fwiw I think Toa's argument has a super lucid & fair version that goes like "we would *rather* there is understanding; this motivates a version of math research that would be primarily translational", which I would imagine is his actual meaning
October 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
fwiw I think Toa's argument has a super lucid & fair version that goes like "we would *rather* there is understanding; this motivates a version of math research that would be primarily translational", which I would imagine is his actual meaning
"I worry about calls to direct research funding primarily toward work with [immediate] applications...The most consequential research is often about what is not obvious. If scientists must know the practical outcome before asking the question, they’ll never ask some of the most important questions."
50 years ago, my colleagues and I pursued basic research science that became revolutionary
“Basic studies led to clinical and translational advances that no one could have predicted,” Robert Gallo writes of his work with interleukin-2.
www.statnews.com
October 9, 2026 at 1:03 PM
"I worry about calls to direct research funding primarily toward work with [immediate] applications...The most consequential research is often about what is not obvious. If scientists must know the practical outcome before asking the question, they’ll never ask some of the most important questions."
About two daily servings of unsalted, skin-roasted peanuts improved insulin responsiveness in memory-related brain regions after 16 weeks in healthy older adults. doi.org/hcm53t
Daily peanut consumption beneficially affects brain insulin responsiveness, new research finds
A study from the Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM) at Maastricht University Medical Center in Maastricht, the Netherlands, has found that longer-term consumption of unsalted, skin-roasted peanuts can benefit insulin responsiveness in the brains of older adults.
medicalxpress.com
October 10, 2026 at 10:00 PM
About two daily servings of unsalted, skin-roasted peanuts improved insulin responsiveness in memory-related brain regions after 16 weeks in healthy older adults. doi.org/hcm53t
Science Translational Medicine issues correction for study on antibody responses from Shigella outbreak in primates aimed at informing vaccine design.
https://news.gmj.ge/briefs/science-translational-medicine-issues-erratum-on-shigella-vaccine-research-study/
https://news.gmj.ge/briefs/science-translational-medicine-issues-erratum-on-shigella-vaccine-research-study/
Science Translational Medicine Issues Erratum on Shigella Vaccine Research Study
Science Translational Medicine issues correction for study on antibody responses from Shigella outbreak in primates aimed at informing vaccine design.
news.gmj.ge
October 8, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Science Translational Medicine issues correction for study on antibody responses from Shigella outbreak in primates aimed at informing vaccine design.
https://news.gmj.ge/briefs/science-translational-medicine-issues-erratum-on-shigella-vaccine-research-study/
https://news.gmj.ge/briefs/science-translational-medicine-issues-erratum-on-shigella-vaccine-research-study/
🔬 Working on metabolic disease? Our member SEEDO and Rey Juan Carlos University are hosting a symposium on translational research in Madrid, 29–30 October. 🇪🇸 Secure your place: https://ow.ly/Xczw50ZUnXY
#MetabolicHealth #MemberNews
#MetabolicHealth #MemberNews
October 12, 2026 at 7:00 AM
🔬 Working on metabolic disease? Our member SEEDO and Rey Juan Carlos University are hosting a symposium on translational research in Madrid, 29–30 October. 🇪🇸 Secure your place: https://ow.ly/Xczw50ZUnXY
#MetabolicHealth #MemberNews
#MetabolicHealth #MemberNews
Fifty years ago, pioneering researcher Robert Gallo and his colleagues pursued basic research science and changed history.
Sometimes you don't know where the work will lead. That, he writes in @statnews.com, is a lesson that should still matter.
www.statnews.com/2026/10/09/r...
Sometimes you don't know where the work will lead. That, he writes in @statnews.com, is a lesson that should still matter.
www.statnews.com/2026/10/09/r...
50 years ago, my colleagues and I pursued basic research science that became revolutionary
“Basic studies led to clinical and translational advances that no one could have predicted,” Robert Gallo writes of his work with interleukin-2.
www.statnews.com
October 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Fifty years ago, pioneering researcher Robert Gallo and his colleagues pursued basic research science and changed history.
Sometimes you don't know where the work will lead. That, he writes in @statnews.com, is a lesson that should still matter.
www.statnews.com/2026/10/09/r...
Sometimes you don't know where the work will lead. That, he writes in @statnews.com, is a lesson that should still matter.
www.statnews.com/2026/10/09/r...
Hasselt University is hiring:
Associate Professor / Professor in Molecular Translational Research
#professor #medicine #moleculartranslationalresearch
Associate Professor / Professor in Molecular Translational Research
#professor #medicine #moleculartranslationalresearch
October 11, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Hasselt University is hiring:
Associate Professor / Professor in Molecular Translational Research
#professor #medicine #moleculartranslationalresearch
Associate Professor / Professor in Molecular Translational Research
#professor #medicine #moleculartranslationalresearch
Day 3 at #CCESummSchool26 put participants in the spotlight with their talks, alongside lectures on fundamental and translational cancer research and lively poster discussions.
@vhio.bsky.social @ki.se @gustaveroussy.fr @nkinl.bsky.social @nct-heidelberg.bsky.social @crukcamcentre.bsky.social
@vhio.bsky.social @ki.se @gustaveroussy.fr @nkinl.bsky.social @nct-heidelberg.bsky.social @crukcamcentre.bsky.social
October 8, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Day 3 at #CCESummSchool26 put participants in the spotlight with their talks, alongside lectures on fundamental and translational cancer research and lively poster discussions.
@vhio.bsky.social @ki.se @gustaveroussy.fr @nkinl.bsky.social @nct-heidelberg.bsky.social @crukcamcentre.bsky.social
@vhio.bsky.social @ki.se @gustaveroussy.fr @nkinl.bsky.social @nct-heidelberg.bsky.social @crukcamcentre.bsky.social
Hello from Lisbon! 👋
Welcome to the official account of #pape2027 — the 7th Phonetics and Phonology in Europe conference.
📍 University of Lisbon
🗓 14–17 June 2027
🌉 Bridging the gap: basic, applied and translational research
labfon.letras.ulisboa.pt/PAPE2027/
Welcome to the official account of #pape2027 — the 7th Phonetics and Phonology in Europe conference.
📍 University of Lisbon
🗓 14–17 June 2027
🌉 Bridging the gap: basic, applied and translational research
labfon.letras.ulisboa.pt/PAPE2027/
October 12, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Hello from Lisbon! 👋
Welcome to the official account of #pape2027 — the 7th Phonetics and Phonology in Europe conference.
📍 University of Lisbon
🗓 14–17 June 2027
🌉 Bridging the gap: basic, applied and translational research
labfon.letras.ulisboa.pt/PAPE2027/
Welcome to the official account of #pape2027 — the 7th Phonetics and Phonology in Europe conference.
📍 University of Lisbon
🗓 14–17 June 2027
🌉 Bridging the gap: basic, applied and translational research
labfon.letras.ulisboa.pt/PAPE2027/
Registration Is Now Open for Translational Science Day on Oct. 28!
Connect with CTSI and research service providers, learn how translational science can facilitate and improve your research, and get what you need to accelerate your project.
Register Today: events.rochester.edu/event/transl...
Connect with CTSI and research service providers, learn how translational science can facilitate and improve your research, and get what you need to accelerate your project.
Register Today: events.rochester.edu/event/transl...
Translational Science Day 2026
events.rochester.edu
October 6, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Registration Is Now Open for Translational Science Day on Oct. 28!
Connect with CTSI and research service providers, learn how translational science can facilitate and improve your research, and get what you need to accelerate your project.
Register Today: events.rochester.edu/event/transl...
Connect with CTSI and research service providers, learn how translational science can facilitate and improve your research, and get what you need to accelerate your project.
Register Today: events.rochester.edu/event/transl...
For your #WeekendRead – check out the new #DMMPerspective by Forn-Cuni et al. on zebrafish cancer models. doi.org/10.1242/dmm....
October 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
For your #WeekendRead – check out the new #DMMPerspective by Forn-Cuni et al. on zebrafish cancer models. doi.org/10.1242/dmm....
🧬 Adipose tissue biology, energy expenditure and GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonists are on the agenda at the Metabolic Disorders and Translational Research Symposium, Madrid, 29–30 Oct. 🇪🇸 Know someone who'd be interested? Tag them! 👇
Secure your place here: https://ow.ly/58be50ZUp0v
#MetabolicHealth
Secure your place here: https://ow.ly/58be50ZUp0v
#MetabolicHealth
October 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🧬 Adipose tissue biology, energy expenditure and GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonists are on the agenda at the Metabolic Disorders and Translational Research Symposium, Madrid, 29–30 Oct. 🇪🇸 Know someone who'd be interested? Tag them! 👇
Secure your place here: https://ow.ly/58be50ZUp0v
#MetabolicHealth
Secure your place here: https://ow.ly/58be50ZUp0v
#MetabolicHealth
A huge congratulations to all of the PhD students from the NBC and @cruk-mi.bsky.social who took part in today's session 💫
It was great to hear from Chloe in the Digital Cancer Research Team, Margareta in the Translational Immunology Team and Jonathan from the SCLC Group as they shared their work.
It was great to hear from Chloe in the Digital Cancer Research Team, Margareta in the Translational Immunology Team and Jonathan from the SCLC Group as they shared their work.
October 8, 2026 at 1:10 PM
A huge congratulations to all of the PhD students from the NBC and @cruk-mi.bsky.social who took part in today's session 💫
It was great to hear from Chloe in the Digital Cancer Research Team, Margareta in the Translational Immunology Team and Jonathan from the SCLC Group as they shared their work.
It was great to hear from Chloe in the Digital Cancer Research Team, Margareta in the Translational Immunology Team and Jonathan from the SCLC Group as they shared their work.
Bridging Research and Reality: Translational Biomechanics & Practical Impact www.youtube.com/watc...
October 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Bridging Research and Reality: Translational Biomechanics & Practical Impact www.youtube.com/watc...
The authors included RRIDs in their in Nucleic Acids Research paper! RRIDs improve reproducibility in scientific research. #OpenResearch #STMpublishing #BetterScience
Enhancing small-molecule-mediated translational control through multivalent RNA aptamers
Read the full paper: Enhancing small-molecule-mediated translational control through multivalent RNA aptamers
doi.org
October 10, 2026 at 7:01 AM
The authors included RRIDs in their in Nucleic Acids Research paper! RRIDs improve reproducibility in scientific research. #OpenResearch #STMpublishing #BetterScience
A basic-basic-translational trifecta! A discovery in alga leads to a new technology that transforms both neuroscience research and leads to a brand new type of human therapy.
I love that everyone in my feed is smiling this morning.
Congrats, @deisseroth.bsky.social.
I love that everyone in my feed is smiling this morning.
Congrats, @deisseroth.bsky.social.
BREAKING NEWS
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
October 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM
A basic-basic-translational trifecta! A discovery in alga leads to a new technology that transforms both neuroscience research and leads to a brand new type of human therapy.
I love that everyone in my feed is smiling this morning.
Congrats, @deisseroth.bsky.social.
I love that everyone in my feed is smiling this morning.
Congrats, @deisseroth.bsky.social.
As a translational scientist, I wouldn't have tools and concepts to play with when developing medicines without weird seemingly esoteric basic research
1. CRISPR came from basic research on bacteria.
2. Optogenetics started with a discovery in algae.
3. The GFP protein comes from jellyfish.
The biggest breakthroughs all trace to scientists following their curiosity, and this is one huge reason why we must keep funding basic research!
2. Optogenetics started with a discovery in algae.
3. The GFP protein comes from jellyfish.
The biggest breakthroughs all trace to scientists following their curiosity, and this is one huge reason why we must keep funding basic research!
October 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
As a translational scientist, I wouldn't have tools and concepts to play with when developing medicines without weird seemingly esoteric basic research
👏Outstanding science across the fields of #NeuroOncology: Congratulations to our #EANO2026 award winners for Best Poster Presentation: P. Watchmaker (Clinical research), A. Tron (Basic research), A. Mathioudaki (Translational research), and S. Nordentoft (Supportive care & quality of life research)!
October 7, 2026 at 1:12 PM
👏Outstanding science across the fields of #NeuroOncology: Congratulations to our #EANO2026 award winners for Best Poster Presentation: P. Watchmaker (Clinical research), A. Tron (Basic research), A. Mathioudaki (Translational research), and S. Nordentoft (Supportive care & quality of life research)!
Job ID: R272399
Extract: The Department of Surgery seeks a Bioinformatics Analyst II to provide biostatistical and methodological support to surgery faculty conducting clinical, translational, and health services research.
Extract: The Department of Surgery seeks a Bioinformatics Analyst II to provide biostatistical and methodological support to surgery faculty conducting clinical, translational, and health services research.
October 12, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Job ID: R272399
Extract: The Department of Surgery seeks a Bioinformatics Analyst II to provide biostatistical and methodological support to surgery faculty conducting clinical, translational, and health services research.
Extract: The Department of Surgery seeks a Bioinformatics Analyst II to provide biostatistical and methodological support to surgery faculty conducting clinical, translational, and health services research.
Opinion: 50 years ago, my colleagues and I pursued basic research science that became revolutionary www.statnews.com/2026/10/09/r...
50 years ago, my colleagues and I pursued basic research science that became revolutionary
“Basic studies led to clinical and translational advances that no one could have predicted,” Robert Gallo writes of his work with interleukin-2.
www.statnews.com
October 9, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Opinion: 50 years ago, my colleagues and I pursued basic research science that became revolutionary www.statnews.com/2026/10/09/r...
Out Now! Family matters in the root microbiota #MicroSky
Family matters in the root microbiota
Nature Microbiology, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02507-zThe root microbiota remains an untapped resource for sustainable agriculture — resolving its recruitment cues is a research priority for moving towards translational applications. Family-conserved functional repertoires emerge as building blocks of the root microbiota in distinct plants, opening new avenues for the rational manipulation of biological interactions at the root–soil continuum.
go.nature.com
October 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Out Now! Family matters in the root microbiota #MicroSky
William Chi published a paper outlining a method to calculate the economic cost of irreproducible research. In a drug-development scenario, unreliable research can lead to 10-77% of funds being wasted.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#Economics
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#Economics
The Economic Cost of Irreproducibility and Fraud in Biomedical Science: A Pipeline Model of Cost Propagation in Translational Research
Irreproducibility and scientific misconduct are widely recognised problems in biomedical research, but their systemic economic consequences remain poorly quanti
papers.ssrn.com
October 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM
William Chi published a paper outlining a method to calculate the economic cost of irreproducible research. In a drug-development scenario, unreliable research can lead to 10-77% of funds being wasted.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#Economics
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#Economics
Extract: Hasselt University seeks an Associate/Full Professor in Molecular Translational Research to establish a research program translating molecular discoveries into clinical applications. Candidates should have a PhD, 5 years of postdoctoral experience, and a strong academic track record.
October 11, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Extract: Hasselt University seeks an Associate/Full Professor in Molecular Translational Research to establish a research program translating molecular discoveries into clinical applications. Candidates should have a PhD, 5 years of postdoctoral experience, and a strong academic track record.
