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Map break: Top Euro Biotech 2025 🗺️👇🏼

In plant lipid community, we don’t say “hejdå/goodbye/再见”. We say“Vi ses/so long/再会”. Great to have @ecahoon2 @JohnathanNapie1 visit Skåne where oilseed plants are one of the icons inspiring generations of farmers, researchers and innovators.

It is interesting to read all these negative comments on Sweden from the rest of the world…the same scenario during pandemic…while the country just carries on🤔

President Jimmy Carter was born two years before the late Queen Elizabeth. Go well Jimmy x

Stars illuminate the Christmas Tree Cluster (2023). go.nasa.gov/4fxAqw7

@BowTiedBiotech @isciverse The Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy), as a formalized degree, originated in 🇩🇪.The word ”philosophy”can be traced back to ancient forms of 🇪🇬, 🇮🇳, and 🇨🇳 . Western philosophy has its roots in 🇬🇷. *Global variations*

@isciverse Any thoughts on global variations in PhD requirements? i.e., the perception and value of a PhD across different countries? 🇬🇧 vs 🇺🇸 INSIDERS: we all know what it is END OF DAY: it doesn’t really matter, same credentials in signature and on CV…

What is a PhD? Open Access embopress.org/doi/full/10.10… #PhD #PhDlife #academics #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #Postdocs #Research #Science

@PeterSweden7 When I hear someone saying JESUS, with a high probability ”Christ/crisis” is the next word popping out. *No offense to any religious group*

Question. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the name JESUS Comment 👇

@isciverse How to work in a team is a fundamental question to address not just for the completion of a PhD education but for a lifelong development within the society.

@simonmaechling @DrLizaMD Is plant research being well-funded given the importance of plants? That is like a general question for the whole society.

Photosynthesis is a molecular miracle: light becomes energy. Plants are nature's first chemists, crafting food from air and water. Without plants, there's no food chain. Plants fuel the world.

@KamounLab Silicon Valley, the only place I have visited has hairdressing that is “organic”. NAD+ infusion has definitely reached a more intellectual level…

NAD+ infusions!!!?? apple.news/AR0_vMrQfTtqvp…

@stats_feed “Tower of Babel”

What is the most obvious thing human society has never developed? Like what is the first thing aliens will make fun of us for never figuring out?

@Billion_of_Gods Good from Scandinavia. The website is well-designed 👍

I have just moved our lab website to the school domain. plantimmunity.hzau.edu.cn Can you access it from abroad?

Welcome and congratulations to the eleven group leaders from India, Singapore, Taiwan and Uganda who join the EMBO Global Investigator Network! Read more: embo.org/press-releases… #lifesciences

🎥 #LERUtalks How can universities contribution to global and European sustainability governance? Next week, Veronika Hunt Safrankova @UNEP_Europe & @PMickwitz @lunduniversity will discuss this during an online interview. Do you have questions about the topic? Ask them during the interview! More information: leru.org/calendar/leru-…

Congratulations to @UNL_Biochem's Edgar Cahoon, who has been named a fellow of the prestigious National Academy of Inventors (@AcadofInventors). Details: go.unl.edu/i5na #Nebraska #UNL #LNK @UNL_IANR @unlcas @UNLresearch

@KamounLab Or your paper got rejected by Nature but finally you received the Nobel prize for that piece of work. *It already happened in the history*

When your paper is accepted after a few rejections

“Ever since I was a child, I have wanted to know. The reason we are born. The reason suffering and love exist. These questions have been asked by literature for thousands of years, and continue to be asked today.” This year’s literature laureate Han Kang spoke about how language connects us all in her Nobel Prize banquet speech this evening.

The 2024 Nobel Prize banquet dessert is a homage to Swedish apples. Pastry chef Frida Bäcke has used a variety of Swedish apples to create the ultimate dessert. A terrine of caramelised Frida apples has been combined with a brown butter cake made from tiger nuts, a cream of quince fruit and thinly sliced apples with chamomile. Ice cream made with pineappleweed and punsch liqueur tops it all off. Take a look at how Frida plates the dessert to perfection.

@goddek Define “natural” first. I happen to have used all of them and don’t have much issues. What makes coconut or olive oil not “ultra-processed”?

Today, I am going to red-pill you about vegetable oils. Make sure you bookmark and share this post: 1. Unnatural Extraction Process: Unlike coconut or olive oil, which can be extracted through pressing, seed oils like canola, soybean, and corn oil require unnatural methods for extraction. They undergo processes involving high heat and chemical solvents like petroleum, leading to oxidation and the formation of trans fats even before they reach your kitchen​. ​2. A Modern Dietary Addition: Industrial seed oils are a recent addition to our diet, exploding in consumption from virtually zero in the early 1900s to 70 lbs per year per person today. This dramatic increase corresponds with a surge in chronic health issues, suggesting a link between seed oil consumption and modern diseases​. ​3. Omega-6 and Inflammation: Vegetable oils are high in Omega-6 fatty acids, especially linoleic acid, which is a precursor to pro-inflammatory eicosanoids. These molecules can cause chronic inflammation and contribute to autoimmune diseases. The excessive consumption of Omega-6, without the balance of Omega-3, exacerbates these health issues​. ​4. Oxidative Stress and Cancer: Studies have shown that diets high in vegetable oils, particularly linoleic acid, lead to oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and genetic damage. These factors are instrumental in promoting cancer, with some studies revealing a fourfold increase in metastasis in diets high in these oils​. ​5. Increased Mortality Rate: Over a seven-year study, groups consuming high amounts of vegetable oil had a 62% greater all-cause mortality rate compared to those with lower consumption. This risk increase is more significant than that associated with heavy smoking or obesity​. ​6. Heart Disease Risk: The Minnesota Coronary Experiment found that participants who increased their intake of corn oil and margarine had an 86% higher incidence of heart attacks. Despite lower cholesterol levels, the vegetable oil group had a significantly higher mortality rate from heart attacks​. ​7. Cardiovascular Deaths: The MARGARIN Study revealed that the group consuming margarine high in linoleic acid from vegetable oils had a 700% higher rate of strokes, heart attacks, and cardiovascular deaths compared to a group consuming Omega-3-rich fish oil. This stark difference underscores the health risks of high vegetable oil consumption​. Remember, the key to a healthier life is understanding what you're putting into your body. Rethink your oil choices and opt for natural, minimally processed fats. Cheers, Simon