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Mis disgresiones sobre el libro de @philipcball y el controvertido concepto de *agencia*, en el último número de la Revista SEBBM: sebbm.es/revista/numero…

Nuestra colega de Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC) Carmen Simón es candidata a estar entre las mujeres líderes más influyentes del pais. No sólo es una investigadora de altura sino que ha pilotado con entusiasmo y acierto el Postgrado CSIC. Puedes votar por ella en elespanol.com/mujer/lastop10… Apadrina la Ciencia

Season’s Greetings & Happy New Year to everyone, especially to the friends & colleagues with whom I share a passion for Science & knowledge. I've greatly enjoyed our engaging posts & discussions on this platform, which I will soon be leaving altogether for bsky.app/profile/vdlore…

Por favor, dejad de criminalizar a los cuñados/cuñaos en estas fechas 😱! El efecto Dunning-Kruger se distribuye uniformemente en las cenas a través de todas las categorías familiares y de género 😅!

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Really grateful that I enjoyed one of the Office of Global Engagement, IIT Madras programs of IIT Madras in 2023 & 2024. Congrats for everything you have achieved and all the best with ongoing and future endeavors!

‼️ Ya está publicado nuestro nuevo artículo sobre el #OrigenDeLaVida, junto a Fernando Baquero Víctor de Lorenzo et al., en el año del centenario del modelo de #Oparin: "Did organs precede organisms in the origin of life?" Link #microLife FEMS: academic.oup.com/microlife/arti…

Today is my last day of posting in Twitter/X. I have enjoyed a lot being part of the conversation on so many interesting issues, but have also been occasionally bullied, insulted & threatened. Time to move to 🦋 with the new year, find me in bsky.app/profile/vdlore… Happy 2025!

Academic institutions worldwide must welcome de-funded US researchers 👇 iums.org/kenneth-timmis…

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The application for the Advanced Synthetic Biology & Metabolic Engineering of Pseudomonas course Cold Spring Harbor Asia, organized by Víctor de Lorenzo Pablo Iván Nikel @pabnik.bsky.social GuoQiangChen, is open. The deadline is July 7th. Please submit your application via the link below: csh-asia.org/?content/2645

Off to Spain🇪🇸 today for my annual European tour. Will be visiting Sevilla, Malaga, and Madrid, hosted by @CABD_UPO_CSICm ,Pablo Manavella, and Víctor de Lorenzo, respectively, to talk about life as an editor. If you'd like to host me at your institution in the future, let's talk!

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AukeHoekstra We too calculated that replacing kerosene with SAF is only possible for a small fraction of today’s commercial jet fleet. As it takes only Google, a calculator, commonsense logic & ~15 min to make this calculation, why don’t policymakers run the numbers? doi.org/10.1093/plphys…

Perhaps we should avoid using military metaphors in our papers... "The FBI said authorities found a scientific article on Liu’s phone that was titled, “Plant-Pathogen Warfare under Changing Climate Conditions.”" theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

Dear Pseudomonas aficionados: just a few weeks left to apply for this milestone Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory-Asia hands-on Course on Pseudomonas SynBio & Biotech in Suzhou csh-asia.org/?content/2645. The experiments run there will be the basis of a dedicated CSHL protocol book on our fav microorganism!

Deadline of application by July 6th. An intensive two weeks training via talks from leading metabolic engineers and practical tutoring from 5 different topics. A luxury opportunity for new synbio lovers at early career stage.

I’ve heard stories on catastrophic phage contaminations that wreaked havoc in cultures & strain collections of Labs affected—to the point that they had to be temporarily closed for deep cleaning, UV irradiation etc. Has any of such episodes ever been duly documented & published?