Dr Pei F Lai (1stGenPhD)
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Dr Pei F Lai (1stGenPhD)
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👩🏻‍🔬🔬Expertise in myometrium smooth muscle in pregnancy & labour research ... Aiming to be more 🤓 on BlueSky than on Twitter/X

#HiSciSky #Postdoc #ReproductiveBiology
#Biochemistry #Physiology #BritishChinese #ViewsAreMyOwn
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Links to my publications @ Orchid ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-46...
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Every week counts 💜 Together with HRH Princess Beatrice, we’re raising awareness of premature birth this World Prematurity Day.
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Our latest episode of The Borne Podcast is now live

Borne Founder Professor Mark Johnson, Ambassador Laura Tobin & Patron HRH Princess Beatrice come together for a deeply important discussion about premature birth and the research being funded by Borne.

Listen here > ow.ly/yXkT50XsLQB
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Full article: Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Parents Caring for Children with Disabilities and Long-Term Illnesses www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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There were 9.7 deaths for every 1,000 births in Mississippi in 2024, the highest rate in more than a decade, according to a news release from the state health department. More than 3,500 babies in Mississippi have died before the age of 1 since 2014.
Mississippi declares public health emergency over rising infant mortality rate | CNN
The Mississippi health department declared a public health emergency Thursday over rising infant mortality rates in the state.
www.cnn.com
August 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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"Day Off" 🫠
August 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Researchers have developed a #DeepLearning system called BioEmu that rapidly generates diverse protein conformations, enabling fast, accurate insights into protein flexibility and function.

Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/3JdQVD4
August 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Undruggable No More: AI Hits Disordered Proteins, Unlocks Therapy Targets
David Baker’s Nobel Prize-winning lab has successfully designed high affinity binders to disordered proteins, expanding therapeutic access to over 50% of the human proteome
www.genengnews.com/t...
Undruggable No More: AI Hits Disordered Proteins, Unlocks Therapy Targets
David Baker’s lab has successfully designed binders to disordered proteins, expanding therapeutic access to over 50% of the human proteome.
www.genengnews.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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A guide to academic event names
July 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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The secret of reviewing 😆
July 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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All day
July 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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“We are closer than ever to the day when a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease stops being a death sentence — but only if we continue to support researchers and enable their ability to work with one another,” writes Bill Gates in a World View article for Nature Medicine. #medsky 🧪
Global collaboration is key to decoding Alzheimer’s disease
Recent progress on Alzheimer’s disease shows what we gain when scientists work together — and what the world loses when bad policies force them apart.
go.nature.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
July 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Moving to a four-day work week without losing pay leaves employees happier, healthier and higher-performing

go.nature.com/4lIJ9zf
Biggest trial shows four-day work week cuts stress — and workers say it boosts performance
Nature - Compressing five days of work into four can create stress, but the benefits outweigh the downsides, sprawling study shows.
go.nature.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
San Francisco ♥️
So proud to be a part of this amazing morning. Location ocean beach San Francisco
#nokings
June 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM