2/💸 CHF 400,000 raised in donations
🏠 Insurance covers some losses, but not all
🛏️ Caritas steps in for daily essentials & rent
🧑‍🌾 Businesses & farms face uncertain futures

They’ve lost so much. Let’s not leave them alone.
#SwissSolidarity #HelpBlatten

1/“In seconds, our home was gone.”
Massive rockslide buried the village of Blatten, Switzerland. One person missing. Around 300 residents lost everything, homes, memories, livelihoods.
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But help is coming:

🤝 Emergency support from Caritas, Red Cross, army & local authorities

Marie-Noëlle Rosso closing the session explored how fungi break down recalcitrant plant tissues, revealing a diverse enzymatic arsenal shaped by 180 million years of evolution. Her team showed that gene family expansions/contractions drive lignocellulose degradation across fungal clades. #ECFG17

Xin Xiang builds on Ron Morris’ pioneering work on nuclear migration in Aspergillus nidulans. Her talk at #ECFG17 highlights how microtubules and motor proteins orchestrate organelle distribution in fungal hyphae. Fascinating insights into the fungal cytoskeleton! #ECFG2025

In the morning session we listened to a very interesting talk by Michael Feldbrügge on the mechanistic basis of mRNA transport in polar growth of Ustilago maydis spiced with a pinch of Rhineland humour. 😀 #ECFG17 #ECFG2025

Great talk by Aaron Vogan on Starship superfamily and it’s Captain!

At #ECFG17, like at all major scientific conferences worldwide, the talks highlight how science thrives on global collaboration. Borders don’t define discovery - diversity and cooperation do. Meanwhile, U.S. policies seem to be moving in the opposite direction.

If you see this quote with flowers from your gallery.
We can all use some beauty right now. (Lilium martagon (Türkenbund Lilie) in Lötschental, 🇨🇭)

We’re ready for the Three Wise Men! 👑✨ Freshly baked King Cake to celebrate Epiphany in style. Who will find the lucky figurine? 🎂 #Epiphany #KingCake

Hello everyone! I'm excited to increase my presence on Bluesky, as it proves to be an increasingly attractive platform for scientific exchange. Bluesky now has 20 million users and is attracting more prominent figures. Let's build a vibrant community here together! 🌐 #ScienceCommunication #Bluesky