Clearly, We've Lost Control.

Andrew B. Watkins@windjunky.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average. climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

Our work characterizing enteroendocrine cell (EEC) differentiation trajectories and the underlying GRNs in pluripotent stem cell-derived human intestinal organoids has been published today in @biologyopen.bsky.social. Thanks to all. doi.org/10.1242/bio.... #organoids; #EEC; #Enteroendocrine cells

Symposium to Celebrate the career of Francois Guillemot at @ the Francis Crick Institute in London. Thanks for all Francois. Was great to catch up with all the friends.

Only one week left! We’ve already received many exciting applications and are expecting more. Maybe yours!

Manuel Mendoza@longchrom.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨3 weeks left to apply!🚨 We’re hiring 2 new Group Leaders at IGBMC – early career researchers welcome 🌟 We offer salary support for up to 3 years while you secure a permanent position in the French system. Come join an international research environment in Strasbourg! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

2/2 m - Most EEC cells are specified during development through similar differentiation trajectories as observed in the adult intestine. - Crypt-villus organization is not essential for EEC formation. - Novel GRNs are identified governing human EEC differentiation in human intestinal organoids.

1/2. I am pleased to announce that the preprint of our latest study characterizing mouse and human EEC development is now on BioRxiv. A great collaboration with the @molinalab.bsky.social and Maxime Mahe (not on bluesky) www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Unraveling Enteroendocrine Cell lineage dynamics and associated gene regulatory networks during intestinal development

Enteroendocrine cells (EECs) are rare intestinal epithelial cells producing multiple hormones that regulate essential aspects of digestion and energy. EEC subtypes, their hormone repertoire and differ...

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We are hiring PhD students! Interested in #ComputationalBiology and #MachineLearning? Join our lab at the @IGBMC! #PhDposition https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/site/search?text=Nacho+Molina+IGBMC&antibot_key=f6b99bce6cc751c6716e2f0b89773e15

The unintended (?) consequence of the tariffs is that the reduced consumption it'll drive will probably significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Important diabetes news. Unfortunately, while VX264 (Vertex's encapsulated stem cell derived islet product) has been safe in patients, the company has discontinued the trial due to insufficient function of the cells. investors.vrtx.com/news-release...

@novonordiskcom.bsky.social licenses a P2 ready triple agonist #obesity #diabetrs #MASH www.novonordisk.com/content/nnco...

NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests. So, best we share all the footage we can here! This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu. 🇹🇷 #Turkey

I guess this means I’m not going to the US for the next four years - at least.

Le Monde@lemonde.fr · last yr.

Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »

Symposium on ‘Enhancer Sequences’ at beautiful @collegedefrance.bsky.social in Paris, by April 11th. Open and free, no registration. Come to relax listening to facts #TherapeuticEffects #VillageGauloix Final programme below. Tell your friends! 🙏🤘

Yesterday's article in Le Monde regarding #StandUpforScience and the events planned tomorrow in France. Here is the link to the English version, though partially paywalled. www.lemonde.fr/en/science/a... @standupforscience.bsky.social @standupforscifr.bsky.social

We're hiring! The Development & Stem Cells department at @igbmc.bsky.social, Strasbourg 🇫🇷 is recruiting a group leader working in cell & developmental biology. Our Integrated Structural Biology department also has an open call. More details below! + contact me for informal enquiries #sciencejobs

But: this isn’t a meeting that went badly for Zelenskyy. It’s a meeting that went horrifically for Americans: the Trump admin is isolated in its support for Russia here, as we saw just earlier this week when it took its place among Russia’s other client states to vote against Ukrainian sovereignty

After World War I, Germany had to fork over billions to cover damages. After World War II, Japan was forced to pay reparations. But with Ukraine, Trump is flipping history upside down by demanding that the invaded, not the invader, pay up. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/u...

With Trump, Alliances Come With Strings Attached

President Trump has little use for America’s traditional alliances, and tends to evaluate U.S. relationships according to whether countries are contributing economically to the United States.

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Our job posting for 1 or more PDF positions in Vancouver Canada is now live here: tinyurl.com/4mrjw3m2 Please share/repost and apply soon!

Postdoctoral fellow

Academic Job Category Faculty Non Bargaining Job Title Postdoctoral fellow Department Lynn Research Lab General Surgery | Department of Surgery | Faculty of Medicine (Francis Lynn) Posting End Date Ap...

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Francis Lynn 🇨🇦@nictitate.bsky.social · last yr.

I have funding through at least 2031 for postdoctoral researchers with expertise in islet biology or cell-based therapies for, or modelling of, diabetes. Bring your expertise to a country that values it. 🇨🇦 Contact info on my website.

Paper out !!🥳big thanks to all authors @marliesoomen.bsky.social @diego-rt.bsky.social @kaessmannlab.bsky.social @jonathangoeke.bsky.social @lorenzamottes.bsky.social & 'bluesky-less' Lots of interesting new TE (& genes) biology Data fully browsable💻 👉 embryo.helmholtz-munich.de/shiny_embryo/

I am devastated by so many irresponsable decisions www.bbc.com/news/article...

Donald Trump signs order shifting US back towards plastic straws

The president has long been a critic of paper straws, which he says don't work and dissolve too easily.

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a man is sitting at a table with his hand on his face and looking at something .

Alt: a man is sitting at a table with his hand on his face and looking at something. “I have no words”.

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Alessandro Rigolon@alerigolon.bsky.social · last yr.

I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

Mikael Chetboun & François Pattou comment on: Long-term outcomes and challenges of #islet #transplantation in type 1 #diabetes thelancet.com/journals/lan... #T1D

Long-term outcomes and challenges of islet transplantation in type 1 diabetes

β-cell replacement is a validated therapy for severe forms of type 1 diabetes.1 In patients with frequent severe hypoglycaemic events, allogeneic pancreatic islet transplantation results in better gly...

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Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.

I do hope that President Trump and Mr Musk realize that US biomedical research is still one of our strengths and only possible because of NIH funding

While it may be true, as claimed by Mr. Bannon, that in the IT industry H1b visas have been abused to bring in cheap labor, in biomedical research progress can only be made by recruitment of foreign fellows. There simply are not a sufficient pool of US born Ph.D.s left who want to work in academia

Friday Lectures – Giacomo Cavalli Join us on Friday, 7th February at 3pm for a talk by Giacomo Cavalli, expert in Polycomb regulation and 3D genome architecture. He’ll explore how these mechanisms affect epigenetic inheritance and cancer development. Don’t miss it! #Epigenetics #Genomics #Cancer

📣 Hiring, please forward widely!! Two postdoc openings to work on genomics of diabetes 1. Computational regulatory genomics/statistical genetics. 2. Experimental cell-based modeling DM if interested @crg.eu shorturl.at/O3wMi shorturl.at/ieyZy

We have room and $ for postdoctoral fellows to join our team in beautiful Vancouver 🇨🇦. Get in touch if interested.

Application deadline is get closer - make sure you do not miss this exciting EMBO workshop on liver and pancreatic biology and disease 😉 meetings.embo.org/event/25-liv...

Liver and pancreas in metabolic disease: from pathways to therapies

The liver and pancreas arise from a common developmental origin and are controlled by shared gene regulatory programs.These organs are central to two of the most common and devastating metabolic dise…

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