Mike Fainzilber
@mfainzilber.bsky.social
Molecular neuroscience, cell biology, aikido and haiku, not necessarily in that order.
https://www.weizmann.ac.il/Biomolecular_Sciences/Fainzilber/
https://www.weizmann.ac.il/Biomolecular_Sciences/Fainzilber/
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Mike Fainzilber
@mfainzilber.bsky.social
· Sep 30
“There are two races of men in this world, but only these two - the “race” of the decent man and the “race” of the indecent man.”
- Viktor Frankl
- Viktor Frankl
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This has gotten surprisingly little attention — it's not even on the front page of @science.org right now — but it's really hard to describe what the SAFE Research Act would do to US science and scientists without sounding insane
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
November 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This has gotten surprisingly little attention — it's not even on the front page of @science.org right now — but it's really hard to describe what the SAFE Research Act would do to US science and scientists without sounding insane
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Reposted by Mike Fainzilber
Dang, hard disagree. The best papers to write and read are works of art, not merely a list of data and statements.
Don’t let LLMs take this away too, for gods sake.
Don’t let LLMs take this away too, for gods sake.
I honestly think we would all be a lot more productive if papers were bullet points with plots.
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Dang, hard disagree. The best papers to write and read are works of art, not merely a list of data and statements.
Don’t let LLMs take this away too, for gods sake.
Don’t let LLMs take this away too, for gods sake.
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The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
cold drizzle
when did it start
this talking to myself
- Beverly Acuff Momoi
on
tinywords.com/2025/11/14/4...
when did it start
this talking to myself
- Beverly Acuff Momoi
on
tinywords.com/2025/11/14/4...
tinywords
cold drizzle when did it start this talking to myself
tinywords.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
cold drizzle
when did it start
this talking to myself
- Beverly Acuff Momoi
on
tinywords.com/2025/11/14/4...
when did it start
this talking to myself
- Beverly Acuff Momoi
on
tinywords.com/2025/11/14/4...
I taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)
YouTube video by Mattias Krantz
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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A handy translation guide for non-academic speakers.
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A handy translation guide for non-academic speakers.
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I’ve been in Toronto at the #astmh meeting these past few days and last night some very good news was presented here: A new malaria drug has proven efficacious in a large trial and could soon be approved.🧪
My story in @science.org (and 🧵on why it's important to come):
www.science.org/content/arti...
My story in @science.org (and 🧵on why it's important to come):
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘A sigh of relief’: New malaria drug succeeds in large clinical trial
As existing drugs falter because of resistance, the world gets a backup—but hard choices loom on how to use it
www.science.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I’ve been in Toronto at the #astmh meeting these past few days and last night some very good news was presented here: A new malaria drug has proven efficacious in a large trial and could soon be approved.🧪
My story in @science.org (and 🧵on why it's important to come):
www.science.org/content/arti...
My story in @science.org (and 🧵on why it's important to come):
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Registration for THE chemical biology conference of 2026 is now open! EMBO ChemBio 2026 in Heidelberg
DeGrado, Arikin, Picotti (Keynotes). @lmkdassama.bsky.social @brianliau.bsky.social @rhodamine110.bsky.social @benlehner.bsky.social @alitavassoli.bsky.social
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
DeGrado, Arikin, Picotti (Keynotes). @lmkdassama.bsky.social @brianliau.bsky.social @rhodamine110.bsky.social @benlehner.bsky.social @alitavassoli.bsky.social
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
Chemical biology 2026
www.embl.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Registration for THE chemical biology conference of 2026 is now open! EMBO ChemBio 2026 in Heidelberg
DeGrado, Arikin, Picotti (Keynotes). @lmkdassama.bsky.social @brianliau.bsky.social @rhodamine110.bsky.social @benlehner.bsky.social @alitavassoli.bsky.social
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
DeGrado, Arikin, Picotti (Keynotes). @lmkdassama.bsky.social @brianliau.bsky.social @rhodamine110.bsky.social @benlehner.bsky.social @alitavassoli.bsky.social
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
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ahem, ONE of THE chemical biology conferences of 2026:) www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
Chemical Tools for Complex Biological Systems IV
Organizers Luke Lavis, HHMI/Janelia Research Campus Matthew Bogyo, Stanford University Zev Gartner, University of California, San Francisco Jennifer Prescher, University of California, Irvine
www.janelia.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ahem, ONE of THE chemical biology conferences of 2026:) www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
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How to render a publishing ban moot? Change your surname and just keep submitting.
Author changes name, publishes 10 papers in journals that banned him
How to render a publishing ban moot? Change your surname and just keep submitting. That’s what happened in the case of Hashem Babaei, aka Hashem Gharababaei. In 2010, the Institution of Mechanical …
retractionwatch.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
How to render a publishing ban moot? Change your surname and just keep submitting.
“You have whitewashed your hands, soothed your conscience, and may now look in the mirror with the impression that you have done something. Did you stop to ask yourselves what change your decision has truly achieved?”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/w...
Israeli Academics Find Themselves Isolated Despite Gaza Cease-Fire
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“You have whitewashed your hands, soothed your conscience, and may now look in the mirror with the impression that you have done something. Did you stop to ask yourselves what change your decision has truly achieved?”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/w...
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It's weird. A hundred years ago, only rich people owned cars while everyone else owned horses. Now only rich people own horses while everyone else owns cars.
How the stables have turned.
How the stables have turned.
November 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It's weird. A hundred years ago, only rich people owned cars while everyone else owned horses. Now only rich people own horses while everyone else owns cars.
How the stables have turned.
How the stables have turned.
An insightful and incisive obituary.
“He built the field of modern biology, but he didn’t know when to get off the stage.”
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
“He built the field of modern biology, but he didn’t know when to get off the stage.”
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
An insightful and incisive obituary.
“He built the field of modern biology, but he didn’t know when to get off the stage.”
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
“He built the field of modern biology, but he didn’t know when to get off the stage.”
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
Reposted by Mike Fainzilber
Reposted by Mike Fainzilber
When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
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We’re thrilled to share our Autumn 2025 Edition 🍂 - With 334 voices from 38 countries, this collection captures autumn’s glow, hush, and turning light. Take a moment, #read, and connect.
#haiku #newpoetry
waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2025
#haiku #newpoetry
waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2025
AUTUMN 2025 | home
The Summer '25 Edition of the Wales Haiku Journal
waleshaikujournal.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We’re thrilled to share our Autumn 2025 Edition 🍂 - With 334 voices from 38 countries, this collection captures autumn’s glow, hush, and turning light. Take a moment, #read, and connect.
#haiku #newpoetry
waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2025
#haiku #newpoetry
waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2025
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Sandwich guy has been acquitted. Lettuce rejoice.
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Sandwich guy has been acquitted. Lettuce rejoice.
Reposted by Mike Fainzilber
AI letters are flooding the medical literature. (gift link)
Thanks, Altman.
Thanks, Altman.
The Editor Got a Letter From ‘Dr. B.S.’ So Did a Lot of Other Editors.
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
AI letters are flooding the medical literature. (gift link)
Thanks, Altman.
Thanks, Altman.
“Now China’s copycat version is coming into its own—just as the American original risks losing its vim because cuts to federal research funding in the first step are tripping up the other three.”
www.economist.com/business/202...
www.economist.com/business/202...
China’s life-sciences industry is turning American
Meanwhile, America is abandoning its winning formula
www.economist.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“Now China’s copycat version is coming into its own—just as the American original risks losing its vim because cuts to federal research funding in the first step are tripping up the other three.”
www.economist.com/business/202...
www.economist.com/business/202...
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It is finally out! Updated with exciting in-vivo microtubule disruption results to protect Lmna deficient nuclei from damage. My final postdoc project with Prosser Lab and a great collaboration with @lammerdinglab.bsky.social, Shenoy Lab, and Jain lab.
Research | Amiad Pavlov, Heffler et al. demonstrate that stress transmitted to the cardiomyocyte nucleus by the microtubule cage drives LMNA-associated cardiomyopathy and may represent a promising therapeutic target.
doi.org/10.1038/s441...
rdcu.be/eOeTA
doi.org/10.1038/s441...
rdcu.be/eOeTA
Microtubule forces drive nuclear damage in LMNA cardiomyopathy - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Amiad Pavlov, Heffler, et al. demonstrate that stress transmitted to the cardiomyocyte nucleus by the microtubule cage drives LMNA-associated cardiomyopathy and may represent a promising therapeutic t...
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It is finally out! Updated with exciting in-vivo microtubule disruption results to protect Lmna deficient nuclei from damage. My final postdoc project with Prosser Lab and a great collaboration with @lammerdinglab.bsky.social, Shenoy Lab, and Jain lab.