Victor Tatarskiy
@greenrat.bsky.social
Cell biologist and a cat person. I mainly study CDK8/19, cell cycle regulation, and new anti-cancer drug candidates.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9080-5683
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9080-5683
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Victor Tatarskiy
@greenrat.bsky.social
· Oct 26
Hey! I'm Victor. I'm a cell and cancer biologist. My lab mainly studies CDK8/19, cell cycle regulation, and new anti-cancer drug candidates. I also love history and DnD, so don't be surprised if I follow you. I'm Russian (sorry) with family in the US, so there is occasional politics.
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All aboard the diet train!
December 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
All aboard the diet train!
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New from my lab on bioRxiv - we found an existing drug that appears to be safe in humans that selectively kills chemotherapy-resistant cancer cells.
A clinical-stage oncology compound selectively targets drug-resistant cancers https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.26.690878v1
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
New from my lab on bioRxiv - we found an existing drug that appears to be safe in humans that selectively kills chemotherapy-resistant cancer cells.
regarding autism rates - recent article by Dr Richard Grinker www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o... (and in more detail in podcast why-is-this-happening-with-chris-hayes.simplecast.com/episodes/how...) gave a fascinating fact - the enrollment for special education does not change much, just the labels:
December 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
regarding autism rates - recent article by Dr Richard Grinker www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o... (and in more detail in podcast why-is-this-happening-with-chris-hayes.simplecast.com/episodes/how...) gave a fascinating fact - the enrollment for special education does not change much, just the labels:
Celebrating my grandmothers 88. Less and less friends are alive, and can come, but I always loved their parties and stories.
November 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Celebrating my grandmothers 88. Less and less friends are alive, and can come, but I always loved their parties and stories.
Funny how any strong, "patriotic" leader is just a bag of corruption underneath that thin layer (and yeah, Ben is small fish, I know. This is called allusion)
#BBCNews - Benjamin Netanyahu seeks pardon from Israel's president
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Herzog: an "extraordinary request which carries with it significant implications".
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Herzog: an "extraordinary request which carries with it significant implications".
Benjamin Netanyahu seeks pardon from the Israeli president
"An immediate end to the trial would greatly help lower the flames and promote broad reconciliation," Israel's PM says.
www.bbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Funny how any strong, "patriotic" leader is just a bag of corruption underneath that thin layer (and yeah, Ben is small fish, I know. This is called allusion)
@profanity.accountant I honestly have no idea
November 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
@profanity.accountant I honestly have no idea
Was at a concert of baroque music (wonderful Pratum Integrum orchestra with Elene Gvirtishvili as a solist) and they played one of mine favorite pieces of classical music, here by another favorite the French "Le Poeme Harmonique"
youtu.be/cmY4NM7r6HY?...
Le Poeme introduced me to baroque music
youtu.be/cmY4NM7r6HY?...
Le Poeme introduced me to baroque music
Lamento della ninfa, SV 163: II. Amor
YouTube video by Claire Lefilliâtre - Topic
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Was at a concert of baroque music (wonderful Pratum Integrum orchestra with Elene Gvirtishvili as a solist) and they played one of mine favorite pieces of classical music, here by another favorite the French "Le Poeme Harmonique"
youtu.be/cmY4NM7r6HY?...
Le Poeme introduced me to baroque music
youtu.be/cmY4NM7r6HY?...
Le Poeme introduced me to baroque music
thank the gods, because between Tolstoy's and co, run-on sentences for half a page and Russian grammar, the Russian school lessons are torture devices that should be banned by UN
Novels' sentences are much shorter than they used to be.
Part of this is about punctuation: we use periods as people used to use semi-colons. And shorter sentences aren't necessarily simpler to read, since jargon can condense complicated ideas.
Part of this is about punctuation: we use periods as people used to use semi-colons. And shorter sentences aren't necessarily simpler to read, since jargon can condense complicated ideas.
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
thank the gods, because between Tolstoy's and co, run-on sentences for half a page and Russian grammar, the Russian school lessons are torture devices that should be banned by UN
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
mine is both!
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
mine is both!
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"It may be uncomfortable to conclude that a widely used study design has been producing spurious results. But the evidence is in, and telling uncomfortable truths is a part of doing science."
Problems with twin studies.
theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/the-missin...
Problems with twin studies.
theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/the-missin...
The missing heritability question is now (mostly) answered
Not with a bang but with a whimper
theinfinitesimal.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"It may be uncomfortable to conclude that a widely used study design has been producing spurious results. But the evidence is in, and telling uncomfortable truths is a part of doing science."
Problems with twin studies.
theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/the-missin...
Problems with twin studies.
theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/the-missin...
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Looking for a gift for your favorite scientist?
A Prayer for Grant Funding Cocktail Candle
You’ve filled out stacks and stacks of paperwork, you’ve submitted more proposals than you can count. You’ve stayed up into the wee hours of the morning to just revise your submission one last time be...
cognitive-surplus.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Looking for a gift for your favorite scientist?
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Attempt number seven at uploading this video of intermediate filaments in an enormous COS7 cell. I have a feeling the BlueSky compression will not do it any favors.
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Attempt number seven at uploading this video of intermediate filaments in an enormous COS7 cell. I have a feeling the BlueSky compression will not do it any favors.
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
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1. Great, let's do this
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
1. Great, let's do this
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
Read easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!
www.brailleinstitute.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
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📢ATTENTION BSKY COMMUNITY - We are expanding!! If you are interested in studying metabolic drivers of cancer progression and therapy resistance using bioengineered models consider joining our group at the Moffitt! Pl. repost, tks
moffitt-cancer-center-careers.hctsportals.com/jobs/2115134...
moffitt-cancer-center-careers.hctsportals.com/jobs/2115134...
Postdoctoral Fellow – Focus on Metabolic Regulators of Cancer Epigenetics in Tampa, FL - Moffitt Cancer Center CareersPostdoctoral Fellow – Focus on Metabolic Regulators of Cancer Epigenetics in Tampa...
Working at Moffitt Cancer Center is both a career and a mission. All employees are dedicated to patient care, research and education to advance our fight against this disease.
moffitt-cancer-center-careers.hctsportals.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
📢ATTENTION BSKY COMMUNITY - We are expanding!! If you are interested in studying metabolic drivers of cancer progression and therapy resistance using bioengineered models consider joining our group at the Moffitt! Pl. repost, tks
moffitt-cancer-center-careers.hctsportals.com/jobs/2115134...
moffitt-cancer-center-careers.hctsportals.com/jobs/2115134...
All Quiet on the Economic Front
* WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISER HASSETT: THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF ALMOST QUIET TIME IN THE LABOR MARKET
@reuters.com #QuietTime
@reuters.com #QuietTime
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
All Quiet on the Economic Front
getting rejections from journals is always a downer, but when you get several in a row for an article you are proud of, well...
if the senior co-author who is at least somebody in the field didn't think it was important, this would be absolutely crushing
if the senior co-author who is at least somebody in the field didn't think it was important, this would be absolutely crushing
November 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
getting rejections from journals is always a downer, but when you get several in a row for an article you are proud of, well...
if the senior co-author who is at least somebody in the field didn't think it was important, this would be absolutely crushing
if the senior co-author who is at least somebody in the field didn't think it was important, this would be absolutely crushing
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Hello #SfN25, come see our poster about cellular memory and multiple kinds of pattern detection operating in kidney cells. Poster LBP077 1-5pm 🧠🫘
November 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Hello #SfN25, come see our poster about cellular memory and multiple kinds of pattern detection operating in kidney cells. Poster LBP077 1-5pm 🧠🫘
not sexy enough!
now, molecular biology for eugenics...
now, molecular biology for eugenics...
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
not sexy enough!
now, molecular biology for eugenics...
now, molecular biology for eugenics...
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very cool paper on the location of tumor mutations within the liver changing cancer initiation www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The origin of hepatocellular carcinoma depends on metabolic zonation
The origin of cancer is poorly understood because premalignant cells are rarely followed in their native environments. While the spatial compartmentalization of metabolic functions is critical for pro...
www.science.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
very cool paper on the location of tumor mutations within the liver changing cancer initiation www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
All these in one place... yikes. The man did all he could to burn his legacy
You are embarrassing yourself by lauding this monster. Do you defend these views, which he held lifelong. Where is the "nuance in these words?" Shame!
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
All these in one place... yikes. The man did all he could to burn his legacy
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Required reading for cell biologists to get a sense of basic statistical principles!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ten essential tips for robust statistics in cell biology - Nature Cell Biology
Statistical thinking is a core part of solid, trustworthy biology. However, many studies still include insufficient sample sizes, have poor experimental design or select an incorrect statistical metho...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Required reading for cell biologists to get a sense of basic statistical principles!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...