With the cuts going on in the name of efficiency and so-called DEI imperialism it's no surprise science YouTube is in trouble. It's sad.

If you at all understand the progress in the 20th century, you'll know it's the result of a relay race involving both private and public sectors. In the coming week's I'll be talking a lot about "antirival" goods and why we need a better collective understanding of them.

#basicresearch #openscience #publicgood #science

https://youtu.be/LQjFGx9mEPw

Mitochondria as you’ve never seen them
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-025-00269-y/index.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42899168

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me: former mitochondrial (mt) researcher, published
mt difficult to prepare/isolate intact/pure
extraordinary imagery shows why

Yet another "illustration" of crit imp. of fundamental research

https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/atniehs/labs/gisbl/pi/mdnar
https://tools.niehs.nih.gov/polg/ --> mt. diseases ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_disease

Unusual repetitive DNA sequence in the E. coli genome --> CRISPR ---> genome editing

Ψ Pseudouridine ---> mRNA immunogenicity and potency ---> mRNA COVID vaccine

#basicresearch #NobelPrize

Dear funders, dear governments

please increase the basic research funding budget !

A study from @UQ_News found Australia is lagging behind when it come to funding basic research #ScienceFunding #BasicResearch https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/a-slippery-slope-basic-research-underfunded-in-australia

The European Research Council (@ERC_Research) supports top scientists in #BasicResearch with grants worth millions. They are among the most important funding programs in #Europe. Our awardees: https://www.mdc-berlin.de/erc-grants #mdc30 #ERC @helmholtz_en