Steve Trutane
@trutane.bsky.social
Recovering computational biologist/genome scientist turned parkour/fitness instructor. Multisport event organizer. Barefoot-running, triathletic wikipedian with scicomm aspirations.
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Steve Trutane
@trutane.bsky.social
· Mar 24
Added a banner image to my bsky profile: a condensed view of Bow Lake near Banff National Park, Alberta Canada. Photo was taken on 4 July 2023. The full, uncropped, unsquished version is included here. Shot with an iPhone 12 mini.
#CanadianRockies🏔️ #BanffNationalPark
#mountain #photography
#CanadianRockies🏔️ #BanffNationalPark
#mountain #photography
Comparing cooperative geometric puzzle solving in ants versus humans www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... (OA) Tabea Dreyer et al. + Ofer Feinerman ✉️
“complex brains require extensive communication to cooperate efficiently”
#CollectiveCognition #cooperation
Longhorn crazy #ants
#Myrmecology 🐜
“complex brains require extensive communication to cooperate efficiently”
#CollectiveCognition #cooperation
Longhorn crazy #ants
#Myrmecology 🐜
January 13, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Comparing cooperative geometric puzzle solving in ants versus humans www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... (OA) Tabea Dreyer et al. + Ofer Feinerman ✉️
“complex brains require extensive communication to cooperate efficiently”
#CollectiveCognition #cooperation
Longhorn crazy #ants
#Myrmecology 🐜
“complex brains require extensive communication to cooperate efficiently”
#CollectiveCognition #cooperation
Longhorn crazy #ants
#Myrmecology 🐜
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Video introduction to our new “Conformational Biasing” method for computational design of mutations that bias proteins towards desired conformational states
CB part starts at 14:55
Thanks to Peter Cavanagh and Andrew Xue – amazing graduate students who co-led this work
CB part starts at 14:55
Thanks to Peter Cavanagh and Andrew Xue – amazing graduate students who co-led this work
Alice Ting Rosettacon keynote 2025
YouTube video by Alice Ting
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Video introduction to our new “Conformational Biasing” method for computational design of mutations that bias proteins towards desired conformational states
CB part starts at 14:55
Thanks to Peter Cavanagh and Andrew Xue – amazing graduate students who co-led this work
CB part starts at 14:55
Thanks to Peter Cavanagh and Andrew Xue – amazing graduate students who co-led this work
Nice #OpenScience contribution by @arcadiascience.com
Demo/proof of concept using #Chlamy colony analysis 👇🏼
Notes:
1️⃣ #Chlamydomonas algae here — not to be confused with #Chlamydia bacterium
2️⃣ #Raman spectroscopy — not to be confused with #ramen cuisine 🍜
Demo/proof of concept using #Chlamy colony analysis 👇🏼
Notes:
1️⃣ #Chlamydomonas algae here — not to be confused with #Chlamydia bacterium
2️⃣ #Raman spectroscopy — not to be confused with #ramen cuisine 🍜
We demonstrated AutoOpenRaman's capabilities by automatically collecting 200 Raman spectra from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii colonies in 68 minutes across a 96-well plate format. The system successfully detected β-carotene signatures in the algae. [6/8]
January 13, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Nice #OpenScience contribution by @arcadiascience.com
Demo/proof of concept using #Chlamy colony analysis 👇🏼
Notes:
1️⃣ #Chlamydomonas algae here — not to be confused with #Chlamydia bacterium
2️⃣ #Raman spectroscopy — not to be confused with #ramen cuisine 🍜
Demo/proof of concept using #Chlamy colony analysis 👇🏼
Notes:
1️⃣ #Chlamydomonas algae here — not to be confused with #Chlamydia bacterium
2️⃣ #Raman spectroscopy — not to be confused with #ramen cuisine 🍜
Reposted by Steve Trutane
Interesting study showing how genetic variation can limit antibody therapies, led by the DBM team (Lepore & Jeker) with computational structural analysis from @torstenschwede.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
#PrecisionMedicine #Genetics #AntibodyTherapy
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
#PrecisionMedicine #Genetics #AntibodyTherapy
December 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Interesting study showing how genetic variation can limit antibody therapies, led by the DBM team (Lepore & Jeker) with computational structural analysis from @torstenschwede.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
#PrecisionMedicine #Genetics #AntibodyTherapy
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
#PrecisionMedicine #Genetics #AntibodyTherapy
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Btw, I used Southwest’s feedback form to let them know about this “planet 404” website glitch, so they may eventually address it — which would be easier than re-printing the cups!
#bamboo #ecoFriendly #ecoSky
#singleUsePlastic #singleUsePlastics
#plasticPollution #plastics
#bamboo #ecoFriendly #ecoSky
#singleUsePlastic #singleUsePlastics
#plasticPollution #plastics
December 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Btw, I used Southwest’s feedback form to let them know about this “planet 404” website glitch, so they may eventually address it — which would be easier than re-printing the cups!
#bamboo #ecoFriendly #ecoSky
#singleUsePlastic #singleUsePlastics
#plasticPollution #plastics
#bamboo #ecoFriendly #ecoSky
#singleUsePlastic #singleUsePlastics
#plasticPollution #plastics
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We're drowning in plastic: Plastic pollution will more than double by 2040 without action. But Pew's new report (launched today) shows that we have the solutions to dramatically reduce it. The question is whether we'll act in time. [🧵 1/3]
Breaking the Plastic Wave 2025
Our analysis also finds that plastic is interconnected with other global challenges, and that solving the plastic pollution problem will have broad implications for improving the health of people, the...
www.pew.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We're drowning in plastic: Plastic pollution will more than double by 2040 without action. But Pew's new report (launched today) shows that we have the solutions to dramatically reduce it. The question is whether we'll act in time. [🧵 1/3]
On a recent Southwest flight, I was served a beverage in a bamboo cup that had Southwest.com/planet printed on it.
When I tried to visit that address in a web browser, I got a 404 error on the Southwest website. However, as I’m writing this post in Bsky, it appears to be resolving successfully. 🤔
When I tried to visit that address in a web browser, I got a 404 error on the Southwest website. However, as I’m writing this post in Bsky, it appears to be resolving successfully. 🤔
Environmental Sustainability Initiatives | Southwest Airlines
At Southwest Airlines, we pride ourselves in promoting a healthier Planet. Learn about the efforts we are taking to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050
www.southwest.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
On a recent Southwest flight, I was served a beverage in a bamboo cup that had Southwest.com/planet printed on it.
When I tried to visit that address in a web browser, I got a 404 error on the Southwest website. However, as I’m writing this post in Bsky, it appears to be resolving successfully. 🤔
When I tried to visit that address in a web browser, I got a 404 error on the Southwest website. However, as I’m writing this post in Bsky, it appears to be resolving successfully. 🤔
Reposted by Steve Trutane
🎙️ON AIR:
We're joined by earthquake scientists, who will answer all your questions and tell us the latest in the science of quakes.
❓What are your earthquake questions — about our area, preparedness, warning systems?
📻 Listen:
We're joined by earthquake scientists, who will answer all your questions and tell us the latest in the science of quakes.
❓What are your earthquake questions — about our area, preparedness, warning systems?
📻 Listen:
How Freaked Out Should We Be About All These Small Earthquakes? | KQED
We bring together earthquake scientists to answer all your questions and tell us the latest in the science of quakes.
buff.ly
December 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're joined by earthquake scientists, who will answer all your questions and tell us the latest in the science of quakes.
❓What are your earthquake questions — about our area, preparedness, warning systems?
📻 Listen:
We're joined by earthquake scientists, who will answer all your questions and tell us the latest in the science of quakes.
❓What are your earthquake questions — about our area, preparedness, warning systems?
📻 Listen:
Reposted by Steve Trutane
Fact vs. Fiction:
“You should never run outside or stand in a doorway during an earthquake.”
Let’s break it down. 👇
“You should never run outside or stand in a doorway during an earthquake.”
Let’s break it down. 👇
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Fact vs. Fiction:
“You should never run outside or stand in a doorway during an earthquake.”
Let’s break it down. 👇
“You should never run outside or stand in a doorway during an earthquake.”
Let’s break it down. 👇
Why should I donate to @wikipedia.org & where does my money go? (FAQ) donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/FAQ#Why...?
I got this nice graphic in a thank you email from @wikimediafoundation.org "...helping us build a world where people everywhere have access to free & fair information"
#OpenAccess #Knowledge
I got this nice graphic in a thank you email from @wikimediafoundation.org "...helping us build a world where people everywhere have access to free & fair information"
#OpenAccess #Knowledge
December 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Why should I donate to @wikipedia.org & where does my money go? (FAQ) donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/FAQ#Why...?
I got this nice graphic in a thank you email from @wikimediafoundation.org "...helping us build a world where people everywhere have access to free & fair information"
#OpenAccess #Knowledge
I got this nice graphic in a thank you email from @wikimediafoundation.org "...helping us build a world where people everywhere have access to free & fair information"
#OpenAccess #Knowledge
Interesting X vs Bsky comparison that reflects on userbase science engagement: identical post below by @scifri.bsky.social posted at same time on both X & 🦋 had 10x more reposts & likes on @bsky.app which has about 15x fewer users (40M vs 600M).
#scicomm #sciSky #science 🧬
#scicomm #sciSky #science 🧬
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Interesting X vs Bsky comparison that reflects on userbase science engagement: identical post below by @scifri.bsky.social posted at same time on both X & 🦋 had 10x more reposts & likes on @bsky.app which has about 15x fewer users (40M vs 600M).
#scicomm #sciSky #science 🧬
#scicomm #sciSky #science 🧬
Reposted by Steve Trutane
In 2020, Google’s AI lab released a tool called Alphafold that could predict how amino acids would fold into proteins under many different scenarios. Here’s where it—and its Nobel-winning team—are five years later.
How Alphafold Has Changed Biology Research, 5 Years On
Google's tool for predicting how proteins “fold” turns 5 this year. How is it fitting into biological research—and where is it going?
buff.ly
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In 2020, Google’s AI lab released a tool called Alphafold that could predict how amino acids would fold into proteins under many different scenarios. Here’s where it—and its Nobel-winning team—are five years later.
Reposted by Steve Trutane
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales about the site’s history and why right wing figures like Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson are attacking it.
❓ Has Wikipedia earned your trust? How is it a part of your life?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales about the site’s history and why right wing figures like Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson are attacking it.
❓ Has Wikipedia earned your trust? How is it a part of your life?
📻 Listen:
Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales on How to Build Trust | KQED
Wikipedia, the crowdsourced encyclopedia, is one of the world’s most visited websites, with 11 billion page views each month. Its founder, Jimmy Wales, credits its success to one thing — trust —…
buff.ly
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales about the site’s history and why right wing figures like Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson are attacking it.
❓ Has Wikipedia earned your trust? How is it a part of your life?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales about the site’s history and why right wing figures like Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson are attacking it.
❓ Has Wikipedia earned your trust? How is it a part of your life?
📻 Listen:
Details on the demolition of the White House East wing with a bird’s eye view schematic of how the new ballroom might look, via @wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Wi...
#Eastwing #WhiteHouse 🏛️
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Wi...
#Eastwing #WhiteHouse 🏛️
October 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Details on the demolition of the White House East wing with a bird’s eye view schematic of how the new ballroom might look, via @wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Wi...
#Eastwing #WhiteHouse 🏛️
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Wi...
#Eastwing #WhiteHouse 🏛️
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Hurricanes feed off of warm water. Watch how quickly the eye of #Melissa collapsed as it moved onto land and over the mountainous terrain of Jamaica, and how quickly it is reforming now that it has moved back over water! I will be adding this radar loop to my earth science lectures.
October 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Hurricanes feed off of warm water. Watch how quickly the eye of #Melissa collapsed as it moved onto land and over the mountainous terrain of Jamaica, and how quickly it is reforming now that it has moved back over water! I will be adding this radar loop to my earth science lectures.
Wikipedia picture of the day 29 Oct 2025: portrait of a peacock dance performer w make up. The peacock dance is performed by girls dressed as peacocks during the harvest festival of Thai Pongal in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pe...
Via @wikipedia.org
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pe...
Via @wikipedia.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Wikipedia picture of the day 29 Oct 2025: portrait of a peacock dance performer w make up. The peacock dance is performed by girls dressed as peacocks during the harvest festival of Thai Pongal in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pe...
Via @wikipedia.org
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pe...
Via @wikipedia.org
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Most people experience it at least once and about 5% have recurrent episodes. Though sometimes linked with narcolepsy, on its own it is usually harmless. Understanding the biology can reduce fear. Wake up to more knowledge ➡️ w.wiki/3irU (3/3)
October 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Most people experience it at least once and about 5% have recurrent episodes. Though sometimes linked with narcolepsy, on its own it is usually harmless. Understanding the biology can reduce fear. Wake up to more knowledge ➡️ w.wiki/3irU (3/3)
Few ideas in modern science have reshaped our understanding of reality more profoundly than space-time — the interwoven fabric of space and time at the heart of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity.
Is space-time structure, substance or metaphor?
What does it really mean to say that space-time exists? What kind of thing is it? Does it exist in the same way the galaxy exists?
mappingignorance.org
October 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
“…an overall green network [for @cityofoakland.bsky.social] that prioritizes minimal road crossings & easy gradients, making these inviting spaces for ppl of all ages & abilities to ride, roll, or walk.”
#moreTrees ➡️ lower depression
#greenway ➡️ more physical activity
#bikeFriendly 🚴♂️ #urbanDesign
#moreTrees ➡️ lower depression
#greenway ➡️ more physical activity
#bikeFriendly 🚴♂️ #urbanDesign
The Bicyclist and Pedestrian Advisory Commission dreams of transforming the city’s car-centric roads into a tree-lined paradise.
Oakland needs an 'all-encompassing' citywide greenway, bike commission says
The Bicyclist and Pedestrian Advisory Commission dreams of transforming the city’s car-centric roads into a tree-lined paradise.
oaklandside.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
“…an overall green network [for @cityofoakland.bsky.social] that prioritizes minimal road crossings & easy gradients, making these inviting spaces for ppl of all ages & abilities to ride, roll, or walk.”
#moreTrees ➡️ lower depression
#greenway ➡️ more physical activity
#bikeFriendly 🚴♂️ #urbanDesign
#moreTrees ➡️ lower depression
#greenway ➡️ more physical activity
#bikeFriendly 🚴♂️ #urbanDesign
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Microworkout “movement snack” set ideas, via my Athlete Body Shop project. Note: Some of these might bump you out of “Zone Zero”!👇
#FitnessMotivation #FitnessTips
#ZoneZero #Zone0
#ExerciseISmedicine
x.com/athletebodys...
#FitnessMotivation #FitnessTips
#ZoneZero #Zone0
#ExerciseISmedicine
x.com/athletebodys...
x.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Microworkout “movement snack” set ideas, via my Athlete Body Shop project. Note: Some of these might bump you out of “Zone Zero”!👇
#FitnessMotivation #FitnessTips
#ZoneZero #Zone0
#ExerciseISmedicine
x.com/athletebodys...
#FitnessMotivation #FitnessTips
#ZoneZero #Zone0
#ExerciseISmedicine
x.com/athletebodys...
Berkeley quake just woke everybody up here in #AlbanyCA. Epicenter at Claremont & Tunnel road. Hayward fault rumbler lasted about 3s. No damage to the 🏡 I think…
Revised magnitude is M 4.4
#earthquake #EastBay #BayArea
#HaywardFault
Revised magnitude is M 4.4
#earthquake #EastBay #BayArea
#HaywardFault
September 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Berkeley quake just woke everybody up here in #AlbanyCA. Epicenter at Claremont & Tunnel road. Hayward fault rumbler lasted about 3s. No damage to the 🏡 I think…
Revised magnitude is M 4.4
#earthquake #EastBay #BayArea
#HaywardFault
Revised magnitude is M 4.4
#earthquake #EastBay #BayArea
#HaywardFault
"LFN-Acr/PA uses a component derived from anthrax toxin to introduce Acrs into cells in minutes... shuts down Cas9 activity... boosting genome-editing specificity up to 40%"
Protective antigen–mediated delivery of an anti-CRISPR protein for precision genome editing www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... ($)
Protective antigen–mediated delivery of an anti-CRISPR protein for precision genome editing www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... ($)
September 16, 2025 at 5:24 AM
"LFN-Acr/PA uses a component derived from anthrax toxin to introduce Acrs into cells in minutes... shuts down Cas9 activity... boosting genome-editing specificity up to 40%"
Protective antigen–mediated delivery of an anti-CRISPR protein for precision genome editing www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... ($)
Protective antigen–mediated delivery of an anti-CRISPR protein for precision genome editing www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... ($)
Reposted by Steve Trutane
Researchers in the Johnson Lab have shown that chemotherapy drugs carried by a bottlebrush polymer can be attached to an antibody, which guides the molecule to a tumor. This approach could avoid many of the side effects of systemic chemotherapy delivery.
chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-ne...
chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-ne...
September 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Researchers in the Johnson Lab have shown that chemotherapy drugs carried by a bottlebrush polymer can be attached to an antibody, which guides the molecule to a tumor. This approach could avoid many of the side effects of systemic chemotherapy delivery.
chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-ne...
chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-ne...
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'Solar System' quilt by Ellen Harding Baker of Cedar County, Iowa, US in 1876, she used her textile work as a teaching aid for her lectures on astronomy in the small towns of her state.
Find out more in the 1st @womensart1 book,
'Unravelling Women's Art'....
Find out more in the 1st @womensart1 book,
'Unravelling Women's Art'....
September 14, 2025 at 5:21 AM
'Solar System' quilt by Ellen Harding Baker of Cedar County, Iowa, US in 1876, she used her textile work as a teaching aid for her lectures on astronomy in the small towns of her state.
Find out more in the 1st @womensart1 book,
'Unravelling Women's Art'....
Find out more in the 1st @womensart1 book,
'Unravelling Women's Art'....
"we asked 490 researchers in T32 training programs how likely they would be to go into science if they were a graduate student now...
277 responded: Most were relatively unlikely to choose to pursue science again, only ~1/3 being somewhat or more likely to do so."
#FederalFunding #ScienceTraining
277 responded: Most were relatively unlikely to choose to pursue science again, only ~1/3 being somewhat or more likely to do so."
#FederalFunding #ScienceTraining
August 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"we asked 490 researchers in T32 training programs how likely they would be to go into science if they were a graduate student now...
277 responded: Most were relatively unlikely to choose to pursue science again, only ~1/3 being somewhat or more likely to do so."
#FederalFunding #ScienceTraining
277 responded: Most were relatively unlikely to choose to pursue science again, only ~1/3 being somewhat or more likely to do so."
#FederalFunding #ScienceTraining