Don
@donmatthews.bsky.social
Scientist.👨🔬 Doctorate in Biomedical Sciences. 🤓 Molecular and Cellular Biology of Breast Cancer and Alzheimer's Disease. 🤱🧠 Specialization in complementary and alternative medicine. ☀️🌿
I break cells open and look at what's inside. 🤷♂️
I break cells open and look at what's inside. 🤷♂️
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Don
@donmatthews.bsky.social
· Nov 22
During my post-doc, I had an opportunity to do some TEM imaging. I was specifically looking at mitochondrial biogenesis & it really didn't amount to anything concrete but I do like the pictures. This particular picture is of a cortical neuron and a zoomed in picture of the cell body end of the axon.
Crazy. Completely preventable.
A second child has died in the current US measles outbreak: An entirely avoidable tragedy and one more sign that this outbreak is probably much larger than reported numbers suggest and not going anywhere soon...
#IDsky 🧪
#IDsky 🧪
A Second Child Dies of Measles in Texas
It is the second confirmed measles death in the U.S. in a decade. If the outbreak continues at the current pace, the nation may lose its “elimination” status.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Crazy. Completely preventable.
Made it official official. 👋
March 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Made it official official. 👋
Let's go Irish! ☘️🏀
a female basketball player wearing glasses and a jersey with the number 5 on it
ALT: a female basketball player wearing glasses and a jersey with the number 5 on it
media.tenor.com
March 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Let's go Irish! ☘️🏀
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BRUNO GUIMARAES DOES NOT STOP RUNNING 🏃
He's so far racked up 310.9km per Opta, the most in the Premier League. This is equivalent of travelling from New York City, to Boston 🤯
He's so far racked up 310.9km per Opta, the most in the Premier League. This is equivalent of travelling from New York City, to Boston 🤯
March 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
BRUNO GUIMARAES DOES NOT STOP RUNNING 🏃
He's so far racked up 310.9km per Opta, the most in the Premier League. This is equivalent of travelling from New York City, to Boston 🤯
He's so far racked up 310.9km per Opta, the most in the Premier League. This is equivalent of travelling from New York City, to Boston 🤯
All the lads and lasses there, all with smiling faces! 😁🖤🤍
March 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
All the lads and lasses there, all with smiling faces! 😁🖤🤍
It's an aquatic jungle out there. 🐙
Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during sex so she doesn’t eat him, study shows
Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during sex so she doesn’t eat him, study shows
Tetrodotoxin immobilises the female – who is about two to five times bigger than the male – so mating can occur, researchers observed
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www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It's an aquatic jungle out there. 🐙
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What’s in yesterday's House Continuing Resolution? Major shifts in U.S. health spending you should know about:
HRSA cut by $891 million
NIH CURES Act cut by $280 million
Children & Families Services cut by $40 million
These cuts hit essential services and future innovation. 🧵⬇️
HRSA cut by $891 million
NIH CURES Act cut by $280 million
Children & Families Services cut by $40 million
These cuts hit essential services and future innovation. 🧵⬇️
March 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
What’s in yesterday's House Continuing Resolution? Major shifts in U.S. health spending you should know about:
HRSA cut by $891 million
NIH CURES Act cut by $280 million
Children & Families Services cut by $40 million
These cuts hit essential services and future innovation. 🧵⬇️
HRSA cut by $891 million
NIH CURES Act cut by $280 million
Children & Families Services cut by $40 million
These cuts hit essential services and future innovation. 🧵⬇️
Stand up for reason.
Stand up for intelligence.
Stand up for the future.
Stand up for science. #StandUpForScience #StandUpForScience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social 🧪
Stand up for intelligence.
Stand up for the future.
Stand up for science. #StandUpForScience #StandUpForScience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social 🧪
March 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Stand up for reason.
Stand up for intelligence.
Stand up for the future.
Stand up for science. #StandUpForScience #StandUpForScience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social 🧪
Stand up for intelligence.
Stand up for the future.
Stand up for science. #StandUpForScience #StandUpForScience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social 🧪
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
I've studied cancer and Alzheimer's and although cancer also tears families apart, losing your sense of self and your bonds with loved ones, feels like a fate worse than.
Even though drugs removing Aβ plaques have disappointed, we hold out hope for an effective treatment for this terrible disease.💜
Even though drugs removing Aβ plaques have disappointed, we hold out hope for an effective treatment for this terrible disease.💜
Sue Bell became one of the first Alzheimer's patients in the U.S. to receive the drug now marketed as Leqembi. Her husband isn't sure if it made a difference.
Did an Alzheimer's drug give Sue and Ken Bell more time? Maybe
Sue Bell became one of the first Alzheimer's patients in the U.S. to receive the drug now marketed as Leqembi. Her husband isn't sure if it made a difference.
www.npr.org
February 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I've studied cancer and Alzheimer's and although cancer also tears families apart, losing your sense of self and your bonds with loved ones, feels like a fate worse than.
Even though drugs removing Aβ plaques have disappointed, we hold out hope for an effective treatment for this terrible disease.💜
Even though drugs removing Aβ plaques have disappointed, we hold out hope for an effective treatment for this terrible disease.💜
Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
You don't need a significant other to experience love. Even an AI understands. Our society seems to have a little too much Self-Love and not enough Universal Love these days though. ❤🫂🌎🌍🌏
You don't need a significant other to experience love. Even an AI understands. Our society seems to have a little too much Self-Love and not enough Universal Love these days though. ❤🫂🌎🌍🌏
February 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
You don't need a significant other to experience love. Even an AI understands. Our society seems to have a little too much Self-Love and not enough Universal Love these days though. ❤🫂🌎🌍🌏
You don't need a significant other to experience love. Even an AI understands. Our society seems to have a little too much Self-Love and not enough Universal Love these days though. ❤🫂🌎🌍🌏
Something you should know about me.
February 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Something you should know about me.
The power of positivity. 🤤🍕
February 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The power of positivity. 🤤🍕
We're going to Wembley! Tell me ma, me ma! 🖤🤍
a man in a blue shirt with the number 3 on the front
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media.tenor.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We're going to Wembley! Tell me ma, me ma! 🖤🤍
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Why hasn’t DOGE gone after the Pentagon yet? They have failed SEVEN straight audits.
February 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Why hasn’t DOGE gone after the Pentagon yet? They have failed SEVEN straight audits.
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Speechless. Currently in the hospital as the Pediatric Infectious Disease Attending & access to vital info is limited. My duty to each child that I take care of is to have to most up to date information - in order to provide the best possible care. This is unacceptable
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
www.npr.org
January 31, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Speechless. Currently in the hospital as the Pediatric Infectious Disease Attending & access to vital info is limited. My duty to each child that I take care of is to have to most up to date information - in order to provide the best possible care. This is unacceptable
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
The Science of the Matrix with Laurence Fishburne
YouTube video by StarTalk
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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You won't believe this. My team and I make this show called SciShow that works hard to be rigorous and accurate while also being appealing and entertaining.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
January 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
You won't believe this. My team and I make this show called SciShow that works hard to be rigorous and accurate while also being appealing and entertaining.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.
We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines.
It's great, I love it.