Elisa Fadda

Thanks Matt! 😎

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 🧵⬇️

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Wee thread 🧵⬇️ on our new #glycotime with @siglecdude.bsky.social John Klassen and @glycocode.bsky.social 🥳 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! 😎

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Oh Christ not in my name.

“We 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.

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).

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.

That's right. Worse than Pointless
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...

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

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

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...

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

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

Do they even hear themselves speaking? #ParanormalActivity

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

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.

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!

This statement is utterly disappointing, Mr Carney.

BREAKING: Ed Davey responds to the ongoing situation in the Middle East

My quote of the day

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

Bertrand Russell

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

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

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...

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.

‘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

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

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.

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!

I think #MattBadloss is trending 😁😁😁

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

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