Alfonso T. García-Sosa, PhD
@garciasosa.bsky.social
🇲🇽Assoc. Prof. @UniTartu | Fmr. Postdoc @MayoClinic | PhD @Cambridge_Uni | BSc @Quimica_UNAM | Senior Lead, Data Science @Proekspert
Machine Learning, AI, Molecular Design, Biomolecular modeling,
https://hermes.chem.ut.ee/~alfx
Machine Learning, AI, Molecular Design, Biomolecular modeling,
https://hermes.chem.ut.ee/~alfx
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Today I officially withdrew from a US based conference I was invited to 😞
I feel horrible because I was really looking fwd to it, but the *real* danger of being denied entry (or worse) of being detained for *no reason* prevents me from travelling. I am sure I am not alone in this predicament ☹️
I feel horrible because I was really looking fwd to it, but the *real* danger of being denied entry (or worse) of being detained for *no reason* prevents me from travelling. I am sure I am not alone in this predicament ☹️
June 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Today I officially withdrew from a US based conference I was invited to 😞
I feel horrible because I was really looking fwd to it, but the *real* danger of being denied entry (or worse) of being detained for *no reason* prevents me from travelling. I am sure I am not alone in this predicament ☹️
I feel horrible because I was really looking fwd to it, but the *real* danger of being denied entry (or worse) of being detained for *no reason* prevents me from travelling. I am sure I am not alone in this predicament ☹️
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President of the Mexican Senate,
"We'll build the wall and pay for it.
But we'll do it according to the 1830 map of Mexico... Mexicans were settled in these territories before the U.S. The Mexicans living there are in what has always been their homeland."
"We'll build the wall and pay for it.
But we'll do it according to the 1830 map of Mexico... Mexicans were settled in these territories before the U.S. The Mexicans living there are in what has always been their homeland."
June 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
President of the Mexican Senate,
"We'll build the wall and pay for it.
But we'll do it according to the 1830 map of Mexico... Mexicans were settled in these territories before the U.S. The Mexicans living there are in what has always been their homeland."
"We'll build the wall and pay for it.
But we'll do it according to the 1830 map of Mexico... Mexicans were settled in these territories before the U.S. The Mexicans living there are in what has always been their homeland."
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Different rules of the game would have radically changed history.
Our counterfactual simulations show that without colonial transfers, Europe would have been a debtor — and South Asia or Latin America could have become global creditors.
[5/8]
Our counterfactual simulations show that without colonial transfers, Europe would have been a debtor — and South Asia or Latin America could have become global creditors.
[5/8]
June 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Different rules of the game would have radically changed history.
Our counterfactual simulations show that without colonial transfers, Europe would have been a debtor — and South Asia or Latin America could have become global creditors.
[5/8]
Our counterfactual simulations show that without colonial transfers, Europe would have been a debtor — and South Asia or Latin America could have become global creditors.
[5/8]
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Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality.
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
[A thread 1/8🧵]
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
[A thread 1/8🧵]
🚨Global economic relations have long been defined by imbalances and unequal power, not by self-correcting market forces, NEW STUDY finds.
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @gatonievas.bsky.social call for structural reforms to the international monetary and exchange system.
wid.world/news-article...
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @gatonievas.bsky.social call for structural reforms to the international monetary and exchange system.
wid.world/news-article...
Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality - WID - World Inequality Database
In a new study, Gastón Nievas and Thomas Piketty examine patterns of global imbalances, current account surplus/deficit and net foreign wealth accumulation over more than two centuries.
wid.world
June 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality.
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
[A thread 1/8🧵]
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
[A thread 1/8🧵]
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Every morning I read the news and something else reminds me of Robert Musil saying in 1930s Germany that one of the defining aspects of fascism was the mockery of compassion
April 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Every morning I read the news and something else reminds me of Robert Musil saying in 1930s Germany that one of the defining aspects of fascism was the mockery of compassion
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Los pingüinos tejen alianzas:
April 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Los pingüinos tejen alianzas:
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"FDA as we know it is finished," the agency's former commissioner lamented as the agency he once led is gutted by the new administration. Follow the developing story: endpts.com/firings-swee...
Firings sweep across FDA as former leaders lament drug agency's gutting
Mass firings and forced resignations swept through the FDA on Tuesday, as part of thousands of planned job cuts at federal health agencies being implemented by the Trump administration.
endpts.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"FDA as we know it is finished," the agency's former commissioner lamented as the agency he once led is gutted by the new administration. Follow the developing story: endpts.com/firings-swee...
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BioNTech’s PD-L1xVEGF antibody has shown an impressive rate of one-year survival when used first-line for a serious form of lung cancer. If results stay consistent in larger trials, this approach could become the standard of care.
BioNTech details promising mid-stage data for its PD-L1xVEGF in aggressive lung cancer
BioNTech's BNT327 shows promising survival data in lung cancer trial, with 72.7% of patients surviving one year, outperforming benchmarks set by Keytruda and Tecentriq.
endpts.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
BioNTech’s PD-L1xVEGF antibody has shown an impressive rate of one-year survival when used first-line for a serious form of lung cancer. If results stay consistent in larger trials, this approach could become the standard of care.
Is it left-handed? No. Is it right-handed? No. It’s AI-handed! @stuartcantrill.bsky.social
Has left-handed DNA Hulk migrated from the other platform to BlueSky? Wanted to ask what they think of this beauty. 🤔
March 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Is it left-handed? No. Is it right-handed? No. It’s AI-handed! @stuartcantrill.bsky.social
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The person-years of life lost from the pandemic (here for Europe) with premature mortality reflects an underestimate of the toll of Covid @plos.org
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
March 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The person-years of life lost from the pandemic (here for Europe) with premature mortality reflects an underestimate of the toll of Covid @plos.org
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
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Hey @ec.europa.eu why is Eurostat not on bluesky and still posting on X? How can you promote high quality statistics and data about Europe on a platform that is owned and destroyed by someone who is actively undermining fact-based public discourse as well as the international order?
March 7, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Hey @ec.europa.eu why is Eurostat not on bluesky and still posting on X? How can you promote high quality statistics and data about Europe on a platform that is owned and destroyed by someone who is actively undermining fact-based public discourse as well as the international order?
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One of the coolest studies of last year would not be funded by the current NIH policy. By studying people undergoing gender affirming testosterone treatment, they discovered how sex hormones shape the #immune response, with important consequences for everyone!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Immune system adaptation during gender-affirming testosterone treatment - Nature
Examination of immunological changes in transgender individuals undergoing gender-affirming testosterone treatment reveals sex hormone-regulated pathways in humans and explains sex-divergent responses...
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One of the coolest studies of last year would not be funded by the current NIH policy. By studying people undergoing gender affirming testosterone treatment, they discovered how sex hormones shape the #immune response, with important consequences for everyone!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚨I promised I'd say more on the Royal Society and Elon Musk, so here it is. 🚨
I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk.
My op-ed in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk.
My op-ed in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit Yates
It is vital to act, and I urge colleagues to do so. How can we stand by and laud this man while he undermines scientific integrity? asks academic and author Kit Yates
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🚨I promised I'd say more on the Royal Society and Elon Musk, so here it is. 🚨
I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk.
My op-ed in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk.
My op-ed in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Interesting and timely, especially considering the clinical trials ongoing for FX-909 for urotelial cancer
Now published! Read our newest story! doi.org/10.1038/s414...
March 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Interesting and timely, especially considering the clinical trials ongoing for FX-909 for urotelial cancer
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Now published! Read our newest story! doi.org/10.1038/s414...
February 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Now published! Read our newest story! doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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📢In our latest Editorial, we reflect on what science tells us about the importance of diversity. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Based on the science, diversity matters - Nature Computational Science
We reflect on what science tells us about the importance of diversity.
www.nature.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
📢In our latest Editorial, we reflect on what science tells us about the importance of diversity. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
I guess they are selling it (really) hot 🤔
From the "Properties" section of the product page for a compound sold by a major chemical supplier:
form: liquid
mp: > 300 deg C
🤔
form: liquid
mp: > 300 deg C
🤔
February 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I guess they are selling it (really) hot 🤔
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Well over 600 signatories now. Please keep the momentum going.
Sign and share to show how much the wider scientific community is concerned by the Royal Society's silence over Musk's FRS.
Members of the UK and international scientific community are all welcome to sign.
Sign and share to show how much the wider scientific community is concerned by the Royal Society's silence over Musk's FRS.
Members of the UK and international scientific community are all welcome to sign.
Now almost 450 signatories to my open letter calling on the @royalsociety.org to stand up for its values & deal with the widespread concerns raised by Elon Musk's Fellowship. Please consider signing & sharing: forms.gle/miDciq35oxyw...
List of signatories here: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
List of signatories here: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
Open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values
If you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo...
forms.gle
February 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Well over 600 signatories now. Please keep the momentum going.
Sign and share to show how much the wider scientific community is concerned by the Royal Society's silence over Musk's FRS.
Members of the UK and international scientific community are all welcome to sign.
Sign and share to show how much the wider scientific community is concerned by the Royal Society's silence over Musk's FRS.
Members of the UK and international scientific community are all welcome to sign.
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Now almost 450 signatories to my open letter calling on the @royalsociety.org to stand up for its values & deal with the widespread concerns raised by Elon Musk's Fellowship. Please consider signing & sharing: forms.gle/miDciq35oxyw...
List of signatories here: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
List of signatories here: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
Open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values
If you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo...
forms.gle
February 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Now almost 450 signatories to my open letter calling on the @royalsociety.org to stand up for its values & deal with the widespread concerns raised by Elon Musk's Fellowship. Please consider signing & sharing: forms.gle/miDciq35oxyw...
List of signatories here: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
List of signatories here: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...
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A quick resistance task:
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
February 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A quick resistance task:
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
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Our "X" account is now frozen. You can now only find us on Bluesky @bsky.app.
Stay tuned for more exciting #compchem research news!!! #compchemsky #chemsky
Stay tuned for more exciting #compchem research news!!! #compchemsky #chemsky
February 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Our "X" account is now frozen. You can now only find us on Bluesky @bsky.app.
Stay tuned for more exciting #compchem research news!!! #compchemsky #chemsky
Stay tuned for more exciting #compchem research news!!! #compchemsky #chemsky
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Entiendo entonces, que ahora el Cartel del Golfo se llamará Cartel de América, ¿es correcto?
January 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Entiendo entonces, que ahora el Cartel del Golfo se llamará Cartel de América, ¿es correcto?
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So this label in Google is wrong and is actually just a performance pandering to a fascist regime, because this is no different from when Maduro decided Christmas started in October.
To the MAGA latinos who voted: congratulations, you helped transform the US in the authoritarian regime you feared.
To the MAGA latinos who voted: congratulations, you helped transform the US in the authoritarian regime you feared.
February 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
So this label in Google is wrong and is actually just a performance pandering to a fascist regime, because this is no different from when Maduro decided Christmas started in October.
To the MAGA latinos who voted: congratulations, you helped transform the US in the authoritarian regime you feared.
To the MAGA latinos who voted: congratulations, you helped transform the US in the authoritarian regime you feared.