Josy ter Beek

Our sister died because of our mum's cancer conspiracy theories, say brothers Paloma Shemirani’s brothers say she refused chemotherapy because of their mother’s beliefs.

‘Alternative medicine’ is not harmless

The rise of anti-science has been happening for more than a decade but was turbocharged by conspiracy theorists and alternative medicine ‘practitioners’ during the pandemic

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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👏lärosätena borde upphöra att vara statliga myndigheter och omvandlas till självständiga lärosäten. Utredningen föreslog också att ägandet av Akademiska hus skulle överföras till lärosätena, med motivet att en egen kapitalbas är viktig för reell självständighet.👏👍 www.tidningencurie.se/7655.html

After some more awesome science from amongst others @greening.bsky.social, Simon Newstead & @martinsteinegger.bsky.social and unfortunately a long drive back home, we made it back to Umeå! Thank you #Sweprot and all participants for the great company and hopefully see you next year!

Enjoying #Sweprot conference with good food and company & great science! #Sweprot2025 sweprot.se #Tällberg

Don't go the U.S. if you can at all avoid it, and hold your international conferences elsewhere.

I feel bad for orgs with venues booked for this year, but for 2026- conferences, holding it in the US is a decision that says something to your global membership.

Postdoctoral research fellow with a focus on the molecular mechanisms of bacteriophage-host interactions Description of the Workplace In the Atkinson lab we are interested in making discoveries about protein function and structure, with a focus on bacterial immune system components that protect against b

Please spread the word! We have an opening in the Atkinson lab for a post-doc with a focus on the molecular mechanisms of microbial immune systems. Can be a fully computational or experimental or hybrid project.

Read more and apply here:
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
#phage #bioinformatics

NWO funds 5 Dutch projects €4.5m to tackle antibiotic resistance The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has allocated €4.53m to five cutting-edge research projects to combat antibiotic resistance.

The Dutch Research Council is funding 5 projects with €4.53 million to develop new antibiotics and tackle #AMR. These initiatives use AI-driven discovery, safer drug formulations, and alternative therapies, uniting universities, hospitals, and industry.

www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/nwo-funds-5-...

Catchy, clear, concise: three-part phrases boost research paper citations Memorable ‘tripartite’ phrases in titles make studies more likely to be read and cited.

Something to take into account next time I submit an article 🤔: "‘tripartite phrases’ enhance clarity by breaking down complex ideas into interconnected parts, create rhythmic patterns that are memorable and aim to communicate multiple aspects of research concisely." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Vi är tillbaka i Väven (och online) nu på lördag med gofika och följande inspirerande forskare; Daniel Öhlund: Kan vi få cancer att läka ut? Anna Lövgren: Ansiktssmärta, en orättvis börda. Sophia Harlid: Miljö och bröstcancerrisk - spelar tidpunkten roll? Se www.umu.se/fika för all info! #forskom

Postdoc opportunity, please share!
We are looking for a #postdoc to join our international team* in our quest to understand how Type 4 Secretion Systems facilitate the transfer of #antibioticresistance genes and other virulence factors in Gram-positive #bacteria.🧫👇
*5 people & 5 nationalities 🇸🇪🇳🇱🇳🇿🇺🇸🇪🇬

Please repost: Postdoc position in antibiotic discovery in a large multidisciplinary project combining high-throughput approaches, microscopy, AI, and hit-to-lead optimization at @umontreal.ca and @mila-quebec.bsky.social. Apply to ML.Antibiotics@gmail.com. See
lnkd.in/dVVk4N3s. #microsky

UK ‘falling short’ in fight against rise of superbugs resistant to antibiotics Antimicrobial resistance contributing to estimated 35,000 deaths a year in UK, and government ‘a long way’ from containing the problem, says NAO

In UK, antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in humans have INCREASED by 13% since 2018…

Despite a target to reduce them by 10%.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Om du har missat något går det fortfarande att se alla korta populärvetenskapliga föreläsningar (8 minuter) efteråt på www.umu.se/fika

Direkt från Umeå universitet Här visas livesändningar med Umeå universitet som avsändare.

Vi bjuder på två omgångar (plats & fika för 150 personer i varje runda):
🔹 Första omgången (kl. 13.00) kan också följas live på umu.se/live.
🔹 Andra omgången (kl. 14.00) är bara på plats och då är det lättare att komma in.
#forskom #SciComm #outreach #FikaefterenForskare

🌟 Imorgon är vi tillbaka i Väven med Fika efter en forskare! 🔬Kom och ta del av spännande forskning och njut av gofika! ☕️🍰
Den här gången får vi möta följande forskare:
👨‍🔬 Gustav Andersson
👩‍🔬 Anna-Clara Rullander
👨‍🔬 Andreas Josefsson
Se nedan för mer info eller gå till www.umu.se/fika👇

So proud of our postdoc who got a Marie Curie grant 👏👌👇 I’m so happy to have you as my colleague Kieran! 🤗

⚠️THREAD OF ALL SCIENCE-RELATED STARTER PACKS! ⚠️

🔄Share to help people finding its topic/field

- STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Structural Biology 1: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Structural Biology 2: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Crystallography: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Synchrotron&CryoEM: bsky.app/starter-pack...

Here is a starter pack for CryoEM/ET enthousiasts
To be completed
go.bsky.app/JmQksC

Ok, trying to bring my community back together... I created a starter pack for lipids and membrane protein aficionados!

Feel free to share, add and distribute, so we can come together again! 😍

go.bsky.app/AEeXh86

Så här ser programmet ut för kommande lördag:
Fatima Pedrosa-Domellöf: Ögonmusklerna visar vägen
Fredrik Almqvist: Nya sätt att bekämpa infektioner
Andreas Hult: Från soffpotatis till glad motionär.

Välkommen till årets första Fika efter en forskare, nu på lördag den 25 januari. Läs mer på www.umu.se/fika #forskom #Scicomm

Volume 2 of the #AMR Starter Pack is here!
go.bsky.app/EUY2FUJ

Follow these amazing people along with those in Vol. 1
go.bsky.app/KkZfvrh

And don't forget to pin the Antimicrobial Resistance feed to get all the AMR posts in one place
bsky.app/profile/did:...

In a great collaboration with @hummerlab.bsky.social and the Kräusslich lab: HIV capsid doesn't break at the NPC; instead, it cracks open the NPC itself! Details in Cell: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... @mpibp.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social A thread below:

AI-designed proteins tackle century-old problem — making snake antivenoms Machine learning has supercharged the field of computational protein design.

Such a cool study showing that #AI designed #proteins could function as snake antivenoms #AIinScience www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Hey bacteriologists!
I want to test fluorescent proteins on different locations within E. coli cells and search for good membrane anchoring and periplasmic leading sequences. What are good candidates?
#bacteria #fluorescentproteins #microscopy #fluorescence

I'm looking for musicians, artists, writers, filmmakers, etc. who are passionate about translating science to a broader audience. The field is at the intersection of geoscience, paleo, climate, biology, and conservation. This is a funded opportunity. Tag your favorite STEAM folks, please!

Interested in the plasmidverse? Then, don't think twice and join the International Society for Plasmid Biology Virtual Seminars Series. 👇

we tried to fill this gap in knowledge, by:
1) identifying conserved proteins by #ProteinFolding & matching #FoldSeek
2) review their roles & #ProteinStructure #AlphaFold3
3) Propose a model for the G+ T4SS from #Enterococcus
Check out our work to learn more!
#StructuralBioinformatics #AIinScience

Advances in Protein Structure Prediction Highlight Unexpected Commonalities Between Gram-positive and Gram-negative Conjugative T4SSs Despite recent advances in our understanding of the structure and function of conjugative Type 4 Secretion Systems (T4SSs), there is still only very s…

Type 4 Secretion Systems (T4SS) drive the spread of #AntibioticResistance and other virulence factors. Despite progress in understanding #T4SS, little is known about those in G+ #bacteria, which cause 50% of hospital infections and act as #AMR reservoirs. In our newly published article, 👇🧵1/2