Will Glynn 🏳️🌈🪐🧬🔶
@willglynn.bsky.social
I work in a lab performing extractions, PCRs and other molecular biology techniques | Amateur astronomer | Dabbler in languages | Aspiring Gaeilgeoir | Living with ARVC | he/him/his
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Bit late to the party...WGS based oral microbiome GWAS makes Nature! Some very cool bacterial functional associations are discussed in the paper. Check it out! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
Human and bacterial genetic variation shape oral microbiomes and health - Nature
Human genetic loci that associate with composition of the oral microbiome are identified using saliva-derived DNA, where the same host genetics also shapes oral health and genetic varia...
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February 9, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Bit late to the party...WGS based oral microbiome GWAS makes Nature! Some very cool bacterial functional associations are discussed in the paper. Check it out! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
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New paper is finally out!! All about the potential for cryovolcanism on Umbriel, one of the mysterious satellites of Uranus: doi.org/10.1029/2025...
Assessing the Plausibility of Past Cryovolcanism on Umbriel Using the Wunda Impact Crater
We performed numerical simulations of the formation of Umbriel's Wunda impact crater to explore the origin of its bright deposits
Wunda's morphology is most compatible with a thinner and/or weake...
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February 8, 2026 at 6:57 PM
New paper is finally out!! All about the potential for cryovolcanism on Umbriel, one of the mysterious satellites of Uranus: doi.org/10.1029/2025...
I’ve submitted the last piece of coursework for my Advanced Human Genetics module. That’s one module out of four done for my Postgraduate Diploma 🧬💻🧪
February 8, 2026 at 11:28 PM
I’ve submitted the last piece of coursework for my Advanced Human Genetics module. That’s one module out of four done for my Postgraduate Diploma 🧬💻🧪
Although we still don’t fully understand what Vaults do in nature, that hasn’t stopped Chao et al. from engineering it into a time capsule to sequester mRNAs, allowing researchers to investigate gene expression at multiple time points for the same cell 🧪🧫 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
February 8, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Although we still don’t fully understand what Vaults do in nature, that hasn’t stopped Chao et al. from engineering it into a time capsule to sequester mRNAs, allowing researchers to investigate gene expression at multiple time points for the same cell 🧪🧫 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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"Rien que du sang et des douilles" : témoignage exclusif d’un manifestant iranien
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"Rien que du sang et des douilles" : témoignage exclusif d’un manifestant iranien
Le 8 janvier, tandis que les Iraniens se soulèvent, le régime coupe Internet et plonge le pays dans le silence. Dans les rues, la répression vire au massacre. Ali, survivant, livre pour Reporter+ un…
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February 7, 2026 at 11:30 AM
"Rien que du sang et des douilles" : témoignage exclusif d’un manifestant iranien
www.france24.com/fr/asie-paci...
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Somewhere I still have the hand-drawn revision diagram I did of a bacterial flagellum for my first year undergrad exams 🧪
ICYMI Out Now! The building blocks of one of the most complex flagellar nanomachines #MicroSky
The building blocks of one of the most complex flagellar nanomachines
Nature Microbiology, Published online: 03 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02275-wA near-complete model for the complex structure of the Campylobacter jejuni flagellar motor revealed different mechanisms of assembly, activation and stability from the simple ‘classical’ flagellar model. Some of the additional motor structures in C. jejuni are conserved and only found in species of Campylobacterota, whose ancestor likely co-opted type IV pilus components from bacteria in the deep ocean.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Somewhere I still have the hand-drawn revision diagram I did of a bacterial flagellum for my first year undergrad exams 🧪
Tending to my kefir 🥛🦠
February 5, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Tending to my kefir 🥛🦠
I will be pronouncing the “f” in the future tense of Irish verbs and there is nothing anyone can do to stop me #speirgorm
February 5, 2026 at 10:56 AM
I will be pronouncing the “f” in the future tense of Irish verbs and there is nothing anyone can do to stop me #speirgorm
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'There were no fancy pieces of equipment, no incomprehensible statistical analyses (...) Instead, it merely involved a researcher, some petri dishes & a lab book in which to record the results of crosses that were intellectually complex to conceive of, but which were remarkably simple to carry out.'
A breakthrough from 60 years ago: “General nature of the genetic code for proteins” (1961)
In 1961, Francis Crick and Sydney Brenner, together with two Cambridge colleagues, published an article in Nature that used simple genetic experiments to demonstrate that the genetic code was almost ...
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February 4, 2026 at 11:31 AM
'There were no fancy pieces of equipment, no incomprehensible statistical analyses (...) Instead, it merely involved a researcher, some petri dishes & a lab book in which to record the results of crosses that were intellectually complex to conceive of, but which were remarkably simple to carry out.'
I propose that the planets of TRAPPIST-1 be given names from the Hindu pantheon, as follows:
• TRAPPIST-1: Brahma
• b: Vishnu
• c: Shiva
• d: Ganesha
• e: Parvati
• f: Lakshmi
• g: Saraswati
• h: Kali or Indra
Explanations in the following skeets 🔭🔴🌒
• TRAPPIST-1: Brahma
• b: Vishnu
• c: Shiva
• d: Ganesha
• e: Parvati
• f: Lakshmi
• g: Saraswati
• h: Kali or Indra
Explanations in the following skeets 🔭🔴🌒
February 4, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I propose that the planets of TRAPPIST-1 be given names from the Hindu pantheon, as follows:
• TRAPPIST-1: Brahma
• b: Vishnu
• c: Shiva
• d: Ganesha
• e: Parvati
• f: Lakshmi
• g: Saraswati
• h: Kali or Indra
Explanations in the following skeets 🔭🔴🌒
• TRAPPIST-1: Brahma
• b: Vishnu
• c: Shiva
• d: Ganesha
• e: Parvati
• f: Lakshmi
• g: Saraswati
• h: Kali or Indra
Explanations in the following skeets 🔭🔴🌒
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Would you dare to stand up against the wrath of a star?! Brave little Venus does... and still has an atmosphere! ☀️💨🪐🧲
Next #RockyWorldsDiscussion on Thu 5 Feb @ 14:00 UTC features Moa Persson on "Venus: Defying the Solar Wind Without a Magnetic Shield"
More: www.rockyworlds.org/event-detail...
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Next #RockyWorldsDiscussion on Thu 5 Feb @ 14:00 UTC features Moa Persson on "Venus: Defying the Solar Wind Without a Magnetic Shield"
More: www.rockyworlds.org/event-detail...
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February 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Would you dare to stand up against the wrath of a star?! Brave little Venus does... and still has an atmosphere! ☀️💨🪐🧲
Next #RockyWorldsDiscussion on Thu 5 Feb @ 14:00 UTC features Moa Persson on "Venus: Defying the Solar Wind Without a Magnetic Shield"
More: www.rockyworlds.org/event-detail...
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Next #RockyWorldsDiscussion on Thu 5 Feb @ 14:00 UTC features Moa Persson on "Venus: Defying the Solar Wind Without a Magnetic Shield"
More: www.rockyworlds.org/event-detail...
🧪🔭
First crocuses of spring, including what I suspect is a honeybee, assuming it’s not some fly with Batesian mimicry 🌷🐝🪰
February 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
First crocuses of spring, including what I suspect is a honeybee, assuming it’s not some fly with Batesian mimicry 🌷🐝🪰
Who knew yaks and humans had so much in common 🦬🧬💀🧪
The Altai wasn’t just home to Denisovans. 🏔️🧬Ancient DNA revealed unexpected bovine diversity 🦬, including a mysterious yak-like lineage (yak "X") now seemingly lost to time.
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #ancientDNA #aDNA #paleogenomics #zooarchaeology #denisovacave #altai
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#MetagenomicsMonday #ancientDNA #aDNA #paleogenomics #zooarchaeology #denisovacave #altai
Paleogenomics Reveals a Loss of Bovine Lineages in Mid-latitude Asia Over the Last 200,000 Years
Abstract. Bovines have a complex yet poorly understood evolutionary history that is characterized by admixture and diversity loss during the Late Pleistoce
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February 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Who knew yaks and humans had so much in common 🦬🧬💀🧪
Alberts et al.’s legendary textbook « Molecular Biology of the Cell » costs an arm and a leg. Luckily, I was able to get this German translation from Leipzig for only £16 🧪🧫📚🇩🇪
February 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Alberts et al.’s legendary textbook « Molecular Biology of the Cell » costs an arm and a leg. Luckily, I was able to get this German translation from Leipzig for only £16 🧪🧫📚🇩🇪
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Join us 🔴LIVE🔴 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, February 2nd, from 7:00 a.m. EST / 12:00 UTC, as NASA conducts a Wet Dress Rehearsal for the first crewed mission to launch towards the Moon since 1972, Artemis II.
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NASA conducts Wet Dress Rehearsal on SLS ahead of Artemis II
NASA is conducting a Wet Dress Rehearsal ahead of a potential February launch, the first crewed mission to the Moon in over 50 years.
Overview article: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/01/nasa-mi...
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February 2, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Join us 🔴LIVE🔴 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, February 2nd, from 7:00 a.m. EST / 12:00 UTC, as NASA conducts a Wet Dress Rehearsal for the first crewed mission to launch towards the Moon since 1972, Artemis II.
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I saw this today and then chipped my front lower incisor on my fork whilst eating some spare ribs 🍴
Co. Clare.
Feakle, from the Irish 'An fhiacail', meaning 'the tooth'. The patron saint of the parish built a church where he lost his tooth.
Furnacetown, wasn't that a place in Mad Max? There was a smelter there in the 1700s.
Clashmore, 'Clais mór', big ravine.
#speirgorm
Feakle, from the Irish 'An fhiacail', meaning 'the tooth'. The patron saint of the parish built a church where he lost his tooth.
Furnacetown, wasn't that a place in Mad Max? There was a smelter there in the 1700s.
Clashmore, 'Clais mór', big ravine.
#speirgorm
February 1, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I saw this today and then chipped my front lower incisor on my fork whilst eating some spare ribs 🍴
This is what Peter Davison saw before he turned into Colin Baker 😵💫
February 1, 2026 at 12:40 PM
This is what Peter Davison saw before he turned into Colin Baker 😵💫
From what I can gather about predatory publishers, it’s MDPI maybe Frontiers avoid like the plague 🧪📚
January 31, 2026 at 10:42 AM
From what I can gather about predatory publishers, it’s MDPI maybe Frontiers avoid like the plague 🧪📚
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It's a real full-circle moment because rhetoric that was refined in anti-trans propaganda is now being turned around to argue against gay marriage.
Note the renewed focus on children and the deployment of "biological parents" as a more-naturalized, more 'legitimate' category.
Note the renewed focus on children and the deployment of "biological parents" as a more-naturalized, more 'legitimate' category.
January 30, 2026 at 4:40 AM
It's a real full-circle moment because rhetoric that was refined in anti-trans propaganda is now being turned around to argue against gay marriage.
Note the renewed focus on children and the deployment of "biological parents" as a more-naturalized, more 'legitimate' category.
Note the renewed focus on children and the deployment of "biological parents" as a more-naturalized, more 'legitimate' category.
Why is every DVD nowadays £30 and out of print 🎥🎞️📀
January 30, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Why is every DVD nowadays £30 and out of print 🎥🎞️📀
Tantalising single-transit detection of a 1.06R🜨 planet in the outer habitable zone of an orange dwarf star. Mass, and hence composition, are still unknown 🟠🪐🔭 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
A Cool Earth-sized Planet Candidate Transiting a Tenth Magnitude K-dwarf From K2
A Cool Earth-sized Planet Candidate Transiting a Tenth Magnitude K-dwarf From K2, Venner, Alexander, Vanderburg, Andrew, Huang, Chelsea X., Dholakia, Shishir, Schwengeler, Hans Martin, Howell, Steve B., Wittenmyer, Robert A., Kristiansen, Martti H., Omohundro, Mark, Terentev, Ivan A.
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January 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Tantalising single-transit detection of a 1.06R🜨 planet in the outer habitable zone of an orange dwarf star. Mass, and hence composition, are still unknown 🟠🪐🔭 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
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A Cambrian soft-bodied biota after the first Phanerozoic mass extinction | nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A Cambrian soft-bodied biota after the first Phanerozoic mass extinction - Nature
The Huayuan biota exhibits extraordinary biodiversity, illuminating the impact of the Phanerozoic mass extinction around 513 million years ago and offering critical insights into the transformation of...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A Cambrian soft-bodied biota after the first Phanerozoic mass extinction | nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Stub articles on Irish Wikipedia are called “síolta”, meaning “seeds” 🌱
I feel I’m almost getting to the point where I can read Wikipedia articles in Irish. Ultimately something I’d love to do is add to the articles myself once I’m a fully-fledged Gaeilgeoir. It would be a nice way to give back #speirgorm
January 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Stub articles on Irish Wikipedia are called “síolta”, meaning “seeds” 🌱
Alrighty, I think that’s enough work done on my presentation for one evening 🧠🧪💻
January 28, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Alrighty, I think that’s enough work done on my presentation for one evening 🧠🧪💻