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Elisa Fadda

@elisafadda.bsky.social
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Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton, head chef at GlycoShape.org, Salem's butler, fucose fanatic #glycotime everyday! She/Her

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Justin Ng @justin-ng.bsky.social · 7h
Apologies forgot to post this yday. Larry might look a lil worse for wear but he's still napping, stretching and patrolling. he has been having treatment for his cysts for some time. so none of this is new. but he is ok and doing his usual. all is well folks
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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 7h
We are here today because the Government made an active choice to prioritise fast food restaurants and data centres and not to prioritise teachers, nurses, carers, Gardaí and the rest of us who keep the state running.
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dwmalone.bsky.social @dwmalone.bsky.social · 10h
We are on strike today, so you don't get a Maths Week Joke. I will give you a picture of a Möbius strip, which may be a good symbol for collective negotiations: it is never two-faced and if you try to divide it by splitting it down the middle, it remains united!
A Mobius strip.
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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 9h
"Estonia has shown that it is possible to buck that trend. A 2022 doctoral education reform replaced a student stipend of around €8,000 a year with a salary of about 2.5 times that amount, boosting applications for doctoral positions" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bar chart in red and blue with salaries of PhD students across EU, in red are employment-based salaries (taxed but with benefits) in blue are scholarship based salaries (not taxed but with no benefits)
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Peter Kenny @pwk2024.bsky.social · 10h
Guardian obituary for biochemist and crystallographer Ada Yonath, née Lifshitz (1939-2026) who won a Nobel Prize for mapping the ribosome #chemsky 🧪 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Ada Yonath obituary
Nobel prizewinning biochemist who succeeded against the odds in mapping the ribosome
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Randy Au @randyau.com · 13/10/2026
I'm dying laughing at how the cat has conformed to her flower shaped bed today
A white cat is sleeping curled up in a med that has five fluffy white lobes of a flower petal, the cat has half her face peeking upwards and otherwise has filled the pentagonal space in the center of the bed completely
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WHO @who.int · 13/10/2026
Today’s health challenges are too big for any one organization to solve alone. That’s why WHO is announcing Together for Science & Health — a global movement to turn trusted science into healthier lives for everyone, everywhere. 🔗 bit.ly/4ea2PKJ
The challenges facing our world require more than scientific breakthroughs. We need strong partnerships and trust in science. Join us.

Image shows an illustration of a group of people amidst scientific equipment and a QR code that leads to the application form.
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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Fellow Blueys! (Bleeps? Blueps?) Someone asked me for a recommendation for reading on critical thinking, the scientific method, research practices, or really anything solid and accessible on the subject of analysing claims. Any suggestions?
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Dr. Hab Sophie Sacquin-Mora @sacquin-mo.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026
A small precision regarding the LBTDays. If you want to submit an abstract, do it right after filling the registration form. We won't be able to accept all the applications (as the IBPC library is too small), so we need to know if you'd like to share your work during the meeting.
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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This reminds me of a police raid in the dept of chemistry where I was an undergraduate. They were looking for a compound that can be used to make heroin 😳😂 they picked up all the containers marked with the name in Italian, but left all of those with the name in German...
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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
What is wrong with Google scholar? I find that Google searches in general are worsened by Gemini, but between UniProt and Google Scholar I do usually find what I need
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Skittles Scary Skeletons ☕ @skittles6.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I literally saved this video earlier.
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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Reminds me of... But with ciggys
Ai meme about mushrooms. Top human hand holding a mushroom asks AI figurine (white) is this mushroom edible? Ai goes "yes!" Below AI figurine standing beside headstone "you are right that mushroom was poisonous I'm sorry for the confusion! Would you like to learn more about poisonous mushrooms?"
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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is completely insane, like so many other things associated with the all-in AI cultists. Just because it can bang out ugly-but-usable code for you does not mean it’s about to be able to rewire your cells, you fools.
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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This is possibly the stupidest thing I've heard in a long while, and nowadays that is a tough challenge...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12/10/2026
It is so so so so so so unbelievably evil to manufacture an abuse-enabling product, and then intentionally chain that product to the function of a disability aid as a marketing / regulatory delay tactic. It blows my mind how evil that is. Meta is the worst
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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Looking very much fwd to it 😎🌈
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Dr. Hab Sophie Sacquin-Mora @sacquin-mo.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026
In 2026, the LBTDays will take you on a journey across the cellular world using the computational microscope ! The meeting's website is now online. Due to space limitation in the IBPC library, registration is mandatory : lbtdays2026.sciencesconf.org
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LBT days 2026 - Sciencesconf.org
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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Spikevaxxed 💪🏻 My cells are now busy busy making the furry Spike shown with dark Casalino-blue glycans (fig 2, right) 😎🧪
Title of the Information leaflet on the Spikevax XFG (Moderna) Left Image of the Spike protein (cyan) corresponding to the hWu (2020) without glycans (does not exist) embedded in a lipid bilayer (colourful). Right same spike as it really is, with glycans on dark blue, see Casalino et al ACS Central Sci (2020)
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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
(They) finish their draft to avoid being overshadowed by an OpenAI press release (..) and posted a 95-page paper online with a disclaimer “The current version of the manuscript is complete mathematically, but it is not in the shape we wished to share in.” www.quantamagazine.org/as-ai-closed...
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As AI Closed In on ‘Unique Games’ Proof, Researchers Raced to Beat the Machines | Quanta Magazine
In the shadow of a rumored AI proof of one of the biggest problems in their field, three computer scientists rushed to publish their own milestone result.
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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Wonderful! 🌱
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Genuinely inspiring! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Family turns bare island into reef oasis after guano mining destroys it
Lady Elliot Island sat bare, bleak and silent for 100 years after guano miners ravaged it, leaving a moonscape devoid of life. Then in the 1960s, one family started planting trees.
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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Dahlias breakout (big pink and yellow) and liquid desire (pink, purple, yellow) have been a gift that keeps on giving since the end of August 😍 and still going 🌱
Two big dahlia breakout, pink edges with yellow centre and two (third hidden) dahlias liquid desire (pink and purple petals) yellow centre, an absolute bee favourite 😍 tomatoes ripening on the window sill on the right end side, succulents on the left hand side
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
What amazing biased illogic that the only party which did better in the by-election is the one all the mass media are saying failed and it's leader should resign ... meme via Dianne Drew
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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The GoAT 🐐 wins the Melbourne Marathon breaking the course record at 2h09.10 changing gears mid race at around 2:14 x km, absolute legend 😎🎉🌈🔝🎩
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James Fraser @fraserlab.com · 10/10/2026
I hear so much about the growing power of predictive biology, especially in drug discovery and "co-folding". I want to see people put their GPU budget where their mouth is!
CYP3A4
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Some #Caturday Science!🧪 This is Miko the Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) from GarLyn Zoo Wildlife Park (non-AZA accredited, in Michigan's UP). Miko is showing his winter weight, but you're also seeing a PRIMORDIAL POUCH swinging under his tummy. Let's talk about these pendulous paunches.
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Peng Wu @pengwu.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Such a wonderful symposium and reunion! Happy birthday @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A weekend read for folks who want to get away from AI, Russian diesel, execution porn, and all that, and just read about some science. www.quantamagazine.org/how-does-lif...
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How Does Life Unfold? A Landscape Metaphor Comes Into Its Own. | Quanta Magazine
C.H. Waddington’s powerful image of embryonic stem cells specializing on a rolling landscape has captivated biologists since the 1950s. Experimental data is finally confirming, and complicating, his v...
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Delighted that @europeanmovement.co.uk is stepping up its campaign to rejoin the EU - good for the economy & for the environment, and ever more urgent in an increasingly insecure world with a totally unreliable US & feral President
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Labour voters overwhelmingly want Andy Burnham to commit to rejoining EU, poll shows
Exclusive: New 10-year plan for re-entry to the European Union in 2036 being put to the prime minister
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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
These US midterms need to arrive faster. The US owes the world a non-trivial dose of good news.
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UoS Engagement @uosengagement.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Southampton Arts and Humanities Festival returns this November at @unisouthampton.bsky.social, including Arts and Humanities Day on Sat 14 Nov at Southampton Cultural Quarter. Book your tickets! 🗓️5 – 14 Nov 2026 📍In-person & online 🎟️www.southamptonartshumfest.co.uk #UoSArtsHumFest #WeAreUoS
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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Gotcha! 😎📚
Front cover of End Times Fascism by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, blue white txt on black background
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Ben Schulz @benschulz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
You can't be scooped if it's preprinted, by definition that gives you priority
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It was a delight to work here on one of my favourite topics.
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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🚨 pre-print alert 🚨 In our newest @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social, we present multiple structurally-encoded oligomannose-type glycoproteins, establishing glycans as a designable parameter! bit.ly/4s2qK4M
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I first heard about this idea from Neil King a couple of years ago. It's probably my favorite thing from his lab so far.
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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This ⬇️ is 🔥 #glycotime 🔥! Super congrats Meg and @joel-allen.bsky.social 🧪
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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This result ⬇️ is beyond impressive 🎉👏🏻, I hope Labour will continue to listen on all topics that the Greens are bringing to the table. People are fed up and need real, durable change! Brilliant job Zach! 💪🏻💚
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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Absolutely!! Looking fwd to it myself 😁 waiting for a few final experiments
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 09/10/2026
Unclear? Coming out to family and friends at that age can be life threatening, more-so now than a few years ago esp in geographies where parents are emboldened to abuse their queer kids. youtu.be/MvzPPOhod4s?...
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Why Can't We End Homelessness? | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
YouTube video by Real Time with Bill Maher
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This looks great. "This raises the question of how nascent multicellular groups gain the capacity to evolve as Darwinian individuals" - a profound question.
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I made a Type IV Pili (and related systems) Starter Pack. Let me know if you'd like to be added to it!
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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I am, still unpublished but 4 years in the making 😊 could you add me, please?
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Scientists said the rapid demise of chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski, the northernmost of the South Sandwich Islands in Antarctica, increased the risk of a wider ecosystem collapse” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World’s largest penguin colony suffers ‘enormous population crash’
Chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island in Antarctica down by two-thirds since 2011, probably due to climate crisis
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How come Wikipedia is doing better than academic publishing? Btw love that icon: 🚫🤖 🔗 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmat...
	
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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
😎😎😎
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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 08/10/2026
The @natureportfolio.nature.com Collection for the #ChemNobel is now live. I've included a screenshot of the top three articles - no reason, just because 😜. www.nature.com/collections/... #ChemSky
A screenshot of the first three articles in the Nature Portfolio Collection celebrating the 2026 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. 

The main section heading says 'Symmetry breaking'

Below that is the first article, which is a news story entitled, 'Chemistry Nobel for solving mystery of how ‘handed’ organic molecules can emerge' - to the right of that are headshots of two men (the winners Kagan and Soai)

Below that is the second article, which is a paper published in Nature in 1995, with the title, 'Asymmetric autocatalysis and amplification of enantiomeric excess of a chiral molecule' - the authors are listed as 'Kenso Soai, Takanori Shibata ... Kaori Choji'

The third piece is a 'Making the paper' article that was written by Donna Blackmond and published in Nature. Because of how our CMS works, the title of the piece is listed as 'Donna G. Blackmond'; to the right of that is a headshot of a woman who is smiling (Donna Blackmond).
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Some people here don't seem to have understood the purpose of a political party. It's not the same as a protest movement. It is a vehicle designed to get into government, to change legislation and make a material difference to the lives of people at home and abroad.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 07/10/2026
"Only the Green Party has the policies to address inequality, through taxes on wealth; tackle the cost of living crisis with rent controls and raising the minimum wage; and fight climate breakdown through a nationwide home insulation programme and turbocharging renewables" - @carladenyer.bsky.social
Conservatives: for billionaires, inequality, and environmental damage

Carla Denyer
MP for Bristol Central

“Today Kemi Badenoch once again defined the Conservative Party as pro-billionaires, pro-inequality and pro-damaging the environment.”
 
“However much money you throw at it, you cannot have national security without action on the climate crisis. You cannot make this country fairer while you continue to favour the super-wealthy over ordinary working people, and you will not help young people into work by removing worker protections and support.”
 
“Cutting inheritance tax, cutting welfare and reigniting a new round of austerity reminds us that this is a party working for the wealthy few, not the majority.”

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