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Elisa Fadda

@elisafadda.bsky.social

Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton, head chef at https://GlycoShape.org, Salem's butler, fucose fanatic #glycotime everyday! She/Her

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Thanks Matt! 😎

02.03.2026 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Glycolipid recognition and binding by Siglec-6 hinges on interactions with the cell membrane - Communications Biology Siglecs are immunoregulatory lectins with very similar architectures. The authors show how the V-set domain of Siglec-6 allows it to select for precise sialylation patterns in specific biological envi...

Lectins are known to be low affinity binders with relatively broad glycan target preference. In this work live in @commsbio.nature.com we show how Siglecs change this paradigm, acting as molecular precision tools required to fine tune immune response 🀯 #glycotime πŸ§΅β¬‡οΈ

doi.org/10.1038/s420...

02.03.2026 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wee thread πŸ§΅β¬‡οΈ on our new #glycotime with @siglecdude.bsky.social John Klassen and @glycocode.bsky.social πŸ₯³ where we show Siglecs as molecular precision tools, able to recognise sialylated glycans with surgical precision in their natural environment, not bad for a lectin! 😎

doi.org/10.1038/s420...

02.03.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Oh Christ not in my name.

01.03.2026 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWe cannot say that the United States’ actions are against international law, but we condemn Iran’s retaliatory actions as against international law,” is neither a coherent nor a compelling position.

01.03.2026 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2096    πŸ” 624    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of The Complete Persepolis by Marianne Satrapi.

The cover of The Complete Persepolis by Marianne Satrapi.

Now would be a good time for anyone who wants to learn about recent Iranian history to read this. It is well worth your time and money (I am sure your local library has it if you don’t want to purchase it).

01.03.2026 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2989    πŸ” 738    πŸ’¬ 104    πŸ“Œ 68

Donald Trump is a global chaos generator. He couldn't give a damn about the Iranians and will walk away the moment things get difficult, leaving a trail of pointless death and destruction.
It's all about spectacle for him. Once that's achieved, job done.

01.03.2026 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1032    πŸ” 213    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 7
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That's right. Worse than Pointless
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...

01.03.2026 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1501    πŸ” 427    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 22

People are drowning in disinformation on a social media site run by a Fellow of the @royalsociety.org

01.03.2026 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

28.02.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 9069    πŸ” 3738    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 112
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20 injured in direct strike in Tel Aviv, one in critical condition Emergency crews said the wounded, among them a man seriously wounded by shrapnel and another critically wounded, were evacuated to nearby hospitals as teams continued searching damaged buildings for p...

A direct strike hit Tel Aviv late Saturday during a missile barrage from Iran, wounding at least 20 people and igniting fires at the scene. www.ynetnews.com/article/bj3s...

28.02.2026 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
Two-component nanoparticles displaying the SARS-CoV-2 S
RBD induce potent neutralizing antibody responses

Two-component nanoparticles displaying the SARS-CoV-2 S RBD induce potent neutralizing antibody responses

Two-component nanoparticles displaying the SARS-CoV-2 S RBD induce potent neutralizing antibody responses

Two-component nanoparticles displaying the SARS-CoV-2 S RBD induce potent neutralizing antibody responses

The vaccine, formally known as GBP511, was developed using technology from the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design. South Korean pharmaceutical company SK bioscience is leading the trial. SK bioscience previously partnered with UW researchers on a COVID-19 vaccine that had

26.02.2026 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

19 Feb: Board of Peace
28 Feb: Bored of peace

28.02.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do they even hear themselves speaking? #ParanormalActivity

28.02.2026 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The attack on Iran will not liberate its brutally-oppressed people, but make matters worse. It could be a trigger for major conflagration.

28.02.2026 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1115    πŸ” 230    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 14

This is an illegal, unprovoked and brutal attack that shows once again that the USA and Israel are rogue states.

The UK must end our cosy relationship with the USA and our ongoing support for Israel.

28.02.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3436    πŸ” 1017    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 53

Exactly, PMs (just listened to Stamer's spineless comments) are doing an embarrassing walk on a tight rope, trying to appease the orange Mussolini, while trying not to enrage every single citizen who has not asked to be dragged into this effing madness... Someone pls give a medal to that f lunatic!

28.02.2026 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This statement is utterly disappointing, Mr Carney.

28.02.2026 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Ed Davey responds to the ongoing situation in the Middle East

28.02.2026 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 761    πŸ” 161    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 2

My quote of the day

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

Bertrand Russell

28.02.2026 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What's the betting that the next YouGov voting intention poll for the UK will show the Greens ahead of Labour?

28.02.2026 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 736    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 6
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a cat is laying on a staircase next to a bowl of food ALT: a cat is laying on a staircase next to a bowl of food

Happy #Caturday

28.02.2026 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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Israel launches attack on Iran as explosions heard in Tehran Blasts heard in capital as Israel declares state of emergency in anticipation of retaliatory missile strikes

FFSaaaaake!

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

28.02.2026 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel declares that the attack on Iran was a joint strike with the United States. The US is now at war with Iran as well.

28.02.2026 07:02 β€” πŸ‘ 572    πŸ” 317    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 72
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β€˜Who’d guess they’re the same species?’ What Italy’s wall lizards reveal about genetic diversity and why it matters Understanding biodiversity within species is key to our understanding of why nature works the way it does, say researchers

β€˜Who’d guess they’re the same species?’ What Italy’s wall lizards reveal about genetic diversity and why it matters

28.02.2026 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

I apologize for initially being somewhat skeptical of Phillip Morris.

In all of our interactions, they made it profoundly clear that they are unequivocally opposed to any and all use of tobacco products and that they remain committed to partnering with us to achieve the best possible outcome.

28.02.2026 05:35 β€” πŸ‘ 219    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

New (well, very old, but 100% updated) preprint:

Rational design of disordered proteins for systematic sequence-to-function investigation

Work done in collaboration with @shaharsu.bsky.social lab - check out the three (3) threads from the folks who did the work!

27.02.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think #MattBadloss is trending 😁😁😁

27.02.2026 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Making sure you're not a bot!

TIL the German life science portal Livivo indexes preprints www.livivo.de/app/misc/hel...

27.02.2026 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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27.02.2026 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0