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I just published: If I could start over as a PhD student today, in 2026, what would I do?
A conversation with a PhD student on deciding career trajectories, how to actually do science, science communication, and why bioRxiv is where the real record lives.
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A conversation with a PhD student on deciding career trajectories, how to actually do science, science communication, and why bioRxiv is where the real record lives.
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🚨 NEW | “Habibi” becomes the top Google search after @jftbio showed this slide
A warm welcome to Jame Tannous @jftbio, our very first Lebanese predoc 🇱🇧🎉
Jame joins us from the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut بيروت
Yalla habibi, give him a follow here on X and across social media!
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Jak dziecko pyta o bohatera to proszę.
Żaden Marvel, żaden DC.
Bohater z tu i teraz, z krwi i kości.
Żaden Marvel, żaden DC.
Bohater z tu i teraz, z krwi i kości.
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Large universities have become real estate funds with classrooms as an alibi.
The University of California’s investment arm has purchased the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Half Moon Bay for $193 million, but university officials have not publicly discussed their plans or management strategy. Read the full story by Royal Calkins at coastsidenews.com/news/universit…
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Thrilled to have attended and presented @IPMBSinica Early Career Symposium 2026. Really good to learn all the fascinating science in plant and microbiology in the last two days. @TheSainsburyLab
@talbotlabTSL 🌱🧬🔬🦠
@talbotlabTSL 🌱🧬🔬🦠
IPMB Early Career Symposium 2026 kicks off today! Honored to welcome Academia Sinica President Chien-Jen Chen to the opening. 23 early-career scientists from the Americas, Europe, Australia, and Asia are joining IPMB for 2 days of research exchange in plant and microbial biology.
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Very proud that @javebautista17 represented our group @TheSainsburyLab so well at the @IPMBSinica Early Career Symposium.
Thrilled to have attended and presented @IPMBSinica Early Career Symposium 2026. Really good to learn all the fascinating science in plant and microbiology in the last two days. @TheSainsburyLab
@talbotlabTSL 🌱🧬🔬🦠
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♟️ MAGNUS CARLSEN: I rarely play against engines because they just make me feel stupid and useless. I think of them more as a tool.
JOE ROGAN: The computing power on your phone today. can you beat your phone at the highest level?
MAGNUS CARLSEN: No. No chance.
JOE ROGAN: That’s crazy. Wasn’t Deep Blue basically a whole stack of computers? And your phone is probably more powerful than that today.
MAGNUS I have no chance against my phone.
JOE ROGAN: So how do you even play against computers?
MAGNUS CARLSEN: I rarely play against engines because they just make me feel stupid and useless. I think of them more as a tool.
JOE ROGAN: But have computers actually changed how you understand chess?
MAGNUS CARLSEN: Absolutely. Neural networks have improved our understanding of the game immensely.
JOE ROGAN: What did you learn from them that humans weren’t already doing?
MAGNUS CARLSEN: One big thing was long-term king safety. Humans used to push pawns mainly as an attacking tool. But the engines showed that you could push a pawn and create a weakness 20 or 30 moves later that would make the opponent’s king less safe.
JOE ROGAN: So the computer basically showed you ideas that humans weren’t seeing.
MAGNUS CARLSEN: Exactly. There was a period where you could clearly see which players were using these new neural-network ideas and which weren’t.
JOE ROGAN: And you were one of the guys who figured it out early?
MAGNUS CARLSEN: Yeah. My coach got into it very quickly, and we gained an advantage over almost everybody.
JOE ROGAN: That’s insane. The machines aren’t just better at calculating, they’re actually teaching the best players how to think differently.
MAGNUS CARLSEN: That’s probably the biggest impact they’ve had on chess.
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AI slop courtesy of #NatureRipoffs
A hallucination, courtesy of @SpringerNature. The reference below doesn’t exist. #NatureRipoffs #ScienceCrisis
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True in 🇺🇸 and beyond: those with the least future ahead of them shouldn’t have the biggest say in it. #GenZ #Millennials
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Let me be blunt. Those who are afraid of AI feel deep down that they are impostors & have no edge. If you have a 1) clear mind, 2) a deep, not just cosmetic, undertanding of your specialty, 3) and/or are original enough to reinvent yourself when needed, AI will be your friend.
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Lily Walker. A pheasant-tailed jacana leaps across a lotus pond, its absurdly long toes distributing weight to walk on the floating lilies.
📷 Irshan CK
📷 Irshan CK
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architecture details • TUNISIA
Tunisian architecture is a story of light, details, precision and symmetry. A harmonious dance between colors and shapes.
Tunisian architecture is a story of light, details, precision and symmetry. A harmonious dance between colors and shapes.
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A wonderful experience at the IPMB Early Career Symposium 2026! Delighted to be selected as Invited Speaker and present my PhD work on PIF3–PIF4-mediated thermosensory growth and connect with outstanding researchers from different corners of the world. 🌍
IPMB Early Career Symposium 2026 kicks off today! Honored to welcome Academia Sinica President Chien-Jen Chen to the opening. 23 early-career scientists from the Americas, Europe, Australia, and Asia are joining IPMB for 2 days of research exchange in plant and microbial biology.
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I have a new favourite flower, and it's one we made ourselves ✨🌈🧬
She has yellow, pink, blushes of pastel blue, and smells like a smoky plum.
She has yellow, pink, blushes of pastel blue, and smells like a smoky plum.
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Grateful to be invited to present my current research at @IPMBSinica Early Career Symposium 2026.👉🏽Receptor engineering @jonathandgjones @TheSainsburyLab 🌱👩🏽🔬
Thanks to the director @erhminlai and the organizing committee @AdamWu9527. Two days of Amazing science and discussion!
Thanks to the director @erhminlai and the organizing committee @AdamWu9527. Two days of Amazing science and discussion!
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🚨 NEW | “Habibi” becomes the top Google search after Abdul El-Sayed’s winning speech.
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6 minutes and 21 seconds of me breaking down the tsunami as it unfolded on The Nerd Show with the fantastic @CHueyBurns and @SalvantoCBS.
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クライオEM構造解析を自律的に進めるAIシステム、CryoPilotを開発しました。 2つのエージェントがCryoSPARCによる3次元再構成と、CryoZeta・DAQによる原子モデル構築・検証を担当します。中間結果を評価し、解析戦略を選択・修正、実行します。
doi.org/10.64898/2026.…
cryopilot.vercel.app
doi.org/10.64898/2026.…
cryopilot.vercel.app
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