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Angela Andersen @angelaandersen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"Make the training harder than the race." August 20: join me @lifescienceeditors.bsky.social, PI @barakrotblat.bsky.social, and Lior Onn-Sorek from @qedscience.bsky.social for our advice on how to catch weaknesses before reviewers do. 11 AM ET | 5 PM CEST Register: bit.ly/4gbtTKZ

q.e.d. webinar graphic: "How to Find Weaknesses in Your Grant Before Reviewers Do." Thursday, August 20, 2026, 11:00 AM ET. Speakers: Dr. Angela Andersen, Prof. Barak Rotblat, Dr. Lior Onn-Sorek.

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QED Science @qedscience.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The closer you are to your grant proposal, the harder it can be to see what a reviewer will. Join our free webinar on August 20 to learn how to spot gaps in logic, unclear framing and unsupported claims before submission. 11 AM ET | 5 PM CEST Register: bit.ly/4gbtTKZ @angelaandersen.bsky.social

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Join us at the "Cancer Research Across Scales" conference at the Weizmann Institute of Science! Many Israelis living abroad may be in Israel that week for the national election, so help us spread the word!

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Thibault Mayor @cellsandprots.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Very excited to share our preprint on BAG6 and RNF126 in cytosolic protein quality control—from BioID to degron mapping. Along with @rhp-lab.bsky.social, we show this pathway plays a major role in targeting misfolded cytosolic proteins for degradation #proteostasis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

it's so hard to get good through feedback on grants thanks oded and the qed team for putting this out! 👇

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

translation COST beautiful venue Bolognia

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

the issue is that reviewing grants, and papers too, is hard. and my feeling is that it's getting harder because tech advances quickly and new findings are accelerating /

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

the new tom misch album is gorgeous 💥 the little things he adds to his guitar like horns and stings in days of us are so well crafted open.spotify.com/album/3y9ho8...

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Full Circle

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I like to take a walk around campus to unwind. in the last few weeks i saw this bird and her mate guarding their nest on the ground, chirping at me saying hello every time I passed by

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social has a more than 100 year history of supporting science through its journals, meetings, and fellowships. Help lead it into its second century! pls share www.inspiredselection.com/jobs/jo00000...

Linked in post from Sarah Bray
The Company of Biologists (known for its 5 journals, Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models and Mechanisms, Biology Open, as well as its charitable activities) is looking to appoint a new CEO. An opportunity to guide the next chapter! More information here:

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G Haines @gehaines.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Hey faculty search committees, please standardize your job applications and be more clear about what you want. The process of customizing dozens of applications to suit slightly different requirements makes it more likely you're reading AI generated research and teaching statements. #academicsky

Job board venting page: "1) Looking at some of these job ads, why do I have to write so much and plan out my whole research career and teaching goals (I've never taught a course as an instructor. How can I have a teaching philosophy?) when I may not even get the job or the grants I say I'm going to apply for. This is depressing. I'm just a postdoc who likes worms and wants to teach biology. It's really hard for me to plan my whole life at a school when the job seems like such a long shot. (2) I used gemini to write my applications and I got multiple interviews. I know everyone hates AI but I hate wasting my time on applications. Don't get me wrong - I work on the prompt and I edit the final product, but I use AI to speed up the middle part (going from a rough draft to mulitple customized applications). Otherwise it was just miserable. Obviously do what you want etc but that was how I got through it, and I have no regrets. 3) @2 Hey man, this sucks. You're misrepresenting yourself and your colleagues are eventually going to find out. On top of that, you are the kind of person we all hate to have as students."

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

when I see ai content I block the user, wonder how common this is🤷‍♀️

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

spotted on the way to the lab its the best season in the south

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I wonder why folks don't trust tech billionaires🤔

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

amino acids and neucleotids are abundent throughout the universe

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

My quote of the day Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. William Butler Yeats

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Paid 12-month internship: Communications Officer. We have an exciting opportunity for someone looking to take their first step into a science communication or publishing role. Based Cambridge, UK (& wfh). See the full role description for further details at biologists.com/wp-content/u...

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

how do DNA sequences find each other in the nuclear mess?👇

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

"Authors willing to pay a higher fee if their papers are accepted by a more selective journal have that choice."

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

"it fires controlling signals at us which we are compelled to respond to in fixed ways"👇

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Just published is BioRxiv!!🔥 Is protein folding a limiting factor in metabolic reprogramming? And do HSP60-HSP10 (mitochondrial GroEL-Gro-ES) always work together? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

What is the appropriate age to open a LinkedIn account for my kids?* * im running for Father of the year award

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

when we were in our undergrad studies, my friend, Ari Robinson, and I had an idea, the origin of life must have started in temp where you get higher order in water but not freezing. 30 years later the experiments show this could be true 👇

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

MYC 3' utr is essential for myc-dependent tumor cells how cool is that!👇

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

fun fact: protein biosynthesis is by far the largest consumer of energy during cellular proliferation

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Christian Frezza @frezzalab.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Good Sunday, all! Here is the curated weekly collection of papers in #cancermetabolism and #mitochondrialbiology. Don't miss it; find it here: biomed.news/bims-camemi/... Biomed News #keepreading "It's very simple to be happy. But it's very difficult to be simple." - Rabindranath Tagore

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W. Brent Derry @wbderry.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Job alert! Assistant professor position in the Department of Molecular Genetics (University of Toronto). Amazing department and city. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Please share.

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Assistant Professor - Virology

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

ai pre 2022 = road accidents pre cars

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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

There is nothing more frustrating than writing feedback on a paper you are 95% sure was AI generated.

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Entrap is the new sponge very cool work👇

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

emotions are the output of the brain reflecting it's estimate of how close or far we're from reaching it's goals

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Cristina Muñoz Pinedo @crismunozp.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Here’s a new compilation of papers about cancer metabolism published last month MetaboList - December 2025 Special section about diet and cancer metabolist.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/m...

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MetaboList – December 2025

Diet and cancer Dual impacts of serine/glycine-free diet in enhancing antitumor immunity and promoting evasion via PD-L1 lactylation Tong et al, Zhen Lei Hubing Shi ∙ Xuelei Ma. Dietary restriction…

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

beautiful concept, morphology indicated cell state👇

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