Der Vorname des mutmaßlichen Täters, der Anlass für die Aktuelle Stunde im Bundestag „Gewalt gegen Frauen“ war, lautet übrigens: „Christian“.

Linocut portrait of biochemist and medical researcher Maud Menten (1879-1960) with the Michalis-Menten equation in blue and a histology image in pinks and purples in the background.

Happy birthday to 🇨🇦Canadian medical researcher & #biochemist Maud Menten (1879-1960). 👩🏼‍🔬🧪🐡 #histsci Not only was she an author of Michaelis-Menten equation for enzyme kinetics, she invented the azo-dye coupling for alkaline phosphatase, 1st example of enzyme histochemistry, still used in imaging of

A black-and-white historical photograph of Dr. Maud Leonora Menten (1879–1960), the Canadian physician and biochemist who co-developed the Michaelis–Menten equation for enzyme kinetics. Taken in her laboratory (likely at the University of Pittsburgh in the 1910s–1920s), she stands with a serious, focused expression—lips closed, eyes direct and thoughtful—against a backdrop of wooden shelves filled with glass bottles, jars, scientific equipment, and a wire-mesh enclosure. She wears a dark dress with a lace collar, a string of beads, and her hair styled in a neat bun. Superimposed on the image is the Michaelis–Menten equation in white text:v=Vmax⁡[S]Km+[S]v = \frac{V_{\max} [S]}{K_m + [S]}v = \frac{V_{\max} [S]}{K_m + [S]} This iconic portrait captures Menten during her groundbreaking research in biochemistry and histochemistry, where she helped establish the foundational mathematical model of enzyme-substrate reactions still used today, while overcoming significant gender barriers as one of the first women in Canada to earn both an M.D. and a Ph.D.

Chemist/physician Dr. Maud Menten co-authored the seminal paper 𝘋𝘪𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘬 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨, 1931. This intro'd the Michaelis–Menten equation (image). It remains a cornerstone of #biochemistry, used in drug design, metabolic studies & enzyme engineering. She was born #OTD in 1879.

#WomenInSTEM

Projection of an intro slide for the conference

Thrilled to be at the 2nd Bonn conference on mathematical life sciences. Great to see a huge lecture hall full of people at the kickoff of the conference, all working at the interface of maths and biology.

Was ist drin? Klopapier, Nudeln, Internet?

Toll, dass die Berliner Behörden jetzt verstanden haben, wie Cell Broadcast grundsätzlich funktioniert, jetzt vielleicht noch ne Schulung zum sinnvollen Einsatz, danke.

Zell- & Molekularbiologin Kerstin Kaufmann wird Einstein-Prof & bleibt an der @humboldtuni.bsky.social! Durch Koops mit BIMSB, @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social & @igzleibniz.bsky.social vernetzt sie Molekularbiologie, quantitative Modellierung & Bioengineering.
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Fig. 6: Mathematical model

Offener Brief an die Bundestagsfraktionen von CDU/CSU, SPD, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen und Die Linke zur Rückkehr der grundsätzlichen Öffentlichkeit der Sitzungen des Forschungsausschusses An die Vorsitzenden der Bundestagsfraktionen von CDU/CSU, SPD, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen und Die Linke Berlin, 19.11.2025 Öffentlichkeit im Bundestagsausschuss für Forschung, Technologie, Raumfahrt und T...

Der #Forschungsausschuss des Bundestags tagt nicht mehr öffentlich — das war’s dann mit Tranzparenz wissenschaftspolitischen Handelns auf Bundesebene! Erschwert die Arbeit von Journalist_innen ebenso wie unsere für #IchBinHanna uvm. massiv. @wpk.bsky.social fordert in 1 offenen Brief, das zu ändern:

Charité-Chef Heyo Kroemer über Kürzungsfolgen: „Bei keinem Uniklinikum in Deutschland wird derart gespart“ 56 Millionen Euro weniger Zuschüsse bekomme das Berliner Uniklinikum 2026, sagt Charité-Chef Kroemer. Das wird sich auf Berlins medizinische Versorgung auswirken – und könnte die Spitzenstellung in de...

Die Charité-Chefs haben am Montag im Berliner Wissenschaftsausschuss die Folgen der Kürzungen für die Uniklinik skizziert. "Drittmittel werden sinken, Ambulanzen müssen schließen“, fasste Dekan Joachim Spranger es zusammen. (T+) www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/chari...

Bill from DM

Welcome our new colleagues: Prof. Flasche aus Ede and Prof. Geschirrschwämme! Looking forward to working with you!

Yeah!

Aim high 🚜 !

Finally! 🚜

Email: Dear Nils Blüthgen, Cureus Journals, a part of Springer Nature, will be launching its fourth open access journal—Cureus Journal of Agriculture and Food Science (CJAF)— in December 2025. I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to apply for a position on our esteemed Editorial Board as an Associate Editor (AE) for CJAF.

I always wanted to join the editorial board for an agricultural journal. Clearly my expertise. Will be a great journal 🤡
#scientificspam

Senat will 12,5 Millionen Euro investieren: NFL kommt 2025 für ein Spiel nach Berlin Die nordamerikanische Football-Liga NFL wird 2025 ein Spiel in Berlin austragen. Bis 2029 könnten zwei weitere Folgen. Die Kosten dafür sind hoch. Das Land muss trotz Haushaltskrise Millionen investie...

Berlin’s senate invests >12 mio EUR for 3 NFL games in Berlin, at a time where they cut millions at the universities that are already underfunded, with collapsing buildings. They definitely seems to have priorities that are not mine.
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Email: Hi Professor Nils Blüthgen, My name is xxx yyy, I am a PhD student passionate about economics and entrepreneurship. I came across your work “Quantitative modeling of signaling in aggressive B cell lymphoma unveils conserved core network”, a piece that truly stands out for its precision and contribution to society in the field of finance.

“Stands out … for its contribution to the society in the field to finance”???? Maybe the most bizarre spam email I ever received…

Reporter CRISPR screens decipher cis-regulatory and trans-regulatory principles at the Xist locus - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Here Schwämmle et al. develop CRISPR reporter screens to map transcription-factor-regulatory element interactions at the Xist locus, revealing a two-step mechanism integrating developmental and X-dosage signals to initiate X-chromosome inactivation.

⚠️ Paper alert: Using a novel CRISPR screening approach, we mapped the entire regulatory network controlling Xist—key for X-chromosome inactivation.
👉 We discover how sex and development signals are decoded at a single gene locus.
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👇 Bluetorial

a cartoon of donald trump with the words be prepared above him ALT: a cartoon of donald trump with the words be prepared above him

When I was at NIH and shutdowns loomed, it was discovered that the administration was planning to shut down PubMed. The head of NCBI called the powers that be and pointed out that this would threaten patient safety

Who knows what will happen now

Just in case, remember Euruope-PMC
(europepmc.org )

Wissenschaftliche Resilienz: Auf dem Weg aus der PubMed-Abhängigkeit – Deutsches Ärzteblatt

The Ärzteblatt asked me about the instability of Pubmed (Why my? Don't know...). Not sure if I agree with the colleagues that we should build up national resources, I rather think we should strengthen existing European ones (e.g. EuropePMC, ENA, EGA...)... www.aerzteblatt.de/archiv/wisse...

Nicky McGranahan

Nicky McGranahan kicking off the last day showing the evolutionary history of metastasis. Amazing data and analysis.

Students discussing at poster

Impression of the poster session at bimsb, showing the staircase

Students discussing at poster

Very dynamic poster sessions at the late summer school on tumor heterogeneity and treatment followed by a rooftop party. Thank you @mdc-bimsb.bsky.social for hosting us!

Tancredi Massimo

Adila Apsara

Siddharth Annaldasula

Great talks from PhD students Tancredi Massimo Pentimalli, Adila Apsara: and Siddharth Annaldasula!

Efrat Shema

Efrat Shema kicking off today’s program with a lecture on epigenetics and single cell methods.

Finja Becker introducing Sven Nelander

Final session for today: Sven Nelander discusses how patient specific models combined with advanced molecular biology and large scale computation allow for a better understanding of CNS cancers.

Ido Amit

Anton Henssen

We continue with Ido Amit who shows how single cell approaches allow to improve immune therapy and Anton Henssen introducing us to the world of extrachromosomal DNA and how this relates to tumor heterogeneity. Fascinating!

Ulrich Keilholz

Heiko Enderling

First session: Uli Keilholz of the comprehensive cancer center on how complex data and models are now used in the clinics, and Heiko Enderling on modeling approaches. Both show excellent examples on how computation already now is impotent for clinical decisions, and how it will be in future.

Foto of the kickoff and welcome.

Kicking off today’s Late Summer School on tumor heterogeneity and treatment resistance with an amazing program. Great to see a huge turnout!

Rapid UPF1 depletion illuminates the temporal dynamics of the NMD-regulated human transcriptome UPF1 depletion inhibits nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) and stabilizes direct target transcripts within hours. Boehm et al. use conditional protein degradation and advanced transcriptomics to map t...

Very harmonious and inspiring collaboration with Niels Gehring, @volkerboehm.bsky.social and team at Uni Köln, and colleagues at @mdc-berlin.bsky.social . Rapid UPF1 depletion illuminates the temporal dynamics of the NMD-regulated human transcriptome: Molecular Cell www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

Poster of CompCancer Seminar Series

Join us for our first CompCancer seminar this fall on Thursday, 4pm with Chris Sander (Harvard): „Catch Cancer Early with the Help of AI Tools“. Maud Menten Room, House 18, Campus Nord HU