Nobel Prize laureate Jennifer Doudna talks about academic life, her CRISPR discovery and associated risks: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

The Francis Crick Medal and Lecture 2023 is awarded to Dr Tiago Branco, our former student at the Medical School - congrats Tiago!! royalsociety.org/grants-schemes…

Wasp-inspired drones can 3D print a building nature.com/articles/d4158…

Wykład inauguracyjny wygłosiła prof. Maria Carmo-Fonseca z ULisboa. Uroczystość uświetniły Kameralny Chór Politechniki Wrocławskiej i Akademicki Chór Politechniki Wrocławskiej pod dyrekcją Anny Sipak.

It was an honor giving the opening lecture to the new students at Politechnika Wrocławska today! Here I am with the Rector, Prof. Wójs, in his office

As I prepare myself for another ERC evaluation panel, it is reassuring to realize that two ERC grants supported Prof. Pääbo’s discoveries in palaeogenetics now awarded with the Nobel Prize!

Can God Be Proved Mathematically? scientificamerican.com/article/can-go… via Scientific American

Congrats to Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, this year recipient of the Lasker award! laskerfoundation.org/winners/noninv…

Amazing demonstration of physiology in a dish: Neurons in a dish learn to play Pong — what’s next? nature.com/articles/d4158…

A very nice journalistic text referring to our ongoing research: Os resultados promissores da vacina contra o cancro visao.sapo.pt/?p=1767764

Journal seeks to upend scientific publishing by only reviewing—not accepting—manuscripts science.org/content/articl…

Guess which country is at the forefront of living well in sustainable terms? Uruguay nytimes.com/2022/10/05/mag…

Molecular Biology of the Cell class 2022. I feel privileged to teach this group of bright students who will become the next generation of physicians

Why I’m leaving NASA and the job I’ve loved most nature.com/articles/d4158…

‘Disruptive’ science has declined — and no one knows why nature.com/articles/d4158…

Fascinating discovery that I comment in a Preview in the last issue of Cell: glucose regulates alternative splicing during epidermal differentiation. DOI:doi.org/10.1016/j.cell…

Just out in Nature Reviews Cardiology: our collaborative focus on targeting splicing in heart disease nature.com/articles/s4156…

It was exciting to prepare this News & Views on new evidence highlighting the importance of splicing in cell fate commitment: doi.org/10.1038/s41556…

Classe BMC 2023/24. Um fantástico grupo de jovens talentosos, a quem tentei conduzir numa viagem à descoberta de como o engenho dos cientistas transforma o conhecimento da biologia das células em novas formas de tratar doenças.