Karolinska Institutet

ki.se

22 October 2026 08:14

A study in @natgenet.nature.com led by @stefano-romeo.bsky.social identifies 60 genetic regions linked to liver fat, including 31 not previously reported. The findings shed new light on the genetics of #FattyLiverDisease. #Genetics 🧪 news.ki.se/major-study-...

HHMI

hhmi-science.bsky.social

15 October 2026 21:26

A new lab has launched at our Janelia Research Campus! The Lincoln Lab — led by Group Leader Richard Lincoln — combines photochemistry, computational modeling, & physical chemistry to engineer next-gen fluorescence microscopy tools for Tools@HHMI: bit.ly/3Vq0mFI. 📸 Richard Lincoln & Matthew Benton

Madeline Lancaster

lancasterlab.bsky.social

14 October 2026 20:54

Cool new preprint from the Pellegrini lab showing that choroid plexus organoids can reach very mature stages. Pretty impressive for a PSC-derived organoid!

James Briscoe

jamesbriscoe.bsky.social

12 October 2026 22:33

Philip Ball wrote a thoughtful popsci piece in @quantamagazine.org on Waddington’s landscape for cell fate decisions Includes our work with David Rand using dynamical systems theory & single-cell data to make the landscape metaphor quantitative & predictive www.quantamagazine.org/how-does-lif...

The Rockefeller University

rockefeller.edu

21 September 2026 16:18

Cysteine is essential for life, but toxic in excess. A new study from Rockefeller's Kivanc Birsoy in @natmetabolism.nature.com reveals why: free cysteine can unleash stored iron, overwhelming mitochondria and triggering a form of cell death. 🔗: https://bit.ly/4iG3UNI