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#OpenScience
COIs http://tinyurl.com/DWCOI2022 GoogleScholar http://tinyurl.com/DeWeScholar
#OpenScience
COIs http://tinyurl.com/DWCOI2022 GoogleScholar http://tinyurl.com/DeWeScholar
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Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe!
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe!
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
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China is installing the wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
'Winning the race': How China plans to meet its 2030 renewables target by the end of this month
While Australia debates the merits of going nuclear and frustration grows over the slower-than-needed switch to solar and wind power, China's renewables rollout is breaking all the records.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
China is installing the wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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Delusional thinking about healthspan and longevity, now from China
"In 5 to 10 years nobody will get cancer."
"Living to 150 is definitely realistic. In a few years this will be the reality."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
"In 5 to 10 years nobody will get cancer."
"Living to 150 is definitely realistic. In a few years this will be the reality."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
In China, the Dream of Outrunning Time
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Delusional thinking about healthspan and longevity, now from China
"In 5 to 10 years nobody will get cancer."
"Living to 150 is definitely realistic. In a few years this will be the reality."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
"In 5 to 10 years nobody will get cancer."
"Living to 150 is definitely realistic. In a few years this will be the reality."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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To mark the death of James Watson, please read this 2023 piece about Rosalind Franklin's role in the discovery of the double helix
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
To mark the death of James Watson, please read this 2023 piece about Rosalind Franklin's role in the discovery of the double helix
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Maybe we should entertain some counterfactual history when trying to evaluate scientific genius?
Which discoveries would have been made only much later if a particular person would not have existed?
My money is on Barbara McClintock.
Also Gregor Mendel (quite literally rediscovered decades later).
Which discoveries would have been made only much later if a particular person would not have existed?
My money is on Barbara McClintock.
Also Gregor Mendel (quite literally rediscovered decades later).
November 8, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Maybe we should entertain some counterfactual history when trying to evaluate scientific genius?
Which discoveries would have been made only much later if a particular person would not have existed?
My money is on Barbara McClintock.
Also Gregor Mendel (quite literally rediscovered decades later).
Which discoveries would have been made only much later if a particular person would not have existed?
My money is on Barbara McClintock.
Also Gregor Mendel (quite literally rediscovered decades later).
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Bluetorial-Jim Watson
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
1/41
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
1/41
a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
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November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Bluetorial-Jim Watson
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
1/41
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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There's still time to RSVP and receive the Zoom link for the Philip N. Benfey Arabidopsis Community Lifetime Achievement Awards webinar featuring Detlef Weigel, Mark Estelle, and Maarten Koornneef!
RSVP---> bit.ly/naascawards
@plantevolution.bsky.social
RSVP---> bit.ly/naascawards
@plantevolution.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
There's still time to RSVP and receive the Zoom link for the Philip N. Benfey Arabidopsis Community Lifetime Achievement Awards webinar featuring Detlef Weigel, Mark Estelle, and Maarten Koornneef!
RSVP---> bit.ly/naascawards
@plantevolution.bsky.social
RSVP---> bit.ly/naascawards
@plantevolution.bsky.social
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@sheilaroitman.bsky.social from Detlef Weigel's lab @plantevolution.bsky.social presents a cool and innovative talk on the uncharacterized members of the plant microbiome: phages!!
So many bacterial 16S studies but very few people study the plant phagome
#PMS2025
So many bacterial 16S studies but very few people study the plant phagome
#PMS2025
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
@sheilaroitman.bsky.social from Detlef Weigel's lab @plantevolution.bsky.social presents a cool and innovative talk on the uncharacterized members of the plant microbiome: phages!!
So many bacterial 16S studies but very few people study the plant phagome
#PMS2025
So many bacterial 16S studies but very few people study the plant phagome
#PMS2025
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The Dobzhansky Prize recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. The awardee will present the Dobzhansky Prize plenary at #Evol2026. Apply by December 1! shorturl.at/p70wY
November 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The Dobzhansky Prize recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. The awardee will present the Dobzhansky Prize plenary at #Evol2026. Apply by December 1! shorturl.at/p70wY
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Hybridisation breaks species barriers in long-term coevolution of a cyanobacterial population.
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buff.ly/EaJskBA
November 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Hybridisation breaks species barriers in long-term coevolution of a cyanobacterial population.
buff.ly/EaJskBA
buff.ly/EaJskBA
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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The 1st pregnancy via A.I. detected sperm (by finding 5 motile sperm in 2.5 million images) from a 39-year-old man with infertility.
@thelancet.com
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@thelancet.com
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
First clinical pregnancy following AI-based microfluidic sperm detection and recovery in non-obstructive azoospermia
Male factor infertility accounts for up to 40% of infertility cases,1 with azoospermia
and cryptozoospermia (conditions characterised by absent or extremely rare sperm in
the ejaculate) comprising app...
thelancet.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The 1st pregnancy via A.I. detected sperm (by finding 5 motile sperm in 2.5 million images) from a 39-year-old man with infertility.
@thelancet.com
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@thelancet.com
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Pumpkin carving contest 2025🎃
Creative pumpkins from labs across @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
Our lab's @plantevolution.bsky.social "Carveolution" evolved it's way to 1st place 🏆
Creative pumpkins from labs across @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
Our lab's @plantevolution.bsky.social "Carveolution" evolved it's way to 1st place 🏆
November 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Pumpkin carving contest 2025🎃
Creative pumpkins from labs across @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
Our lab's @plantevolution.bsky.social "Carveolution" evolved it's way to 1st place 🏆
Creative pumpkins from labs across @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
Our lab's @plantevolution.bsky.social "Carveolution" evolved it's way to 1st place 🏆
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DeSantis orders Board of Governors to ‘pull the plug’ on H1-B visas in universities floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/29/_...
DeSantis orders Board of Governors to 'pull the plug' on H1-B visas in universities • Florida Phoenix
Gov. Ron DeSantis is directing Florida's top higher education board to prevent state universities from hiring foreign specialty workers, he announced Wednesday.
floridaphoenix.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:56 AM
DeSantis orders Board of Governors to ‘pull the plug’ on H1-B visas in universities floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/29/_...
The quest (by Lana Sushko)
October 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The quest (by Lana Sushko)
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I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them
October 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them
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Football ⚽️ in San Diego. Impressive fan base in San Diego FC’s inaugural season. A fun playoff win against Portland last night.
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Football ⚽️ in San Diego. Impressive fan base in San Diego FC’s inaugural season. A fun playoff win against Portland last night.
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VERY HAPPY to share our last publication...In a world full of SNPs...k-mers made the most biological sense out of the complex wheat genome! 🌱🧬
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Grateful to Benjaming Jaegle for the trust, & co-authors for their collaboration!
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Grateful to Benjaming Jaegle for the trust, & co-authors for their collaboration!
k-mer-based GWAS in a wheat collection reveals novel and diverse sources of powdery mildew resistance - Genome Biology
Wheat genetic resources hold the diversity required to mitigate agricultural challenges from climate change and reduced inputs. Using DArTseq, we genotype 461 wheat landraces and cultivars and evaluat...
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
VERY HAPPY to share our last publication...In a world full of SNPs...k-mers made the most biological sense out of the complex wheat genome! 🌱🧬
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Grateful to Benjaming Jaegle for the trust, & co-authors for their collaboration!
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Grateful to Benjaming Jaegle for the trust, & co-authors for their collaboration!
Shout out for former postdoc @plant-trx.bsky.social, who just started his own lab at the Weizmann institute! Yoav is working on several awesome studies!
www.weizmann.ac.il/plants/voich...
www.weizmann.ac.il/plants/voich...
October 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Shout out for former postdoc @plant-trx.bsky.social, who just started his own lab at the Weizmann institute! Yoav is working on several awesome studies!
www.weizmann.ac.il/plants/voich...
www.weizmann.ac.il/plants/voich...
1/2 Want to become up to date with pangenomes and genome graphs and their history? Check out this fantastic review by @zbao.bsky.social!
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
1/2 Want to become up to date with pangenomes and genome graphs and their history? Check out this fantastic review by @zbao.bsky.social!
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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🥹 Afghan women who escaped Taliban slavery have formed a football team in Australia. Today, in Morocco, they are making their debut in official FIFA friendly matches under the Afghan flag.
October 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🥹 Afghan women who escaped Taliban slavery have formed a football team in Australia. Today, in Morocco, they are making their debut in official FIFA friendly matches under the Afghan flag.
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Großflächige Photovoltaik in der Wüste wirkt sich positiv auf die lokale Ökologie aus
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Assessment of the ecological and environmental effects of large-scale photovoltaic development in desert areas - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Assessment of the ecological and environmental effects of large-scale photovoltaic development in desert areas
www.nature.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Großflächige Photovoltaik in der Wüste wirkt sich positiv auf die lokale Ökologie aus
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The “Art of Longevity” — is it by any chance left-handed DNA?
October 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The “Art of Longevity” — is it by any chance left-handed DNA?
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1/2 Ich kenne keinen Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund der/die in Deutschland lebt und keine rassistische Erfahrung hatte! Selbst wenn man hier geboren und sozialisiert ist und die beste Ausbildung hatte und noch so anerkannt ist, muss man sich von Rassisten Sprüche anhören lassen....
October 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
1/2 Ich kenne keinen Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund der/die in Deutschland lebt und keine rassistische Erfahrung hatte! Selbst wenn man hier geboren und sozialisiert ist und die beste Ausbildung hatte und noch so anerkannt ist, muss man sich von Rassisten Sprüche anhören lassen....