Mirasbek
@mirasbek.bsky.social
Scientist/engineer turned VC. Passionate about human and planetary health. Cat dad. He/him/his 🇰🇿🇧🇪🇪🇺🏳️🌈
This Belgian had no idea that there also was a paralympics for beers.
Get me the most Belgian street name possible. No, that’s too Belgian.
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
Brussels contributes 25 billion euros to the wealth of other regions www.bruzz.be/actua/econom...
Brussel draagt voor 25 miljard euro bij aan rijkdom van andere gewesten
Brussel is een nettobetaler aan de rijkdom in ons land. Maar liefst 25,4 miljard euro vloeit naar de andere gewesten. Dat blijkt uit een nieuwe studie van de Nationale Bank.
bruzz.be
Fascinating list of the scientists who have saved the most lives, via @maxroser.bsky.social at @ourworldindata.org , 2 of the top 3 are food related: #1 - Haber & Bosch, for synthetic nitrogen (2.3 billion) #3 - Norman Borlaug, for high-yield crops (245 million) Data source: www.scienceheroes.com
Have $10M and want to cure some diseases? It costs ~$1B to invent a new medicine…but $10M buys you Project Encore, to see if ANY existing drug might be repurposed for ~100 diseases that have no treatments. Contact me - be a hero for desperate patients! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
"Every image of a child with protruding ribs is both a human tragedy and a propaganda victory for Hamas—and proof of how a just war badly lost the plot. I believed in Israel’s casus belli. I don’t believe in this." Franklin Foer on Israel's last chance ... www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Israel’s Last Chance
Flooding Gaza with food is the only way out of a crisis largely created by Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister.
theatlantic.com
The European Union is proposing to double its research budget
European Commission@ec.europa.eu · last yr.Double the discovery, double the momentum 🚀 Europe doubles down on research competitiveness with a major boost to #HorizonEurope: €95.5 billion foreseen for 2021-2027 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰 €175 billion proposed for 2028-2034 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰
Science Is Winning the Tour de France. Data, nutrition, equipment, and training are propelling riders to performances that best the dopers of yesteryear. “In other words, Armstrong on dope then would be an also-ran next to Pogačar today.” [theatlantic.com]
Science Is Winning the Tour de France
Why today’s competitors far surpass the cheating champions of yesteryear
theatlantic.com
More honest name for Liquid Glass would have been Colorful Candy #wwdc25
Quite possibly the biggest climate story of the year (especially when we look back on this in a few years' time) For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand...
Carbon Brief@carbonbrief.org · last yr.NEW – Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/6eAcjRU
The Vorobieva Lab is recruting a PhD student through the VIB.AI International PhD Call 2025! Work on protein design, membrane proteins & nanopores using AI-driven methods. 📍 Based in Brussels 🗓️ Apply by June 22→ https://vib.ai/en/vibai-international-phd-call-2025 📅 Start in Autumn/Winter '25/26
A bit of an off take here as it’s missing context, consumer premiumuzation within beverage alcohol has led to less overall consumption by volume but not by dollar growth. Ex: Younger drinkers also drink more expensive drinks with higher ABV than previous generations which is why you see this take
Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social · last yr.Humanity has quietly passed a remarkable milestone: Alcohol consumption is declining, a turning point in a habit at least as old as civilization itself. This unnoticed shift suggests other long-standing habits (from smoking to red meat consumption) could potentially fade just as effortlessly.
Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
EU augments opportunities for scientists around the world to launch or re-launch their careers in Europe.
Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · last yr.Europe’s choice is clear. To put science at the heart of its economy. To become the home of scientific freedom and collaboration. And to welcome talent from all over the world. I’m glad to present the first elements of our Choose Europe Initiative. → europa.eu/!TTbWbJ
bluesky verification, but it’s just my mom saying how could you not trust this face.
Thoughts on Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind saying that AI could cure disease in general in ten years. Bonus index to my longer posts on AI/computational drug discovery over nearly 20 years!
The End of Disease
science.org
What a massive blind-taste test of plant-based meat vs. animal meat found:
A massive blind taste test fed people real and vegan meats. It revealed something surprising.
Some of your feelings about meat are just in your head.
vox.com
A trial in Nature Medicine shows that transition to a Western diet resulted in pro-inflammatory changes, whereas transition to an African heritage diet rich in fruits and vegetables, legumes and fermented products led to opposite effects. https://go.nature.com/4cC97AT #foodstudies 🧪
We are looking for a professor (W3) for Food and Health at @unihohenheim.bsky.social, with research focus on food technologies and corresponding health effects. Application deadline is May 8th, more info in the application portal berufungsportal.uni-hohenheim.de Apply and become my new colleague!
Of >105,000 participants with 30-year follow-up, only 9.3% achieved healthy aging (age 70, w/o any chronic diseases). Their diet was significantly associated with this outcome. @naturemedicine.bsky.social
Now that all your skeets are belonging to Belgium, a few new rules: - All skeets and alt text in minimum 3 languages - Skeets must be accompanied by a small biscuit or chocolate - Please serve your Skeets in the correct glass - Mandatory replacement of “French Fries” with “Belgian Frites” in Skeets.
Christophe Christiaens@chchristiaens.bsky.social · last yr.#Bluesky has set up its EU headquarters in #Belgium, putting the country’s telecom regulator in charge of the platform’s compliance with the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) and its DPA for GDPR www.euronews.com/next/2025/03...
If someone would like to do a postdoc with me on the Stanford campus aimed at thinking about allocation of resources across different domains (climate, environment, food, health, education, wealth transfer, etc) to improve human welfare (balancing near-term and long-term goals), please contact me.
Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
accidentally got so irritated with the United States that I have been quoted in the New York Times
