Lorena Oli
@olifiersl.bsky.social
PhD student at the Max Planck for Biological Intelligence & GSN-LMU | prev. at University of Manchester | looking closely at neuronal mitochondria 🔬
#nerdfighter
#nerdfighter
my friends are so funny
they have Spotify playlists called RT-qPCR
they have Spotify playlists called RT-qPCR
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
my friends are so funny
they have Spotify playlists called RT-qPCR
they have Spotify playlists called RT-qPCR
IT'S OUT!!! 🥰
Neuronal compartmentalization results in impoverished axonal mitochondria https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.27.684882v1
October 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
IT'S OUT!!! 🥰
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That merely being “under review” by a Nature family journal is offered as a quality proxy for a paper is a tragic illustration of the extent to which academia is addicted to brands and outsources evaluation
October 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
That merely being “under review” by a Nature family journal is offered as a quality proxy for a paper is a tragic illustration of the extent to which academia is addicted to brands and outsources evaluation
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Our newest publication is out, and it is most certainly a colorful one!!
Using carefully controlled experiments in keratinocytes, we show that different light wavelengths affect cell metabolism and integrity in different manners.
febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Using carefully controlled experiments in keratinocytes, we show that different light wavelengths affect cell metabolism and integrity in different manners.
febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Our newest publication is out, and it is most certainly a colorful one!!
Using carefully controlled experiments in keratinocytes, we show that different light wavelengths affect cell metabolism and integrity in different manners.
febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Using carefully controlled experiments in keratinocytes, we show that different light wavelengths affect cell metabolism and integrity in different manners.
febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
really wish I could afford academic textbooks but 160€ is just not gonna cut it for me...
October 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
really wish I could afford academic textbooks but 160€ is just not gonna cut it for me...
how your email found me:
(it didn't)
(it didn't)
October 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
how your email found me:
(it didn't)
(it didn't)
NMJs.... NMJs everywhere.......
October 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
NMJs.... NMJs everywhere.......
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Exciting study from @frisophagy.bsky.social in @chinnery in the Chinnery lab @mrc-mbu.bsky.social. Congratulations to all authors involved in the study! #mitochondria
Ubiquitin-mediated mitophagy regulates the inheritance of mitochondrial DNA mutations | Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ubiquitin-mediated mitophagy regulates the inheritance of mitochondrial DNA mutations | Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ubiquitin-mediated mitophagy regulates the inheritance of mitochondrial DNA mutations
Mitochondrial synthesis of adenosine triphosphate is essential for eukaryotic life but is dependent on the cooperation of two genomes: nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). mtDNA mutates ~15 times as...
www.science.org
October 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Exciting study from @frisophagy.bsky.social in @chinnery in the Chinnery lab @mrc-mbu.bsky.social. Congratulations to all authors involved in the study! #mitochondria
Ubiquitin-mediated mitophagy regulates the inheritance of mitochondrial DNA mutations | Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ubiquitin-mediated mitophagy regulates the inheritance of mitochondrial DNA mutations | Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
Science friends,
I want to invite you to my short lecture at the @bmc-lmu.bsky.social next Tuesday, 7th of October
The topic is how mitochondria (yes, the powerhouse of the cell 🔋) keep our motor neurons healthy so we can keep moving our muscles until we're 100!
#walterneupert #neupertstiftung
I want to invite you to my short lecture at the @bmc-lmu.bsky.social next Tuesday, 7th of October
The topic is how mitochondria (yes, the powerhouse of the cell 🔋) keep our motor neurons healthy so we can keep moving our muscles until we're 100!
#walterneupert #neupertstiftung
September 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Science friends,
I want to invite you to my short lecture at the @bmc-lmu.bsky.social next Tuesday, 7th of October
The topic is how mitochondria (yes, the powerhouse of the cell 🔋) keep our motor neurons healthy so we can keep moving our muscles until we're 100!
#walterneupert #neupertstiftung
I want to invite you to my short lecture at the @bmc-lmu.bsky.social next Tuesday, 7th of October
The topic is how mitochondria (yes, the powerhouse of the cell 🔋) keep our motor neurons healthy so we can keep moving our muscles until we're 100!
#walterneupert #neupertstiftung
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A reminder to please support non-profit publishers.
It’s good for science and scientists.
It’s a responsible use of taxpayer dollars.
It requires resisting peer pressure to submit to Nature journals.
Thanks @bacteriality.bsky.social for this helpful slide for microbiology journals.
It’s good for science and scientists.
It’s a responsible use of taxpayer dollars.
It requires resisting peer pressure to submit to Nature journals.
Thanks @bacteriality.bsky.social for this helpful slide for microbiology journals.
September 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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u know who are skeptics
scientists are skeptics
being anti-science is not being a skeptic
scientists are skeptics
being anti-science is not being a skeptic
September 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
u know who are skeptics
scientists are skeptics
being anti-science is not being a skeptic
scientists are skeptics
being anti-science is not being a skeptic
got baptised today- aka got PBS sprayed on my face while trying to remove spinal cord
September 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
got baptised today- aka got PBS sprayed on my face while trying to remove spinal cord
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Dear GenZ members of the #Drosophila community! You are needed to make cool fly research viral in your social media world! As a boomer I do not understand that sphere, but I can consult and contribute our enormous fund of outreach resources: droso4public.wordpress.com. Please, get in contact!
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droso4public is a central resource store supporting science communication and advocacy for Drosophila
droso4public.wordpress.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Dear GenZ members of the #Drosophila community! You are needed to make cool fly research viral in your social media world! As a boomer I do not understand that sphere, but I can consult and contribute our enormous fund of outreach resources: droso4public.wordpress.com. Please, get in contact!
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SAVE THE DATE: We, the @mpiforbi.bsky.social and @mpibiochem.bsky.social, are opening our doors for you on October 25! Tours, talks, experiments – Join us to learn more about us and our science!
More information: mpi.lineupr.com/tdot/
More information: mpi.lineupr.com/tdot/
August 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
SAVE THE DATE: We, the @mpiforbi.bsky.social and @mpibiochem.bsky.social, are opening our doors for you on October 25! Tours, talks, experiments – Join us to learn more about us and our science!
More information: mpi.lineupr.com/tdot/
More information: mpi.lineupr.com/tdot/
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Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
Last few days at CSHL. This is "Sheets and Giggles"- our lightsheet baby with two excitation paths. It has been a dream and a privilege to be at this course 🔬☺️
August 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Last few days at CSHL. This is "Sheets and Giggles"- our lightsheet baby with two excitation paths. It has been a dream and a privilege to be at this course 🔬☺️
miniscopes and telescopes @cshlcourses.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
miniscopes and telescopes @cshlcourses.bsky.social
Week 1 at @cshlcourses.bsky.social Imaging Structure & Function in Neuroscience is over! Feeling extra lucky to be amongst such amazing scientists and in this gorgeous campus ❤️🔬📚
July 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Week 1 at @cshlcourses.bsky.social Imaging Structure & Function in Neuroscience is over! Feeling extra lucky to be amongst such amazing scientists and in this gorgeous campus ❤️🔬📚
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Model organism communities are fantastic. Good work, "Drosophilists"! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Giant study finds a research field that’s mostly reproducible
Researchers assessed more than 1,000 results from fruit-fly immunity research published between 1959 and 2011. The majority of findings look verifiable.
www.nature.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Model organism communities are fantastic. Good work, "Drosophilists"! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
summer = getting to apply sunscreen on my face to go sit in a dark room with my microscope 😎
July 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
summer = getting to apply sunscreen on my face to go sit in a dark room with my microscope 😎
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This would be a great time for everyone to be cool when reviewing manuscripts and *not* request $25,000 worth of new experiments that don’t substantially advance or validate the study...
June 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This would be a great time for everyone to be cool when reviewing manuscripts and *not* request $25,000 worth of new experiments that don’t substantially advance or validate the study...
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#drosophila @flybase.bsky.social request emergency funding:
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
#drosophila @flybase.bsky.social request emergency funding:
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
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Murray-Cors et al. (2025) Assessing impacts of mitochondrial dysfunction on axonal microtubule bundles as potential mechanism in neurodegeneration. bioRxiv, 2025.05.11.653329 -- www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Murray-Cors et al. (2025) Assessing impacts of mitochondrial dysfunction on axonal microtubule bundles as potential mechanism in neurodegeneration. bioRxiv, 2025.05.11.653329 -- www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Check out the newly-published results of an exciting multi-year collaborative project by the Brazilian Reproducibility Initiative. A total of 56 labs performed over 140 replications of 56 experiments, assessing replicability across biomedical research in Brazil.
📄: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
📄: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Estimating the replicability of Brazilian biomedical science
Concerns over the replicability and reproducibility of published research have grown in many research fields, but empirical data to inform policies are still scarce. Biomedical research in Brazil expa...
www.biorxiv.org
April 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Check out the newly-published results of an exciting multi-year collaborative project by the Brazilian Reproducibility Initiative. A total of 56 labs performed over 140 replications of 56 experiments, assessing replicability across biomedical research in Brazil.
📄: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
📄: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...