Not enough attention is being paid to this critical issue Janneke Gerards Science Magazine science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

“What we've learned about COVID in the last four years and some is that it likes to spread in crowded indoor spaces—and that's what that was," cbsnews.com/chicago/news/d…

Looking for a more sustainable way to stay fashionable? Member LanzaTech Global has partnered with REI on a line of eco-friendly made jackets, where ~30% of the material is LanzaTech Global’s carbon-capture polyester made from repurposed pollutant gasses! buff.ly/3y4GPiC

⁦Ben Kesling⁩ nails it “when you visit Arlington, you might not know exactly what you’re supposed to do when confronted by those rows of headstones, but you damn sure know what you’re not supposed to do” cjr.org/analysis/trump…

30 Essays to Make You Love Biology Day 29. "Atoms Are Local," by E. Hershberg Biology is the ultimate distributed manufacturing platform. Cells harvest atoms from their environments—air and soil—and rearrange them to build materials, medicines, and everything we need to live.

Weekly reminder: the next time someone says that #AI is going to solve something fundamental in biology like #AlphaFold did, remind them that developing the dataset that enabled it cost $ billions. rcsb.org/pages/about-us…

Wow I never would have predicted that biotech might be able to regrow teeth before figuring out how to regrow hair (he said bitterly) mainichi.jp/english/articl…

Excited to announce the Johns Hopkins Natural Philosophy Symposium, May 29-31 2025 in Baltimore. An all-star list of speakers discussing issues at the intersection of science and philosophy. naturalphilosophyhopkins.org/natural-philos…

I try to remember this. from Tolkien, who died this day in 1973

"We expect the first delivery of vaccines to arrive in DRC tomorrow", says World Health Organization (WHO)'s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in update on the #mpox situation. These are the vaccines donated by the EU Commission. "DRC's ministry of health plans to begin deploying the vaccines this weekend."

Big thanks to Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 for the chance to discuss today’s exciting news from Moderna about their #mpox #mRNA #vaccine. “The faster resolution and milder disease in the mRNA-1769 group not only underscores the vaccine’s ability to mitigate infection but also suggests

Compilers help programmers take abstract ideas and reduce them to 1s and 0s that machines understand. We're building Compilers for Biology. Our new Compiler takes antibody sequences as input & designs 8 vectors, boosting titers to 5-11 g/L before bioreactor optimization. Read🔻

🧫 What would it take to build a robust, agile #biomanufacturing economy able to meet #pandemic response needs? CSR + LBNL BioSci convened experts in government, industry, academia & NGOs to examine exactly that. ➡️Read their report & key recommendations: councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/09/04/a-b…

Fantastic to see Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office supporting and funding the important work of OPCW. This is a testament to the UK’s commitment to countering the use of chemical weapons and upholding the important norms against the use of these weapons and other WMD.

Dive into how the DARPA Triage Challenge is pushing boundaries in medical triage. Discover breakthroughs in injury identification for better, faster, and more accurate responses during mass casualty incidents. Watch now! #DARPA #MedicalInnovation #Triage youtube.com/watch?v=NVIzs2…

The WHO has launched a groundbreaking global framework to investigate the origins of new and re-emerging pathogens, providing critical guidance for scientists, researchers, and health authorities. This unified approach aims to prevent future pandemics by understanding where, how,

Russia Imprisons Top Physicists, Even as Putin Touts Their Technology nytimes.com/2024/09/04/wor…

Vaccine safety and efficacy hinge on their ability to remain stable, from manufacturing right up to administration 💉 Learn more about 'stability preparedness' and its role in achieving the #100DaysMission in CEPI's latest publication ⬇️ mdpi.com/2076-393X/12/9…

Lonza completed its planned expansion of the mid-scale microbial manufacturing facility at its Visp, Switzerland site, allowing cGMP manufacturing and release of biologics produced using microbial fermentation. Learn more: hubs.li/Q02NRvBb0

There are over 500 amino acids. Also known as non-standard, non-canonical, or even unnatural, these amino acids have diverse functions in Nature and appear to be imbuing therapies with superior physiochemical properties. Read more in my newest essay. tinyurl.com/3apurs2r