Mike McFadden
@mcfaddmj.bsky.social
UMich Postdoc in the O'Riordan and O'Meara labs. Duke University PhD in the Horner lab. Interested in host-pathogen interactions and antifungal innate immunity, exploring cell biology & membrane contact sites.
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We have wondered what a complex archaeal cell might look like ever since 2014. It’s been a long road (and the journey is far from over), but it’s a good time to pause for breath and look. These Asgard archaeal cells are a surprise! And that is the joy of being a cell biologist.
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We have wondered what a complex archaeal cell might look like ever since 2014. It’s been a long road (and the journey is far from over), but it’s a good time to pause for breath and look. These Asgard archaeal cells are a surprise! And that is the joy of being a cell biologist.
Reposted by Mike McFadden
This paper uncovers that HERVK LTR5Hs, a hominoid-specific retrovirus, act as epiblast enhancers with a crucial function in human pre-implantation development - stunning!
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
A human-specific regulatory mechanism revealed in a pre-implantation model - Nature
Genetic manipulation of blastoids reveals the role of recently emerged transposable elements and genes in human development.
doi.org
October 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This paper uncovers that HERVK LTR5Hs, a hominoid-specific retrovirus, act as epiblast enhancers with a crucial function in human pre-implantation development - stunning!
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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If RFK Jr. had any interest in regulating big pharma or helping americans eat better or reducing chronic illness he would not have gutted the agencies he is in charge of.
*Every* story about his alleged policy ideas should lead with this extremely elementary reality.
*Every* story about his alleged policy ideas should lead with this extremely elementary reality.
Building an entire infrastructure for a new program while every government agency that doesn’t directly kill people has been gutted financially. Instead of just giving people money for food the way we have an infrastructure for already.
August 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If RFK Jr. had any interest in regulating big pharma or helping americans eat better or reducing chronic illness he would not have gutted the agencies he is in charge of.
*Every* story about his alleged policy ideas should lead with this extremely elementary reality.
*Every* story about his alleged policy ideas should lead with this extremely elementary reality.
Reposted by Mike McFadden
Not just Americans.....children around the world
Cutting off support of the organization that has saved the lives of 17 million children around the world in the past 2 decades
Front page @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
Cutting off support of the organization that has saved the lives of 17 million children around the world in the past 2 decades
Front page @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency
www.nytimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Not just Americans.....children around the world
Cutting off support of the organization that has saved the lives of 17 million children around the world in the past 2 decades
Front page @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
Cutting off support of the organization that has saved the lives of 17 million children around the world in the past 2 decades
Front page @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...