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Tuuli Lappalainen

@tuuliel.bsky.social
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Professor at KTH, NY Genome Center, SciLifeLab, working on functional genomics and human genetics.

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Masahiro Kanai @masakanai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Our single-nucleus immune multiome atlas is now out in @nature.com! 🧬 10M PBMCs from 1,108 @finngen.bsky.social donors recruited by Finnish Blood Service, profiled at @broadinstitute.org with chromatin accessibility and gene expression in the same nuclei, to trace how disease variants act 🧵👇
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feeb | yuritober!! @magicmooshka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.
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Nature Genetics @natgenet.nature.com · 23/09/2026
📢OUT TODAY @natgenet.nature.com 📰Genetic factor analysis for characterizing phenome-wide patterns of genetic pleiotropy. By Jean Morrison, Matthew Stephens and colleagues. ⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Genetic factor analysis for characterizing phenome-wide patterns of genetic pleiotropy - Nature Genetics
Genetic factor analysis uses genome-wide association summary statistics to identify shared polygenic factors underlying patterns of cross-trait genetic associations, while automatically determining th...
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Gamze Gürsoy @gamzeandgursoy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We are looking for a creative and highly independent postdoc excited about synthetic biology, genome engineering, molecular programming, and nucleic-acid technologies to work with us on problems related to genome privacy. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Nucleic Acid Computing and Molecular Engineering (Fixed Term)
We invite applications for a 2-year Postdoctoral Research Associate position in Nucleic Acid Computing and Molecular Programming in the laboratory of Dr Gamze Gursoy at the University of Cambridge. Th...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
The “jaw-dropping” El Niño currently heating up the planet has burst through the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon, several months before its expected peak.
A line chart showing temperature anomalies in the Niño 3.4 region of the Pacific Ocean, compared to a 30-year rolling base period since 1982.

A gold line shows temperatures in 1997, a teal line in 2025, and a red line in 2026. The red line surpasses all others reaching 3.07ºC, and at an earlier point (September) than the previous El Niño that reached a comparable range in November 2015.
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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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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Yun S. Song @yun-s-song.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We are thrilled to share that our GPN-Star manuscript is now published and freely available: doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/n)
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Predicting genome-wide functional constraints with GPN-Star - Nature
GPN-Star, a genomic language model with a phylogeny-aware architecture for whole-genome alignment data, is shown to be a scalable and flexible tool for genetic variant effect prediction across species...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 09/09/2026
We want clean air and water and a livable climate. Instead we are getting AI to record all of our conversations through a watch.
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The new Apple Watch will use microphone and other sensors to generate AI recaps of your day - 9to5Mac
Apple will announce the new Apple Watch lineup later today, and Mark Gurman at Bloomberg has the early scoop. He...
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Tuuli Lappalainen @tuuliel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Join us in Uppsala in October 13 to discuss cancer innovation with the Precision Omics Initiative Sweden community & friends! Great lineup with Mike Stratton, Thoas Fioretos, Shahar Alon, Esther Rheinbay and many others + talks and posters from abstracts.
On October 13, join Precision Omics Initiative Sweden (PROMISE) in Uppsala for a full day dedicated to accelerating cancer innovation through genomics, multiomics and advanced molecular profiling. Register in https://www.scilifelab.se/event/the-promise-initiative-accelerating-cancer-innovation/
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 08/09/2026
Two extraordinary charts from today’s PISA test results: 1) School test scores continue to collapse internationally, underscoring how this is no longer a Covid effect but sustained decline. Those falls in reading and maths are equivalent to about two years of lost schooling.
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Aaron Quinlan (he/him) @aaronquinlan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I am delighted to announce that The Department of Human Genetics at the University of Utah is continuing a multi-year recruiting initiative for multiple tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant Professor. Please share and consider applying! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/208...
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Michael Karanicolas @karanicolas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
University administrators are often *deeply* conservative, because their aggressive fundraising needs mean leadership has to be closely networked to government & industry. People picture university leaders as these sandal-wearing hippies when it's usually just three oil executives in a trench coat.
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 24/08/2026
How it started: the most right-wing government in Finnish history promised 100 000 new jobs & halting the growth of public debt. How it is going: 100 000 new poor, significant increase in public debt, only 2% of Finns want the same government to continue after 2027 elections yle.fi/a/74-20241807
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Ylen kysely: Juuri kukaan ei halua nykyisen hallituksen jatkavan – eivät edes hallituspuolueiden omat kannattajat
Keskustan kannattajat haluavat mieluummin SDP:n kuin kokoomuksen johtamaan hallitukseen. Kaikista vastaajista naiset ovat kallellaan vasemmalle, miehet oikealle.
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Neil Hall @neilhall.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Biological Databases are critical infrastructure - not projects. As so much effort is put into harnessing AI to solve all our problems, we are allowing the foundational data resources crumble. Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects
Letter to the Editor
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
the mechanism behind this is that if you don't do your homework you don't learn the topic
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Tuuli Lappalainen @tuuliel.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
What are your favorite examples and background reading for building AI guidelines for a genomics research lab? @blekhman.bsky.social 's substack was an excellent start; what else should we be reading?
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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Huge faculty recruitment effort at the University of Chicago -- a division-wide, open-rank search looking to hire about 20 faculty across 5 research areas in biology. Come be our colleague! Full announcement: uchicago.app.box.com/s/ckih9zv3rj...
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Tuuli Lappalainen @tuuliel.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Two weeks left to apply!
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Tanja Suni @tanjasuni.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
1/10 🧵 Suomalainen media ei kyseenalaista, miksi markkinoiden luottamus on se itsestäänselvä lähtökohta, josta talousuutisia kirjoitetaan. Ilmiö näkyy selvästi, kun vertailee kahta juttua samasta pääministeristä. Ero paljastaa jotain oleellista.👇
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 21/07/2026
13. Hence our dismal conclusion: rather than finding that LLMs free us to do a better job of what we were doing before they came along, they shift scientific incentives (and the playing field of academic competition) in ways that compel us to do more and more, faster and faster, less and less well.
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PBF Comics @pbfcomics.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“What a beautiful universe, hon" says a telescope as gazes upon an aurora borealis. “It really is”, responds the telescope's partner, who it turns out is not a telescope, but a microscope. Hands full of algae, she wades waist deep in a disgusting swamp, amazed by the heavenly microscopic life all around them.
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Tanja Suni @tanjasuni.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
1/13 🔎 Olen ihan oikeasti yrittänyt hahmottaa, mihin Kokoomuksen maine talousosaajana perustuu. En löydä sille kovin vahvaa näyttöä tuloksista: velkasuhde on noussut, kasvu ollut heikkoa ja työllisyyskehitys vaihtelevaa myös sen hallitusvastuun aikana. 🧵⬇️
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Linda Kachuri @lindakachuri.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
📢 #TOPMed e/sQTL atlas is out in @science.org today! Happy to contribute to this amazing team effort and rich resource for the genomics community: 69k cis-eQTL + 35k cis-sQTL across 6 tissues/cell types and diverse ancestries. Still more to discover 😉🧬 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Cross-cohort analysis of expression and splicing quantitative trait loci in TOPMed
Most genetic variants associated with complex traits are hypothesized to regulate gene expression. To understand the genetics underlying gene expression variability, we characterized 14,324 RNA-sequen...
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Josie Gleeson @josiegleeson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Very happy to share our pre-print co-led with Nathan Andrews where we reveal splicing and isoform changes in a single-cell CRISPRi screen. For example, GEMIN5 knockdown produced minimal gene expression changes yet extensively reshaped the isoform landscape.
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Tuuli Lappalainen @tuuliel.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Excited to share two new preprints from the lab! 1/3 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Tuuli Lappalainen @tuuliel.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
We're recruiting! An open functional genomics postdoc position at @scilifelab-ngi.bsky.social / my lab / Robert Månsson lab. Top notch environment for technology and applications development in lovely Stockholm. Please spread the word or apply if interested: www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
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KTH | Postdoc in genomics
KTH jobs is where you search for jobs at www.kth.se.
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Cedric Boeckx @cedricboeckx.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Very good piece by @tuuliel.bsky.social @nevillesanjana.bsky.social @singht.bsky.social & colleagues: “Current challenges in GWAS integration and fine-mapping for variant interpretation” 🧪🧬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Current challenges in GWAS integration and fine-mapping for variant interpretation
Over the past two decades, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of trait- and disease-associated loci. However, the mechanistic understanding of these loci remains incomple...
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
“move from preprint to peer-reviewed publication leaves the central claims of most abstracts intact, indicating preprints are a reliable source…papers that were never posted as preprints were retracted at roughly twice the rate of those that were…” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Tracking claim changes from preprint to publication across 72,644 biomedical studies using large language models
Preprints now disseminate a large share of biomedical research before peer review. Because they have not yet passed peer review, some scientists regard preprint claims as unverified or potentially unr...
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Jussi Ahokas @ahokasjaj.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Suomen talouden korjatut kasvuluvut osoittavat entistä selvemmin, että Orpon hallitus on onnistunut tuhoamaan suomalaisia työpaikkoja tuhatmäärin keskellä vahvaa suhdannetta. #talous #politiikka
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The proposed cap, and to some extent the current limit to 6 proposals per FY, dismantles MPI science. Less collaboration will be the result.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/06/2026
Black text on a white page that reads:

🚨EXTREME HEAT WATCH IN NYC🚨
 
Wednesday through at least Saturday, heat indices will surpass 100 degrees, potentially reaching 109 on Friday.
 
These are extremely dangerous conditions, and New Yorkers must plan now to stay safe and help their neighbors do the same.
 
The best way to prepare for extreme heat is to identify a safe, air-conditioned place you can spend the hot days.
 
If you don't have air-conditioning at home, plan to stay with family and friends or visit a free, public cooling center. Beginning Wednesday, the City will activate hundreds of free locations across the city. 

Find one nearest you, including accessible and pet-friendly options, by visiting nyc.gov/beattheheat or by calling 311.
 
Once you have your heat plan, check in on your neighbors — especially seniors, outdoor workers, and people with chronic health illnesses — to make sure they have one too.
 
Under the City's Heat Emergency Plan, the City has been planning since last week for what may be a historic heat wave. We will continue to share heat safety guidance and emergency updates throughout the week.

Sign up for emergency alerts by texting NOTIFYNYC to 692-692 and visit nyc.gov/beattheheat for more guidance.
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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I wanted to like QED's new 1% preprint ranking. I really did. But the more I looked at the data, the more uncomfortable it made me. Here is my full peer review. open.substack.com/pub/blekhman...
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My Peer Review of The 1%
I wanted to like QED's new 1% ranking. I don't.
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
NIH grants have been under political scrutiny since early 2025. But what does the screening process actually look like? What is being flagged? I spent a month digging into leaked docs and emails. We've published the 235-word list that are being flagged by an internal AI tool. And so much more. 🧵
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Inside the new political screening that’s stalling NIH grants
Mandatory reviews by top health officials and checks for 235 disfavoured terms have left hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo.
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Tieteentekijät @tieteentekijat.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Arvoisa sosiaali- ja terveysministeri Wille Rydman. Poliitikkojen tehtävä ei ole ohjailla, mitä saa tutkia. Heidän tehtävänsä on varmistaa, että tiede saa riittävät ja vakaat resurssit. tieteentekijat.fi/poliittinen-...
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Grantham Research Institute at LSE @granthamlse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We regret that our event on Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office. Our apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event.
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Unpopular opinion: Going straight to AI limits your creatively, because it short-circuits the iterative process you need to develop new ideas.
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FinnGen @finngen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
A unique job opportunity to work on some of the most exciting genomic datasets in the world!
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Kaur Alasoo @kauralasoo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Happy to share that this work led by @mihkeljesse.bsky.social has now been published at PLOS Genetics! journals.plos.org/plosgenetics... A couple of thoughts below.
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Ultra-fast genetic colocalisation across millions of association signals
Author summary Over 90% of human genetic variants associated with human traits and diseases lie in non-coding regions of the genome, making it difficult to interpret the mechanisms by which these vari...
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European Society of Human Genetics @eshg.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🏆 Congratulations to Tuuli Lappalainen, ESHG Award Lecturer 2026! In her Award Lecture, Professor Lappalainen will discuss the next steps in interpreting these effects and the tools that will help researchers uncover the molecular mechanisms underlying genetic variation. #Genetics #eshg2026
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PacBio @pacbio.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Next up, Adam Ameur shares that long-read WGS efforts are ongoing in Sweden for population genomics and clinical diagnostics. They bridge these projects by using a joint analysis framework and shared variant databases. #ESHG2026 #PacBio #ESHG
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 14/06/2026
New Yorkers singing Empire State of Mind
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Alex Hoischen @ahoischen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
To all attending #eshg2026: if you are ready to spent extra attention to detail throughout the entire conference, I recommend the informal ESHG bingo card. Brought by our great postdoc @lydiasagath.bsky.social @eshg.bsky.social First bingo gets a kanelbullar from me… tinyurl.com/eshgbingo2026
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ESHG 2026 BINGO
Play virtual ESHG 2026 BINGO with your friends for free on any device. Customize the bingo cards and generate printable or virtual bingo cards for free.
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EASIGEN @easigen-eu.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🚀 #EASIGEN-DS is heading to #ESHG2026 Join us at the 59th ESHG conference that brings together leading experts across the field for four days of intensive collaboration!🧬 🏆 Don’t miss the ESHG Award Lecture by @tuuliel.bsky.social, our WPs leader, who has been honored with this year’s award
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Oras Tynkkynen @orastynkkynen.vihreat.fi · 07/06/2026
Petteri Orpo pyysi katsomaan tuloksia. OK, tehdäänpä niin. 1/4
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Petteri Orpolta kahden sanan täyslaidallinen kriitikoilleen: ”Katsokaa tuloksia” – IL seuraa
Kokoomus pitää puoluekokouksensa Jyväskylässä. Iltalehti seuraa tapahtumia läpi viikonlopun.
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Dan Landau @landau.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Exciting breakthrough technology from the lab, now live in @cellcellpress.bsky.social ! Instead of cutting the genome where proteins bind (e.g., Cut&Tag), D&D-seq scars the DNA with a deaminase, allowing single cell genome mapping of TFs and chromatin remodellers!
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Tero Kuittinen @teroterotero.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
We are gliding serenely towards the worst El Niño in recorded history as Iran War hamstrings food industries across the globe
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Romain Lopez @biologicalml.org · 29/05/2026
We built a joint experimental and computational platform for scalable multi-modal single-cell chemical screens — profiling RNA, protein (including phospho-signaling), and chromatin accessibility responses to thousands of small molecule perturbations in parallel. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/05/2026
It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Someone in the news departments of @nature.com or @science.org needs to take a look at this--its a huge scandal from the scientific supplier that has become a monopoly
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