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Torsten Schwede

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Computational Structural Biology @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch @sib.swiss | President of the Research Council of the @snsf-ch.bsky.social | Team Science 🧪

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Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) @snsf.ch · 30/09/2026
The SNSF will continue its successful funding from 2029 to 2032. With three key priorities, it is strengthening research that is collaborative, bold and forward-looking. It has requested 5.4 billion Swiss francs from the federal government. ➡️ sohub.io/tn9c
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Research for the Switzerland of tomorrow
The SNSF will continue its successful funding from 2029 to 2032, strengthening research that is collaborative, bold and forward-looking.
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SBFI SEFRI SERI @sbfi.admin.ch · 17/09/2026
From 21 to 28 September, Martina Hirayama, State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation, will lead a science mission to China. #SwissChinaCooperation #ScienceDiplomacy #Innovation #Research #Education #VPET #FutureOfSkills #Swissnex To the press release: www.sbfi.admin.ch/en/newnsb/Os...
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Congratulations! Well deserved recognition for your outstanding research.
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Congratulations, Susanna! @unibas.ch
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Janani Durairaj (Jay) @ninjani.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The PhD and Postdoc application links are now live! Come join me at UNIL to work on deep learning for protein structure, interactions & design. pickybinders.org#open-positions
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Career Opportunities: PhD student position in deep learning for enzyme structure & catalysis (22980)
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Universität Bern @unibe.ch · 15/09/2026
Der #Hitzesommer hat gezeigt: Wir müssen klimaresilienter werden. Der neue Nationale Forschungsschwerpunkt CLIM+, co-geleitet von der #ETHZürich und der #unibern, bringt Forschung und Gesellschaft zusammen, um Lösungen für Klimaextreme zu entwickeln. Zum Kick-off: sohub.io/j018.
Unsere Vision ist es, die zentralen Herausforderungen zu untersuchen, 
vor denen die Schweiz angesichts der zunehmenden globalen Erwärmung steht, und zur Entwicklung von Lösungen sowohl für den Klimaschutz als auch für die Anpassung an den Klimawandel beizutragen. Das geht nur gemeinsam mit der Gesellschaft.
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
‼️CASP17 - early bird registration deadline: 10 September 2026. ‼️🧪 events.humanitix.com/casp17 Rome, Italy, December 1–5, 2026 The conference will bring together the international structural biology and computational modeling community to discuss the latest results from the CASP17 experiment.
CASP17 - conference: Rome, Italy, December 1–5, 2026
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 03/09/2026
📣 Good news! 📣 Results of the ERC 2026 Starting Grant call are out! Funding worth a total of €705 million will go to 421 early-career researchers across Europe. Discover who, what and where 👉 link.europa.eu/9M3MmN 🧪 #ERCStG #FrontierResearch #HorizonEurope 🇪🇺 @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu
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Claus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 30/08/2026
I'm really frustrated by the constant fear-mongering about AI-designed superviruses. Can we focus on the things that should actually worry us, such as measles? blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/im-sorry-y...
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I'm sorry, you're not going to die from an AI-engineered supervirus
God save us from economists who think they can competently talk about biology
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Can we predict the stoichiometry of proteins in a complex from their sequences - fast and accurately? Congratulations to the #ECCB2026 🧬 proceedings paper award 🎉 @daniil-litvinov.bsky.social @ninjani.bsky.social @cellarchlab.com academic.oup.com/bioinformati...
Proceedings paper “Stoic: fast and accurate protein stoichiometry prediction”
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“Don’t wait for somebody else to solve the problem, don’t wait for somebody else to make the case for science.” Jeremy Farrar (WHO) opening keynote “Science in a changing world” at #ECCB2026 on the power of science beyond politics 🧬
Jeremy Farrar WHO opening keynote at ECCB “Science in a changing world”.
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The president of Switzerland, federal councilor Guy Parmelin, highlights in his opening speech of #ECCB2026 the importance of bioinformatics and trusted data science for science and society. 🧬
Opening address of the European Conference on Computational Biology ECCB 2026 in Geneva by president Parmelin.
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Looking forward to three days full of exciting science and inspiring conversations. #ECCB2026
ECCB 2026 is hosted by SIB in Geneva
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Katja @jaggakatja.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Excited that #ECCB26 is about to start! Looking forward to three days filled with exciting talks and poster presentations, interesting discussions and encounters, and, of course, catching up with colleagues from across the community.
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Congratulations Jay! If I could start my career again from the beginning, your group would be my first choice.
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
What is the state-of-the-art in predicting protein and RNA structures, immune and ligand complexes? Find out at the CASP17 Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction conference in Rome, Italy, December 1–5, 2026. EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS SEPTEMBER 10, 2026. events.humanitix.com/casp17 🧪 #AI
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CASP17 - Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction 3D Structure of Proteins, RNA, and Complexes, Immune Complexes, Ligand Binding, Conformational Ensembles
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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The daily global average sea surface temperature has reached its highest level on record. On 22 August 2026, data from the #CopernicusClimate showed 21.1°C, exceeding the previous record set in March 2024. 🔗Read the press release: climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-d... @ecmwf.int ⬇️
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Nature @nature.com · 17/08/2026
Book review 📚 Why AI systems are most useful as designers of new scientific tools go.nature.com/45wbMJK
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Why AI systems are most useful as designers of new scientific tools
History shows that breakthroughs are often sparked by innovative instruments, and AI’s ability to help design them might be its most important scientific contribution.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/08/2026
The Trump Admin’s attack on science hurts American lives directly with public health pseudoscience & climate change denialism. Fighting back against the Trump Admin isn’t just a fight for science - it’s also a fight for every American. Article: zurl.co/VX3UD
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With their assault on science, Trumpists aren’t just harming America – they’re harming themselves | Jan-Werner Müller
The administration is subjugating science to political imperatives, a major blow to US soft power and technological progress
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 07/08/2026
Europe always chooses science and partnership. Japan too. Japan is now officially associated with Horizon Europe. This means Japanese researchers and organisations can take part in the world's largest public research and innovation programme. Let's break new frontiers together.
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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 07/08/2026
One month left to apply!! 🧪 @biozentrum.unibas.ch seeks a group👩‍🔬 exploring molecular questions relevant to climate 🌍, including biogeochemical cycles (e.g., carbon, nitrogen) ♻️, bioenergetic energy conversion (e.g., photosynthesis, chemosynthesis) ☀️⚗️, and the adaptation to environmental change 🌊🌡️🦠🌾
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Schweizerischer Nationalfonds - Fonds National Suisse @snf-fns.ch · 03/08/2026
📣 Mise au concours Ambizione: Pour les chercheuses·eurs en début de carrière qui souhaitent réaliser et diriger un projet planifié de manière autonome. Pour en savoir plus, participez à l’événement en ligne le 13.08.2026. 📆 Délai de soumission : 03.11.2026 ➡️ Plus d'info : sohub.io/dpm4
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Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) @snsf.ch · 03/08/2026
📣 #OpenCall: Ambizione Ambizione grants are aimed at early-career researchers who wish to conduct and lead a project of their own. Interested in learning more about this call? Take part in our online info event on 13 August 2026. 📆 Submission deadline: 3 November 2026 ➡️ Read more: sohub.io/806i
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Schweizerischer Nationalfonds - Fonds National Suisse @snf-fns.ch · 03/08/2026
📣 Ausschreibung Ambizione: Für Forschende in frühen Karrierephasen, die selbstständig ein Projekt durchführen und leiten möchten. Sie möchten mehr erfahren? Nehmen Sie an unserer Online-Infoveranstaltung vom 13.08.2026 teil! 📆 Eingabefrist: 03.11.2026 ➡️ Mehr dazu: sohub.io/c9nc
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Johannes Franzen @johannesfranzen.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Die Geisteswissenschaften und die Öffentlichkeit – Szenen einer Legitimationskrise Mein Aufsatz über die Forderung, Geisteswissenschaften sollten öffentlicher sein oder sich verweigern, und über die Angst, Richard David Precht zu werden, ist erschienen (open access). brill.com/edcollchap-o...
Die Geisteswissenschaften und die Öffentlichkeit –
Szenen einer Legitimationskrise
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Die populistischen Angriffe auf die Wissenschaft in der Gegenwart haben die
Überzeugungskraft wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse nicht nur geschwächt,
sondern auch zu einem Legitimationsschub beigetragen. Im April 2017 etwa
demonstrierten zehntausende Menschen weltweit in einem ‚March for Science‘
gegen die Aushöhlung wissenschaftlicher Autorität, die vor allem mit
Donald Trump, dem seit 2016 amtierenden Präsidenten der USA, assoziiert
wurde. Trump gehörte nicht nur zu den prominentesten Leugnern des Klimawandels,
sondern stand auch stellvertretend für eine Politik, die im Sinne
‚alternativer Fakten‘ oder eines ‚postfaktischen Zeitalters‘ eine rationale,
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
'Google DeepMind has dismantled the team behind AlphaFold, its Nobel Prize-winning AI system for predicting protein structures, as the company overhauls the research strategy that made it one of the world’s leading AI laboratories.' www.ft.com/content/61b2...
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Google DeepMind dismantles Nobel-winning AlphaFold team in strategy shift
Landmark project that solved protein folding gives way to a wider race to build AI systems for scientific discovery
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Science|Business @sciencebusiness.net · 30/07/2026
Japan has officially become Horizon Europe's 23rd associated country, giving its researchers direct access to EU funding in Pillar 2 consortia. It is the most populous nation to join the programme so far, following New Zealand, Canada and South Korea: sciencebusiness.net/news/horizon...
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Japan and EU sign off Horizon Europe association
Japan has officially signed off a deal that associates the country to Horizon Europe, allowing Japanese researchers to apply to some of the programme on an equal basis to Europeans. The deal is the la...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 25/07/2026
More on the Trump / Kratsios "Golden Age of Science" report, from @theverge.com
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The tech-broification of American science has officially begun
Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ of American science starts with dismantling it, while funneling billions into AI. 
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Rafael Pinilla-Redondo (Rafa) @rafomics.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
1/10 🚨Preprint! One RING to rule them all (phages)👑💍⚔️ Bacteria build giant DNA-scaffolded RNase rings (larger than the ribosome!) to shut down viral infection🧬🧵👇 biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
CASP17, the 17th Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction conference, will take place in person in Rome, Italy, December 1–5, 2026. Registration is open now. What is the state-of-the-art in predicting protein and RNA structures, immune complexes, and ligands? events.humanitix.com/casp17 🧪 #AI
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CASP17 - Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction 3D Structure of Proteins, RNA, and Complexes, Immune Complexes, Ligand Binding, Conformational Ensembles
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heiseonline @heise.de · 10/07/2026
Wegen Cloud-Zwang und geopolitischer Abhängigkeit von den USA migrieren die Cyber-Spezialisten der Schweizer Armee in Rekordzeit zur deutschen Lösung OpenDesk. #Open Source
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Schweizer Armee bricht mit Microsoft: „Kommando Cyber“ setzt auf Open Source
Wegen Cloud-Zwang und geopolitischer Abhängigkeit von den USA migrieren die Cyber-Spezialisten der Schweizer Armee in Rekordzeit zur deutschen Lösung OpenDesk.
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Why have papers by one of history’s most famous physicists been retracted? www.science.org/content/arti...
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Why have papers by one of history’s most famous physicists been retracted?
Springer Nature has removed two studies by Max Planck. A bot may be to blame
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Call NCCR 6+ for social sciences and humanities published. Information webinar for interested researchers and their home institutions: 8. July, 11:00 AM 🧪
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
📣 Call for Nominations: Open Research Europe (ORE) Scientific Advisory Board. As Open Research Europe (ORE) enters its new phase in autumn 2026, we are pleased to launch a call for nominations for membership of the new ORE Scientific Advisory Board. Application deadline: 10 July 2026 ore.eu 🧪🔬📖
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Open Research Europe (ORE) - High-quality, reliable, and efficient open access publishing for European research.
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Congratulations, Günther! I wish you every success in your new role and look forward to working with you in the coming years. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
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Günther Dissertori to become next President of ETH Zurich
At the request of the ETH Board, the Federal Council today voted to confirm Günther Dissertori as the next President of ETH Zurich. The particle physicist, who currently serves as Rector of the univer...
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VolkswagenStiftung @volkswagenstiftung.de · 24/06/2026
Sind #Kreativität und Mut zum #Risiko Voraussetzungen für wissenschaftl. Durchbrüche❓💬 Darüber spricht Dr. Henrike Hartmann mit Mikrobiologe Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb (MPI, wurde in der Initiative "Leben?" gefördert) – und warum diese Offenheit manchmal im Wissenschaftssystem zu kurz kommt. Interview:
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Interview zur Grundlagenforschung: Warum die VolkswagenStiftung Neugier fördert | VolkswagenStiftung
Seit Jahrzehnten fördert die VolkswagenStiftung Grundlagenforschung. Ohne sie würde die Pipeline für Innovationen versiegen. Warum Grundlagenforschung für den Fortschritt so wichtig ist, diskutieren D...
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 23/06/2026
The results of the Advanced Grants 2025 are here! Out of 3,329 applicants, 319 leading researchers have been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. Congratulations to all! 🎉 Curious to know more ? 👉 buff.ly/uiU9x5K #ERCAdG #FrontierResearch
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
“Plato observed that a state characterized by significant wealth disparity is not a state at all but rather two states, the one of poor, the other of rich men, and they are living on the same spot and always conspiring against one another.” D. Williams @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/o...
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Opinion | Elon Musk Confirms Ancient Concerns About the Superrich
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Victor Ambros @vambros.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A column by Jeff Coller: “The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...
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Opinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Canadian Science Diplomacy Summit in Montréal Opening remarks by state secretary Martina Hirayama @sbfi.admin.ch, emphasizing shared values and importance of science diplomacy for Canada 🇨🇦 and Switzerland 🇨🇭. #GESDA @umontreal-en.bsky.social
State secretary Martina Hirayama giving her opening speech.
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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Computed Structure Models (CSMs) at RCSB PDB Updated from AlphaFold, ModelArchive Updated CSMs include data from AlphaFold v6 and a refresh of files from the ModelArchive
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Computed Structure Models (CSMs) at RCSB.org Updated from AlphaFold, ModelArchive
Updated CSMs include data from AlphaFold v6 and a refresh of files from the ModelArchive
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Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) @snsf.ch · 01/06/2026
📢 Swiss #Quantum #Call 2026: funding for projects of outstanding scientific quality with clear societal and technological benefits. 🗓️ Submission deadline: 1 September 2026 For more info ➡️ www.snf.ch/en/N01wa8jzDa…
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Looking to contribute to the future of #ScientificResearch 🧪 in 🇨🇭? The SNSF Research Council is recruiting 21 new members for its six committees. The mandates will start in April and October 2027. Interested? 🗓️ Apply by 14 June 2026. www.snf.ch/en/pk2qftWyV...
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Call for new Research Council members
The SNSF is seeking 21 researchers to join its Research Council.
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Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) @snsf.ch · 21/05/2026
⌚🔎 Vahid Fakhfouri, Head of Research and Innovation at Richemont, highlights the systemic importance of Swiss research in keeping the luxury watch industry at the cutting edge of its craft. ➡️ sohub.io/p8w6
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The science behind exceptional craftsmanship
Behind every watch made by the Richemont luxury goods group lies a hidden network supporting its workshops: that of Swiss research.
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Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · 15/05/2026
Hat Kernenergie Zukunft? Mein Kommentar dazu hat einige Diskussion ausgelöst, daher hier noch ein Longread dazu: Es gibt bessere und schlechtere Argumente gegen Kernenergie. Nicht jede Kritik stimmt. Aber insgesamt hat Kernenergie gegen Solar und Wind keine Chance. Sehen wir uns das an:
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Kernenergie: die Zukunft von vorgestern
Kernenergie ist vielleicht noch nicht tot. Aber sie bewegt sich nicht mehr und riecht komisch. Ein Streifzug durch das Gewirr von besseren und schlechteren Argumenten rund um die Kernenergie.
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Biozentrum, University of Basel @biozentrum.unibas.ch · 12/05/2026
🧪 A new study led by Dr. Janani Durairaj and Prof. Torsten Schwede shows that current AI models in drug discovery still face limitations. Learn more👇 @ninjani.bsky.social @torstenschwede.bsky.social @unibas.ch @snsf.ch @natureportfolio.nature.com www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...
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AI models still reach limits in drug discovery
Developing new medicines is a slow and costly process. For some years now, artificial intelligence (AI) has been considered a promising tool to accelerate drug discovery by identifying drug candidates...
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Peter Škrinjar @peterskrinjar.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Now published in NSMB! Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415... Full PDF: rdcu.be/fhBtI Overview of additions since the preprint👇 (1/5)
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Evaluating generalization in protein–ligand cofolding methods - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
This work introduces the Runs N’ Poses dataset for benchmarking deep learning methods on the protein–ligand complex prediction task. It shows that current methods rely on memorization, challenging the...
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
A picture is worth a thousand words. What’s your favorite photo from the SNSF Scientific Image Competitions of the last 10 years? 🧪🧬🔬 www.snf.ch/en/1uKR6zjXH... @snsf.ch
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Ten years of wondrous scientific images
The jury of the SNSF Scientific Image Competition 2026 has chosen twenty spectacular works.
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Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) @snsf.ch · 28/04/2026
🔍 How did we support Swiss research last year? And what were the results? The SNSF’s #AnnualReport 2025 presents graphics, facts and figures.💡 ➡️ sohub.io/amni
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Torsten Schwede @torstenschwede.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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