Ania Lorenc
@anialorenc.bsky.social
Everyday computational biologist, Sunday gardener. Immunology fan @sangerinstitute.bsky.social. Here her own views from Yorkshire.
#InsulinForAll (me included!)
#InsulinForAll (me included!)
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plinkQC: An Integrated Tool for Ancestry Inference, Sample Selection, and Quality Control in Population Genetics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧬🖥️🧪 R package meyer-lab-cshl.github.io/plinkQC/ #Rstats
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
plinkQC: An Integrated Tool for Ancestry Inference, Sample Selection, and Quality Control in Population Genetics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧬🖥️🧪 R package meyer-lab-cshl.github.io/plinkQC/ #Rstats
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Huh. Mfs trying to destabilise Poland with illegal trilobite imports!
November 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Huh. Mfs trying to destabilise Poland with illegal trilobite imports!
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Sadly, this is true, and already happening.
Maybe I'd say "environment of increased uncertainty" but in substance, right.
Maybe I'd say "environment of increased uncertainty" but in substance, right.
Instead of simply empowering disadvantaged scientists, advanced AI models are creating an environment of mistrust where we will rely even more on poor proxies of reputation, favoring established scientists, privileged institutions and entrenching us into the system of tiered scientific journals.
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Sadly, this is true, and already happening.
Maybe I'd say "environment of increased uncertainty" but in substance, right.
Maybe I'd say "environment of increased uncertainty" but in substance, right.
Obviously trying to revolutionise biology...
But at least you cannot say that they publish everything that is submitted. One of our recent papers (academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...) was rejected from Scientfic Reports for "lack of novelty" (which was probably a good thing, given the type of novelty they are looking for).
Mendelian randomization with proxy exposures: challenges and opportunities
Abstract. A key challenge in human genetics is the discovery of modifiable causal risk factors for complex traits and diseases. Mendelian randomization (MR
academic.oup.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Obviously trying to revolutionise biology...
It seemed so incredible that I visited the link. It's REAL. What was this story about almost 28% margin profit necessary to maintain high editorial standards?
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
It seemed so incredible that I visited the link. It's REAL. What was this story about almost 28% margin profit necessary to maintain high editorial standards?
Thought provoking article about whether face transplants are indeed beneficial for patients. Extreme example of why the bar for benefits is much higher for life-enhancing (as opposed to life-saving) treatments. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable
Twenty years after the first face transplant, patients are dying, data is missing, and the experimental procedure’s future hangs in the balance
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Thought provoking article about whether face transplants are indeed beneficial for patients. Extreme example of why the bar for benefits is much higher for life-enhancing (as opposed to life-saving) treatments. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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26 November 1921 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Bertha van den Berg, was born in Padang in Indonesia (then Dutch East Indies).
In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
26 November 1921 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Bertha van den Berg, was born in Padang in Indonesia (then Dutch East Indies).
In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
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Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
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Not me coming across a write up on Halszka Osmólska, a palaeontologist born in the independent Poland, working for the Polish Academy of Sciences, activist in the Solidarity movement, awarded Order of Restored Poland, dying in Poland. Being labelled as Soviet/Russian in an English academic journal.
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Not me coming across a write up on Halszka Osmólska, a palaeontologist born in the independent Poland, working for the Polish Academy of Sciences, activist in the Solidarity movement, awarded Order of Restored Poland, dying in Poland. Being labelled as Soviet/Russian in an English academic journal.
If they learn English you cannot complain they don't speak English 🤷♀️
This is embarrassing. In 2008, I & my family went to a special school for refugees & migrants before being put in the English school system. These resources disappeared since 2010s. British people became more racist over smaller things. And catch-22, people can't integrate when you don't let them.
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
If they learn English you cannot complain they don't speak English 🤷♀️
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War of aggression, mass killing of civilians, and settler colonialism
Nine out of 10 residential buildings in Mariupol were damaged or destroyed during Russia’s invasion. Now, the apartment blocks are being rebuilt – and offered for sale to Russians with low-interest mortgages. youtube.com/shorts/yxsIV...
From Ruins to Russian Residences
YouTube video by Bellingcat
youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
War of aggression, mass killing of civilians, and settler colonialism
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Really pleased to share the first paper to come out of the lab.
We found that hospital patients were frequently colonised with P. aeruginosa and that the same clone was shared between the gut and the lung.
The phylogenies indicate that the clones moved from lung->gut
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We found that hospital patients were frequently colonised with P. aeruginosa and that the same clone was shared between the gut and the lung.
The phylogenies indicate that the clones moved from lung->gut
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
High frequency body site translocation of nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Nature Communications
Here, the authors report within-host diversity and body site translocation dynamics in hospital samples of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and reveal that body site sharing was likely due to within-patient tra...
www.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Really pleased to share the first paper to come out of the lab.
We found that hospital patients were frequently colonised with P. aeruginosa and that the same clone was shared between the gut and the lung.
The phylogenies indicate that the clones moved from lung->gut
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We found that hospital patients were frequently colonised with P. aeruginosa and that the same clone was shared between the gut and the lung.
The phylogenies indicate that the clones moved from lung->gut
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
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It is unprecedented that 47 medical and public health organizations should come together to condemn the actions of the CDC.
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
1. American Academy of Pediatrics
2. Academic Pediatric Association
3. American Academy of Family Physicians ....
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
1. American Academy of Pediatrics
2. Academic Pediatric Association
3. American Academy of Family Physicians ....
Statement on CDC autism website changes
Our organizations, representing autistic individuals, their families, medical professionals and public health workers, are alarmed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is promoting the ...
www.apha.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It is unprecedented that 47 medical and public health organizations should come together to condemn the actions of the CDC.
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
1. American Academy of Pediatrics
2. Academic Pediatric Association
3. American Academy of Family Physicians ....
www.apha.org/news-and-med...
1. American Academy of Pediatrics
2. Academic Pediatric Association
3. American Academy of Family Physicians ....
The famous hole in the roof in the shape of Brexit
Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The famous hole in the roof in the shape of Brexit
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@ryanairofficial.bsky.social this is from you the lowest of low, refusing to refund a doctor who helped in an emergency. Especially considering the sum involved.
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
@ryanairofficial.bsky.social this is from you the lowest of low, refusing to refund a doctor who helped in an emergency. Especially considering the sum involved.
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23 November 1943 | A transport of 1,181 Jews arrived at #Auschwitz from Drancy in occupied France. The train departed with 1,200 Jews, but 19 escaped on the way.
After the arrival selection, 895 people were murdered in a gas chamber. 9-year-old Francis Levin was among them.
After the arrival selection, 895 people were murdered in a gas chamber. 9-year-old Francis Levin was among them.
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
23 November 1943 | A transport of 1,181 Jews arrived at #Auschwitz from Drancy in occupied France. The train departed with 1,200 Jews, but 19 escaped on the way.
After the arrival selection, 895 people were murdered in a gas chamber. 9-year-old Francis Levin was among them.
After the arrival selection, 895 people were murdered in a gas chamber. 9-year-old Francis Levin was among them.
Roman lettuce 'explants' - we cut and planted the bottoms before eating the rest. 10 days (both)
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Roman lettuce 'explants' - we cut and planted the bottoms before eating the rest. 10 days (both)
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The Polish prime minister reacts
November 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Polish prime minister reacts
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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It’s mad how much this one tree is talked about and yet the same focus isn’t given to actually important habitats being torn up. Why hasn’t Labour banned peat compost for instance? I’m told it’s symbollic of how much people care about nature… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
First Sycamore Gap tree 'offsprings' to be planted
More than half the 49 saplings grown from the illegally felled tree will be planted in a week.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
It’s mad how much this one tree is talked about and yet the same focus isn’t given to actually important habitats being torn up. Why hasn’t Labour banned peat compost for instance? I’m told it’s symbollic of how much people care about nature… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
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snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
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snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
The Putin-Witkoff Plan Worsens the War
Five Reasons the US should not help Russia subjugate Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
(video)
snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
(video)
snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
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22 November 1932 | French Jewish boy, Yves Netter, was born in Anzin.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 13 April 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 13 April 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
22 November 1932 | French Jewish boy, Yves Netter, was born in Anzin.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 13 April 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 13 April 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
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"controversial" is a diplomatic way of putting it.
that plan is a fucking insult.
"let's reward the genocidal dictator for invading a sovereign nation and endanger that nation's population as well as all of europe more than ever before"
that plan is a fucking insult.
"let's reward the genocidal dictator for invading a sovereign nation and endanger that nation's population as well as all of europe more than ever before"
"The price for keeping the dialogue (with the U.S.) cannot be the sovereignty of Ukraine, which this plan undermines altogether," Inna Sovsun, a lawmaker from the opposition Holos party, told the Kyiv Independent.
'A plan of capitulation' — US push for controversial peace plan met with backlash in Ukraine
Amid mounting pressure from the White House, Kyiv is now grappling with a U.S. 28-point peace plan that many in the country view as a "capitulation."
Ukrainian activists, lawmakers, soldiers and vete...
kyivindependent.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"controversial" is a diplomatic way of putting it.
that plan is a fucking insult.
"let's reward the genocidal dictator for invading a sovereign nation and endanger that nation's population as well as all of europe more than ever before"
that plan is a fucking insult.
"let's reward the genocidal dictator for invading a sovereign nation and endanger that nation's population as well as all of europe more than ever before"