Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@qoto.org

Communicating science through art: engaging conversation at the @Ecsite conference last week, with ERC grantee @kostas_nikolop of @unibirmingham.
Read more about his #sciart #scicomm activities 👉 https://erc.europa.eu/projects-figures/stories/dancing-particles https://t.co/9vojhS836f

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1672590448031039489

This is how the #EuroVelo network looks like in 2023 🚲⁠

Go far away or simply discover your region: the choice is yours!

This summer, pick your favourite route and explore our continent using cleaner, cheaper and healthier forms of transport.

Gears ready? Get a #map with information and tips about the 17 EuroVelo routes

🔗 https://eurovelo.com/support-us⁠

#EUGreenDeal #Cycling

The formation and 3D architecture of Leishmania adhesion in the sand fly vector. https://elifesciences.org/articles/84552?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

An off-the-shelf CART story at NEJM.

"And at the same time, we’re now tackling a different type of leukemia, T-cell leukemia. So in combination, three editing steps to remove molecules on the surface of T cells to allow them to be used off the shelf and to be able to have those cells ready, premanufactured and frozen, and to be able to give them in a timed way to patients who otherwise would not have treatment options."

#immunotherapy #Immunology #Hematology #Leukemia

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2303851?query=featured_home

“I’m sure Earth can’t wait to be exclusively under Zuck’s thumb with no other options,” remarked Musk , who presumably sees himself as Earth’s other option. I know what you’re thinking – it’s not just that our species has no dignity. It’s that it has no path to dignity.'

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/23/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-megarich-cage-fight-dystopian?CMP=share_btn_tw

Retraction Watch on Latvia: https://retractionwatch.com/2023/06/23/plagiarism-scandal-engulfs-high-profile-academic-in-latvia/

‘A stain on Ireland’s conscience’: identification to begin of 796 bodies buried at children’s home - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/25/a-stain-on-irelands-conscience-tuam-home-for-unmarried-mothers-gives-up-grimmest-of-buried-secrets such terrible, hopeless suffering inflicted on children and their mothers #ireland #tuam

“Overall, this paper shows for the first time a unique population of macrophages that emerges specifically during lactation and is of interest to immunologists, particularly macrophage biologists."

#Immunology #Macrophage #MucosalImmunology

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-023-01531-z

Adapt, improvise, overcome.

"In response to a cotton square scented with a novel neutral odor (lavender), most control mice shredded the material, built a nest, and fell asleep within 90 min."
#neuroscience #preprint

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.21.545975v1?med=mas

Edvard Munch

Progress on understanding #endometriosis

"In a cohort of women, 64% of patients with endometriosis but <10% of controls were found to have Fusobacterium infiltration in the endometrium. Immunohistochemical and biochemical analyses revealed that activated transforming growth factor–β (TGF-β) signaling resulting from Fusobacterium infection of endometrial cells led to the transition from quiescent fibroblasts to transgelin (TAGLN)–positive myofibroblasts, which gained the ability to proliferate, adhere, and migrate in vitro."
#HostPathogen

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.add1531

"In fact, teleosts show a tremendous variety of adaptive behaviors similar to birds and mammals, however, the neural basis mediating these behaviors remains elusive. We performed a systematic comparative survey of the goldfish telencephalon; the seat of plastic behavior, learning and memory in vertebrates."

#Preprint #Evolution #neuroscience

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.19.545605v1?med=mas

On finding a home for your blog/newsletter:

"My reasons for wanting out are explained here. The bottom line, though, is that I just wasn’t comfortable on a platform that’s a major leagues money-maker for the misinformation-hate complex. And I didn’t want to wait for the likely-inevitable enshittification development or event that made moving urgent. Migrating slowly, while my newsletter and its footprint are still small, had to be easier."

https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/06/22/substack-versus-wordpress-newsletter-first-impressions-and-migration-tips/