Katja
@jaggakatja.bsky.social
Senior researcher in bioinformatics, proteomics and immunology
Enthusiastic about science, nature and mountains
Enthusiastic about science, nature and mountains
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It's really hard to overstate the conservation significance of this, and what doors it unlocks for future conservation.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
WCS Celebrates Historic and Sweeping Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays Adopted at CITES CoP20 > Newsroom | All CITES shark and ray proposals pass – marking the most comprehensive advance in global shark conservation in CITES history.
WCS Celebrates Historic and Sweeping Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays Adopted at CITES CoP20
Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Nov. 28, 2025 – The following statement was issued today from CITES CoP20, celebrating the adoption of sweeping and historic adoption of new international trade protections for…
newsroom.wcs.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It's really hard to overstate the conservation significance of this, and what doors it unlocks for future conservation.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
Mood among my global endangered species conservation colleagues is off-the-charts happy today.
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" We, the undersigned organizations, are deeply concerned by recent federal public health communications that conflict with the scientific consensus that vaccines do not cause autism"
#MedSky + #IDSky via nfidvaccines.bsky.social and more than a dozen other groups - www.nfid.org/nfid-led-joi...
#MedSky + #IDSky via nfidvaccines.bsky.social and more than a dozen other groups - www.nfid.org/nfid-led-joi...
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) (@nfidvaccines.bsky.social)
Non-profit focused on educating and engaging the public, communities, and healthcare professionals about infectious diseases across the lifespan #IDsky
nfidvaccines.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
" We, the undersigned organizations, are deeply concerned by recent federal public health communications that conflict with the scientific consensus that vaccines do not cause autism"
#MedSky + #IDSky via nfidvaccines.bsky.social and more than a dozen other groups - www.nfid.org/nfid-led-joi...
#MedSky + #IDSky via nfidvaccines.bsky.social and more than a dozen other groups - www.nfid.org/nfid-led-joi...
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1/ 🚀 Pathoplexus now supports Marburg virus (MARV) and Ravn virus (RAVN) (sister viruses in the same genus). MARV has two main clades and causes severe disease with reported fatality rates of 24–88%.
You can read more detail about adding Marburg here: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-11...
You can read more detail about adding Marburg here: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-11...
November 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
1/ 🚀 Pathoplexus now supports Marburg virus (MARV) and Ravn virus (RAVN) (sister viruses in the same genus). MARV has two main clades and causes severe disease with reported fatality rates of 24–88%.
You can read more detail about adding Marburg here: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-11...
You can read more detail about adding Marburg here: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-11...
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Ein wirklich schönes Beispiel 🔬
🥁 Auflösung:
Alle sind Erle!!!
Es handelt sich nur um unterschiedliche Ansichten.
So ein Pollenkorn ist eine dreidimensionale Struktur (kann man sich als Globus vorstellen) und je nachdem wie es liegt, kann man teils deutlich unterschiedliche Bilder erhalten.
Pollenanalyse ist nicht trivial.
Alle sind Erle!!!
Es handelt sich nur um unterschiedliche Ansichten.
So ein Pollenkorn ist eine dreidimensionale Struktur (kann man sich als Globus vorstellen) und je nachdem wie es liegt, kann man teils deutlich unterschiedliche Bilder erhalten.
Pollenanalyse ist nicht trivial.
November 28, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Ein wirklich schönes Beispiel 🔬
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On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town
Does anyone *really* know their Factor Fexcectorn?
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Was für ein toller Torten-Abend von und mit @katjaberlin.bsky.social in Zürich; vielen Dank für den weiblichen Humor und die feine Hoffnung, die jeweils mitschwingt
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Was für ein toller Torten-Abend von und mit @katjaberlin.bsky.social in Zürich; vielen Dank für den weiblichen Humor und die feine Hoffnung, die jeweils mitschwingt
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💉 One thing I rarely see explained is how vaccination *is* "natural immunity".
The immunity is developed by your body not the vaccine. The vaccine itself doesn’t do the work.
I think the confusion partly comes from a phrase scientists use. 🧵⬇️
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The immunity is developed by your body not the vaccine. The vaccine itself doesn’t do the work.
I think the confusion partly comes from a phrase scientists use. 🧵⬇️
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RFK Jr.’s new CDC deputy director prefers “natural immunity” over vaccines
Ralph Abraham is “dangerous,” but somehow not the worst among those considered.
arstechnica.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
💉 One thing I rarely see explained is how vaccination *is* "natural immunity".
The immunity is developed by your body not the vaccine. The vaccine itself doesn’t do the work.
I think the confusion partly comes from a phrase scientists use. 🧵⬇️
1/n
The immunity is developed by your body not the vaccine. The vaccine itself doesn’t do the work.
I think the confusion partly comes from a phrase scientists use. 🧵⬇️
1/n
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Fossil fuel projects like the Glendronach oil field leak mercury into our seas, which ends up in the ocean, and in our marine wildlife 🐬
Big Oil isn't just driving climate breakdown. They’re poisoning our seas ❌🌊
📩 Demand an end to new oil and gas: act.oceana.org/page/171529/...
Big Oil isn't just driving climate breakdown. They’re poisoning our seas ❌🌊
📩 Demand an end to new oil and gas: act.oceana.org/page/171529/...
Big oil is playing games with our ocean
New research from Oceana reveals 22 new oil fields could be approved by the government. Eight are INSIDE or next to protected areas. Rosebank's pipeline cuts straight through one.
The deck's stacked ...
act.oceana.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Fossil fuel projects like the Glendronach oil field leak mercury into our seas, which ends up in the ocean, and in our marine wildlife 🐬
Big Oil isn't just driving climate breakdown. They’re poisoning our seas ❌🌊
📩 Demand an end to new oil and gas: act.oceana.org/page/171529/...
Big Oil isn't just driving climate breakdown. They’re poisoning our seas ❌🌊
📩 Demand an end to new oil and gas: act.oceana.org/page/171529/...
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Every woman I know immediately knew this was going to happen the first time we saw masked men with no identification in nondescript vehicles on tv and in videos snatching people off the street.
November 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Every woman I know immediately knew this was going to happen the first time we saw masked men with no identification in nondescript vehicles on tv and in videos snatching people off the street.
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New: @theins.press saw the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan six months ago in draft form—except it was all Dmitriev. Bloomberg reports now Dmitriev told Ushakov he’d pass along a Russian plan and the Americans “can present it as their own”: theins.press/en/politics/...
Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev
Since it was first published on Nov. 20, the much-discussed 28-point plan for ending the war in Ukraine has borne all the signs of a Kremlin information operation. In fact, many of its most controvers...
theins.press
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New: @theins.press saw the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan six months ago in draft form—except it was all Dmitriev. Bloomberg reports now Dmitriev told Ushakov he’d pass along a Russian plan and the Americans “can present it as their own”: theins.press/en/politics/...
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6 reasons why poorly designed clinical trials are unethical and/or dangerous edzardernst.com/2025/11/six-...
Six reasons why poorly designed clinical trials are unethical and/or dangerous
Clinical trials of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) - and of course other treatments as well - are often poorly designed. If you don't believe me, read some of my pervious posts; I have written a...
edzardernst.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
6 reasons why poorly designed clinical trials are unethical and/or dangerous edzardernst.com/2025/11/six-...
Great to see the effects of a cancer-preventing vaccine unfolding!
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Great to see the effects of a cancer-preventing vaccine unfolding!
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Take a look at the 9th "ERGA iBOL Europe Connections" blog! Go to our BGE website 👉https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/11/26/erga-ibol-europe-connections-9-how-biodiversity-genomics-drives-conservation-impact/
@ergabiodiv.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social
@ergabiodiv.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Take a look at the 9th "ERGA iBOL Europe Connections" blog! Go to our BGE website 👉https://biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/11/26/erga-ibol-europe-connections-9-how-biodiversity-genomics-drives-conservation-impact/
@ergabiodiv.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social
@ergabiodiv.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social
This is just incredible: Women competing in the women's category in a sport for which they get judged by society for not being very feminine now received backlash and insults for being women!
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This is just incredible: Women competing in the women's category in a sport for which they get judged by society for not being very feminine now received backlash and insults for being women!
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Sand Lizard by Vlad Muresan in Romania. #sandlizard #lizard #reptile #reptiles #wildlife #romania #nature #wildlifephotography #photography
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Sand Lizard by Vlad Muresan in Romania. #sandlizard #lizard #reptile #reptiles #wildlife #romania #nature #wildlifephotography #photography
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Kein Vertrauen mehr in #Homöopathie -Studie: Onkologie-Journal zieht Veröffentlichung zurück! ❌ Endlich.
Mediziner, Skeptiker und andere Wissenschaftler weisen schon seit Jahren auf verdächtige Unstimmigkeiten in der umstrittenen Studie hin. 1/5
Mediziner, Skeptiker und andere Wissenschaftler weisen schon seit Jahren auf verdächtige Unstimmigkeiten in der umstrittenen Studie hin. 1/5
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Kein Vertrauen mehr in #Homöopathie -Studie: Onkologie-Journal zieht Veröffentlichung zurück! ❌ Endlich.
Mediziner, Skeptiker und andere Wissenschaftler weisen schon seit Jahren auf verdächtige Unstimmigkeiten in der umstrittenen Studie hin. 1/5
Mediziner, Skeptiker und andere Wissenschaftler weisen schon seit Jahren auf verdächtige Unstimmigkeiten in der umstrittenen Studie hin. 1/5
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Finally! The long-awaited 'retraction notice' of the infamous study by Frass et al (on homeopathy for cancer) has been published edzardernst.com/2025/11/fina...
Finally! The long-awaited ‘retraction notice’ of the infamous study by Frass et al (on homeopathy for cancer) has been published
Many of you will remember the multiple posts on this blog about this study and about the fact that Frass himself has stated that his dubious 'homeopathy for cancer study' will be retracted. At the tim...
edzardernst.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Finally! The long-awaited 'retraction notice' of the infamous study by Frass et al (on homeopathy for cancer) has been published edzardernst.com/2025/11/fina...
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Earlier this week, IPBES #2ndGlobalAssessment fellows received introductions to the program.
The young researchers from across the world got to know each other and started planning for the work ahead.
Learn more about the IPBES Fellowship Program: https://www.ipbes.net/ipbes-fellowship-programme
The young researchers from across the world got to know each other and started planning for the work ahead.
Learn more about the IPBES Fellowship Program: https://www.ipbes.net/ipbes-fellowship-programme
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Earlier this week, IPBES #2ndGlobalAssessment fellows received introductions to the program.
The young researchers from across the world got to know each other and started planning for the work ahead.
Learn more about the IPBES Fellowship Program: https://www.ipbes.net/ipbes-fellowship-programme
The young researchers from across the world got to know each other and started planning for the work ahead.
Learn more about the IPBES Fellowship Program: https://www.ipbes.net/ipbes-fellowship-programme
I had no idea of the existence of a 'Swiss cheese plant' - Monstera deliciosa
What do the wrinkly skin of an elephant, the hardy shells of a virus, and the tropical fruit of a Swiss cheese plant have in common? They’re all built from tiny repeating tiles of proteins or other natural materials. https://scim.ag/4plsFPc
Why does biology keep building things out of tiles?
Science talks with two scientists about finding the beauty in nature’s mosaics
scim.ag
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I had no idea of the existence of a 'Swiss cheese plant' - Monstera deliciosa
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These wood ants are edge specialists... but not all edges are equal. Jacob Podesta used a decade of population expansion data to show that wood ants spread more quickly along certain edges, depending on the edge orientation. Currently available open access here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
These wood ants are edge specialists... but not all edges are equal. Jacob Podesta used a decade of population expansion data to show that wood ants spread more quickly along certain edges, depending on the edge orientation. Currently available open access here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Finally, an Olympic sport I can get behind!
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Finally, an Olympic sport I can get behind!
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#VAWG is a trade union issue... ‘the trade union movement itself – still need to take the crisis of violence against women more seriously’.
@kiritunks.bsky.social of the FiLiA TU Women’s Network writes for @mstaronline.bsky.social for #IDEVAW & the #16Days
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/viol...
@kiritunks.bsky.social of the FiLiA TU Women’s Network writes for @mstaronline.bsky.social for #IDEVAW & the #16Days
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/viol...
Violence against women is a trade union issue
IT IS clear from a casual search that unions in Britain understand that violence against women is endemic. Many union websites provide easily accessible guidance, toolkits and model policies.
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#VAWG is a trade union issue... ‘the trade union movement itself – still need to take the crisis of violence against women more seriously’.
@kiritunks.bsky.social of the FiLiA TU Women’s Network writes for @mstaronline.bsky.social for #IDEVAW & the #16Days
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/viol...
@kiritunks.bsky.social of the FiLiA TU Women’s Network writes for @mstaronline.bsky.social for #IDEVAW & the #16Days
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/viol...
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💚 Thanks to all who contributed to the GBIF eDNA Data Infrastructure: Technical Roadmap Review workshop!🧬
We've just published a summary report detailing the outcomes and future directions of the eDNA roadmap review, check it out! 👀
🔗 gbif.link/edna-roadm...
@minderoo.bsky.social
We've just published a summary report detailing the outcomes and future directions of the eDNA roadmap review, check it out! 👀
🔗 gbif.link/edna-roadm...
@minderoo.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
💚 Thanks to all who contributed to the GBIF eDNA Data Infrastructure: Technical Roadmap Review workshop!🧬
We've just published a summary report detailing the outcomes and future directions of the eDNA roadmap review, check it out! 👀
🔗 gbif.link/edna-roadm...
@minderoo.bsky.social
We've just published a summary report detailing the outcomes and future directions of the eDNA roadmap review, check it out! 👀
🔗 gbif.link/edna-roadm...
@minderoo.bsky.social
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Pleased to share the policy document we issued as international and regional human rights mechanisms dealing with discrimination and violence against women (EDVAW platform) taking stock of the 25th anniversary of the #WPS agenda
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
It was shared with all UN Member States
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
It was shared with all UN Member States
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Pleased to share the policy document we issued as international and regional human rights mechanisms dealing with discrimination and violence against women (EDVAW platform) taking stock of the 25th anniversary of the #WPS agenda
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
It was shared with all UN Member States
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
It was shared with all UN Member States