Kai Kupferschmidt
science journalist. author. molecular biologist. curious.
interested in #microbes, #misinformation and all things #blue
contributing correspondent at @science.org
co-host of @pandemia.bsky.social
2024 KSJ fellow at MIT
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@jagolinzer.bsky.social
Professor of Financial Accounting, Vice Dean of Programmes, co-Director, Cambridge Centre for Financial Reporting & Accountability, University of Cambridge Research in: IFRS, GAAP, governance, information risks
@relenski.bsky.social
Evolving better E. coli for 75,000 generations. Prof at MSU, but opinions my own. (Ok, I also speak for billions -- er, TRILLIONS -- of E. coli.) Website for LTEE: the-ltee.org Banner pic: From NYC, shared by someone (sorry, I forgot who!) on other site.
@mrclmb.bsky.social
The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology aims to understand biological processes at the molecular level to help tackle human health problems and disease.
@jamesmwag.bsky.social
bio{chem|tech|sec} grantmaker prev structural biology, microbiology & antibiotics @mrclmb.bsky.social & elsewhere now mbdialogues.org repost/❤️ = I want to find this again
@wilmotjames.bsky.social
Proud Dad to Gabriele and Isabella. Professor and Senior Advisor, Pandemic Center, Brown University.
@atanas-g-atanasov.bsky.social
Innovations in Molecular Medicine and Public Health. PI of LBI-DHPS. Prof of IGAB-PAS. Editor-in-Chief #CRBIOTECH and #ExplorDHT. Leader of #DHPSP and #INPST 🔗Web: https://digitalpatientsafety.com/atanas-g-atanasov/
@kendallsciwrite.bsky.social
Senior editor @Nature.com's Careers team. Word nerd and chronicler of the geekosphere. Flip-turner at 5am. Opinions are just mine. she/her
@karaslab.bsky.social
Synthetic Biology. Designer cells and organelles. Space plants and microbes. Antifungal. Antimicrobials. Optimization of DNA delivery: conjugation, cell fusion. Western University, Canada.
@mutschlerlab.bsky.social
Prof for Synthetic Biology at TU Dortmund University Interested in: SynBio - RNA/ribozymes - cell free systems - protocells
@syncelleu.bsky.social
Network of excellent European research laboratories, institutions, and companies that have joined forces to collaborate on synthetic cell research and accelerate its translation into technology
@kateadamala.bsky.social
Life as we don't know it: building biology from scratch with synthetic cells. http://www.protobiology.org/
@ewanbirney.bsky.social
Executive Director EMBL. I have an insatiable love of biology. Consultant to ONT and Cantata (Dovetail)
@mkfeeney.bsky.social
Professor, traveller, cyclist, skater, science policy junkie. Reluctant Phoenician. Interested in all things public sector
@gregjenner.bsky.social
~Public Historian 📜🤓 ~Host & creator of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME comedy & history podcast😆🧐📻📜🏛️ ~Hon. Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓 ~ Author of 7 funny history books ✍️📚 ~ CBBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES TV (series 1-9) 🎭🤣 ~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️ www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
@ldfreedman.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
@genevahealthfiles.bsky.social
Investigating power & politics in the capital of global health. Reported, Curated & Published by Priti Patnaik https://bsky.app/profile/pritipatnaik.bsky.social
@davekarpf.bsky.social
Political Communication Professor at GWU. I write a lot about the history and future of tech and politics. Best known for that one time I made fun of Bret Stephens. Davekarpf.substack.com
@chenoweth.bsky.social
Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.) YouTuber (vlogbrothers, Crash Course, etc.) Football Fan (co-owner of AFC Wimbledon, longtime Liverpool fan) Opposed to Tuberculosis
@drtedros.who.int
Director-General of the World Health Organization. Reposts are not endorsements.
@aalisha.bsky.social
Public health medicine specialist, infectious disease epidemiologist, Head of Health Protection, Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services
@sherylnyt.bsky.social
Covering health policy & politics for @nytimes. Former Congressional & White House Correspondent (Bush & Obama). Peloton aficionado, amateur painter, mom of 2 awesome adults. Tips: stolberg@nytimes.com
@mmolteni.bsky.social
Writing about CRISPR, synthetic bio, reprotech and neuroscience for @statnews. Ex-WIRED. Berkeley journalism alum. Signal: mmolteni.13 ✉️ megan.molteni@statnews.com https://www.statnews.com/
@nicolamlow.bsky.social
Sexually transmitted infections epidemiologist, but Covid-19 has changed everything. Now emerging infections #mpox #pandemics @BEreadycohort https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4817-8986
@jennifernuzzo.bsky.social
Epidemiology and global health security policy. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-nuzzo-0972414/
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
Texas Medical Center (TMC) Pediatrics Professor-Vaccine Scientist-Author; Member, Philosophical Society of Texas "the oldest learned society in Texas established in 1837," TAMEST, National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
@karenhao.bsky.social
ai reporter & author. national magazine award & american humanist media award winner. words in The Atlantic. formerly WSJ, MIT Tech Review, KSJ@MIT. email: http://karendhao.com/contact. pre-order my book EMPIRE OF AI, out May 20, 2025: empireofai.com
@tabouchadi.bsky.social
Professor of European Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Elections, parties, social democracy & the radical right. he/him. 🏳️🌈
@sophiepedder.bsky.social
Paris Bureau Chief, The Economist. Author of “Revolution Française: Emmanuel Macron and the quest to reinvent a nation” (Bloomsbury)
@wendyorent.bsky.social
Science writer, anthropologist, Ph.D. (fieldwork in Israel), member of plague lovers' society, disease evolution nerd, author of Plague, co-author of Biowarrior, I.V. Domaradskij's memoir. Former science writing instructor at Emory.
@stevenleemyers.bsky.social
New York Times in California. Previously in Beijing, Moscow, Baghdad and DC. Author of "The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin" http://bit.ly/3bbpinS https://www.nytimes.com/by/steven-lee-myers
@mariettaslomka.bsky.social
Anchorwoman ZDF heute-journal. Sichere mir hier meinen Platz im Himmel. My place in Heaven.
@olivercornely.bsky.social
🎓 MD @Uniklinik Köln @Uni Köln 🇩🇪 | FECMM, Infectious Diseases | 🔬 Clinical Trialist @CECAD | 📚 Top 1% Cited (Clarivate) | 📍 @DZIF Bonn-Cologne | 💡 37K+ Volunteers (DE) | 🌍 525 Sites | 🎥 IDIM (YouTube)
@editionspatiale.bsky.social
@martinhoenigl.bsky.social
Tenure Track Prof for Translational Mycology, Medical University Graz, Austria; Past President ECMM.❤️for Clinical Mycology, ⬛⬜1909 ⚽️ Rams 🏈#StandwithUkraine
@lshtmcepr.bsky.social
Bringing together global expertise, knowledge, research and teaching to help humanity adapt faster to outbreaks of disease.
@docsirianni.bsky.social
Biomedical Engineer, Professor & Vice Chair of Research for Neurosurgery, UMass Chan Medical School. Treating pediatric brain tumors and neurodegenerative disease via all things nanomedicine and the subarachnoid space. *opinions are my own
@drsethberkley.bsky.social
Medical doctor specializing in infectious disease epidemiology & global health. Former CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance & IAVI. Co-founder of COVAX. Now working as an advisor to vaccine & technology companies.
@sahelisadanand.bsky.social
Deputy Editor at Nature Medicine | Handling & overseeing research in #Oncology #Immunology #Immunotherapy #InfectiousDiseases | Fan of vaccines, 🦖 & democracy | Views all mine
@jameeljaffer.bsky.social
Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
@valmasdel.bsky.social
PhD, climate scientist @lsce-ipsl.bsky.social @CEAParisSaclay @IPSL_outreach @hc_climat. Was co-chair @ipcc.bsky.social (AR6 WGI). I like paleoclimate, polar research, but also birds, books, poetry, e-bike commuting. Vegetarian.
@paleofuture.bsky.social
Tech reporter @Gizmodo.com. I’ve been writing about the history of futurism @Paleofuture.com since 2007. Email: mnovak@gizmodo.com Signal: mattnovak.11
@ksjatmit.bsky.social
World renowned science journalism fellowships. Free resources for science journalists around the globe.
@pialamberty.bsky.social
Psychologin | PhD | Autorin | CeMAS | Forscht & berät zu Verschwörungserzählungen, Desinformation, Rechtsextremismus & Antisemitismus sowie psychologischem Umgang mit globalen Krisen und Konflikten
@corneliabetsch.bsky.social
http://www.pace-studie.de & http://www.cosmo-studie.de project lead, Prof of Health Comm http://pidi-lab.de @BNITM_de @unierfurt & Director @ipb_erfurt
@germany.diplo.de
News from the German Foreign Office - Follow us in German as well @diplo.de Imprint and data privacy: diplo.de/2697714