Reposted by Gabe VERTICAL📼BLANKING📺INTERVAL @vertiblank.bsky.social · 5hA Hark! A Vagrant classic 8943302
Gabe @gtitchiner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Very hard to get pictures with a pinhole viewer but the eclipse was cool! 020
Gabe @gtitchiner.bsky.social · 31/07/2026HPLC Company A: "Yeah your current software version won't run at all on windows 11, if you want to comply with your institute's windows 11 update requirement you'll have to pay us £9000 per instrument" Me: *Installs current software package on windows 11. It works fine* Me: "Uh huh" 000
Reposted by Gabe Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 30/07/2026Bees, don't be bamboozled by this floral smell! European oil #beetle larvae synthesize floral scents to trick solitary #bees into becoming unwitting Uber drivers back to their nests - where the tiny hitchhikers then feast on bee eggs😱Fascinating study by @oconnorlab.bsky.social @mpi-ce.bsky.socialmpg.deOil beetle larvae smell like flowers to manipulate beesThe European oil beetle's parasitic larvae emit a floral scent that attracts wild bees. This allows the larvae to sneak into the bees' nests 0227
Gabe @gtitchiner.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I don't post enough here, but I need to say that seeing queer people out and about brings me so much joy. You are all wonderful and beautiful! And to any queer people who can't be visible for any reason, you are so loved and my inbox is always open to you. 050
Reposted by Gabe Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Parasitic beetles are the first animals known to imitate floral scentsscientificamerican.comThese baby beetles work together to look—and smell—like flowersParasitic beetles are the first animals known to imitate floral scents 07925
Reposted by Gabe Maite Colinas @maitecolinas.bsky.social · 10/02/2026In our latest preprint we report the unexpected discovery of Epi-STR, an R-stereoselective ortholog of the S-selective canonical Strictosidine synthases (STRs). Found in the rather obscure plant Pogonopus specious. This work was led by my stellar student Clara Morweiser! #natprod #PlantScience 12610
Reposted by Gabe Maite Colinas @maitecolinas.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Our funky R-stereoselective Epi-STR is now available online and open access at its permanent home @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. 🥳 This is Clara's first first-author paper, makes me extra happy! @mpi-ce.bsky.social #PlantScience #natprod doi.org/10.1002/anie... 12515
Reposted by Gabe Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Today is Transgender Day of Visibility. Solidarity today and everyday with trans and non-binary folk who claim space unapologetically. As governments turn trans visibility into a matter of “ideology,” we must refuse to see trans lives as a debate and instead nurture trans joy, safety, and belonging. 020370
Reposted by Gabe Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology @mpi-ce.bsky.social · 18/03/2026The process by which the cinchona tree produces quinine has been elucidated. In a new study published in @nature.com, researchers from the @oconnorlab.bsky.social and the @universityofga.bsky.social unveil the biosynthetic pathway behind this 400-year-old secret. www.ice.mpg.de/548102/PR_Ki...ice.mpg.deMystery of quinine biosynthesis solvedFor centuries, the process by which the cinchona tree produces its valuable alkaloids, including the life-saving quinine used to treat malaria, was shrouded in mystery. Now, a research team from the M... 02917
Reposted by Gabe Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/02/2026It’s the Government’s duty to protect all communities - including trans people. They’re failing to do that. Trans people deserve safety and dignity. www.attitude.co.uk/news/zack-po...attitude.co.ukZack Polanski on how Keir Starmer could have changed the April 2025 UK Supreme Court ruling to protect trans rights (EXCLUSIVE)Zack Polanski revealed how Keir Starmer could have acted to protect trans rights after April 2025 UK Supreme Court ruling. 892208610
Reposted by Gabe Maite Colinas @maitecolinas.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Forgot to post earlier this really cool story by my colleagues here @oconnorlab.bsky.social @mpi-ce.bsky.social. Blister beetle larvae mimic flower scents to attract bees. Led by Ryan Alam and Tobias Köllner. #secmet 0136
Gabe @gtitchiner.bsky.social · 31/12/2025NYE walk time featuring dirty mirror and dubious bathroom paraphernalia. 030
Reposted by Gabe Anthony Hurd @anthonyhurd.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Make the holidays extra gay if you can. Like make it uncomfortable. 41396345
Reposted by Gabe Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology @mpi-ce.bsky.social · 27/10/2025A research team from the @oconnorlab.bsky.social has made a breakthrough in elucidating the biosynthesis of plant natural products by combining scRNA-seq and scMS in the same plant cell. The study was published in @pnas.org. www.ice.mpg.de/516369/PR_Ka...ice.mpg.deA glimpse into the cell factory: matching gene expression to metabolite production in single plant cellsA research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has successfully combined single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and single-cell mass spectrometry (scMS) analysis on the same plant ce... 022
Reposted by Gabe Maite Colinas @maitecolinas.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Very exciting to finally see our iridoid cyclase ICYC online @natplants.nature.com! A joined effort with Robin Buell’s lab with Josh Wood generating snRNA-seq, and my student Chloée Tymen performing the initial experiment. #natprod #PlantScience @mpi-ce.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comDiscovery of iridoid cyclase completes the iridoid pathway in asterids - Nature PlantsIridoids are terpenoid metabolites found in thousands of plants. Using single-cell transcriptomics, the authors discovered an unexpected enzyme that has been neofunctionalized to catalyse the cyclization required to form the iridoid scaffold. 22012
Reposted by Gabe Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 03/10/2025As a frequent user of the ponds, it disgusts me that terfs are taking a beautiful place and pouring their hate into it. Please fill in this survey if you want to protect this space for all women and make trans women feel. PS the ducks think terfs suck. And the friendly fox. And the crows. 15279163
Gabe @gtitchiner.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Dumb-ass protein. 75% of the lysate went in the freezer as the column saturated. 200
Gabe @gtitchiner.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Takes 2 seconds and at minimum requires the government to make an official response. 000
Gabe @gtitchiner.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Been living here a couple of months now, and the new place is starting to be home. 120
Gabe @gtitchiner.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Something weirdly liminal about waiting for a train in the UK countryside 000
Reposted by Gabe Maite Colinas @maitecolinas.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Finally online and open access! This revised version has a slightly different title and contains a number of additional supplementary figures, mainly in vitro enzyme assays. Kept me quite busy in the lab at the end of last year! #PlantScience #natprod www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comIpecac alkaloid biosynthesis in two evolutionarily distant plants - Nature Chemical BiologyIpecac alkaloids are plant-derived compounds historically used to induce vomiting. Here the authors elucidate how two evolutionary distant plant species have evolved to produce the same ipecac alkaloi... 33111
Reposted by Gabe Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 28/05/2025I'm not crying you're crying. 07224
Reposted by Gabe Shaun O’Boyle @shaunoboyle.bsky.social · 28/05/2025yup, degree in physiology and PhD in developmental biology here - not once 1194
Gabe @gtitchiner.bsky.social · 28/05/2025It's not perfect but the new place is slowly getting there! 020
Gabe @gtitchiner.bsky.social · 14/05/2025I'll always be slightly bemused by the duty free area of Berlin airport. Specifically the existence of a fish and chip shop directly above a Ralph Lauren 000
Gabe @gtitchiner.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Ahhh DB, ever unreliable, even on my last day in Germany! 000
Reposted by Gabe Rafeeque Mavoor @rafeequemavoor.bsky.social · 13/05/2025🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations! These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs. Save and share the post! 32679350
Gabe @gtitchiner.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Just finished up my last day at MPI. Thanks to the @oconnorlab.bsky.social for a great two and a half years of science! Next stop: Manchester 010
Gabe @gtitchiner.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Weird couple weeks ahead. Tomorrow I turn 31, and also start my last week working at Max Planck. The week after I make the move back to the UK and Manchester for a new chapter. 030
Reposted by Gabe Birds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Don't make me tap the sign 0798
Reposted by Gabe micamer.bsky.social @micamer.bsky.social · 11/03/2025We would love feedback on a new NCBI-BLAST service we are launching today: sky-blast.com Under the hood it's the same BLAST executable and databases provided by NCBI, with a replica of the NIH's interface - providing an alternative to the US gov service that's less congested, faster & more reliable 1012274
Gabe @gtitchiner.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Repost with a pic you’ve saved but haven’t found a use for 000
Gabe @gtitchiner.bsky.social · 04/02/2025I feel like I'm starting to cultivate a bit of a captain haddock vibe... 061
![Watson: Oooh, what’s that you’ve got?
Franklin: My final report
Watson: Little Rosie Franklin’s research! I bet it’s something!
Franklin: ROSALIND.
Crick: Oh, that’s a big name
W: You’re getting fancy on us! Tell me—
F: Ah. I love this game.
W: Is it a scientific breakthrough in feelings?
F: Well, I suppose I have to go into hysterics or have a baby somewhere, good day gentlemen
W: GO, GO
[W and C slip a look at F’s notes]
C: Nice
W: Quit hogging](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:otnyifxylzlruotgn6ys6nqv/bafkreif6jjclwaolojv3xk7yw6ir2u5jjrxj77qkl76uv7itrix2oqwxiy)
