Baptiste Imbert
@bimbert.bsky.social
PhD student at INRAE, France
Bioinformatics, genomics and knowledge graphs
Bioinformatics, genomics and knowledge graphs
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A few years ago, through luck and vibes, I managed to produce this blue colored bean variety.
This was an early step in trying to answer the question, [paraphrased] "Why isn't blue as common as red in beans, even though they're both anthocyanins and the plant has the genes for both?"
This was an early step in trying to answer the question, [paraphrased] "Why isn't blue as common as red in beans, even though they're both anthocyanins and the plant has the genes for both?"
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A few years ago, through luck and vibes, I managed to produce this blue colored bean variety.
This was an early step in trying to answer the question, [paraphrased] "Why isn't blue as common as red in beans, even though they're both anthocyanins and the plant has the genes for both?"
This was an early step in trying to answer the question, [paraphrased] "Why isn't blue as common as red in beans, even though they're both anthocyanins and the plant has the genes for both?"
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Argentière Glacier front
June 2025
Overview of a dying (former) ice front of one of major Alpine glaciers during last June crazy heatwave! 🧊🔥
The dead ice lowest point is ~1650 m and the ice cliff at the background - which hardly feeds it anymore - is ~2200 m asl 😨
June 2025
Overview of a dying (former) ice front of one of major Alpine glaciers during last June crazy heatwave! 🧊🔥
The dead ice lowest point is ~1650 m and the ice cliff at the background - which hardly feeds it anymore - is ~2200 m asl 😨
December 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Argentière Glacier front
June 2025
Overview of a dying (former) ice front of one of major Alpine glaciers during last June crazy heatwave! 🧊🔥
The dead ice lowest point is ~1650 m and the ice cliff at the background - which hardly feeds it anymore - is ~2200 m asl 😨
June 2025
Overview of a dying (former) ice front of one of major Alpine glaciers during last June crazy heatwave! 🧊🔥
The dead ice lowest point is ~1650 m and the ice cliff at the background - which hardly feeds it anymore - is ~2200 m asl 😨
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We have *extraordinary* productive capacities. If we had democratic control over production and organized it around well-being, we could end poverty & ensure good living standards for everyone on the planet, with public luxury and scientific advancement. 👉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How much growth is required to achieve good lives for all? Insights from needs-based analysis
Some narratives in international development hold that ending poverty and achieving good lives for all will require every country to reach the levels …
www.sciencedirect.com
July 26, 2024 at 1:35 PM
We have *extraordinary* productive capacities. If we had democratic control over production and organized it around well-being, we could end poverty & ensure good living standards for everyone on the planet, with public luxury and scientific advancement. 👉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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If someone you know buys into claims about "genetic optimization" of embryos using polygenic scores of cognition, just send them our 2024 paper on Beethoven & musicality. We wrote it to help communicate limits of individual-level genetic predictions & complexity of links between DNA & behaviour. 🧪👇
Notes from Beethoven’s genome
Wesseldijk et al. compare the genomic information collected from Ludwig van Beethoven
with population-based datasets used to quantify musical achievement.
www.cell.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
If someone you know buys into claims about "genetic optimization" of embryos using polygenic scores of cognition, just send them our 2024 paper on Beethoven & musicality. We wrote it to help communicate limits of individual-level genetic predictions & complexity of links between DNA & behaviour. 🧪👇
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I have a new paper out! "Should Social Insurance Programs Count as Wealth? Augmented Wealth in Research and Policy." Published yesterday in Socio-Economic Review @sasemeeting.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
April 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I have a new paper out! "Should Social Insurance Programs Count as Wealth? Augmented Wealth in Research and Policy." Published yesterday in Socio-Economic Review @sasemeeting.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
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What a great day to be at @childrensphila.bsky.social and @pennmedicine.bsky.social
Published today:
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Published today:
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
May 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
What a great day to be at @childrensphila.bsky.social and @pennmedicine.bsky.social
Published today:
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Published today:
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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"The proposal would reduce the more than $47 billion budget of the NIH to $27 billion — a roughly 40 percent cut. It would consolidate NIH’s 27 institutes and centers into just eight."
SCOOP: Internal budget doc reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts. About 1/3 of HHS discretionary budget. Our story w @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social @rachelroubein.bsky.social @joelachenbach.bsky.social @laurenweberhp.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts
HHS would be asked to absorb a $40 billion cut, about one third of its discretionary budget.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"The proposal would reduce the more than $47 billion budget of the NIH to $27 billion — a roughly 40 percent cut. It would consolidate NIH’s 27 institutes and centers into just eight."
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It’s a good day to be a preventable disease
That didn't take long.
"Louisiana health department employees were informed of the new policy in meetings in October and November, which they said would be "implemented quietly and would not be put in writing."
"Louisiana health department employees were informed of the new policy in meetings in October and November, which they said would be "implemented quietly and would not be put in writing."
Louisiana Department of Health ends mass vaccinations, bans seasonal vaccine promotion
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham sent a directive to state health workers Thursday ending long-standing mass vaccination clinics and banning staff from promoting seasonal vaccines.
www.nola.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
It’s a good day to be a preventable disease
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Do you know Daisy Roulland-Dussoix? She is one of the discoverers of restriction enzymes, who’s findings paved the way for the development of recombinant DNA and cloning technologies. Accordingly, the finding was rewarded with a #NobelPrize. But the prize didn’t go to her.
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February 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Do you know Daisy Roulland-Dussoix? She is one of the discoverers of restriction enzymes, who’s findings paved the way for the development of recombinant DNA and cloning technologies. Accordingly, the finding was rewarded with a #NobelPrize. But the prize didn’t go to her.
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