Alexander Bartelt
@barteltlab.bsky.social
Else Kröner Fresenius Professor & Chair of Translational Nutritional Medicine @tum.de | PI @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social | Former @lmumuenchen.bsky.social @harvard.edu @uni-hamburg.de | Banner by @albamena.bsky.social
Homepage: https://www.mls.ls.tum.de/tnm
Homepage: https://www.mls.ls.tum.de/tnm
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It was a pleasure to attend the @cirtn.bsky.social workshop. I could not be more impressed by the incredible trainee presentations. And it was a special pleasure to present the first CIRTN Science Communication Award to three amazing scientists: Lahari Basu, Maria Galipeau and Cassandra Locatelli!
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It was a pleasure to attend the @cirtn.bsky.social workshop. I could not be more impressed by the incredible trainee presentations. And it was a special pleasure to present the first CIRTN Science Communication Award to three amazing scientists: Lahari Basu, Maria Galipeau and Cassandra Locatelli!
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CIRTN-R2FIC is currently running in Toronto its 4th Annual Meeting. During this meeting we have launched our mini interview series called "Islets in a Pod" ! Our first interview is with Dr. Patrick MacDonald from the University of Alberta.
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#1 Islets in a Pod with Dr. Patrick MacDonald
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November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
CIRTN-R2FIC is currently running in Toronto its 4th Annual Meeting. During this meeting we have launched our mini interview series called "Islets in a Pod" ! Our first interview is with Dr. Patrick MacDonald from the University of Alberta.
youtu.be/UlHn_1Fz3ck?...
youtu.be/UlHn_1Fz3ck?...
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Achtung. Das ist kein Artikel vom Postillion. Das ist die Wirklichkeit.
Das übertrifft alles, was man über die Trump-Leute als Witkoff ohnehin gedacht hat.
Das übertrifft alles, was man über die Trump-Leute als Witkoff ohnehin gedacht hat.
"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
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-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Achtung. Das ist kein Artikel vom Postillion. Das ist die Wirklichkeit.
Das übertrifft alles, was man über die Trump-Leute als Witkoff ohnehin gedacht hat.
Das übertrifft alles, was man über die Trump-Leute als Witkoff ohnehin gedacht hat.
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Udo Kier. You will be missed
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Udo Kier. You will be missed
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Dass Friedrich Merz zu dem besonderen Menschenschlag gehört, der buchhaltérisch und nicht buchhalterisch sagt, sieht man ihm leider schon an, bevor man es zum ersten Mal aus seinem Mund hört.
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Dass Friedrich Merz zu dem besonderen Menschenschlag gehört, der buchhaltérisch und nicht buchhalterisch sagt, sieht man ihm leider schon an, bevor man es zum ersten Mal aus seinem Mund hört.
Today, I visited @unil.bsky.social Lausanne🇨🇭by invitation of @shukryjhabib.bsky.social - thank you so much, Shukry, and everyone at the Department of Biomedical Sciences for a full day of kind hospitality, fascinating science, lots of fun, and excellent Libanese food 😋 even practiced my French 🇫🇷!
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Today, I visited @unil.bsky.social Lausanne🇨🇭by invitation of @shukryjhabib.bsky.social - thank you so much, Shukry, and everyone at the Department of Biomedical Sciences for a full day of kind hospitality, fascinating science, lots of fun, and excellent Libanese food 😋 even practiced my French 🇫🇷!
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Giving a seminar today @ethz.ch on our new X-reactivation findings during aging—back at the institute where I started my PhD 10 years ago. Can’t wait to see some familiar faces!
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Giving a seminar today @ethz.ch on our new X-reactivation findings during aging—back at the institute where I started my PhD 10 years ago. Can’t wait to see some familiar faces!
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Auf Anregegung von Dr. Lutz Böhm: Was wir hier sehen, sind verkalkte Zysten von Parasiten, verursacht durch den Schweinebandwurm Taenia solium = massiver Trichinenbefall. Auch deswegen waren Stadtmauern wichtig, weil man mit Fleisch-/Wurstprodukten von außerhalb im 18./19. Jh. nicht rein durfte 💡
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Auf Anregegung von Dr. Lutz Böhm: Was wir hier sehen, sind verkalkte Zysten von Parasiten, verursacht durch den Schweinebandwurm Taenia solium = massiver Trichinenbefall. Auch deswegen waren Stadtmauern wichtig, weil man mit Fleisch-/Wurstprodukten von außerhalb im 18./19. Jh. nicht rein durfte 💡
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Happy to share that my PhD project is finally published!🪱✨
Selfish genes are found across the tree of life. They can disrupt inheritance patterns and at the same time act as units for molecular innovation. Here we tried to answer one big question: how do selfish genes emerge in the first place?
Selfish genes are found across the tree of life. They can disrupt inheritance patterns and at the same time act as units for molecular innovation. Here we tried to answer one big question: how do selfish genes emerge in the first place?
Recurrent evolution of selfishness from an essential tRNA synthetase in Caenorhabditis tropicalis 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Recurrent evolution of selfishness from an essential tRNA synthetase in Caenorhabditis tropicalis - Nature Ecology & Evolution
In Caenorhabditis tropicalis, three toxin–antidote elements arose via gene duplication from the essential tRNA-synthetase subunit FARS-3. The ancestral antidote probably acquired affinity for FARS-3, ...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Happy to share that my PhD project is finally published!🪱✨
Selfish genes are found across the tree of life. They can disrupt inheritance patterns and at the same time act as units for molecular innovation. Here we tried to answer one big question: how do selfish genes emerge in the first place?
Selfish genes are found across the tree of life. They can disrupt inheritance patterns and at the same time act as units for molecular innovation. Here we tried to answer one big question: how do selfish genes emerge in the first place?
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New septin paper by our next door lab neighbors @ebrahim-lab.bsky.social, and on the cover of JCI Insight no less.
Septin 9 reinforces intestinal epithelial junctions, preventing leaky gut and inflammation.
Check it out!
Septin 9 reinforces intestinal epithelial junctions, preventing leaky gut and inflammation.
Check it out!
This issue’s Cover: @ebrahim-lab.bsky.social @dominikrobak.bsky.social& team report on the septin cytoskeleton at apical junctions of intestinal epithelial cells, whereby it maintains barrier integrity & protects from inflammation: insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
New septin paper by our next door lab neighbors @ebrahim-lab.bsky.social, and on the cover of JCI Insight no less.
Septin 9 reinforces intestinal epithelial junctions, preventing leaky gut and inflammation.
Check it out!
Septin 9 reinforces intestinal epithelial junctions, preventing leaky gut and inflammation.
Check it out!
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Very excited to share the latest work from our lab in @insight.jci.org, highlighting a role for the #septin #cytoskeleton in protecting against "leaky gut", by recruiting non-muscle myosin II and stabilizing the tight junction.
Credit to @dominikrobak.bsky.social for the stunning cover image!
Credit to @dominikrobak.bsky.social for the stunning cover image!
This issue’s Cover: @ebrahim-lab.bsky.social @dominikrobak.bsky.social& team report on the septin cytoskeleton at apical junctions of intestinal epithelial cells, whereby it maintains barrier integrity & protects from inflammation: insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Very excited to share the latest work from our lab in @insight.jci.org, highlighting a role for the #septin #cytoskeleton in protecting against "leaky gut", by recruiting non-muscle myosin II and stabilizing the tight junction.
Credit to @dominikrobak.bsky.social for the stunning cover image!
Credit to @dominikrobak.bsky.social for the stunning cover image!
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Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre — when white attackers killed as many as 300 people, most of them Black — has died at age 111, the mayor said. She told Congress in 2021 that she lived through the massacre 'every day' reut.rs/4pt18LJ
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre — when white attackers killed as many as 300 people, most of them Black — has died at age 111, the mayor said. She told Congress in 2021 that she lived through the massacre 'every day' reut.rs/4pt18LJ
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This is the last week to apply!
Starting your own lab is exciting—but challenging.
Join our GBM Young Investigator leadership workshop in Regensburg, April 13–16th, 2026.
Professional coaching, peer networking & practical tips for new PIs.
Apply by Nov 30, 2025.
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Join our GBM Young Investigator leadership workshop in Regensburg, April 13–16th, 2026.
Professional coaching, peer networking & practical tips for new PIs.
Apply by Nov 30, 2025.
👉 gbm-online.de/de/young-inv...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the last week to apply!
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Interested in a postdoc studying non-equilibrium redox biology in the Greene lab? The Irving S. Sigal Postdoctoral Fellowship is a great opportunity to be recognized and to provide the financial support for exciting research. DM me if you or anyone you know is interested. Nomination-based.
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Interested in a postdoc studying non-equilibrium redox biology in the Greene lab? The Irving S. Sigal Postdoctoral Fellowship is a great opportunity to be recognized and to provide the financial support for exciting research. DM me if you or anyone you know is interested. Nomination-based.
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Der Verband der Familienunternehmer möchte mit der AfD "ins Gespräch kommen".
Ein flüchtiger Blick auf die Liste der im Präsidium vertretenen Unternehmen offenbart:
Kontakte zu Nazis sind Familientradition, vom Propagandisten der Judenverfolgung Hermann Röchling bis zu Himmlers Freund Dr. Oetker.
Ein flüchtiger Blick auf die Liste der im Präsidium vertretenen Unternehmen offenbart:
Kontakte zu Nazis sind Familientradition, vom Propagandisten der Judenverfolgung Hermann Röchling bis zu Himmlers Freund Dr. Oetker.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Der Verband der Familienunternehmer möchte mit der AfD "ins Gespräch kommen".
Ein flüchtiger Blick auf die Liste der im Präsidium vertretenen Unternehmen offenbart:
Kontakte zu Nazis sind Familientradition, vom Propagandisten der Judenverfolgung Hermann Röchling bis zu Himmlers Freund Dr. Oetker.
Ein flüchtiger Blick auf die Liste der im Präsidium vertretenen Unternehmen offenbart:
Kontakte zu Nazis sind Familientradition, vom Propagandisten der Judenverfolgung Hermann Röchling bis zu Himmlers Freund Dr. Oetker.
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Die Bundesregierung bzw. das BMBFSFJ setzt das Programm „Mental Health Coaches an Schulen“ offenbar ab nächstem Schuljahr nicht fort. Das ist bedauerlich, da die ersten Evaluationsergebnisse von uns zu dem Programm durchaus sehr positiv waren.
www.bmbfsfj.bund.de/bmbfsfj/aktu...
www.bmbfsfj.bund.de/bmbfsfj/aktu...
Schulprogramm "Mental Health Coaches" überzeugt mit Erfolg
Die "Mental Health Coaches" unterstützen die mentale Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen an Schulen. 90 Prozent der Beteiligten wünschen sich eine Fortsetzung. Lisa Paus spricht sich für...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Die Bundesregierung bzw. das BMBFSFJ setzt das Programm „Mental Health Coaches an Schulen“ offenbar ab nächstem Schuljahr nicht fort. Das ist bedauerlich, da die ersten Evaluationsergebnisse von uns zu dem Programm durchaus sehr positiv waren.
www.bmbfsfj.bund.de/bmbfsfj/aktu...
www.bmbfsfj.bund.de/bmbfsfj/aktu...
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This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
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Entire creation of new data that has no bearing upon any histological relevance. Remember LLM models are not open and we have no understanding of what NeuN, GFAP, or DAPI means in biological space within the LLM.
This is nonsense. But it looks at first blush as "real" to the uninformed.
Scary.
This is nonsense. But it looks at first blush as "real" to the uninformed.
Scary.
Gemini 3 created this figure in under 30 seconds from a couple reference images and a one sentence prompt
So I’m at a loss for words, honestly #MicroscopyMonday
So I’m at a loss for words, honestly #MicroscopyMonday
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Entire creation of new data that has no bearing upon any histological relevance. Remember LLM models are not open and we have no understanding of what NeuN, GFAP, or DAPI means in biological space within the LLM.
This is nonsense. But it looks at first blush as "real" to the uninformed.
Scary.
This is nonsense. But it looks at first blush as "real" to the uninformed.
Scary.
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Gemini 3 created this figure in under 30 seconds from a couple reference images and a one sentence prompt
So I’m at a loss for words, honestly #MicroscopyMonday
So I’m at a loss for words, honestly #MicroscopyMonday
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Gemini 3 created this figure in under 30 seconds from a couple reference images and a one sentence prompt
So I’m at a loss for words, honestly #MicroscopyMonday
So I’m at a loss for words, honestly #MicroscopyMonday
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The HPV vaccine is erasing cancer – here's the proof www.gavi.org/vaccineswork... via @gavi.org
The HPV vaccine is erasing cancer – here's the proof
More than a decade after the first HPV vaccination programmes rolled out, data from multiple countries reveals a dramatic fall in cervical cancers and precancers, confirming that HPV vaccines are high...
www.gavi.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The HPV vaccine is erasing cancer – here's the proof www.gavi.org/vaccineswork... via @gavi.org
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Anyone else forced to update to Windows 11 and now want to throw your computer out the window because it’s so buggy? I hope I’m not the only one…already had frustration tears tonight! 💻 😭
an elderly man is carrying a laptop out of a doorway
ALT: an elderly man is carrying a laptop out of a doorway
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November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Anyone else forced to update to Windows 11 and now want to throw your computer out the window because it’s so buggy? I hope I’m not the only one…already had frustration tears tonight! 💻 😭
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www.canada.ca/en/institute...
An inspired and excellent choice!
Looking forward to great things under Mary's leadership.
An inspired and excellent choice!
Looking forward to great things under Mary's leadership.
Dr. Mary Jung appointed Scientific Director of CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes - Canada.ca
Dr. Mary Jung appointed Scientific Director of CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes
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November 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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An inspired and excellent choice!
Looking forward to great things under Mary's leadership.
An inspired and excellent choice!
Looking forward to great things under Mary's leadership.
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Wie krass das ist! 😬💜 Die nächsten Termine sind fast alle ausverkauft, aber es gibt noch wenige Resttickets für die Tortenshow übermorgen in Weil am Rhein, zwei Tickets für Hamburg und für Rostock haben wir noch ein neues Kontingent in den Verkauf gegeben. katjaberlin.reservix.de/events
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Wie krass das ist! 😬💜 Die nächsten Termine sind fast alle ausverkauft, aber es gibt noch wenige Resttickets für die Tortenshow übermorgen in Weil am Rhein, zwei Tickets für Hamburg und für Rostock haben wir noch ein neues Kontingent in den Verkauf gegeben. katjaberlin.reservix.de/events
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Einen Friedensplan, auf den sich die USA, die EU und die Ukraine einigen können, wird Russland unmöglich akzeptieren und es, wie bereits mehrfach zuvor, damit begründen, dass die Konfliktursachen fortbestehen.
(Da hat Russland nicht unrecht; denn es bleibt aggressiv-imperial).
(Da hat Russland nicht unrecht; denn es bleibt aggressiv-imperial).
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Einen Friedensplan, auf den sich die USA, die EU und die Ukraine einigen können, wird Russland unmöglich akzeptieren und es, wie bereits mehrfach zuvor, damit begründen, dass die Konfliktursachen fortbestehen.
(Da hat Russland nicht unrecht; denn es bleibt aggressiv-imperial).
(Da hat Russland nicht unrecht; denn es bleibt aggressiv-imperial).
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We had a wonderful evening celebrating with our CHRIM community recently at the Child Health Research Days awards dinner. Congratulations to all the winners!
Find a full list of all winners and more photos by visiting our link in bio to see highlights from CHRD 2025.
Find a full list of all winners and more photos by visiting our link in bio to see highlights from CHRD 2025.
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We had a wonderful evening celebrating with our CHRIM community recently at the Child Health Research Days awards dinner. Congratulations to all the winners!
Find a full list of all winners and more photos by visiting our link in bio to see highlights from CHRD 2025.
Find a full list of all winners and more photos by visiting our link in bio to see highlights from CHRD 2025.