Sofya Lebedeva
@sofyaleb.bsky.social
🇷🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸 biosecurity & statistical genomics
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Sofya Lebedeva
@sofyaleb.bsky.social
· Sep 18
101 | Molecular Meditations | Sofya Lebedeva | Substack
The 101 Series shares the guides I wish existed when I started exploring these subjects, written with help from some of my favourite guest authors. Click to read Molecular Meditations, by Sofya Lebede...
sofyalebedeva.substack.com
What's the 101 Series?
It's the guides I wish existed when I started exploring various subjects, written with help from some of my favourite guest authors.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/s/101-series
#newsletter #substack
It's the guides I wish existed when I started exploring various subjects, written with help from some of my favourite guest authors.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/s/101-series
#newsletter #substack
Super useful thanks for sharing @tommytang.bsky.social
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Want to make a folder and go into it?
Don’t do:
mkdir blah
cd blah
Do this instead:
mkdir blah && cd $_
$_ = last argument.
Want to make a folder and go into it?
Don’t do:
mkdir blah
cd blah
Do this instead:
mkdir blah && cd $_
$_ = last argument.
September 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Super useful thanks for sharing @tommytang.bsky.social
What's the 101 Series?
It's the guides I wish existed when I started exploring various subjects, written with help from some of my favourite guest authors.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/s/101-series
#newsletter #substack
It's the guides I wish existed when I started exploring various subjects, written with help from some of my favourite guest authors.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/s/101-series
#newsletter #substack
101 | Molecular Meditations | Sofya Lebedeva | Substack
The 101 Series shares the guides I wish existed when I started exploring these subjects, written with help from some of my favourite guest authors. Click to read Molecular Meditations, by Sofya Lebede...
sofyalebedeva.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
What's the 101 Series?
It's the guides I wish existed when I started exploring various subjects, written with help from some of my favourite guest authors.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/s/101-series
#newsletter #substack
It's the guides I wish existed when I started exploring various subjects, written with help from some of my favourite guest authors.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/s/101-series
#newsletter #substack
Wet Lab 101 - Part 1
Part one of the Wet Lab 101 posts that I co-wrote with
@joduyvestyn.bsky.social
If you are new to the lab and want to get an overview of the different techniques, start here. Ideal for those in #undergrad or #Biosecurity.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/wet-lab-10...
Part one of the Wet Lab 101 posts that I co-wrote with
@joduyvestyn.bsky.social
If you are new to the lab and want to get an overview of the different techniques, start here. Ideal for those in #undergrad or #Biosecurity.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/wet-lab-10...
Wet Lab 101 - Part 1
From pipettes to PCR: a beginner’s guide to wet-lab techniques
sofyalebedeva.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Wet Lab 101 - Part 1
Part one of the Wet Lab 101 posts that I co-wrote with
@joduyvestyn.bsky.social
If you are new to the lab and want to get an overview of the different techniques, start here. Ideal for those in #undergrad or #Biosecurity.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/wet-lab-10...
Part one of the Wet Lab 101 posts that I co-wrote with
@joduyvestyn.bsky.social
If you are new to the lab and want to get an overview of the different techniques, start here. Ideal for those in #undergrad or #Biosecurity.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/wet-lab-10...
It's been a while! I'll be sharing some of the posts from my blog: Molecular Meditations.
Starting with bioinformatics 101
#bioinformatics #rstudio
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/phd-bioinf...
Starting with bioinformatics 101
#bioinformatics #rstudio
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/phd-bioinf...
[PhD] Bioinformatics 101
Want to get started with bioinformatics, but don't know how? Start here!
sofyalebedeva.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
It's been a while! I'll be sharing some of the posts from my blog: Molecular Meditations.
Starting with bioinformatics 101
#bioinformatics #rstudio
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/phd-bioinf...
Starting with bioinformatics 101
#bioinformatics #rstudio
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/phd-bioinf...
I've tried to use several NIH-funded tools for my research recently, and they have been glitchy. 🥲
March 16, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I've tried to use several NIH-funded tools for my research recently, and they have been glitchy. 🥲
This was super helpful! Thanks for sharing @marcveld.bsky.social!
The problem is, bacteria can grow without chiral nutrients
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Achiral nutrients are available in quantities sufficient for the growth of common bacteria in a wide range of natural environments, including within potential hosts.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Achiral nutrients are available in quantities sufficient for the growth of common bacteria in a wide range of natural environments, including within potential hosts.
Gene Dispensability in Escherichia coli Grown in Thirty Different Carbon Environments | mBio
While there has been much study of bacterial gene dispensability, there is a lack
of comprehensive genome-scale examinations of the impact of gene deletion on growth
in different carbon sources. In th...
journals.asm.org
December 17, 2024 at 7:32 PM
This was super helpful! Thanks for sharing @marcveld.bsky.social!
Can't believe it was #mirrorlife that finally motivated me to actually sign up to #BlueSky and to post something.
December 17, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Can't believe it was #mirrorlife that finally motivated me to actually sign up to #BlueSky and to post something.
We wrote a piece about whether a ban on this kind of research is feasible ➡️ sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/mirror-lif...
‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research
‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research
Experts warn that mirror bacteria, constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature, could put humans, animals and plants at risk of lethal infections
World-leading scientists have called for a halt on research to create “mirror life” microbes…
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:22 PM
We wrote a piece about whether a ban on this kind of research is feasible ➡️ sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/mirror-lif...
Seen the recent Mirror Life publication in Science? You might be wondering if a ban is feasible. In our recent article Garrett Ehinger and I discuss whether a ban on #mirrorlife is feasible and what alternatives for containment are available instead.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/mirror-lif...
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/mirror-lif...
Mirror Life: A Scientific Revolution or Biological Gamble?
Is banning mirror-life research unrealistic? Safer alternatives for a radical frontier.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Seen the recent Mirror Life publication in Science? You might be wondering if a ban is feasible. In our recent article Garrett Ehinger and I discuss whether a ban on #mirrorlife is feasible and what alternatives for containment are available instead.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/mirror-lif...
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/mirror-lif...