iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

genAI has empowered mediocre people to create outputs that nobody wants, for the sake of creating outputs

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fergusson college #pune #botanical #garden is where I first did my ecology transect by a few methods way back in 1995. It's extremely well maintained and trees labelled with botanical names. A lovely place to walk. Contemtplate. Or paint. Or do some plant ecology.

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Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Eucalyptus fruit and seeds on a white light box. I find the fourfold symmetry of the fruit fascinating

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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#SymbioSky take note of this 🧵👇

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 20/09/2026

Your 'doom quote' for today: "We've inherited a position of having to radically change the world's economy to have even a snowball's chance in hell of staying anywhere near 2°C, let alone 1.5°C." www.thriftbooks.com/w/our-bigges...

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Our Biggest Experiment: An Epic History... book by Alice Bell

Buy a cheap copy of Our Biggest Experiment: An Epic History... book by Alice Bell. Traversing science, politics, and technology, Our Biggest Experiment shines a spotlight on the little-known scientist...

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Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Chasing the question not the method...

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Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation @laskerfdn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“Like many of you, I have always been fascinated by science. My reason is simple. It works,” Emmanuel Mignot says during his #Lasker2026 acceptance speech. Hear more about his path that took him “from pharmacology to genetics, even to zebrafish, and lately to immunology.” 🧪

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HHMI @hhmi-science.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Lighting up your screen: a larval zebrafish's cellular activity. Developed by researchers at our Janelia Research Campus, WHaloCaMP is a biosensor that detects calcium signals — a key part of cellular communication — & offers a window into how cells & organs work together. 🎥 Helen Farrants, HHMI JRC

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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wild zebrafish in their natural habitat (North Bengal). Credit to @jutfelt.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A developmental biologist's guide to mechanics Read this Primer from our special issue #DevSIextracellular by Jialing Cao, @raphclement.bsky.social, @pflenne.bsky.social and colleagues. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Intracellular force-generating mechanisms drive tissue-scale mechanical behaviors. The central schematic provides an overview of the major cellular force-generating mechanisms in developing tissues and serves as the basis for the four surrounding panels, which illustrate how these mechanisms generate distinct tissue-scale mechanical behaviors. It includes actomyosin contractility, actin polymerization, cell–cell adhesion and ion transport through membrane channels. These processes generate and transmit forces within and between cells. (A) ATP-dependent ion transport establishes an osmotic pressure difference (ΔP), driving water influx into the lumen. Black radial arrows indicate the outward mechanical effect of the luminal pressure during lumen expansion. (B) Actin polymerization at the tissue edge generates protrusive forces that drive coordinated, directional collective cell migration. Here, leading edge refers to the advancing front of a moving cell group, featuring specialized lead

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Pause @ Real Scientists DE @realscientists.de · 19/09/2026

Nicht jeder die Möglichkeit, jahrelang Biologie, Physik oder so zu studieren. Aber man braucht keine formelle Ausbildung, um Fragen zu stellen und verstehen zu wollen. Wenn ich Forschung erklären kann, mache ich das deshalb gerne. Und meine Erfahrung ist: Die meisten sind immer neugierig. 🧠🧪 2/5

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Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Weekend ride with #iranian cheesecake #pune #cycling with breaks. Is this training? 🤔

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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 08/09/2026

Is Nepal a turning point in climate coverage? Even formerly reticent news outlets are making the climate connection clear in their coverage of the deadly flooding in Nepal, where more than 1,100 are confirmed dead and an additional 4,000 are missing.

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Is Nepal a Turning Point in Climate Coverage? — Covering Climate Now

It’s been slow coming, but news coverage of climate change may at last be turning a corner. For years, reporting on climate-related disasters — the super-storm Hurricane Helene that blasted the southe...

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Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Still life between cycle rides

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Millennium math problem solved by OpenAI may have "regurgitated" competitors unpublished work... also they spent more than $22 million in computing power in one week to scoop them. techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/o...

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OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician | TechCrunch

There is a $1 million bounty for the first person providing a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem.

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Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

To be added to weekend plans: Are you prepared for your class on Monday morning?

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EMBL Australia @emblaustralia.org · 28/08/2026

Ready to take the next step in your research career? 👨‍🔬 We're seeking an outstanding researcher to establish an independent research program as an EMBL Australia Group Leader at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) @monashuniversity.bsky.social 🗓️ Apply by 2 October 🔗 bit.ly/4qHYtjb

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🌾 We're hiring a postdoc! Join the Stomatal Biology group in beautiful Bern @unibe.ch How do grass leaves spatially coordinate development of veins & stomatal rows? 2 years (plus possible extension), funded by @snsf.ch @dfg.de within @cerealcell.bsky.social RU5325 jobs.unibe.ch/job-vacancie...

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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

August as an academic

Tabbycat in tie say he hopes he doesn’t have a lot of meetings… while in the background is a lots of meetings factory

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Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A common-sensical critique of the concerns in the push (in India, from funding agencies) that "AI use is inevitable in research"... Ironically it will dull the very advantage the Indian science landscape had despite being underfunded. www.mariecuriealumni.eu/newsletters/...

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Special Issue - Proceed with caution: The potential negative impact of AI on scientific research | Marie Curie Alumni Association

Newsletter As scientists, we are constantly exploring new tools to advance our research. One of these tools that is very popular in recent years is called artificial intelligence (AI). AI can be very ...

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🚨 Want to start your lab in Marseille on a broad neuronal/brain development theme? There's an exciting tenure track opportunity at @inp-marseille.bsky.social and others Marseille institutes! Check more details here: neuro-marseille.org/en/blog/juni... or contact me if you have any question

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Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Have sensor, will measure. Je mesure, donc jesuis (apologies to Descartes)

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Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Good start to the morning #bicycle #workout now hoping the research and grants work the same way....

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 01/06/2026

Are you a scientist with an interest in photography? We're delighted to announce that the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition is now open for entries until 14 August 2026! 🎉 Find out more: royalsociety.org/journals/pub... #RSPphotocomp

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Diana Khoromskaia @dianakhorom.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🚨Job Alert: PhD in Theoretical Biophysics 🚨 we are looking for a PhD student to join our group at Uni Münster to work on models of multi-layered active materials @uni-muenster.de More details here: stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/6... Please share and contact me if interested!

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Doctoral Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in, salary level E 13 TV-L, 67%)

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Matt Beckman @daphsci.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We are near the deadline for comments on the proposed OMB rule changes governing federal grants. I want to say again I think we need to connect basic/discovery research to national security. And, a way I'm finding makes sense is to highlight Vannevar Bush's original plan as laid out in 1945 1/n

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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

These bright yellow frogs are male Indus Valley Bullfrogs (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus). They turn this color only during the breeding season — outside it, they're a more muted green or brown ... but still always look a little like they've seen something bewildering.

Bright yellow male bullfrogs sit on top of brown females in a shallow muddy pool bordered by grass.

A bright yellow male bullfrog sits on top of a brown female. The male has blue cheek-like appendages puffed out.

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Buzz Baum @buzzbaum.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Dear fellow researchers. I think we need to discuss this: www.newscientist.com/article/2532... While peer review is flawed, and while preprints are a great way to share data before publication, as a community we mustn’t trade rigour for hype. This paper was peer reviewed and rejected.

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What is 'SpudCell'? Arguably the greatest bioengineering feat yet

A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really a living organism – yet

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Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

1/n The regional western India Biophysics meeting kicks off! #bpp19 #biophysicspaschim #Pune #sppu #nccs with a focus on "Biophysics in health and disease" The meeting also has a student chapter of @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Don't use slop. Someone's trying to make money out of you and your colleagues and your friends. Do yourself a favor and read 100% human-crated content in @prelights.bsky.social Upload preprints. Read preprints. Cite preprints. Fuck AI 🧪

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Homepage - preLights

Welcome to preLights, the preprint highlights service run by the biological community and supported by The Company of Biologists. Here, a team of scientists regularly review, highlight and comment on ...

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Cees Dekker @ceesdekker.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

WORK: our Bionanoscience department at TU Delft is looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Biophysics of Living Systems. Apply! Deadline 30 July careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-As... RT=nice

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Assistant Professor in Biophysics of Living Systems

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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I think we just passed oops.

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Costa Rica Kid @zymplex.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Why it’s time for Democratic socialism!

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Biophysical Society @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

BPS Townhall Meeting - OMB Proposed Rule on Federal Financial Assistance Monday, June 22, 2026 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Eastern Standard Time Register now! buff.ly/mipiNLQ

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Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

After 30 years, finally again a full circle. From BSc Botany ☘️ days, to mung (Vigna sp.) callus culture 🧫....

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UCL Research Department of Cell & Developmental Biology @ucl-cdb.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🔬 Exciting to see the publication of DySTrack in the Journal of Cell Science: a modular, open-source tool designed to transform how we approach live-cell imaging. 👉 Read the paper: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... #Microscopy #Bioimaging #LifeSciences #CellBiology #UCL

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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

FEATURED MBoC ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Lisa Dennison, UT Southwestern Medical Center "...I believe that MBoC will help researchers in all subject areas disseminate their work more widely." www.ascb.org/mboc-profile...

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