Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Maria Polychronidou

@mpolychronidou.bsky.social

360 followers 400 following 170 posts

Life scientist. Head of EMBO Membership & Elections and Courses & Workshops @embo.org #EMBOevents previously: Editor at Molecular Systems Biology, EMBO Press Views my own

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Maria Polychronidou @mpolychronidou.bsky.social · Jul 23

🔊2025/2026 EMBO Courses & Workshops are online!
You can go through the list here ➡️ www.embo.org/conferences-...
Download the poster listing all meetings here ➡️ www.embo.org/documents/co...
We will add more 2026 Courses & Workshops in October, stay tuned!
#EMBOevents #AcademicSky #LifeSciences

www.embo.org

7 5

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

Science Magazine @science.org · 5d

As the Moon eclipsed the Sun on 8 April 2024, birds took note.

Leveraging nature’s own experiment, scientists and the public joined forces to show how different species responded to sudden midafternoon darkness followed by a new “dawn.” Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/48WbhLL

As the Moon eclipsed the Sun on 8 April 2024, birds like these rock pigeons (Columba livia) took note.

3 27 87

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG) @crg.eu · 4d

🎓 Closing another successful @embo.org Practical Course on Targeted Proteomics 2025!

For 5 days, the Proteomics Unit hosted researchers for an immersive, hands-on experience in targeted proteomics — from experimental design to data analysis.

#EMBO #CRGTraining #Proteomics #MassSpec #LifeSciences

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

protaiomics.bsky.social @protaiomics.bsky.social · 1d

Join ProtAIomics!
16 PhD projects across Europe combining AI & proteomics.
Discover the projects:https://www.protaiomics.eu/research/
#MSCA #PhD #Proteomics #AI

1 4

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

Astrid Gall (she/her) @astridgagall.bsky.social · 12h

Beautiful #autumn colours on the #Heidelberg campus today!

@embl.org @embo.org

1 6

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 13h

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended #EESImaging 🙏

It was an enriching four-day symposium filled with high-level speakers, an enthusiastic crowd, fascinating insights, and amazing networking opportunities. We hope everyone found it beneficial and enjoyed the beautiful Heidelberg!

1 5

Maria Polychronidou @mpolychronidou.bsky.social · 14h

#DigitalTwins applied to #ecology ⬇️

Nature @nature.com · 1d

‘Digital twins’ of real-world objects are moving from manufacturing to wildlife management.

go.nature.com/4nZa6Qk

Digital flocks, predators allow ecologists to simulate real-world animal behaviour

‘Digital twins’ of real-world objects are moving from manufacturing to wildlife management.

go.nature.com

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

EMBO @embo.org · 1d

Register now for EMBO Workshop "Advances in Stroke-Immunology: From molecular mechanisms to clinical translation" in Munich, DE, 27–30 April 2026.

Abstract submission/Registration deadline: 30 January/1 March 2026

https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-stroke-immunology
#EMBOStrokeImmuno #EMBOevents 🧪

Advances in Stroke-Immunology: From molecular mechanisms to clinical translation

We cordially invite you to join the EMBO Workshop on Advances in Stroke-Immunology which will take place at the Hohenkammer Castle in Munich between April 27th – 30th 2026. Immune responses are cen…

meetings.embo.org

4 2

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 14h

Come learn the tricks of giving a BAD talk: begin the process by organizing your slides - the more, the better, try to impress, run over your time, embrace distractions, and treat questions as threats!
Join us tomorrow at Weill Cornell for this month's Postdoc Night Science NYC!

2 7 21

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

Schapiro Lab @schapirolab.bsky.social · 17h

We’re excited to be at @embl.org this week for Spatial Biology: the melting pot. We’re looking forward to hearing about some awesome science 🔬 #EMBLSpatialBiology

3 17

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

Pedro Beltrao @pedrobeltrao.bsky.social · 5d

new preprint: Ubiquitin is a protein modification linked with degradation but known to regulate other functions. Over 100k ubiquitination sites have been discovered and here we (@julianvangerwen.bsky.social + others) try to prioritize those most critical to the cell www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The functional landscape of the human ubiquitinome

Protein ubiquitination regulates cell biology through diverse avenues, from quality control-linked protein degradation to signaling functions such as modulating protein-protein interactions and enzyme...

www.biorxiv.org

2 45 100

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

EMBO @embo.org · 3d

We have asked the new EMBO Members to tell us about themselves and what makes it so compelling to work in #science today. 🧪

In the eighth video of the series, EMBO Members tell us what part of their #research process they enjoy the most and why.

#LifeSciences

3 8

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

Typas Lab @typaslab.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to share our preprint led by Carlos Voogdt et al

We developed new genetic tools & genome-wide libraries for species of the Bacteroidales order; constructed saturated barcoded transposon libraries in key representatives of three genera.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

2 35 68

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

Nature @nature.com · 1d

Conservationists debate the pros and cons of using synthetic biology techniques to alter wild species.

go.nature.com/4qf6Ult

Should genetically modified wildlife be banned? Scientists weigh the risks

Conservationists debate the pros and cons of using synthetic biology techniques to alter wild species.

go.nature.com

3 7 29

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

EMBO @embo.org · 5d

At the heart of our mission is supporting excellence in the life sciences through the EMBO programmes, #publishing, #policy and #innovation, across #Europe and globally. 🧪

Our focus this week: #Iceland

https://www.embo.org/the-embo-communities/embo-communities-by-country/focus-on-iceland/

EMBO communities in EMBC Member States – Focus on Iceland

Iceland joined the EMBC as a member state in 1978. Life scientists in Iceland are eligible for all EMBO Programmes supporting life scientists in Europe and beyond.

www.embo.org

2 7

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

Jochen Schwenk @jochwenk.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 A new open-access resource of @proteinatlas.bsky.social

A human pan-disease🩸 atlas of the circulating proteome

👉 www.proteinatlas.org/humanproteom...
📖 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🤩 @buenoalvez.bsky.social and many more!

@kawresearch.bsky.social
@scilifelab.se
@kthuniversity.bsky.social

2 5

Maria Polychronidou @mpolychronidou.bsky.social · 5d

Multimodal #AI agent for transferring practical expertise by linking written protocols with real lab work (using videos, speech, text). Applied to #massspectrometry #proteomics
Sounds really cool @mannlab.bsky.social!
#teammassspec #sciencereproducibility

Mann Lab @mannlab.bsky.social · 5d

How much hands-on lab expertise gets lost? We developed a multimodal AI agent that turns videos into protocols and detects procedural errors. Making science accessible. Great collaboration with #Google.
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@patiskowronek.bsky.social explains👇

Patricia Skowronek @patiskowronek.bsky.social · 6d

In labs, hands-on expertise is often lost because it's not written down. We leverage multimodal AI agents to capture & share expertise by analyzing video and speech to generate protocols, detect errors, and guide researchers. #AI #TeamMassSpec
📄 Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025... 1/🧵

2 1

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

EMBO @embo.org · 7d

Learn all things #cytoskeleton #research in an interdisciplinary environment at EMBO Workshop "Structure and Function of the Cytoskeleton" in Paris, FR, 7–10 April 2026.

Deadline: 20 December 2025

https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-cytoskeleton
#EMBOCytoskeletalFunction #EMBOevents #conference 🧪

Structure and Function of the Cytoskeleton

The cytoskeleton, a dynamic and intricate network of protein filaments, is found within the cytoplasm of all cells, from bacteria and archaea to complex eukaryotes. This essential cellular component …

meetings.embo.org

30 30

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It also demonstrates the fairness of the prize, as Mary Brunkow is a Senior Program Manager (not a professor) at the @isbscience.org
hood.isbscience.org/people/mary-...

2 14 40

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 22d

Poppies at Giverny - 1887
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10231

27 140

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

Nature @nature.com · 8d

Obituary: Jane Goodall (1934-2025) Pioneer primatologist who inspired generations of scientists

go.nature.com/48aWjRU

Jane Goodall obituary: pioneer primatologist who inspired generations of scientists

She was a tireless advocate for conservation, the welfare of captive chimpanzees and the protection of habitats.

go.nature.com

1 52 180

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

Athale Lab @athalelab.bsky.social · 13d

Looking forward to hearing and participating in the upcoming #EMBO frontiers in #cytoskeleton meeting at #iiserpune in November 2025. The best season to visit Pune in case any of you were wondering. Old friends and colleagues and new ones I hope.
meetings.embo.org/event/25-cyt...

Frontiers in Cytoskeleton Research

A key question in biology is how living cells adapt to highly complex functional requirements in the context of an organism, within which they need to develop complex morphologies, interact with many…

meetings.embo.org

1 1 3

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

EMBO @embo.org · 20d

In an interview with EMBO Member Abena Amoah, she talks about #collaboration in #GlobalHealth research in order to improve vaccine responses. Abena is senior adviser at the Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands. 🧪

Read the full interview here:
www.embo.org/people/equit...

Equitable collaborations to improve vaccine responses – People – EMBO

An interview with EMBO Member Abena Amoah, senior adviser at Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands

www.embo.org

1 5

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

EMBO @embo.org · 18d

We have asked the new EMBO Members to tell us about themselves and what makes it so compelling to work in science today. 🧪

In the sixth video of the series, EMBO Members tell us about turning points and pivotal moments in their scientific journeys.

#LifeSciences

3 6

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

EMBO @embo.org · 29d

Last week on 11–12 Sep, together with our publishing partner @springernature.com, EMBO hosted a workshop "AI to advance open science publishing” in Heidelberg, DE. 🧪 Participants engaged in demonstrations and experiments using tools developed by Springer Nature and EMBO for innovation in publishing.

3 5

Reposted by Maria Polychronidou

EMBO Lab Leadership @embolableadership.bsky.social · 13d

Still need to use 2025 funding? Places still available in @embo.org Lab #Leadership for #Postdocs courses in 🇩🇪. Take time to focus on your interpersonal skills + discover tools to support your development. Sign up now 28-30 Oct, 11-13 Nov & 2-4 Dec 2025: www.embolableadership.org/course/embol...

People discussing projects at a pin board with text promoting upcoming in person courses for postdocs this year

11 12