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C. Harris Floudas
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Med Onc, HNC, Immuno-Oncology, Computational Oncology, AI/ML.
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Bethesda, MD
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lialios.bsky.social
Η μοναδική κατεδάφιση αυθαιρέτου φέτος σε Κυκλάδες και Δωδεκάνησα αφορούσε ενα ημιτελές ξενοδοχείο στη Νάξο. Η ιστορία του μετρά περισσότερο από μισό αιώνα και παρουσιαζει ιδιαίτερο ενδιαφέρον.
Νάξος: Η κατεδάφιση που άργησε δύο δεκαετίες
Στο προσκήνιο η προστασία του Αλυκού Νάξου, ενώ απομακρύνεται το «κουφάρι» του ημιτελούς ξενοδοχείου.
www.kathimerini.gr
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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dgatopoulos.bsky.social
Google’s top AI scientist says ‘learning how to learn’ will be next generation’s most needed skill.

#Greece
apnews.com/article/gree...
September 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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jeremycliffe.bsky.social
End of an era
scottygb.bsky.social Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · Sep 3
Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.
September 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
I am so sorry. I know how much this means to my lovely British friends, but here is a black-figure neck amphora from around 500 BCE painted by Plousios, depicting Athenians queuing at a shoe shop and a blacksmith, on either side.
Black-figure neck amphora c.500 BCE, painted by Plousios, depicting Athenians queuing for a cobbler and a blacksmith, on either side.
August 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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janrosenow.bsky.social
There’s a persistent myth that new solar farms don’t really help tackle climate change because panels are “made with coal” and “never pay back” their carbon debt.

This is simply false.

- UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh
- panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life
August 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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campuscodi.risky.biz
Google will verify the real-world identities of all Android app developers starting September 2026.

The new rule will apply to all apps, even those distributed outside of the official Play Store.

android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elev...
A new layer of security for certified Android devices
Starting in 2026 and in select countries first, Android apps must be registered to a verified developer in order to be installed.
android-developers.googleblog.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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dgatopoulos.bsky.social
The growing demands of the holiday industry and leisure inflation have reshaped Greek summers.

#Greece
apnews.com/article/gree...
Beach on a budget: Greeks settle for day trips, priced out of iconic destinations
Greece’s booming tourism industry is drawing huge numbers of foreign visitors, but many Greeks are struggling to afford holidays in their own country.
apnews.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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yanpal.bsky.social
Ένα εμπεριστατωμένο άρθρο του Στάθη Καλύβα για τα αδιέξοδα της εθνικής τουριστικής "στρατηγικής" και το πώς μπορει η χώρα να διαχειριστεί βιώσιμα τις διαρκώς αυξανόμενες ροές: www.kathimerini.gr/life/5637770...
Μπορεί να σωθεί το ελληνικό καλοκαίρι;
Η εμπειρία του ελληνικού καλοκαιριού αλλάζει. Μπορεί η προσδοκία του κέρδους να συνδυαστεί με ένα άλλο μοντέλο; Υπάρχει «τρίτος δρόμος» μεταξύ του κορεσμού και της πλήρους απόρριψης;
www.kathimerini.gr
August 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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campuscodi.risky.biz
Is this the first attempted AI prompt injection spotted in the wild?

malwr-analysis.com/2025/08/24/p...
Phishing Emails Are Now Aimed at Users and AI Defenses
Phishing has always been about deceiving people. But in this campaign, I discovered something new. The attackers weren’t only targeting users, they also attempted to manipulate AI-based defences. T…
malwr-analysis.com
August 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
floudas.bsky.social
NCI blog patient story for trial NCT06223568 #neoadjuvant chemo (cisplatin&docetaxel) & #HPV #immunotherapy (PRGN-2009) for newly diagnosed HPV-positive OPSCC (PI Dr Clint Allen): omission of adjuvant radiotherapy per response to neoadj Tx & surg path risk factors.

ccr.cancer.gov/news/article...
Offering “life-sustaining” treatment without compromising quality of life | Center for Cancer Research
When Alison James received her diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma, she was alarmed by the side effects associated with the standard of care. She traveled to the NIH Clinical Center for a CCR clinica...
ccr.cancer.gov
May 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
floudas.bsky.social
Interesting presentation to the intramural NCI by @dinler.bsky.social about the HLA-Arena environment.
April 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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dingdingpeng.the100.ci
Kombucha girl maybe meme. On the left, frowny face: working on an important manuscript On the right, intrigued: spending two hours to create a figure that came to my mind quite randomly
April 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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chfloudas.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
A thoughtful discussion about dose, duration, and frequency of ICBs in the NSCLC context. Are we overtreating?
https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO-24-02347
April 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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chfloudas.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
"Childhood cancer survivors have >2x risk of melanoma compared to the general population and those with an invasive melanoma have>2x risk of death."

https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO-24-01519
April 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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itaiyanai.bsky.social
Make bold predictions and then test them. This is the true legacy of Karl Popper, who argued that the strength of an idea lies in its ability to make surprising predictions; ones that, if shown to be wrong, would falsify it.
March 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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simongerman600.bsky.social
This is totally true for me!
March 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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natbiotech.nature.com
Spatial genomics of AAV vectors reveals mechanism of transcriptional crosstalk that enables targeted delivery of large genetic cargo - @caltech.edu @asapresearch.bsky.social go.nature.com/4kFUnEO
Spatial genomics of AAV vectors reveals mechanism of transcriptional crosstalk that enables targeted delivery of large genetic cargo - Nature Biotechnology
Profiling transcriptional crosstalk between promoters and cell-type-specific enhancers allows large gene cargo delivery.
go.nature.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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chfloudas.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
Explainable AI reveals Clever Hans effects in unsupervised learning models
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-025-01000-2
March 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
floudas.bsky.social
Low rate of regular activity for the Med, esp. Greece. Considering also smoking patterns and a much changed diet, the pop health stats will be very interesting.
simongerman600.bsky.social Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · Mar 18
Keep active, peeps. Find an exercise routine that works for you. Can be active transport (cycling, walking) or physically challenging pastimes like gardening too. Benefits in mental health and longevity are totally worth finding what works for you.
March 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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chfloudas.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
A case-control study in twins, from Denmark: "Tattoo ink exposure is associated with lymphoma and skin cancers"

BMC Public Health
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-025-21413-3
March 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
floudas.bsky.social
"During 2008–2022, cervical precancer incidence decreased 79% and higher-grade precancer incidence decreased 80% among screened women aged 20–24 years, the age group most likely to have been vaccinated."

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Trends in Cervical Precancers Identified ...
This report describes decreases in cervical precancer incidence among women ages 20-24 years.
www.cdc.gov
March 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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spiegel.de
Mit einem speziellen U-Boot sind Forschende zum Calypsotief vor Griechenland getaucht. Bilder zeigen menschliche Spuren in über 5000 Meter Tiefe.
Griechenland: Müll an den tiefsten Stellen im Mittelmeer gefunden
Mit einem speziellen U-Boot sind Forschende zum Calypsotief vor Griechenland getaucht. Bilder zeigen menschliche Spuren in über 5000 Meter Tiefe.
www.spiegel.de
March 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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richardsever.bsky.social
Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n
Homepage - openRxiv
openRxiv is an independent non-profit, the new organizational home for bioRxiv and medRxiv, enabling researchers to instantly share groundbreaking findings with the global scientific community.
openrxiv.org
March 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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chfloudas.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
Extracellular vesicles for the delivery of gene therapy
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44222-025-00277-7
Extracellular vesicles for the delivery of gene therapy - Nature Reviews Bioengineering
Extracellular vesicles can be designed to serve as delivery platforms for gene therapy. This Review discusses the application and engineering of extracellular vesicles for different gene-therapy modalities, outlining crucial steps to advance this technology into the clinic.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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simongerman600.bsky.social
Something motivational for your LinkedIn page…
March 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM