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Merve Tepe, PhD

@mervetepephd.bsky.social
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PhD MICROBIOLOGIST AMR, Biofilms, Phage Therapy, Drug Design and some other similar topics 🤫🔜 @remissionbiome.bsky.social team @renegaderesearch.bsky.social volunteer DEFEND SCIENCE, RESIST IGNORANCE 🚫 #SonKale06 Ankara

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Healthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
www.sciencealert.com/several-psyc...
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Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Shows
Researchers recently discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis.
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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2022-08...
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Increased risk of some neurological and psychiatric disorders remains
New diagnoses of disorders including psychosis, dementia, seizures and ‘brain fog’ remain commoner two years after COVID-19 than after other respiratory infections, whereas the increased risks of
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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
@zackpolanski.bsky.social Please can you question Streeting on the research showing that Covid causes mental health problems. There is not over diagnosis of conditions like Autism, we now have experts who can identify it. So many are struggling and Labour are ignoring children suffering neurological
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
A new Nature Medicine study analyzing health records from >100 million people in the US offers compelling evidence that reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) ,the same virus that causes chickenpox and shingles may contribute to dementia risk. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Varicella-zoster virus reactivation and the risk of dementia - Nature Medicine
Large-scale longitudinal health records reveal consistent association of varicella-zoster virus reactivation with dementia.
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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
From ancient Egypt, more than 3,000 years ago ~ this wooden cosmetic spoon with handle in the shape of a biting, running jackal (ca 1539-1292 BC) opencollection.brooklynmuseum.org/objects/4065
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Ntisec @ntisec.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
If #MECFS were a war, it seems that the brain would be its main battlefield. mecfsscience.org/decodeme-the...
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DecodeME: the biggest ME/CFS study ever - ME/CFS Science
The first results of DecodeME are in, the largest research project ever undertaken on myalgicContinue readingDecodeME: the biggest ME/CFS study ever
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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
We, globally, are using ever-more electricity and renewables are supporting the rise, adding to rather than replacing use of fossil fuels (overall there's barely a decline, and there was an increase in the US and EU) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time
Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds
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Merve Tepe, PhD @mervetepephd.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Strategies for engineering domesticated and undomesticated human microbes
Human-associated microbes hold immense therapeutic potential, yet most species remain undomesticated due to cultivation barriers and limited genetic t…
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Merve Tepe, PhD @mervetepephd.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
"Behold the turtle 🐢 He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. " J. Conant
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Merve Tepe, PhD @mervetepephd.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Yeah, me too. Duh 🙄🤐
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Spencer ツ @supensaatsu.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I'm celebrating Flag Day and the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary with the most perfect meal for today: Chicken tacos and orange soda with no ice. 😃
A platter of chicken street tacos and vegetables with one on a plate, and a bottle of orange soda
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Merve Tepe, PhD @mervetepephd.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Omg, this is so cool..hope we can make a trip to Eastern Turkey with you..i believe that part of Turkey is the best.. And thanks for the story about the İbrahim Tatlises song and glad you liked the Gates of Istanbul 😊
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Merve Tepe, PhD @mervetepephd.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Omg, this is so cool..hope we can make a trip to Eastern Turkey with you..i believe that part of Turkey is the best.. And thanks for the story about the İbrahim Tatlises song and glad you liked the Gates of Istanbul 😊
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Merve Tepe, PhD @mervetepephd.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
"Behold the turtle 🐢 He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. " J. Conant
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mindi @flawdbizkit.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
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Grief is proof of ove .
Anger is proof of
care.
Fatigue is proof of effort.
You are not broken-you are alive.
@yourbeautifullife
Michell C. Clark
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Merve Tepe, PhD @mervetepephd.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Oh and before i forget, I love this one and wanna share with you. It's the song " The Gates of Istanbul" by Loreena McKennitt (Canadian singer-songwriter) Here you go 👇 and hope you enjoy it ☺️🫡 youtu.be/QXbQbzzVs0A?...
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The Gates of Istanbul
YouTube video by Loreena McKennitt - Topic
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Merve Tepe, PhD @mervetepephd.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Omg, you really know Turkish people or culture ☺️ I'd rather listen to a song by Ceylan Ertem or Müzeyyen Senar, tho 😅 But, thnx again and you did what you did twice a day (lets say mutliple times) 😅🤭 Hope your day is going very well, too ☺️🫡
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Merve Tepe, PhD @mervetepephd.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
It is, indeed! 🥹🇹🇷🙏 Ne mutlu Türküm Diyene 🙏🇹🇷🥹🫡 Aww, you made my day. I appreciate that. Thank you Dr. Daszak ☺️🫡
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Healthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
www.scientificamerican.com/article/nigh...
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CDC Sounds Alarm over ‘Nightmare Bacteria’ That Resist Last-Resort Antibiotics
The infection rate of one type of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales bacteria has risen by more than 460 percent in recent years. Scientists say people receiving treatment in hospitals are at highe...
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Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Flagging this for my students as a perfect example counterfactual reasoning 😊
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Dino Sbardellati @phagebeelicious.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
New Preprint out! In this short and sweet article, we showcase how management practices (antibiotic treatment) has impacted the AMR profiles associated with bee microbiomes. The take home? More management = more plasmid-borne resistance! doi.org/10.1101/2025... #microbiome 🧪 🐝
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Bee Microbiomes Harbor Diverse Antimicrobial Resistance Genes on Plasmids
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an emerging public health threat. In North America, tetracycline and macrolide antibiotics are often used to prevent or treat bacterial infections in honey bees. Prev...
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 25/09/2025
By teaching us to view poverty as a moral failure of the individual, society keeps us from realizing that poverty is actually an ethical failure of society itself. We can choose with UBI to prevent everyone from ever experiencing the poverty that 60% of us will experience in life, and we just don't.
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Poverty is not a moral failure of the individual—it's an ethical failure of society itself
YouTube video by Scott Santens
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Merve Tepe, PhD @mervetepephd.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Just wow, but tbh, it's not unfamiliar to me, as well. 🙄🤐😬👋
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
The evidence that Trump et al. used to claim that Tylenol causes autism was a paper by Harvard’s Andrea Baccarelli. The paper did not show a causal relationship, but Dr. Baccarelli was paid $150,000 to testify against Tylenol’s manufacturer in court. RFK Jr. says conflicts are bad tho.
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Scientist behind Trump’s Tylenol claims was paid $150K to give evidence against drug maker
The Harvard academic Andrea Baccarelli gave an ‘unreliable’ testimony on the links between autism and paracetamol, and produced research that raises ‘serious concerns about bias’
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
and THAT’s what’s being cited as “proof” by the Trump administration? …just asking! If you want the whole juicy story, read the article I wrote today: 🔗 news.immunologic.org/p/the-tyleno...
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Will @hsph.harvard.edu take action given they hired Andrea Bacarrelli in 2024 AFTER he falsified links between Tylenol use in pregnancy & autism in federal court (& was paid $150,000) and THEN published the same claims in a journal with a history of fake peer review & falsified data 1/
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
In fact, it’s often used as an appeal to authority to enable them to spread MORE misinformation. That’s why media headlines like “study out of Harvard” go viral, even if it’s absolute trash data. People associate names of institutions with belief they are inherently reputable.
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Merve Tepe, PhD @mervetepephd.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Well-said Dr. Love. Very well-said 😮‍💨👋🫡
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Merve Tepe, PhD @mervetepephd.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Same same and ugh, sigh 😮‍💨😔
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Who’s harmed by this disinformation? • Pregnant patients who are scared, confused, and at risk. • Children who will be subjected to treatments with no evidence to support them. • Parents who are being told it’s their fault their child is neurodivergent. 5/
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The strongest predictor of autism is genetics. Data: • If one identical twin has ASD, the other has a 90–99% chance. • Compare that to 31–67% chance for fraternal twins. • Non-twin siblings have ~20% likelihood of ASD, 7-fold higher than general population. 1/
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The Tylenol–Autism Pseudoscience Pipeline How false testimony about Tylenol and autism failed in court, was repackaged as “peer-reviewed” junk science, and is now driving Trump’s dangerous medical advice. by @drandrealove.bsky.social news.immunologic.org... 1/3
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The Tylenol–Autism Pseudoscience Pipeline
How false testimony about Tylenol and autism failed in court, was repackaged as “peer-reviewed” junk science, and is now driving Trump’s dangerous medical advice.
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Merve Tepe, PhD @mervetepephd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Omg, this is epic and I'm speechless..thank you @keagar.bsky.social hope you have a wonderful Wednesday. 🙏🙋‍♀️👋🏻👋🏻
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Prof Kathy Eagar AM @keagar.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. DRINKING WATER CAUSES AUTISM. IN A DEFINITIVE STUDY ON THIS ISSUE, THE RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT THE PARENTS OF EVERY AUTISTIC CHILD HAD DRUNK WATER DURING THE PREGNANCY. THIS PROVES IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Are we vaccinating under 2s more than a generation (30 years) ago? We used fewer vaccines, protecting against 8 infectious diseases. These complex vaccines, containing over 3000 antigens, were good, but there was room for improvement. 1/8
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Where does COVID vaccine mRNA go? There’s confusion & fearmongering out there. Let’s go through what regulators and studies actually show. 1) “Local” means the muscle where the shot is given + the draining lymph nodes. That’s exactly where vaccines are designed to act! 1/10
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Merve Tepe, PhD @mervetepephd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Ugh, this one made me so sad 😮‍💨😓
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Merve Tepe, PhD @mervetepephd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Same same 🤭🙏🙋‍♀️👋🏻
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BJ @timothytorso.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I can't help but to notice similarities
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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 23/09/2025
Reporter Laura Weiss (@lauralew105.bsky.social) is looking to speak with people with #LongCOVID who are on Medicaid and concerned about losing benefits due to work requirements or otherwise due to Trump's spending bill. Contact her at (lauraweisswrites at gmail dot com).
Black text on a purple background reads, "For an upcoming story: Reporter Laura Weiss is looking to speak with people with Long COVID who are on Medicaid and concerned about losing benefits due to work requirements or otherwise due to Trump's spending bill.

Contact her: lauraweisswrites@gmail.com"
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 23/09/2025
World health officials counter Trump's unproven claim of link between acetaminophen and autism www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/world-… 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
Trump had been teasing the announcement for days, as Kennedy pledged to determine the cause of the developmental disorder by September.
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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🧵 Happiness Incubator (2016) | Original pen & ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan [1]
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
“I’m really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell.” To the people of the world who wonder if there are Americans who grasp how mad he is: There are. We can see it. We are working to mobilize our people to oppose him and his dangerous regime.
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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
"This questionable statement reflects a widespread myth in the wellness community concerning an extremely common gene mutation called MTHFR, which can inhibit the ability of cells’ mitochondria to process folic acid." Yep. I wrote about this in March 2019 and it won't die.
self.com
Why You Shouldn't Actually Worry About MTHFR Gene Variants
Most variants aren’t proven to be harmful.
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Delthia Ricks @dricks.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Correlation isn't causation: Trump reprised his #Covid-era role, but this time w/ unproven autism advice. He distorted facts on autism, Tylenol & vaccines & even called his announcement "historic." Bloviating RFK jr is a joke. The study they cited was a meta-analysis 👇
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Trump Distorts Facts on Autism, Tylenol, and Vaccines, Scientists Say
'I'm really concerned about how this message is going to play out,' one researcher said
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Merve Tepe, PhD @mervetepephd.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Oh, wow, cool work
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/09/2025
Yet again, machine learning — even gussied up via the transformer architecture — encodes and reinforces societal biases. This study reveals that LLM-based peer review relies heavily on author institution in its decisions. arxiv.org/abs/2509.15122
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Prestige over merit: An adapted audit of LLM bias in peer review
Large language models (LLMs) are playing an increasingly integral, though largely informal, role in scholarly peer review. Yet it remains unclear whether LLMs reproduce the biases observed in human de...
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
2 decades after the first GLP-1 drug, we're still in the early stages for where this is headed. Nice, succinct summary and graphic by a pioneer of the field: @danieljdrucker.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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New Molecules and Indications for GLP-1 Medicines
This Perspective explores recent progress and future directions in glucagon-like peptide-1 medicines.
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Merve Tepe, PhD @mervetepephd.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Me too @leftistlawyer.com sigh. Long exasperated sigh 😮‍💨👋🏻🙋‍♀️🫡
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