Nicolas Fanget

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.

Phages as antimicrobial therapy This collection spotlights the translational research of phage therapy, with a focus on manufacturing innovation, quality control, regulatory alignment and ...

Phages as antimicrobial therapy: guest edited by Ruby Lin, The University of Sydney, Sabrina Green, KU Leuven & Renee Ng, The University of Western Australia. Despite their potential identified over 100 years ago, therapeutic phage use remains highly constrained. www.nature.com/collections/...

Phages as a resource for molecular biology This Collection explores the cutting-edge applications of phages and their proteins as molecular tools, in nano- and biotechnology, and synthetic biology.

Phages as a resource for molecular biology: guest edited by Sebastian Leptihn, HMU Erfurt, Belinda Loh, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI & @prasanthmanohar.bsky.social , Texas A&M University. Phages are invaluable tools for molecular biology! www.nature.com/collections/...

Phages in the environment This collection invites research on bacteriophages from any types of environments to reveal their diversity and ecological significance.

Phages in the environment: guest edited by LinXing Chen, University of Science and Technology of China & Zhichao Zhou, Shenzhen University. This collection focuses on the diversity, distribution, function, and host relationships of phages.
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Everyone interested in #virus loves a #bacteriophage right? It's amazing they are the most abundant and diverse biological entity on the planet, yet were discovered just over 100 years ago! To give them the attention we believe they deserve, npj Viruses has launched three collections on #phages:

Phages in the environment: guest edited by LinXing Chen, University of Science and Technology of China & Zhichao Zhou, Shenzhen University. This collection focuses on the diversity, distribution, function, and host relationships of phages.
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A glorious selfie with the official MAHA lanyard seconds after I made it past Secret Service screening.

About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.

Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪

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The image displays the text "TRUST IN SCIENCE AND MEDIA IN THE AGE OF AI" written by Joyce Lorigan and Daniel Lingenhoehl on the left. The right side shows an abstract design in blue and red lines, with "SPRINGER NATURE" logo at the bottom.

Trust in science and media matters more than ever. AI offers incredible opportunities—but can also fuel distortion. Joyce Lorigan and @lingenhoehl.bsky.social share insights on combating false narratives and maintaining public trust in science.

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@spektrum.de 🧪

A new, first of its kind, report from Springer Nature, in partnership with @overton.io, offers the most comprehensive picture yet of how academic research is influencing real-world policy tied to the #SDGs.

Explore the report here: spklr.io/63327BMYgH

🏛️ #policysky #SciPol

World AMR Awareness Week 2025- Act Now: Protect Our Present, Secure Our Future World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness week is celebrated every year from the 18th to the 24th of November. The campaign is one of the World Health Organisations official campaigns and aims to raise awareness of AMR and promote global action to tackle the spread of drug resistant diseases.

Antimicrobial resistance is a global health threat, causing 1.27M deaths yearly and could reach 8M by 2050 if we do not act. Protect our future. Explore more here: go.nature.com/4hGfHsI
#WorldAMRWeek #AMR #SDG3

Exploring the concept of bacterial memory - Nature Microbiology This Perspective discusses the concept, mechanisms and evidence for memory in bacteria at individual and community levels.

#Review

Bacteria can “remember” past environments through genetic & biochemical imprints helping them adapt and thrive! 🦠🧠

#MicroSky

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Here’s the @natureportfolio.nature.com crew at #SVP2025 - @joaovascoleite.bsky.social @devinleaward.bsky.social @lukegrinham.bsky.social and me. Come and chat.

Plant viruses Plant viruses are economically important pathogens causing serious crop losses, yet no effective or durable control measures exist despite growing genomic and ...

I'm really looking forward to this npj Viruses collection on plant viruses! Send us your wonderful virus manuscripts, whether on an obscure pathogen of wild plants or an economically important disease of cash crops, we want it all. #plant #virus
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@mackayim.bsky.social Hi Ian! I couldn't find a recent email for you so I am contacting you here. I have exciting plans for one of my journals, and I would like to you if you would be interested. Would you like to talk? My email is n [dot] fanget [at] nature [dot] com

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” This Collection recognises the achievements of the Laureates. #chemsky 🧪

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical ...

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit." This Collection celebrates the contributions by the awardees. ⚛️ 🧪

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.” This Collection celebrates the award and recognizes the winners’ achievements. #medsky 🧪

Funding and public support for vaccines in the United States is at an all-time low. Promising research is resulting in effective antivirals, but they should not take the place of vaccines go.nature.com/4gijtYv

Anemonefish in front of coral in the Red Sea, courtesy of Red Sea Imaging and the authors

Near-complete local extinction on Red Sea reefs!

During the 2023 heatwave, 100% of host anemones bleached, 94–100% of anemonefish disappeared, and 66–94% of anemones died, collapsing an iconic mutualism.

@natureportfolio.nature.com
#coral #bleaching #RedSea

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The island that banned hives: can honeybees actually harm nature? On a tiny Italian island, scientists conducted a radical experiment to see if the bees were causing their wild cousins to decline

Saving the bees does not include honeybees. Honeybees are effectively livestock and part of the problem.

154 million lives and counting: 5 charts reveal the power of vaccines But public-health specialists worry that misinformation and funding cuts could affect vaccination rates.

The power of vaccines

Italian still life paintings as a resource for reconstructing past Mediterranean aquatic biodiversity - npj Biodiversity npj Biodiversity - Italian still life paintings as a resource for reconstructing past Mediterranean aquatic biodiversity

Very cool approach

"Italian still life paintings as a resource for reconstructing past Mediterranean aquatic biodiversity"

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Microsoft Excel adds Copilot Al to help ... theverge.com The Verget-4.1-mini Al model | 5 successor to the LABS.GENERATIVEAI function Microsoft started experimenting with in 2023. Microsoft notes that you can combine its new Al function with other Excel functions, including IF, SWITCH, LAMBDA, or WRAPROWS. The company adds that information sent through Excel's COPILOT function is "never" used for AI training, as "the input remains confidential and is used solely to generate your requested output." The COPILOT function comes with a couple of limitations, as it can't access information outside your spreadsheet, and you can only use it to calculate 100 functions every 10 minutes. Microsoft also warns against using the AI function for numerical calculations or in “high-stakes scenarios” with legal, regulatory, and compliance implications, as COPILOT "can give incorrect responses." Copy Share Select all Web search Dictionary ...

Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions

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Advances in technologies and AI for improving and monitoring animal health, behaviour and welfare This collection invites research on recent advances in technologies and AI for improving and monitoring animal health, behavior and well-being.

New collection open at #npjVetSci! We’re looking for exciting advances in #AI for animal care, whether #pets, #farm or #wildlife
#veterinary

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RFK Jr: “We're developing a universal vaccine at NIH which is a vaccine that addresses the entire phylum of viruses.” “It's a vaccine that mimics natural immunity and it is effective against any kind of mutation.” “We believe it's gonna be effective against not only coronaviruses but also flu.” “And it's gonna be a much safer and a much more effective vaccine.”

RFK has announced that he is developing a vaccine against all viruses. Yes, every single one. The whole, uh, "phylum"

Applying ecological principles to microbiome engineering - Nature Microbiology This Perspective discusses the application of ecological principles of macro-ecosystems to microbiome engineering. The authors propose research priorities necessary to facilitate the application of th...

#Perspective

In this perspective, the authors propose research priorities necessary to facilitate the application of these ecological principles to improve microbiome functionality.

#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 🦠

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The brain fires up immune cells when sick people are nearby When people viewed virtual avatars with coughs or rashes, their brains triggered an immune response.

This is pretty amazing: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Remote sensing and forests This cross-journal collection aims to present recent advancements in remote sensing for forest monitoring and management.

An exciting cross journal collection on #remotesensing and #forests is now live! A collaboration between @commsearth.nature.com, Communications Sustainability, @natcomms.nature.com, @naturewater.bsky.social, npj Biodiversity and Scientific Reports!
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Unlocking the African bioeconomy and strengthening biodiversity conservation through genomics and bioinformatics - npj Biodiversity npj Biodiversity - Unlocking the African bioeconomy and strengthening biodiversity conservation through genomics and bioinformatics

From the npj Biodiversity journal | Unlocking the African bioeconomy and strengthening biodiversity conservation through #genomics and #bioinformatics | #Africa #OpenScience #Biodiversity 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓
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