🇪🇪 Estonian MP Kristo Enn Vaga rode on a bicycle from Tallinn to Kyiv to collect money for the Ukrainian army.

The deputy published a photo from Independence Square in Kyiv and reported that: 'I did it!'.

Another pro-EU demonstration is about to begin in Tbilisi 🇬🇪 The protest is expected to be massive as thousands of Georgians, infuriated by yesterday's police brutality, are coming to the capital to join the protesters there. Georgians unequivocally defend the country's EU future

Scientists in the Hackett group EMBL Rome found that disrupting the gut microbiome of male mice increases the risk of disease in their offspring.

The findings suggest that a father’s pre-conception environment can have lifelong effects on his offspring.

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Not, I think, an exaggeration to say this was the greatest day in modern European history.

My lab DKFZ is looking for excellent #MSCA #Postdoc to investigate #Genome integrity in the developing #brain . Fellowship covers living costs, family allowance, and connections to #MSCA community. Deadline May 13 - apply here. dkfz.de/en/postdoc-pro…

Russia's Desired Borders according to Peter Zeihan (map from 2016!). Source: buff.ly/3BNZgpb

Congratulations Maria Leptin of European Research Council (ERC), newly inducted NAS international member! #NAS161 #NASmember #cellbiology #molecularbiology

Freue mich auf die Buchvorstellung heute Abend mit Suzanna Randall im Deutsches Museum Suzanna Randall fischerverlage.de/veranstaltung/…

The second part of my maxim is to “use what you build.” This is critical. If you write a paper and never build on it, then why do you think others will? Papers that you don’t build on are dead ends. Cute ideas with no impact. These papers don’t change the field. 6/10

Last chance to apply for participation
– pre-registration deadline 5 May
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We are looking for two #postdocs to join us: 1) European Research Council (ERC) funded position in the context of RNA origami, cryoEM, synthetic cells, directed evolution; 2) A position in the excellence cluster 3D Matter Made to Order at the interface of chemistry & biology. Please share and get in touch!

#rstats R version 4.4.0 'Puppy Cup' (source version) has been released. (You can find it in cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/, or wait for CRAN to be updated.)

Join us for this fantastic conference DKFZ DKFZImmunology Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim Synthetic Immunology Heidelberg

Brilliant gutsy experiment in challenging the current 'publishing' model. Need to figure out how we can support & participate in such an effort. Maybe this is the trigger we all needed to start to move away from traditional peer review.

Heads up! The #MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 call opens in April. 🔍 Start your journey early by exploring potential host organisations now and gear up to craft the perfect proposal! 🌟 🎓🔬

More info and opportunities this way ➡️ europa.eu/!KJ8XY7

We have a full-time position available for a writer at Our World in Data!

These three aspects would make this a dream job for me:
• You will be supported by a friendly and very well-functioning team.
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The resilience of Ukrainian scientists

Cell Systems asked Ukrainian scientists how they have been able to persist since the full-scale invasion of their country by Ruzzia.
Incl a piece by Svitlana Dekina from EMBL Heidelberg

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Innovative research Unispital_USZ University of Zurich ETH Zurich D-BSSE, ETH Zurich Kinderspital Zürich EMBL Heidelberg (@wolfgangkhuber) The Becher Lab explained:

At least 11 people have been killed, 22 wounded as a result of a triple Russian Iskander missile attack on the city centre of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine. Ukraine urgently needs more air defence to protect its civilians
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Be the next scientist to visit EMBL on a Sabbatical Visitor Fellowship!

Apply for up to €15,000 and join EMBL for 3-6 months. Open to PIs, independent scientists, research team leads, and technical experts, no matter country of origin. Deadline: 30 APR.

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