Things I find when cleaning tabs - an early example of randomized trials, in this case for testing the efficacy of homeopathic salt dilutions
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
the best way to make progress on your paper reading list is not reading papers, it's removing the ones you've put there that you don't really need to read
(fine, it's not really progress, but definitely cuts the mental workload 😅)
Coffee beans harvested from the faeces of the Asian palm civet may have higher levels of fats and other key flavour-enhancing compounds than traditionally harvested beans, according to a paper in Scientific Reports. go.nature.com/4nuNrL2 #plantscience 🧪
Success rates for Europe’s leading research grants are declining as a surge in applications far outweighs the funds available
go.nature.com/479Sni6
Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! formatmypaper.com
Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We are excited that the Earth BioGenome Project, a global network of scientists including those from the Sanger Institute, has mapped the second phase of its ambitious plan to sequence all 1.67 million known species on Earth by 2035. 👏
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/bi...
Congrats! Looking forward from some awesome science!!
🍂*Autumn School for Single Cell-ers 2025*🍂
Register Now! gimm.idloom.events/autumn-school
📆October 20-24
📍GIMM Oeiras, Portugal
📧scrnaseq_workshop2025@gimm.pt
🔆 Good morning!
Why chocolate tastes so good:
Microbes that fine-tune its flavour 🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Manipulating the microbial communities involved in cocoa bean fermentation could make chocolate even more delicious.
More delicious? Is that even possible?
What’s on at #GIMMFest Day 1 & 2? We’ll kick things off with big ideas to spark your curiosity, then dive into fresh perspectives on the future of aging and the everyday experiences that shape it.
🔗 gimm.pt/pt-pt/gimm-festival/#program
"For half an hour, I vented everything I had been holding in for months … my supervisor … then calmly offered a line I’ll never forget: 'You are here to learn to ride a bicycle, not to invent a bicycle.' That one sentence landed softly, but it cracked something open." https://scim.ag/4lt1Ru0
A positive insight of what we should take from books.
Still makes me think what would be the best way to save interesting quotes/passages from books (and same goes for papers!)
horacebianchon.substack.com/p/youre-not-...
The grave risks for science as the whole of leaving fundamental scientific infrastructure in the hands of for-profit capitalist company. Essential scholarly services should be internationally curated by value-based societies/orders/colleges.
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The end of peer-review in the U.S.A.? www.nature.com/articles/d41... #science #research #nih #nsf #peerreview
"the council was also developing a new initial step for the scientific process, “Assess Profitability of Research,” which would help determine if systematic investigation is even worth pursuing in the first place."
theonion.com/seek-funding...
Glow-in-the-dark marsupials, fashionable science, and cyborg jellyfish
Check out July's best science images, chosen by Nature's photo team 📸
go.nature.com/4fgF7M8
Happy to share that @spac.bsky.social was awarded an @erc.europa.eu PoC
It's a bit of an unusual one: the innovation is in policy. We want to help scientists, NGO's, journalists... implement @ec.europa.eu #DSA #Article40 and make the internet a better place
More info: www.lip.pt?lang=en§...
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to investigate the role of inflammation on therapy resistance in colorectal cancer using patient-derived organoids and single-cell multiomics. Please reach out if interested:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX776/p...
Our Biobank has been selected by @esa.int to store the biological samples of European astronauts. The first 6 thousand samples are expected to arrive later this year.
With this agreement, GIMM becomes the sole centralized location for the preservation of these samples.
www.publico.pt/2025/07/22/c...
My postdoc work at Treutlein lab and @graycamplab.bsky.social with @jasperjanssens.bsky.social is out in @science.org ! We screen for neuron subtypes using pro-neural TFs + morphogen combinations + scRNA-seq and profiled over 700,000 cells in 480 conditions. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#HotFromThePress !!
What if instead of analyzing 4-6 pathology markers you could check >100 in the *same* sample?
@maltekuehl.com & co @puellesv.bsky.social lab introduce #PathoPlex, method that could even predict disease
Full www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@focalplane.bsky.social @nature.com 🧪🔬
Horizon Europe budget to double, but €68B will remain in Competitiveness Fund
🧪 #AcademicSky
sciencebusiness.net/news/plannin...
Know what has been surprising & fun about being part of Science Vs? Research we've done for the show has led to TWO peer-reviewed papers. When I returned to journalism after my MSPH, I didn't think I'd ever co-author studies.
The latest, on the "orgasm gap"👇🧪
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks Spam Email, but I'd make more progress if I didn't have to remove you constantly from my inbox. Who knows, maybe I could then even submit my work to your completely unrelated journal 😉
IN RICE
New paper:
More than 2700 human 3′UTRs are highly conserved. These 3′UTRs are essential components in mRNA templates, as their deletion decreases protein activity without changing protein abundance. Highly conserved 3′UTRs help the folding of proteins with long IDRs.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Portugal e a ciência integrativa: porque fazem falta centros de síntese www.publico.pt/2025/07/07/c...
