@clawedfrog.bsky.social
Biotech, motorcycles, and art. She/her.
Aiming for accuracy but not guaranteed.
Aiming for accuracy but not guaranteed.
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You've probably heard how a high percentage of #Nobel laureates are immigrants. The US in particular has benefited from the influx of bright minds.
@jennaahart.bsky.social ran the data for this century's Nobel prizewinners — and shows more than 30% immigrated. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@jennaahart.bsky.social ran the data for this century's Nobel prizewinners — and shows more than 30% immigrated. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys
The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.
www.nature.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
You've probably heard how a high percentage of #Nobel laureates are immigrants. The US in particular has benefited from the influx of bright minds.
@jennaahart.bsky.social ran the data for this century's Nobel prizewinners — and shows more than 30% immigrated. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@jennaahart.bsky.social ran the data for this century's Nobel prizewinners — and shows more than 30% immigrated. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Phase separation is a mechanism by which macromolecules are separated into concentrated liquid phase and a dilute liquid phase without any macromolecules. This happens in cells, which contains proteins and nucleic acids that have different physical/chemical properties to encourage phase separation.
October 8, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Phase separation is a mechanism by which macromolecules are separated into concentrated liquid phase and a dilute liquid phase without any macromolecules. This happens in cells, which contains proteins and nucleic acids that have different physical/chemical properties to encourage phase separation.
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Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
August 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
Read an article about the “stride-to-foot size ratio” of a tiny dinosaur that was so high, which meant that it was flapping its feathered forelimbs as it sprinted.
I can confirm that the tiny dinosaur in my house has a very high stride-to-foot ratio! 🧪
I can confirm that the tiny dinosaur in my house has a very high stride-to-foot ratio! 🧪
September 17, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Read an article about the “stride-to-foot size ratio” of a tiny dinosaur that was so high, which meant that it was flapping its feathered forelimbs as it sprinted.
I can confirm that the tiny dinosaur in my house has a very high stride-to-foot ratio! 🧪
I can confirm that the tiny dinosaur in my house has a very high stride-to-foot ratio! 🧪
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Need a set of go-to questions for interviewing a scientist? We've teamed up with @theopennotebook.bsky.social
to bring you an essential tip sheet on drafting questions whether you’re covering a research study, looking for background, or jumping on breaking news. bit.ly/4l1cULO
to bring you an essential tip sheet on drafting questions whether you’re covering a research study, looking for background, or jumping on breaking news. bit.ly/4l1cULO
Go-to questions for interviewing scientists - SciLine
Discover effective strategies for interviewing scientists. Learn how to select the right sources, craft clear requests, and prepare insightful questions for successful interviews.
bit.ly
September 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Need a set of go-to questions for interviewing a scientist? We've teamed up with @theopennotebook.bsky.social
to bring you an essential tip sheet on drafting questions whether you’re covering a research study, looking for background, or jumping on breaking news. bit.ly/4l1cULO
to bring you an essential tip sheet on drafting questions whether you’re covering a research study, looking for background, or jumping on breaking news. bit.ly/4l1cULO
If anyone can connect me with life science/healthcare folks in Qatar, I’d love to pick your brain about the deep tech landscape over there! 🧪
September 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
If anyone can connect me with life science/healthcare folks in Qatar, I’d love to pick your brain about the deep tech landscape over there! 🧪
A great guide from @jruizcabrejos.bsky.social about colourful open access!
jruizcabrejos.com/post/colorfu...
jruizcabrejos.com/post/colorfu...
Colorful Open Access: Sci-Hub, Free Libraries, and Their Alternatives | Jorge Ruiz-Cabrejos
A guide to Sci-hub, Sci-net, Nexus, Wosonhj and SmartQuantAi, because paywalls are meant to be climbed.
jruizcabrejos.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:03 AM
A great guide from @jruizcabrejos.bsky.social about colourful open access!
jruizcabrejos.com/post/colorfu...
jruizcabrejos.com/post/colorfu...
The BART experience could be improved slightly by providing a directional map of stations at each platform. Refer to HK MTR signage at each platform!
No need for digital signage (more susceptible to damage). #BART
No need for digital signage (more susceptible to damage). #BART
August 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The BART experience could be improved slightly by providing a directional map of stations at each platform. Refer to HK MTR signage at each platform!
No need for digital signage (more susceptible to damage). #BART
No need for digital signage (more susceptible to damage). #BART
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August 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
What is the life science/biotech version of Hacker News? Fierce Biotech, genome web, endpoints news are more industry-related news; I would love to read more essays or articles from personal websites 🧪
August 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
What is the life science/biotech version of Hacker News? Fierce Biotech, genome web, endpoints news are more industry-related news; I would love to read more essays or articles from personal websites 🧪
When reading protocols/workflows, the worst possible diagram is a combination of Microsoft suite flow chart and table. Each step does not need to be a 2-row table in varying shades of blue.
August 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
When reading protocols/workflows, the worst possible diagram is a combination of Microsoft suite flow chart and table. Each step does not need to be a 2-row table in varying shades of blue.
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Atlantic: Why RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Campaign Is Working
The Trump administration’s COVID-revenge campaign has laid the groundwork for Kennedy’s larger agenda.
by Katherin J. Wu
bit.ly/4mfxk3S
The Trump administration’s COVID-revenge campaign has laid the groundwork for Kennedy’s larger agenda.
by Katherin J. Wu
bit.ly/4mfxk3S
Why RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Campaign Is Working
The Trump administration’s COVID-revenge campaign has laid the groundwork for Kennedy’s larger agenda.
bit.ly
August 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Atlantic: Why RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Campaign Is Working
The Trump administration’s COVID-revenge campaign has laid the groundwork for Kennedy’s larger agenda.
by Katherin J. Wu
bit.ly/4mfxk3S
The Trump administration’s COVID-revenge campaign has laid the groundwork for Kennedy’s larger agenda.
by Katherin J. Wu
bit.ly/4mfxk3S
Would love to go to a Ramón y Cajal exhibition and see the extensive amount of art he has contributed to the field of neuroscience!
July 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Would love to go to a Ramón y Cajal exhibition and see the extensive amount of art he has contributed to the field of neuroscience!
Reading The Song of the Cell and learning about T reg cells, absolutely humiliated that I do not know about these cells!
July 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Reading The Song of the Cell and learning about T reg cells, absolutely humiliated that I do not know about these cells!
July 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Boosting to #SciArt
The reproductive system of birds is an evolutionary marvel. Their only functioning oviduct is a fantastic conveyor belt of weirdness, of which parts are still mysterious. An illustration made for a pet bird magazine.
You can read more on my Cara page: cara.app/post/e9f92d4...
You can read more on my Cara page: cara.app/post/e9f92d4...
July 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Boosting to #SciArt
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Despite being powerful predictors, tools and institutions like NOAA and the National Weather Service are being weakened, hit by staffing cuts, research center closures, program dismantling, grant stoppage, and data suppression under the Trump administration.
zurl.co/ZPnM4
zurl.co/ZPnM4
Flash Floods and Climate Policy
As the death toll climbs in Texas, the Trump Administration is actively undermining the nation’s ability to predict—and to deal with—climate-related disasters.
zurl.co
July 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Despite being powerful predictors, tools and institutions like NOAA and the National Weather Service are being weakened, hit by staffing cuts, research center closures, program dismantling, grant stoppage, and data suppression under the Trump administration.
zurl.co/ZPnM4
zurl.co/ZPnM4
June 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
June 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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ICYM we published an absolute romp of a story last week about the entrepreneur Cathy Tie who married He Jiankui (the CRISPR baby scientist), is running his social accounts and is acting as muse for his next big act. www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/23/1...
Meet Cathy Tie, Bride of “China’s Frankenstein”
The creator of CRISPR babies is flirting again with infamy, this time through a mysterious alliance with an Internet-savvy entrepreneur.
www.technologyreview.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
ICYM we published an absolute romp of a story last week about the entrepreneur Cathy Tie who married He Jiankui (the CRISPR baby scientist), is running his social accounts and is acting as muse for his next big act. www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/23/1...
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In a world first, researchers report easing the symptoms of a baby boy with a rare, life-threatening disease by giving him a version of the #CRISPR gene editor tailored to a mutation he carries. scim.ag/4mrtlll
Gene-editing therapy made in just 6 months helps baby with life-threatening disease
Custom CRISPR paves the way for treating genetic disorders in tailormade ways
scim.ag
May 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
In a world first, researchers report easing the symptoms of a baby boy with a rare, life-threatening disease by giving him a version of the #CRISPR gene editor tailored to a mutation he carries. scim.ag/4mrtlll
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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We've seen tools for editing DNA and RNA - now we can do it with proteins too! Intein pairs can act like transposons within protein sequences.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Protein editing using a coordinated transposition reaction
Protein engineering through the ligation of polypeptide fragments has proven enormously powerful for studying biochemical processes. In general, this strategy necessitates a final protein-folding step...
www.science.org
April 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
We've seen tools for editing DNA and RNA - now we can do it with proteins too! Intein pairs can act like transposons within protein sequences.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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"I was telling a colleague that yours was the best cover of the research (among the several recent articles that others have written)" -- Juan Bouzat, email
These #Hummingbirds Live In Colonies In Ecuador’s Andes, Surprising Scientists
#birding #Ecuador🇪🇨 #SciComm🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
These #Hummingbirds Live In Colonies In Ecuador’s Andes, Surprising Scientists
#birding #Ecuador🇪🇨 #SciComm🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
These Hummingbirds Live In Colonies In Ecuador’s Andes, Surprising Scientists
The first hummingbird species to nest and roost in colonies has been discovered in the high Andes of Ecuador.
www.forbes.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
"I was telling a colleague that yours was the best cover of the research (among the several recent articles that others have written)" -- Juan Bouzat, email
These #Hummingbirds Live In Colonies In Ecuador’s Andes, Surprising Scientists
#birding #Ecuador🇪🇨 #SciComm🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
These #Hummingbirds Live In Colonies In Ecuador’s Andes, Surprising Scientists
#birding #Ecuador🇪🇨 #SciComm🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...