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Erik Poppleton

@floppleton.bsky.social

Postdoc working on RNA Nanotech & MD simulations @uniheidelberg.bsky.social & MPIP. GROMACS wrangler, oxDNA developer, @molpigs.bsky.social podcast host, and all around weird lil guy. Has been known to post about music and neat bugs found in the woods.

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veikkolinko.bsky.social@veikkolinko.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Versatile DNA nanostructures 🧬 can be used as molecular lithography masks for the selective deposition or etching of materials in conventional lithographic processing. Check out our new open-access review in J Phys D: Appl Phys! doi.org/10.1088/1361... via @ioppublishing.bsky.social

Molecular lithography with DNA nanostructures: methods and applications

Molecular lithography with DNA nanostructures: methods and applications, Keller, Adrian, Linko, Veikko

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin@microsff.com · 3mo ago

The parking attendant paused by the double-length bay. Intended for mobile homes and cars with trailers, it was currently occupied by a sleeping dragon. No parts of it extended beyond the lines, and the paper ticket was clearly displayed, impaled on a horn. The parking attendant moved on.

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Zoe Yang 🏳️‍⚧️@zqx-yang.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our multi-μm DNA shell paper is finally out in #NanoLetters, now also featuring controlled multilayer shell formation! 🧬 🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Thanks so much again to Christoph and @simmellab.bsky.social !!

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ZZoe Yang 🏳️‍⚧️@zqx-yang.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Delighted to share my first first author paper, where we realized multi-μm membrane-like shells made entirely of DNA! Huge thanks to co-first author Christoph without whom this wouldn't be possible. This was born from his side-project involving Dipids, stay tuned for the soon-to-be-published paper!

Erik Poppleton@floppleton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The new arXiv rules don’t even say you can’t be bad at citing, just don’t make up citations from whole cloth. Improper citations are a problem which predates LLMs. I found one recently where, for more than a decade, the entire field has been citing a paper for something it didn’t do.

Dr. Holly Walters@manigarm.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?

The reactions of some researchers on Twitter finally being held responsible for not having read the very paper they submitted are... something. Mainly, they don't think they should have to check every citation or make sure the data is real and accurate. Because it's too hard, I guess.
Erik Poppleton@floppleton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

There is only one song powerful enough to make an entire generation start singing with just a single note. (Blank video, sound up)

huck mason@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 3mo ago

had a debate last night about the definitive millennial song. some contenders: mgmt’s “kids,” yeah yeah yeah’s “maps,” kanye’s “all of the lights,” arcade fire’s “wake up,” postal service’s “such great heights,” animal collective’s “my girls,” lcd soundsystem’s “all my friends,” stroke’s “last nite”

Kenneth Loi@kenjmloi.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Excited to share our discovery of a new programmable RNA-guided DNA-targeting system hiding inside bacteriophages that predates CRISPR. We call it VIPR (Viral Interference Programmable Repeat), and it uses an entirely new logic to find its targets. Thread + link below.

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Erik Poppleton@floppleton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

“[Algorithmic feeds] rarely — if ever — give you what you're looking for. ‘They give just enough to keep you engaged, keep you looking at the app and interacting with it as long as possible,’” What is this #1 brain-melting Instagram Reel they’re hiding from me??

NPR@npr.org · 4mo ago

Taken together, these four features can create a trancelike state that can keep us stuck on social media apps or video games for hours. Children are particularly vulnerable. n.pr/4mH6i6s

Jacob Harris@jacobharr.is · 4mo ago

Realizing that some of my inexplicable sadness about the Artemis II stuff is that it feels like a trans-dimensional communication from an America that took a different path and chose joy instead of fear and hate.

WONDER🧬@wonder-dna.bsky.social · 5mo ago

✨This International Women’s Day, WONDER celebrates the brilliant women pushing the boundaries of discovery in nanotechnology, biotechnology, and research 🧬 From the lab bench to leadership, women are driving innovation, asking bold questions, and transforming ideas into breakthroughs🌎