Gwênlyn Glusman (she/her) ☸️

Today I am starting a weekly post titled "Autism: The Evidence". I hope it helps someone fight the colossal wave of misinformation that is drowning us. Part 1: I heard Autism prevalence has gone up. Is that true? If so why?

Moni!! Qué bien que te haya sido útil!

Our MicrobiomeKG paper is finally fully published! A knowledge graph connecting microbes with host health.
It's been a joy to mentor and work with Skye Goetz. This is her first paper as first author! Likewise, always great working with Amy Glen. 🧪
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sys...

Truly awesome creativity!

It's been a crazy day. Can't imagine what it must have been (and still is) for her!!
These things don't understand timezones and sleep needs. ;)

We had a lovely celebration today at ISB, for Mary.
Beyond the work and the prize, it is worth highlighting that Mary is always friendly, collected, thoughtful, and very humble.
Such a delight to see her recognized!!

Awesome!!

Always follow your nose! (Gandalf)

Awesome news!!

Felicitaciones!!!

Ah, the sempiternal question of form vs. content!

Announcing the Biomedical Data Translator: Initial Public Release - PubMed The growing availability of biomedical data offers vast potential to improve human health, but the complexity and lack of integration of these datasets often limit their utility. To address this, the ...

"Announcing the Biomedical Data Translator: Initial Public Release" pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40635371/

Translator is the knowledge-graph integration system we're developing to support hypothesis generation by scientists. Funded by NCATS.
As I said in the past, best consortium ever. Awesome people.
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Excellent. Made me wonder about a potential distinction between aged individuals that “show their age” in their gut, and aging individuals with a still largely young microbiome. FMT might have very different effects on them?

Atul Butte died yesterday.
The world lost a giant.
A big bear of a man.
With a huge smile.
With love for everyone.
With energy that could power a room.
I loved everything about Atul.
I loved how he was always happy.
I loved how excited he was about science and helping people.

Emergence and disruption of cooperativity in a denitrifying microbial community Abstract. Anthropogenic perturbations to the nitrogen cycle, primarily through use of synthetic fertilizers, is driving an unprecedented increase in the em

Interesting new study on emergence and disruption of cooperativity in a denitrifying microbial community, by postdoc in the lab Alex Carr (from his PhD work with Nitin Baliga). academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’ Exclusive: Melbourne team demonstrates way to make the virus visible within white blood cells, paving the way to fully clear it from the body A cure for HIV could be a step closer after researchers found a new way to force the virus out of hiding inside human cells. The virus’s ability to conceal itself inside certain white blood cells has been one of the main challenges for scientists looking for a cure. It means there is a reservoir of the HIV in the body, capable of reactivation, that neither the immune system nor drugs can tackle. Continue reading...

Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’

Your… precious?

This is superbly interesting. Quite clear evidence of theory of mind at work.

Lady Mondegreen would approve of this whole thread.

Youtube offered this to me today, likely because of my love for Hania Rani's music.
Büşra Kayıkçı's music is delightful!

When talking about cancer diagnosis (e.g., pathology on biopsies) positive results are indeed negative, and negative results are positive.
It is indeed very confusing. In fact, my first sentence could be read in two different ways…

A chocolate cake with red and white decorations and lit candles shaped as the number 75. Bold text reads: ‘The NSF Turns 75 Today. What has it done over the past 7 decades?’ The background is a celebratory red with a spray-paint texture.

HAPPY 75th, NSF!

We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.

Read on 🧵(1/11):

Host busters
The return of the kin
Killers of the flower moo
It’s a wonderful lie
The silence of the labs
A new hop
Carface
Like tars on Earth
Tax driver
Jurassic ark
Monty Python and the holy rail
Gone with the win
I, root
Dead pots society
Lien resurrection

Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Valerie Logan Hood ISB is saddened to share the passing of Valerie Logan Hood, whose lifelong dedication to K-12 education shaped ISB’s education programs.

We are saddened to share the passing of Valerie Logan Hood, beloved wife of ISB Co-founder Dr. Lee Hood. Valerie’s dedication to K-12 education shaped ISB’s education programs & and her influence continues to be felt by students and educators in WA state and beyond.
isbscience.org/news/philant...

For many of them, it's peer pressure... very literally.

I like it!! 🎄🌲

It's only starting.

Protest sign reading “You can’t lead the people if you don’t love the people” “Cory Booker”

Excellent message.
Be kind to all!

Cruálacht - cruelty
Aineolas - ignorance

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