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Cystic fibrosis was once a devastating diagnosis for ~40K Americans. An incredible new film co-produced by @tangledbankhhmi.bsky.social, @usatoday.com, & Des Moines Register looks at #HHMIInvestigator Emeriti Mike Welsh's pursuit of a groundbreaking treatment & the lives it saved: bit.ly/4cCkvOI.
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NYE fireworks < neurons expressing iGluSnFR3! Developed at our Janelia Research Campus, iGluSnFR3 is a fluorescent sensor designed to rapidly detect & image glutamate — our brain...
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Second- or third-year PhD student in biological or biomedical sciences? Get ready — applications for our #GilliamFellows Program open Sept. 1! Robust research support, incredible s...
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What if injectable “mini livers” could help sustain people w/liver failure? New research from #HHMIInvestigator Sangeeta Bhatia’s lab @mit.edu showed success in an animal model — pointing to potential new therapies for 1000s of people who may not receive or be eligible for transplants bit.ly/3NGwMIp
🎶 Sound on! How does a young zebra finch's song connect to treating Parkinson's? #FreemanHrabowski Scholar Vikram Gadagkar & co have ID'd a dopamine-based neural signal in finches that could offer insights into motor learning in humans — esp. those w/conditions like Parkinson’s hhmi.news/4tndfNg
The power of science, community, curiosity, & love — all in under 2 minutes. (Oh, & sea cucumbers.) Meet #GilliamFellow Julienn Torres-Rodriguez, who’s got a message for all potential '26 Gilliam applicants: "Don't miss it. Capisce?" Applications open 9/1! bit.ly/4qQArRh 🧪
No rabbits, no top hats — just #GilliamFellow Axel Vera leveling up on the standard poster session with a little sleight of hand. We guarantee you've never heard an anti-CRISPR (used to help control & improve precision gene editing) explainer like this before, & it's ... magic 🪄.
A perfect model for coming together this season: mouse skeletal muscles undergoing fusion, obviously. In this mesmerizing confocal microscopy video, nuclei are labeled in green & cell bodies are labeled in red. Credit: Yue Lu, Elizabeth Chen Lab, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
The kind of stable, sustained support that can transform a career: Our #FreemanHrabowski Scholars Program offers early career faculty up to $10M over 10 years, plus salary & benefits. Postdoc? This year's competition has a program for you, too. Applications open 11/3! bit.ly/4tFKifj
What looks like a kaleidoscope is actually living cells dividing in real time. 🌈 These intestinal epithelial cells were grown from an organoid, and the colors? Not just beautiful — they're depth-coded: blues and purples are closer, while yellows are farther away. 📸: Matthew Tyska, @vanderbilt.edu
This mesmerizing timelapse captures the nonstop motion inside an animal cell. Red/orange streaks are the growing ends of microtubules, tiny “highways” that can rapidly assemble and disassemble to move proteins & other molecules within the cell. 📸: Andy Moore, HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus
"Having this experience … allowed me to explore my interests, goals, & work towards what I want to do in the future.” — Ariana Rodriguez, Summer Undergraduate Research Program alum 🧪 Rising junior or senior? Apply by Dec. 22 — no lab experience required! bit.ly/CechFellows
A sophisticated poem for our Valentine's crushes, zebrafish & fruit flies — two small-but-mighty model organisms critical to basic science. Fast to reproduce, genetically similar to humans, & key to potential breakthroughs in understanding development & disease. What's not to love?! 💘
DAILY DOSE OF RUSSIAN BS.. “As for the strikes carried out by our armed forces, they are conducted only against military or military-related targets. In this regard, it is also worth once again drawing attention to the ongoing drone strikes by the Ukrainian […] [Original post on mstdn.social]
Les médias ne font plus que du divertissement ! Olivier Berruyer - Blast - 13/03/2026 #politique #media #berruyer #trump
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Trump continues his Comey retaliatory campaign, and like the first, this indictment is dead in the water. @joycewhitevance.bsky.social
“Investing in global health preparedness, supporting international coordination through organizations like WHO and strengthening local health systems are not acts of charity,” stresses IDSA spokesperson krutikakuppalli.bsky.social. Watch our new press briefing: https://bit.ly/4eXKLF1
The Calgary Expo parade-turned-party was a blast! Many thanks to everyone who got their amazing costumes together and braved the cold at BMO Centre.
Counting down to the end of the launch discount on my slow cinema club The Film Thread. Half price till the end of today. Come chat about nuclear testing sending the world spinning off its axis! (thankfully only in Val Guest's movie not for real😁) vickilesley.substack.com/subscribe #filmsky #nukesky
Cybersecurity is entering a breaking point. Tom Hollingsworth discusses how quantum computing, shadow AI, and architectural failures are reshaping how organizations must defend their data in this episode of Tech Field Day Takeaways. #TFDTakeaways #XFD15 #Cybersecurity #ShadowAI
Councillors have rubber-stamped plans for £100m redevelopment of the Templemore Sports Complex. Plans include Olympic sized eight-lane pool, poolside sauna, teaching pool, toddler Pool. Water recreation facilities will include family flumes, café www.derryjournal.com/news/environ...
The Pentagon’s race to adopt AI without effective regulation poses serious — even deadly — risks. Congress must establish guardrails. Learn more in our report on the military and AI: bit.ly/4sJCA2S
Russische Beamte haben begonnen, Propaganda über die "Gefahren des Internets" zu veröffentlichen Das ist ziemlich lächerlich geworden. 📲 Lade NEXTA Step VPN herunter und bleibe unter allen Umständen online.
Markuszower herhaalde vandaag wat hij eergisteren in de kamer zei: Mensen (kamerleden) die meeliepen met de Rode Lijn demonstratie, die (volgens hem) door Hamas is geïnfiltreerd, dan zeg ik hetzelfde: dan moet de overheid ook daar met desnoods maximaal geweld optreden.
Same robot prob earlier. Waymo fleet ops may learn slower than their robots. OP: tiktok.entrepreneur_queen
I led the House in a moment of silence honoring the life and service of Colleen Hanabusa, a proud daughter of Waiʻanae, a tita at heart, and a former member of this House.
Happy New Year from #AltumStrategyGroup! ✨ #HappyNewYear #BusinessGrowth #Leadership #Strategy #Success #Peace #NewBeginnings #AltumWave #finance #techonology #operations #hr #digital #governance #risk #innovation #ResponsibleTransformation
Premier trailer de Avengers : Doomsday. L’accent est mis sur le retour de Steve Rogers. Un retour en arrière ou un vraie bonne idée ? #Marvel #avengers #avengersdoomsday #doomsday #MCU
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Be #EMPATHETIC and #CONSIDERATE like this man in #Indonesia who fixed this flooded street drain for his community without fame or glory. #MondayMission
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@thefrankaccount.bsky.social 1 Q: Why does the #PrivacyNarrative about #Harry & #Meghan persist? A: #Presstitudes in the #TBM use a non-existent request for PRIVACY as a cudgel to criticize H&M by accusing them of hypocrisy which implies DISHONESTY. The #TBM sets itself up as truth tellers vs H&M.
Major traffic jams on the Russian supply routes due to fresh strikes on Russian logistics.
At the end of the No Kings march yesterday this guy just made my day. “Hey Trump, hey Proud Boys, hey Elon l, hey fascists” I wish I knew this guy‘s name. I’m gonna post a longer version of it when I can
Post an actor or actress that starts with the letter W (First or Last)
Alrighty...I finished the reply to @guruscorpion.bsky.social, which was purely procrastination. Let's get down to seeing if my Still come out right after Video Generation for the Astronaut Adventures Ep.2. Hopefully we'll make it longer than 2min.20sec this time. 😂🤣 #AIart #AIVideo #AIartcommunity
🇺🇸 Footage has been captured of a recently fired North Carolina officer repeatedly punching a woman in the face during an arrest.
Impariamo ad amare e a rispettare il nostro pianeta e soprattutto a non inquinarlo siccome é già malato!🌎 #terra #earth #planet #pianetaterra #giornatamondialedellaterra
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“His combination of explosiveness and how he processes the game at high speeds.” Ben Pfeifer on what excites him about Kingston Flemings at the NBA level NBA Draft chat HERE: youtu.be/rhbW4xDgXCU?...
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📹 David Sánchez, sobre su cargo como "coordinador de la oficina de artes escénicas": "No era entendido como una oficina con ventanilla, un edificio físico. La oficina no era un edificio, sino una ca puesto administrativo" social.elpais.com/p3b0a