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bioRxiv

Microbiome stability is linked to coral thermotolerance biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20

Microbiome stability is linked to coral thermotolerance

Corals associate with a diverse community of prokaryotic symbionts that provide nutrition, antioxidants, and other protective compounds to their host. However, the influence of microbes on coral thermotolerance remains understudied. Here, we examined the prokaryotic microbial communities associated with colonies of Acropora cf. tenuis that exhibit high or low thermotolerance upon exposure to 33°C (heated) relative to 29°C (control). Using 16S rRNA sequencing, we show that the microbial community structure of all A. cf. tenuis colonies were similar at control temperature. Thermotolerant colonies, however, had relatively greater abundance of Endozoicomonas, Arcobacter, Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus. At elevated temperature, only thermosensitive colonies showed a distinct shift in their microbiome, with an increase in Flavobacteriales, Rhodobacteraceae, and Vibrio, accompanying a marked bleaching response. Functional prediction indicated that prokaryotic communities associated with thermotolerant corals were enriched for genes related to metabolism, while microbiomes of thermosensitive colonies were enriched for cell motility and antibiotic compound synthesis. These differences may contribute to the variable performance of thermotolerant and thermosensitive corals under thermal stress. Identification of microbial taxa correlated with thermotolerance provides insights into beneficial bacterial groups that could be used for microbiome engineering to support reef health in a changing climate. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest.

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Stephen Royle

“for women in biology, the likelihood of leaving science after ten years was 58%; for men, it was nearly 49%.”

Nearly 50% of researchers quit science within a decade, huge study reveals

nature.com/articles/d41586-024

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everton137

The NY Times article without paywall.

**‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hamas**

*Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong Hamas (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state.*

archive.is/zwo64

I don't follow closely this conflict. But is this raised more often? How can you support the very simple idea of financing a terrorist group that wants your destruction? This policy of Netanyahu is simply sick to me and looks like coming from a psychopath. I cannot find a better word.

Do powerful rightwing extremists in the government of Israel really want to have Arabs and Israeli killing each other on the streets? The documentary I recommended also suggests this idea.

#netanyahu #hamas #qatar #terrorism #NetanyahuWarCriminal #Gaza

Just weeks before Hamas launched the deadly Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, the head of Mossad arrived in Doha, Qatar, for a meeting with Qatari officials. For years, the Qatari government had been sending millions of dollars a month into the Gaza Strip — money that helped prop up the Hamas government there. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel not only tolerated those payments, he had encouraged them. During his meetings in September with the Qatari officials, according to several people familiar with the secret discussions, the Mossad chief, David Barnea, was asked a question that had not been on the agenda: Did Israel want the payments to continue? Mr. Netanyahu’s government had recently decided to continue the policy, so Mr. Barnea said yes. The Israeli government still welcomed the money from Doha. Allowing the payments — billions of dollars over roughly a decade — was a gamble by Mr. Netanyahu that a steady flow of money would maintain peace in Gaza, the eventual launching point of the Oct. 7 attacks, and keep Hamas focused on governing, not fighting. The Qatari payments, while ostensibly a secret, have been widely known and discussed in the Israeli news media for years. Mr. Netanyahu’s critics disparage them as part of a strategy of “buying quiet,” and the policy is in the middle of a ruthless reassessment following the attacks. Mr. Netanyahu has lashed back at that criticism, calling the suggestion that he tried to empower Hamas “ridiculous.”
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'In this randomized, controlled trial involving women in South Africa and Uganda, twice-yearly subcutaneous lenacapavir was superior to daily oral emtricitabine–tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in preventing HIV infection.'

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Thiago Carvalho

"Nas instituições científicas portuguesas há cerca de 3000 contratos a termo, com o seu fim previsto para os próximos anos. Na verdade, destes, há 1607 vínculos de cientistas que terminarão até 2026 e que, no próximo ano, terão de encontrar soluções se quiserem continuar o seu percurso enquanto investigadores em Portugal. Já no primeiro semestre deste ano, 676 cientistas viram o seu vínculo terminar depois de assinar um contrato pelo regime da norma transitória."
publico.pt/2024/10/03/ciencia/

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Group leader in Infection Biology

Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology

The IPBS-Toulouse recruits a Group leader in Infection Biology

See the full job description on jobRxiv: jobrxiv.org/job/institute-of-p

#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
jobrxiv.org/job/institute-of-p

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Thiago Carvalho

"With the most potent weight-loss shot and a pipeline of 11 experimental treatments, including what is widely expected to be the first approved small molecule GLP-1 pill, Eli Lilly stands to be the biggest winner in a market that is projected to grow to $130bn a year in peak sales by the end of the decade"

ft.com/content/ed81ca79-1fd6-4

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'Oncogenic PIK3CA mutations generate large clones in aging human esophagus. Here we investigate the behavior of Pik3ca mutant clones in the normal esophageal epithelium of transgenic mice. Expression of a heterozygous Pik3caH1047R mutation drives clonal expansion by tilting cell fate toward proliferation'

nature.com/articles/s41588-024

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Stephen Royle

Is there a self-help group for “I ran an #AlphaFold 3 prediction and it is fundamentally different to the AF2 prediction”? Asking for a friend.

#LabLife

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'Oncogenic PIK3CA mutations generate large clones in aging human esophagus. Here we investigate the behavior of Pik3ca mutant clones in the normal esophageal epithelium of transgenic mice. Expression of a heterozygous Pik3caH1047R mutation drives clonal expansion by tilting cell fate toward proliferation'

nature.com/articles/s41588-024

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eLife

We’ve reached 10,000 submissions to the eLife Model 🥳

So, we thought we’d reflect on how the model is making a positive impact, and highlight some author feedback from their experience of publishing with us.

And if you’d like to know more about how submitting to the eLife Model works, take a look at our video on YouTube!
elifesciences.org/inside-elife

youtu.be/XVnJVPj23ig

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ASAPbio

A group of 2024 ASAPbio Fellows are currently conducting a survey on the experiences of crowd reviewers with the Crowd Preprint Review Program. To celebrate peer review week we've released a sneak peak at some of our findings!

Read more in our blog post: buff.ly/4dnG4Qp

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The Japan Times

The clock is ticking for women in Japan who missed out on the human papillomavirus vaccine to get it for free — the first dose must be administered by the end of September to complete the three-dose series before the campaign ends in six months. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/ #japan #sciencehealth #vaccines #hpv #health

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Flipboard Science Desk

Is this the creepiest fungus in the forest? Yes, definitely.

From @popsci: "The 'immortal' Dead man's fingers fungus won't eat your brain, just dead wood."

flip.it/X4Ad_g

#Fungus #Plants #Biology #Botany #Science

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Christian Lawson-Perfect

Getting ready for our open day tomorrow, I've updated a couple of my old maths trick webpages.

The incredible palindromic hat-trick now has scroll-snap so it's a bit easier to read through: somethingorotherwhatever.com/s

The "I can name your polynomial" trick now uses built-in BigInts and uses MathML instead of MathJax: somethingorotherwhatever.com/n

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'Because Facebook wanted to show that its algorithm was not increasing polarization, it made claims that both Science and the authors saw as unsupported by the research. The global affairs president of Meta (Facebook’s parent company), Nick Clegg, said that the papers undermined claims that the site was designed to “serve people content that keeps them divided,” while author Natalie Jomini Stroud countered that Clegg had overstated the extent to which the study can be interpreted in Facebook’s favor.'

science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc

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Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:

COVID tests are expensive in the US, and you never know when you'll need them; it's best to always have them on hand and ready to go.

So please don't delay, order your 4 free COVID tests (which will be sent to you through the mail) now: covidtests.gov

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'Spectacular breakthroughs in science can’t benefit people without translation to populations. To quote Paul Farmer, “In an age of explosive development in the realm of medical technology, it is unnerving to find that the discoveries of Salk, Sabin, and even Pasteur remain irrelevant to much of humanity.'

nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM

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Mikko Tuomi

Most of the #exoplanets we've discovered orbit red dwarf #stars.

This is because about 75% of the stars in the Milky Way are red dwarfs, so you would expect red dwarf planets to be the most abundant.

This also means that most #habitable worlds are going to orbit these small, cool stars, and that has some significant consequences for our search for #life.

But even detecting the atmospheres of such planets may be extremely difficult in practice.

#astronomy #astrobiology
phys.org/news/2024-09-exoplane

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br00t4c

Bye-bye, basements? Climate change could force more buildings above ground

#climate

cbc.ca/news/science/basement-c

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