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Itai Yanai

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Professor at the NYU School of Medicine (https://yanailab.org/). Founder and Director of the Night Science Institute (https://night-science.org/). Co-host of the 'Night Science Podcast' https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/night-science/id1563415749

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"Itai Yanai, a systems biologist at New York University [..] and a conference co-organizer, explained his research to a co-opted 16-year-old. As he did so, volunteers from the audience posed onstage as โ€˜genesโ€™, imitating being turned on and off by waving their arms when tapped." Thank you Josie!

31.07.2025 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Exactly ๐Ÿ˜Š

31.07.2025 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scientific bedlam at the worldโ€™s weirdest and wildest research conference Woodstock Bio2 + Night Science aimed to encourage collaborations through creativity. The walk-on music for presentations was fun, too.

A cool article in Nature about Night Science at Woodstock Bio2 with @itaiyanai.bsky.social - check it out! Focused on #collaboration and #creativity in #science!

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

31.07.2025 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Petr showcased Prague like no other conference could - taking us to 5 locations throughout the city, including a cinema. He then brought the entire conference for a day in the woods in on our own private train - who does that?! Thank you Petr for making this a legendary conference possible! ๐Ÿ™

31.07.2025 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Woodstock Night Science โ€“ the conference that took place June 10-13 in Prague โ€“ belongs to the ages now. Though Oded & I proposed the idea, it was Petr Svoboda (@svobodalab.bsky.social) who ran with it & made it such a huge success with his vision for organized chaos!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

31.07.2025 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Scientific bedlam at the worldโ€™s weirdest and wildest research conference Woodstock Bio2 + Night Science aimed to encourage collaborations through creativity. The walk-on music for presentations was fun, too.

Participating in Woodstock Bio #TCTeAC in Prague as a reporter for @natureportfolio.nature.com was undoubtedly the highlight of my summer. Thank you @odedrechavi.bsky.social @itaiyanai.bsky.social @natanellae.bsky.social and everyone who joined this wild confab!

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

31.07.2025 04:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thank you Josie ๐Ÿ™

31.07.2025 09:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scientific bedlam at the worldโ€™s weirdest and wildest research conference Woodstock Bio2 + Night Science aimed to encourage collaborations through creativity. The walk-on music for presentations was fun, too.

๐Ÿฅ‚This was the highlight of my year. The "instigators", led by local master of the ceremony @svobodalab.bsky.social will never forget the privilege of organizing it and i think every participant will treasure the experience forever โค๏ธ @nature.com @josiegz.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

31.07.2025 04:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

So excited to launch the Night Science Institute with @itaiyanai.bsky.social and @oliverbogler.bsky.social !

30.07.2025 05:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today we are announcing the launch of the Night Science Institute by our Founders Dr. | Night Science Institute Today we are announcing the launch of the Night Science Institute by our Founders Dr. Itai Yanai and Dr. Martin Lercher! The Institute champions a cultural shift in science by training researchers to...

Today we announced the launch of the Night Science Institute over on LinkedIn - check it out and why not send it to your friends? Follow us on LinkedIn or even better join the growing Night Science Community at www.night-science.org! www.linkedin.com/posts/night-...

29.07.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Check our new website โ€“ night-science.org โ€“ and consider also helping us to launch the Night Science Institute!

29.07.2025 14:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿš€ Today we're launching the 'Night Science Institute', a non-for-profit organization to lead a cultural shift in science! You may say we're dreamers ๐Ÿ˜‰, but we think we're not the only ones. Perhaps today you will join us to make the Day Science and Night Science parts of the process live as one!

29.07.2025 14:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 95    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Thank you Sarela, I'm heartbroken too..

26.07.2025 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Leah ๐Ÿ™

23.07.2025 07:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Sheila ๐Ÿ™

22.07.2025 11:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Nadav ๐Ÿ™

22.07.2025 11:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Paula ๐Ÿ™

22.07.2025 11:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Blaine. I remember very well the good times around the building of 55 Leicester in Brookline and your special bond with her.

22.07.2025 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Freddy ๐Ÿ™

22.07.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Barak ๐Ÿ™

22.07.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Cynthia ๐Ÿ™

20.07.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Aner ๐Ÿ™

20.07.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Addie ๐Ÿ™

20.07.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Uri ๐Ÿ™

20.07.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Gal ๐Ÿ™

20.07.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you Narmen ๐Ÿ™

20.07.2025 20:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rachel Yanai ๐Ÿ’” ืจื—ืœ ื™ื ืื™

20.07.2025 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dear early career scientists! Why not join us in September in Lithuaniaโ€™s beautiful capital city for the EMBO Young Scientistsโ€™ Forum? We will have have a full Night Science workshop & exciting research sessions. Abstract submission: August 1 meetings.embo.org/event/25-eysf
@evogytis.bsky.social

18.07.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you for the shout out Merve!

11.07.2025 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes I agree. The poster presentation is a great opportunity to really highlight more of the conceptual side. And if people are interested they can go check out the data in the paper.

10.07.2025 17:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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