For a long time, #evolutionary #biologists have thought that the #genetic #mutations that drive the #evolution of #genes and proteins are largely neutral: they’re neither good nor bad, but just ordinary enough to slip through the notice of selection.
#EvolutionaryBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/ebio11162501.html

UrFU #biologists have identified the beneficial properties of tinder #mushrooms They found that an ointment based on lanolin and extracts from tinder helps heal wounds faster after burns, even third-degree burns that form scars.
#Biotechnology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/btech10292501.html

Are the Chemistry @nobelprize.bsky.social prizes being awarded to too many #Biologists or now #AIResearchers ?

For decades, #synthetic #biologists have been developing #gene #circuits that can be transferred into #cells for applications such as reprogramming a stem cell into a #neuron or generating a protein that could help treat a #disease such as fragile X syndrome.
#Biotechnology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/btech10132501.html

Field biologists should wear an air conditioned exoskeleton suit to increase their comfort and endurance.
#biologists #fieldbiologists #fieldbiology #airconditionedvests #airconditionedjackets #acjackets #acvests #exoskeletonsuit #voucherspecimens #cyborgs #airconditioning

#Biologists Turn #SkinCells Into #HumanEggs in Groundbreaking Experiment

https://gizmodo.com/scientists-turn-skin-cells-into-human-eggs-in-groundbreaking-experiment-2000665449

#Biologists Baffled by Never-Before-Seen Structure in a Tiny #Organism

https://scitechdaily.com/biologists-baffled-by-never-before-seen-structure-in-a-tiny-organism/

#OpenSource #Robotic Hand That Costs Just $300. @TetherIA_ai officially launched its robotic hand:
-CAD, electronics, and firmware are all open source
-7 Active Degrees of Freedom (16 joints) with a tendon-driven design
-400 grams
dear #biologists someone can pipette for you

"Overall, the message from this survey is positive– #evolutionary #biologists are readily employable outside of #academia, generally well-prepared for those jobs, and report high levels of satisfaction in their non-academic #careers"

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.19.671061v1

We were pleased to support this summer's Comparative Cartilage & Bone Biology conference with a Scientific Meeting Grant. Learn more about the meeting and how the funding facilitated attendance by early-career researchers from organiser Mason Dean.

Read more: https://www.biologists.com/stories/comparative-cartilage-bone-biology-conference-supported-by-a-scientific-meeting-grant/

#ScientificGrants #BiologyMeetings #Community #Biologists #Collaboration #Networking #Opportunities #Researchers

Scientists Say They May Have Just Figured Out the Origin of Life
It comes down to some "very simple chemistry study in @Nature, a team of #biologists say they've demonstrated how RNA molecules & amino acids could combine, by purely random interactions, to form proteins the tireless molecules essential for carrying out nearly all of a cell's functions.
Thioester-mediated RNA aminoacylation and peptidyl-RNA synthesis in water
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09388-y
by Frank Landymore
https://futurism.com/scientists-origin-life?utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=futurism-newsletter&_bhlid=72921f5115cac394c3c5b773a913fe9cfd3ebc7e

#Math for #biologists: I recently asked for suggestions of material for a math course for undergrad biologists. The feedback was quick, nice, and helpful:
https://mathstodon.xyz/@Daniel_Hoffmann/114867680691121064

A lot of the material was completely new to me. I looked at each of the recommended books with the question: Is this it, and if not, why not? This has helped to sharpen the fuzzy concept that I had in mind when I asked for material in the first place. There was not a single book or resource that completely matched that concept.

The one book that came closest to that concept was "How to be a Quantitative Ecologist" by Jason Matthiopoulos (who *is* a quantitative ecologist). Its presentation, which mixes ecology, math, and computing, should be relative attractive even to mathphobic students. However, its focus on ecology may not speak to more broadly or medically interested biologists who would also sit in the audience, and the book may also be too large (substantial course over two semesters).

So I will go on searching and perhaps write myself sample chapters of a book that implements the above points. If I do this, I will blog the result and post an invitation for potential contributors to join or criticize here.

#Math for #biologists: I am looking for a textbook or online material that could be used as a basis of a course for undergrad biology students. The problem is that many biologists are mathphobic & need strong motivation (#teaching based on biological applications). Recommendations welcome!

Join the Node Network @the_node, a global directory of developmental and stem cell biologists, designed to help you find speakers, referees, panel members and potential collaborators.

https://thenode.biologists.com/network/

#TheNode #StemCells #Biologists #Community #Global #Networking

#Biologists Alarmed as Newly Discovered Chain Reaction Threatens to Trigger #MassExtinction Across Multiple #Species Worldwide

https://www.sustainability-times.com/research/biologists-alarmed-as-newly-discovered-chain-reaction-threatens-to-trigger-mass-extinction-across-multiple-species-worldwide/

#Forest #canopies offer #habitats for a high #biodiversity, but are for us difficult to access, so many #biologists must deal with ground-level research. However, #technicaloptions have improved in recent decades. M. Lowman (2020) summarizes future perspectives and history of #canopyresearch inclusively#toolkit development, e.g. canopy walkways. #arbornauts

© #StefanFWirth #Berlin May 2025

Reference

M. Lowman (2020):
https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10125

#Photos

Goethepark Berlin, © S.F. Worth 2025

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🔬⚡🦠 #Biologists have observed the proteins that generate #cellular energy with unprecedented resolution directly within the cell. The SNSF-funded study was conducted by Florent Waltz and his colleagues from the University of Basel and featured on the front page of #Science.
➡️ https://www.snf.ch/en/jwCVwbv7K7SGwdZM/news/zooming-in-on-the-structure-of-cellular-energy-plants