Judith Berman
@judithberman11.bsky.social
Candidologist. Savtah. Own views.
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Confinement induced switching -https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09445-6
Mechanical confinement governs phenotypic plasticity in melanoma - Nature
Mechanical confinement of cancer cells at the tumour–microenvironment interface induces phenotype switching through chromatin remodelling by HMGB2, leading to a more invasive and drug-resistant state ...
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August 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Confinement induced switching -https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09445-6
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#NewResearch
A mycovirus infecting the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus enhances its stress tolerance and virulence in mice.
@shlezingerlab.bsky.social #Mycoviruses #FungalPathogenesis #Aspergillus #MicroSky
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A mycovirus infecting the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus enhances its stress tolerance and virulence in mice.
@shlezingerlab.bsky.social #Mycoviruses #FungalPathogenesis #Aspergillus #MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Aspergillus fumigatus dsRNA virus promotes fungal fitness and pathogenicity in the mammalian host - Nature Microbiology
A mycovirus infecting the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus enhances its stress tolerance and virulence in mice.
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August 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
#NewResearch
A mycovirus infecting the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus enhances its stress tolerance and virulence in mice.
@shlezingerlab.bsky.social #Mycoviruses #FungalPathogenesis #Aspergillus #MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A mycovirus infecting the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus enhances its stress tolerance and virulence in mice.
@shlezingerlab.bsky.social #Mycoviruses #FungalPathogenesis #Aspergillus #MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Time pressure gets in the way of ideas. Developing ‘creative oases’ and small grants for risky ideas can encourage innovative thinking in science
go.nature.com/459cPQz
go.nature.com/459cPQz
Can creativity in science be learnt? These researchers think so
Time pressure gets in the way of ideas. Developing ‘creative oases’ and small grants for risky ideas can encourage innovative thinking in science.
go.nature.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Time pressure gets in the way of ideas. Developing ‘creative oases’ and small grants for risky ideas can encourage innovative thinking in science
go.nature.com/459cPQz
go.nature.com/459cPQz
Candida albicans Goliath cells pioneer biofilm formation | mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Congratulations Iana and Duncan on your beautiful paper! Goliath cells could be the key to many processes that we don't understand well.
Congratulations Iana and Duncan on your beautiful paper! Goliath cells could be the key to many processes that we don't understand well.
Candida albicans Goliath cells pioneer biofilm formation | mBio
Goliath cells, known for their large size and stickiness to plastic, are triggered
by limited access to the essential mineral zinc. They are a specialized cell type
of Candida albicans, a fungus that ...
journals.asm.org
August 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Candida albicans Goliath cells pioneer biofilm formation | mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Congratulations Iana and Duncan on your beautiful paper! Goliath cells could be the key to many processes that we don't understand well.
Congratulations Iana and Duncan on your beautiful paper! Goliath cells could be the key to many processes that we don't understand well.
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Excellent thread.
If you're American, you are literally safer from violence and theft than your parents or grandparents were. But almost no one realizes that.
If you're American, you are literally safer from violence and theft than your parents or grandparents were. But almost no one realizes that.
1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s
An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late last year.
popular.info
August 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Excellent thread.
If you're American, you are literally safer from violence and theft than your parents or grandparents were. But almost no one realizes that.
If you're American, you are literally safer from violence and theft than your parents or grandparents were. But almost no one realizes that.
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Today, our article "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly" is finally published in PNAS. I hope that it proves to be a wake-up-call for the whole scientific community.
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
A do-or-die moment for the scientific enterprise
Reflecting on our paper “The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly”
reeserichardson.blog
August 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Today, our article "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly" is finally published in PNAS. I hope that it proves to be a wake-up-call for the whole scientific community.
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
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I'm excited to announce our new biorxiv preprint, wherein we investigate the evolution of the weirdest genetic locus I've ever seen! Behold the tgr genes of the social amoeba, which mediate self/non-self discrimination during facultative multicellularity 🐅 🧵 1/
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Hypermutable hotspot enables the rapid evolution of self/non-self recognition genes in Dictyostelium
Cells require highly polymorphic receptors to perform accurate self/non-self recognition. In the amoeba Dicytostelium discoideum, polymorphic TgrB1 & TgrC1 proteins are used to bind sister cells and e...
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August 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I'm excited to announce our new biorxiv preprint, wherein we investigate the evolution of the weirdest genetic locus I've ever seen! Behold the tgr genes of the social amoeba, which mediate self/non-self discrimination during facultative multicellularity 🐅 🧵 1/
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept @embl.org
has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
Group Leader - Genome Biology Unit
Are you ready to lead groundbreaking research in Genome Biology? Join us at EMBL! We are seeking a motivated scientist to lead an independent research group addressing exciting and original biological...
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July 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept @embl.org
has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
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Excited to report that Joy Bergelson (bergelsonlab.org) and I will be running a brand new GRC conference on the Function of Evolving Systems in the summer of 2026. The 2028 one will be chaired by Mikhail Tikhonov (physics.wustl.edu/people/mikha...) and @asanchezlab.bsky.social! Stay tuned!
Faculty
physics.wustl.edu
December 30, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Excited to report that Joy Bergelson (bergelsonlab.org) and I will be running a brand new GRC conference on the Function of Evolving Systems in the summer of 2026. The 2028 one will be chaired by Mikhail Tikhonov (physics.wustl.edu/people/mikha...) and @asanchezlab.bsky.social! Stay tuned!
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𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲: 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗔𝗠𝗥
Staphylococcus aureus evolves antibiotic resistance rapidly in diabetic mice, as hyperglycemia aids the expansion and takeover of resistant mutants
VISA strains have a large fitness defect in control mice but not in diabetic mice
➡️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Staphylococcus aureus evolves antibiotic resistance rapidly in diabetic mice, as hyperglycemia aids the expansion and takeover of resistant mutants
VISA strains have a large fitness defect in control mice but not in diabetic mice
➡️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Diabetes potentiates the emergence and expansion of antibiotic resistance
Diabetic infections are a reservoir for the emergence and proliferation of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
www.science.org
February 13, 2025 at 5:09 AM
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲: 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗔𝗠𝗥
Staphylococcus aureus evolves antibiotic resistance rapidly in diabetic mice, as hyperglycemia aids the expansion and takeover of resistant mutants
VISA strains have a large fitness defect in control mice but not in diabetic mice
➡️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Staphylococcus aureus evolves antibiotic resistance rapidly in diabetic mice, as hyperglycemia aids the expansion and takeover of resistant mutants
VISA strains have a large fitness defect in control mice but not in diabetic mice
➡️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
doi: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
How Weizmann Institute scientists are moving forward. Resiliance at its best.
How Weizmann Institute scientists are moving forward. Resiliance at its best.
How we’re rebuilding the Weizmann Institute — and our hopes for a better future
Scientific research is at the heart of Israel’s success and has worldwide benefits. Our work will continue despite adversity.
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July 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
doi: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
How Weizmann Institute scientists are moving forward. Resiliance at its best.
How Weizmann Institute scientists are moving forward. Resiliance at its best.
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What day is Trump planning his huge ego-wank parade? Because it would be hilarious if Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift collaborated on a free concert in the same town on that day...
May 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
What day is Trump planning his huge ego-wank parade? Because it would be hilarious if Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift collaborated on a free concert in the same town on that day...
The new reality for American academia | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The new reality for American academia
The endless churn of damaging actions from the Trump administration toward science—from freezing and canceling grants to ending programs that encourage greater participation in science—has wreaked hav...
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May 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The new reality for American academia | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Abstract submission for the Candida and Candidiasis 2025 is open until 23:59 BST on 15 May 2025. Learn more on our website: microb.io/4iyIHTp
Candida and Candidiasis 2025
06 - 09 October 2025
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April 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Abstract submission for the Candida and Candidiasis 2025 is open until 23:59 BST on 15 May 2025. Learn more on our website: microb.io/4iyIHTp
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When the conference organizers ask if you can send in your slides a week in advance
April 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM
When the conference organizers ask if you can send in your slides a week in advance
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A blood test biomarker for early detection of Parkinson's disease when there are no symptoms @natureaging.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Pre-symptomatic Parkinson’s disease blood test quantifying repetitive sequence motifs in transfer RNA fragments - Nature Aging
Madrer et al. identify a Parkinson’s disease–specific increase in transfer RNA (tRNA) fragments in human blood, cerebrospinal fluid and postmortem brain tissue, demonstrating the ability of blood-base...
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April 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A blood test biomarker for early detection of Parkinson's disease when there are no symptoms @natureaging.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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April 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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🔥New Night Science paper!!
Discovery happens when your initial plans fall apart but it requires you to have a particular mindset: it's not extraverted, orderly, neurotic or agreeable that's the most important – discovery requires an OPENNESS to new ideas and unexpected insights.
Discovery happens when your initial plans fall apart but it requires you to have a particular mindset: it's not extraverted, orderly, neurotic or agreeable that's the most important – discovery requires an OPENNESS to new ideas and unexpected insights.
April 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🔥New Night Science paper!!
Discovery happens when your initial plans fall apart but it requires you to have a particular mindset: it's not extraverted, orderly, neurotic or agreeable that's the most important – discovery requires an OPENNESS to new ideas and unexpected insights.
Discovery happens when your initial plans fall apart but it requires you to have a particular mindset: it's not extraverted, orderly, neurotic or agreeable that's the most important – discovery requires an OPENNESS to new ideas and unexpected insights.
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Who does that? We rented a train JUST for the conference, that will take the participants from Prague to the woods of Bohemia. There'll be talks ON THE TRAIN. In Prague we'll have 5 locations with different atmospheres.
#theconferencetoendallconferences Register now:
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#theconferencetoendallconferences Register now:
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April 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Who does that? We rented a train JUST for the conference, that will take the participants from Prague to the woods of Bohemia. There'll be talks ON THE TRAIN. In Prague we'll have 5 locations with different atmospheres.
#theconferencetoendallconferences Register now:
woodstock.img.cas.cz
#theconferencetoendallconferences Register now:
woodstock.img.cas.cz
Nice writeup on the TAU postdoc-club kickoff--a Night Science workshop—with special guest Itai Yanai @Itaiyanai.bsky.social. Thanks to Shmunis School, Safra Bioinformatics Center, Center for AI & Data Science, and Lowy International School—all at TAU.
international.tau.ac.il/postdoc-club...
international.tau.ac.il/postdoc-club...
What Can Bob Dylan Teach Researchers?
TAU postdocs get a crash course in the art of scientific discovery
international.tau.ac.il
March 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Nice writeup on the TAU postdoc-club kickoff--a Night Science workshop—with special guest Itai Yanai @Itaiyanai.bsky.social. Thanks to Shmunis School, Safra Bioinformatics Center, Center for AI & Data Science, and Lowy International School—all at TAU.
international.tau.ac.il/postdoc-club...
international.tau.ac.il/postdoc-club...
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Night science is all about facilitating the import and export of ideas between scientists. Today at the workshop in Tel Aviv University we encouraged an open mind and an improvisational attitude to enthusiastically apply ‘night science’ thinking tools to our problems. 🙏 @judithberman11.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Night science is all about facilitating the import and export of ideas between scientists. Today at the workshop in Tel Aviv University we encouraged an open mind and an improvisational attitude to enthusiastically apply ‘night science’ thinking tools to our problems. 🙏 @judithberman11.bsky.social