Reposted by Adam ObrItai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 24/06/2026🔥 Published today, and just in time for summer conferences, here are your guidelines for presenting badly www.nature.com/articles/s41... rdcu.be/fqa92 13533199
Reposted by Adam ObrReese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026TL;DR: We've identified more than 100 cases of apparent manipulation in Thermo Fisher Scientific's antibody verification data. @sholtodavid.bsky.social @johanduchene.bsky.social reeserichardson.blog/2026/05/28/h...reeserichardson.blogHow much of Thermo Fisher’s antibody data has been manipulated?We’ve documented more than 100 instances of apparent data manipulation in Thermo’s catalog 23591312
Reposted by Adam Obrčasopis Vesmír @vesmir.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Kdo občas zabrousí na internetové stránky věnující se sportu či doplňkům stravy, asi jej neminula kreatinová mánie. Objevují se ale i kritické hlasy, které – někdy oprávněně – posedlost kreatinem brzdí. Co o něm víme a co by nás mělo zajímat? @obradam.bsky.social: vesmir.cz/cz/on-line-c...vesmir.czProč všichni řeší kreatinKreatin zvyšuje svalový objem a výkon. Proto se stal – především ve formě kreatinmonohydrátu – zasloužilým členem seznamů doplňků stravy pro sportovce. Tato látka má nejspíš budoucnost i v neurologii ... 041
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 23/09/2025It has an upside. From now on, we can continue to safely vaccinate our children. 393
Reposted by Adam ObrWaggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Pediatric T cell and B cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection @jci-insight.bsky.social @profshanecrotty.bsky.social insight.jci.org/articles/vie... 153
Reposted by Adam ObrEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 04/09/2025New @science.org A peptide released from white blood cells, directed against bacteria, can also poke holes in the membrane of heart muscle cells and induce a lethal arrhythmia (ventricular tachycardia). In the mouse model. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgResistin-like molecule γ attacks cardiomyocyte membranes and promotes ventricular tachycardiaVentricular tachycardia disrupts the heart’s coordinated pump function, leading to sudden cardiac death. Neutrophils, which are recruited in high numbers to the ischemic myocardium, promote these arrh... 213320
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 03/09/2025A friendly reminder: If a so-called nutritional expert talks in a way that you can substitute the word "hormones" with "chakras" without a change in meaning of their claim, you are pretty safe to assume they do not know their physiology. 030
Reposted by Adam ObrTara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 28/08/2025🧵 I know it's ridiculous, but when he's talking mitochondrial challenges & inflammation, he's again referring to his idea of vaccine-induced autism. Let me explain. 19811319
Reposted by Adam ObrDr Karen Pinder 🇨🇦 🔬 @drkarenpinder.bsky.social · 29/08/2025This is mitochondria under a scanning electron microscope. For no reason at all. 📷 credit: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 3535045
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Glad to help, and I hope I'll see them in action tomorrow 😛 000
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Buňky, geny, barvičky a vlasy v tenisáku. To všechno a ještě víc v první epizodě podcastu Jak funguje život. forendors.cz/jakfungujezi...forendors.czJak funguje život (@jakfungujezivot)Buněčný biolog Adam Obr a obyčejná holka Denisa Hrubešová. 🧠 Ona má blbý otázky, on má odpovědi. Společně řešíme, co se sakra děje v těle, když jíme, cvičíme nebo prostě jen žijeme. Na Discordu roze... 092
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 12/08/2025That's 105 kilos. Apparently, when I 1) sleep more than 5,5 h a night and 2) don't train at 7AM but in the afternoon, it's not THAT bad. Who would have said so, huh. 0100
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Zajímavej pocit přijít si takhle do Českého rozhlasu, koukat na všechna ta ocenění za Podcast roku, spálit si jazyk kafem z frenchpressu a pak se tvářit, že něco vím. Poslouchejte: youtu.be/iiEvCCJcYcs?...youtu.beVinohradská 12: Recept na dlouhověkost. Mají ho influenceři?YouTube video by Český rozhlas Radiožurnál 071
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 08/08/2025I know what you mean. If you are a PhD from a different field, you don't understand shit about what it's talking about, and if your PhD is from the same field, you realize it actually is shit and you gotta find out by yourself. 1231
Reposted by Adam ObrEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 15/07/2025"In this cohort study, the use of GLP-1RAs semaglutide and tirzepatide was associated with a lower risk of dementia, stroke, and all-cause mortality in adults with type 2 diabetes and obesity." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comNeurodegeneration and Stroke After GLP-1RAs in Diabetes and ObesityThis cohort study evaluates the association of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) semaglutide and tirzepatide with incidence of neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular diseases in pati... 213228
Reposted by Adam Obrčasopis Vesmír @vesmir.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Hlas Vesmíru tentokrát o (ne)umělých sladidlech! ⁉️Jsou umělá sladidla škodlivá? 🧑⚕️Stojí za vznikem metabolických a nádorových onemocnění? 📋Jak o nich získat ty nejvěrohodnější informace? O tom všem jsme si povídali s buněčným biologem @obradam.bsky.social 1102
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 30/06/2025I guess you can say I am sort of a celebrity now or smth. Vinohradská 12 Podcast coming soon. 0121
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Oh yes, the famous study from my country, from people known as hardcore "vaccine skeptics". What the study show is that you can actually publish anything as "scientific text", if you really want to. 0102
Reposted by Adam ObrChristie Wilcox @nerdychristie.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Does ChatGPT rot your brain? Well, maybe, but the preprint everyone has been talking about doesn't show that. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪 14812
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 25/06/20255) It is a conversation. Consider every talk a dialogue. Hell, consider every article you write a dialogue. Things will become far more engaging - for you, and for anyone who is interested. 0100
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 25/06/20254) Language. Nobody cares how do you call it in a lab. It's molecules. It's things and stuff. It's biochemical magic that usually does not have to be called names. 1100
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 25/06/20253) Explain. Then explain some more. The key word is "communication". How do you expect to communicate effectively with a human, of you talk about different things at the same time? 170
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 25/06/20252) You are there to teach them something. Not to show how much you know. Only a select few people have the ability to explain anything on the deepest level. Chances are you're not the select few. 1110
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Here are my 5 (not so standard) rules for communicating science to general public: 1) People are not stupid. They just don't have the knowledge. Yes, people can be clever and yet still be uninformed about cell biology. People also can know everything about cell biology and be completely dumb. 2357
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Vezměte člověka, co se patnáct let hrabe v nádorové biologii a zároveň má rád činky, a nechte ho napsat článek. www.wired.cz/clanky/treni...wired.cz 091
Reposted by Adam ObrDerek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 17/06/2025“What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?” Most drugs have several activities in the human body, and discovery of these effects goes on for years after they are on the market. 416231
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 17/06/2025To se vám bude líbit i tohle, myslím. www.wired.cz/clanky/kolik...wired.czKolik toho vydrží extraligový hokejista?Zatímco Sparta už má jasno a Kometa Brno nervy, nabízíme vám, divákům, jedinečnou příležitost nahlédnout pod pokličku toho, jak vlastně hokejisté fungují. 000
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Nesnáším běhání. Nesnáším běhání tak moc, že když jsem byl donucen napsat o něm článek, napsal jsem do něj, že nesnáším běhání. Jediné štěstí je, že i na něčem tak hnusném, jako je běh, lze najít nějakou tu biologickou zábavu. www.wired.cz/clanky/dale-...wired.czDále, déle, rychleji. Co s námi dělá vytrvalostní sport | WIREDRadost. Posílení zdraví. Anebo taky utrpení, které z důvodů známých jen nám dobrovolně podstupujeme. To všechno pro nás znamená vytrvalostní sport. 0182
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Not that I want to brag, but I managed to do it in an hour or so. It's all about the choice of the right (horse)power. 😁 020
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Let's just break the "scientist are boring nerds" paradigm once and for all. 040
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Are you saying that the second time I'm not in the vicinity, people don't behave? Oh, man, I must increase my home-office powers next time. 050
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 11/06/2025media.tenor.coma man with a beard is smiling and saying who would 've thoughtALT: a man with a beard is smiling and saying who would 've thought 110
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 11/06/2025media.tenor.coma teletubbies character is standing in a grassy field with his arms outstretchedALT: a teletubbies character is standing in a grassy field with his arms outstretched 030
Adam Obr @obradam.bsky.social · 11/06/2025This must be how a PI feels when one of his students just levels up. #TCTeAC 031