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@mariusw.bsky.social

Virologist at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle. πŸ‡«πŸ‡· living in πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ. He/him.

297 Followers  |  534 Following  |  54 Posts  |  Joined: 15.09.2023  |  2.4915

Latest posts by mariusw.bsky.social on Bluesky

It may be too slow

09.08.2025 06:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There is a also a c in blueberry. Or maybe not.

08.08.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You must never have tried good butter

07.08.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of Nature Genetics July 2025 issue. Digital art of a mouse paw skeletal prep on dark background, digits I to IV disintegrating into viral particles. A caption says β€œAn endogenous retrovirus causes limb malformation”.

The cover of Nature Genetics July 2025 issue. Digital art of a mouse paw skeletal prep on dark background, digits I to IV disintegrating into viral particles. A caption says β€œAn endogenous retrovirus causes limb malformation”.

Pretty surreal to see my artwork on the cover of Nature Genetics! Big congrats to @julianeg.bsky.social, @stemundi.bsky.social and the others, and thank you Juliane for letting me help bring your research to life visually.

www.nature.com/ng/volumes/5...

23.07.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

The payline in this context is the proportion of grant proposals that are funded by NCI. So we’re going from 10% to 4% of proposals receiving money

24.07.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it was before I knew @rqperezpalacios.bsky.social, but I think it’s a tie

15.07.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Even as a staff scientist I get asked to review maybe once or twice a year

15.07.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For sure

09.07.2025 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I would be happy to try both πŸ˜…

09.07.2025 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Of all the social media content of the last 24h, THIS is the most wrong πŸ˜‘

04.07.2025 07:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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⚠️ Discovery of a new mode of viral transmission:

Deltaviruses spread through a viral Trojan Horse !

These viral satellites that do not encode their own glycoproteins, are in fact physically encapsulated within their helper virus particles!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A thread 1/14

10.05.2025 08:11 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

I don’t think this is Bluesky’s fault or that anything changed tho. It’s just that American users are in deep trauma and that sets the tone

20.05.2025 06:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There will be, maybe, for the lucky few, but the math do not work at scale.
And wait until you find out how much you would get paid in a lot of other countries…

16.05.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Whatever trickery this is, this is wrong πŸ˜‘

04.05.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs.

Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design

Please repost for reach πŸ’š

02.05.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 162    πŸ” 283    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 4

The French mind cannot comprehend

02.05.2025 06:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Have you seen butter with olive oil? My head explodes every time

02.05.2025 05:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is great, thank you!

25.04.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Various shapes and sizes of animal zygotes

Various shapes and sizes of animal zygotes

I always like to reference this comparison chart that @rrbehringer.bsky.social made awhile back. Hope it helps put things in perspective! -KT

24.04.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! What is the scale? I guess i’m too used to mammalian embryos

24.04.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Does it really remain the same overall size all the way??

24.04.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

US immigration has asked for social media info for non-immigrant visa since 2019 tho.
Not sure why it’s making the news now

23.04.2025 04:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

13.04.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The one question I always have with this (very cool) experiment is why you decided to start from both side with the high concentration in the middle, and not have just a gradient of antibiotics from one side to the other?

13.04.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s amazing but it’s a bit scary to imagine what is their actual end goal

08.04.2025 05:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is more impressive than the woolly mouse I got to say

08.04.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.

β€œOne young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, β€˜I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He β€œbegan to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, β€œfolding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He β€œasked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”

22.03.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 24210    πŸ” 11229    πŸ’¬ 1533    πŸ“Œ 2083

Yes that would have really solidified your point

20.03.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Disagreeing on semantics AND bringing up Ukraine with someone named Bigchungus42 was entertaining πŸ˜€

20.03.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s kind of you to feed the trolls ;)

20.03.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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