Alex Schier

schierlab.bsky.social

19 August 2026 22:17

What regulates the urge to sleep? William Joo and colleagues identified brain regions that reflect how long mice have been awake. Strikingly, inhibiting one of these regions reduces sleep by 70%, without the major behavioral deficits associated with sleep deprivation. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Teresa Rayon

trayon.bsky.social

19 August 2026 22:17

Our work on the role of the proteasome in developmental tempo is out!!!! 🐭⌛️👤⏳ Six years after identifying an association between protein stability and developmental tempo, we now demonstrate a causal link between protein turnover and developmental tempo through proteasomal degradation

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

mrclmb.ac.uk

27 June 2026 12:33

Novel base editing technology has been used to test gene function in human embryos in a @loke-ctr.bsky.social study. LMB Investigator Scientist @kashishsingh.bsky.social purified the adenine-base editing enzyme which was used for the genome-editing experimental work. shorturl.at/i1WFt #LMBintheNews

University of Cambridge

cam.ac.uk

27 June 2026 12:30

Scientists at Cambridge's @loke-ctr.bsky.social have, for the first time, used base editing to study gene function in human embryos. In future, the findings could help to improve IVF success rates and better understand early pregnancy loss. Read more: https://bit.ly/4aQOAZD

Harmit Singh Malik

harmitmalik.bsky.social

05 June 2026 20:22

There are two types of people in the world: those who discovered Persepolis and were richer for the experience, and those that still have to. RIP Marjane Satrapi. www.lemonde.fr/en/obituarie...