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Sheila I. Jensen

@sheilaijensen.bsky.social
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Group leader for the Sustainable Microbial Applications group at DTU Biosustain. Sustainability, Synthetic biology, Biotechnology, Metabolic engineering, bacteria, Synbio

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We make molecules! @wemakemolecules.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Fungal natural products Heterologous production: fast, easy, cheap. Introducing BLACK YEASTS 🍄 Fast to engineer, capable of expressing complex fungal biosynthetic pathways, and ready to accelerate natural product discovery. Check the paper 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SyntheticBiology #fung
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Black yeasts are efficient heterologous hosts for the production of a wide range of fungal polyketides - Nature Chemical Biology
Here, the authors establish and validate two black yeasts as heterologous hosts for fungal polyketide discovery and production, combining the metabolic robustness of filamentous Aspergillus species wi...
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Sheila I. Jensen @sheilaijensen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I have several open Postdoc and Research assistant positions at BRIGHT, Technical University of Denmark. Looking for candidates with a background in Biotechnology, Biology or a similar field. Links to positions below. Please share.
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Sheila I. Jensen @sheilaijensen.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Today we celebrated the official launch of BRIGHT, a research program funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation at DTU. Many had to join online due to the snow, but luckily our Minister for Higher Education and Science, @christinaegelund.bsky.social was able to join along with many others 💚
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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 22/01/2026
NEW: In a world first, researchers from @oxengsci.bsky.social have engineered quantum behaviour inside proteins. The breakthrough could lead to new medical technologies, including tracking genes and molecules inside living cells. Find out more ⬇️
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Oxford team engineer quantum-enabled proteins, opening a new frontier
In a world first, a research team led by the University of Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science has shown it is possible to engineer a quantum mechanical process inside proteins, opening the
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Remember this.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
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Sheila I. Jensen @sheilaijensen.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Great speech from Mark Carney today in Davos. Let's stand together and build a more just and sustainable World for the mutual benefit of us all 💚 Link to Full speech here. www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...
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Davos LIVE: Canadian PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum
YouTube video by Associated Press
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Alex Loy @loyteam.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Call is open!
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Sheila I. Jensen @sheilaijensen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Dear colleagues and #expatinDenmark This Saturday there are a number of peaceful demonstrations in Denmark for support of Greenland. In Copenhagen we meet at Rådhuspladsen at 12:00 and walk together to the American embassy. Hope to see many of you there ❤️ www.facebook.com/events/12052...
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Sheila I. Jensen @sheilaijensen.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
❤️∞🤍
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Sheila I. Jensen @sheilaijensen.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Dear international colleagues in Denmark. Remember that many of you can also vote in the upcoming election the 18th of November. I don't care what you vote, but please consider voting 💚
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Victor de Lorenzo (CNB, Madrid) @vdlorenzo.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
1/3 To those interested in microbial iron & metal transport: In 1992, the late JB Neilands (UCB), the pioneer in the study of Fe transport entrusted me with his collection of purified siderophores from a wide range of microbes—many of them unique chemical species that can no longer be reproduced
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ISME - International Society for Microbial Ecology @isme-microbes.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Bacteria in hot springs can move against fast water flow without flagella. Instead, they use pili like grappling hooks to crawl upstream, revealing a surprising survival strategy in extreme environments. isme-microbes.org/hot-spring-b... #microbes #bacterialmotility #extremophiles #hotsprings
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Nature @nature.com · 04/10/2025
Jane Goodall, known for her pioneering work with chimpanzees, has passed away aged 91 go.nature.com/46QHIZk
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Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science
Nature - The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.
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Orangutan Land Trust @orangutanlandtrust.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Jane Goodall, pioneering chimpanzee zoologist who revealed the animals’ links to humans, dies aged 91 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Jane Goodall, much-loved pioneering chimpanzee expert, dies aged 91
Award-winning primatologist who established world’s longest-running chimp study still lectured on conservation and climate even over age of 91
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Sheila I. Jensen @sheilaijensen.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
En "lille" overset detalje Ved ikke om jeg nogensinde vil kunne få et normaliseret forhold til de fleste Israelere igen (medmindre de går igennem deradikalisering), men det bliver da kun sværere, hvis ingen af dem der bla. har været med til at sulte folk ihjel bliver dømt for deres forbrydelser 💔🕊️
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Stephen Garrett @stephenrgarrett.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Really excited to share my first paper from the Whitney lab, alongside an amazing grad student, Polina. Here we identify a chaperone family required for the folding of a central domain of T7SS toxins, and solve the structure of the chaperone-toxin complex. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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A widespread family of molecular chaperones promotes the intracellular stability of type VIIb secretion system–exported toxins | PNAS
To survive in highly competitive environments, bacteria use specialized secretion systems to deliver antibacterial toxins into neighboring cells, t...
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Enrico Orsi @eorsi.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Please repost! Postdoc in adaptive laboratory evolution and C1 synthetic metabolism! Location: DTU Biosustain 🦠🧬🔬 Starting in 01/2026! Fell free to reach out if you have questions! efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Marine Mammal Research at Aarhus University, Ecoscience @marinemammalsau.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
New York Times article discusses @nature.com paper by our Rune Dietz, Christian Sonne, and others at @au.dk and the University of Copenhagen 🌐🐋🧪🌏 @newyorktimeshaiku.bsky.social @ucph.bsky.social #Science #Research #impact #Mercury #Arcticchange
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Study Shows Mercury Levels in Arctic Wildlife Could Rise for Centuries
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Pablo Ivan Nikel @pabnik.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
#Synthetic C1 #metabolism in #Pseudomonas putida enables strict formatotrophy and methylotrophy via the reductive glycine pathway—led by J. Turlin, M. G. Alván, @oscarpuiggene.bsky.social w/@stefanodonati.bsky.social & @sebwenk.bsky.social @mbio.bsky.social #SynBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Synthetic C1 metabolism in Pseudomonas putida enables strict formatotrophy and methylotrophy via the reductive glycine pathway | mBio
Soluble C1 feedstocks, such as formate and methanol, have gained attention as sustainable substrates for biotechnology, with the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on sugar-based resources. Despite their promise, the metabolic ...
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Sheila I. Jensen @sheilaijensen.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
1/3 Today is #worldorangutanday so here some pictures of these magnificent great apes from when we visited Borneo/Kalimantan in 2018. Orangutan means 'people of the forest' (orang=person; hutan=forest), and this critically endangered species is one of humans closest relatives.
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Stefano Donati @stefanodonati.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
1/ 🚨 New preprint! We've developed a robust IDMS-based LC-MS/MS workflow for high-throughput intracellular metabolomics in diverse bacteria. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #Metabolomics #MassSpec #SystemsBiology
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A Robust Isotope Ratio LC-MS/MS Workflow for High-Throughput Metabolic Profiling of Bacteria
Stable isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS) has become a cornerstone of quantitative metabolomics, enabling accurate intracellular metabolite quantification across a range of biological systems. ...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/05/2025
Harvard today, your institution tomorrow. It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America. All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.
The Trump administration on Thursday halted Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, taking aim at a crucial funding source for the nation’s oldest and wealthiest college in a major escalation in the administration’s efforts to pressure the elite school to fall in line with the president’s agenda.
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Tom Ellis @proftomellis.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Save the date - this is going to be a great conference!
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Ryo Harada @ryoharada.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
New paper out! We discovered a tiny archaeon with the smallest known archaeal genome — only 238 kbp! Candidatus Sukunaarchaeum mirabile has almost no recognizable metabolic pathways and may rely heavily on a host to survive. It also represents a novel, deep-branching lineage in the archaeal tree.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 27/04/2025
As the Trump administration destroys science in the United States, keep an eye on what is happening in Serbia.
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Kai Blin @kblin.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I'm a bit miffed that I only got the email about this half an hour ago, but at long last, our antiSMASH 8 paper is out.
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Sheila I. Jensen @sheilaijensen.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Dear Synbio community. We are looking for books, YouTube channels, websites etc that is targeted for layman audiences to provide explanations for what we do. If you know of any such resources could you please provide it in this thread? Maybe we can all use links to such resources for our students🧪
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Sheila I. Jensen @sheilaijensen.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Dear Synbio community. We are looking for books, YouTube channels, websites etc that is targeted for layman audiences to provide explanations for what we do. If you know of any such resources could you please provide it in this thread? Maybe we can all use links to such resources for our students🧪
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Lindsay Lindhult, PhD | Science Illustrator & Arthropod Artist @lindzeamays.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
#invertefest Please enjoy some art that will be featured in an upcoming exhibition at a local wildlife refuge. My first since leaving research behind to pursue my arthropod art dreams... in a crashing economy and increasingly authoritarian regime, wee! 😅 LindZeamays.com/printshop 🎨🐡🌱🪳🪲
Watercolor painting of an Ambush bug on a yellow aster flower.Watercolor and gouache painting of a yellow mantis religiosa covered with dew dropsAcrylic painting of a bold jumping spider on a leaf.Watercolor painting of a Dance fly on bark and lichens.
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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 24/04/2025
Cas9 shows trans-cleavage activity and can be used for DNA and RNA detection go.nature.com/3UZYUpx rdcu.be/ei3mB
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Trans-nuclease activity of Cas9 activated by DNA or RNA target binding - Nature Biotechnology
Cas9 shows trans-cleavage activity and can be used for DNA and RNA detection.
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Ruben Vazquez Uribe @ruvaur.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Interested in CRISPR and gene editing? ✂️ 🧬 Join us for the upcoming course designed for PhD students, postdocs, and industry professionals eager to deepen their understanding of #CRISPR technologies and their applications in gene editing. Sign up here 👇🏽: training.vib.be/all-training...
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CRISPR in action: practice and theory of genome engineering
This intensive 5-day course provides a comprehensive introduction to CRISPR, covering both theoretical foundations and wet-lab experimental techniques. At the same time, you will have the unique oppor...
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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Mathematician and aerospace engineer Mary Jackson was born #OTD in 1921. Jackson worked at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics until it was succeeded by NASA in 1958. She then became the first black woman to work as a NASA engineer. 🧪 🚀 👩🏾‍🔬 www.nasa.gov/history/mary...
Black and white photo of Mary Jackson standing in front of banks of computers and machinery. She is holding a pen or pencil in her right hand, and pieces of paper in her left hand. She wears a light colored jacket, dark pants, a dark sweater, a blouse with polka dots, and glasses.
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Sheila I. Jensen @sheilaijensen.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
1/2 New paper by our PhD student Sompot Antimanon, where he uses Pseudomonas putida as a biocatalyst for cinnamic acid production in a process that increase water use efficiency. Sompot reached a TRY of T=143 g/L, R= 2.25 g/L/h, and Y 1.50 g/g glc after 8 recycles. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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High-efficiency water use and process performance for bioproduction of trans-cinnamic acid - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - High-efficiency water use and process performance for bioproduction of trans-cinnamic acid
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Encouraging news I would've missed if it weren't for Liz's weekly update: "The Rutgers University Senate passed a resolution proposing a Mutual Defense Compact in which members of the Big Ten conference will pool funding and legal, policy, and communications capacity and expertise." More of this!
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Jonathan Jacobs @bioinformer.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Anyone from NCBI laid off today? I know that about 1300 people across NIH got fired - not sure how this may have affected the NCBI staff.
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Sheila I. Jensen @sheilaijensen.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
It's ok to work late with this kind of view 💕
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Michael Bang Petersen @m-b-petersen.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
US researchers, help me out: More and more of my European colleagues are in the proces of cancelling visits to your institutions. For reasons of both politics and safety. What is your sense? How do Europe best support you?
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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Recovery of fluoride from PFAS - ‘forever chemicals’ - could lead to circular economy for fluorine 🧪 @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Phosphate-enabled mechanochemical PFAS destruction for fluoride reuse - Nature
This study highlights a protocol that converts various perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), including fluoroplastics, into valuable fluorochemicals through a solvent-free mechan...
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Christopher Whitford @chriiswh.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Interested in engineering streptomycetes? Struggling with existing genome engineering tools? Then check out our newest paper on CASCADE-Cas3 based genome engineering in streptomycetes! Some highlights below:
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CASCADE-Cas3 enables highly efficient genome engineering in Streptomyces species
Abstract. Type I clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) systems are widespread in bacteria and archaea. Compared to more widely
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Center for Electromicrobiology @cemau.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Link to abstract submission: conferences.au.dk/electromicro...
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Abstracts and registration - EM 25 Conference - Aarhus University
No submission fee. It is a prerequisite that you actively contribute to the program by presenting your work as either a poster or an oral presentation
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Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Michael Kopke at LanzaTech is giving an award talk. Congrats! @lanzatech.bsky.social
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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Seen at #StandUpForScience2025 Sacramento
Protester holding sign "Elon musk mouth pipettes"
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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
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Science Magazine @science.org · 07/03/2025
Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4
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Thousands gather across U.S. in Stand Up for Science events
Scientists rally across the country in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration
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Nature @nature.com · 07/03/2025
The mood was defiant at many of the rallies, where chants of “Scientists will not be silenced”, “Facts over fear” and “What do we want? Peer review! When do we want it? Now!” were heard. go.nature.com/3F8T6FX
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‘Scientists will not be silenced’: thousands protest Trump research cuts
Researchers at Stand Up for Science rallies voice defiance against the policies of US President Donald Trump’s administration.
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Lucas C Parra @parralab.org · 07/03/2025
Large crowd in New York City at Stand Up for Science.
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Today at the “Stand up for Science” demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial.
A crowd of people demonstrating outside in front of the Lincoln Memorial on a clear, sunny day. Some of the signs read “Science over Stupidity,” “Science Makes America Great,” and “Team Public Health, Not Team Measles.”
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joe vallino ∫🦠dxdt ≻∫🔥dxdt @mepjoe.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Good turnout for the Stand Up for Science March in Woods Hole, MA. While a small town on Cape Code, Woods Hole hosts 6 premier science institutions that include @mblscience.bsky.social, @whoi.edu, @noaa.gov fisheries, @woodwellclimate.bsky.social, USGS, and @sea1971.bsky.social #standupforscience
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Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
My Bluesky debut today with my 1st posting! Thank Victor et al. for your kind invitation & hospitality. My 4-week international trip ends today with great memories. The start was meeting with you & giving a seminar! From Feb 3 to Mar 3, I met great people in Spain, Portugal & New Zealand. @jcvi.org
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