Andrea Malandrino
@ma1andrea.bsky.social
Bioengineer interested in mechanobiology. Research assistant in JKU Linz.
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Andrea Malandrino
@ma1andrea.bsky.social
· Nov 21
First post on bsky! We indented and punctured hydrogels to measure how plasticity correlates with cell health and movement. Lower puncture force and yield strength could set a new benchmark for bioink design and promote cell compatibility in 3D culture. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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The world's most famous medical NGO concludes Israel is committing genocide.
It joins a consensus of genocide scholars, including in Israel, and NGOs like Amnesty International.
No politician or journalist can claim "I did not know at the time!" to evade future justice.
It joins a consensus of genocide scholars, including in Israel, and NGOs like Amnesty International.
No politician or journalist can claim "I did not know at the time!" to evade future justice.
July 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The world's most famous medical NGO concludes Israel is committing genocide.
It joins a consensus of genocide scholars, including in Israel, and NGOs like Amnesty International.
No politician or journalist can claim "I did not know at the time!" to evade future justice.
It joins a consensus of genocide scholars, including in Israel, and NGOs like Amnesty International.
No politician or journalist can claim "I did not know at the time!" to evade future justice.
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Italian supermarket chain Coop Alleanza removes Israeli goods from its shelves, in a symbolic gesture of solidarity with the Palestinian people, and starts selling Gaza Cola.
Italy supermarket chain Coop swaps Israeli products for Gaza Cola
Italian supermarket chain Coop, which has 350 stores, has stopped selling Israeli products in a symbolic gesture of solidarity with the Palestinian people.
www.wantedinrome.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Italian supermarket chain Coop Alleanza removes Israeli goods from its shelves, in a symbolic gesture of solidarity with the Palestinian people, and starts selling Gaza Cola.
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Delighted that our work on positional memory is now published. We asked how axolotl cells 'know' which part of the limb to regenerate after injury.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A joy to work with super team Sarah Plattner, Yuka Sugiura, Francisco Falcon and Elly Tanaka.
🧵1/14
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A joy to work with super team Sarah Plattner, Yuka Sugiura, Francisco Falcon and Elly Tanaka.
🧵1/14
May 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Delighted that our work on positional memory is now published. We asked how axolotl cells 'know' which part of the limb to regenerate after injury.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A joy to work with super team Sarah Plattner, Yuka Sugiura, Francisco Falcon and Elly Tanaka.
🧵1/14
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A joy to work with super team Sarah Plattner, Yuka Sugiura, Francisco Falcon and Elly Tanaka.
🧵1/14
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I just want to remind people that Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians in Gaza and the whole world is watching in silence
March 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I just want to remind people that Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians in Gaza and the whole world is watching in silence
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I feel like we're not fully appreciating how terrifying this is.
The disappearing of Mahmoud Khalil, a person with permanent legal status in the US, should be a red line that everyone should recognize.
They knocked on his door and vanished him into an authoritarian system without a trace.
Your door could be next.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/so-it-begi...
They knocked on his door and vanished him into an authoritarian system without a trace.
Your door could be next.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/so-it-begi...
So It Begins: The Disappearing of Mahmoud Khalil and Authoritarian Capture
The Trump Administration kidnapped a legal permanent resident and shuffled him through an authoritarian maze. We're witnessing the beginnings of something terrifying
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I feel like we're not fully appreciating how terrifying this is.
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The evolution of shape diversity through the lens of physics—explored in our new paper! A fruitful collaboration between our lab @EMBL, Salbreux’s lab @unige & others, led by @BailleulRichar1—now independent at @ENS_ULM—& Nicolas Cuny. bit.ly/3WRqdEa
February 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The evolution of shape diversity through the lens of physics—explored in our new paper! A fruitful collaboration between our lab @EMBL, Salbreux’s lab @unige & others, led by @BailleulRichar1—now independent at @ENS_ULM—& Nicolas Cuny. bit.ly/3WRqdEa
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The comic that got us demonetised on Facebook back in August. (We’re no longer on Facebook).
January 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The comic that got us demonetised on Facebook back in August. (We’re no longer on Facebook).
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In light of Greenland/ Panama Canal/ Canada & especially the Gulf of Mexico, I figured it was time to repost this classic Doonesbury.
January 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
In light of Greenland/ Panama Canal/ Canada & especially the Gulf of Mexico, I figured it was time to repost this classic Doonesbury.
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Regulation matters
Meta has "no plans to end fact-checking in the EU", the company clarified and "will review its EU content moderation obligations before making changes" www.politico.eu/article/mark...
Zuck goes full Musk, dumps Facebook fact-checking program
Meta will replace it with so-called community notes like on the X platform. The content moderation changes won’t be rolled out in the EU for now.
www.politico.eu
January 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Regulation matters
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If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
The billionaire has become one of the most prominent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.
www.newsweek.com
December 25, 2024 at 3:54 AM
If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
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Our latest: how to generate the notochord
"Timely TGFβ signalling inhibition induces notochord"
A thread:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Timely TGFβ signalling inhibition induces notochord"
A thread:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Timely TGFβ signalling inhibition induces notochord - Nature
Through analysis of developing chick embryos and in vitro differentiation of embryonic stem cells, a study develops a method to generate a model of the human trunk with a notochord.
www.nature.com
December 19, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Our latest: how to generate the notochord
"Timely TGFβ signalling inhibition induces notochord"
A thread:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Timely TGFβ signalling inhibition induces notochord"
A thread:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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One of the most surprising lessons for me during my 30 years of doing science is how it's essentially impossible predict what major scientific breakthroughs will emerge or where they will emerge from. But the way we fund science is mostly based on the assumption that we can make such predictions.
December 3, 2024 at 6:25 PM
One of the most surprising lessons for me during my 30 years of doing science is how it's essentially impossible predict what major scientific breakthroughs will emerge or where they will emerge from. But the way we fund science is mostly based on the assumption that we can make such predictions.
I tried with my recent paper and it is really 🤯
Mind blown🤯
Just playing around with Google's NotebookLM.
notebooklm.google
You upload a PDF of your favourite paper and it spits out a great podcast 🎧
Enjoy a 60s snippet about our recent work in Nature on γδ T cells.
The level of understanding is amazing!
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Just playing around with Google's NotebookLM.
notebooklm.google
You upload a PDF of your favourite paper and it spits out a great podcast 🎧
Enjoy a 60s snippet about our recent work in Nature on γδ T cells.
The level of understanding is amazing!
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 30, 2024 at 9:36 PM
I tried with my recent paper and it is really 🤯
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what a dynamic steady state! how does assembly match exactly the disassembly rate? how does it distribute in space without rupturing the cell in multiple pieces? fascinating movie!
This is a movie of actin filaments in a cultured cell. I like watching it and I hope you do to.
November 26, 2024 at 4:01 AM
what a dynamic steady state! how does assembly match exactly the disassembly rate? how does it distribute in space without rupturing the cell in multiple pieces? fascinating movie!
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Let's talk about the cross-eyed king of regeneration, the planaria.
A single organism can be cut into 279 pieces, and after a few weeks, you'll have 279 new planarians (take that, Ship of Theseus!).
Their Wolverine-like powers come from "neoblasts", specialized stem cells...
A single organism can be cut into 279 pieces, and after a few weeks, you'll have 279 new planarians (take that, Ship of Theseus!).
Their Wolverine-like powers come from "neoblasts", specialized stem cells...
March 23, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Let's talk about the cross-eyed king of regeneration, the planaria.
A single organism can be cut into 279 pieces, and after a few weeks, you'll have 279 new planarians (take that, Ship of Theseus!).
Their Wolverine-like powers come from "neoblasts", specialized stem cells...
A single organism can be cut into 279 pieces, and after a few weeks, you'll have 279 new planarians (take that, Ship of Theseus!).
Their Wolverine-like powers come from "neoblasts", specialized stem cells...
First post on bsky! We indented and punctured hydrogels to measure how plasticity correlates with cell health and movement. Lower puncture force and yield strength could set a new benchmark for bioink design and promote cell compatibility in 3D culture. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
November 21, 2024 at 10:12 PM
First post on bsky! We indented and punctured hydrogels to measure how plasticity correlates with cell health and movement. Lower puncture force and yield strength could set a new benchmark for bioink design and promote cell compatibility in 3D culture. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...