marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 25/06/2026My take for extinction drive is that they should first be carried out against invasive mosquitoes species in Europe or the US, which mitigates both ecological and ethical risks 020
marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Shouldn’t it be called a reverse translatase tho? 0100
marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Headers are FY 2025 (actual) and FY 2026, 2027 (estimated) 000
Reposted by marius walterFred Hutch @fredhutch.org · 05/02/2026The @jimboonya.bsky.social lab at Fred Hutch found the use of sirolimus #GVHD prophylaxis in allo HCT recipients was linked to a higher risk for RSV infection, whereas higher serum neutralizing antibody levels were linked to a lower risk in the first 100 days post-transplant. wb.md/3Zokzuawb.mdRSV Antibody Levels Tied to Posttransplant Infection RiskAfter hematopoietic cell transplant, sirolimus use for GVHD prophylaxis is linked to a higher RSV risk, whereas higher serum neutralizing antibody levels are tied to a lower risk within 100 days. 052
Reposted by marius walterHarmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Getting asked about how academics can continue to do science & inspire trainees even in the midst of a continued (escalated) assault on science, reason, truth, & human rights. I don’t have great answers. I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues. 59309105
Reposted by marius walterMarc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 09/10/2025A cGAS-mediated mechanism in naked mole-rats potentiates DNA repair and delays aging Naked mole rats get much older than closely related mamals of a similar size. cGAS mutations may have an important role in this. www.science.org/doi/... 1/9science.orgA cGAS-mediated mechanism in naked mole-rats potentiates DNA repair and delays agingEfficient DNA repair might make possible the longevity of naked mole-rats. However, whether they have distinctive mechanisms to optimize functions of DNA repair suppressors is unclear. We find that naked mole-rat cyclic guanosine monophosphate–adenosine ... 23317
Reposted by marius walterSofya Garushyants @garushyants.bsky.social · 15/09/2025hey bluesky 👋 visa hurdles mean I’m looking for opportunities outside the US. I’m a computational biologist (bacterial + phage genomics, postdoc in Koonin’s group @ NIH). I am interested in teaming up on funding apps. reach out if this resonates! 16988
marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Haha he was my number 2. I’m probably missing context about the original post 110
marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 10/09/2025This is the norm in many countries, but I think it’s a shame to lose it. I always thought it was one of the great feature of US PhD programs 000
Reposted by marius walterJuliane Glaser @julianeg.bsky.social · 04/09/2025🥳 Very grateful for the support of the ERC Starting Grant for my newly established lab! We will study how transposable elements contribute to mammalian embryonic development. We will have positions available next year. Stay tuned! 2514113
marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 22/08/2025In France 90% of the milk is UHT for some reason, and I think it’s pretty high in other European countries too 030
Reposted by marius walterMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Super interesting deep dive into US excess mortality. We're doing better than we were in 1980 but a *lot* worse than every other high-income country. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 25957227
Reposted by marius walterAnna A Monaco @annaamonaco.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Pretty surreal to see my artwork on the cover of Nature Genetics! Big congrats to @julianeg.bsky.social, @stemundi.bsky.social and the others, and thank you Juliane for letting me help bring your research to life visually. www.nature.com/ng/volumes/5... 48322
marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 24/07/2025The payline in this context is the proportion of grant proposals that are funded by NCI. So we’re going from 10% to 4% of proposals receiving money 020
marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 15/07/2025it was before I knew @rqperezpalacios.bsky.social, but I think it’s a tie 020
marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Even as a staff scientist I get asked to review maybe once or twice a year 020
marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Of all the social media content of the last 24h, THIS is the most wrong 😑 220
Reposted by marius walterViroscope @viroscope.bsky.social · 10/05/2025⚠️ Discovery of a new mode of viral transmission: Deltaviruses spread through a viral Trojan Horse ! These viral satellites that do not encode their own glycoproteins, are in fact physically encapsulated within their helper virus particles! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... A thread 1/14 15424
marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 20/05/2025I don’t think this is Bluesky’s fault or that anything changed tho. It’s just that American users are in deep trauma and that sets the tone 120
marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 16/05/2025There will be, maybe, for the lucky few, but the math do not work at scale. And wait until you find out how much you would get paid in a lot of other countries… 100
Reposted by marius walterSebastian S. Cocioba @atinygreencell.bsky.social · 02/05/2025I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs. Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng Custom Lab Hardware Turn Key Genetic Design Please repost for reach 💚 7160278
marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Have you seen butter with olive oil? My head explodes every time 120
Reposted by marius walterZebrafish Rock! 🎃 @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I always like to reference this comparison chart that @rrbehringer.bsky.social made awhile back. Hope it helps put things in perspective! -KT 13310
marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Thanks! What is the scale? I guess i’m too used to mammalian embryos 100
marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Does it really remain the same overall size all the way?? 110
marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 23/04/2025US immigration has asked for social media info for non-immigrant visa since 2019 tho. Not sure why it’s making the news now 040
marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 13/04/2025The one question I always have with this (very cool) experiment is why you decided to start from both side with the high concentration in the middle, and not have just a gradient of antibiotics from one side to the other? 120
marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 08/04/2025It’s amazing but it’s a bit scary to imagine what is their actual end goal 110
marius walter @mariusw.bsky.social · 08/04/2025This is more impressive than the woolly mouse I got to say 110
Reposted by marius walterJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 22/03/2025“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”time.comWhat the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador ExperiencedExclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S. 14772375310973
