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An interesting new paper from some well known scientists about why we should value and conserve insects: because they are beautiful. 🧪https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biag085/9005881
On the beauty of insects
Abstract. Although aesthetics is recognized as a reason for the protection of biodiversity, comparatively little weight has been accorded to the grandeur o
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November 3, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Welcome (back) biology educators to UBEA's 2026/27 year! Join us this Thursday, October 29, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., as we discuss potential content for our inaugural newsletter! Email info@ubea.ca for the zoom link.

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October 26, 2026 at 1:48 PM
The 2026 state of the climate report: challenges and opportunities
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biag125/8836482
We are witnessing the rapid destabilization of the Earth’s climate system. This is no longer a warning for the future; it is a diagnosis of […]
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October 26, 2026 at 6:13 PM
which is the one with the facial hair? is it the biosci guy?
October 23, 2026 at 4:24 PM
CauTrigger: deciphering biological system state transitions by hierarchical causal decomposition
Rukhlenko, O. S. et al. Control of cell state transitions. Nature 609, 975–985 (2022). Schaffer, L. V. & Ideker, T. Mapping the multiscale structure of biological systems. Cell Syst. 12, 622–635 (2021). Chaudhuri, S. & Srivastava, A. Network approach to understand biological systems: from single to multilayer networks. J. Biosci. 47, 55 (2022). Pei, G., Lyons, H., Li, P. & Sabari, B. R. Transcription regulation by biomolecular condensates. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 26, 213–236 (2025). Choquet, K., Patop, I. L. & Churchman, L. S. The regulation and function of post-transcriptional RNA splicing. Nat. Rev. Genet. 26, 378–394 (2025). Curtis, D., Lehmann, R. & Zamore, P. D. Translational regulation in development. Cell 81, 171–178 (1995). Mann, M. & Jensen, O. N. Proteomic analysis of post-translational modifications. Nat. Biotechnol. 21, 255–261 (2003). Damgaard, R. B. The ubiquitin system: from cell signalling to disease biology and new therapeutic opportunities. Cell Death Differ. 28, 423–426 (2021). Castro-Muñoz, L. J. et al. Modulating epigenetic modifications for cancer therapy (Review). Oncol. Rep. 49, 59 (2023). Zhou, G., Li, S. & Xia, J. Network-based approaches for multi-omics integration. In Computational Methods and Data Analysis for Metabolomics (ed. Li, S.) 469–487 (Springer, 2020). Hasin, Y., Seldin, M...
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October 23, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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October 19, 2026 at 2:22 PM
There are barely any socialists in America, by international standards of what constitutes 'a socialist'. Apparently they all teach in US Universities. Who knew? US Uni biosci Profs I've met over 40 yrs in the biz ranged from Reagan fans to Bernie fans, mean somewhere around 'mainstream Democrat'.
Sir, I’m happy if I can get all my students to do the reading and come to class on time consistently.
October 17, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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October 16, 2026 at 12:35 AM
October 16, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Not good. Pic is of the paper’s abstract, paper is at https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biag125
Vindication of Hansen et al.:

"The rate of global warming appears to have accelerated, rising from ∼0.05°C/decade between 1880 and 1970 to ∼0.19°C/decade between 1970 and 2010, and finally to ∼0.36°C/decade between 2010 and 2024"
October 14, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The paper published yesterday - with some familiar graphs. ☝️https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biag125/8836482?login=false
The 2026 state of the climate report: challenges and opportunities
Abstract. Earth’s climate system is moving deeper into uncharted territory. We present the 2026 update of planetary vital signs that track the state of Ear
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October 15, 2026 at 7:19 AM
October 14, 2026 at 8:04 PM
"This is no longer a warning for the future; it is a diagnosis of the present. Earth’s life-support systems are being pushed beyond stable limits, with changes unfolding faster than our ability to respond."
Midst gloom, authors suggest signs of societal shift to a new clean-energy era, and these ...
October 15, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I suspect it's just a different culture among a different cohort of students. But both as an undergrad when I worked as a supplemental instructor, and at Stanford as a TA, I routinely had students in my help hours. We even did in BioSci here at MSU pre pandemic. But now?
October 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Pulse Biosciences (#$PLSE) partnered with Clayman Thyroid Center on commercial use and research of nPulse Vybrance for benign thyroid nodules. No financial terms or new data disclosed.

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Pulse Biosciences Expands Thyroid Treatment Access With Clayman Center Partnership
Key Points Pulse Biosciences partnered with the Clayman Thyroid Center in Tampa for commercial use and clinical research involving its nPulse Vybrance Syst
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October 14, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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October 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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October 9, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Who knows? Will say Medical Faculty I'm in now is more generous w food-related largesse than the Biosci outfit I used to be in. Though prob reflects bigger budget.

Big local sci events w the Uni neighbours (a 60s Uni & a post-92) tend to have food + drink. But funded by sponsorship/ learned soc ££.
October 9, 2026 at 9:14 PM
A modular framework for antibody-drug conjugate biomarkers
Colombo, R., Tarantino, P., Rich, J. R., LoRusso, P. M. & de Vries, E. G. E. The journey of antibody-drug conjugates: lessons learned from 40 years of development. Cancer Discov. 14, 2089–2108 https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.CD-24-0708 (2024). Peters, C. & Brown, S. Antibody-drug conjugates as novel anti-cancer chemotherapeutics. Biosci. Rep. 35, e00225 https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20150089 (2015). McNamee, N. J., Liu, J., Poulos, R. C., Aref, A. T. & Reddel, R. R. Predictive biomarkers of antibody-drug conjugate efficacy for solid tumors: current challenges and the potential role of quantitative proteomics. Clin. Cancer Res. 32, 661–673 https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-25-3103 (2026). Drago, J. Z., Modi, S. & Chandarlapaty, S. Unlocking the potential of antibody-drug conjugates for cancer therapy. Nat. Rev. Clin. Oncol. 18, 327–344 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41571-021-00470-8 (2021). Vogel, M., Colombo, R. & Tarantino, P. Beyond the guided missile paradigm: embracing the complexity of antibody-drug conjugates. J. Clin. Oncol. 43, 3339–3344 https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO-25-01235 (2025). Fang, J. et al. The target atlas for antibody-drug conjugates across solid cancers. Cancer Gene Ther. 31, 273–284 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41417-023-00701-3 (2024). Meric-Bernstam, F. et al. Efficacy and safety of trastuzumab deruxtecan in patients with HER2-expressing solid tumors: primary results from the DESTINY-PanTumor02 phase II trial. J. Clin. Oncol. 42, 47–58 https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.23.02005 (2024). Liu, J. et al. Tumor-agnostic therapies: translating scientific...
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October 10, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Serán Bioscience has secured undisclosed growth funding led by Biospring Partners, with participation from Vivo Capital, Bain Capital Life Sciences and company leadership.

The US CDMO plans to expand its pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities.

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October 8, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Latest company news, September 8: Forte filed Form 15 notices to deregister its shares after the August 27 acquisition by argenx.
Forte Biosciences (#$FBRX) Stock Hub: argenx Acquisition Completed at $77 Cash
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October 7, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Today Shift Bioscience announced the publication of new research in Nature Biotechnology describing an improved calibration framework for deep learning-based genetic perturbation models.

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October 5, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Nottingham. Large Russell Group civic Uni, lots of people already signed up for VS.

(Incl. longtime pal, still running a lab & publishing papers in an arcane & v technical bit of biosci.)
Our members at the University of Nottingham begin strike action tomorrow over devastating job and course cuts.

They will walk out tomorrow and Thursday, before beginning sustained strike action from 5 October.

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September 29, 2026 at 9:52 AM
V. clear message from my 4 decades in Uni biosci that the failure to commercialise is down to industry & banks in the UK not being prepared to tolerate the high rate of risk of failure/loss.

Uni labs are *always* starved of funding, so always interested in industry partnerships. But it's risky.
September 29, 2026 at 10:50 AM