Rob Mahen

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@nikolai_klena @Andi_Microscopy @NatureComms Very nice

@Andi_Microscopy and I structurally characterized beta cell cilia by #vEM and #UExM. It's out today in @NatureComms! We describe axoneme ultrastructural organization, as well as some novel physical contact between beta cell cilia and neurons. Link below! nature.com/articles/s4146…

@TanentzapfLab And then getting complaints from reviewers either way?! :)

For me writing science is always a battle between wanting to use as few words as possible & to be as precise & specific as I can be VERSUS wanting to explain things well & provide adequate background & say why we do certain things the way we do. In the end it's a delicate balance

Woohoo! "A guide to single particle tracking" is now online! Together with @Francois__Simon & @S_vanTeeffelen, we share our thoughts on going beyond MSD analysis in Nature Reviews Methods Primers. doi.org/10.1038/s43586… Free read link: rdcu.be/dTKHd

A wonderful tribute to a truly exceptional scientist, teacher, supervisor and person. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/13…

Is there anyone credible out there can explain in simple terms why this isn’t a truly terrifying image? Like, why isn’t this headline news almost every day?

@SjorsScheres @elonmusk Indeed, I've been wondering this myself for a while

Happy #FluorescenceFriday! Just a little ol' Fluo cell, imaged by confocal. Not trying to do too much, very demure, very mindful.

@sweatscience Well written as always Alex

Really neat study collects massive training/recovery data, then uses machine learning to determine which factors best predict next-day recovery. The key point: the most important variables *on average* are not the best variables *for each individual*. outsideonline.com/health/trainin…

Psychedelic cilia

Human cells growing in a dish as part of an organotypic culture

What a week! Anyone else possibly discover signs of microbial life from billions of years ago on a planet 140 million miles from Earth? No? Just me?

The nucleus of a human cell, as worked on by various groups in @LeicesterMCB @LeicStructBio

Interesting review on sleep in @PLOSBiology journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

Two neurons embracing to exchange the information that creates consciousness

Incredible and terrifying. Can we please all open our eyes? 👀

Looking for a #postdoc or #PhD in eukaryotic #DNA replication and #CryoEM? We are recruiting! The positions are fully-funded by the @novonordiskfond and come with access to cutting-edge facilities and fantastic colleagues in #Copenhagen. See links below for more information.

@FrezzaLab Deep (literally). The earth wasn't conscious of "birthing" life in any sense like we can observe or influence AI now though

@robmahen I think we are in a phase similar to the primordial vent before the birth of the first cell. we are the vent

the more I think about it the more it seems that the birth of AI in its many shapes and for is part of evolution of life in the universe and as such unstoppable.