Very happy and honored for being invited to give a keynote lecture at the 5th ISFSI conference in beautiful Tainan (and no, sea anemones are not fish or shellfish, but they are certainly marine invertebrates and have a fascinating immune system).

2/3 stinging cells, aka cnidocytes, are the cells that define Cnidaria. Their organelles are the ones injecting venom when you are stung by a 🪼 or 🪸. Itamar's work highlights their molecular complexity and how they can be divided epigenetically into distinct populations. >>>

There’s a reason no one remembers philosophers from Sparta: they had none. Athens valued ideas, Sparta only force.

A 21st-century leader dreaming of a “super-Sparta” isn’t being visionary, he’s showing deeply flawed judgement.

Oh, my country, what a train wreck you’ve become.

Achievement unlocked!
Now, I can finally rest 🤪

Hello, old friend.
Didn't expect to meet you here...
#Berlin #aquarium #Anemonia

After more than 11 years, a long-due "postdocs reunion" with @xxxmichixxx.bsky.social at the @fmiscience.bsky.social
Many thanks for the invitation, Michi! It was great meeting you and your colleagues and catching up on some cool science!

I'm starting a short sabattical of 4 months at @embopress.org today! I hope we can achieve some good things for the molecular eco-evo community and science publishing during this time! #heidelberg

Happy Darwin day, everyone! Charles is 216 years old today. He is not here anymore, but his theory is still alive and well!

3/3 Juror #2: Eastwood is in decline. OK (or even a bit sloppy) script, Nicholas Hoult is disappointing. Supporting cast is good. 3⭐️
Flora and Son: a bit small but feel-good Irish story. Really funny but also touching. Eve Hewson gives an amazing performance as Flora. 4⭐️

2/3
KoftheFM is Scorsese at his best. 160 minutes go fast
Conclave: Ralph Fiennes acts crazy well (as usual). Script is good but not amazing. 4⭐️
Goodrich: Michael Keaton is likeable as always. Scripts is shaky at best. Mila Kunis gets a ridiculously small supporting part. 3⭐️

1/3 🎬 film review: I am very bad in working and sleeping on 🛩. So flying to Colorado and back on multiple Delta/Air France flights enabled me to fill quite some gap in recent movies (I love cinema but have no time). My impressions:
Killers of the Flower Moon: Breathtaking and heartbreaking. 5⭐️
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Transferring flights at Paris CDG as part of my long journey to @keystonesymposia.bsky.social on Non-coding #RNA. I'm very excited to attend this cool event for the first time! (and also visiting beautiful Colorado would be a 1st for me. Ummm, but temperatures look a bit scary! 🥶).

We went today to visit my parents, and this is what we came back to...

Giving a talk about a project that is now in the 3rd round of major revision in a CNS journal...

@odedrechavi.bsky.social is this how you do it?
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