Anna Randi

Great to be attending the #GRC meeting on Vascular diversity, in Newry. Maine, USA. Good to meet old friends and colleagues M, but no 🐻 … great talk from Adela, showcasing our work on #VWF. And a delicious lobster dinner! 🦞🦞🦞

Of >105,000 participants with 30-year follow-up, only 9.3% achieved healthy aging (age 70, w/o any chronic diseases). Their diet was significantly associated with this outcome. @naturemedicine.bsky.social

US science is under threat ― now scientists are fighting back Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists.

Repeated threats to research funding and the mass firings of federal workers have pushed some scientists to take on unfamiliar roles as activists, speaking at rallies, calling legislators and forming new pressure groups.

https://go.nature.com/4bt2EI8

#standupforscience2025 rallies next week in the USA - Good luck everyone! 👍

A few gems from this article: Ann Paulina Luna wants Congress to pass a law adding Trump’s likeness to Mount Rushmore alongside presidents such as George Washington … to reflect his “towering legacy”; Claudia Tenney proposes to make Trump’s June 14 birthday a federal holiday ….🤨 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Let’s focus on some good news from the scientific world, while the rest goes pear-shaped….

Why being bilingual really does seem to delay dementia Multiple studies suggest that speaking more than one language pushes back the onset of dementia, but doesn't seem to stop it entirely

Parlez-vous français? We're starting to understand how being bilingual really could delay dementia.

Flabbergasted from the other side of the pond: how long and how far will this go?

Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature Use this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage.

Use this form to tell us how the new US administration is affecting your research, or suggest future coverage

https://go.nature.com/42SyoUu

Important Covid editorial @science.org by Maria Van Kerkhove
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Liver and pancreas in metabolic disease: from pathways to therapies The liver and pancreas arise from a common developmental origin and are controlled by shared gene regulatory programs.These organs are central to two of the most common and devastating metabolic dise…

Join us in a beautiful location for this multidisciplinary experience. Top speakers linking topics such as organoid modeling, synthetic biology, gene regulation or genetics with disease mechanisms & new therapies for T1D, T2D, and MASLD

meetings.embo.org/event/25-liver-pancreas

Elon Musk backs Germany’s far-right AfD

I’ve been thinking about migrating to this platform for a while, but this latest development did it. Good luck everyone, bumpy ride ahead - good to see you here 🤗