I am very excited that I will host @henrydebelly.bsky.social on October 8th in Utrecht. Please join us, and if you wish to talk to Henry drop me an email, a message here or scream across campus!
Richard Wubbolts
@rwub.bsky.social
Cell biologist, fascinated by (open) science, biochemistry, Extracellular Vesicles, Immunology, (fluorescence) microscopy and 3D printing. Heading Centre for Cell Imaging @ VetMed Utrecht University (www.cci.sites.uu.nl), orcid: 0000-0001-8661-7594
Sometimes i think about how, in the late 90s, USPS was moving to set up a secure email address for every US resident and how congress prevented it.
Tuta@tuta.com · last wk.If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
EVs facilitate cell communication, but does this explain their release? Our new #JEV Perspective begins with thermodynamics and explores when the #EV function becomes quantitatively plausible. It's a challenging idea to develop, and one I’m especially proud of. doi.org/10.1002/jev2...
Extracellular Vesicle Release Within Energetic and Quantitative Constraints: Implications for Function
Extracellular vesicle release reflects a thermodynamic membrane baseline in cells maintained far from equilibrium. Cargo loading follows stochastic partitioning, so most vesicles contribute to flux w...
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The scientific community is grappling with concerns about the reliability of these workhorse antibodies go.nature.com/4cbhtka
More than 18,000 questionable images found in antibody catalogues of 15 companies
Nature - Science sleuth’s findings raise questions for researchers working to improve the reliability of commercial antibodies.
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TSPAN3 defines a distinct intracellular trafficking route to secretory multivesicular bodies https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.26.747209v1
At this rate we're going to need a curated list of which commercial antibodies are reliable at all... 'The latest search (...) reported that he had found more than 18,000 further questionable images associated with antibodies sold by 15 companies, and released a database of them.'
More than 18,000 questionable images found in antibody catalogues of 15 companies
Science sleuth’s findings raise questions for researchers working to improve the reliability of commercial antibodies.
nature.com
Letter from 130 bioethicists condemns the “unwarranted, ill-advised, & frankly bizarre vendetta against a scientist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, rather than making a sincere effort to learn from the painful experiences of the pandemic to improve national preparedness” bioethicstoday.org/blog/an-open...
Blog - An Open Letter of Support for Anthony Fauci from the Bioethics Community - Bioethics Today
As individuals concerned with ethics in science, medicine, and public health, we wish to express our dismay at the approach taken by Senate leaders to
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A massive update: At least ~15 companies~ are selling scientists antibodies using faked validation data. We've documented 18,000+ manipulated images on 17,000+ products sold by leading laboratory suppliers including Thermo Fisher, Abcam, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Millipore Sigma and Bio-Techne. 1/🧵
Come join our #CDlab! We have various open positions for PhD students or postdocs, see ceesdekkerlab.nl/come-join-us/ Particularly, I search a PhD student for protein sequencing with nanopores (keywords: nanopores, DNA origami, peptide/protein sequencing) Apply! RT=👍
Come join us - Cees Dekker Lab
Cees Dekker Lab
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This incident needs to be thoroughly investigated. If true, no public office in the EU or any member state can continue to run any microsoft products. nltimes.nl/2026/05/22/m...
Microsoft accused of leaking Dutch civil servants' names to U.S. government
Microsoft has reportedly shared the names of Dutch civil servants working for two regulatory agencies with the U.S. House of Representatives. The agencies involved include the Authority for Consumers ...
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So, why are laptop makers pushing masochist machines with inadequate RAM? Because AI data centers bought all the RAM. As a result you can’t afford memory because AI ate it, and your laptop won’t run because all the little perma-installed AIs eat all the memory.
Gizmodo@gizmodo.com · 2w agoLaptop Makers Are Desperate to Sell You PCs With 8GB of RAM. Avoid at All Costs https://gizmodo.com/laptop-makers-are-desperate-to-sell-you-pcs-with-8gb-of-ram-avoid-at-all-costs-2000798472
We’ve just published our latest #preprint list. This week we focus on research using microscopy to answer questions in biology. Let us know if you have any recommendations for us to add to the list. focalplane.biologists.com/2026/08/21/m...
Microscopy preprints: applications in biology - FocalPlane
Microscopy preprints: applications in biology - News
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Sizzling Summer Series 4 - global 🌍️ napari 0.9.0 is about ready to fly out the door! ✈️ We would be grateful if you tried out the pre-release: Install into an environment with `pip install "napari[all]>=0.9.0rc1"` or try with uv in a temp environment with `uvx "napari[all]>=0.9.0rc1"`.
Read the thread, prevent yourself getting spooked by disinformation. The worst, and one of the oldest: scaring pregnant women with the health of their unborn.
Viki Male@vikilovesfacs.bsky.social · 3w agoFurther to comments from Senators Paul and Johnson on the safety of #CovidVaccines in #pregnancy, people are asking if I still update my table of studies. I've just done so! 1/3 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
the brainwashing is mind boggling 🤦 #DrFauci #AnthonyFauci #covid #vaccines #science #vaccinessavelives #pandemic #vaccineswork #healthcare
“The investigation suggests the group embraced a dubious approach to identifying protective mutations, improperly changed patient data to tease provocative findings from Christchurch carriers, and published multiple papers containing suspect or copied images.” More trouble in Alzheimer research…🧪
Science investigation casts doubt on genes hailed for warding off Alzheimer’s disease
Mutations found in Colombian families raised hopes for treatments. Altered patient data and suspect images call their benefits into question
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Only one month left to apply for the Hubrecht International PhD program (HIPP)! All information about the program and application process can be found here: www.hubrecht.eu/hipp/.
Hubrecht Institute@hubrechtinstitute.bsky.social · 2mo agoAre you excited to redefine our understanding of molecules, cells, tissues and organisms? Then we are looking for you! Applications for the Hubrecht International PhD program (HIPP) are now open and will be accepted until September 15th. Read more here 👉 www.hubrecht.eu/hipp/
Our department is hiring an Adjunct Professor at all ranks! apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04582
Assistant, Associate or Full Adjunct Professor
University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!
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The doctor who tried to save lives during Covid is being treated like a villain. The traitors who beat up cops at the Capitol on Jan. 6 are being treated like victims or heroes. It's American madness.
Live updates: Senate committee to vote on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress | CNN Politics
Sen. Rand Paul, a longtime Fauci foe, announced the vote after the retired scientist invoked the Fifth Amendment over 100 times during a committee hearing last week.
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hot take: it is better not to have an image/graphic at all for your blog/talk/flyer/poster than to make one with genAI
Here's a new kind of virus that scientists have generated with AI. And here's my story about what it means for us to have gotten to this remarkable moment: nyti.ms/4bBhoWB (Gift link) 🧪
📣 #JobAlert The @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social of @uni-freiburg.de invites applications for a position as Head of the Life Imaging Center (LIC) – the core facility for light microscopy. ❗ Application Deadline: 6 September, 2026 🔗 kurzlinks.de/2126 #Biology #LightMicroscopy #Imaging
This is fantastic
jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · last mo.I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
AlphaFold was always bait-and-switch; now Google confirms it. A hyper-narrow bioinformatrics model with actual science bolted on whose guesses can be experimentally checked was never a licence for socially-applied slop at scale, but it's done its job. Effort transferred to LLMs.
One month left to apply (deadline August 31st)! 👇 #Virology #AcademicJobs #FacultyJobs #FacultyPosition #TenureTrack #GroupLeader
Daniel Hurdiss@danielhurdiss.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are looking for an Assistant or Associate Professor to join us at the @utrechtvirology.bsky.social. Interested in building an independent research programme in a collaborative #virology environment? Please take a look and share with anyone who might be a good fit! www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
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LiFT: Live foci tracking for quantitative analysis of DNA damage dynamics
Quantitative analysis of radiation induced DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) and their repair is essential for understanding and eventually contributing to improving radiation-based cancer therapies. Us...
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