Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@social.cleverlibre.org

Just a friendly reminder- ⏱️ONE WEEK⏱️left to apply for our MRC National Mouse Genetics Network funded 3yr postdoc as part of our Congenital Anomalies cluster developing #DiseaseModels for #RareDisease #Ciliopathies for #DiseaseMechanisms & #GeneticTherapies!

Be part of our team: could you be that talented, curious and collaborative colleague we are looking for: 👉https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/7216

Closes: 24/05/2023

Reach out to discuss more! Boosts welcome!

Automated model building and protein identification in cryo-EM maps

#CryoEM #StructuralBiology #Preprint
#Science #Research @strucbio

http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2023.05.16.541002v1?rss=1

Watch this space! We are opening the shutter here—we are bringing together the very best in #imaging across the @association network. Between disciplines and centers, we help provide imaging resources, know-how, and techniques.

#imagingscience

Deterministic and probabilistic fate decisions co-exist in a single retinal lineage
Caren Norden, Elisa Nerli et al
https://www.embopress.org/doi/10.15252/embj.2022112657

https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/739ce507/elife-s-new-model-initial-three-month-update

Tools

"Using adenoviral and transgenic approaches to label neurons, we show robust protein biotinylation in neuronal soma and axons throughout the brain, allowing quantitation of over 2000 neuron-derived proteins spanning synaptic proteins, transporters, ion channels and disease-relevant druggable targets."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30623-x

'Because semiautomatic weapons are illegal in Serbia, the state was able to respond quickly. The authorities did make some early blunders. Education Minister Branko Ružić traced the causes of the shootings to “video games” and “so-called Western values,” and was compelled to resign within four days. Police requested that schools in Kikinda and Užice deliver lists of “problematic and asocial” children (a request the schools rightly refused). But it took only a day for President Aleksander Vučić to deliver a speech promising swift action to protect public safety and to reduce ownership of illegal firearms by 90 percent.'

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/05/serbia-mass-shootings-aftermath-gun-legislation/674067/

'Compassionate collection involves minimizing harm while collecting museum data in the field. By adopting this practice, natural history museums could better maintain existing collections, accommodate more nonlethal specimens and data, and foster an inclusive community.'

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002101

Asylum seekers in UK to lose basic housing protections (minimum room sizes, electrical safety) in move to cut hotel use - absolutely fucking barbaric.
#UKNews

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/16/asylum-seekers-to-lose-basic-housing-protections-in-move-to-cut-hotel-use

Hi everyone 👋​! Another #introduction as I just moved instance.

I am an Associate Prof. at Harvard Medical School, and am interested in figuring out how the brain works 🧠​. In particular, how do its neural dynamics implement the probabilistic computations required for efficient behavior? We ask this question from the theoretical perspective 💻​, using tools from machine learning and physics, and collaborate with experimentalists 🐭​🙈​👤​ to test the arising theories.

In the past I have worked a lot on decision-making - both perceptual and value-based - normative models for the speed-accuracy trade-off, and how this relates to decision confidence and attention. Currently, we are looking into probabilistic reasoning about more structured objects, like hierarchies, and at efficient navigation in light of uncertain sensory information.

Happy to be here!

#neuroscience
#neuroAI

This study is out today, and is open access:
https://rupress.org/jem/article/220/8/e20221816/214115/Dietary-protein-shapes-the-profile-and-repertoire?searchresult=1

Promoting work-life balance and #diversity in #science is a priority of the ERC Scientific Council.

Listen to @AnnaLauraPisell share how ERC parental leave rules helped her navigate parenthood & her scientific career.

More info 👉 https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/parental-leave

@UniperugiaNews

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1658442408449957888

'I don’t know if you’ve ever been to a zoning-board meeting where folks are debating affordable housing. It shows you just how much work and effort and force goes into defending segregation. The folks who show up for those meetings are really not representative of the broader community. They tend to be whiter, more affluent, more likely to be homeowners. It’s this interesting thing wherein a democratic process has an undemocratic outcome, because representation in this case is a defense of the status quo.'

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/05/poverty-in-america-book-matthew-desmond-interview/674058/