Miranda Leung
@miranda-leung.bsky.social
sharing my undergrad thoughts;
avid lecture hopper;
BSc AMS @ucl.ac.uk
avid lecture hopper;
BSc AMS @ucl.ac.uk
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WHO says the antibacterial pipeline reveals a dual crisis: scarcity and lack of innovation: The number of medicines under development has fallen, and relatively few have been deemed innovative. www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20... via @statnews.com
WHO says the antibacterial pipeline reveals a dual crisis: scarcity and lack of innovation
A new report finds there are fewer antibacterial medicines in clinical pipelines than just two years ago and relatively few qualify as innovative.
www.statnews.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
WHO says the antibacterial pipeline reveals a dual crisis: scarcity and lack of innovation: The number of medicines under development has fallen, and relatively few have been deemed innovative. www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20... via @statnews.com
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Prompt-based bioinformatics: a new interface for multi-omics analysis
#AI #bioinfo #multiomics 🧪
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#AI #bioinfo #multiomics 🧪
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Prompt-based bioinformatics: a new interface for multi-omics analysis - Nature Reviews Genetics
Prompt-based methods, which involve the careful design of inputs to guide large language model (LLM) outputs, are beginning to reshape bioinformatic analytical workflows. The authors compare prompt-dr...
doi.org
August 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Prompt-based bioinformatics: a new interface for multi-omics analysis
#AI #bioinfo #multiomics 🧪
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#AI #bioinfo #multiomics 🧪
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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First Opinion - By Elizabeth Métraux: I just packed Narcan for my daughter’s dorm room. Public health made it possible - Narcan exists because of work that is now being defunded www.statnews.com/2025/08/11/p... via @statnews.com
I just packed Narcan for my daughter’s dorm room. Public health made it possible
Narcan didn’t just magically show up on pharmacy shelves. It exists because people made it happen.
www.statnews.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
First Opinion - By Elizabeth Métraux: I just packed Narcan for my daughter’s dorm room. Public health made it possible - Narcan exists because of work that is now being defunded www.statnews.com/2025/08/11/p... via @statnews.com
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💥 Very excited to share this review in Nature Reviews Microbiology.
Contributing to this review with Val, Digby and Amy was an enlightening experience! Hope people in the community find it useful- we managed to cite around 200 papers...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Contributing to this review with Val, Digby and Amy was an enlightening experience! Hope people in the community find it useful- we managed to cite around 200 papers...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mycobacterium tuberculosis biology, pathogenicity and interaction with the host
Nature Reviews Microbiology - In this Review, Warner, Barczak, Gutierrez and Mizrahi explore essential aspects of Mycobacterium tuberculosis physiology and biology, present recent advances related...
www.nature.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:49 AM
💥 Very excited to share this review in Nature Reviews Microbiology.
Contributing to this review with Val, Digby and Amy was an enlightening experience! Hope people in the community find it useful- we managed to cite around 200 papers...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Contributing to this review with Val, Digby and Amy was an enlightening experience! Hope people in the community find it useful- we managed to cite around 200 papers...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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“Who Owns Our Knowledge?” is the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week. The 2025 theme asks a pointed question about the present moment and how, in a time of disruption, communities can reassert control over the knowledge they produce #OAweek www.openaccessweek.org/theme
Theme — International Open Access Week
www.openaccessweek.org
June 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“Who Owns Our Knowledge?” is the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week. The 2025 theme asks a pointed question about the present moment and how, in a time of disruption, communities can reassert control over the knowledge they produce #OAweek www.openaccessweek.org/theme
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Incredible levels of spatial definition of human anatomy (at steady state)
"...the largest subcellular resolution, multimodal transcriptomic and proteomic dataset of healthy human tissues to date...".
#ImmunoSky 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
"...the largest subcellular resolution, multimodal transcriptomic and proteomic dataset of healthy human tissues to date...".
#ImmunoSky 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The Spatial Atlas of Human Anatomy (SAHA): A Multimodal Subcellular-Resolution Reference Across Human Organs
www.biorxiv.org
June 24, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Incredible levels of spatial definition of human anatomy (at steady state)
"...the largest subcellular resolution, multimodal transcriptomic and proteomic dataset of healthy human tissues to date...".
#ImmunoSky 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
"...the largest subcellular resolution, multimodal transcriptomic and proteomic dataset of healthy human tissues to date...".
#ImmunoSky 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Life from death: ethical implications of uterus transplantation from deceased donors in global health - Halina Suwalowska, Michael Parker, Adamu Addissie, Joseph Ali et al. | BMJ Global Health gh.bmj.com/content/10/6...
Life from death: ethical implications of uterus transplantation from deceased donors in global health
In 2018, The Lancet reported that Brazilian researchers had successfully performed a groundbreaking uterus transplantation (UTx) from a deceased donor, leading to the birth of a healthy baby. This pro...
gh.bmj.com
June 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Life from death: ethical implications of uterus transplantation from deceased donors in global health - Halina Suwalowska, Michael Parker, Adamu Addissie, Joseph Ali et al. | BMJ Global Health gh.bmj.com/content/10/6...
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In a detailed reenactment of the perilous journey, a team demonstrated how palaeolithic people could have travelled huge distances with the tools, techniques and navigational skills available at the time
https://go.nature.com/4k7UNC8
https://go.nature.com/4k7UNC8
These scientists re-enacted Stone-Age voyage to Japan’s remotest islands
Experiment shows how dugout canoes could have crossed treacherous straits from Taiwan to the Ryukyu Islands.
go.nature.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
In a detailed reenactment of the perilous journey, a team demonstrated how palaeolithic people could have travelled huge distances with the tools, techniques and navigational skills available at the time
https://go.nature.com/4k7UNC8
https://go.nature.com/4k7UNC8
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The first draft of the human genome turns 25 today! 🎂
On 26 June 2000, the UK & US announced the first full map of the 3 billion DNA base pairs that make us human.
🌍 A milestone for humanity, powered by global collaboration.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnWA...
#HumanGenome #ScienceHistory 🖥️🧬
On 26 June 2000, the UK & US announced the first full map of the 3 billion DNA base pairs that make us human.
🌍 A milestone for humanity, powered by global collaboration.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnWA...
#HumanGenome #ScienceHistory 🖥️🧬
The Human Genome Project at 20 - interview with Ewan Birney
YouTube video by European Bioinformatics Institute - EMBL-EBI
www.youtube.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The first draft of the human genome turns 25 today! 🎂
On 26 June 2000, the UK & US announced the first full map of the 3 billion DNA base pairs that make us human.
🌍 A milestone for humanity, powered by global collaboration.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnWA...
#HumanGenome #ScienceHistory 🖥️🧬
On 26 June 2000, the UK & US announced the first full map of the 3 billion DNA base pairs that make us human.
🌍 A milestone for humanity, powered by global collaboration.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnWA...
#HumanGenome #ScienceHistory 🖥️🧬
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Although machine learning could transform medicine, uncontrolled deployment risks trading long-term reliability for short-term benefits
https://go.nature.com/447yqXK
https://go.nature.com/447yqXK
Medical AI can transform medicine — but only if we carefully track the data it touches
The uncontrolled deployment of machine learning in medicine can distort patient information and sacrifice long-term data reliability for short-term benefits.
go.nature.com
June 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Although machine learning could transform medicine, uncontrolled deployment risks trading long-term reliability for short-term benefits
https://go.nature.com/447yqXK
https://go.nature.com/447yqXK
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🧠 This #DementiaActionWeek, @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social is raising awareness about getting a timely diagnosis. 1 in 3 people with dementia do not have one
🩺 Diagnosis helps access treatment, advice and support
Info 👉 zurl.co/tZt2E
Support 👉 zurl.co/iAA1f
🩺 Diagnosis helps access treatment, advice and support
Info 👉 zurl.co/tZt2E
Support 👉 zurl.co/iAA1f
May 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🧠 This #DementiaActionWeek, @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social is raising awareness about getting a timely diagnosis. 1 in 3 people with dementia do not have one
🩺 Diagnosis helps access treatment, advice and support
Info 👉 zurl.co/tZt2E
Support 👉 zurl.co/iAA1f
🩺 Diagnosis helps access treatment, advice and support
Info 👉 zurl.co/tZt2E
Support 👉 zurl.co/iAA1f
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📰 First bacteria we ever meet can keep us out of hospital
✏️ BBC article about a new study from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social & @ucl.ac.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
✏️ BBC article about a new study from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social & @ucl.ac.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Microbiome: First bacteria we meet can keep us out of hospital
For the first time, scientists show how our microbiome forms affects the risk of infection.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📰 First bacteria we ever meet can keep us out of hospital
✏️ BBC article about a new study from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social & @ucl.ac.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
✏️ BBC article about a new study from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social & @ucl.ac.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Last lab session at Royal Free this year - it was so cool to see an inverse microscope today!
June 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Last lab session at Royal Free this year - it was so cool to see an inverse microscope today!
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🧬NEW: Our Dr Palesa Madupe & colleagues retrieved some of the oldest human genetic data from #Africa
They identify 2million year-old protein remains from Paranthropus robustus to reveal its biological sex & genetic variability
Read about this breakthrough in human evolution studies: bit.ly/3HiOgqP
They identify 2million year-old protein remains from Paranthropus robustus to reveal its biological sex & genetic variability
Read about this breakthrough in human evolution studies: bit.ly/3HiOgqP
Ancient genetic data reveals biological sex and genetic variability of Paranthropus robustus — HERI - Human Evolution Research Institute
Using a technique called palaeoproteomics, researchers extracted 2-million-year-old protein remains from Paranthropus robustus teeth to reveal biological sex and genetic variability.
bit.ly
May 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
🧬NEW: Our Dr Palesa Madupe & colleagues retrieved some of the oldest human genetic data from #Africa
They identify 2million year-old protein remains from Paranthropus robustus to reveal its biological sex & genetic variability
Read about this breakthrough in human evolution studies: bit.ly/3HiOgqP
They identify 2million year-old protein remains from Paranthropus robustus to reveal its biological sex & genetic variability
Read about this breakthrough in human evolution studies: bit.ly/3HiOgqP
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"Authorities should understand that speaking out is not 'attacking' the government but trying to improve local governance," writes John Burns. In full: buff.ly/WbN2jwJ
Deleted Ombudsman reports, silencing lawmakers, holding authorities to account
"Authorities should understand that speaking out is not 'attacking' the government but trying to improve local governance," writes John Burns.
buff.ly
May 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Authorities should understand that speaking out is not 'attacking' the government but trying to improve local governance," writes John Burns. In full: buff.ly/WbN2jwJ
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💭What does decolonising praxis look like in public administration and public value?
Join us for two workshops by IIPP and UCL STEaPP to brainstorm, dialogue, & reflect on this and more.
🔗Learn more: buff.ly/HiAmXIT
✍️Register here: buff.ly/NG9SXZP
❗️Apply by 10 June 2025, 17:00 BST
Join us for two workshops by IIPP and UCL STEaPP to brainstorm, dialogue, & reflect on this and more.
🔗Learn more: buff.ly/HiAmXIT
✍️Register here: buff.ly/NG9SXZP
❗️Apply by 10 June 2025, 17:00 BST
May 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
💭What does decolonising praxis look like in public administration and public value?
Join us for two workshops by IIPP and UCL STEaPP to brainstorm, dialogue, & reflect on this and more.
🔗Learn more: buff.ly/HiAmXIT
✍️Register here: buff.ly/NG9SXZP
❗️Apply by 10 June 2025, 17:00 BST
Join us for two workshops by IIPP and UCL STEaPP to brainstorm, dialogue, & reflect on this and more.
🔗Learn more: buff.ly/HiAmXIT
✍️Register here: buff.ly/NG9SXZP
❗️Apply by 10 June 2025, 17:00 BST
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The process of necrosis, a form of cell death, may represent one of the most promising ways to change the course of human aging, disease and even space travel, according to a new study from Dr Keith Siew @uclmedsci.bsky.social with LinkGevity & @esa.int
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...
Could ‘pausing’ cell death be the final frontier in medicine on Earth and beyond?
The process of necrosis, a form of cell death, may represent one of the most promising ways to change the course of human aging, disease and even space travel, according to a new study from researcher...
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The process of necrosis, a form of cell death, may represent one of the most promising ways to change the course of human aging, disease and even space travel, according to a new study from Dr Keith Siew @uclmedsci.bsky.social with LinkGevity & @esa.int
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...
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The pain of an unethical situation is not all in your head.
Moral distress and moral injury show up in our bodies and behaviors. 💔
Moral distress and moral injury show up in our bodies and behaviors. 💔
May 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The pain of an unethical situation is not all in your head.
Moral distress and moral injury show up in our bodies and behaviors. 💔
Moral distress and moral injury show up in our bodies and behaviors. 💔
Reposted by Miranda Leung
Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ
May 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ
youtu.be/OmLAvH1OoAA?... Wanted to share this video - as it reminded me of a conversation I had with a friend a while back.
Let's Not Be Confused About This Genetically Modified Baby
YouTube video by hankschannel
youtu.be
May 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
youtu.be/OmLAvH1OoAA?... Wanted to share this video - as it reminded me of a conversation I had with a friend a while back.
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Researchers at the Crick have identified a key step in the development of mammalian embryos, shedding light on how mammals have evolved to generate placentas, among other features.
www.crick.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
www.crick.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
Marsupial research reveals how mammalian embryos form
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have revealed insight into why embryos erase a key epigenetic mark during early development, suggesting this may have evolved to help form a placenta.
www.crick.ac.uk
May 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Researchers at the Crick have identified a key step in the development of mammalian embryos, shedding light on how mammals have evolved to generate placentas, among other features.
www.crick.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
www.crick.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
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Researchers @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social and @crick.ac.uk, led by Dr @kenzoivanovitch.bsky.social & Shayma Abukar, have, for the first time, identified the origin of cardiac cells using 3D images of a heart forming in real-time, inside a living mouse embryo www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...
May 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Researchers @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social and @crick.ac.uk, led by Dr @kenzoivanovitch.bsky.social & Shayma Abukar, have, for the first time, identified the origin of cardiac cells using 3D images of a heart forming in real-time, inside a living mouse embryo www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...
