Martin Černý
@bacillus.bsky.social
Unaccomplished PhD student investigating structure of RNA polymerase of B. subtilis | NMR, Cryo-EM | Protein Structure and Dynamics group | CEITEC, NCBR | Masaryk University | rock climbing | DnD 5e enthusiast | boardgame nerd | coffee advocate
As always, we end our Bachelor's practical class with an agar art contest using the bright colis from @atinygreencell.bsky.social. As always, lots of beautiful images were created. Meet the winner, the Coli Cougar, our next year's class lab book cover.
There was no need to run this study. genAI (and surveillance AI, among other things) is part of an authoritarian and technofascist project. That's why we shouldn't use genAI. And that's why the companies want people addicted to it. Reframe! bsky.app/profile/anth...
Anthony Moser@anthonymoser.com · 11mo agoi made a helpful reference
I find this unsettling: A new study in #Lancet shows that the number of faux citations in scientific articles is on the rise, and #AI is likely to blame. @aniloza.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2026/05/07/l...
Fraudulent citations, blamed on AI hallucinations, are becoming more common in research papers
“Fabricated” citations that do not reference real academic papers are spreading in the literature, polluting the public record of science, a new study found
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We're super excited to share MissAlignment: a new ML-based approach to reference-free tilt series alignment, spearheaded by @martenchaillet.bsky.social. We think it's going to make your cryo-ET life a lot better. Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Code: github.com/warpem/miss-... 🧶 Thread:
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65 years after Peter Mitchell’s chemiosmotic theory, we report an association between ATP synthase and the electron transport chain. In the preprint led by @longzhou88.bsky.social, we describe a large supercomplex and show how the supramolecular organization contribute to oxidative phosphorylation 🧵
A Supercomplex Incorporating Both Electron Transport Chain and ATP Synthase
The mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation system powering most aerobic organisms is typically depicted as two spatially segregated machineries(1): electron transport chain complexes I-IV (ETC CI-CIV
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Finally published at long last (at least in the pre-view version). Explore the wild and woolly world of archaeal histones! Interactive archaeal histone graph incluced rdcu.be/fdFjv. Congratulations to first author Shawn Laursen
1/ Excited to share our preprint! 🥳 Degradation of aromatic compounds, including BTEX pollutants, requires highly endergonic aromatic ring reduction. Using #cryoEM and in situ #cryoET, we show how BCRII couples electron bifurcation modules in one giant redox machine www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
"having an LLM generate code more quickly does not increase the speed or capacity of all those other thing"
James Bennett@b-list.org · 4mo agoNew blog post: I got tired of having repetitive arguments explaining why I think it’s OK to be skeptical of LLMs for coding, so I wrote six and a half thousand words on the topic that I will be referring people to from now on. www.b-list.org/weblog/2026/...
*t̶a̶p̶s̶ eats sign* @anthonymoser.com anthonymoser.github.io/writing/rhet...
a pink cartoon character is sitting at a table eating grapes ..
Alt: kirby devouring all the foods
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Dan McQuillan@danmcquillan.bsky.social · 4mo agoApparently, collaborating with AI impairs unassisted performance because it optimises on short-term goals not long-term. The frame is the trick; you can't actually 'collaborate' with a synthetic token machine at all. Myth-making masquerading as critique ⚠️ arxiv.org/abs/2604.04721
> While people often misconstrue generative AI refusal as an ignorant, avoidant, fear-driven position, generative AI refusal builds on accurate research about the various ethical harms associated with generative AI, as well as disciplinary principles in writing studies. refusal.blog/2026/04/07/w...
Why Abstinence-Only Sex Education is a Bad Metaphor for Generative AI Refusal
Maggie Fernandes, University of Arkansas Image by Yasmin Dwiputri & Data Hazards Projecto on Better Images of AI If I’m being honest, nothing in the conversation about generative AI and ed…
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There are so many no-good, terribly bad, wrong, AI-generated anatomical diagrams out there. Here's one I found on the website of an actual clinic in Minnesota. Yikes. Be careful out there.
A 20% budget cut atop multiyear funding-induced cuts to research and direct terminations of projects underway will further degrade American leadership in science. This is early news & not even a proposal or appropriations - precisely the reason to speak out now. rollcall.com/2026/03/27/s...
Sources: White House to propose 20 percent cut to NIH funding
The White House is expected to ask Congress to cut National Institutes of Health spending by 20 percent in the president’s fiscal 2027 budget request, according to multiple sources with knowledge of t...
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1) The Herzik lab is excited to announce our newest preprint in collaboration with the Grotjahn lab! We have developed a surfactant cocktail that seeks to overcome one of the more nefarious problems in #cryoEM, Air-water interface (AWI)-induced damage and preferred orientation (PO).
I am quite fond of the "I will not read synthetic text" principle. Not that I necessarily follow it. But because we have a right to assert such a choice. And it is good to remind people that because they had a machine write it others can refuse to read it.
What the fuck is Kennedy and Trump doing with the COVID-19? Their press conferences now look like tabloid releases. What are scientists in the US doing? I feel so sad for you. 🧪
Russia actively used the civilian infrastructure of Belarus, in particular cell towers, to lay routes of drones. This allowed them to provide a stable signal and attack targets located on the northern and western borders of Ukraine. They even flew into the territory of NATO countries, no accident.
🇺🇦💻 Ukrainian hackers have been secretly monitoring Russian UAV operators for over six months and have discovered how Russia is using the territory of Belarus, — InformNapalm. They managed to hack accounts of Russian military and gain access to the monitoring systems used by drone operators.
I’m happy to share the main result of my PhD, which you can find on bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... If you are interested in learning about a new way to perform DNA-PAINT multiplexing, which we call Combi-PAINT, or if you are interested in the study of mRNA conformation, keep reading! 1/10
We’re excited to share our latest preprint on the mechanism of excised linear intron stabilization in yeast! This work was led by PhD student @glennli.bsky.social and was a wonderful collaboration with @maxewilkinson.bsky.social. Link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... (1/4)
Marburg: soon to be my new home (at least for a few years). Is it any wonder I’m going there? So much great microbiology, past and present
Evgenii Protasov@evgenii-protasov.bsky.social · 7mo agoMarburg: famous for its #virus, but legendary for its #archaea! 🦠 Beyond the headlines, the city gave us Methanothermobacter marburgensis—the key microorganism used to map the #methanogenesis pathway. A true powerhouse for #microbiology! @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social
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WIRED@wired.com · 7mo agoJust days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US. If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
I have to say, between writing a thesis and running experiments, I would rather be back in the lab 🥼 #phd
😵💫 Putin’s 2001 meeting with Bush and talks about territory!
