Claudio Slamovits 🇦🇷🇨🇦🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@cslamo.bsky.social
Biologist at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. Researcher of genomes and evolution. Salido de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. 🇦🇷🇨🇦
Today in What Could Go Wrong with AI.
NEW: Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
And despite expert concerns about potential disaster, the US government is on board.
And despite expert concerns about potential disaster, the US government is on board.
Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Today in What Could Go Wrong with AI.
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An Asgard archaeon with internal membrane compartments
Brilliant study led by @fmacleod.bsky.social and Andriko von Kügelgen. Tight collaboration with @buzzbaum.bsky.social and lab. Congrats to all authors!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Brilliant study led by @fmacleod.bsky.social and Andriko von Kügelgen. Tight collaboration with @buzzbaum.bsky.social and lab. Congrats to all authors!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
An Asgard archaeon with internal membrane compartments
Brilliant study led by @fmacleod.bsky.social and Andriko von Kügelgen. Tight collaboration with @buzzbaum.bsky.social and lab. Congrats to all authors!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Brilliant study led by @fmacleod.bsky.social and Andriko von Kügelgen. Tight collaboration with @buzzbaum.bsky.social and lab. Congrats to all authors!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🚀 New in @natmicrobiol.nature.com
EMCG — droplet-based single-particle genomics method 🧬⚠️Sequencing marine microbes one by one — in nL of seawater!
Ultra-high resolution — no culture, no bulk averaging. A new way to see the invisible 🫥 🌊 rdcu.be/eOsUF #protistsonsky @bigelowlab.bsky.social
EMCG — droplet-based single-particle genomics method 🧬⚠️Sequencing marine microbes one by one — in nL of seawater!
Ultra-high resolution — no culture, no bulk averaging. A new way to see the invisible 🫥 🌊 rdcu.be/eOsUF #protistsonsky @bigelowlab.bsky.social
Single-particle genomics uncovers abundant non-canonical marine viruses from nanolitre volumes
Nature Microbiology - Environmental micro-compartment genomics provides efficient and high-throughput single-particle DNA sequencing that captures overlooked members of microbial communities.
rdcu.be
November 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🚀 New in @natmicrobiol.nature.com
EMCG — droplet-based single-particle genomics method 🧬⚠️Sequencing marine microbes one by one — in nL of seawater!
Ultra-high resolution — no culture, no bulk averaging. A new way to see the invisible 🫥 🌊 rdcu.be/eOsUF #protistsonsky @bigelowlab.bsky.social
EMCG — droplet-based single-particle genomics method 🧬⚠️Sequencing marine microbes one by one — in nL of seawater!
Ultra-high resolution — no culture, no bulk averaging. A new way to see the invisible 🫥 🌊 rdcu.be/eOsUF #protistsonsky @bigelowlab.bsky.social
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New 🧬✂️ pre-print! We show that paired prime editing can efficiently generate large deletions — even >1 Mb — with high precision and at scale. We use this to perform the first pooled prime deletion screen across the human genome.
🔗 biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A short thread (by Juliane Weller)👇
🔗 biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A short thread (by Juliane Weller)👇
November 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Our diatom paper walks in the footsteps of giants :) Meet the mother paper also out today from the @dudinlab.bsky.social @centriolelab.bsky.social @gautamdey.bsky.social in @cellpress.bsky.social on a full catalogue of 200 microeuks... 3/n
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Charting the landscape of cytoskeletal diversity in microbial eukaryotes
An imaging resource of over 200 microbial eukaryotic species provides a glimpse into
the remarkable universe of cytoskeletal diversity.
www.cell.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Our diatom paper walks in the footsteps of giants :) Meet the mother paper also out today from the @dudinlab.bsky.social @centriolelab.bsky.social @gautamdey.bsky.social in @cellpress.bsky.social on a full catalogue of 200 microeuks... 3/n
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Metazooa
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!
metazooa.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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If sovereign data servers outside the reach of US law are the goal, why doesn’t the government just create a Crown corporation to build & run them?
This unthinking fetish for public-private partnerships is yet another example of how this government remains beholden to 1980s-era economic ideologies.
This unthinking fetish for public-private partnerships is yet another example of how this government remains beholden to 1980s-era economic ideologies.
Canada wants to detangle its data from U.S. tech giants. Can it be done?
In the middle of a tense trade war, Canadian tech companies and policy-makers carve a path for data sovereignty
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
If sovereign data servers outside the reach of US law are the goal, why doesn’t the government just create a Crown corporation to build & run them?
This unthinking fetish for public-private partnerships is yet another example of how this government remains beholden to 1980s-era economic ideologies.
This unthinking fetish for public-private partnerships is yet another example of how this government remains beholden to 1980s-era economic ideologies.
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I’m saddened by recent layoffs of departmental staff by @dalhousieu.bsky.social Dalhousie University’s
Faculty of Engineering on Tuesday Oct 7, 2025.
Please join me in signing this petition to express our collective concern ⬇️
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Faculty of Engineering on Tuesday Oct 7, 2025.
Please join me in signing this petition to express our collective concern ⬇️
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
October 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I’m saddened by recent layoffs of departmental staff by @dalhousieu.bsky.social Dalhousie University’s
Faculty of Engineering on Tuesday Oct 7, 2025.
Please join me in signing this petition to express our collective concern ⬇️
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Faculty of Engineering on Tuesday Oct 7, 2025.
Please join me in signing this petition to express our collective concern ⬇️
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Direct single-molecule detection and super-resolution imaging with a low-cost portable smartphone-based microscope www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Direct single-molecule detection and super-resolution imaging with a low-cost portable smartphone-based microscope - Nature Communications
Loretan and colleagues present a low-cost smartphone-based microscope capable of detecting single-molecule fluorescence. This approach opens doors to personalised and widely distributed applications in diagnostics, biosensing, and science education.
www.nature.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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1. The $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina, announced last week by the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, delivers an enormous windfall to hedge fund billionaire Rob Citrone.
Citrone has a longstanding personal and professional relationship with Bessent.
Citrone has a longstanding personal and professional relationship with Bessent.
Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire
A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary
popular.info
September 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
1. The $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina, announced last week by the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, delivers an enormous windfall to hedge fund billionaire Rob Citrone.
Citrone has a longstanding personal and professional relationship with Bessent.
Citrone has a longstanding personal and professional relationship with Bessent.
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"The sheer number of American elites willing to acquiesce to the destruction of democratic institutions is demoralizing. But it’s worth noting that many ordinary people seem to be made of sterner stuff."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Lower Than Cowards
The surrender of America’s elites
www.theatlantic.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
"The sheer number of American elites willing to acquiesce to the destruction of democratic institutions is demoralizing. But it’s worth noting that many ordinary people seem to be made of sterner stuff."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Excellent piece on the ideological antecedents of Trumpism and MAGA, from @mattpolprof.bsky.social. Core point: MAGA is expressly anti-egalitarian, something that constantly gets airbrushed away or just passes unnoticed in mainstream pundit depictions of it
www.commonwealmagazine.org/sam-francis-...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/sam-francis-...
Only Power Matters
Few writers have argued against modern egalitarianism with more flourish than Samuel Francis. Donald Trump and his gang now practice what Francis preached.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
September 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Excellent piece on the ideological antecedents of Trumpism and MAGA, from @mattpolprof.bsky.social. Core point: MAGA is expressly anti-egalitarian, something that constantly gets airbrushed away or just passes unnoticed in mainstream pundit depictions of it
www.commonwealmagazine.org/sam-francis-...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/sam-francis-...
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SMU Part-Time Faculty remain some of the lowest paid across the entire country at one of the top undergrad Canadian universities.
SMU has offered us a 1% pay increase, and a shrug on contract timelines.
@caut.bsky.social / Canadian academics, please send a letter:
win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
SMU has offered us a 1% pay increase, and a shrug on contract timelines.
@caut.bsky.social / Canadian academics, please send a letter:
win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
September 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
SMU Part-Time Faculty remain some of the lowest paid across the entire country at one of the top undergrad Canadian universities.
SMU has offered us a 1% pay increase, and a shrug on contract timelines.
@caut.bsky.social / Canadian academics, please send a letter:
win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
SMU has offered us a 1% pay increase, and a shrug on contract timelines.
@caut.bsky.social / Canadian academics, please send a letter:
win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
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This is the most accurate mainstream news article I’ve seen on the lockout.
Dalhousie Faculty Association ratifies collective agreement, return-to-work protocol
The Dalhousie Faculty Association (DFA) has voted to accept the collective agreement and return-to-work protocol that was presented Wednesday, ending a month-long lockout.
www.ctvnews.ca
September 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This is the most accurate mainstream news article I’ve seen on the lockout.
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In Canada, proposed cuts of 15% across the federal government would have a dramatic effect on already globally decimated research & science.
Join Canada's research & science community and tell PM Mark Carney to preserve the funding promised in 2024.
Send a letter: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
Join Canada's research & science community and tell PM Mark Carney to preserve the funding promised in 2024.
Send a letter: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
September 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In Canada, proposed cuts of 15% across the federal government would have a dramatic effect on already globally decimated research & science.
Join Canada's research & science community and tell PM Mark Carney to preserve the funding promised in 2024.
Send a letter: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
Join Canada's research & science community and tell PM Mark Carney to preserve the funding promised in 2024.
Send a letter: win.newmode.net/canadianasso...
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La trampa de la falsa libertad.
September 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
La trampa de la falsa libertad.
Sounds familiar. Is this the same playbook used by the Dal BoG in the current labour dispute with @dalfaculty.bsky.social Dalhousie faculty members? What's the role of the NS govt? @keepdalstrong.bsky.social
“Why are they spending so much money to make the school beautiful...but not offering the very core, the purpose of what a community college is for?”
Great article breaking down the manufactured crisis in the Ontario college system:
www.thegrindmag.ca/the-manufact...
Great article breaking down the manufactured crisis in the Ontario college system:
www.thegrindmag.ca/the-manufact...
The Manufactured Crisis in Ontario Colleges
Are college finances really so bad that huge cuts are needed, or is Doug Ford up to something else? Ben McCarthy, a college contract faculty worker and OPSEU member, breaks it down.
www.thegrindmag.ca
September 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Sounds familiar. Is this the same playbook used by the Dal BoG in the current labour dispute with @dalfaculty.bsky.social Dalhousie faculty members? What's the role of the NS govt? @keepdalstrong.bsky.social
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Here is a detailed and truthful account of what is going on with the Dalhousie labour dispute. @dalhousieu.bsky.social @dalfaculty.bsky.social #keepdalstrong www.reddit.com/r/Dalhousie/...
From the Dalhousie community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the Dalhousie community
www.reddit.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Here is a detailed and truthful account of what is going on with the Dalhousie labour dispute. @dalhousieu.bsky.social @dalfaculty.bsky.social #keepdalstrong www.reddit.com/r/Dalhousie/...
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Join us! Friday September 12 for the Solidarity March starting at the Killam Library on University Avenue. Let's show @dalhousieu.bsky.social Admin and Board a level of solidarity they have not seen before! #keepdalstrong @ansut.bsky.social @cautdefencefund.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Join us! Friday September 12 for the Solidarity March starting at the Killam Library on University Avenue. Let's show @dalhousieu.bsky.social Admin and Board a level of solidarity they have not seen before! #keepdalstrong @ansut.bsky.social @cautdefencefund.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social
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Another day of #DalLockout2025 means another day of research lost. @dalfaculty.bsky.social members want to get back to work asap. @noreenkamal.bsky.social shares the impacts of the lockout on her research program and long term consequences that @dalhousieu.bsky.social faces #keepdalstrong
September 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Another day of #DalLockout2025 means another day of research lost. @dalfaculty.bsky.social members want to get back to work asap. @noreenkamal.bsky.social shares the impacts of the lockout on her research program and long term consequences that @dalhousieu.bsky.social faces #keepdalstrong
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Just one example of the huge impact the lockout is having on the research programs of @dalfaculty.bsky.social members. Well said, @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Just one example of the huge impact the lockout is having on the research programs of @dalfaculty.bsky.social members. Well said, @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social
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F yeah, we are KEEPING DAL STRONG. Amazing. #KeepDalStrong
September 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
F yeah, we are KEEPING DAL STRONG. Amazing. #KeepDalStrong