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Rein Aasland

@reinoslo.bsky.social
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Molecular biologist, professor, University of Oslo. Chromosomes, TADs, gene regulation, enhancers, epigenetics, proteins, protein domains, evolution, bioinformatics, ELIXIR, molecular anthropology, history, science education, science in the kitchen

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Norway has been an interesting case study in how far lab leak conspiracy theories can spread in the media because of just a few commentators - who are so far over their skis that they'd make Holmenkollbakken jumpy - dominating the discourse. It won't last. www.journalisten.no/nar-mainstre...
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Når mainstream media fremmer konspirasjons­teorier
Jeg har lenge irritert meg over hvordan den såkalte lab leak-teorien er blitt presentert i norske medier. Teorien dreier seg om at covidpandemien stammer fra et virus som lekket fra et laboratorium i ...
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Rein Aasland @reinoslo.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
@drsagvolden.bsky.social skriver [in Norwegian] om et meget viktig tema om pressens og journalistenes ansvar for å bidra med grundighet og til redelighet i vitenskapsjoirnalistikken;- her anvendt på temaet om SARS CoV-2-virusets opphav. www.journalisten.no/sviktende-vi...
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Sviktende vitenskaps­journalistikk
Det handler ikke om å kneble kontroversielle teorier, men journalistisk ansvar og vitenskapelig redelighet.
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Rein Aasland @reinoslo.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
WHO’s SAGO report on the origin of the SARS CoV-2 virus. They conclude that a zoonotic origin of COVID-19 is best supported by available data. Thanks to Alex Crits-Christoph for sharing his review (a thread of 40+ posts)!
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Rein Aasland @reinoslo.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Past and current Nobel Prize winners at AI for Science Forum organised by Google Deep Mind and The Royal Society. Hassabis says: “I’m not sure biology can be explained like the laws of physics [...]; I think it is a lot messier. I think a simulation would be more appropriate” youtu.be/nQKmVhLIGcs
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AI for Science with Sir Paul Nurse, Demis Hassabis, Jennifer Doudna, and John Jumper
YouTube video by Google DeepMind
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Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo @biovitenskap.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
We are celebrating the interdisciplinary, student-led iGEM team from @biovitenskap.bsky.social and the University of Oslo, who won a gold medal in the international iGEM competition in Paris for their innovative health monitoring project, #DetectiMOL Friday Nov. 22, at 11:15 AM, The Science Library
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Celebration of iGEM's gold medal - University of Oslo Library
UiO's team won a gold medal in the international molecular biology competition, iGEM! The Science Library invites you to a celebration with cake, where this year's team will present their project Dete...
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Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
We are hiring Group Leaders! One month left to apply ⏳ Join us in beautiful Bergen for a chance to lead exciting science in a supportive environment! 🌊 🔗 tinyurl.com/4bwn8u3n
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Group Leader Positions (Researcher I, code 1110) (270380) | University of Bergen
Job title: Group Leader Positions (Researcher I, code 1110) (270380), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, December 15, 2024
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