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Tristan Rodriguez

@tristanrodriguez72.bsky.social
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Biomedical scientist working at Imperial on how cells communicate. With a passion for trying to understand the world around us.

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Marco MILAN LAB @milanlab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Milan Lab is recruiting a new PhD student. Deadline: October 30th. Please, spread the news. www.irbbarcelona.org/en/careers/y...
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IRB Barcelona International PhD Fellowships - Extraordinary call 2026
The following will be offered in this call:Up to 8 FPI positions associated with the “Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento 2025” Call (funded by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación AEI- MICINN).Ch...
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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...
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Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
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Ruben Perez-Carrasco @perez-carrasco.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The new AC-DC paper is out! ⚡ One small gene circuit, more than 30 distinct dynamical behaviours. Showing how small regulatory networks can hide a surprising amount of dynamical complexity. www.cell.com/cell-systems...
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Let there be multifunctionality: Uncovering the dynamical zoo of the AC-DC genetic circuit
Small gene regulatory circuits can encode a surprising diversity of dynamical behaviors. A biophysical model of the AC-DC motif reveals over thirty distinct bifurcation structures and shows how molecu...
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Niakan Lab @niakanlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Few days left to apply! Please like and share to spread the word!
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ʐɛɛ. @saturniine.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
i went to uni with jason many years ago. he was a friend of a friend & served as our AU president. every time i interacted with him, he seemed genuine, lovely & decent. i can’t begin to imagine how his close friends & family feel but as a disabled, autistic academic myself, i am shocked & disgusted.
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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The same UK media that hounded Jason Arday to his death were last week sharing amusing anecdotes about how Rod Liddle's copy was full of lies.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Compare to the media coverage of a white academic *convicted of assaulting a student* www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Sussex University failed duty of care to assault victim, inquiry finds
The investigation found that, when assessing the danger the attacker posed, the university only interviewed him
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Bina D’Costa @binadcosta.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This is so sad. I’ve never seen a media witch hunt like this over accusations of plagiarism or CV embellishment in academia. The media & academics who helped drive this frenzy should be held accountable.
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Kristina Stapornwongkul @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
First published teamwork of the lab 🎉! We wrote a review about emerging concepts of how metabolism promotes, regulates and changes during gastrulation. We hope it will be useful for anyone interested in the emerging field of developmental metabolism. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A metabolic view of gastrulation: Coordinating signalling, epigenetics and morphogenesis
Gastrulation is the morphogenetic process by which the single-layered pluripotent epiblast is reorganised into the three germ layers and the basic bod…
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
It's cautionary tale for LLM use though. Data aren't democratic; some are better. Reminds me of something a biologist recently said to me of an AI colleague: "His models are fantastic. It's just a shame he doesn't realize the output's garbage because half the papers fed into it are wrong.." 5/n
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Pablo Bustinduy @pbustinduy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Nadie dijo que fuera a ser fácil ser un país soberano en este mundo averiado. Menudo espectáculo el de nuestros “socios” europeos, tan carentes de razón como de solidaridad. Menuda bajeza la de nuestra derecha. Y qué ganas nos tienen los autócratas y los tiranos. No van a poder con España.
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Spagnoli_Lab. @labspagnoli.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
🚨We are #hiring! Excited to welcome a talented #postdoc to join the lab. and be part of an interdisciplinary research program #Type1DiabetesGrandChallenge -- harnessing #pancreas #development for #stem cell therapy of #diabetes. 🧫🧪🔬 Join us! Apply before 23 July. ⤵️ my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
Images Human Pancreas Organoids
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Are you attending #ISSCR2026 in Montreal this week? Visit our stand to complete our quick survey and be in with a chance of winning a special goodie bag.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Reform UK councillors have introduced a motion to rescind King's Lynn and West Norfolk's climate emergency declaration and deprioritise decarbonisation efforts The council were going to vote on it on Thursday But the meeting has been postponed due to extreme heat
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Your periodic reminder that the non-profit publisher @biologists.bsky.social funds grants that support meetings in the areas of its journals: @jcellsci.bsky.social @dev-journal.bsky.social @jexpbiol.bsky.social @dmmjournal.bsky.social 1/2 🧪 www.biologists.com/grants/scien...
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Scientific Meeting Grants
Our grants support and encourage the sharing of knowledge throughout the community by facilitating international collaboration, event attendance and the organisation of scientific meetings, conference...
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
The world's richest man - perhaps the richest man who has ever lived - gloating about shutting down aid for the world's poorest people. All while posing as the champion of the common man. The great lie of populism in its most naked and morally putrid form.
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Mikhail Spivakov @mspivakov.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Our story about the poising and connectivity of human developmental enhancers is out! www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Nisha Veits @nveits.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Really happy to share my PhD story about the regulation of developmental speed in the Drosophila eye 🪰😃👀, which is now published @embojournal.org: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Grateful to everyone who make this possible, particularly F. Schweisguth @pasteur.fr @devstempasteur.bsky.social
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Alexis Barr @alexisbarr.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Excellent opportunity @mrc-lms.bsky.social for a human physiologist to start their own group. Deadline 4th May. Core funding, excellent package. Please repost! lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacanci...
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Programme Leader Track - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Excited for BSDB's 2026 Meeting organised by @abinagui.bsky.social @vmetzis.bsky.social, @gastruloids.bsky.social & co? Our Reviews Editor @ingridtsang.bsky.social & the Node's Community Manager @andreamurillo.bsky.social will also be attending - come and chat to them about our journal & the Node.
A promotional graphic for Development and The Node announcing attendance at the BSDB 2026 Spring Meeting. The Development logo appears in the top left. In the top right, there is a BSDB 2026 banner with event dates: 23–26 March 2026 at the University of Warwick. Text states that Reviews Editor Ingrid Tsang and Node Community Manager Andrea Murillo will be attending the meeting. Additional text invites attendees to reach out with questions about publishing or other activities from The Company of Biologists, and mentions collecting Development and Node goodies at the booth. Contact email addresses and social media icons with handles for Development and The Node are displayed at the bottom. Two portrait photos appear on the right side of the graphic.
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Kristina Stapornwongkul @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
We’re looking for a new team member! 🚀 Only 3 more weeks to apply to the fantastic Vienna BioCenter PhD program
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Tristan Rodriguez @tristanrodriguez72.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
A really thoughtful and interesting review by @cellysally.bsky.social on how cells synchronise with their neighbours to build tissues.
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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Applications are open for @dev-journal.bsky.social 2026 Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs applying for group leader positions: Mentoring Profile raising Leadership training Network building Spread the word... www.biologists.com/grants/devel...
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Development's Pathway to Independence Programme
Our grants support and encourage the sharing of knowledge throughout the community by facilitating international collaboration, event attendance and the organisation of scientific meetings, conference...
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Emma Rawlins @labrawlins.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Delighted that Ziqi Dong's PhD paper is out for all to read! Hypoxia is fundamental to normal development, and fascinating! Thanks to all of our co-authors including @jamesnathanlab.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
New blog post. In which I analyze the new HHMI announcement and what it means for the science publishing ecosystem openrxiv.org/preprint-man...
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Preprint mandates gather momentum - openRxiv
By Richard Sever, PhD. Chief Science & Strategy Officer, openRxiv Preprints speed up science by enabling researchers to disseminate reports of new findings immediately. They also represent a simple wa...
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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Meet the 2025 cohort of @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence fellows Read about the scientific visions of eight dev bio post-docs entering the academic job market journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Pathway to Independence: a forecast for the future of developmental biology
ABSTRACT. In 2022, Development launched its Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, aimed at supporting postdocs as they transition to their first independent position. In 2025, we welcome our third c...
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Alex Gould Lab @alexgouldlab.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
🪰 Calling all Drosophilists interested in nutrition…HolFast, Sebastian Sorge’s new chemically defined diet works really well. We’ve given some free HolFast aliquots to @vdrc-flies.bsky.social Please contact them directly if you fancy trying it out. Hurry while stocks last!
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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Pathway to Independence – an interview with Joaquín Navajas Acedo. In this interview, @mads100tist.bsky.social talks about about his research vision, zebrafish and the importance of community: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Jacob (Yaqub) Hanna - يعقوب حنا @jacob-hanna.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
1/n Dear friends, in light of the current events in Palestine and to help spread awareness, a large number of filmmakers have made their FILMS about PALESTINE AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE FOR FREE Below, we are sharing links to films that you can watch and share to spread our message to the world:
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Eszter Posfai @eposfai.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Thrilled to share our work using live imaging to understand how Epiblast (future embryo proper) and Primitive Endoderm (future extraembryonic tissues) cell fates segregate in the preimplantation mouse embryo. Gargantuan effort led by amazing @rpkimyip.bsky.social, David Denberg and Denis Faerberg!
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Ruben Perez-Carrasco @perez-carrasco.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
We wrote this introductory review on how concepts from dynamical systems can help us understand developmental biology, hope it’s useful to somebody! It was a lot of fun to put together, and great to collaborate with brilliant colleagues across theory and experiments
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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
New work with Saunders & Charras labs Physical boundaries guide cell fate decisions during human trunk development Reaction Diffusion model shows how geometry shapes biology with TBXT expression forming consistent domains regardless of colony size & shape www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Boundary constraints can determine pattern emergence
The robust patterning of cell fates during embryonic development requires precise coordination of signalling gradients within defined spatial constraints. Using a geometrically confined in vitro syste...
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Daniel Gorelick @danielgorelick.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Next time, consider submitting to Biology Open. Decision with reviews within 7 working days of submission journals.biologists.com/bio/pages/fa...
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Biology Open | The Company of Biologists
Biology Open | The Company of Biologists Fast & Fair peer review A new initiative offering high-quality peer review within 7 working days of submission Biology Open (BiO) has embark...
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Brexit has never looked quite so daft
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Our next extraordinary biologist this week is Daniel Gorelick, current Editor-in-Chief of @biologyopen.bsky.social and Associate Professor at @bcmhouston.bsky.social, USA. To know more about Dan’s visions for BiO, read this Editorial: doi.org/10.1242/bio..... #100biologists
The Company of Biologists 100 logo to the left and QR code to the right.
 
Portrait of Daniel Gorelick to the left, text to the right
 
100 extraordinary biologists

Daniel Gorelick

Daniel Gorelick is the current Editor-in-Chief of Biology Open, aiming to improve author experience by providing fair and timely decisions on manuscripts. Dan is Associate Professor and Zebrafish Core Director at Baylor College of Medicine, USA, investigating endocrine-disrupting chemicals’ influence on embryonic development.

#100biologists #biologists100
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Daniel Gorelick @danielgorelick.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
We pay our academic editors (we don't do special issues with guest editors). Beginning in April, we also pay peer reviewers @biologyopen.bsky.social details to be announced at #biologists100 bit.ly/4h1cmCC @biologists.bsky.social
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Biologists @ 100 - Programme
The Company of Biologists is committed to championing positive and progressive discovery.​ The last 100 years has been a period characterised ​​by pioneering discovery.​​ The next 100 years promises t...
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Carmelo Ferrai @carmeloferrai.bsky.social · 13/05/2024
EpiSci - Hi there! Our review “Mechanotransduction in stem cells” is finally published. With @carstenschulte4.bsky.social we provided a comprehensive picture, that aims to cover the whole mechanotransductive pathway from the cell microenvironment to the nucleus. 1/3 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38729084/
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Tristan Rodriguez @tristanrodriguez72.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I very thoughtful and reflective piece.
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Alejandra Tomas @tomaslab-imperial.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
A postdoctoral position is available in my lab to study the subcellular organisation of signalling of the glucagon receptor family. For more information and to apply please click here: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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Tristan Rodriguez @tristanrodriguez72.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
An excellent opportunity to go to a great lab with a caring mentor.
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Shifaan Thowfeequ @shifaant.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Nice to see our latest review published in @natrevmcb.bsky.social today – a collaborative exploration of mammalian extraembryonic development with @cwhanna.bsky.social for an invaluable epigenetic focus. @srinivas-lab.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Origin, fate and function of extraembryonic tissues during mammalian development - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
During mammalian embryogenesis, extraembryonic tissues are required for the patterning and morphogenesis of the embryo. This Review discusses how signalling networks and epigenetic modifications regul...
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Tristan Rodriguez @tristanrodriguez72.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Very happy to share the latest preprint from the lab. We find that during cell competition, winners induce an increase in proline metabolism in loser cells, and this drives their elimination through repression of the integrated stress response. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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Sensing of extracellular L-Proline availability by the integrated stress response determines the outcome of cell competition
Cell competition is a quality control acting from development to the adult that eliminates cells that are less-fit than their neighbours. How winner cells induce the elimination of losers during this ...
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Ondine Cleaver @ondinecleaver.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Essential reading for all is that serve as reviewers. Please help your authors as if they were in your lab. Make your reviews constructive. Overly onerous reviews amount to blocking each others’ work. It slows progress and demoralizes junior investigators. Let’s elevate, not crush, #DevBio
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Srinivas Lab @srinivas-lab.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Happy to have the Srinivas lab on Bluesky! Even our embryos are starting to feel a little festive in the Srinivas lab! We are excited to share our new bioRχiv pre-print – investigating the role of calcium in the early embryo www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Heiko Lickert @heikolickert.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Thrilled to share one of our biggest discoveries: “Inceptor binds to and directs insulin towards lysosomal degradation in beta cells”. doi.org/10.1038/s422... A tremendous collaborative effort led by JohannaSiehler, Sara Bilekova and other members of the Lickert lab @heikolickert.bsky.social
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Inceptor binds to and directs insulin towards lysosomal degradation in β cells - Nature Metabolism
The insulin inhibitory receptor (inceptor) is found to bind to insulin and to regulate insulin stores by directing proinsulin and insulin towards lysosomal degradation.
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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Hello #SciSky 🧪! We're the Node, a community site for developmental and stem cell biologists, hosted by @dev-journal.bsky.social This is your site: once you’ve registered, you can share your blog post, job advert or event notice with the #DevBio and #StemCell community. thenode.biologists.com
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Homepage - the Node
Welcome to the Node The Node is a place to read, write and interact with a global community of developmental and stem cell biologists. This is your site:
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British Society for Developmental Biology @bsdb.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
🚨Abstract deadline- 13th December! 🚨 Join us next March in Liverpool for our Spring Meeting, joined with the BSCB and part of the Biologists@100 @biologists.bsky.social 🎉 Not to be missed! We have annual meetings grants! Next deadline is the 10th of Jan. +Info here : bsdb.org/membership/#...
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Tristan Rodriguez @tristanrodriguez72.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Like others, I've finally done it, deleted my app, deactivated my account and left twitter.
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Ilan davis @ilandavis.bsky.social · 25/10/2024
Here is my obituary to my PhD supervisor and close friend David Ish-Horowicz, a lovely supportive mentor and friend for many generations of scientists and spent 10 years in my lab after “retiring”. We will all miss him. Development (2024) 151 (21): dev204429. doi.org/10.1242/dev....
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David Ish-Horowicz FRS (1948-2024): outstanding scientific discovery, with a unique touch of selfless humanity
David as a young graduate student at the LMB (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge).David Ish-Horowicz, affectionately known as ‘David Ish’ or just ‘Ish’ (‘man’ in Hebrew), die...
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