Reposted by Claudio R. AlonsoAlejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 25/03/2026What could possibly go wrong? "The AI Scientist, which creates research ideas, writes code, runs experiments, plots and analyses data, writes the entire scientific manuscript, and performs its own peer review" www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comTowards end-to-end automation of AI research - NatureAn artificial intelligence system can produce research papers with minimal human involvement, even passing the first round of peer review for the workshop of a main machine learning conference. 4166
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Excellent letter about the planned funding cuts to UK science from Dame Chi Onwurah MP, the Chair of the Parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee 000
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 16/02/2026a giant departed earlier today… [Robert Duvall and Mary Badham in To Kill a Mockingbird] 000
Reposted by Claudio R. AlonsoJames Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 05/12/2025BBC News - Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comTop UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economyProf Sir Paul Nurse says the UK is "shooting itself in the foot" with its visa system for researchers. 03222
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Fascinating! There is a busy cellular universe there, in our vertebrate blood… 020
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Beautiful and mysterious…and all that actin action packed in less than 10 seconds across less than 100 square microns of tissue. Cells are incredible… 040
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Impressive tour de force on the molecular and structural principles underlying mRNA export from the nucleus www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comAn ATP-gated molecular switch orchestrates human messenger RNA export - NatureNature - An ATP-gated molecular switch orchestrates human messenger RNA export 060
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 15/11/2025When you are that small, you don’t need much to take off! 030
Reposted by Claudio R. AlonsoEuropean Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social · 11/11/2025The European Drosophila Society #flyEDS extends the condolences on the passing of Antonio García-Bellido, considered the founder of the Spanish school of #Drosophila genetics and an influential figure in developmental biology research worldwide. May he rest in peace. 05428
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Very sad news… Antonio Garcia-Bellido was a scientific giant and one of the founders of developmental genetics R.I.P. elpais.com/ciencia/2025...elpais.comMuere Antonio García-Bellido, descubridor de las fronteras invisibles dentro de los seres vivosEl biólogo, fallecido a los 89 años, deja un legado científico que roza las alturas de los nobeles Santiago Ramón y Cajal y Severo Ochoa 040
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 28/10/2025An interesting perspective on the evolutionary origins of synaptic communication 040
Reposted by Claudio R. AlonsoJames T. Stroud @jameststroud.bsky.social · 14/10/2025🦎THREAD: We just published something wild in @asn-amnat.bsky.social - lizards missing entire limbs not only survive, but some appear to actually thrive in the wild?! Let me tell you about the "three-legged pirate" lizards 🏴☠️ [Paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... ] (1/n) 110241
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Nice piece on John Gurdon written by Ron Laskey www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comJohn Gurdon obituary: Biologist who made cloning possibleHe showed that specialized cells retain the genes to form an organism. 031
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 10/10/2025wellcome.org/news/sir-joh...wellcome.orgSir John Gurdon, 1933-2025 | WellcomeA Nobel-winning scientist of great modesty and humour, John Gurdon died on 7 October. He made a discovery that opened up the field of cloning research, and created one of the best environments for res... 020
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 07/10/2025This is very sad news… an outstanding scientist and experimentalist, a superb writer and mentor. He will be greatly missed… www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...magd.cam.ac.ukProfessor Sir John Gurdon FRS (1933-2025) | Magdalene CollegeMagdalene College is deeply saddened to announce the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS, who served as Master of the College from 1995 to 2002. 001
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 01/10/2025www.theguardian.com/science/2025...theguardian.comJane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour 010
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 24/07/2025We are looking for 2 postdocs to join my lab at Sussex University in Brighton, UK (South of London, on the sea). One position is for a molecular/cell biologist, the other, for a neurobiologist/behavioural person. Drosophila experience desirable. Flyer w/more info below. Please repost. Thank you! 2129
Reposted by Claudio R. AlonsoFlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 03/06/2025We currently have a call for support that has gone out to European labs, to support FlyBase-UK. We are asking our colleagues from labs in the US and other countries to wait for a similar call to them that will go out in the near future, to support the US sites. We thank you for your patience. 081114
Reposted by Claudio R. AlonsoMax Telford @maxjtelford.bsky.social · 24/04/2025It's publication day of my first book: The Tree of Life. The tree of life is a time machine that can take us back 4 billion years to meet our most distant ancestor. It is the magic that lets us tell the origin stories, beginning with this ancient relative, of everything from mushrooms to man. 3040482
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Delighted to share a new preprint from the lab exploring the links between morphology and behaviour: using a novel method we map the sensory inputs that trigger an evolutionarily conserved adaptive postural behaviour (self-righting) in the Drosophila larva 👉🏼 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 2195
Reposted by Claudio R. AlonsoNirmalya Kajuri @kajunut.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Guys I made a breakthrough 2628
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 07/03/2025All the very best to our colleagues at @standupforscience.bsky.social today! We are all with you: science is international 020
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 06/03/2025www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comSafeguarding the future of biomedical science in the United StatesNIH’s abrupt decision to cap indirect cost reimbursement at 15% threatens the critical infrastructure supporting groundbreaking biomedical research in… 100
Reposted by Claudio R. AlonsoSri Kosuri @srikosuri.bsky.social · 08/02/2025It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases. 841009846
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Trump administration to cut billions in research funding to NIH www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comTrump administration to cut billions in medical research fundingNational Institutes of Health said the $4bn loss will affect ‘indirect’ funding of buildings, equipment and staff 000
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Our lab is looking for 2 postdocs interested in the molecular basis of neural development and behaviour. Post 1: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLJ521/r... Post 2: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLJ529/r... The deadline is 17-FEB-2025 For informal enquiries email me at: c.alonso@sussex.ac.uk Please repost - Thank you! 133
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 23/01/2025www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgTrump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiringResearchers facing 000
Claudio R. Alonso @claudiomics.bsky.social · 09/01/2025This study by Fu, Xing, Rabadan and colleagues might represent a novel and promising application of AI to the prediction of cell-specific transcriptional patterns, a key unresolved problem in gene regulation. Take a look 👉🏼https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08391-znature.comA foundation model of transcription across human cell types - NatureA foundation model learns transcriptional regulatory syntax from chromatin accessibility and sequence data across a range of cell types to predict gene expression and transcription factor interactions... 020