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Manlio Tassieri

@manlio-tassieri.bsky.social
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Visionary and driven by challenges. Inspired by Dante's pursuit of knowledge, Galileo's resilience, and Mandela's determination. Believer in "Carpe Diem," the power of imagination, and that a simple smile can change the world. #NeverGiveUp

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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The Tassieri Identity is now a reality. Memory + Motion = 1 A simple identity hiding in plain sight, linking persistence and motion in stochastic transport. Published today. A fantastic way to start the weekend. doi.org/10.1515/tp-2... #TassieriIdentity #Physics #Rheology
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Some warnings survive history because they are not about the past. They are about how easily silence becomes complicity. #History #Freedom #HumanRights #Democracy #Authoritarianism #Discrimination #NeverAgain #Society #Ethics
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
We often assume that faster tools lead to deeper discoveries. But true breakthroughs come from questioning the foundations—not optimising the known. Here’s my latest Editorial Pill 👇 #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Science #Research #CriticalThinking #FutureOfWork
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Fraud ends business careers. Scientific misconduct destroys reputations. Medical malpractice costs licences. Political lies often win elections. Wales is now testing a radical idea: what if truth in politics became enforceable? #Democracy #TruthInPolitics #Accountability
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Civilization is not measured solely by the level of technology it develops, but by the direction in which it is oriented. The question is not how advanced we are. The question is: toward what are we advancing? #HealthcareNotWar #IntellectualMyopia #NHS #Priorities #InvestInLife #Civilization
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I revisited this classic #TED talk 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkr... — still highly relevant. In 2026 many organisations rely on carrots & sticks, despite strong evidence for better motivation models. My short Editorial Pill below ⬇️ #Motivation #Leadership #Innovation #WorkCulture #Education
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Memory and motion sum to one. We just hadn’t noticed. #Physics #StochasticProcesses #ScientificInsight #TassieriIdentity
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
i-Rheo: Measuring the materials’ linear viscoelastic properties “in a step”! pubs.aip.org/sor/jor/arti... A niche within a niche within a niche… and still making waves 8+ years on. 🌊 Tools that travel across disciplines — enabling discovery. #iRheo #Rheology #SoftMatter #Impact
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
👀 Hey! Check out the BSR Annual Award Gallery — you might spot some famous rheologists… 😎 Oops! Looks like my name’s on there too! 🏆 #Rheology #BSRAwards #HumbleSmile www.bsr.org.uk/pages/annual...
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Annual Award Gallery | British Society of Rheology
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
When a leading #DWS group benchmarks their new analysis against my analytical method (see Fig. S3 👇) and the curves line up beautifully… and even mention my name in their discussion — that’s the kind of validation that makes a rheologist’s day. 😎 journals.aps.org/prresearch/a... #Rheology #iRheo
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Euler united constants. I united correlations. Fourier? He just adds the hat and makes everything look formal. 😉🎩 #Rheology #SoftMatter #Physics #Maths #Engineering #Biophysics #MaterialsScience #DataScience #iRheo #ScienceWithStyle
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
In March 2026, @i3suporto.bsky.social hosts a hands-on course on #AFM, bulk #rheology and nanoindentation — a deep dive into the mechanics of #biomaterials, #tissues and #organoids. Guess who’s giving one of the lectures? 😉 Still a few spots available. Don’t miss it. www.i3s.up.pt/training-det...
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Too many #students use #ChatGPT as a shortcut instead of a tool. If you don’t understand the problem, any answer looks correct. AI should help you refine what you already know — not replace learning. There are no shortcuts to thinking. 💭📚 #Education #AI #Learning #CriticalThinking #Teaching
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
What if the very force that once made Europe great is now slowly destroying it? #Europe #Economy #Geopolitics #History #Innovation
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
💧 Great feedback from my Fluid Mechanics 2 students! “Best course I’ve ever taken… I even dream about it!” When Fluid Mechanics enters REM sleep, you know teaching has reached another phase. 😄 #FluidMechanics #Teaching #UniversityOfGlasgow #DreamingOfReynoldsNumbers
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
I’ll be in Kraków a day early for AERC2026, co-teaching the short course “Microrheology: from Fundamentals to Applications” on 13 April. From OT and AFM to DLS and hybrids — a full tour before the conference kicks off. Join us if you can! #AERC2026 #Rheology #Microrheology
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Honoured to receive the 2025 Annual Award of the British Society of Rheology! 🎉🙏 This recognition of my contributions to rheology means a lot, and I look forward to delivering the Award Lecture at the Midwinter Meeting in Edinburgh. 🏴✨ #Rheology #BSR eng.ed.ac.uk/midwinter-me...
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
🌍💡 Small choices, big impact. We often think that sustainability requires grand gestures or cutting-edge technologies. But sometimes, the difference starts with something as ordinary as soap. #Sustainability #EcoFriendly #SustainableLiving #CarbonFootprint #Innovation #GreenChoices #EverydayImpact
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
📉 Most models predict: the stiffer the polymer, the weaker the network. 📈 But our new simulation study shows: G₀ ∝ Lₚ^⅔ — stiffness strengthens the network. A paradox still unresolved in concentrated semiflexible polymer solutions. The search for a predictive model goes on. #Rheology #PolymerPhysics
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
💸 When the economy stops creating value and starts squeezing every daily gesture, even a luggage trolley at the airport becomes a warning sign. #AnnalesSchool #Micropayments #CostOfLivingCrisis #UKPolitics #PublicServices #EverydayEconomy #StressEconomy #ValueCreation #SocialPolicy #EconomicJustice
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
📚✨ A must-see stop: the Kyoto International Manga Museum. Among thousands of volumes and historic gems… I found him: Kenshiro, rightful heir of the Divine School of Hokuto. A dive into childhood and legend. 💥👊 #Kyoto #MangaMuseum #HokutoNoKen #YouAreAlreadyDead
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
A new dose of rheology in a pill: chromosomes doing some stretching with optical tweezers… and the secrets of cell mechanics finally unfold. 🔬🧬 🔗 Read the full article: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #Rheology #Microrheology #Chromosome #NatureCommunications #iRheo #CellMechanics #Biophysics
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
#GoodMorningEveryone ☀️ Just a reminder that #Physics and #Maths go arm in arm — and sometimes, they hold hands tightly in complex notation. 😎 #Rheology #Microrheology #ComplexModulus #MathsIsBeautiful
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
#BobDylan asked in 1962: “How many deaths will it take 'til he knows that too many people have died?” Sixty years later, the question still blows in the wind—while Gaza bleeds and the so-called “democracies” wake up too late. #Gaza #HumanRights #Hypocrisy
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
📌 What does it mean to be a poet in wartime? To apologise for survival. To carry the shame of safety. A haunting, visceral poem by Hend Jouda, from Gaza—where words are both witness and wound. #Poetry #Gaza #HendJouda #WarAndWords #PalestinianVoices #CeasefireNow
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
📌 #Referendum2025 IN PAROLE SEMPLICI – Quesito 5 🟡 #Cittadinanza dopo 5 anni di residenza 🌍 Inclusione e riconoscimento per chi vive, lavora e contribuisce in Italia. 🗳️ Un piccolo passo per un Paese più giusto. 👉 Vota e fai votare! #Inclusione #DirittiCivili #VotaSì
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
📌 #Referendum2025 IN PAROLE SEMPLICI – Quesito 4 🔴 #Appalti e #Responsabilità per infortuni ⚠️ La sicurezza non si subappalta. Chi guadagna da un lavoro, ne condivide anche i rischi. 🗳️ Votiamo per tutelare i lavoratori. 👉 Non mancare! #SicurezzaSulLavoro #VotaSì
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
📌 #Referendum2025 IN PAROLE SEMPLICI – Quesito 3 ⚫ Contratti a termine 📆 Più flessibilità può voler dire più continuità per chi lavora. Non perfetto, ma concreto. 🗳️ Votare è un diritto, usiamolo. 👉 Andiamo alle urne! #ContrattiATermine #Precarietà #Lavoro #VotaSì
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
📌 #Referendum2025 IN PAROLE SEMPLICI – Quesito 2 🟠 #PiccoleImprese: Licenziamenti e #Indennità 💰 Basta tetti ridicoli ai risarcimenti! Chi viene licenziato ingiustamente merita un'indennità equa. 🗳️ Andare a votare è fondamentale. 👉 Non restiamo a guardare! #VotaSì
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
📌 #Referendum2025 IN PAROLE SEMPLICI – Quesito 1 🟢 Contratto a tutele crescenti (#JobsAct) ✊ Difendiamo il diritto al reintegro per chi viene licenziato ingiustamente. 🗳️ Il referendum è valido solo se si raggiunge il quorum. 👉 Andiamo a votare! #Lavoro #Licenziamenti #VotaSì
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
🚀 Unlock the power of #Rheology anywhere with i-Rheo Web (Beta)! 🔹 i-Rheo – Stress relaxation analysis 🔹 i-Rheo GT – G(t) → G*(ω) transformation 🔹 i-Rheo FT – Generic functions 🔜 #AFM, #OpticalTweezers & #MagneticTweezers coming soon! 🌟 It’s time to embrace #Innovation! 😉 i-rheo.mib3avenger.com
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Did you know? The Pastiera Napoletana has ancient roots tied to #Naples’ grid of cardini (N–S) and decumani (E–W) — streets that shaped the soul of the city. 🇮🇹🥧✨ Photo & Pastiera by my wife — as tasty as it looks! #Pastiera #Naples #Tradition #NeapolitanHeritage #EasterDelights
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
At my age, chasing sanity is the craziest thing one could do... 😅😂🤣
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Just discovered a game-changer: #Nutella spread on a #tortilla, wrapped and toasted to perfection. Crispy, gooey, absolutely #delicious! 🔥🍫🌯 #FoodHack
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Pin down the date! 📅 On March 24, I’m giving a seminar at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social! 🚀 i-Rheo is transforming viscoelastic characterisation—faster, broader, and more powerful! 🔬 Join me LIVE via #Zoom & let’s push the boundaries of #rheology! 💡🔥 www.ph.ed.ac.uk/events/2025/...
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ICMCS Seminar - i-Rheo: One Small Strain in Rheology, One Giant Leap in Viscoelastic Characterisation
Abstract The frequency-dependent linear viscoelastic (LVE) properties of materials are essential for understanding their topological structure across different length scales. These properties are char...
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Ah, the slow burn of #impact! My most-cited #SpringerNature article in 2024 was actually published in 2018: 'A one-step procedure to probe the viscoelastic properties of cells by Atomic Force Microscopy.' Eventually, they’ll master it. No rush, academia. #ScienceTakesTime 😅
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Today I watched "No Other Land", a #documentary that evokes the guilt of Western societies' indifference, whose drift towards violence seems unstoppable. #NoOtherLand #HumanRights #EthicalResponsibility #GlobalConscience
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Scientists say #viscosity is temperature-dependent… but all I know is that this #hazelnut #chocolate flows smoothly onto a slice of bread. Pure rheological bliss! 🍞🍫😋 #SoftMatterScience #DeliciousDeformation
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Just wondering when #Google #Maps will update its images...😢
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
For last night’s dinner, I transformed into a #MasterChef! 😜🍳✨ I whipped up a dish of #EVOO, #garlic, #chiliflakes, and #mushrooms coming together in perfect harmony. Sometimes, the simplest dishes are the most delicious! 🍄🔥 #CookingWithLove
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Just conquered a #Sudoku puzzle—not bad, not bad! 🧠 Brain cells are still very much alive and kicking! 😅#SudokuChallenge #BrainWorkout #StillGotIt
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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 07/01/2025
Hip Hip Hooray, it's our birthday! The University of Glasgow is 574 today. 🎂🎈 Next year marks our milestone anniversary, and we have exciting celebrations planned. We can’t wait to celebrate with you! #TeamUofG
The Gilbert Scott building at the University of Glasgow, featuring its iconic tower and spire and gothic-style architecture under a clear blue sky, with green lawns in the foreground. Text overlay reads '574 today!'
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Back to work after the holidays, and the angels have left their mark! 🥃👼 Kicking off the year with some inspiration from whisky and the great news from @ResearchGate—second-most-read in the department last week! Cheers to 2025! 🎉📚 #BackToWork #WhiskyWisdom #ResearchLife
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
The level of whisky in the bottles in this photo I took yesterday at #Glengoyne e shows the 'angel's share'—the #whisky that evaporates into the atmosphere during aging. A poetic reminder that even the angels enjoy a dram! 🥃✨ #WhiskyWisdom #Glengoyne
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
#myviewrightnow 🤩 #GlasgowWestEnd
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
🚀 Thrilled to see my contributions to #microrheology with #OpticalTweezers featured in #Physics of #Cancer (Second Edition), Volume 5! Honoured to #advance #biophysical #methods in cancer research. Learn more: iopscience.iop.org/book/mono/97... #Microrheology #PhysicsOfCancer #Biophysics
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Want to make the most of your time? Spend just 3 minutes listening to this incredible #harmonica performance by Indiara Sfair! 🎶✨ www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1F_...
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Indiara Sfair & Tiago Juk | Simbiose
YouTube video by Indiara Sfair
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
A simple yet powerful piece of advice to start #2025 on the right foot: fill your days with experiences that nourish your soul. May the new year be a journey filled with unforgettable moments, genuine connections, and personal growth. Wishing everyone a #2025 full of life! 💫🎉
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Closing #2024 with a pleasant #surprise: being #cited by name feels quite special! 😎 Grateful for the recognition—I applaud the authors of this excellent work: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Looking forward to making an even bigger #impact in #2025! 🙌📚 #Rheology
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Manlio Tassieri @manlio-tassieri.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
This is the best picture of #Naples I’ve ever taken from the plane. You can see Mount #Vesuvius, the Bay of Naples, #Posillipo, #Nisida, the Bay of #Pozzuoli, and Capo Miseno—what a breathtaking spectacle of nature! 🤩
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