobial 🧬resistance (AMR) 💊
About 100 years ago, the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin by Sir Alexander Fleming turned out to be the beginning of a major medical advancement of the 20th century, deeply impacting western med...
lnkd.in
November 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
One Health⚕️in #Denmark and beyond! 🌍
Let’s talk about 💊 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) 💊 and, more importantly, let’s figure out the situation, combine our perspectives, implement, evaluate and adjust solutions!
More here 👉 lnkd.in/dhBmeP-s
#euonehealth2025 #amr #eu #jrc #onehealth
Let’s talk about 💊 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) 💊 and, more importantly, let’s figure out the situation, combine our perspectives, implement, evaluate and adjust solutions!
More here 👉 lnkd.in/dhBmeP-s
#euonehealth2025 #amr #eu #jrc #onehealth
Research on new #antibiotics suffers from the same economic disincentives of rare disease research: manufacturers have little interest in developing drugs that will be kept away from the general population and used only in exceptional cases. And yet, some scientists are working hard to fight #AMR 💪🏻
New ways to combat the Antibiotic Apocalypse
With antimicrobial resistance rates rising, what scientists are doing to re-arm doctors for the fight…
www.thenakedscientists.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Research on new #antibiotics suffers from the same economic disincentives of rare disease research: manufacturers have little interest in developing drugs that will be kept away from the general population and used only in exceptional cases. And yet, some scientists are working hard to fight #AMR 💪🏻
Reposted by Moreno Colaiacovo 🇪🇺
HIRING: researchers, engineers, economists and lab technicians for the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.
Our labs are in Italy, Spain, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.
20 open positions: recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancies
🧪 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs
Our labs are in Italy, Spain, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.
20 open positions: recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancies
🧪 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
HIRING: researchers, engineers, economists and lab technicians for the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.
Our labs are in Italy, Spain, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.
20 open positions: recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancies
🧪 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs
Our labs are in Italy, Spain, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.
20 open positions: recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancies
🧪 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs
Detecting unauthorised #GMOs in the #EU market requires detection methods, and developing those methods requires DNA sequences. 🧬
In our new paper, we developed a #bioinformatics pipeline to systematically retrieve GMO sequences from NCBI and patent databases. Check it out!
tinyurl.com/agromethod
In our new paper, we developed a #bioinformatics pipeline to systematically retrieve GMO sequences from NCBI and patent databases. Check it out!
tinyurl.com/agromethod
Retrieving sequences of genetically modified plants from public databases to widen screening approaches - Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
The development of effective screening methods and implementation of official controls on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) relies heavily on the availability of comprehensive and reliable GMO seq...
tinyurl.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Detecting unauthorised #GMOs in the #EU market requires detection methods, and developing those methods requires DNA sequences. 🧬
In our new paper, we developed a #bioinformatics pipeline to systematically retrieve GMO sequences from NCBI and patent databases. Check it out!
tinyurl.com/agromethod
In our new paper, we developed a #bioinformatics pipeline to systematically retrieve GMO sequences from NCBI and patent databases. Check it out!
tinyurl.com/agromethod
I'm starting to hate #AI generated videos. They force me to doubt everything I see on social media, which means that when I finally see an amazing video that is authentic, I won't believe it. I'm denying myself the joy of being amazed. It makes me sad.
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I'm starting to hate #AI generated videos. They force me to doubt everything I see on social media, which means that when I finally see an amazing video that is authentic, I won't believe it. I'm denying myself the joy of being amazed. It makes me sad.
Grande giornata di #scienza al Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica di #Milano: tra un talk e l'altro (tutti interessantissimi), ci sono anche le mie colleghe Elena e Maria Grazia che vi mostreranno come estrarre il #DNA 🧬 dalla frutta 🥝
#FocusLive 2025
live.focus.it/palinsesto/#...
#FocusLive 2025
live.focus.it/palinsesto/#...
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Grande giornata di #scienza al Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica di #Milano: tra un talk e l'altro (tutti interessantissimi), ci sono anche le mie colleghe Elena e Maria Grazia che vi mostreranno come estrarre il #DNA 🧬 dalla frutta 🥝
#FocusLive 2025
live.focus.it/palinsesto/#...
#FocusLive 2025
live.focus.it/palinsesto/#...
Ho appena finito di leggere la trilogia del problema dei tre corpi di #CixinLiu. Un'opera magnifica in cui scienza e poesia si fondono alla perfezione, una storia meravigliosa e sorprendente. Per me è un vero capolavoro! ♥️
November 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Ho appena finito di leggere la trilogia del problema dei tre corpi di #CixinLiu. Un'opera magnifica in cui scienza e poesia si fondono alla perfezione, una storia meravigliosa e sorprendente. Per me è un vero capolavoro! ♥️
Why #Nigeria Accepted #GMOs 🌽
After the approval of a GM cowpea in 2019, Nigeria is now cultivating TELA maize. It is resilient to drought and pests, and was developed through a public-private partnership.
press.asimov.com/articles/nig...
After the approval of a GM cowpea in 2019, Nigeria is now cultivating TELA maize. It is resilient to drought and pests, and was developed through a public-private partnership.
press.asimov.com/articles/nig...
Why Nigeria Accepted GMOs
Genetically modified crops are finding a foothold in the Global South, producing some unlikely leaders in agritech.
press.asimov.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Why #Nigeria Accepted #GMOs 🌽
After the approval of a GM cowpea in 2019, Nigeria is now cultivating TELA maize. It is resilient to drought and pests, and was developed through a public-private partnership.
press.asimov.com/articles/nig...
After the approval of a GM cowpea in 2019, Nigeria is now cultivating TELA maize. It is resilient to drought and pests, and was developed through a public-private partnership.
press.asimov.com/articles/nig...
Reposted by Moreno Colaiacovo 🇪🇺
Visto che i #vaccini non causano l’#autismo sul banco degli imputati è salito il #paracetamolo
Prossimi indagati l’omogenizzato di mela e il semolino di riso
#Trump
Prossimi indagati l’omogenizzato di mela e il semolino di riso
#Trump
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Visto che i #vaccini non causano l’#autismo sul banco degli imputati è salito il #paracetamolo
Prossimi indagati l’omogenizzato di mela e il semolino di riso
#Trump
Prossimi indagati l’omogenizzato di mela e il semolino di riso
#Trump
Reposted by Moreno Colaiacovo 🇪🇺
Archaeologists at Pompeii uncovered a fresco depicting a meal of a flat bread round covered in herbed cheese (called 'moretum'). That's right, a PROTO-PIZZA.
But modern pizza, as served from Tokyo to Rome itself, was probably invented in New York.
Let's talk about the "Pizza Effect".
But modern pizza, as served from Tokyo to Rome itself, was probably invented in New York.
Let's talk about the "Pizza Effect".
Pompeii fresco find possibly depicts 2,000-year-old form of pizza
Ancient painting includes fruit that looks like a pineapple – although it is almost certainly something else
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Archaeologists at Pompeii uncovered a fresco depicting a meal of a flat bread round covered in herbed cheese (called 'moretum'). That's right, a PROTO-PIZZA.
But modern pizza, as served from Tokyo to Rome itself, was probably invented in New York.
Let's talk about the "Pizza Effect".
But modern pizza, as served from Tokyo to Rome itself, was probably invented in New York.
Let's talk about the "Pizza Effect".
Reposted by Moreno Colaiacovo 🇪🇺
This #LochNessMonster photo is doing the rounds on social media, accompanied by a fake story about it being real, and new, and attached to a specific eyewitness event. I see people on Facebook groups thinking that the photo is the 'real deal', sigh. However... 1/n
September 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This #LochNessMonster photo is doing the rounds on social media, accompanied by a fake story about it being real, and new, and attached to a specific eyewitness event. I see people on Facebook groups thinking that the photo is the 'real deal', sigh. However... 1/n
Windows 10 support ends October 14th! 😱 Can't upgrade to #Windows11 and don't want to buy a new computer? No worries:
- Backup your files
- Download Ubuntu tinyurl.com/ubuntu24lts
- Flash it to USB stick with Balena Etcher
- Boot, install and get your apps from Software Center
Welcome to #Ubuntu!
- Backup your files
- Download Ubuntu tinyurl.com/ubuntu24lts
- Flash it to USB stick with Balena Etcher
- Boot, install and get your apps from Software Center
Welcome to #Ubuntu!
Download Ubuntu Desktop | Ubuntu
Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
tinyurl.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Windows 10 support ends October 14th! 😱 Can't upgrade to #Windows11 and don't want to buy a new computer? No worries:
- Backup your files
- Download Ubuntu tinyurl.com/ubuntu24lts
- Flash it to USB stick with Balena Etcher
- Boot, install and get your apps from Software Center
Welcome to #Ubuntu!
- Backup your files
- Download Ubuntu tinyurl.com/ubuntu24lts
- Flash it to USB stick with Balena Etcher
- Boot, install and get your apps from Software Center
Welcome to #Ubuntu!
Reposted by Moreno Colaiacovo 🇪🇺
just leaving this gem here :)
September 15, 2025 at 6:17 AM
just leaving this gem here :)
A fascinating article by @matthewcobb.bsky.social from the Asimov press archives, reminding us that there is no such thing as a "central dogma" in molecular biology.
It includes a brilliant thought experiment about how info could flow back into DNA (i.e. through environment-dependent gene editing)
It includes a brilliant thought experiment about how info could flow back into DNA (i.e. through environment-dependent gene editing)
Francis Crick Was Misunderstood
The Central Dogma is not a
press.asimov.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
A fascinating article by @matthewcobb.bsky.social from the Asimov press archives, reminding us that there is no such thing as a "central dogma" in molecular biology.
It includes a brilliant thought experiment about how info could flow back into DNA (i.e. through environment-dependent gene editing)
It includes a brilliant thought experiment about how info could flow back into DNA (i.e. through environment-dependent gene editing)