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Beate Sodeik
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Herpes, Virology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry. Trying to devalue competition and to foster collaboration, reasoning and fairness in science, politics and life.
https://www.mhh.de/en/mhh-institutes/virology/research/sodeik-lab
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Beate Sodeik @beatesodeiklab.bsky.social · Oct 7
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Hocheffiziente Verbrenner. Was zum Teufel ist das?
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE
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Announcement of the “Expert insights” online seminar series by the ACHIEVE Academy. Talk by Melissa Vázquez Hernández from PLOS Biology on “Publishing at PLOS Biology” Date: Thursday, December 4, 2025, at 2:00 PM.
November 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
beatesodeiklab.bsky.social
Überall diese pöse Chemie …
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kathrinkuehn.bsky.social Kathrin Kühn @kathrinkuehn.bsky.social · Dec 8
Die Chemie der Weihnachtsbäckerei: Warum aus Natron, Pottasche und Hirschhornsalz ganz bestimmte Lebkuchen werden. Ich habe da ein altes Familienrezept. Und mein Kollege Arndt Reuning, Chemiker, sagte: oh, spannende Zutaten. Wir haben dann zusammen gebacken:
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Hirschhornsalz, Pottasche, Natron - die Chemie der Weihnachtsbäckerei
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November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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kathakritzelt.bsky.social
Margot Friedländer wird mit einer Sonderbriefmarke geehrt. Sie hat unnachgiebig an die Schrecken des Holocaust zu erinnert und versucht, dazu beizutragen, dass sich diese nie wiederholen.
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Es gibt zu viele negative News, deswegen poste ich jeden Tag eine #guteNewsdesTages.
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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I'm guest-editing a collection on "Enhancer-promoter interactions" at Genome Biology. Please send us your exciting stories!

link.springer.com/collections/...
Enhancer-promoter interactions
Genome Biology is calling for submissions to our Collection on enhancer-promoter interactions. Enhancer–promoter interactions are central to the regulation ...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Dialing down the use of social media for a week reduced symptoms of anxiety, depression and insomnia in young adults, according to a study published on Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open.
Study Finds Mental Health Benefit to One-Week Social Media Break
Young adults who engaged in a social media “detox” reported reductions in depression, anxiety and insomnia, though it was unclear how long the effects would last.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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The official CDC website on autism and vaccines is now a screed of cherry-picked data and conspiratorial thinking claiming that actually vaccines *might* cause autism.

This is where we’re at folks…
Autism and Vaccines QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS PAGE 2 OF 9 | ALL PAGES For Everyone NOV. 19, 2025 KEY POINTS The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism. Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities. HHS has launched a comprehensive assessment of the causes of autism, including investigations on plausible biologic mechanisms and potential causal links. Vaccines do not cause Autism* Pursuant to the Data Quality Act (DQA), which requires federal agencies to ensure the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information they disseminate to the public, this webpage has been updated because the statement "Vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim. Scientific studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines contribute to the development of autism. However, this statement has historically been disseminated by the CDC and other federal health agencies within HHS to prevent vaccine hesitancy. HHS has launched a comprehensive assessment of the causes of autism, including investigations on plausible biologic mechanisms and potential causal links. This webpage will be updated with gold-standard science that results from the HHS comprehensive assessment of the causes of autism as required by the DQA. The following, as required by the DQA, details the state of the evidence and studies, and the lack thereof, regarding vaccines and autism spectrum disorder (autism) and outlines HHS future research directions to provide answers.
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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sanderlab.bsky.social
Die Polizei, die Feuerwehr, die Ärzteschaft, die Umwelthilfe und die überwältigende Mehrheit (75%) der Berliner Bevölkerung fordert ein Verbot von privatem Feuerwerk an Silvester. Das kann man nicht länger ignorieren. Verletzungen, Schäden hohe Kosten.
Was macht die Politik?
November 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Aye
November 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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WHAT the …. ???

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
November 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Flat Earthers: 🫣 Take this. 👇🏼
Science is cool and colorful.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
beatesodeiklab.bsky.social
„You can‘t prove that Coca Cola doesn‘t cause autism either.“
Source in article.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
beatesodeiklab.bsky.social
Ja, es gibt HIV. Ja, es gibt AIDS.
Ja, es gibt aufklärende Maßnahmen.
Wir wissen, wie Infektionen verhindert werden können.
deutscheaidshilfe.bsky.social Deutsche Aidshilfe @deutscheaidshilfe.bsky.social · 7d
Die Zahl der HIV-Neuinfektionen in Deutschland ist im Jahr 2024 gestiegen, wie aus dem aktuellen Bericht des @rki.de hervorgeht. Das ist kein Zufall, sondern Ergebnis von Kürzungen bei Aufklärung und Drogenhilfe. Die HIV-Prävention muss jetzt wieder gestärkt werden!
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Hand mit roter Schleife. Text: Zahlen zu HIV in Deutschland. Steigende Infektionszahlen sind kein Zufall - jetzt Prävention stärken! Zahlen zu den HIV-Neuinfektionen 2024. Diese finden sich auch im Posttext. Text: Ende 2024 lebten insgesamt 97.700 Menschen mit HIV in Deutschland. Etwa 8.200 von ihnen wussten nicht von ihrer Infektion. UNAIDS-Ziele: 92 % der Menschen mit HIV wussten von ihrer Infektion. Von denen erhielten 98 % Medikamente. Bei 96 % von diesen war HIV nicht mehr nachweisbar.Quelle: Robert Koch-Institut Text: HIV-Neuinfektionen 2024:Was jetzt getan werden mussDrogenhilfe stärken!Zugang zur HIV-Prophylaxe PrEP ausbauen - insbesondere bei Frauen!Versorgungslücken für Menschen ohne Krankenversicherung schließen!Testangebote für HIV ausbauen!
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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My interview with @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/public-...
Change on CDC website links vaccines and autism. What does it mean for doctors, parents?
The updated page casts aside decades of research by scientists around the world, which has found no link between childhood vaccines and autism.
www.dallasnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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karenattiah.bsky.social
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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christinahoelzel.bsky.social
An den einen Tagen arbeite ich an Dingen, auf die ich Lust habe, und finde deshalb abends kein Ende, und an den anderen Tagen türmen sich die Dinge, auf die ich keine Lust habe, und ich arbeite sie abends halt ab, und jedenfalls arbeite ich so oder so abends, immer.
Leben ändern ist schwer.
November 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Definiere Schadenfreude … 😉🫣😎
sixtus.net Mario Sixtus @sixtus.net · 9d
Hahahahahaha! Hahahah! Haha! Hahahahahahahaha! Hahahahahaha! Hahahah! Haha! Hahahahahahahaha!Hahahahahaha! Hahahah! Haha! Hahahahahahahaha! Hahahahahaha! Hahahah! Haha! Hahahahahahahaha! Hahahahahaha! Hahahah! Haha! Hahahahahahahaha! Hahahahahaha! Hahahah!
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Markenstreit AfD verliert Rechte am Parteilogo und Namenskürzel
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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A tour de force expose of those trying to smother us in anti-science propaganda. Michael Mann and Peter Hotez are leaders in confronting the anti-science crowd. They describe their own experiences and name and shame the organizations and individuals involved and how we can defeat them. Read it. 🧪
Cover of the book "Science Under Siege" by Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez showing a microscope on fire.
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Not great news to see Marburg spreading across the borders of the previously endemic areas. I was so happy to see that Ebola outbreak in the DRC over and now this...I hope the country will be able to get it under control soon.
helenbranswell.bsky.social Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 14d
The outbreak in Ethiopia is #Marburg virus, the first such outbreak for this country. 9 cases so far, including some health workers. x.com/drtedros/sta...
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on X: "#Ethiopia has confirmed the outbreak that has infected at least 9 people in the south of the country is of #Marburg virus disease. I commend Ethiopia’s @FMoHealth for its rapid and transparent response to the outbreak, and the work of the Ethiopia Public Health Institute and" / X
#Ethiopia has confirmed the outbreak that has infected at least 9 people in the south of the country is of #Marburg virus disease. I commend Ethiopia’s @FMoHealth for its rapid and transparent response to the outbreak, and the work of the Ethiopia Public Health Institute and
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November 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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November 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.

Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Virologinnenpower … auf die Dauer! 😉👊🏼 😎
Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
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November 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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gesvirologie.bsky.social
Herpesviren stehen seit Jahrzehnten in Verdacht, zur Entstehung von Demenz beizutragen. Im Fokus steht das Varizella-Zoster-Virus, das Windpocken (bei Kindern) bzw. Gürtelrose (bei Erwachsenen) auslöst. Seit einigen Jahren gibt es eine Impfung dagegen. … (1/4)

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October 31, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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The 2026 edition of the ACHIEVE mentoring program open to final year PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and veterinary/medical doctors has just launched. You will benefit from 1-year individual mentoring by established PIs,

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November 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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What you should thank the German language for … 🤓
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM