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Albert Vilella, PhD. @albertvilella.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I had firsthand exposure to the data coming out of Epinoma's EpiAmp technology, which can amplify cfDNA molecules whilst preserving the 5mC methylation marks, and wrote a post with the findings and what it means for Early Cancer detection assays. albertvilella.substack.com/p/methylatio...

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Methylation liquid biopsy reaches a new level of sensitivity with Epinoma's EpiAmp technology

Overcoming the limitations of blood-based cfDNA Liquid Biopsy with EpiAmp

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Anh Hoang Le, PhD 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇻🇳 @anhhle2702.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Hot take but any reporter that makes the actin network visible will make any cell look awesome under the microscope! These Xenopus 🐸 ectoderm cells are expressing an actin tension sensor, and you can see the retrograde flow very nicely. Actin is better than microtubules 😁 #FluorescenceFriday

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Testes' cell types have distinct calcium signals regulated by hormones – insights for function & fertility 📷 J Fischoeder, D Fleck, J Schröer & C Wiesbrock et al @rwth.bsky.social in @plosbiology.org Image with @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... + @antdlewis.bsky.social

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Reproduction Alliance @repro-alliance.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

cookie jar as they learned just how unlikely some events and how unique they really are. Following our Q.UNI lecture at Münster University in April, we were delighted to bring this interactive experience directly to a primary school 🎉🔬🧬(3/3)

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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 12/06/2026

A lack of sex slowed the pace of evolution to a crawl for millions of years, until competition and the development of sexual reproduction got evolution going again. New research from @camzoology.bsky.social 👇 bit.ly/3SAKQVO

Artist's impression of an Ediacaran community. Text overlay reads: "New Cambridge research: A lack of sex held back life's diversity for millions of years".

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Victoria Deneke @vdeneke.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

How do sperm and egg fuse? Surprisingly, we still don’t fully know… Our field has uncovered many pieces of the fertilization puzzle, but not how they fit together. We identify ✨ SPARK ✨ - a conserved sperm complex that couples sperm-egg binding to fusion. tinyurl.com/34cm4xat Read on! 🧵👇

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Biomedical Picture of the Day BPoD @bpodaily.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

MOSAIC – an optical microscope that can achieve super res across scale & depth in living tissue 📹 Tian-Ming Fu, Gaoxiang Liu, Daniel E. Milkie and Xiongtao Ruan et al @hhmijanelia.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social in @natmethods.nature.com ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive.2026...

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Christopher Thomas @ovarylab.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We are one of the potential host labs for a Lecturer position in Molecular Genetics & Genomics — please share, and get in touch for more info! 🧬📣

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PHD Comics @phdcomics.com · 14/02/2026

Happy Valentine's from your manuscript

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Masai Thibault @thibaultmasai.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

🧬🧬New Scientific Chapter🧬🧬 Just started my postdoc at CeRA in Münster, Germany 🇩🇪 @uni-muenster.de Looking forward to expanding my technical toolkit, sharpening scientific thinking, and working with amazing colleagues 🔬🧫🧬

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Masai Thibault @thibaultmasai.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

🎉New paper (co-author) in Reproduction 🎉 We characterize human QRICH2, a sperm-specific, conserved protein essential for normal sperm structure and function, with potential as a non-hormonal male contraceptive target. Check the full article 👉 doi.org/10.1093/repr... #MaleContraception #ReproBio

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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 05/12/2025

What does jewellery made by bacteria look like? Every year, students from the MA Biodesign course at Central Saint Martins, @researchual.bsky.social collaborate with the Making Lab and other teams from the Crick to explore the intersection between art and science. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFPB...

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When Art Meets Science

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Masai Thibault @thibaultmasai.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

✨I successfully defended my PhD and I am now officially a Doctor in Sciences! My thesis explored the sperm protein CRISP2. A long journey full of experiments, late nights, and exciting discoveries! Thanks to everyone who supported me along the way 💜 Onward to new scientific adventures 🚀🔬

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Masai Thibault @thibaultmasai.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

New paper (coauthor) in Environmental Pollution 🐝. Adult exposure of Bombus terrestris males to field-realistic Cu/Cd does not impair sperm traits or mating success, but copper markedly increases mortality. 🔗 authors.elsevier.com/c/1lmMe_68YM... #bees #pollinators #ecotoxicology

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Masai Thibault @thibaultmasai.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

What an amazing experience at ETW25! ✨ Proud to present my work on the hCRISP2 interactome and grateful for the inspiring talks and brilliant scientists I met. Excited for future collaborations! #ETW25 #Andronet #ReproductiveBiology

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Masai Thibault @thibaultmasai.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Excited to share my first first-author publication! We mapped human CRISP2 during spermatogenesis and revealed its molecular organization in sperm. Read here: doi.org/10.1093/biol... #BiolReprod #ReproductiveBiology #Andrology #MaleFertility #Spermatogenesis #CRISP2 #SpermBiology

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