Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@social.cleverlibre.org

'So, in 1976, two colleagues and I organised the first meeting on DNA insertions. During this meeting, it became clear that geneticists working on bacteria, yeast, fruit flies, plants and animals were all studying the same phenomenon McClintock had discovered in her maize plants 30 years earlier.'

https://aeon.co/essays/why-did-darwins-20th-century-followers-get-evolution-so-wrong

'Mas mais impressionante era o respeito e consideração com que ele tratava todas as nossas perguntas, mesmo as mais ingénuas, incluindo quando confessava nunca ter pensado no assunto e nos prometia uma resposta para a semana seguinte. E, na semana seguinte, a resposta vinha, refletida, contemplada, dando a cada um de nós dignidade na relação intelectual e o sentido de que cada pessoa pode ter algo de valor a acrescentar. As palavras de Mattoso transmitiam conhecimento. A sua atitude, sabedoria.'
@ruitavares

https://www.publico.pt/2023/07/08/culturaipsilon/opiniao/jose-mattoso-homem-deu-tempo-tempo-2056167

Malaria on a chip.

'A functional, multi-organ, serum-free system was developed for the culture of P. falciparum in an attempt to establish innovative platforms for therapeutic drug development. It contains 4 human organ constructs including hepatocytes, splenocytes, endothelial cells, as well as recirculating red blood cells which allow for infection with the parasite. '

#Malaria #Plasmodium

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-35694-4

1/ Our team at HDT bio just posted a new paper to Molecular Therapy (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1525001623003738). Led by Senior Scientist Taishi Kimura, we investigated the distinct host responses to repRNA delivered by two different formulations: LION and LNP. LION, a cationic nanocarrier, binds RNA at the nanoparticle surface, whereas LNP encapsulates RNA. These different presentations create distinct surface properties and host responses.

Managing Director, MRI Platform

Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/managing-director-mri-platform/?feed_id=49370

#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
New York City #UnitedStatesUS #Director #FacultyMember #Manager
https://jobrxiv.org/job/managing-director-mri-platform/?feed_id=49370

Ukemochi is the Japanese Shinto goddess of food who was able to produce foods from her body. Unfortunately on one occasion when she was doing this, she offended the moon god Tsukuyomi. As a result he killed her which lead to the sun goddess Amateurasu banishing him to the far end of the sky.
More about ukemochi here:
https://www.curiousordinary.com/2023/04/ukemochi.html
More about Tsukuyomi here:
https://www.curiousordinary.com/2021/08/tsukuyomi.html
🎨Tatsuya Kosaka
#Folklore #mythology #JapaneseFolklore
@mythology @folklore

“The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous.”
Raymond Chandler, in The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler.

#books #book #booklover #reading #bookworm #ArtScience #read #bookstodon

I have been following the latest work to quantify animal movement and behavior.

A few weeks ago, I was lucky to attend CVPR and get a feel for the latest findings and future trends in person.

I wrote down a detailed overview and some of my opinions here:
https://writings.lambdaloop.com/posts/cv4animals-2023/

#PoseEstimation #animals #computervision #cvpr #cvpr2023 #neuroscience

Promising but early (phase 2) data on a second generation of anti CD40L monoclonals for #multiplesclerosis
My latest #ClinicalPipeline column for Nature Medicine.
#Immunology #autoimmunedisease #Autoimmunity

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41591-023-00060-4

Interesting profile of visionary novelist #SamuelDelany, the only author who's written sci-fi that blew my mind and transgressive porn that turned me on. Posting with a gorgeous photo of "Chip" and Dennis Rickett, his life partner, by @SallyWGrotta. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/10/samuel-r-delany-profile?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_070823&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_term=tny_daily_digest&bxid=5bea0f4c3f92a404695e1e51&cndid=14794871&hasha=2cc2d0847a1936286c236c4b4b73e7ed&hashb=4528b20d179d27d68a1ec44b151cefc5d36aa82e&hashc=088d757a1ed3e943b21ac6accc55f6e002e2b4da51f64e0a3eb6d1f0d8f0f51f&esrc=Auto_Subs