This graph says it all: instead of starting to go down, the *annual increase* of atmospheric CO2 is setting new records. We're making climate change worse at a record rate.
Turning this around should be our top priority, and it's not.
From: www.carbonbrief.org/met-office-a...
18.10.2025 19:33 โ ๐ 497 ๐ 240 ๐ฌ 17 ๐ 12
Beautiful picture looking out of the chemistry building at the University of Freiburg in Freiburg Germany. The old cathedral can be seen in the distance with a backdrop of a blue sky with clouds and distant foothills of the black forrest with fall colors showing through in the trees
picture of the Mรผnster at dawn in the Altstadt of Freiburg, Germany, with a still dark sky in the background and moon over the Mรผnster, in the foreground a well-lit flowers stand can be seen preparing for the daily morning market
I have a PhD position available in my lab at the University of Freiburg!! If you, or someone you know, might be looking for a position using modeling and simulations to uncover secrets in (glyco-)protein structure/function relationships please take a look at our website!
www.kearnslab.org
17.10.2025 20:21 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
FT Investigation: At least 30 individuals or companies that have collectively donated more than $116mn to Donald Trumpโs causes have received benefits or advantages from White House moves.
Read more here: on.ft.com/497fook
17.10.2025 07:30 โ ๐ 81 ๐ 51 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 9
MEHA:Make Europe Healthy Again
Dear European colleagues, I strongly advise you to forcefully repudiate this initiative before they end up in a position to influence policy. Let me know if I can help.
16.10.2025 11:55 โ ๐ 127 ๐ 43 ๐ฌ 13 ๐ 12
Yikes! In this paper the AlphaFold model of human plasminogen (PDB-8uq6) has been refined into noise (EMD-42462) using Phenix & ISOLDE. For some reason the authors even interpret side-chain interactions:
#cryoEM
12.10.2025 11:03 โ ๐ 40 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 3
The recent trajectory, in broad strokes:
- Regime starts militarizing the conflict in early summer
- Regime declares all liberal/leftwing political activity as domestic terrorist or terrorism-adjacent in presidential memo
- Regime ramps up the propaganda against โthe Leftโ across all channels
12.10.2025 08:48 โ ๐ 1079 ๐ 321 ๐ฌ 16 ๐ 8
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12.10.2025 11:18 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Feudalism Is Our Future
What the next Dark Ages could look like
An insightful read. I hadnโt appreciated the links between feudalism and privatization. The authorโs evocation of how future historians may look back on our era in that respect felt important, and a fruitful way to think, to me. Iโm hopeful the pendulum will swing back towards effective government.
11.10.2025 18:56 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
One week from now I plan to be out marching against the idiotic criminals running our government. I'm not "getting paid" and I'm not part of any "Pro-Hamas" group. I'm just mad as hell.
I will not be punching any police officers, nor setting fires, nor breaking any glass. Why will I turn out? (1/2)
11.10.2025 14:58 โ ๐ 132 ๐ 20 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
possibly stupid question - does anyone in #teamtomo or #cryoem recognize these little stacks (from EMPIAR-12549, U2OS cell lamellae)? The green circle is 300ร
, and the spacing between the layers is ~50ร
. The fourth, bell-shaped thing is something else, also not sure of that one..
11.10.2025 15:09 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0
Beautiful figures mate, looking forward to reading this!
09.10.2025 08:11 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
โจExcited that the main project of my PhD is now available as a pre-print on #bioRxiv
Here, we used #CryoET to visualise mitochondrial proteostatic stress and together with SPA #CryoEM shed light into the functional cycle of the Hsp60:10 chaperone system. #TeamTomo
๐ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
08.10.2025 15:59 โ ๐ 80 ๐ 22 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 2
Sam Altmanโs AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say itโs โscaryโ | Fortune
Andrew Chien told Fortune heโs been a computer scientist for 40 years but weโre close to โsome seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.โ
OpenAIโs planned data centers will use more power than New York City & San Diego use at their peak consumption, combined. More power than the entire nations of Switzerland & Portugal combined. And San Altmanโs buddies in this administration have been cutting all of our energy infrastructure upgrades
06.10.2025 16:51 โ ๐ 367 ๐ 228 ๐ฌ 22 ๐ 68
The certificate by Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance, issued in Voncina, 2025, spells out that a newly described species of chiton has been formally named Craspedochiton zefranki. This is in recognition of his outstanding contributions to science communication, which have inspired curiosity, wonder, and deeper public engagement with the natural world.
I'm excited to report that a species has been named after my son Ze Frank, "in recognition of his outstanding contributions to science communication, which have inspired curiosity, wonder, and deeper public engagement with the natural world"
06.10.2025 19:00 โ ๐ 103 ๐ 17 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 2
cryoNET Symposium, 1-2 October 2025
Registration is closed
Thanks to all speakers, participants and organisers of cryoNET 2025 in Umeรฅ! It was a great meeting! See you all in Copenhagen from cryoNET 2026.
www.umu.se/en/chemical-...
03.10.2025 09:22 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Screenshot of the BBC announcement of the death of Jane Goodall 1934-2025
In memory of a wonderful, kind, lremarkable and infinitely inspirational human. Che la terra le sia lieve ๐ค #RIPJaneGoodall
01.10.2025 20:10 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
As others have already said, this essay by James Marriott is well worth taking the time to read. Now, back to my book if I can just prise my iPhone out of my hand for a few minutesโฆ open.substack.com/pub/jmarriot...
28.09.2025 10:48 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
AI-Generated โWorkslopโ Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce โworkslopโโcontent that appea...
"Employees are using AI tools to create low-effort, passable looking work that ends up creating more work for their coworkers."
I'm so shocked that I might swoon ๐ฑ
(Ironically, their attempt to be constructive at the end of the article comes across as AI generated.)
hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...
25.09.2025 08:34 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.
This is huge: โA drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hopeโฆ making lenacapavir a realistic choice in countries with constrained resources.โ
24.09.2025 11:51 โ ๐ 4163 ๐ 1311 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 152
And if you think you're not next in the chopping block, you're not paying attention
23.09.2025 09:11 โ ๐ 17 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
I am QT dunking but I think this is a case where it is warranted:
Science is political and "not wanting to see politics" as a scientist is a political choice. You may decide it's what works for you, but you need to decide how that fits with the fact your (diverse) colleagues still exist ๐งช
23.09.2025 09:08 โ ๐ 64 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0
Happy to announce "Technical Innovations Using #SerialEM: A Community Meeting", a new format of hybrid meeting David Mastronarde and I are organizing in April 2026. For more info, a preliminary list of speakers, pre-registration etc. visit
www.nexperion.net/semcm2026
23.09.2025 10:42 โ ๐ 49 ๐ 22 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
The SerialEM Python interface has been a huge driver of innovation at the hardware-software boundary in cryo-EM: suddenly the scientist with some programming chops can readily implement their ideas ๐ฅฐ
This looks like a fantastic meeting!
23.09.2025 14:09 โ ๐ 17 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Fact for the day: paracetamol does not cause autism
22.09.2025 20:02 โ ๐ 219 ๐ 44 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 1
Ph.D. student @ IGBMC, University of Strasbourg where I explore microtubules using #cryo-ET. #TeamTomo
We study gut bacteria and the immune response to infection with a focus on the danger signal extracellular ATP. We particularly like Shigella and E. coli. Located at Queen's University Belfast, UK and Umeรฅ University, Sweden.
MSCA fellow @Umeรฅ University
#structuralbio #virology #alphavirus #cryoEM #cryoET
Assistant Professor at University of Alberta. Interests in cryoEM, enzymology, and electron transport chain proteins. he/him.
https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/theditranigroup/home
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=LeG-9koAAAAJ&hl=en
Professor of Parasitology, Research Director at Keele University, UK. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), stigma, NTDs. Co-lead of ECLIPSE. President of British Soc Parasitology. (she/her). Views my own. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1537-4390
The VIGILANT project is funded by #HorizonEurope and develops broad spectrum antivirals for pandemic preparedness. Find more information at https://www.dpz.eu/en/vigilant
Science blogger and communicator:
www.protagonist-science.com
Mein investigatives Buch รผber die Insider-Geschichte hinter der COVID-19 Ursprungskontroverse jetzt exklusiv auf Deutsch erhรคltlich:
www.lab-leak-fever.com
Computational biophysics and other amenities...
"More thinking and less pipetting"
a pediatrician from gaza .working in Nasser medical hospital .trying to survive the genocide.
X account. https://x.com/fado2a?s=21
INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/fedaaelnadi
Vetted by molly shah
https://chuffed.org/project/save-fedaa-and-motaz-family
Group leader @mpi_nat, Gรถttingen, DE, exploring mechanisms of membrane trafficking. Cryo-EM, Cryo-ET, structural biology, cell biology.
All opinions are my own.
PhD student in the Jakobi lab @Bionanoscience, Delft | Imaging cool things with electrons | cryo-ET
Virologist| Assistant Professor @ErasmusMC #RielScience | previous ESR in Marie Curie Network Antivirals @UtrechtUni |๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐บ๐ณ๐ฑ|
Opinions and Typos are my own!
Virologist, Head of Infection Biology Unit, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, @primatenzentrum.bsky.socialโฌ dpz.eu/en/infection-biology Views are my own
Chair in Virology and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
Arboviruses, emerging viruses, viruses of parasites!
PhD student @mateuslab.com ๐งซ
Umeรฅ University
esp/eng
Associate Professor at Warwick Medical School and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Oxford
โค๏ธRNA viruses, single-molecule microscopy and diagnostics
Postdoc at Hillen Lab (UMG & MPI), studying RNA polymerase of negative strand viruses ๐งฌ #cryo-EM โ๏ธ๐ฌ