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Matthias Flotho

@mflot.bsky.social
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PhD candidate at Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland

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Matthias Flotho @mflot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Best intro into neuroscience I have ever seen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6IL...
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The Brain Song – “Weird Al” Yankovic
YouTube video by alyankovic
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/08/2026
Another round of intense heat is expected to sweep across large swaths of Europe this week. Forecasters warned that rapidly rising temperatures, combined with persistently bone-dry conditions, could worsen a severe threat of wildfires.
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Europe Braces for Another Heat Wave. Here’s What to Know.
High temperature warnings were in place across western, central and southern Europe on Sunday as a heat dome intensifies across the continent.
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Oliver Scheiber 🇪🇺 @oliverscheiber.eu · 17/07/2026
Klimaforscher Levermann: "Wir müssen verstehen, was nach dem Kippen der Klimasysteme passiert" Die Erde steuert angesichts der Klimakrise auf einen "freien Fall" zu, sagt der deutsche Physiker Anders Levermann. Noch sei unklar, welche Folgen die zu erwartende Instabilität haben wird
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Klimaforscher Levermann: "Wir müssen verstehen, was nach dem Kippen der Klimasysteme passiert"
Die Erde steuert angesichts der Klimakrise auf einen "freien Fall" zu, sagt der deutsche Physiker Anders Levermann. Noch sei unklar, welche Folgen die zu erwartende Instabilität haben wird
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Der Postillon 📯 @der-postillon.com · 16/07/2026
Spahn stellt klar: "Es ist keine Doppelmoral, wenn man generell keine Moral hat" www.der-postillon.com/2026/07/spah...
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Spahn stellt klar: "Es ist keine Doppelmoral, wenn man generell keine Moral hat"
Berlin (dpo) - Was wollen alle von ihm? Nach Kritik an dem Umstand, dass Jens Spahn und sein Partner ihr gemeinsames Kind per Leihmutterschaft zur Wel
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Matthias Flotho @mflot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
www.reuters.com/graphics/CLI...
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Reuters Climate Monitor
How today's temperatures compare to the historic average
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Matthias Flotho @mflot.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Just learned about this, there are some great inspirations! www.data-to-art.com
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Data to Art
A curated gallery celebrating data visualization as art. Discover innovative artworks from international artists who transform data into emotionally compelling visual experiences.
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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The academic hiring system is simply not designed for candidates like me. It privileges a kind of performative intellectualism—the ability to stand at a whiteboard and extemporize about science as if you were some kind of 19th-century naturalist 😂 😂 😂 open.substack.com/pub/inprepar...
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Opinion: I Was Not Allowed To Type Prompts Into ChatGPT During My Chalk Talk And This Is Discrimination
By Dr. Rachel Simmons, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 22/06/2026
After 18 months of R&D with a team of specialist academics, I'm VERY excited to say that @carbonbrief.org has just launched 'Project Cosmos'... ...the world's largest database of climate research Our hope is this becomes a major new resource interactive.carbonbrief.org/cosmos/index...
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Project Cosmos – the world’s largest database of climate change research
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Universität des Saarlandes @uni-saarland.de · 16/06/2026
Bioinformatiker Andreas Keller der Saar-Universität erhält neun Millionen Dollar für die internationale Parkinsonforschung. Ziel seiner Forschung ist es, Wirkstoffe zu finden, die bei der Behandlung der Parkinson-Krankheit helfen können. 👉 www.uni-saarland.de/aktuell/bioi... © Oliver Dietze/HIPS
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Bioinformatiker Andreas Keller erhält neun Millionen Dollar für internationale Parkinsonforschung
Professor Andreas Keller und sein Team von der Universität des Saarlandes wurden ausgewählt, dem Kooperationsnetzwerk (CRN) beizutreten. Damit verbunden ist eine Förderung durch die Initiative „Aligni...
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Helena Klara Jambor @helenajambor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
😎 to have this out! --> stay tuned, this is a series about 📊#dataviz for #science 🧪
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Matthias Flotho @mflot.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Color scales and the birth of viridis - Nature Methods
The color palette viridis is replacing rainbow color schemes in scientific figures, for good reason.
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Matthias Flotho @mflot.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
github.com/brotherlatti...
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GitHub - brotherlattice/puppenclaw
Contribute to brotherlattice/puppenclaw development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Sholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
@smutclyde.bsky.social discusses the recycling of kaggle datasets into the scientific literature. A paper from Scientific Reports used the "eye disease data set" which includes only a few hundred images, including animals, diagrams, and people in sunglasses. forbetterscience.com/2026/06/09/b...
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Helena Klara Jambor @helenajambor.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Happy about our Recommendation Award at the International Institute for Information Design Awards 2026 - the price celebrates #datavis that combine clarity, usefulness, and visual excellence! We will continue to design for #cancer patients who navigate their medical journey ❤️
The logo of the IIID award
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Ali Maximilian Erturk @erturklab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Our recent work in @Nature, MouseMapper uses foundation-model AI, mapping perturbations in mouse body cell-by-cell, revealed unexpected facial nerve damage. Proud to see >75K accesses & >60 news stories in the first week. Paper->> www.nature.com/articles/s41... Next www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Matthias Flotho @mflot.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
github.com/FlowRegSuite...
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MetJam @metjam.co.uk · 25/05/2026
34.8ºC at Kew Gardens breaks its May AND June records by OVER 4ºC for its May record set in 1922 and by 0.2ºC for its June record set in 1976. Unprecedented heat for the UK in late May, and likely to be bettered tomorrow. A rounded 35ºC temperature should not happen in May.
Spaghetti plot showing Kew and Kew Gardens temperatures since 1881 with May and June records highlighted at 30.3ºC in 1922 and 34.6ºC in 1976 respectively. 2026 is plotted as a thick red line that nearly exceeds 35ºC with a value of 34.8ºC.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 11/05/2026
Scientific figures can strongly influence how research findings are interpreted. This ‘How to’ Comment article in Nature Human Behaviour outlines a practical strategy for creating figures that communicate clearly across audiences and scientific contexts. go.nature.com/3R00b1t #Academicsky 🧪
This is figure 1, which shows key steps in producing an effective scientific figure.
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James Ferguson @psy-fer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
kuva v0.2.0 Now over 60 plots! New plot types: Gantt, Network, Waffle, Horizon, PopulationPyramid, Joint, Clustermap, ROC, PR, Lollipop, Survival, Raincloud, Slope, Venn, Parallel, Mosaic, Streamgraph, Radar, Treemap, Sunburst, Bump, Funnel, Rose, Calendar, Legend, Text github.com/Psy-Fer/kuva
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The Fromm Lab @frommlab.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Science has missed a real giant. Not uncontroversial, but inspiring nevertheless. Here is an interview which was recorded a few days before his death. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxg3...
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He changed science forever. He spoke with us on that, AI, Trump and immortality just before he died.
YouTube video by Scientific American
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Matthias Flotho @mflot.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Quite interesting read: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Show us the evidence for the value of medical AI - Nature Medicine
Claims that medical AI is improving care must be backed by appropriate evidence.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/04/2026
J. Craig Venter, a scientist and entrepreneur who decoded the human genome, has died at 79.
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J. Craig Venter, Scientist Who Decoded the Human Genome, Dies at 79
A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races.
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de.NBI & ELIXIR Germany @denbi.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
🚀 #BioHackathon Germany 2026: Call for Projects! 🧬 Submit your innovative life science project ideas! 📅 Deadline: 15 July 2026 📝 Max 500 words 🔗 Align with #deNBI (ELIXIR Germany) topics Join us to solve bioinformatics challenges! 💻✨ Read more: www.denbi.de/de-nbi-event... #Bioinformatics
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James Ferguson @psy-fer.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Slowly going through all the checks for a new version of kuva to be releases. Probably going to take another few days. But i'm up to 59 plot types now (with lots more sub variants). There is one more plot in a PR, don't worry i'll make it an even 60
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Helmholtz KLIMA @helmholtzklima.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
#HelmholtzKLIMA -Datenbank - Expertise im Überblick: Digitalisierung für nachhaltige Wertschöpfungsketten Stefanie Kunkel beschäftigt sich am @rifs-potsdam.bsky.social mit der Frage, wie sich die globale Digitalisierung sozial-ökologisch und gerecht gestalten lässt. Zum Profil: t1p.de/ojvod 1/2
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Stefanie Kunkel
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Science Magazine @science.org · 20/04/2026
The genome of the hepatitis D virus, with just 1700 bases of RNA, was squeezed onto a quantum computer. Learn more: scim.ag/4mCifuv
First complete genome loaded onto a quantum computer
Researchers encode the tiny hepatitis D virus in an early step toward “quantum genomics”
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Helmholtz KLIMA @helmholtzklima.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
#EarthDay2026: Wir haben es in der Hand, unseren Planeten zu gestalten! Ihr habt Interesse an neuesten Forschungsergebnisse & Lösungen für einen lebenswerten Planeten von @helmholtz.de? Dann schaut ins online Programm der Earth Week vom AK Forum Nachhaltigkeit! ▶️ t1p.de/vp7pm #OurPowerOurPlanet
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Earth Week
Earth Week
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Melanie I Stefan @melanieistefan.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
So, OpenAI, whose entire business model relies on some overhyped dudebros using vast amounts of stolen data and stolen labour, is releasing a specialised GPT for the life sciences. And naming it, apparently without any sense of irony or self-awareness. Rosalind.
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Deutsche Umwelthilfe @umwelthilfe.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Bezahlbarer ÖPNV statt Tankrabatt – 29-Euro-Ticket jetzt! EU-Kommission empfiehlt günstigere Tickets, um sofort Sprit zu sparen. Tankrabatte dagegen verschärfen die Krise. Bei geringerem Preis nutzen mehr Menschen den ÖPNV und lassen dafür das Auto stehen. mitmachen.duh.de/deutschlandt...
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Petition: 29-Euro-Ticket statt Verbrenner-Subventionen!
Setz dich mit uns für ein günstigeres Deutschlandticket ein. Jetzt Petition unterschreiben!
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ranimo.bsky.social @ranimo.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
⭐️PhD Cognitive/Computational Psychology ⭐️ Use Reinforcement Learning + computational modelling to study how we form beliefs in the face of unreliable information (with me +Tali Sharot). Full funding for those eligible for UK home fees. Deadline 18/5. Please share! @queenmarycbb.bsky.social
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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 04/04/2026
Weekend reads: Half of social science ‘doesn’t replicate’; ‘Scientific ghosts: Life after retraction’; multisensory learning paper retracted
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Weekend reads: Half of social science ‘doesn’t replicate’; ‘Scientific ghosts: Life after retraction’; multisensory learning paper retracted
If your week flew by — we know ours did — catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch featured: A citation alert led researchers to a network of fake articles. But w…
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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
So you're telling me Claude functions by screaming at itself "WRITE GOOD CODE NO BUGS SECURE VERY STABLE", mashes compile button, reads back the error and yells ONLY GOOD CODE NO BUGS at itself again while crying and copying random things from Stack Overflow until it compiles? it just like me fr fr
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Helmholtz Institute Würzburg @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
In March, we had the pleasure of welcoming the Universitätsbund to HIRI for one of their board meetings. In addition to their own agenda, our guests received a brief introduction to the institute & joined a tour of our construction site.🧬👷 Thanks for visiting! 👉 www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/newsroom/...
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First-hand insights into cutting-edge RNA research
The board of the Universitätsbund met at the Helmholtz Institute Würzburg
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bioRxiv Bioinfo @biorxiv-bioinfo.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
stMCP: Spatial Transcriptomics with a Model Context Protocol Server www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Matthias Flotho @mflot.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
ggdiceplot 1.2.0 is now on CRAN. It fixes the 1.1.0 bug where no pips were rendered. Lesson learned: we need better visual testing. Any recommendations for checking, in an automated way, that plots not only compile but also render as expected in R? github.com/maflot/ggdic... #CRAN #Datavis #testthat
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GitHub - maflot/ggdiceplot: R package for visualising high-dimensional categorical data. Fully ggplot compatible implementation for the diceplot plotting library
R package for visualising high-dimensional categorical data. Fully ggplot compatible implementation for the diceplot plotting library - maflot/ggdiceplot
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PharmaScienceHub @pharmascihub.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🔬 PSH Core Facility Tech Talks Recap: High-Resolution Microscopy Core Facility Last week, we got an in-depth look at imaging techniques, access procedures & a Pretubulysin research project. More TechTalks to follow! 👉 psh.digital/xwgcl Photo: PSH
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Matthias Flotho @mflot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Built a small open-source template to manage multiple SSH nodes with tmux, track Claude Code/Codex sessions, and keep context in sync. Hope this helps someone else building across multiple machines. github.com/maflot/multi... #opensource #ssh #tmux #claudecode #codex
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GitHub - maflot/multi-clone-code: Easy setup for a multi claude code session across working nodes
Easy setup for a multi claude code session across working nodes - maflot/multi-clone-code
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Helmholtz Institute Würzburg @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Applications close today. ⌛👇
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Joseph Guhlin @josephguhlin.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Coconuts
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Matthias Flotho @mflot.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
ggdiceplot v1.1.0 is now on CRAN 🎲 New pip_scale controls pip size: less white space, clearer plots, adjustable layout. github.com/maflot/ggdic... cran.r-project.org/web/packages... #CRAN #Datavis #diceplot
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GitHub - maflot/ggdiceplot: R package for visualising high-dimensional categorical data. Fully ggplot compatible implementation for the diceplot plotting library
R package for visualising high-dimensional categorical data. Fully ggplot compatible implementation for the diceplot plotting library - maflot/ggdiceplot
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Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration @helmholtzhmc.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Don’t miss our next #HMC Open Office Hour! Talk directly to metadata experts and get tailored advice. Participation is free and open to everyone. 📅 When: 19/03/2026 🔗 Registration: helmholtz-metadaten.de/events/hmc-o... We look forward to welcoming you! #HMC_OpenOffice @helmholtz.de @kit.edu
Don’t miss our next #HMC Open Office Hour! 

Talk directly to metadata experts and get tailored advice. Participation is free and open to everyone.
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Stegle Lab @steglelab.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
We’re excited to announce the 2nd edition of the Health Privacy Challenge. 🍅🫐 What started last year as a CAMDA community challenge has grown into a benchmarking study of generative models for biologically useful and privacy-preserving synthetic omics, focusing on trade-offs across evaluation axes.👇
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de.NBI & ELIXIR Germany @denbi.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
🧬 5th BioHackathon Germany – Save the Date! 📍 Göttingen | 📅 Dec 7–11, 2026 Mark your calendars! We’re bringing together life scientists, bioinformaticians, and data stewards for an intense week of hacking. 💻✨ 🚀 Mid-April: Project applications open 🔗 www.denbi.de/de-nbi-event... #BioHackathon
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Matthias Stahl @higsch.com · 09/03/2026
You might have noted that we visualize constituencies and their winners as cartogram. We do this with a similar technique that @driven-by-data.net has already used last year. The method is based on centroids, Delaunay tessellation and a force directed graph layout.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 17/02/2026
In a competitive field like academia, everyone feels like a fraud sometimes, whether it’s a scathing peer review, a bad comment from a student, or being shooed away by campus security when you get caught eating apple cores and chicken bones out of the dining hall dumpster at 3 a.m.
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How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome in Academia When You’re Six Raccoons Living in a Fjällräven Parka
Imposter syndrome is real. In a competitive field like academia, everybody feels like a fraud sometimes, whether it’s a scathing peer review, a nas...
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scverse @scverse.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
We will have our next community meeting on Tue, Feb 17, 2026, 11AM CST/ 9AM PST ! Kexin Huang, will be presenting on Biomni: a general-purpose biomedical agent. Details in 🧵
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 10/02/2026
Giving science a boost. ⚡🔬 We're partnering with @anthropic.com to design and deploy custom AI agents that will help scientists turn big data into scientific discoveries faster. 🔗 alleninstitute.org/news/partnering-… 🧠📈
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Partnering with Anthropic to supercharge research and help cure disease
From months to hours, autonomous AI agents will accelerate research in the quest for cures.
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albi-uds.bsky.social @albi-uds.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
At the start of January, Johanna, @rorak.bsky.social and Sven traveled to Vancouver where Johanna presented our paper "Smaller and More Flexible Cuckoo Filters"(epubs.siam.org/doi/abs/10.1...) at the ALENEX 2026. (1/4)
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Jens Hör @jenshoer.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Great opportunity to join the lab of @patrick-pausch.bsky.social ! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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PhD advertisement - Pausch lab | Patrick Pausch | 15 comments
Please share! 📤 The Pausch lab at Vilniaus universitetas / Vilnius University is looking to recruit PhD students to work on: ⚔️ 🛡️: Bacterial Immune Systems (CRISPR, retrons, & beyond) 🧬 ✂️: De...
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