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Helen Albert

@helen-albert.bsky.social
225 followers 457 following 10 posts

Freelance journalist. Focus: medicine, life sciences, bioanthropology, environment & biotech. Bylines: Inside Precision Medicine, C&EN, BioWorld, BMJ, New Scientist, Chemistry World, Labiotech, Forbes & more.

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Helen Albert @helen-albert.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Odd phone camera effect at the end of the eclipse in #Berlin. Weird but cool! #eclipse #fernsehturm
End of partial eclipse in Berlin taken from a roof and showing the Fernsehturm
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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I'm been wondering if it would come to this and apparently it has. huge move from cloudflare, which hosts a fifth of all websites on earth.
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Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search
The nuclear option is gaining traction as web traffic collapses and Google refuses to negotiate with content creators
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Helen Albert @helen-albert.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Great story by @katarinazimmer.bsky.social & Victoria Uwemedimo congratulations on the award!
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Helen Albert @helen-albert.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Europe is doing its own genome project across 34 countries and 52 institutes across the continent #eshg2026
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Helen Albert @helen-albert.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Am immersing myself in interesting #genetics research at #ESHG2026 in Gothenburg this week. Am open to story ideas. If you are presenting something that you think deserves media attention let me know!
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Helen Albert @helen-albert.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Happy birthday #DavidAttenborough! You have been a true inspiration to many (including me) and introduced so many to the wonders of the natural world! The greatest ambassador for life on Earth’: Tributes paid to David Attenborough on his 100th birthday
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Helen Albert @helen-albert.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Super interesting link between the immune system and mental health conditions
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Helen Albert @helen-albert.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Fascinating article, it explains a lot about shopping for clothes these days!
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Helen Albert @helen-albert.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
To put the new #USChinaTradeDeal into context, here's one reason it's important #lithium #electriccars #sustainabletravel www.chemistryworld.com/news/europe-...
chemistryworld.com
Europe and US face diminishing lithium supply for electric vehicle batteries
China will still dominate the market for the vital battery metal in 2030
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Helen Albert @helen-albert.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
The #2025NobelPrize in Phys or Med shines a spotlight on autoimmune disease research. My recent #Inside_PM article www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/topics/preci... shows how this science is driving new therapies that could transform autoimmune disease treatment. #NobelPrize2025 #PrecisionMedicine
insideprecisionmedicine.com
Tackling Autoimmune Disease with Cell and Gene Therapy
Over the last decade, the cell and gene therapy space has changed beyond recognition. The field has experienced ups and downs, but such advanced therapeutics are becoming more mainstream and moving in...
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