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Matin متین Mahmoudi

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PhD, avid pessimist, passionate ranter. Spending my time convincing people studying Herpes is cool and not ew 🤓👨🏽‍🔬 #roslininstitute

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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
When you buy tickets, you know who the lineup is. You know who the warmup act is, and there’s know way you did not know of #Macklemore ‘s stance. To complain after the concert and demand a refund is performative.
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s too early for Paragraph 1 of a results section to only reference figures in the supplementary materials….
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A great idea: When prime ministers/presidents leave office, we should get to vote on their salary, pension, etc.
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Trump is literally out there asking for protection money
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Happened a several weeks ago, but seeing “Dr” in front of your name on someone else’s acknowledgment slide for the first time hits different. I am clearly still thinking about it.
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Fearing the boats is a projection. The only reason why white Europeans feel they need to “stop the boats”, is because they assume everyone arriving on boats will do what they did when they sailed around the world.
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Think @labourlewis.bsky.social should go for the leadership. Just sayin’. #midnightmusings
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A little late, but the timing of the under-16 social media ban is alarming. And it’s just another string of repurposing genuine concerns to enhance state control. 0/4.
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Blair Strang @strangviruslab.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I’ve really enjoyed my time on the JGV Editorial Board. We’re committed to promoting the work of diverse colleagues and our not for profit approach serves many ECRs. If you have expertise in the areas below please consider applying. Pls RT!
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
And this is why I have long made peace with not applying for post-docs in the U.S…
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Miranda @mfn42.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Huge congratulations to @staymoudi.bsky.social for passing his viva today!!! 🥳
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Man has passed his viva 🤙🏽🤙🏽 #virology #phd #roslininstitute
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
T -3 h
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
T -1 day
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
T -2 days
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Unfortunately the rise of AI seems inevitable, it’s therefore important to put regulations in place. Yes, these tools can help drive research forward, but like many other regulated pieces of equipment and substances, maybe AI should be considered under the same lens.
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The #microbio26 FOMO is real 😭 Sad to be missing talks by colleagues that I hear went incredibly well ✨ #proud #virology
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Our latest work out of the @thegreylab.bsky.social (also my first first-author paper) identifying exogenous DNA as the main agonist triggering cGAS during HCMV infection is now available as a pre-print.
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I keep forgetting my password. I’m back again!
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Danish minister of integration: Regardless of religion, you must accept and partake in our culture and traditions. Also the minister: If you’re muslim, you should not seek support from Christmas appeals as it’s not part of your culture and traditions. #dkpol #denmark #christmas
tv2fyn.dk
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 03/12/2025
Influential study on glyphosate safety retracted 25 years after publication
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Influential study on glyphosate safety retracted 25 years after publication
A 2000 study that concluded the well-known herbicide glyphosate was safe, widely cited since then, has just been officially disavowed by the journal that published it. The scientists are suspected of having signed a text actually prepared by Monsanto.
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I successfully got my supervisor to look through my draft and do comments on overleaf. The small victories.
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Dr Matt Mahmoudi @docmattmoudi.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
🚨Today, @stopspyingny.bsky.social and @amnesty.org are publishing the 2,700 docs we’ve forced the NYPD to release on their use of facial recognition against New Yorkers🚨 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social you might want to see this… @jumaane.bsky.social www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Amnesty International, S.T.O.P. Lawsuit Reveals NYPD Surveillance Abuses
Records obtained by Amnesty International and S.T.O.P. reveal concerning surveillance abuses against protesters and communities of color, including the frequent use of rights-violating facial recognit...
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Don’t you just love it when authors misunderstand the source they are citing. A misunderstanding that wouldn’t happen if they weren’t oblivious to the history of their own field. Let alone the sentence being completely put of place. A reviewer should have questioned it. But what do I know.
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Watched a panel discussion with Nick Lane at @royalsoced.bsky.social today. Got the chance to meet him after! But instead of telling him how cool it is to meet someone my high school biology teacher (in Denmark) recommended I read ten years ago, I panicked and asked a silly science question…
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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Edinburgh’s Radical Book Fair is NEXT WEEK! As well as a jam-packed program - over 20 events! - we’re filling Assembly Roxy with BOOKS, community, and publisher stalls. 📚 Stalls feature over 70 publishers & 50 writers speaking - a treasure trove of bookish delights awaits!📚
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Thesis is writing is fun. I enjoy it. Someone please remind me of this in a couple of weeks when I’m spiralling.
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Having a “I totally agree with this but I’m too young to risk not using the system for career progression” kinda moment. On a less serious level: That’s super funny 😂
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Okay, I’m gonna start posting now: Maybe I should’ve written a chapter at the end of each year. My hypothetical future student, take notice, I will ask you to do this.
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I should probably start posting more I suppose. About science I guess.
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Anonymous @youranonnews.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Never ever did we think we'd sympathize with the Iranian government. We've been actively involved in trying to topple that regime for close to two decades. But, here we are with criminals and fascists waging war against them, making their responses very arguably legally justified. F*ck this sh*t!
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Feeling scientifically happy after today
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The journey from Edinburgh to St Andrews is just over an hour. A journey I've done plenty of times. This one is different though: I'm giving my first invited talk. 2025 is looking pretty decent so far 😄
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Vice Chancellor says we need to find £140m and apparently it's been an ongoing issue needing staff cuts. Meanwhile building the EFI cost £120m. Clearly the university hasn't been managed very well 👀. Maybe it's time to cut the top, not the foundation.
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I didn't think the situation in the U.S. would be this dire. It's somehow a lot worse than I thought it'd end up being before the inauguration... Genuinely scared on behalf of everyone who lives there, and worried that the EU will normalise it by not standing up to them.
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Regardless of disaggreing with colleagues, uncritically accepting accusations from a foreign power is inappropriate. To then question the integrity of said colleagues solely bc of background is a whole other level. Badenoch is the perfect summary of everything that's wrong with politics.
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Gave my first conference talk at this week #Microbio25. I was positively surprised with the interest it garnered, and the friendly discussions during the Q&A and the days that followed. Looking forward to more meetings like this. @microbiologysociety.org #virology #hcmv #research
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
If you look closely, you can see the scared kid behind the beard.
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
To rely on what your refer to as a terrorist organisation to care about innocent lives more than you, is an oxymoron. Western leader must start doing better. Pia Kjærsgaard, looking at you...
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
After months of collective punishment and the death of over 40,000 in Gaza, any suggestion Palestinians should be removed from their home is unacceptable and dangerous. There must be no ethnic cleansing. Only a proper two state solution will bring lasting peace.
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 15/01/2025
The true number of people who have died directly from war in Gaza is around 41% higher than the official figures reported by Palestine’s health ministry, a study published in the Lancet has found www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Protestors carry a sheet with a mark for lives lost in Gaza
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Surprise: I'm spending the next month at @karolinskainst.bsky.social. Hit me on the walk back after my first day that I've literally traveled for work and that's pretty cool. Weird but joyful realisation. #imjustababy
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
I've been told my lack of profile pic gives off bot vibes. To my four followers, what vibe should my picture go for?
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Institute for Regeneration and Repair @edinuni-irr.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Up to 30 scholarships for displaced students living in the UK, for postgrad programmes at Edinburgh Uni, including our MSc by Research programmes in Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Repair and Reproductive Sciences #CRM #CRH ℹ️ Info session online 10 Jan 👉 regeneration-repair.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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WHO @who.int · 28/12/2024
Update from Dr Tedros, the Director-General of WHO. Thank you to all my friends, colleagues, and everyone who has wished me well during the ordeal in the past few days. I'm especially grateful to the colleagues and airport staff, who were selfless as they tried to protect me. #Yemen
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Dr Matt Mahmoudi @docmattmoudi.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Advance copies now in the house! 🤓 a reminder that this is now available for pre-order, and nifty 30% off still stands!
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 23/08/2023
Me thinking that if I don't send out the doodle poll, I don't have to worry about my 2nd year review. Logic...
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Matin متین Mahmoudi @staymoudi.bsky.social · 22/08/2023
Aight, where the people at?
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