Matin متین Mahmoudi
@staymoudi.bsky.social
PhD student, avid pessimist, passionate ranter. Spending my time convincing people studying Herpes is cool and not ew 🤓👨🏽🔬
#roslininstitute
#roslininstitute
Danish minister of integration: Regardless of religion, you must accept and partake in our culture and traditions.
Also the minister: If you’re muslim, you should not seek support from Christmas appeals as it’s not part of your culture and traditions.
#dkpol #denmark #christmas
Also the minister: If you’re muslim, you should not seek support from Christmas appeals as it’s not part of your culture and traditions.
#dkpol #denmark #christmas
www.tv2fyn.dk
December 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Danish minister of integration: Regardless of religion, you must accept and partake in our culture and traditions.
Also the minister: If you’re muslim, you should not seek support from Christmas appeals as it’s not part of your culture and traditions.
#dkpol #denmark #christmas
Also the minister: If you’re muslim, you should not seek support from Christmas appeals as it’s not part of your culture and traditions.
#dkpol #denmark #christmas
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Influential study on glyphosate safety retracted 25 years after publication
Influential study on glyphosate safety retracted 25 years after publication
A 2000 study that concluded the well-known herbicide glyphosate was safe, widely cited since then, has just been officially disavowed by the journal that published it. The scientists are suspected of having signed a text actually prepared by Monsanto.
www.lemonde.fr
December 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Influential study on glyphosate safety retracted 25 years after publication
I successfully got my supervisor to look through my draft and do comments on overleaf. The small victories.
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I successfully got my supervisor to look through my draft and do comments on overleaf. The small victories.
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🚨Today, @stopspyingny.bsky.social and @amnesty.org are publishing the 2,700 docs we’ve forced the NYPD to release on their use of facial recognition against New Yorkers🚨
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social you might want to see this…
@jumaane.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social you might want to see this…
@jumaane.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Amnesty International, S.T.O.P. Lawsuit Reveals NYPD Surveillance Abuses
Records obtained by Amnesty International and S.T.O.P. reveal concerning surveillance abuses against protesters and communities of color, including the frequent use of rights-violating facial recognit...
www.amnesty.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🚨Today, @stopspyingny.bsky.social and @amnesty.org are publishing the 2,700 docs we’ve forced the NYPD to release on their use of facial recognition against New Yorkers🚨
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social you might want to see this…
@jumaane.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social you might want to see this…
@jumaane.bsky.social
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Don’t you just love it when authors misunderstand the source they are citing. A misunderstanding that wouldn’t happen if they weren’t oblivious to the history of their own field. Let alone the sentence being completely put of place. A reviewer should have questioned it. But what do I know.
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Don’t you just love it when authors misunderstand the source they are citing. A misunderstanding that wouldn’t happen if they weren’t oblivious to the history of their own field. Let alone the sentence being completely put of place. A reviewer should have questioned it. But what do I know.
Watched a panel discussion with Nick Lane at @royalsoced.bsky.social today. Got the chance to meet him after! But instead of telling him how cool it is to meet someone my high school biology teacher (in Denmark) recommended I read ten years ago, I panicked and asked a silly science question…
October 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Watched a panel discussion with Nick Lane at @royalsoced.bsky.social today. Got the chance to meet him after! But instead of telling him how cool it is to meet someone my high school biology teacher (in Denmark) recommended I read ten years ago, I panicked and asked a silly science question…
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Edinburgh’s Radical Book Fair is NEXT WEEK!
As well as a jam-packed program - over 20 events! - we’re filling Assembly Roxy with BOOKS, community, and publisher stalls.
📚 Stalls feature over 70 publishers & 50 writers speaking - a treasure trove of bookish delights awaits!📚
As well as a jam-packed program - over 20 events! - we’re filling Assembly Roxy with BOOKS, community, and publisher stalls.
📚 Stalls feature over 70 publishers & 50 writers speaking - a treasure trove of bookish delights awaits!📚
October 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Edinburgh’s Radical Book Fair is NEXT WEEK!
As well as a jam-packed program - over 20 events! - we’re filling Assembly Roxy with BOOKS, community, and publisher stalls.
📚 Stalls feature over 70 publishers & 50 writers speaking - a treasure trove of bookish delights awaits!📚
As well as a jam-packed program - over 20 events! - we’re filling Assembly Roxy with BOOKS, community, and publisher stalls.
📚 Stalls feature over 70 publishers & 50 writers speaking - a treasure trove of bookish delights awaits!📚
Thesis is writing is fun. I enjoy it. Someone please remind me of this in a couple of weeks when I’m spiralling.
October 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Thesis is writing is fun. I enjoy it. Someone please remind me of this in a couple of weeks when I’m spiralling.
Having a “I totally agree with this but I’m too young to risk not using the system for career progression” kinda moment.
On a less serious level: That’s super funny 😂
On a less serious level: That’s super funny 😂
Excellent post by the creator of the hoax FormatMyPaper.com.
"We’re a community of experts, terrified of a harmless prank site, yet seemingly unbothered by the multi-billion dollar publishing industry that actually takes our copyright, our labor, and our intellectual property every single day."
"We’re a community of experts, terrified of a harmless prank site, yet seemingly unbothered by the multi-billion dollar publishing industry that actually takes our copyright, our labor, and our intellectual property every single day."
Beware giving this site your unpublished data
Users noticed the website had fake testimonials and a domain name registered seemingly overnight.
ubadah.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Having a “I totally agree with this but I’m too young to risk not using the system for career progression” kinda moment.
On a less serious level: That’s super funny 😂
On a less serious level: That’s super funny 😂
Okay, I’m gonna start posting now:
Maybe I should’ve written a chapter at the end of each year. My hypothetical future student, take notice, I will ask you to do this.
Maybe I should’ve written a chapter at the end of each year. My hypothetical future student, take notice, I will ask you to do this.
October 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Okay, I’m gonna start posting now:
Maybe I should’ve written a chapter at the end of each year. My hypothetical future student, take notice, I will ask you to do this.
Maybe I should’ve written a chapter at the end of each year. My hypothetical future student, take notice, I will ask you to do this.
I should probably start posting more I suppose. About science I guess.
October 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I should probably start posting more I suppose. About science I guess.
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Never ever did we think we'd sympathize with the Iranian government. We've been actively involved in trying to topple that regime for close to two decades. But, here we are with criminals and fascists waging war against them, making their responses very arguably legally justified. F*ck this sh*t!
June 18, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Never ever did we think we'd sympathize with the Iranian government. We've been actively involved in trying to topple that regime for close to two decades. But, here we are with criminals and fascists waging war against them, making their responses very arguably legally justified. F*ck this sh*t!
Feeling scientifically happy after today
May 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Feeling scientifically happy after today
The journey from Edinburgh to St Andrews is just over an hour. A journey I've done plenty of times. This one is different though: I'm giving my first invited talk. 2025 is looking pretty decent so far 😄
April 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The journey from Edinburgh to St Andrews is just over an hour. A journey I've done plenty of times. This one is different though: I'm giving my first invited talk. 2025 is looking pretty decent so far 😄
Vice Chancellor says we need to find £140m and apparently it's been an ongoing issue needing staff cuts. Meanwhile building the EFI cost £120m. Clearly the university hasn't been managed very well 👀. Maybe it's time to cut the top, not the foundation.
April 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Vice Chancellor says we need to find £140m and apparently it's been an ongoing issue needing staff cuts. Meanwhile building the EFI cost £120m. Clearly the university hasn't been managed very well 👀. Maybe it's time to cut the top, not the foundation.
I didn't think the situation in the U.S. would be this dire. It's somehow a lot worse than I thought it'd end up being before the inauguration... Genuinely scared on behalf of everyone who lives there, and worried that the EU will normalise it by not standing up to them.
April 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I didn't think the situation in the U.S. would be this dire. It's somehow a lot worse than I thought it'd end up being before the inauguration... Genuinely scared on behalf of everyone who lives there, and worried that the EU will normalise it by not standing up to them.
Regardless of disaggreing with colleagues, uncritically accepting accusations from a foreign power is inappropriate. To then question the integrity of said colleagues solely bc of background is a whole other level. Badenoch is the perfect summary of everything that's wrong with politics.
April 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Regardless of disaggreing with colleagues, uncritically accepting accusations from a foreign power is inappropriate. To then question the integrity of said colleagues solely bc of background is a whole other level. Badenoch is the perfect summary of everything that's wrong with politics.
Gave my first conference talk at this week #Microbio25. I was positively surprised with the interest it garnered, and the friendly discussions during the Q&A and the days that followed. Looking forward to more meetings like this.
@microbiologysociety.org
#virology #hcmv #research
@microbiologysociety.org
#virology #hcmv #research
April 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Gave my first conference talk at this week #Microbio25. I was positively surprised with the interest it garnered, and the friendly discussions during the Q&A and the days that followed. Looking forward to more meetings like this.
@microbiologysociety.org
#virology #hcmv #research
@microbiologysociety.org
#virology #hcmv #research
If you look closely, you can see the scared kid behind the beard.
Last but not least @staymoudi.bsky.social from the Grey lab, showing a very intriguing story about cGas activation caused by exogenous DNA rather than HCMV infection, beautifully explained and masterfully presented! @roslininstitute.bsky.social is truly showing off today at #Microbio25
April 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
If you look closely, you can see the scared kid behind the beard.
To rely on what your refer to as a terrorist organisation to care about innocent lives more than you, is an oxymoron. Western leader must start doing better. Pia Kjærsgaard, looking at you...
March 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
To rely on what your refer to as a terrorist organisation to care about innocent lives more than you, is an oxymoron. Western leader must start doing better. Pia Kjærsgaard, looking at you...
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After months of collective punishment and the death of over 40,000 in Gaza, any suggestion Palestinians should be removed from their home is unacceptable and dangerous.
There must be no ethnic cleansing.
Only a proper two state solution will bring lasting peace.
There must be no ethnic cleansing.
Only a proper two state solution will bring lasting peace.
February 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
After months of collective punishment and the death of over 40,000 in Gaza, any suggestion Palestinians should be removed from their home is unacceptable and dangerous.
There must be no ethnic cleansing.
Only a proper two state solution will bring lasting peace.
There must be no ethnic cleansing.
Only a proper two state solution will bring lasting peace.
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The true number of people who have died directly from war in Gaza is around 41% higher than the official figures reported by Palestine’s health ministry, a study published in the Lancet has found
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
January 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The true number of people who have died directly from war in Gaza is around 41% higher than the official figures reported by Palestine’s health ministry, a study published in the Lancet has found
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Surprise: I'm spending the next month at @karolinskainst.bsky.social. Hit me on the walk back after my first day that I've literally traveled for work and that's pretty cool. Weird but joyful realisation. #imjustababy
January 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Surprise: I'm spending the next month at @karolinskainst.bsky.social. Hit me on the walk back after my first day that I've literally traveled for work and that's pretty cool. Weird but joyful realisation. #imjustababy
I've been told my lack of profile pic gives off bot vibes. To my four followers, what vibe should my picture go for?
January 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I've been told my lack of profile pic gives off bot vibes. To my four followers, what vibe should my picture go for?
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Up to 30 scholarships for displaced students living in the UK, for postgrad programmes at Edinburgh Uni, including our MSc by Research programmes in Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Repair and Reproductive Sciences #CRM #CRH
ℹ️ Info session online 10 Jan
👉 regeneration-repair.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate...
ℹ️ Info session online 10 Jan
👉 regeneration-repair.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate...
January 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Up to 30 scholarships for displaced students living in the UK, for postgrad programmes at Edinburgh Uni, including our MSc by Research programmes in Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Repair and Reproductive Sciences #CRM #CRH
ℹ️ Info session online 10 Jan
👉 regeneration-repair.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate...
ℹ️ Info session online 10 Jan
👉 regeneration-repair.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate...