📣📣📣Really happy to see this short summary of our #EIC *Biotechnology for Healthy Ageing* #funding call out, also explaining our portfolio approach to EIC Pathfinder challenges and how it applies to this topic: rdcu.be/FPiGUWcQXSSa #biotech #ageing (1/3)

Really fascinating two-headed two-coloured #tulip growing in our garden. 🌷🌷🌷 Wishing I'd paid more attention in plant development class to know how this is possible and if I can expect the same to happen next year... 🧬🤔 #spring #tulipseason #surprisephenotype

❓Today I called an ✈️ airline ✈️customer service for a booking I couldn't resolve online. As it turned out, neither could the agent at the other end of the line. But after about 10 minutes he informed me that my call time was up (even though issue was still unresolved). Is this a thing now?? 🤔

Just came across "About: Blanks": blank notebooks with real #book covers. Undecided if I like the idea or not. On one hand the notebooks are beautiful & #recycling is better than throwing books away,but it's also sad: It feels like only the book covers are deemed worthy to save, not the content...

Most biotech training focuses on what you can do. The ELSA Summer School on Engineered Living Materials will focus on how to integrate ethical, legal, and social points into your research and how to communicate evolving science to the public and policymakers. prism-livingtissues.eu/elsa-summer-...

ELSA Summer School on Engineered Living Materials, 13–17 Jul 2026, UK

Five-day residential summer school on the ethics, law and society of engineered living materials. Glasgow & Loch Lomond. Apply by 22 March.

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📢European scientists interested in translational #ageing research: join our online info session on the upcoming EIC #funding call on "Biotechnology for Healthy Ageing" on 🗓️March 20, 2026. 📝Registration: lnkd.in/gJAUXB66

It's come to this: The Ig Nobel Awards, presented at Harvard or MIT since the 1990s, is moving to Zurich because the US is not safe for foreign visitors www.swissinfo.ch/eng/research...

Ig Nobels to move awards to Switzerland due to concern over US travel visas

The annual ceremony of the Ig Nobels, a satirical award for scientific achievement, is normally held in the United States. This September it will take place in Zurich after organisers deemed the US “u...

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Question to the bsky crowd: does a weekly (i.e. 6-7day) biological cycle exist in people? Thinking specifically about hormonal and/or drug-response related...

EMA is organising a virtual webinar to explore the evolving role of platform technologies, bringing together regulators and medical developers to discuss how they can be used beyond quality and manufacturing. Mark your calendars and tune into the live broadcast 👇 www.ema.europa.eu/en/events/we...

Undergrads seeking summer research experience in gene or cell therapy: there's a *paid opportunity* from @bsgct.bsky.social! Please apply before 27th Feb. Please see bsgct.org/undergraduate/ for details. Please repost to help spread the word - thanks!

You had one job 😅

China bans all retractable car door handles, starting next year arstechnica.com/cars/2026/02...

China bans all retractable car door handles, starting next year

The pop-out door handle ban starts in 2027 for new cars, 2029 for existing models.

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Thanks to the White House about half the internet learnt that there are actually no penguins in Greenland. Yay #scicomm! BUT there *is* one 🐧living in the northern hemisphere: the Galapagos penguin, the only species found (just) north of the equator. No, the "penguin" on the WH tweet is not it. 🧪🪶

Last week I joined a presentation by the mathematician István Lénárt on spherical (vs Euclidean) geometry using oranges, markers and bottle caps. It was a ton of fun, very inspiring and really reminded me how learning new stuff can take the mind of things, such as current affairs...

🌟 Are you a Young Professional shaping the future of European #Standardization? CEN and CENELEC want to hear your story! 💬 We’re looking for passionate young experts who are making a difference through standards. 📩 Reach out to schedule an interview and share your experience!

Powerful piece in STAT this morning from some NIH staff members who have resigned www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n... 1/3

The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left

“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.

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Really fascinating data. If I remember correctly, the Volkswagen Stiftung had similarly reported on increase in diversity during interim evaluations of their lottery scheme.

Kirsty Grainger @kirstygrainger.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Leaders at @ukri.org should be seriously looking at the lottery first idea. 68% lower economic costs, increase in diversity of award holders and well received. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#LivingArchitectures We put cells and cytoskeleton filaments on the architecture of the musée d'Orsay. www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/agenda/ev... Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab adapted their protocols to illustrate the questions that keep them awake at night. -> Two shows on the 24th and 25th of January.

Normally, every year I make a special advent 🗓️ for my family. They have included treasure hunts across town, quizzes and a day-by-day story. But this year, my 7y.o. and husband went all out to surprise me with a calendar they made for me! ❤️🤶🏻🎄🎄🤶🏻❤️ Can't wait to see what each day has in store!

Almost 20 years after it was published I finally read World War Z and I'm crazy shocked by a) how underrepresented women are in the book, and b) how little this seems to be discussed in most analyses of the book. #howManyWomen #weekendreading

The #EIC work programme 2026 is out! It includes 2 health-related challenges: - ⌛Pathfinder Challenge: #Biotechnology for Healthy #Ageing - 🧫 Advanced Innovation Challenge: Translating Disruptive New Approach Methodologies #NAMs into Practice 📑 Check it out: www.linkedin.com/safety/go?ur...

Ghost train in Vienna...

Almost 10yrs ago🫣 I contributed to a @nature.com Careers story on Individual Dev Plans (IDPs). This summer I got to follow up,discuss my career&IDPs some more. 🎧The podcast is now out! It's part of a series on career strategies/tools, all of which is worth a listen👂🏻 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Really enjoying this story about Fred Ramsdell not knowing about his Nobel prize in Medicine, because he's offline, hiking in Idaho. There seems to be such pressure to be reachable all the time nowadays, that is nice to see! 😅 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid

Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable

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Husband recently got a @newyorker.com print subscription, and I've really enjoyed some of their #science and #technology pieces. For example, this one on the search for interventions for healthy #ageing was a really fun read: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Only in Belgium...? 😂 #beernation #DrinksForDogs

🚨🚨🚨🧪 H1B scientists who are traveling outside the USA. Please be aware that current advice is to return to the USA IMMEDIATELY

Epi_lady (Amy)@epilady.bsky.social · last yr.

This is not my normal content, but given that I have friends and followers this affects, this is the advice one large tech company is giving about H1B visas and the exec order set to go into place on the 21st.

NEW: Don't ask too many questions, but... NIH may not re-terminate the 900ish grants at issue in the main NIH lawsuits after all. To the PIs of reinstated grants, SPEND NOW! 🧵 Here's what NIH is probably thinking. Bear with me:

Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.

And with these 1500 pieces our summer staycation has officially begun... 🧩🧩🧩