Rita Strack
@ritastrack.bsky.social
Chief Editor of Nature Biomedical Engineering. Ph.D. Previously at Nature Methods. @rita_strack on the place formerly known as twitter.
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Rita Strack
@ritastrack.bsky.social
· Aug 1
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I have some BIG NEWS to share today!
Today I begin my next adventure as
Chief Editor of Nature Biomedical Engineering!!
(a thread) @natmethods.nature.com @natbiomedeng.nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com
Today I begin my next adventure as
Chief Editor of Nature Biomedical Engineering!!
(a thread) @natmethods.nature.com @natbiomedeng.nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com
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Open faculty position (Assistant or Associate) in UW Medical Genetics. As you might expect, faculty often end up also interacting with Genome Sciences, so we're hoping for some great prospects! Note the clinical requirements for the position. apply.interfolio.com/176466
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November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Open faculty position (Assistant or Associate) in UW Medical Genetics. As you might expect, faculty often end up also interacting with Genome Sciences, so we're hoping for some great prospects! Note the clinical requirements for the position. apply.interfolio.com/176466
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We (Nordborg & Weigel labs) need input on the next generation of genome browsers & data download modes for the #Arabidopsis #1001GenomesPlus project. We have now a curated collection of over 500 long read genomes.
Please help us by filling out this questionnaire: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please help us by filling out this questionnaire: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Next generation of 1001 Genomes Plus browser and data download
Please indicate all features you would like to see in a browser that displays features of completely sequenced Arabidopsis thaliana genomes
docs.google.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We (Nordborg & Weigel labs) need input on the next generation of genome browsers & data download modes for the #Arabidopsis #1001GenomesPlus project. We have now a curated collection of over 500 long read genomes.
Please help us by filling out this questionnaire: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please help us by filling out this questionnaire: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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📢 SIGN & SHARE THE PETITION! 📢
New York needs an Empire Biomedical Research Institute to create new statewide funding opportunities for scientists & physician-scientists so that patients and their families get the life-saving and life-changing new therapeutics they're hoping for ✏️ c.org/TDMy2H9JTW
New York needs an Empire Biomedical Research Institute to create new statewide funding opportunities for scientists & physician-scientists so that patients and their families get the life-saving and life-changing new therapeutics they're hoping for ✏️ c.org/TDMy2H9JTW
Sign the Petition
Support a New York State Biomedical Institute for a Healthier, More Affordable Future
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November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
📢 SIGN & SHARE THE PETITION! 📢
New York needs an Empire Biomedical Research Institute to create new statewide funding opportunities for scientists & physician-scientists so that patients and their families get the life-saving and life-changing new therapeutics they're hoping for ✏️ c.org/TDMy2H9JTW
New York needs an Empire Biomedical Research Institute to create new statewide funding opportunities for scientists & physician-scientists so that patients and their families get the life-saving and life-changing new therapeutics they're hoping for ✏️ c.org/TDMy2H9JTW
Another nice prime editing paper in Nature
Prime editing-installed suppressor tRNAs for disease-agnostic genome editing | Nature share.google/JbEgGmuXohSb...
Prime editing-installed suppressor tRNAs for disease-agnostic genome editing | Nature share.google/JbEgGmuXohSb...
Prime editing-installed suppressor tRNAs for disease-agnostic genome editing - Nature
A new strategy that uses prime editing to convert an endogenous tRNA into a suppressor tRNA shows therapeutic potential for multiple genetic diseases that are caused by premature stop codons.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Another nice prime editing paper in Nature
Prime editing-installed suppressor tRNAs for disease-agnostic genome editing | Nature share.google/JbEgGmuXohSb...
Prime editing-installed suppressor tRNAs for disease-agnostic genome editing | Nature share.google/JbEgGmuXohSb...
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CellWhisperer
From Transcriptome to Text
A great LLM-Chatbot explorer for CELLxGENE & GEO & your own data!
Contrastive language image pretraining
Geneformer
BioBERT
>1 million bulk/pseudo-bulk transcriptomes
cellwhisperer.bocklab.org
#NatBiotech 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
From Transcriptome to Text
A great LLM-Chatbot explorer for CELLxGENE & GEO & your own data!
Contrastive language image pretraining
Geneformer
BioBERT
>1 million bulk/pseudo-bulk transcriptomes
cellwhisperer.bocklab.org
#NatBiotech 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
CellWhisperer
From Transcriptome to Text
A great LLM-Chatbot explorer for CELLxGENE & GEO & your own data!
Contrastive language image pretraining
Geneformer
BioBERT
>1 million bulk/pseudo-bulk transcriptomes
cellwhisperer.bocklab.org
#NatBiotech 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
From Transcriptome to Text
A great LLM-Chatbot explorer for CELLxGENE & GEO & your own data!
Contrastive language image pretraining
Geneformer
BioBERT
>1 million bulk/pseudo-bulk transcriptomes
cellwhisperer.bocklab.org
#NatBiotech 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Thanks to @nature.com for featuring our work in this piece on genetically-encoded sensors.
The article does a great job highlighting their importance for both basic research and translational impact, such as in our lab's research on serotonin.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The article does a great job highlighting their importance for both basic research and translational impact, such as in our lab's research on serotonin.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How genetically encoded sensors have lit up neuroscience
Tools that track specific molecules in neurons have enabled researchers to probe previously unexplored aspects of neurobiology — although important caveats remain.
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Thanks to @nature.com for featuring our work in this piece on genetically-encoded sensors.
The article does a great job highlighting their importance for both basic research and translational impact, such as in our lab's research on serotonin.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The article does a great job highlighting their importance for both basic research and translational impact, such as in our lab's research on serotonin.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A horse I loved passed away today in comfort from old age. I used to ride her for my friends from time to time. My daughter rode her too. I just love this picture of her because while she was safe and gentle, Ruby was often a little cranky. I will miss you old friend.
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
A horse I loved passed away today in comfort from old age. I used to ride her for my friends from time to time. My daughter rode her too. I just love this picture of her because while she was safe and gentle, Ruby was often a little cranky. I will miss you old friend.
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Re-upping this - Neuropeeps! We have a TT Job in my wonderful department at Brandeis! First consideration to applications received by Dec 15 (but why wait?)
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program - Waltham, Massachusetts (US) job with Brandeis University | 12848464
The Department of Biology and the Program in Neuroscience at Brandeis University invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor positio...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Re-upping this - Neuropeeps! We have a TT Job in my wonderful department at Brandeis! First consideration to applications received by Dec 15 (but why wait?)
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Are you a postdoc or assistant professor on the job market? Reminder that our department is hiring! We are a scientifically diverse department looking for a colleague that is excited about science, teaching, and potential collaborations! Please apply by 12/5/25!
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Are you a postdoc or assistant professor on the job market? Reminder that our department is hiring! We are a scientifically diverse department looking for a colleague that is excited about science, teaching, and potential collaborations! Please apply by 12/5/25!
To read
Semantic design of functional de novo genes from a genomic language model | Nature share.google/IvansVIDYkLA...
Semantic design of functional de novo genes from a genomic language model | Nature share.google/IvansVIDYkLA...
Semantic design of functional de novo genes from a genomic language model - Nature
By learning a semantics of gene function based on genomic context, the genomic language model Evo autocompletes DNA prompts to generate novel genes encoding protein and RNA molecules with defined acti...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
To read
Semantic design of functional de novo genes from a genomic language model | Nature share.google/IvansVIDYkLA...
Semantic design of functional de novo genes from a genomic language model | Nature share.google/IvansVIDYkLA...
This ended up being amazing. Andre Levchenko organized a really well rounded day with provocative discussions! It was my first time being invited to an institute retreat and I really learned a lot, which is the highest praise I can give!
Looking forward to some great science today at Yale. Thanks to the organizers for inviting me!
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This ended up being amazing. Andre Levchenko organized a really well rounded day with provocative discussions! It was my first time being invited to an institute retreat and I really learned a lot, which is the highest praise I can give!
Fixation artifacts will haunt us forever until we get real about them.
Fix or Freeze? Spectral Differences Arising from Tissue Preparation in Chemical Imaging https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.19.689284v1
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Fixation artifacts will haunt us forever until we get real about them.
Looking forward to some great science today at Yale. Thanks to the organizers for inviting me!
November 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Looking forward to some great science today at Yale. Thanks to the organizers for inviting me!
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Oh hey, who wants to be next in the barrel?
November 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Oh hey, who wants to be next in the barrel?
Really excited for our November issue, and I feel like I'm starting to get into the groove of writing editorials for nBME (with the help of the team of course!). Please check it out!
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Really excited for our November issue, and I feel like I'm starting to get into the groove of writing editorials for nBME (with the help of the team of course!). Please check it out!
Interesting paper in npj digital med
The human factor in explainable artificial intelligence: clinician variability in trust, reliance, and performance | npj Digital Medicine share.google/MjrvSrHObvqW...
The human factor in explainable artificial intelligence: clinician variability in trust, reliance, and performance | npj Digital Medicine share.google/MjrvSrHObvqW...
The human factor in explainable artificial intelligence: clinician variability in trust, reliance, and performance - npj Digital Medicine
npj Digital Medicine - The human factor in explainable artificial intelligence: clinician variability in trust, reliance, and performance
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November 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Interesting paper in npj digital med
The human factor in explainable artificial intelligence: clinician variability in trust, reliance, and performance | npj Digital Medicine share.google/MjrvSrHObvqW...
The human factor in explainable artificial intelligence: clinician variability in trust, reliance, and performance | npj Digital Medicine share.google/MjrvSrHObvqW...
Methods developers trying really hard for that perfect acronym...
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Methods developers trying really hard for that perfect acronym...
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Stuck in the US as a postdoc due to the current political nightmare? Consider to join us in Freiburg @dompsfr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social #plantscience
If you know postdocs in the US whose work is restricted or becoming difficult, there are new fellowship possibilities in the south of Germany. Please, forward this information to them:
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Our lab in Freiburg can also serve as a host — happy to discuss options.
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Our lab in Freiburg can also serve as a host — happy to discuss options.
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Stuck in the US as a postdoc due to the current political nightmare? Consider to join us in Freiburg @dompsfr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social #plantscience
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Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
To read
Multi-omics, physiology and immunology of pig-to-human decedent kidney xenotransplant @nature.com @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @nyulangone.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
To read
I won't talk about NMeth @natmethods.nature.com forever (probably), but I do want to brag a bit about the November focus issue on cell segmentation and tracking, which is many ways is my last hurrah (and final editorial) for the journal. I am so proud of these papers!! www.nature.com/nmeth/volume...
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I won't talk about NMeth @natmethods.nature.com forever (probably), but I do want to brag a bit about the November focus issue on cell segmentation and tracking, which is many ways is my last hurrah (and final editorial) for the journal. I am so proud of these papers!! www.nature.com/nmeth/volume...
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Wood et al. review the development of analgesic drugs targeting sodium channels Naᵥ1.7 and Naᵥ1.8. FDA approval of the Naᵥ1.8 antagonist suzetrigine presages an exciting new era in analgesic treatment. rupress.org/jgp/article/...
📙 In #Neuroscience collection 👉 rupress.org/jgp/collecti...
#SfN25
📙 In #Neuroscience collection 👉 rupress.org/jgp/collecti...
#SfN25
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Wood et al. review the development of analgesic drugs targeting sodium channels Naᵥ1.7 and Naᵥ1.8. FDA approval of the Naᵥ1.8 antagonist suzetrigine presages an exciting new era in analgesic treatment. rupress.org/jgp/article/...
📙 In #Neuroscience collection 👉 rupress.org/jgp/collecti...
#SfN25
📙 In #Neuroscience collection 👉 rupress.org/jgp/collecti...
#SfN25
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Reposted by Rita Strack
CAN LLMs write about science? @science.org decided to find out, and they did it the curious, scientific way. They did an experiment.
Love this thoughtful convo. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/11/12/w...
Love this thoughtful convo. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/11/12/w...
The Last Word On Nothing | Why AAAS won’t be using AI to write press releases anytime soon
www.lastwordonnothing.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
CAN LLMs write about science? @science.org decided to find out, and they did it the curious, scientific way. They did an experiment.
Love this thoughtful convo. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/11/12/w...
Love this thoughtful convo. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/11/12/w...
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The November issue is live nature.com/nbt/volumes/...
On the cover, lipid nanoparticles targeting the lung, designed using neural networks. A method developed by Witten et al. identified two structures that efficiently delivered mRNA to ferret lungs go.nature.com/4fbj0VU
On the cover, lipid nanoparticles targeting the lung, designed using neural networks. A method developed by Witten et al. identified two structures that efficiently delivered mRNA to ferret lungs go.nature.com/4fbj0VU
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The November issue is live nature.com/nbt/volumes/...
On the cover, lipid nanoparticles targeting the lung, designed using neural networks. A method developed by Witten et al. identified two structures that efficiently delivered mRNA to ferret lungs go.nature.com/4fbj0VU
On the cover, lipid nanoparticles targeting the lung, designed using neural networks. A method developed by Witten et al. identified two structures that efficiently delivered mRNA to ferret lungs go.nature.com/4fbj0VU