Tessera
Folgen

Colm Atkins, PhD

@atkinscolm.bsky.social

Assistant Research Professor, Daniels Lab, Rutgers. AAUP-AFT Local 6323. Socialism, dogs, virology, books, music, sports. he/him. New Brunswick, NJ. http://colmatkins.com/

11103 Posts1685 Follower405 Folgt
Kai Kupferschmidt@kakape.bsky.social · 2w ago

“Seven days after the girl’s medical team infused trillions of viruses carrying the recipe for the base editor into her spinal fluid, she died of a severe immune reaction linked to the therapy…” This, in @science.org, is an important and tragic story. (It’s also an incredibly well reported one.) 🧪

Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made public

Parents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals

science.org

Annika Barber@annikabarber.bsky.social · 2w ago

Raced home from vacation so we could submit and preprint postdoc @keisukefukumura.bsky.social's paper! It's an exciting first foray for our lab into the periphery, where we find a unique role for CLOCK in regulating lifespan on high fat diet. 🧪https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.20.739608

Fat body CLOCK restrains innate immunity and maintains survival under dietary stress in Drosophila

Both aging and a high-fat diet (HFD) dampen circadian gene transcription rhythms and promote chronic inflammation. How aging and HFD interact to affect peripheral molecular clocks and circadian behavi...

doi.org

Jasper Wang@jaspercwang.bsky.social · 3w ago

I apologize for opening Bluesky just to copy-and-paste a LinkedIn post, but here goes: As part of @defector.com's grant work with Start.coop, we're co-sponsoring a 12-week accelerator program for emerging journalist-led/worker-friendly media companies. www.start.coop/accelerator

Start.coop | Empower Cooperative Growth

Discover resources and support to build and grow cooperatively-owned businesses, fostering community wealth-building and economic stability.

start.coop

Wesley R. Evans@scred62.bsky.social · 3w ago

I am so excited to share with the community my newest pre-printed manuscript w/ my mentor @brainsonmymind.bsky.social investigating striatal astrocytes and neuromodulation in Parkinsonian conditions! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Striatal cholinergic and dopaminergic driven astrocyte Ca2+ activity is disrupted in Parkinsonian mice

Brain neuromodulatory systems exert powerful effects on local neuronal circuit function and behavior. In addition to classical actions directly on neurons, growing evidence indicates that neuromodulat...

biorxiv.org

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 4w ago

Faculty unions sued Texas Tech University System leaders over directives that they say stifle debate and undermine their teaching. The lawsuit calls the policies restricting instruction on race, gender identity and sexual orientation unconstitutional.

Faculty sue Texas Tech, claiming censorship of teaching about race, gender

Unions call policies restricting instruction on race, gender identity and sexual orientation unconstitutional

washingtonpost.com