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Gavin McStay
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I study mitochondria and love doing science outreach. I direct biomed news, a platform to help find the latest biomedical research using machine learning. Senior lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University
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Latest issue of curated #engineeredlivingmaterials feed:
biomed.news/bims-enlima/... #ELMs
via @biomednews.bsky.social #livingmaterials

includes research on: acoustic printing of conductive polymers, fungal ELMs, DNA origami membranes, & more 🧪
Acoustic printing of conductive polymers | PNAS
Fabricating materials within optically opaque structures, such as biological tissue, is a considerable challenge. Recently, ultrasound-based printi...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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It's here! This week's summary of novel computational and analytical methods for #metabolomics and #lipidomics

biomed.news/bims-metlip/...

A collaboration with @biomednews.bsky.social
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November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Our new Biomed News issue on Mutant p53 & Anticancer Therapy is live - 9 fresh papers this week, spanning mechanisms, resistance, and new therapeutic angles.

Great selection for anyone following the p53 field!🔬

biomed.news/bims-p53act/...

@biomednews.bsky.social

#p53 #CancerResearch #Oncology
bims-p53act 2025-11-30 papers
biomed.news
November 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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#Autophagy and #mTOR papers from last two weeks, enjoy thanks to @biomednews.bsky.social pre-selection!

biomed.news/bims-auttor/...

biomed.news/bims-auttor/...
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November 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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This week's selection of articles and #preprints on #proteostasis thanks to @biomednews.bsky.social --https://biomed.news/bims-proteo/2025-11-30
Highlight: Defining the role of β-cell IRE1α/XBP1 and its gene regulatory network components in non-obese diabetic mice www.nature.com/articles/s41...
bims-proteo 2025-11-30 papers
biomed.news
November 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Happy Sunday egg-ficionados! Here comes the latest issue of #cebooc, full of Christmas atmosphere and great papers!

biomed.news/bims-cebooc/...

Highlight: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41308649/ by @yanivelkouby.bsky.social

Thanks @biomednews.bsky.social for preselecting!
November 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Good morning, all. A great selection of papers in #cancermetabolism and #mitochondrialbiology is waiting for you here: biomed.news/bims-camemi/... @biomednews.bsky.social #keepreading

"Calm down. Both your sins and your good deeds will be lost in oblivion." - Czesław Miłosz
November 30, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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#mitochondrialdisease collection of papers from #week48! 📚
biomed.news/bims-mitdis/...

@biomednews.bsky.social @gavinmcstay.bsky.social @mitoscientist.bsky.social @mitoscientists.bsky.social

Inhibition of oligomeric BAX by an anti-apoptotic dimer
Newman et al
November 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Thanksgiving edition of the publications in the #PlacentalCellBio section of @biomednews.bsky.social

biomed.news/bims-placeb/...

Cheers!
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Have you popped into @storyhouselive.bsky.social recently? If so, you might have spotted us on the Christmas listings!
Be sure to join us for our last talk of 2025.
We're talking Christmas Movies and the science of storytelling

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November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Explore the newest issue of the weekly digest on the analytical and computational methods for small molecule analysis:

biomed.news/bims-metlip/...

In collaboration with @biomednews.bsky.social
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November 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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📢Last 2 weeks of #immunometabolism discoveries @biomednews.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️

biomed.news/bims-imicid/...
biomed.news/bims-imicid/...

Exciting to have a paper in the collection!

An inherited mitochondrial DNA mutation remodels inflammatory cytokine responses in macrophages and in vivo in mice
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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🧬 New #BiomedNews report out in Mutant #p53 and anti-cancer therapies.

Two recent papers highlight how specific TP53 mutations drive tumor behavior and reveal new therapeutic vulnerabilities.

biomed.news/bims-p53act/...

@biomednews.bsky.social
bims-p53act 2025-11-23 papers
biomed.news
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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This week's (on time) selection of articles and #preprints on #proteostasis thanks to @biomednews.bsky.social -- biomed.news/bims-proteo/...
Highlight - @drsimoncook.bsky.social RAF inhibitors activate the integrated stress response by direct activation of GCN2 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
bims-proteo 2025-11-23 papers
biomed.news
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Latest issue of curated #engineeredlivingmaterials feed:
biomed.news/bims-enlima/... #ELMs
via @biomednews.bsky.social #livingmaterials

includes research on: 3D necroprinting, self-assembling protein materials, directed self-assembly of 3D interconnected networks & more 🧪
3D necroprinting: Leveraging biotic material as the nozzle for 3D printing
Dead mosquitoes find new life as ultrafine 3D printer nozzles, enabling sustainable microscale manufacturing.
doi.org
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Ho ho ho, happy Sunday egg-ficionados! Here is another great issue of #cebooc: biomed.news/bims-cebooc/...

Highlight: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41241715/
Runner-up: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41271398/

Thanks @biomednews.bsky.social for preselecting!
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Good Sunday, all. What a great week for #cancermetabolism and #mitochondrialbiology. Find here a selection of groundbreaking discoveries: biomed.news/bims-camemi/... @biomednews.bsky.social #keepreading

"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth."-Alan Watts
November 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Delayed weekly selection of articles on #proteostasis thanks to @biomednews.bsky.social -- biomed.news/bims-proteo/...
Highlight - Pooled overexpression screening identifies PIPPI as a novel microprotein involved in the ER stress response academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
bims-proteo 2025-11-16 papers
biomed.news
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Latest analytical and computational methods for small molecule analysis is here:

biomed.news/bims-metlip/...

Selected for all the researchers in the metabolomics and lipidomics fields in collaboration with Biomed News.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
It was great to hear about #Chester and the River Dee tonight at @chesterscibar.bsky.social. There was a bit of history, georgraphy, ecology, engineering - all things that scibar loves
#DYK The Dee is the most managed river in Europe?
More water is extracted from the Dee than from the whole of the Lake District!
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Here are the papers of the last 3 weeks on interference of viral infections with metabolic and redox pathways of host cells:
biomed.news/bims-mevinf/...
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As always, many thanks to Biomed.news, @gavinmcstay.bsky.social
, Thomas Krichel
bims-mevinf 2025-11-02 papers
biomed.news
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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The weekly Metabolism driving cancer organotropism (biomed.news/bims-metorg/...) and Metabolites-driven PTMs focusing on cancer (biomed.news/bims-prolim/...) at @biomednews.bsky.social are out ☺️
bims-metorg 2025-11-02 papers
biomed.news
November 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM