Philippe Batut

philippebatut.bsky.social

12 September 2026 02:19

🧬🔬 Why are enhancers transcribed and how does that impact gene regulation? I’m really excited to share our new paper in @science.org showing that noncoding RNAs control the timing of gene activation in embryos. With Mike Levine #ScienceResearch @columbiamed.bsky.social A few highlights below... 🧵👇

Kristian G. Andersen

kgandersen.bsky.social

12 September 2026 01:31

Good read. What truly baffles me seeing this "AI-designed-printed-in-the-lab-bioweapon will kill us all" guff is the fact that we have *the* biggest, out-of-control, Gain-of-Function experiment, in BSL-0, already running rampant in the US. In cattle 🐮. Yet, 🦗. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

Philip Ball

philipcball.bsky.social

10 September 2026 01:25

In other news, thousands of climate scientists say for decades that climate change could kill huge numbers of people and destabilize the world, and experience shows they were right all along, but it's deemed less thrillingly doomy to tackle seriously, so here we are.

James McInerney

jomcinerney.bsky.social

10 September 2026 00:30

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Lzvolk

lzvolk.bsky.social

10 September 2026 00:20

Aligns with my frustration of claims of or trying to find the “theory of everything”.