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Alex Tong @alextong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy to share I've been named a 2026 #AI2050 Early Career Fellow by @SchmidtSciences. I’ll investigate generative models for molecules as part of a global cohort working to ensure AI benefits society by 2050.

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Historically low interest rates post-2008 were anomalous, this is back to normal

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Oxford has a strict dress code for certain occasions, which one can follow by the letter but still look weird. I once came for a viva wearing white tie, gown, and riding boots that formally satisfy the sub fusc requirement.

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I am glad that you followed the recommendation 😀

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Adrian Dobbelstein @adobbelstein.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Happy to share our preprint: "A Unified 3D Generative Model for Synthesizable Structure-Based Drug Design". Highlights, preprint, and code below: 🧵1/10

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AITHYRA Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences @aithyra.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“I’m an ML researcher, but I don’t know biology.” “I’m a life scientist or chemist, but I don’t code.” At #AITHYRA neither is a barrier. In fact, bringing different perspectives together is exactly what we value most. PhD Call in AI for Biomedicine: phd.aithyra.at #PhDProgram #AI #LifeSciences

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

High street aggression strikes again with new pearls of wisdom

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Back in Vienna, Paripa stands as a subtle reminder: the most refined virtues, whether in horsemanship or in science, are not always about raw speed and power, but about balance, endurance, and the elegance of the journey. 🐎✨

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

To feel true medieval luxury today, look across the Atlantic to ancient Iberian bloodlines. During @iclr-conf.bsky.social in Rio de Janeiro, I hopped onto the bare back of a Mangalarga Marchador. Its signature marcha feels less like riding a horse and more like gliding on a cloud.

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Nowadays, ambling horses are vanishingly rare in Europe. When paved roads and carriages took over travel, and the 18th-century craze for Thoroughbred racing gripped the continent, breeders optimized relentlessly for the gallop, phasing the amble out of European stables.

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The statue of Lady Godiva in Coventry depicts her famous nude ride while seated completely sideways and bareback atop her palfrey. Anyone who has ridden a horse knows: good luck trying that at a trot without unceremoniously tumbling onto the cobblestones within three strides.

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Unlike massive warhorses (destriers) that trotted into battle carrying armour-clad knights, the palfrey was bred for gentle dignity. It moved with a natural amble—a smooth four-beat lateral gait. In Chaucer’s day, travelling scholars could ride it for hours while reading a book.

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A similar twist of history birthed the medieval palfrey. Tracing back to Late Latin paraveredus (same Greek παρά + Gaulish veredus, "courier horse"), a mundane reserve horse for postal byways evolved into one of the most coveted, high-status luxury mounts of the Middle Ages.

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Paripa descends from the Ancient Greek παρά + ἵππος (“side horse”), an auxiliary mount tethered alongside a more valuable prime warhorse. Over centuries of linguistic migration through Pannonia, this humble spare became an emblem of nobility.

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Those who have been in the @aithyra.bsky.social conference room in Vienna have met our pony-sized wooden horse Paripa. In Hungarian🇭🇺, "paripa" means a noble steed, the kind of mount fit for heroic folklore. Yet its lineage tells a humbler tale. 🧵👇

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

A good morning for playing “the stupidest, most obnoxious sport known to humanity” according to @theguardian.com (after having committed a “heavy act of high-street aggression,” that is, buying a coffee at Gail’s, ibid)

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Noli ̶e̶q̶u̶i̶ cervi donati inspicere dentes

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

That’s apparently “activism and advocacy for social equity” or something of this sort, make no mistake. Honi soit qui mal y pense.

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

If you believe so, you are more than welcome to present your arguments in court.

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AITHYRA Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences @aithyra.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We are pleased to announce that STUDIO DUMBAR/DEPT® our Aithyra design partner, has won 2 prestigious ADC Awards for creating the corporate identity of Aithyra. Congratulations! We are happy with our logo, motion & sound design. www.oneclub.org/awards/adcaw... #adcawards #StudioDumbar #Aithyra

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AITHYRA Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences @aithyra.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The #AITHYRA Scientific Recess 2026 brought together researchers and trainees across disciplines and scientific support staff for a 2-day retreat dedicated to strengthening collaboration at the intersection of AI and LS. Thank you to all participants for lively & fruitful discussions. #SciRecess2026

AITHYRA team at Scientific Recess 2026, Lengbachhof, Altlengbach (c) Franzi Kreis.

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I am a reasonably good rider and I usually wear a helmet, so your wishes are unlikely to materialize, but thank you anyway.

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

That’s not how a reasonable everyday person would interpret “go after them” in this context, not at all.

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

You are welcome to take legal action.

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Students that attend a talk. Apparently it’s ok to “go after them”, whatever this euphemism means?

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I am very sympathetic with trans people. I however believe in civilized forms of expressing opinions that do not involve threatening violence against those who disagree.

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I indeed don’t know what sort of lawyer you are, otherwise you would probably know that a call to record participants and “go after them” may be construed as encouraging violence or harassment, both potentially criminal offenses. The “free speech part” needs no comment, nor the “corporate overlords”

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

That’s because you set out with expletives, which you deleted.

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

You are advocating for harassing people for the mere reason of attending a lecture. Not only that it reminds dark pages of far-right and far-left tyrannies, it blatantly contradicts every principle of academic pursuit and of this university.

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I hope you are not one of our students. Shame on us. Now off you trot.

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Proscription lists, in the best tradition of the hongweibing.

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CompSciOxford @compscioxford.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Recruiting: We're hiring Researcher Associates in Geometric ML to develop their own research programmes relevant to the activity of research group, reporting to Prof Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social. Details & applications: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... #Recruiting @aithyra.bsky.social

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CompSciOxford @compscioxford.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

DPhil student Emily Jin has co-authored OXtal, a generative model that predicts molecular crystal structures in seconds from a 2D graph - a major advance on brute-force methods. The team will present at ICLR 2026 in Brazil on 24 April. Read more: www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2519-fu...

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Marta Skreta @martaowesyou.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

What if AI could invent enzymes that nature hasn’t seen? 👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬 Introducing 🪩 DISCO: Diffusion for Sequence-structure CO-design 📝 Blog: disco-design.github.io 📄 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2604.05181 💻 Code: github.com/DISCO-design...

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Alex Tong @alextong.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Such an incredible journey building DISCO 🪩. Love working with this team. DISCO is a co-design model with functional, de novo, new-to-nature enzymes. Huge shoutout to my co-authors for making this a reality! 🚀👇

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

“It’s a waste of energy and there is nothing there”. Sounds like a very apt description of the newspaper where she writes.

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AITHYRA Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences @aithyra.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

We are honored to announce that the following distinguished and renowned scientists have accepted to serve on the Scientific Advisory Board of #AITHYRA. The presence, attention, strategic advice of the SAB will provide additional motivation to set & reach ambitious goals! aithyra.at/research/ait...

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AITHYRA Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences @aithyra.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

AITHYRA is recruiting a LIFE SCIENCE PI We are interested in research questions related to one of our four core disease areas: cancer research, immunological disorders, infectious diseases, neurodevelopment disorders. Job Ad: aithyra.at/fileadmin/do... Apply by 30.4.2026 #StartingPI #LS #AITHYRA

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AITHYRA Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences @aithyra.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

AITHYRA is recruiting an AI/ML STARTING PI Generative Models, Large Language Models, Agentic AI, Active & Reinforcement Learning, AI-driven Scientific Discovery & Lab Automation, ML-driven molecular simulations... Job Ad: aithyra.at/fileadmin/do... Apply by 30.4.2026 #StartingPI #AI/ML #AITHYRA

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Alex Tong @alextong.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

6 Papers (2 Oral 4 poster) at #ICLR from my group amoung the many more from #AITHYRA. See you in Rio!

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AITHYRA Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences @aithyra.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

AITHYRA at #ICLR: 20 Papers, Including 3 Orals (top 1.2%) #AITHYRA has a strong presence at the upcoming International Conf on Learning Representations (ICLR) taking place in Apr in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Congrats to all our team members and collaborators! More info: aithyra.at/news/detail/...

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Kieran Didi @kdidi.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

📢 We’re launching Proteina-Complexa — and after the Jensen keynote mention, we definitely had to post this thread now ;) Atomistic binder design with generative pretraining + test-time compute, plus large-scale wet-lab validation. Project page: research.nvidia.com/labs/genair/... 🧵 1/n

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Children’s author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler are this year’s recipients of the Bodley Medal, the highest honour awarded by the Bodleian Libraries. Previous winners of the Bodley Medal include Hilary Mantel, Kazuo Ishiguro and Zadie Smith.

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EMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · 16/03/2026

You asked, we listened. Millions of AI-predicted protein complex structures are now available in the #AlphaFold Database. This spans homodimers from 20 of the most studied species, including humans, as well as the World Health Organization’s priority pathogens list. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Then, the lexical choices (a caffe committing “high-street aggression” with all their arsenal of homicidal rolls and assault buns would be comical in a different context) just shows how completely cuckoo are the Guardian comrades and their defenders.

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Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

When in 2011 Putin introduced a ban on EU food import, there was still a necessity to justify it to the population—which Russian propaganda attempted to do with terms like “killer cucumbers”. The lexicon of the abominable Guardian piece is similar.

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