Verena Battisti

Well, what more is there to say than... jup? 😅

Oh yes! I know this problem 😂

It looks great! I recently started again with my knitting projects. I hope they will turn out as good as yours. :)

Point sur la situation du chikungunya à La Réunion La circulation du chikungunya s'intensifie à La Réunion avec 138 cas confirmés. La majorité des cas est recensée dans le sud et l’ouest de l’île, avec une dispersion géographique préoccupante. Le stad...

Chikungunya virus is now spreading locally in Europe!
The first indigenous case has been reported in Ile-de-France, and La Réunion Island is nearing an epidemic stage, with 138 cases recorded.
www.lareunion.ars.sante.fr/point-sur-la...

Amazing!! 😍

Happy holidays! Is this Chichén-Itzá? 😄

Merry Christmas! 🎄

Happy Holidays! This year I made a small gingerbread village. 🍪🏘️🎄

ACADEMIA Life: Wrapping up the last meeting of the year with students so I can finally focus on my research! #scisky #ResearchReality

Welcome!

Living happily ever after? The hidden health risks of Disney princesses While much current research on Disney princesses focuses on the harmful impact of unrealistic ideals on young viewers’ self-esteem, there is a critical need to shift attention towards the health risks...

You want more?
Here is the link: www.bmj.com/content/387/...
#ScienceSky #BookSky

Rapunzel: 21m of magical hair? Traction alopecia, constant headaches, and permanent hair loss. Her fairytale is a nightmare for her scalp. 😨

Aurora (Sleeping Beauty): Oversleeping brings cardiovascular risks, obesity, and muscle atrophy. Also, pressure ulcers are a real hazard. Good thing Prince Philip showed up before long-term bedrest complications set in (though, y’know, consent).

Pocahontas: That iconic cliff dive? A breathtaking nine-second freefall from an estimated height of 252m (thanks, physics simulations). Beyond the obvious physical risks, such a leap might hint at deeper mental health struggles that deserve serious attention.

Cinderella: Dust exposure = occupational lung disease (OLD). Plus, magical glitter = microplastic inhalation. Forget a prince—Cinderella needs respiratory therapy STAT. 🧹✨🫁

Jasmine (Aladdin): Loneliness, no real friends (sorry, Genie), and a tiger as a pet. Risks include depression, zoonotic infections, spinal injuries, & actual tiger attacks.

So what are the health risks they face you wonder? 🤔

Snow White: Isolated, poisoned, & in a coma. Lack of social interaction increases the risk of cardiovascular disease & anxiety. And that poisoned apple? Let’s just say it proves “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” has its limits. 🍎❌

Thanks to Dijk et al. we now have a scientific backup when we discuss our favorite Disney princes (mine is by the way Belle).

Academics reading bedtime stories: oh let me write a paper about discussing health risks faced by Disney princesses!

Infamous paper that popularized unproven COVID-19 treatment finally retracted Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds

Breaking news: A 2020 paper that sparked widespread enthusiasm for hydroxychloroquine as a #COVID19 treatment has been retracted, following campaigning by scientists who alleged the research contained major scientific flaws and may have breached ethics regulations. scim.ag/4iR9bQ6

Screenshot of the EMBL Careers Blog website with the start of the blog post (click on the link to read the text) and a photo of Maria.

Curious about industry R&D? Maria Fälth Savitski, Head of Computational Biology Boehringer Ingelheim, shared her career journey, insights into collaborative research in industry, and tips for early-career researchers with the @embl.org Careers Blog: www.embl.org/about/info/e...

This decision was made by the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies. Does somebody know how the status of these journals is handled in other countries?

If you are wondering which journals are downgraded, here is the complete list:

julkaisufoorumi.fi/sites/defaul...

Changes to the classification

So this is happening. 271 MDPI and Frontiers journals will be downgraded to level 0. Makes you wonder what we consider as reliable and properly peer review journals.

julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/news/chan...

Thanks! This post was quite misleading...

Hahahahaha! You made my day. lol

A chemistry themed Christmas sweater? LOVE IT!

Valneva Reports Positive Three-Year Antibody Persistence Data for its Single-Shot Chikungunya Vaccine IXCHIQ® The results confirm a strong and long-lasting antibody persistence across all age groups investigated.

#Valneva reports 3-year antibody persistence for its single-dose chikungunya vaccine, IXCHIQ®! Take that, #chikungunya. 💪

valneva.com/press-releas...

It got even weirder when one of them started crying because it felt "unstable". 🆘 #CrazyChemist

Is it normal to get so deep into your research that you start dreaming about talking molecules trying to find their home (aka proteins)? Or is it just me? 😅💭