Scientific writer at the Sanger Institute. Formerly at Development journal, lapsed flypusher (Gurdon Institute, University of Sussex). Creative writing MA at UEA. Likes novels and gardens, lives in Cambridge. Immigrant.
Aidan Maartens
It will never not be funny when men get super ripped but their heads stay the same size. Head the size of a clementine on that thing
Velvet worm under SEM!
#onychophora #peripatidae #peripatus
and all of them are senior university administrators
commisserations to both the accounts affected by this.
Now published! We investigated how polyadenylated RNAs are targeted for decay in the human nucleus. www.nature.com/articles/s41... (1/5)
Aidan Maartens
a small attempt to capture this enormous loss and what Greg meant and means to so many.
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Out now in Nature Genetics!
The largest single-cell RNA sequencing dataset of terminal ileal biopsies profiles 1.1 million cells from over 100 Crohn’s disease patients and over 200 healthy controls.
Crohn’s disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In this Obituary, Francesca Mariani & Mark Lewandoski write about Gail R. Martin, one of developmental biology's most influential conceptual architects, a scientist who reshaped how we think about signalling, pattern formation & genetic analysis in the mouse. doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Pooja A. Anilkumar
Come work with us! We're looking for a new lab manager to help us develop new motion capture methods, new biosensors, and to hopefully learn something cool about the brain. Bonus: you get to do all this in the ATL and, in my humble opinion, we're nice people to work with! markolab.org/careers/
Gregory J. Hannon passed away in April 2026 at the age of 61. A towering figure in
modern molecular biology, Greg influenced remarkably diverse areas of science. His
work reshaped our understanding of...
BREAKING: The UK Government confirms that Bluesky will be INCLUDED in the ban on social media for under 16s.
The government said it will be BANNED because it is a “user-to-user platform who purpose is to enable social interaction.”
Only 16% of Americans believe AI will have a positive impact on society
Half of Americans now use AI chatbots, up from 33% in the summer of 2024.
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Jeff Markowitz
News Eye
Matt Novak
IBDverse is a single-cell RNA atlas of terminal ileal biopsies comprising 1.1 million cells from 111 patients with Crohn’s disease and 232 healthy participants. Analysis of the data identifies genes, ...
