A compound called N-oleoyl-leucine (OLE) shows promise as a promoter of Alzheimer's amyloid plaque removal 📷 Victoria Pozzi-Ruiz et al @neuroalc.bsky.social in @springernature.com Cell Death & Disease ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

Get ready... #KidLitArtPostcard is this Thursday, August 6th! For more info visit: www.ginaperry.com/postcard

Role for non-neuronal cells in memory maintenance – loss of ankyrin-2 protein from the brain's astrocytes impairs recall 📸 Hayoung Kim, Jiwoon Lim & Jooyoung Kim et al Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon in @natcomms.nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

Base editing – altering the DNA code with precise targeting – reveals the essential role of the NANOG gene in embryo development 📷 Oliver J Bower et al @niakanlab.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk in @nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

RBM20 regulator of heart muscle protein titin's length itself revealed to have many versions => cardiomyopathy therapy targets 📷 Michael Radke, Victor Badillo Lisakowski & Stefan Meinke et al, @mdc-berlin.bsky.social in @natcomms.nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

Access Denied: Subtype of influenza A H3N2, but not H1N1, needs transporter protein Rab11B to enter host cells 📷 Allyson H. Turner & Sara A. Jaffrani et al @uvmvermont.bsky.social in @jvico-eics.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

Loss of Flexibility: Astrocytes – multifunctional non-neuron cells of the brain – respond to cortisol leading to reduced neuroplasticity 📷 Bruno Gegenhuber et al @harvardmed.bsky.social in @nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

Cyclin dependent kinase 1 cell division driver is revealed to also be a promoter of epithelial barrier integrity 📷 @margaridadantas.bsky.social & Lisa Donker et al @gloerichlab.bsky.social @umcutrecht.bsky.social in @science.org Signaling ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

Enriching for T memory stem cells in CAR-T therapy for blood cancers improves clinical outcomes 📷 Luca Gattinoni & Gabriele Inchingolo et al, Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy, Regensburg, and NIH in @cp-cell.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

Faulty Assassins: Impaired NK cells underlie auto-inflammatory mevalonate kinase deficiency- treatable with IFN-γ inhibitor 📷 Marcia A. Munoz, Iona S. Schuster & James Cremasco et al @garvaninstitute.bsky.social in @cp-immunity.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

Mouse nose atlas – grouped in bands, each olfactory neuron has a specific receptor that binds a specific odour molecule & the map is matched in the brain 📷 David H. Brann et al @harvardmed.bsky.social in @cp-cell.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

BPoD | Olfactory Atlas

Olfactory Atlas - Biomedical pictures for May 2026.

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Model of Destruction: Computational model of Alzheimer's disease in the making 📷 @usc.edu Lab of Neuro Imaging, Michael Bienkowski et al ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @rooph.bsky.social

BPoD | Model of Destruction

Model of Destruction - Biomedical pictures for May 2026.

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GSK3α enzyme identified as a checkpoint in stem cell fate – when inhibited, self-renewal capacity is maintained 📷 Duo Wang & Xiukun Wang et al Ying Lab @keck.usc.edu & National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Cell Research ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026/5/5 + @rooph.bsky.social

BPoD | Common Checkpoint

Common Checkpoint - Biomedical pictures for May 2026.

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A weekend reminder that our next #kidlitartpostcard event is this Thursday, May 7th. Please note: there is NO theme for this one - our June anniversary is the one with the theme. #kidlit www.ginaperry.com/postcard

All about KidLitArtPostcard — Gina Perry Illustrations

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SARS-CoV-2 virus evolve truncated N protein enabling evasion of immune challenge 📷 @rorymulloy.bsky.social et al @corcoranlab.bsky.social @ucalgary.bsky.social in @plosbiology.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @antdlewis.bsky.social

BPoD | Making Short Work

Making Short Work - Biomedical pictures for May 2026.

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Noice!

Bookshop.org@bookshop.org · 3mo ago

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve been recognized by TIME as one of 10 most influential social good companies of 2026! Check out the full list here: time.com/article/2026...

Structure of microtubules around the osteoclast nuclear envelope influences their bone resorption function 📸 Silvia Vergarajauregui et al Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in @jcellsci.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

BPoD | Solving Bone Dissolving

Solving Bone Dissolving - Biomedical pictures for April 2026.

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Scientists untangle the pathway of chronic pain.

Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD@bpodaily.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Chronic and acute pain neural pathways distinguished –now chronic pain-specific drugs can be developed without dulling other senses 📷 Xiaoke Chen lab, Qian Wang, Joo Han Lee & Gregory Nachtrab et al @stanforduniversity.bsky.social in @nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026/4/29 + @rooph.bsky.social

Good morning good people of earth! I hope you have a “cat with a ball of yarn” kind of day! #catwithyarn #haveagreatday #illustration #scbwi #kidlit #picturebookart

Snot and Jewels: Precision tracking, microscopy + modelling reveals details of aquatic diatoms on the move. These microalgae produce oxygen but can also trap bacteria 📹 Stefan Golfier et al @bcube-tud.bsky.social, in @pnas.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with John Ankers

Transition from benign to malignant is a plastic state governed by cancer progenitor cell niche KRAS/p53 balance in this pancreatic cancer model 📷 José Reyes et al @mskcancercenter.bsky.social in @cp-cell.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

So true!!

Brian Kirby@boringstorybook.com · 3mo ago

I really want to convey to everyone who entered #pbparty that the process is really the prize, and the difference between finalists, honorable mentions, and those that didn’t make it is like a single step at the START of a VERY long staircase. Don’t be discouraged!

I really want to convey to everyone who entered #pbparty that the process is really the prize, and the difference between finalists, honorable mentions, and those that didn’t make it is like a single step at the START of a VERY long staircase. Don’t be discouraged!

Wahoo!! Thank you #PBParty judges!! So chuffed that some of that fairy dust drifted my way. ☺️ #pbparty2026 #kidlitillustrator

Into the DeepBone: 3D tissue clearing approach called DeepBone enables visualisation of human mesenchymal stromal cell bone marrow niche – differences in young & aged revealed 📹 Nelson Tsz Long Chu et al University of Gothenburg in @natbiomedeng.nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026...

Ratio of keratin 14 & 15 proteins influences differentiation vs division by skin progenitor cells 📷 Catherine J. Redmond et al Coulombe lab University of Michigan Medical School in @jcb.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... with @antdlewis.bsky.social

BPoD | Under Your Skin

Under Your Skin - Biomedical pictures for April 2026.

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If you’ve missed out on Kidlit Haha Week you can still catch up and enter the book giveaways until tomorrow! Catch up HERE 👇 www.brittanypomales.com/blog/

Brain organoids used to screen drug candidates for genetic mitochondrial disease Leigh Syndrome identifies utility of sildenafil (Viagra) 📷 Annika Zink, Dao-Fu Dai, Annika Wittich et al @aleprigio.bsky.social @hhu.de in @cp-cell.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... + @rooph.bsky.social

BPoD | Brain Gain

Brain Gain - Biomedical pictures for April 2026.

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CRISPR edit to activate PPARGC1A gene boosts mitochondria improving cardiac muscle repair after heart attack 📷 Mario Escobar & Saad Malik, et al @riceuniversity.bsky.social; @bcmhouston.bsky.social re paper in @moltherapy.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026/4/3 with @rooph.bsky.social

BPoD | Energy Boost

Energy Boost - Biomedical pictures for April 2026.

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Today! 💙❤️ Related: I’m looking for an illustrator with a textured, painterly, elevated, serious, realistic, literary style to illustrate a lovely sports themed jacketed, hardcover picture book. Feel free to respond w/ samples + folio link. Please no emails/DMs. 💙❤️ #artcommissions

Brian LaRossa@brianlarossa.com · 4mo ago

Just realized tomorrow is #kidlitartpostcard! Will be scrolling. 💙❤️