Bianca C. Neves
@bcneves.bsky.social
Molecular Microbiologist
Associate Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Associate Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
“She deserves to be remembered not as the victim of the double helix, but as an equal contributor to the solution of the structure.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“She deserves to be remembered not as the victim of the double helix, but as an equal contributor to the solution of the structure.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Reposted by Bianca C. Neves
"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
On A.I., CRISPR and the future of medicine with @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social and James Manyika
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I46y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I46y...
AI, CRISPR & the Future of Medicine
YouTube video by Google Zeitgeist
www.youtube.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/s...
Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/s...
Several years of work with several great collaborators, that combined computational biology, molecular microbiology, biochemistry, structural biology and mycology assay culminated in today's publication on discovery of novel bacterial toxins:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Systematic discovery of antibacterial and antifungal bacterial toxins - Nature Microbiology
Genome sequence mining and computational analyses lead to the discovery and functional characterization of conserved bacterial toxins with activity against bacteria and fungi.
www.nature.com
August 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Literature from Latin America is full of warnings: Once institutions start giving in to authoritarian demands, it rarely stops.
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#edusky #BookSky 📚
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#edusky #BookSky 📚
Latin American literature contains warnings for American universities that yield to Trump
Writers have mined the region’s turbulent political history to explore how authoritarian rulers bend institutional leaders to their will.
buff.ly
August 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The photojournalist Sebastião Salgado documented some of the greatest human horrors of the past century, but he said, “I never. . . photograph the misery.”
Sebastião Salgado’s View of Humanity
The photojournalist documented some of the greatest human horrors of the past century, but he said, “I never, I never, photograph the misery.”
www.newyorker.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Reposted by Bianca C. Neves
August 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
two sentences from the abstract of a paper that resonate with us way more than you can imagine...
July 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
'Simple physics’: How climate change is making natural disasters deadlier | My interview yesterday on @msnbc.com #ChrisJansingReports: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH8_...
‘Simple physics’: How climate change is making natural disasters deadlier
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
July 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Reading:
How a Biofilm’s Strange Shape Emerges From Cellular Geometry www.quantamagazine.org/how-a-biofil... via @QuantaMagazine
How a Biofilm’s Strange Shape Emerges From Cellular Geometry www.quantamagazine.org/how-a-biofil... via @QuantaMagazine
How a Biofilm’s Strange Shape Emerges From Cellular Geometry | Quanta Magazine
Micro decisions can have macro consequences. A soft matter physicist reveals how interactions within simple cellular collectives can lead to emergent physical traits.
www.quantamagazine.org
June 25, 2025 at 4:06 AM
May 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
make that the most important Oscar winner
I wrote about why the most important Oscar nominee is the movie about how living under authoritarian rule can feel surprisingly normal.
March 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I'm Still Here just won Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. It has a powerful, unexpected message about life under authoritarianism.
The Year’s Most Urgent Best Picture Contender Is the One Almost No One Has Seen
I’m Still Here has a warning—and a reason for hope.
slate.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I know this preprint is getting a lot of attention- I wanted to talk a bit about its findings and address some of the questions that are floating around:
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Immunological and Antigenic Signatures Associated with Chronic Illnesses after COVID-19 Vaccination
COVID-19 vaccines have prevented millions of COVID-19 deaths. Yet, a small fraction of the population reports a chronic debilitating condition after COVID-19 vaccination, often referred to as post-vac...
www.medrxiv.org
February 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Here is the link to yesterday's preprint discussed above, and the NYT coverage of it:
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/h...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/h...
Immunological and Antigenic Signatures Associated with Chronic Illnesses after COVID-19 Vaccination
COVID-19 vaccines have prevented millions of COVID-19 deaths. Yet, a small fraction of the population reports a chronic debilitating condition after COVID-19 vaccination, often referred to as post-vac...
www.medrxiv.org
February 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
✔expansion of genomic sequencing abilities to most countries worldwide, & better access to medical oxygen
🤔 IPC is actually still extremely poor imho, with zero mitigations for airborne spread
❗ Inadequate funding, scant hope for international agreement. Widespread trauma & denial
So mostly "no"
🤔 IPC is actually still extremely poor imho, with zero mitigations for airborne spread
❗ Inadequate funding, scant hope for international agreement. Widespread trauma & denial
So mostly "no"
Are we ready for another pandemic?
After Covid-19, world leaders agreed to work together to strengthen global health systems, but negotiations on a new agreement have stalled
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2025 at 7:08 AM
"A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science" | My new article with Peter Hotez in #SkepticalInquirer: skepticalinquirer.org/2024/12/a-tr...
A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science | Skeptical Inquirer
Over the past decade, many of us in the scientific community have come to appreciate the existential threat we face today—a threat unlike any we’ve witnesse ...
skepticalinquirer.org
January 4, 2025 at 7:06 AM