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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 04/03/2025

It was researchers, predominantly working in public sector universities & laboratories, who developed many of the ideas & techniques that are now being used on a massive scale by the big tech companies. Maria Leptin's (@marialep.bsky.social) speech @europarl.europa.eu erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

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ERC President’s speech to the European Parliament's ITRE Committee

ERC President Professor Maria Leptin' gave a speech as part of an exchange of views with the European Parliament's ITRE Committee, Brussels.

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Brent Richards @brent-richards.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I see lots of patients with obesity who develop heart attacks. Often they have normal cholesterol, blood pressure and glucose levels are normal. So why do they get heart attacks? We identified endotrophin as a mechanism whereby obesity causes heart disease. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Integrative proteogenomic analysis identifies COL6A3-derived endotrophin as a mediator of the effect of obesity on coronary artery disease - Nature Genetics

Two-step Mendelian randomization, combined with multiple layers of omics evidence, implicates COL6A3-derived endotrophin as a mediator of coronary artery disease risk in the context of obesity.

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Jochen Schwenk @jochwenk.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Here's our latest work on proteome profiling of self-sampled dried blood spots to gain insights into the heterogeneity of the immune response against infections and vaccinations. We enrolled random citizens by postal mail to learn more about the molecular effects beyond those seeking medical care.

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