Gabriel MF Almeida

I'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize.

Os bombardeios em território venezuelano e a captura do seu presidente ultrapassam uma linha inaceitável. Esses atos representam uma afronta gravíssima à soberania da Venezuela e mais um precedente extremamente perigoso para toda a comunidade internacional. Atacar países, em flagrante violação do direito internacional, é o primeiro passo para um mundo de violência, caos e instabilidade, onde a lei do mais forte prevalece sobre o multilateralismo. A condenação ao uso da força é consistente com a posição que o Brasil sempre tem adotado em situações recentes em outros países e regiões. A ação lembra os piores momentos da interferência na política da América Latina e do Caribe e ameaça a preservação da região como zona de paz. A comunidade internacional, por meio da Organização das Nações Unidas, precisa responder de forma vigorosa a esse episódio. O Brasil condena essas ações e segue à disposição para promover a via do diálogo e da cooperação.

Academia already did what you’re proposing. Universities are now run like businesses with professional administrators, branding strategies, risk management, consultants, and KPI dashboards. The result hasn’t been better research or teaching. It’s been the transformation of universities into brand-management and lifestyle companies, where prestige, expansion, and revenue extraction matter more than scholarship or education. Research and teaching don’t reliably maximize short-term financial returns, so they get crowded out. What grows instead is administration because once an administrative class is established, its primary function becomes self-preservation and expansion, not mission fulfillment. This is exactly what happens when a nonprofit adopts corporate logic without corporate accountability. You don’t get efficiency. You get mission drift and an institution optimized to look successful rather than to be successful.

uit.no/nyheter/artikk… From the Marine Bioprospecting group of the @cans_uit @UiTNorgesarktis

What started as a question in a @cans_uit seminar ended up in tying an old and clinically valuable phage to a new bacterial threat described at the UiT. Thanks @jopaca_pauline @RobLavigne1 et al for the collaboration! virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

New research published in The Lancet finds that Western unilateral sanctions have caused 38 million deaths since 1970. The average death toll ranges from 400,000 to over 1 million per year. Staggering levels of violence. This system is intolerable and must be replaced.

We reached over 500 people with the 1st Brazilian symposium of viruses of microbes, followed by one in Alfenas and a phage isolation course. It is rewarding to see a high interest from the younger generation! Looking forward to see the South American VoM field grow. @cans_uit

28 million deaths caused by the imperial core since 1971, due to unilateral sanctions alone. Pure barbarism. This system is incompatible with humanity. thelancet.com/journals/langl…

New research published by the Lancet finds that economic sanctions imposed by the USA and EU are associated with more than 500,000 deaths per year since 1970, five times more than deaths by war. thelancet.com/journals/langl…

In light of the public statement made by U.S. President Donald Trump on social media on the afternoon of Wednesday (9), it is important to highlight the following: Brazil is a sovereign nation with independent institutions and will not accept any form of tutelage. The judicial proceedings against those responsible for planning the coup d'état fall exclusively under the jurisdiction of Brazil´s Judicial Branch and, as such, are not subject to any interference or threats that could compromise the independence of national institutions. In the context of digital platforms, Brazilian society rejects hateful content, racism, child pornography, scams, fraud, and speeches against human rights and democratic freedom. In Brazil, freedom of expression must not be confused with aggression or violent practices. All companies—whether domestic or foreign—must comply with Brazilian law in order to operate within our territory. The claim regarding a U.S. trade deficit in its commercial relationship with Brazil is inaccurate. Statistics from the U.S. government itself show a surplus of $410 billion in the trade of goods and services with Brazil over the past 15 years. Therefore, any unilateral tariff increases will be addressed in accordance with Brazil's Economic Reciprocity Law. Sovereignty, respect and the unwavering defense of the interests of the Brazilian people are the values that guide our relationship with the world.

uitmagasin.no/2023/02/02/din… "Your new medicine can be a virus" - small discussion about phage therapy, with a Norwegian perspective and updates from the BFE-NFH Marine Bioprospecting group. @cans_uit @UiTNorgesarktis

It is not everyday that we can name a virus after a city! Long effort finally out now, adding Finland to the giant virus map. On top of this, in-depth structural data. Thanks @AbresciaL @sundberglr et al. elifesciences.org/articles/103492 @cans_uit

Please spread the word! We have an opening in the Atkinson lab for a post-doc with a focus on molecular mechanisms of microbial immune systems. Can be a fully computational or experimental or hybrid project. Read more & apply here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo… #phage #Bioinformatics

What's striking about capitalist civilization is that it has no real direction. There's no vision for social progress, no commitment to improving human welfare or ecology. All we get is the chaos of profit-oriented production and accumulation as the world burns around us.

@LealDutraCaio @LATAM_BRA Every time my family take long trips the problems and uncomfortable parts are always at the end when we get to fly with @LATAM_BRA . Hope you get your suitcase soon!

I managed to travel from CPH to Lisbon and from Lisbon to São Paulo with 4 checked luggage without any problem. But it was from São Paulo to Belo Horizonte that @LATAM_BRA lost one of them. Three days and no sign of the suitcase.

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join an MRC-funded project on #mpox #vaccines. Please get in touch if interested. 002825-R Research Fellow in Virology (Maluquer Lab) - Jobs at the University of Surrey

@hauryliuk @DanishVOM Will try to be there too!

Excited to talk at the best - the only… :( - Scandinavian VoM meeting! Thank you for having me, @DanishVOM !

Phage VAC3 adaptations to the mucosal environment can exploited as a prophylactic measure to protect mice from a lethal dose of P. aeruginosa. nature.com/articles/s4200… @Gabriel_MFA @cans_uit @UiTNorgesarktis

First paper on a collaboration between the @cans_uit (Norway) and @unifalmgOFICIAL (Brazil). This paper strengthens mucosal adaptations as the reason why prophylactic phage therapy works and also is symbolic in the revival of phage research in Brazil. nature.com/articles/s4200…

2025 starts with not less than 3 great medical microbiology papers on very diverse organisms SARS-CoV-2 (inflammatory peptide!) nature.com/articles/s4200… Vibrio vulnificus (phylogeography) nature.com/articles/s4200… Pseudomonas aeruginosa (phage therapy) nature.com/articles/s4200…