#multivalent
When Americans talk about the question of whether "this is who we are" as a country, it's important to note that the answer will always be multivalent.
February 14, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I like how this ad subtly depicts the coercive nature of conservative masculinity, while also affirming the multivalent identities of all men and offering an off ramp into forms of identity and action that are more socially whole and healthy.
They released a version of the "secret vote" ad for men.
November 3, 2024 at 6:22 PM
🧠 Alzheimer’s reversed in mice

A new study found that injecting nanoparticles can 'remind' the blood–brain barrier to function properly again, restoring normal brain activity in mice. Human trials could follow within years.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #Alzheimers 🧪
Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy - Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport
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October 8, 2025 at 4:11 AM
A multivalent RNA affinity tag enables selective purification of tagged RNAs and bound proteins
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A multivalent RNA affinity tag enables selective purification of tagged RNAs and bound proteins
Abstract. Efficient purification of specific RNAs from lysates remains a major challenge. Existing methods, such as MS2 tagging or oligonucleotide hybridiz
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August 1, 2026 at 7:19 PM
HHS announced an initiative to develop a multivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (with antigens from 4 flu viruses). This vaccine has potential, but don't forget we were able to create a multivalent vaccine with 20 different HA antigens using the mRNA platform!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A multivalent nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccine against all known influenza virus subtypes
mRNA vaccines expressing antigens from all known influenza subtypes elicit protective responses in mice and ferrets.
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May 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I think microblogging is great

You cannot learn to read and do critical analysis in all of the needed ways by only reading in snippets

Read articles, read books, read poetry, listen to hip-hop with an attention to the lyrics

Think about the possible, multivalent meanings

Discuss them at length
September 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“Stay in your lane” well what if my lane is the multivalent panoply of human existence? hmm?
February 11, 2026 at 2:23 PM
A new #ScienceReview looks at the contrast between monovalent and multivalent metal battery anodes. https://scim.ag/41WONGs
The contrast between monovalent and multivalent metal battery anodes
Monovalent (lithium, sodium, potassium) and multivalent (magnesium, calcium, aluminum) metal anodes are promising alternatives to graphite anodes for overcoming the performance limitations of lithium-...
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September 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Something super hopeful:
A way to treat Alzheimers that is totally new and was just shown to work amazingly in mice.

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Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy - Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport
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October 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Multivalent heresy! IQ heresy that Garth gutted like a fish in 1931!
January 31, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Anti-fascism work is multifaceted, multivalent, & iterative. We try stuff; if it has an impact, we fine tune & do it again.

Boycotting Target & the broader #EconomicBlackout HAVE HAD AN IMPACT.

If you haven't yet joined the Black clergy-led 40-day #TargetBoycott, hop on! bsky.app/profile/cnn....
Target’s stock plummeted by ~ $27.27 per share by the end of February, erasing about $12.4 billion in market value.

The drop came on Feb. 28, the designated economic blackout day, and coincided with mounting backlash over the retailer’s decision to abandon its DEI commitments.
Target takes a hit: $12.4 billion in value lost after boycott
Economic blackout over company shuttering diversity commitment
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March 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Dynamic microtubule-end structure governs multivalent kinetochore coupling by the Dam1c ring https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.17.752406v1
September 23, 2026 at 2:47 PM
“It is exciting to see funding for multivalent inactivated influenza vaccines, but it will be important to continue funding other promising platforms as well, like mRNA vaccines that can simultaneously deliver dozens of influenza vaccine antigens.”
People who design & study vaccines are wondering why the #NIH is sinking half a billion dollars into trying to develop a platform for universal flu & covid vaccines using a decades-old production approach. “There is incredible work going on. This is not it." www.statnews.com/2025/05/03/n...
Scientists question NIH project’s use of 20th century technology to make a universal flu vaccine
$500 million NIH program to make vaccines against pathogens that can trigger pandemics uses approach pioneered in last century
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May 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We are very excited to share our recent preprint on the nuclear import mechanism of the proteasome, driven by the multivalent adaptor AKIRIN2! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵 1/6
A multivalent adaptor mechanism drives the nuclear import of proteasomes
Nuclear protein homeostasis, including the turnover of transcription factors, critically depends on nuclear proteasomes. After each cell division, proteasomes need to be re-imported into the newly for...
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December 5, 2024 at 8:11 PM
it is fine for things to be multivalent and complicated. if the last decade has taught us any one thing it might be the importance of being comfortable with that
March 1, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Adjuvant personalized multivalent neoantigen DNA vaccination for MGMT unmethylated glioblastoma: a phase 1 trial www.nature.com/articles/s4...
May 19, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Yeah, taking a taxi occasionally is part of a multivalent transit system, and still cheaper than owning a private car
August 26, 2026 at 2:54 AM
distressed (multivalent)
March 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
How do you measure that growth? The number of actions is one way. Institutional growth is another. Media coverage, financial support from individuals and institutions, sharing and development of tactics and strategy. And yes, participation in local actions. It's complex! It's multivalent!
October 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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- Monovalent vaccines protect against one strain or pathogen (e.g., Hepatitis B).
- Multivalent (combination) vaccines protect against several at once MMR, DTaP, or HPV-9.
Multivalent ≠ “rushed cocktail.” It’s a deliberate, data-driven design that broadens protection safely and efficiency.
October 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Do we need a bi- or even multivalent vaccine for the next COVID-19 season, covering BA.3.2 and other variants?

Will BA.3.2 acquire mutations that increase transmissibility?
April 21, 2026 at 1:59 PM
What you hear pass from me is not, in the common diction, a puff of loud brown, but something more undefinable, more multivalent. What the critic Jacques Derrida has called 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒.
December 31, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Alzheimer’s reversed in mice. A new study found that injecting nanoparticles can 'remind' the blood–brain barrier to function properly again, restoring normal brain activity in mice. Human trials could follow within years. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy - Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport
www.nature.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:55 AM