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Pedro T. Monteiro

@ptgmonteiro.bsky.social
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CS Professor at @istecnico.bksy.social - ULisbon Father of 3. Rider of MT-09. "I'm not protesting to change the world. I’m protesting to ensure the world doesn’t change me."

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Pedro T. Monteiro @ptgmonteiro.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The 24th conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology (CMSB 2026) will take place from 24 to 25 July 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal Submission dates approaching! arsr.inesc-id.pt/cmsb2026/ This year colocated with floc26.org
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CMSB 2026, July 24-25, Lisbon, PT
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Instituto Superior Técnico @istecnico.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Applications for master’s programmes (and integrated master’s programme) at Instituto Superior Técnico, for the 2026/27 academic year, will run from 9 to 20 March (1st Call). 🔗 More information: tinyurl.com/273255jc #tecnicostudent #TécnicoULisboa #ULisboa
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Progress!
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EMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · 17/02/2026
The AlphaFold Database, jointly developed with Google DeepMind, now contains datasets from specialist communities. This includes rich datasets for microbes, viruses & parasites associated with tropical diseases. Explore the new datasets in the AlphaFold Database. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/u...
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AlphaFold Database welcomes community datasets
Latest AlphaFold Database update adds high-value datasets for microbial and viral proteins, generated by specialist communities
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Jonasnuts @jonasnuts.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Bom…… está na hora de exigir visto para a entrada de americanos na Europa, dependendo do seu boletim de vacinas.
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Público @publico.pt · 18/01/2026
Mais de 450 académicos de todo o mundo candidataram-se a uma nova iniciativa da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian: ter tempo para dar largas ao pensamento. Em Abril serão anunciados os dez seleccionados.
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Lema do novo Instituto Gulbenkian de Estudos Avançados é total liberdade para pensar
Mais de 450 académicos de todo o mundo candidataram-se a uma nova iniciativa da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian: ter tempo para dar largas ao pensamento. Em Abril serão anunciados os dez seleccionados.
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Steven Salzberg @stevensalzberg.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
very sad news. Peer Bork was one of the leaders of our field, a wonderful scientist, and he's much too young to be gone. www.embl.org/news/embl-an...
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In remembrance of Peer Bork  | EMBL
EMBL and its community are deeply saddened by the death of Peer Bork, the organisation’s Interim Director General.
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Simon J. Greenhill @simongreenhill.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Scientific funding is a net negative: "European taxpayers will have spent more on the funding process than on the funding itself, and the scientific ecosystem has been drained" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding
With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.
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Pedro T. Monteiro @ptgmonteiro.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
End of the year and I checked once again if YTM or Spotify could finally properly manage podcasts. No, still the shuffly mess 🤦‍♂️ So, continuing with the best podcast app @antennapod.org on Android!
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Life is what happens when you’re busy trying to get your paper published
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Pedro T. Monteiro @ptgmonteiro.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Adoro nomes compostos :) Eu tenho uma Frida Kato ^-^
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Instituto Superior Técnico @istecnico.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Instituto Superior Técnico published a new Guide to the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence, which sets out guidelines for students, teachers and researchers, seeking to support the informed integration of AI into academic life. 🔗 Full article: tinyurl.com/5c4w327m #TécnicoLisboa #ULisboa
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Instituto Superior Técnico @istecnico.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
The Software Engineering Lab is designed to support various forms of study and work, offering areas for both individual focus and collaboration, addressing the increasing demand for flexibility and shared experiences in academic life. 🔗 Full article: tinyurl.com/yvj7ez9b #TécnicoLisboa #ULisboa
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Pedro T. Monteiro @ptgmonteiro.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Nopes, but i did found out that when calling is not enough, shutting down wifi is. Now, integrating the menace of no wifi works flawlessly :)
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Shyznogud @shyznogd.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Isto é inacreditável expresso.pt/sociedade/20...
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
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Pedro Beltrao @pedrobeltrao.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
new preprint: Ubiquitin is a protein modification linked with degradation but known to regulate other functions. Over 100k ubiquitination sites have been discovered and here we (@julianvangerwen.bsky.social + others) try to prioritize those most critical to the cell www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The functional landscape of the human ubiquitinome
Protein ubiquitination regulates cell biology through diverse avenues, from quality control-linked protein degradation to signaling functions such as modulating protein-protein interactions and enzyme...
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
How sugary drinks loaded with fructose and glucose may promote colon cancer metastatic potential www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Pedro T. Monteiro @ptgmonteiro.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
This 👇
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Barbara Marte @barbmarte.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
new out in Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Compression causes cancer cells to start spreading
The switch between proliferation and invasion is triggered by mechanical force.
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Pedro T. Monteiro @ptgmonteiro.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Sobre a redução do número de candidatos ao ensino superior (em 1a fase) www.publico.pt/2025/08/26/s...
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Uma má notícia para Portugal: o número de alunos nas universidades caiu este ano
Andreia Sanches é jornalista do PÚBLICO e acompanha há anos a educação em Portugal. A Andreia é a convidada deste episódio do seu podcast da manhã.
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Not just Canada: "In other words, if the United States were to issue a legal request to Microsoft for the data of a French citizen hosted in the EU, Microsoft would comply regardless of French or EU law."
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Pedro Carreira @pedrojdoc.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Quanto aos ovos estadunidenses vs europeus, é questão de combate à salmonela com duas táticas distintas, lá fazem lavagem especial aos ovos (q em contrapartida perdem película protetora, daí a necessidade de frio) e por cá vacinam as galinhas, sem perda da película e daí sem necessidade de frio.
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Why The U.S. Chills Its Eggs And Most Of The World Doesn't
In many countries, eggs aren't refrigerated and they're still considered safe to eat. But in the U.S., we have to chill them, because we've washed away the cuticle that protects them from bacteria.
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Pedro T. Monteiro @ptgmonteiro.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Want to compute immediate neighbours of monotone Boolean functions but got lost with the combinatorics? 🤯 Now you can github.com/ptgm/pyfunct... Our latest work (w/ JoseCury PatriciaRoxo @vmanquinho.bsky.social ClaudineChaouiya), to be presented at CMSB'25! doi.org/10.1007/978-...
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Computation of Immediate Neighbours of Monotone Boolean Functions
Boolean networks constitute relevant mathematical models to study the behaviours of genetic and signalling networks. These networks define regulatory influences between molecular nodes, each being ass...
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
When mRNA vaccines are wrongly attacked, this is one of many examples of what you're missing. A broad spectrum prevention strategy against viruses www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 16/08/2025
I’m old enough to remember when it was on pace to out-think humanity.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Sam Altman Says ChatGPT Is on Track to Out-Talk
Humanity
BY ZOË SCHIFFER AND WILL KNIGHT | 2-MINUTE READ
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The long and newly updated story of lithium and its potential role for helping to prevent Alzheimer's disease erictopol.substack.com/p/lithium-an...
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Pedro T. Monteiro @ptgmonteiro.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
The new normal www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
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Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
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Pedro T. Monteiro @ptgmonteiro.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Apple Intelligence arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/a...
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Apple brings OpenAI’s GPT-5 to iOS and macOS
It’s unclear exactly how GPT-5’s new approach to model-switching will work here.
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Pedro T. Monteiro @ptgmonteiro.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Venho só deixar isto aqui... jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/noticias/por...
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Portugal com maior queda do rendimento real das famílias na OCDE no 1.º trimestre
O rendimento real das famílias portuguesas recuou 4,5%, em cadeia, "principalmente devido ao aumento dos impostos a pagar, com o PIB real per capita também a contrair-se (-0,6%)", indica a OCDE, no de...
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Enquanto isto, Portugal se tornou o líder mundiai em contratos Spinumviva 'Com quase 4 mil quilômetros de vias em operação, a Espanha possui a rede ferroviária de alta velocidade mais extensa da Europa, e a segunda maior do mundo, atrás apenas da China, um país sete vezes maior.'
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Transporte de alta velocidade: como a Espanha se tornou um dos líderes mundiais nas viagens de trens rápidas - BBC News Brasil
Nas últimas décadas, a Espanha optou por um meio de transporte caracterizado pela eficiência, mas também pelo custo elevado. Será que valeu a pena o investimento?
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Pedro T. Monteiro @ptgmonteiro.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
"A solução não virá de mais abnegação, mas de uma reestruturação corajosa. Não precisamos de mais heróis para aguentar sistemas insustentáveis; precisamos de um sistema sustentável, para os profissionais que o operam e para os utentes que deveriam conseguir tratar." expresso.pt/opiniao/2025...
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A ministra da Saúde do “esforço adicional” e a pá
A solução não virá de mais abnegação, mas de uma reestruturação corajosa. Não precisamos de mais heróis para aguentar sistemas insustentáveis; precisamos de um sistema sustentável, para os profissiona...
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Pedro T. Monteiro @ptgmonteiro.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
'Confundir ciência e inovação põe em risco equilíbrios essenciais, como os que existem entre financiamento estruturante e competição ou entre liberdade académica e prioridades políticas e económicas' www.publico.pt/2025/08/02/c...
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FCT: a extinção que subordina a ciência e ameaça o bem comum
A arquitetura da política científica em Portugal é uma conquista histórica. Reformá-la exige clareza de princípios, visão estratégica e compromisso com o bem comum.
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Pedro T. Monteiro @ptgmonteiro.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
A generative artificial-intelligence tool has designed a synthetic CRISPR system that successfully edits human DNA www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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AI expands the repertoire of CRISPR-associated proteins for genome editing
A generative artificial-intelligence tool has designed a synthetic CRISPR system that successfully edits human DNA and sharply reduces off-target effects.
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Pedro T. Monteiro @ptgmonteiro.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
After podcasts (audio overview) now the Video overview! blog.google/technology/g...
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What’s new in NotebookLM: Video Overviews and an upgraded Studio
NotebookLM launches Video Overviews and upgrades to the Studio panel.
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Pedro T. Monteiro @ptgmonteiro.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Hoje a FCCN terminou o Zoom Pro webconference do Colibri. "É também o dia que começo a receber "You have been added as ... to ... in Microsoft Teams" 😢 como se não houvessem alternativas
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
'Comparative oncology has two main driving goals. The first is to offer a deeper and more integrative understanding of what cancer is. The second is to find novel treatments for patients, by drawing inspiration from natural cancer-resistance mechanisms that have evolved in diverse species.'
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Advancing cancer research via comparative oncology - Nature Reviews Cancer
Comparative oncology combines evolutionary biology, ecology, veterinary medicine and clinical oncology to better understand cancer, for example, by identifying the molecular and cellular mechanisms un...
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Pedro T. Monteiro @ptgmonteiro.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Can you afford to live in Lisbon? www.euronews.com/business/202... TL;DR: no!
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Rent vs net salary in Europe: The most and least affordable cities
Euronews Business takes a close look at net salaries and the rent for one-bedroom flats in European city centres to reveal the best and worst rent-to-salary ratios across Europe.
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Nature @nature.com · 21/07/2025
In families with several children of the same sex, the odds of having another baby of that sex are higher than of having one of the opposite sex go.nature.com/45caBj4
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Sex at birth is not always random — mum’s age and genetics can play a part
Families with three or more boys, for example, are more likely to have another boy than a girl as the next child.
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
When an assistant professor is not allowed to mentor students if they don't have another senior co-mentor
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Keith Fitzgerald @keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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João M Fernandes @jmmfernandes.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Isto é tudo o que Lisboa não precisa
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 25/06/2025
A few months ago, Nature published how-to guide for using ChatGPT to write your peer reviews in 30 minutes. This is, of course, a horrible idea. Here’s my response with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social .
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AI, peer review and the human activity of science
When researchers cede their scientific judgement to machines, we lose something important.
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Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Orwell’s 1984, but with LLMs
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
'The project, which has a US$900,000 grant from funder Open Philanthropy (...) to run for two years with a team of three to five people, aims specifically to root out flawed papers that have a serious impact on medical guidelines by skewing meta-analyses'
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Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’
Group behind Retraction Watch aims to pinpoint the most influential flawed health data.
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
'Whereas computer vision and language modelling rely on widely accepted ‘gold standard’ datasets, biomedicine often depends on proprietary data, institution-specific preprocessing, and heterogeneous evaluation criteria. As a result, performance claims risk being tethered to narrow context (...)'
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A benchmarking crisis in biomedical machine learning - Nature Medicine
A lack of standardized benchmarks is hindering progress and patient benefits
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/05/2025
Sebastião Salgado, a celebrated Brazilian photographer whose striking images of humanity and nature in the Amazon rainforest and beyond won him some of the world’s top honors and made him a household name, has died at 81.
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Sebastião Salgado, Acclaimed Brazilian Photographer, Is Dead at 81
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Marcio Frayze @segunda.tech · 23/05/2025
“A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing.” — Alan Perlis #elm #clojure
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Pedro T. Monteiro @ptgmonteiro.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
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Departamentos do Técnico abrem candidaturas para docentes e investigadores
Vários departamentos da Escola têm vagas para lugares de docência e investigação para o próximo ano letivo.
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