DefinitelyNotAlice
@alicele.bsky.social
Evolutionary scientists, curious epidemiologist, plasmid enthusiast, old school social!
Sardinian, Italian and European in the Uk.
Briton in training, loves BCN.
Mum. Baker. Birdwatcher. Gardener.
Very opinionated & opinions are my own.
Sardinian, Italian and European in the Uk.
Briton in training, loves BCN.
Mum. Baker. Birdwatcher. Gardener.
Very opinionated & opinions are my own.
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I think this is probably right and also a complete disaster. Just an utter unwilligness to learn from what we all collectively went through just a few years ago…
The default pandemic strategy for many countries does now seem to be "Play it by ear then lockdown and wait for a vaccine"
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I think this is probably right and also a complete disaster. Just an utter unwilligness to learn from what we all collectively went through just a few years ago…
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🧬 A new “Life Identification Number (LIN)” system aims to modernize bacterial classification with a clearer, more stable hierarchy. A step forward for genomic taxonomy!
📖 shorturl.at/vkQuS
✍️ @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social & coll.
@pasteur.fr @ox.ac.uk @monashuniversity.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
📖 shorturl.at/vkQuS
✍️ @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social & coll.
@pasteur.fr @ox.ac.uk @monashuniversity.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
🧬 A new “Life Identification Number (LIN)” system aims to modernize bacterial classification with a clearer, more stable hierarchy. A step forward for genomic taxonomy!
📖 shorturl.at/vkQuS
✍️ @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social & coll.
@pasteur.fr @ox.ac.uk @monashuniversity.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
📖 shorturl.at/vkQuS
✍️ @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social & coll.
@pasteur.fr @ox.ac.uk @monashuniversity.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
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I have never understood why organizations don't recognize & value these people. In academic medical centers, they are often informaticians.... #informatics #bioinformatics #glue
November 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I have never understood why organizations don't recognize & value these people. In academic medical centers, they are often informaticians.... #informatics #bioinformatics #glue
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Somewhat related, my graphic design advice is that unless the image is a key point of your presentation, like it’s actually something you need to show people to get the point of your slide across, then don’t use one. Slides need to be functional, not overcrowded and “cute”.
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Somewhat related, my graphic design advice is that unless the image is a key point of your presentation, like it’s actually something you need to show people to get the point of your slide across, then don’t use one. Slides need to be functional, not overcrowded and “cute”.
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Rule #1 of my presentation skill class: no noise on the slides. Nothing to distract the audience from the main message
Somewhat related, my graphic design advice is that unless the image is a key point of your presentation, like it’s actually something you need to show people to get the point of your slide across, then don’t use one. Slides need to be functional, not overcrowded and “cute”.
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Rule #1 of my presentation skill class: no noise on the slides. Nothing to distract the audience from the main message
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The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]
SO MUCH THIS!!!
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
SO MUCH THIS!!!
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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“Codon homonyms”
Natural and artificial variations of the standard genetic code
Great new review by Julius Lukes & colleagues 👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Great new review by Julius Lukes & colleagues 👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
“Codon homonyms”
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I can’t buy copy paper because my general accounts are frozen by university mandate, but BK gets 54 million not to work
FIFTY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS, to fire a football coach at a state university
SOURCE: LSU has given Brian Kelly formal written notice that he has been terminated without cause and that it will fulfill the obligation of his nearly $54 million buyout.
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I can’t buy copy paper because my general accounts are frozen by university mandate, but BK gets 54 million not to work
Tangible signs I am getting old:
- I need reading glasses 🫤
- I have read with interest the article on the national budget 😳
(And my daughter asking me if when I was living in Sardinia as a kid the Romans were still there!! 😜)
- I need reading glasses 🫤
- I have read with interest the article on the national budget 😳
(And my daughter asking me if when I was living in Sardinia as a kid the Romans were still there!! 😜)
an elderly woman in a green shirt says it 's been 84 years ...
ALT: an elderly woman in a green shirt says it 's been 84 years ...
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Tangible signs I am getting old:
- I need reading glasses 🫤
- I have read with interest the article on the national budget 😳
(And my daughter asking me if when I was living in Sardinia as a kid the Romans were still there!! 😜)
- I need reading glasses 🫤
- I have read with interest the article on the national budget 😳
(And my daughter asking me if when I was living in Sardinia as a kid the Romans were still there!! 😜)
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Reminder to dry brine your turkey today and be happier with a tastier bird on Thursday
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Reminder to dry brine your turkey today and be happier with a tastier bird on Thursday
I did not realize it was going to freeze tonight, so I did not cover my flowers...
R.I.P. poor flowers!
R.I.P. poor flowers!
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I did not realize it was going to freeze tonight, so I did not cover my flowers...
R.I.P. poor flowers!
R.I.P. poor flowers!
Su Mediaset infinity ci sono Pollon e holly e Benji, ma ovviamente non sono disponibili all'estero!!!
🫤🫤🫤🫤
I bambini italiani all'estero come imparano l'italiano??
😂😂😂😂😂
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I bambini italiani all'estero come imparano l'italiano??
😂😂😂😂😂
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Su Mediaset infinity ci sono Pollon e holly e Benji, ma ovviamente non sono disponibili all'estero!!!
🫤🫤🫤🫤
I bambini italiani all'estero come imparano l'italiano??
😂😂😂😂😂
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I bambini italiani all'estero come imparano l'italiano??
😂😂😂😂😂
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In 2018, researchers analyzed ~25 billion smartphone location data pings and found that that politically diverse Thanksgiving dinners were “30 to 50 minutes shorter”.
We explain why politics is ruining the holidays and what you can do about it:
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/why-thanks...
We explain why politics is ruining the holidays and what you can do about it:
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/why-thanks...
Polarized Family Gatherings: The New Holiday Reality
What research reveals about political conflict during family dinners—and how to steer conversations back to connection
www.powerofusnewsletter.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In 2018, researchers analyzed ~25 billion smartphone location data pings and found that that politically diverse Thanksgiving dinners were “30 to 50 minutes shorter”.
We explain why politics is ruining the holidays and what you can do about it:
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/why-thanks...
We explain why politics is ruining the holidays and what you can do about it:
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/why-thanks...
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Perché a volte il tumore prima sparisce e poi recidiva? La risposta si chiama farmacoresistenza.
In questo thread vi spiego i meccanismi principali, come nascono e come li studiamo. Prima cosa da sapere: un tumore non è una massa con cellule tutte uguali.
In questo thread vi spiego i meccanismi principali, come nascono e come li studiamo. Prima cosa da sapere: un tumore non è una massa con cellule tutte uguali.
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Perché a volte il tumore prima sparisce e poi recidiva? La risposta si chiama farmacoresistenza.
In questo thread vi spiego i meccanismi principali, come nascono e come li studiamo. Prima cosa da sapere: un tumore non è una massa con cellule tutte uguali.
In questo thread vi spiego i meccanismi principali, come nascono e come li studiamo. Prima cosa da sapere: un tumore non è una massa con cellule tutte uguali.
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Il paesello è senza corrente da un'ora. Speriamo che sistemino tutto prima che muoiano la batteria del pc e quella del telefono... #legioiedellavitaincampagna.
Già si prospettava - sulla base dell'agenda - un lunedì da incubo... le premesse sicuramente ci sono.
Già si prospettava - sulla base dell'agenda - un lunedì da incubo... le premesse sicuramente ci sono.
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Il paesello è senza corrente da un'ora. Speriamo che sistemino tutto prima che muoiano la batteria del pc e quella del telefono... #legioiedellavitaincampagna.
Già si prospettava - sulla base dell'agenda - un lunedì da incubo... le premesse sicuramente ci sono.
Già si prospettava - sulla base dell'agenda - un lunedì da incubo... le premesse sicuramente ci sono.
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Malin Klumpp
At EOU2025: Using genomics to study how birds are moving and redistributing behavioural traits across geographic space
bou.org.uk/blog-klum...
#ornithology 🪶
At EOU2025: Using genomics to study how birds are moving and redistributing behavioural traits across geographic space
bou.org.uk/blog-klum...
#ornithology 🪶
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Malin Klumpp
At EOU2025: Using genomics to study how birds are moving and redistributing behavioural traits across geographic space
bou.org.uk/blog-klum...
#ornithology 🪶
At EOU2025: Using genomics to study how birds are moving and redistributing behavioural traits across geographic space
bou.org.uk/blog-klum...
#ornithology 🪶
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My first New Zealand pelagic from Kaikoura, superb views of Salvins, Antipodean, and White Capped Albatross 🪶🇳🇿
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
My first New Zealand pelagic from Kaikoura, superb views of Salvins, Antipodean, and White Capped Albatross 🪶🇳🇿
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November 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Today's #birdoftheday theme is warblers. Here's a double, a Sardinian and a Savi's. 🪶
@alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social
@alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Today's #birdoftheday theme is warblers. Here's a double, a Sardinian and a Savi's. 🪶
@alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social
@alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social
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Very excited to be in Adelaide to attend #ABACBS2025 . Australia is a powerhouse of microbial genomics, and indeed of bioinformatics, so am very much looking forward to meeting everyone, old friends and new, and speaking tomorrow!
November 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Very excited to be in Adelaide to attend #ABACBS2025 . Australia is a powerhouse of microbial genomics, and indeed of bioinformatics, so am very much looking forward to meeting everyone, old friends and new, and speaking tomorrow!