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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Wenn Dir selbst die Arbeitsagentur nicht weiterhelfen kann. Glücklicherweise konnte ich mich heute abmelden. #IchBinHanna

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Anna Neumaier @annaneumaier.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Alter. 21627 Einreichungen auf ein Fellowship-Programm. Wer soll das alles begutachten? 😶‍🌫️ Wer jetzt nicht für mehr Grundförderung und weniger Drittmittel argumentiert, der ist doch nicht gescheit.

Text, dass bei einem Fellowship-Call 21627 Bewerbungen eingegangen sind, von der Webseite der Funding Agency.

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Ming Tommy Tang @tommytang.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

15/ Bioinformatics is not just about coding—it’s about clarity. The clearer the question, the better the answer. And that only comes from talking.

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I put a new power supply into the old case (thanks, Philipp!) and installed a fresh copy of #Ubuntu 26.04.1. First, install #Steam and be happy. This hardware is about 12 years old and works for older games and office tasks, but not with Win11. Nothing more to say. #Linux @steampowered.com 👍😍🎮🐧🦝

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I really don't like talking to a chatbot. That "typing" noise is the worst. #fake #AI

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I went to #IKEA and didn't buy ANYTHING! Not even a hot dog.

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

An unplanned dentist trip meant our favorite coworker got roped into helping out in the lab today... so the whole office team ended up in the lab together for the first and maybe last time! 😂🦷🔬 #OfficeLife #TeamWork #LabDay

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The first results of our experiment demonstrate the successful application of the Miles & Misra dilution method from 1938, showing how classic techniques remain effective. 🚀🔬 #ScientificDiscovery #Microbiology doi.org/10.1017/S002...

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Stepping out from behind the screen! As a #bioinformatician, I usually work exclusively at the PC. Today was my first solo run in the lab since 2022. I was definitely nervous, but excited to be part of this experimental series! 🧪💻 #Bioinformatics #LabLife

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Spotted in the wild: a bioinformatician outside her natural habitat. 🖥️➡️🧪 Day 2 in the lab and more to come... No errors thrown yet, but I miss my terminal. Collaborating with my colleague to produce the data I'll later judge. Future me is already grateful. 😅 #Bioinformatics #LabLife

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islieb @islieb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Ein Comic mit einem einzelnen Panel, in dem sich zwei Figuren unterhalten. Die linke Figur hält der rechten freudig einen ganzen Kuchen auf einem Teller hin.

Die linke Figur fragt: „Hilfst du mir, diesen riesigen Käsekuchen zu verspeisen?“

Die rechte Figur schaut entschlossen und antwortet: „Das wird harte Arbeit, aber du kannst auf mich zählen!“

Daraufhin meint die linke Figur: „Wir müssen auch nicht alles heute essen...“

Die rechte Figur erwidert kurz und knapp: „Doch.“

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Here's some news about our #office #scorpions: We are pleased to inform you that there are some cute little #baby scorpions. Just look at these tiny chelate pedipalps! 😍🦂

A dark scorpion is lying on brown substrate, with several pale baby scorpions clustered on her back.

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

My tax return was approved in just 13 days - amazing!

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Want to know how snake venom changes with age? Our new paper on Macrovipera schweizeri shows: juvenile venom is SVMP-rich with higher protease and PLA₂ activity, adult venom is dominated by C-type lectins, yet both show comparable cytotoxicity in cell assays. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🐍📝

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Doing a linear stretch on these images shows how dramatic the "edits" were, revealing the deception in clear terms. This should be a complete scandal for Thermo Fisher and more people in the biosciences should be talking about it.

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Reese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

See my original blog post on the situation, featuring @sholtodavid.bsky.social's initial observation of something being afoot: reeserichardson.blog/2026/05/28/h...

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How much of Thermo Fisher’s antibody data has been manipulated?

We’ve documented more than 450 instances of apparent data manipulation in Thermo’s catalog

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Today, we saw a rose chafer (Cetonia aurata) emerge from one of our chilli plant pots. Farewell, little one! Your siblings will follow you from the compost pot soon. Symbol photo:

A rose chafer (Cetonia aurata), a green and goldish beetle, is crawling on the balcony floor.

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This study examines the evolution of #homemade rye sourdough bread. (A) Frist version (B) Intermediate version (C) Final version 🥰🍞

Homemade rye sourdough bread with only small holes in the surface.

Homemade rye sourdough bread with only small holes in the surface but on the side,

Homemade rye sourdough bread with an open crust and a light dusting of flour on the surface.

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Friedhelm Bruns 🏳️‍🌈🏊‍♂️ @friedhelmbruns.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Suche 🧐: Wissenschaftskommunikator:innen an Fachhochschulen/HAWs, die Wissenschaftskommunikation als Bereich strukturiert aufbauen oder vorhaben, dies zu tun. #wisskomm Ziel 🥇: Austausch und Impulse zum Vorgehen, über Herausforderungen, Ziele und Stellschrauben, die gedreht wurden und werden müssen

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Just to let you know, I've joined the job hunters group. I already dislike it. 🤨 #forhire #bioinformatics

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

When everyone in an online meeting starts greeting each other with "Guten Morgen", it's fine, but if you've got more than a thousand people in there, it can get pretty scary. 👻😱🤯😨

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Not every accepted paper feels like a celebration – sometimes it just feels like the end of a very long process. #ResearchLife #MentalHealthInAcademia #PeerReview

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Today, I tested an LLM for research, and the first reference it provided was my first paper that I'd written on my own. I couldn't stop smiling for a bit. Alright, the chat was a little biased because of the topic, but never mind! #venomics #ants 🐜 😎

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Simon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.

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Jörg @realkachelmann.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Wir haben heute die Wolken über NRW je nach Impfbedürfnis der Leute darunter appliziert. kachelmannwetter.com/de/sat/nordr...

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Satellit Super HD (alle 10min)-Bild vom 14.04.2026, 14:00 Uhr - Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Anyway. Wear sun protection, everyone. Especially if you’re an outdoorsy person like me. It’ll save you a lot of trouble.

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

As a #bioinformatician, you just smile knowingly when users tell you about their first time they encountered such issues in Excel. #bioinformatics

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I once had this situation where I was looking at a figure and got a bit annoyed that they used our color scheme. Then I realized they just used Wong (2011) colors, like I try to use for our figures. #bioinformatics #colorblind #thoughtful www.nature.com/articles/nme...

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Points of view: Color blindness - Nature Methods

Nature Methods - Points of view: Color blindness

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 01/04/2026

CREATION Happy April Fool's Day! xkcd.com/3227/

4-panel comic. (1) [Black panel with white text boxes] TEXT BOX: And God said, "Let there be light," (2) [Sun radiating light.] TEXT BOX: And there was light. (3) [View of bright sun rising over Earth's horizo] (4) TEXT BOX: God saw that light was-- [Chat bubble from Earth] CHAT BUBBLE: Can you add support for dark mode?

Open xkcd.com to view toggles for different modes.

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Hugo Darras @hugodarras.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Ant folks 🐜🐜🐜, we are looking for colonies of Linepithema iniquum in Europe. They were reported from the Wales Botanic Garden a few years ago. Are you aware of any other indoor populations?

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Michael Hall @mbhall88.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

🐍 For all ye #snakemake users out there who want consistent, opinionated formatting of their workflows: we have just released v1.0.0 of snakefmt 🥳 The major update is that it now sorts rule directives (e.g., input, output, resources, params, shell etc.). See github.com/snakemake/sn... for more

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GitHub - snakemake/snakefmt: The uncompromising Snakemake code formatter

The uncompromising Snakemake code formatter. Contribute to snakemake/snakefmt development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

'Note: if the problem persists, restart your computer first!' Who can guess which operating system we use at work?

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Das Ding bei #IchBinHanna ist, dass die Mehrheit meiner nichtwissenschaftlichen Umgebung die damit verbundenen Sorgen und Probleme nicht kennt. „Nein, Gudrun, ich habe noch keine Verlängerung bekommen und werde auch erst kurz vor Vertragsende eine bekommen – wenn überhaupt. Ja, das ist normal." 🖤

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

We still get snail mail. One of the postmen reads the recipient's name out loud to himself before putting it in the letterbox. That's useful – I can hear him from my desk, so if he doesn't mention our name, we know we don't have any mail. I'm off to get my letter now! #SmallThings ✉️♥️📮👍

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Sandra Jansen @sj2915.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Gibt es hier Personen, die momentan an der Uni Marburg lehren und Zeit für ein kurzes Gespräch hätten? #followerpower

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The PhD Place - Academic Community @thephdplace.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Doing a PhD doesn’t mean you have to work in academia

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Ich hätte nicht anfangen sollen, es zu lesen... 🖤 #IchBinHanna

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Dr. Sabine Hurka @hurkasabine.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

It's great to see our next vemomics paper out there! This time, our PhD student Ludwig milked hundreds of mosquitoes and examined their venom (yes, he milked them!). Check out how he did it and what we found in their venom. Great work! 🦟☠️👍 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Vector venom: venomics of Aedes albopictus reveals a large enzyme repertoire and novel cecropins with activity against E. coli - npj Drug Discovery

npj Drug Discovery - Vector venom: venomics of Aedes albopictus reveals a large enzyme repertoire and novel cecropins with activity against E. coli

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Daniel Kronauer @danielkronauer.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Portrait of a giant forest ant (Dinomyrmex gigas). What an absolute puppy! 🐜 🐶 🐜 Danum Valley, Sabah.

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