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Pedro T. Monteiro
@ptgmonteiro.bsky.social
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CS Professor at @istecnico.bksy.social - ULisbon
Father of 3. Rider of MT-09.

"I'm not protesting to change the world. I’m protesting to ensure the world doesn’t change me."
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istecnico.bsky.social
The Software Engineering Lab is designed to support various forms of study and work, offering areas for both individual focus and collaboration, addressing the increasing demand for flexibility and shared experiences in academic life.

🔗 Full article: tinyurl.com/yvj7ez9b

#TécnicoLisboa #ULisboa
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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shyznogd.bsky.social
Isto é inacreditável

expresso.pt/sociedade/20...
October 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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odedrechavi.bsky.social
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
October 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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pedrobeltrao.bsky.social
new preprint: Ubiquitin is a protein modification linked with degradation but known to regulate other functions. Over 100k ubiquitination sites have been discovered and here we (@julianvangerwen.bsky.social + others) try to prioritize those most critical to the cell www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The functional landscape of the human ubiquitinome
Protein ubiquitination regulates cell biology through diverse avenues, from quality control-linked protein degradation to signaling functions such as modulating protein-protein interactions and enzyme...
www.biorxiv.org
October 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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erictopol.bsky.social
How sugary drinks loaded with fructose and glucose may promote colon cancer metastatic potential
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
September 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
ptgmonteiro.bsky.social
This 👇
wkhuber.bsky.social Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · Sep 15
My work email is a DDoS attack.
September 16, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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barbmarte.bsky.social
new out in Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Compression causes cancer cells to start spreading
The switch between proliferation and invasion is triggered by mechanical force.
www.nature.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
ptgmonteiro.bsky.social
Sobre a redução do número de candidatos ao ensino superior (em 1a fase)
www.publico.pt/2025/08/26/s...
Uma má notícia para Portugal: o número de alunos nas universidades caiu este ano
Andreia Sanches é jornalista do PÚBLICO e acompanha há anos a educação em Portugal. A Andreia é a convidada deste episódio do seu podcast da manhã.
www.publico.pt
August 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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cyrilpedia.bsky.social
Not just Canada:

"In other words, if the United States were to issue a legal request to Microsoft for the data of a French citizen hosted in the EU, Microsoft would comply regardless of French or EU law."
canadahealthwatch.ca Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · Aug 23
Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...

More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
illustration of a Canadian mountie trying (but failing) to hold back Uncle Sam from raiding a server with a Canadian flag on it
August 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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pedrojdoc.bsky.social
Quanto aos ovos estadunidenses vs europeus, é questão de combate à salmonela com duas táticas distintas, lá fazem lavagem especial aos ovos (q em contrapartida perdem película protetora, daí a necessidade de frio) e por cá vacinam as galinhas, sem perda da película e daí sem necessidade de frio.
Why The U.S. Chills Its Eggs And Most Of The World Doesn't
In many countries, eggs aren't refrigerated and they're still considered safe to eat. But in the U.S., we have to chill them, because we've washed away the cuticle that protects them from bacteria.
www.npr.org
August 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
ptgmonteiro.bsky.social
Want to compute immediate neighbours of monotone Boolean functions but got lost with the combinatorics? 🤯
Now you can github.com/ptgm/pyfunct...

Our latest work (w/ JoseCury PatriciaRoxo @vmanquinho.bsky.social ClaudineChaouiya), to be presented at CMSB'25! doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Computation of Immediate Neighbours of Monotone Boolean Functions
Boolean networks constitute relevant mathematical models to study the behaviours of genetic and signalling networks. These networks define regulatory influences between molecular nodes, each being ass...
doi.org
August 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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erictopol.bsky.social
When mRNA vaccines are wrongly attacked, this is one of many examples of what you're missing.
A broad spectrum prevention strategy against viruses
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
August 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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carlbergstrom.com
I’m old enough to remember when it was on pace to out-think humanity.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Sam Altman Says ChatGPT Is on Track to Out-Talk Humanity BY ZOË SCHIFFER AND WILL KNIGHT | 2-MINUTE READ
August 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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erictopol.bsky.social
The long and newly updated story of lithium and its potential role for helping to prevent Alzheimer's disease
erictopol.substack.com/p/lithium-an...
August 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
ptgmonteiro.bsky.social
The new normal
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
ptgmonteiro.bsky.social
Apple Intelligence
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/a...
Apple brings OpenAI’s GPT-5 to iOS and macOS
It’s unclear exactly how GPT-5’s new approach to model-switching will work here.
arstechnica.com
August 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
ptgmonteiro.bsky.social
Venho só deixar isto aqui...

jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/noticias/por...
Portugal com maior queda do rendimento real das famílias na OCDE no 1.º trimestre
O rendimento real das famílias portuguesas recuou 4,5%, em cadeia, "principalmente devido ao aumento dos impostos a pagar, com o PIB real per capita também a contrair-se (-0,6%)", indica a OCDE, no de...
jornaleconomico.sapo.pt
August 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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cyrilpedia.bsky.social
Enquanto isto, Portugal se tornou o líder mundiai em contratos Spinumviva
'Com quase 4 mil quilômetros de vias em operação, a Espanha possui a rede ferroviária de alta velocidade mais extensa da Europa, e a segunda maior do mundo, atrás apenas da China, um país sete vezes maior.'
Transporte de alta velocidade: como a Espanha se tornou um dos líderes mundiais nas viagens de trens rápidas - BBC News Brasil
Nas últimas décadas, a Espanha optou por um meio de transporte caracterizado pela eficiência, mas também pelo custo elevado. Será que valeu a pena o investimento?
www.bbc.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
ptgmonteiro.bsky.social
"A solução não virá de mais abnegação, mas de uma reestruturação corajosa. Não precisamos de mais heróis para aguentar sistemas insustentáveis; precisamos de um sistema sustentável, para os profissionais que o operam e para os utentes que deveriam conseguir tratar."
expresso.pt/opiniao/2025...
A ministra da Saúde do “esforço adicional” e a pá
A solução não virá de mais abnegação, mas de uma reestruturação corajosa. Não precisamos de mais heróis para aguentar sistemas insustentáveis; precisamos de um sistema sustentável, para os profissiona...
expresso.pt
August 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
ptgmonteiro.bsky.social
'Confundir ciência e inovação põe em risco equilíbrios essenciais, como os que existem entre financiamento estruturante e competição ou entre liberdade académica e prioridades políticas e económicas'
www.publico.pt/2025/08/02/c...
FCT: a extinção que subordina a ciência e ameaça o bem comum
A arquitetura da política científica em Portugal é uma conquista histórica. Reformá-la exige clareza de princípios, visão estratégica e compromisso com o bem comum.
www.publico.pt
August 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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eventswcs.bsky.social
Learn computational approaches to leverage biological networks for solving #biomedical disease challenges, at #ComputationalBiology25 course.

🗓️ Course dates: 7-12 December 2025
💸 Bursary support available

Apply by 25 August 📩
📎 Find out more about sessions and instructors: bit.ly/4knNAi6
Wellcome Connecting Science Computational Systems Biology for Digital Medicine Course dates: 7-12 December 2025 Location: Wellcome Genome Campus, UK Apply by 25 August
May 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
ptgmonteiro.bsky.social
A generative artificial-intelligence tool has designed a synthetic CRISPR system that successfully edits human DNA
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
AI expands the repertoire of CRISPR-associated proteins for genome editing
A generative artificial-intelligence tool has designed a synthetic CRISPR system that successfully edits human DNA and sharply reduces off-target effects.
www.nature.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
ptgmonteiro.bsky.social
After podcasts (audio overview) now the Video overview!
blog.google/technology/g...
What’s new in NotebookLM: Video Overviews and an upgraded Studio
NotebookLM launches Video Overviews and upgrades to the Studio panel.
blog.google
July 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
ptgmonteiro.bsky.social
Hoje a FCCN terminou o Zoom Pro webconference do Colibri.

"É também o dia que começo a receber "You have been added as ... to ... in Microsoft Teams" 😢

como se não houvessem alternativas
July 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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cyrilpedia.bsky.social
'Comparative oncology has two main driving goals. The first is to offer a deeper and more integrative understanding of what cancer is. The second is to find novel treatments for patients, by drawing inspiration from natural cancer-resistance mechanisms that have evolved in diverse species.'
Advancing cancer research via comparative oncology - Nature Reviews Cancer
Comparative oncology combines evolutionary biology, ecology, veterinary medicine and clinical oncology to better understand cancer, for example, by identifying the molecular and cellular mechanisms un...
www.nature.com
July 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM