Tools and tactics for studying alternative splicing Nature Reviews Genetics, Published online: 17 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41576-026-00952-4In this Review, Sousa-Luís and Carmo-Fonseca discuss the various tools available to detect and quantify alternative splicing, functionally test splice isoforms and investigate the link between genetic variation, splicing and disease.

New online! Tools and tactics for studying alternative splicing

Chromosome-specific telomere lengths measured in >2,500 All of Us participants reveal arm‑level variation, strong individual differences, and age‑related shortening. #LongReadSequencing enables refined disease‑association analyses. #NatureCommunications #Genetics
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I guess it takes one to know one

This week I’ve started the second module of my postgrad diploma: Genomics 🧬🧪

Ersatz Edelweiß, in der Nähe von Billingshurst, Großbritannien

Picture of the western twilight sky — Jupiter is in the upper left and Venus is at the bottom right

Two planets in a single shot: one planet has clouds of ammonia, and the other planet clouds of sulphuric acid #Jupiter #Venus #astrophotography 🧪🔭

The question remains: who’s next?

Péter Magyar victory speech:

"We want to make a country where no one is persecuted because they think differently or because someone loves in a different way to others."

He may not have campaigned as a liberal. But this is a huge change of direction and rhetoric from Orbán’s anti-LGBTQ+ crusade.

Memes aside, Hungary has shown us that authoritarian illiberalism is not inevitable; strongmen are consigned to the dustbin of history sooner than they expect 🇭🇺🇭🇺🇭🇺🇭🇺

Hungary was the playbook for anti LGBTQ policy in the west. Don't say gay in Florida was modeled on policies adopted there, which they modeled off of Russia. Same with ending legal recognition of trans people. They restricted access to transition care in 2020.

www.hrw.org/news/2023/02...

Picture of my telly showing the film’s title card: the text “Az Ember Tragediája” against a painting of the Helix Nebula

I’m celebrating Viktor Orbán’s defeat by watching Marcell Jankovics’s animated masterpiece « The Tragedy of Man », which spent 23 years in the making 🇭🇺🎞️ #filmsky

Première cartographie thermique de planètes tempérées de taille terrestre Une équipe internationale menée par Michaël Gillon (Université de Liège, FNRS) et Elsa Ducrot (CEA Paris-Saclay/Observatoire de Paris, ULiège) vient de réaliser une première mondiale : dresser la cart...

Première cartographie thermique de planètes tempérées de taille terrestre: TRAPPIST-1 b et c

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Solar eclipse captured from Artemis II; Integrity capsule and zodiacal light visible

Crescent Earth emerging from behind the limb of the Moon

Close up of the Moon’s cratered surface

The horrors persist, but so do we 🌒🔭 #ArtemisII

The corona of the Sun is seen as a bright glow in the center of this almost completely black image with streamers pointing away from it. The moon is eclipsing the sun as a huge black disk from the top right of the frame.

Woah, the Sun's corona visible at the edge of the Moon! #Artemis 🔭🧪

Original: images.nasa.gov/details/art0...

Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew

For the sake of humanity, Trump must go

He is insane.

And this is an open declaration of intended genocide.

If any other world leader said this, there would be sanctions and an arrest warrant, not just for him, but for his whole regime.

Finally, one of my Iranian research colleagues replied to my email. The email of another bounced. They've been without internet for 40 days. They're OK, but in a very stressful situation, continuously receiving bad news.
In defense of #HumanRights, please!

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My telly showing SLS on the launchpad

Figured it deserved to go on the big screen

LIVE: Artemis II Launch Day Updates - NASA Live updates for launch of NASA's Artemis II test flight will be published on this page. NASA’s launch broadcast coverage is airing on NASA+, Amazon Prime,

If you'd like to follow along with the #Artemis II launch, NASA has a live blog here: www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
and you can watch the official broadcast on the NASA site here:
plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vi...
or on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBM...

Photo of laptop screen showing live coverage from NASA’s YouTube channel

Moon behind dappled clouds

Watched some of the Artemis II prep before going out for a promenade in the moonlight 🔭 #artemisii

Twilight with silhouettes of trees

#Venus cradled in the sunset, taken on 18th March 2026 ⚪️🔭🧪

I’m deeply saddened to hear the news that Dr. Birutė Galdikas has died. She was an inspirational and compassionate scientist who made the world that little bit better for both humans and orangutans 🦧🧪

Taobh le cruit

Taobh le carria

Punt Éireannach, buailtear sa bhliain 1990 🪙 #spéirgorm #IrishSky

Three second exposure of Ursa Major, taken at 23:08 GMT on 20th March 2026 from West Sussex. Power line is also in the frame, cutting between Alioth and Megrez

I always think Ursa Major looks more like an anteater than a bear #astrophotography 🔭

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh 🪉🇮🇪 #spéirgorm

Two DVDs: left is « The Secret in Their Eyes » and right is « The Seventh Seal »

Second-hand DVD haul 📀🎥🇦🇷🇸🇪

Venus above the silhouette of a house

Venus as the evening star between the tree tops and a power line

This Wednesday I managed to capture my first shots of Venus

Ancient feathers found in the Ychsma tomb in Pachacamac. Credit: George Olah

Live parrots were transported over the Andes for their feathers in ancient Peru, according to research in Nature Communications. Analysis of still-colourful feathers found in a Ychsma-era tomb suggests a complex and widespread economy that predates the Incan empire. go.nature.com/4umFAnh 🏺 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows the Rimae Bode region and proposed landing sites.

Observations of the Rimae Bode region on the Moon shows five distinct types of terrain and identifies several potential landing sites for China’s first crewed mission, according to research published in Nature Astronomy. go.nature.com/40q0JiG 🔭 🧪

Recruiters engage in antics that would give Borges and Kafka a headache.