Monica Bettencourt-Dias @monicabettencourt

Monica Bettencourt-Dias

@monicabettencourt.bsky.social

Scientist & Communicator. Fascinated by cells across scales - 🌎, 🔬and ⏳. PI @GIMM, EMBO member. Former Director @IGC, PD @Cambridge University, PhD @UCL/IGC. My motto: "Science from all for all". Mom of 2 wonderful girls. Views are my own.

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An infographic depicting the various ways people relate to and value nature, including living from nature, living in nature, living with nature and living as nature.

Different worldviews and knowledge systems
influence the ways people interact with and value nature. 🌿- IPBES #ValuesAssessment

All these values must be considered to effectively address the #biodiversity crisis. 🌍🧪

Read the Values Assessment Report: www.ipbes.net/the-values-a...

28.05.2025 13:40 — 👍 89 🔁 46 💬 2 📌 3

Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment

As an undergraduate who loved physical chemistry and was just starting biology, I thought the Meselson-Stahl experiment was the coolest thing ever. It was so simple in its application of physical theory and experiment to prove a biological truth that it was perfect. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/s...

08.07.2025 02:13 — 👍 47 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 0

Obrigada!

07.07.2025 22:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much Paulo for the nice message. Those are indeed strong and important words- collaboration and inclusion! Hope science institutes can spread them within and outside their bubble!!

07.07.2025 22:59 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you Robert!

07.07.2025 22:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you!

07.07.2025 22:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Obrigada Marina!!

07.07.2025 22:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you. Looking forward!

07.07.2025 17:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Very happy to soon be able to count you among our #PRBBcommunity 😍
Congratulations @monicabettencourt.bsky.social!

07.07.2025 10:47 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you Emre!

06.07.2025 21:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much for your nice message Silvia!

06.07.2025 21:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you Alejo! Looking forward to being there!

06.07.2025 07:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you Silvia!

06.07.2025 07:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you for the nice words Teresa!

06.07.2025 07:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much Luis!!

06.07.2025 07:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Congratulations Monica. I am so proud and glad to see you take on this rile in such a rich research ecosystems as what is available in Catalonia!

02.07.2025 21:27 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you Omaya!

06.07.2025 07:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes! Would be great to see you!!

06.07.2025 07:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you Snezhka!!

06.07.2025 07:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much Joel!

06.07.2025 07:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much Sophie!

06.07.2025 07:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you Alexis!!

02.07.2025 18:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much Marco!! Lets continue our discussions anyway!!

02.07.2025 18:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much!! Hope all is well with you.

02.07.2025 18:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much Miki!! Nice to hear from you.

02.07.2025 18:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you!!!

02.07.2025 18:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you!!! Cytoskeleton & Development in flies rock!!

02.07.2025 18:03 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much Sofia! looking forward to many interactions across the ecosystem!

02.07.2025 18:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much! Will be great to interact with the fly community in Barcelona!

02.07.2025 18:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Obrigada Nuno!! bjs

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Carl D. Modes
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Physics, biology, geometry, topology in complex biological networks, tissue mechanics, and morphogenesis. MPI-CBG and CSBD.

Dacks Lab (Evolutionary Cell Biology)
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James Gahan
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Associate Professor and ERC Starting Awardee at University of Galway! I work on early animal evolution with a particular interest in gene regulation and chromatin! https://gahanlab.com https://chromosome.ie/groups/gahan/ 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇪 He/Him

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Award-winning Storyteller of Science. PhD. Founder & Chief Creative Officer at First Create The Media for life science comms strategy & content https://firstcreatethemedia.com/ Views: mine. Book: https://www.rebelcellbook.com.

Santos lab
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Frank M. Mason, PhD
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MichaelMcMurray lab
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Zita Santos
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Cory Booker
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Erwin Frey
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Carla Abreu
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Silvia Ramundo
@sramundo

Curious scientist leading a research team mainly working on organelle biology and biotechnology: we study -and often “torture”- chloroplasts to understand how they do their magic ;) https://www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/research/research-groups/silvia-ramundo

J. Lourenço
@lourencojml

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