'In different ways, political philosophers, economists and advertising executives have pointed out how our economic system capitalizes on the insecurities it produces, which it then prods and perpetuates, making us all insecure by design. Only by reckoning with how deep manufactured insecurity runs will it become possible to envision something different.'
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/opinion/inequality-insecurity-economic-wealth.html
R&D Scientist II
Fujifilm
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#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
Irvine #UnitedStatesUS #Researcher #Scientist
https://jobrxiv.org/job/rd-scientist-ii/?feed_id=55718
Postdoctoral Fellow - Mechanobiology
CNRS
Come join us in the #BioInterface group as a postdoc to work on #curvature sensing mechanisms
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#ScienceJobs #hiring #research #mechanobiology, #postdoc
Mulhouse #France #PostdoctoralFellow
https://jobrxiv.org/job/cnrs-27778-postdoctoral-fellow-mechanobiology/?feed_id=55711
This is great: you type your zip code into the app, and you're shown a complete list of books prohibited in your area; then download the e-reader, and these books are available to download.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/18/us-teens-banned-books-schools
I wonder if the book-banners will end up making these books more widely read than they ever were in libraries?
'Genome sequencing has also become a critical component in the development of one of the most promising alternatives to antibiotics: bacteriophage therapy.'
#Microbiology #Phage #PhageTherapy
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002225
'Our much loved Microbe Art Contest is coming back again this year to support International Microorganism Day on 17 September 2023! Help celebrate the wondrous world of microbes by getting creative and sharing your art! #MicrobeArt2023'
https://fems-microbiology.org/microbe-art-competition-for-international-microorganism-day-2023/
'Here, we report the T1D Knowledge Portal (T1DKP), an open-access resource developed to help advance T1D research by democratizing access to genetic, genomic, and epigenomic data.'
#Diabetes #Immunology #autoimmunedisease
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002233
The interplay between lumen pressure and cell proliferation determines organoid morphology in a multicellular phase field model https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.08.17.553655v1?med=mas
#IDMastodon #immunology #CovidIsNotOver 😷up @NIH Severe #COVID19 may lead to long-term #innateimmunesystem changes .
📌 https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/severe-covid-19-may-lead-long-term-innate-immune-system-changes?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
@cellpress
📌 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(23)00796-1
📌 https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/pdfExtended/S2211-1247(23)00998-1
In the end the best results were obtained using an ALFA tag labeled with primary and secondary antibodies, or a triple ALFA tag with an anti-ALFA PAINT nanobody. In both cases, we could visualize the actin mesh, rails and corrals in tagged presynapses! 20/23
Assistant Professors of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University is currently accepting applications for six tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in neuroscience-related fields
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#ScienceJobs #hiring #research ...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/johns-hopkins-university-27778-assistant-professors-of-neuroscience/?feed_id=55662
Subset of neurons in #hypothalamus increases appetite & decreases #thermogenesis. @JongSohn &co show that ion channel GIRK2 functions in hypothalamic NPY/AgRP neurons to increase energy expenditure in mice and may control body weight @kaistpr #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3qGa8Ev
Just published
When a nasal vaccine provides superior immune response compared with a shot (2 doses of each). Results from a randomized clinical trial, including vs Omicron, and with less local and systemic adverse effects
https://nature.com/articles/s41541-023-00717-8
Reading:
Viome, a microbiome startup, raises $86.5M, inks distribution deal with CVS https://tcrn.ch/47zUkDY
Which quotes me a bit. Needless to say, I am very skeptical of Viome and many of its claims.
#EMT is an early event in cell dissemination from epithelial tissues. @EricTheveneau &co show that in frog embryos the #metalloproteinase MMP28 is produced by placodes & acts inside the nucleus of neighboring neural crest cells to trigger EMT #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3snRL7F
Elon Musk continues his quest to drive everyone away from #Twitter. Be ready for more people joining the #fediverse and #Mastodon.
Open rank faculty position in "Microbiome Sciences" at the University of California, Davis in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology (one of my home departments)
Drugs that target the Adgrf1 protein may have the potential to alleviate the symptoms of non-alcoholic fatty #LiverDisease in humans. #Medicine https://elifesciences.org/digests/85131/a-new-avenue-for-treating-fatty-liver-disease?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic
I've worked on all of science, from B cells to T cells.
https://fellowsherpa.com