Sandra Laurentino
Reproductive biologist 🇵🇹 in 🇩🇪
Institute of Reproductive Genetics, CMG, Uni-Münster
PI CRU326 "Male Germ Cells"
DNA methylation, spermatogenesis, ageing, male infertility
Hobby collector, slowest runner in the west
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- Reposted by Sandra LaurentinoNo joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- Happy birthday Human Reproduction! I had the honour of being an Associate Editor for the last four years, so I also feel like I'm also part of the history of this wonderful journal 🧪
- Human Reproduction turns 40! 🎉 We’re celebrating by revisiting landmark papers with commentaries from original authors. First up: Leese & Gardner revisit their 1989 study (Hardy et al., 1989 – doi.org/10.1093/humr...) with a new commentary (Leese & Gardner, 2026 – doi.org/10.1093/humr...).
- Reposted by Sandra LaurentinoHow? How do you double-check the accuracy, if you're not already an expert? Ask a different GenAI? Or do you, you know... Have to go and do the research you would have done anyway, pre-AI? Because I'm buggered if I can think of how you do that in a way where the GenAI saved you time.
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- This, absolutely this!
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- Got some lovely flowers at work today for finally officially getting my Habilitation in Reproductive Genetics at the Faculty of Medicine of the @uni-muenster.de
- Reposted by Sandra LaurentinoYou can now connect ChatGPT to an Apple Watch. So I imported 29 mil steps & 6 mil heartbeats into the new ChatGPT Health. It graded my heart health an F. ⁉️ Cardiologist @erictopol.bsky.social called it “baseless.” Any bot claiming to give health insights shouldn’t be this clueless. Even in beta. 🧵
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- Reposted by Sandra LaurentinoPrix du meilleur dessin de presse 2025 aux Pays-Bas à Peter de Wit, pour "Gaza 2030".
- Reposted by Sandra Laurentino📣 Please spread: we’re hiring a Lab Manager! It is a critical position in our new lab. As our lab moves to Barcelona and joins the @crg.eu, we’re looking for a Lab Manager to help build the lab and set the lab atmosphere. 🔗 Apply here 👉 recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs...
- Reposted by Sandra LaurentinoNEW: Kennedy's plan to study Hep. B vaccine in African babies has been suspended by Guinea-Bissau. Experts say the trial is unethical in a nation where 1 in 5 kids are exposed to Hep. B, which can take decades off their lives. HHS: the trial is "paused." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/h...
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- Reposted by Sandra LaurentinoDie Impfempfehlungen der STIKO 2026 sind da! Wesentliche Änderungen und Ergänzung zum Vorjahr betreffen: 🔵 RSV 🔵 Chikungunya 🔵 Influenza 🔵 Mpox 🔵 Hib 🔵 Herpes zoster 🔵 Meningokokken 🔵 Pneumokokken Die gesamten Empfehlungen im #EpidBull: ➡️ rki.de/stiko-empfehlungen
- Reposted by Sandra LaurentinoCost of being female lead/corresponding author in biomedical sciences: "[T]he median amount of time spent under review is 7.4%–14.6% longer for female-authored articles than for male-authored articles" even in disciplines where women well-represented. #AcademicSky journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
- Reposted by Sandra LaurentinoFemale scientists have to wait longer for their articles to be reviewed than their male colleagues. An analysis of 36.5 million papers in the life sciences shows that for females it took 115 days to reach a decision, compared to 101 days for men journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @plosbiology.org
- Reposted by Sandra Laurentino“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
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- I have prepared a video summarizing the study. Please come back here after reading the thread : ) youtu.be/bAk4PFEuWKQ English also youtu.be/CETjjZBMT5c Spanish youtu.be/tkpjlCxDJZA German (Thanks to Esau Dharma for providing the Spanish voice for Witgar Wiegele!)
- Reposted by Sandra LaurentinoOne of my concerns with AI-assisted research in biology is that we're already looking only in the lamplight and AI incentivizes us to narrow the beam. Seems like it's happening... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- Excellent opportunity with two wonderful PIs in a super interesting project!
- Reposted by Sandra Laurentinowikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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- Went for my first run of the year today and feel so much better. If anyone told me 20 years ago I would ever enjoy running I would laugh in their face, but these days I find that nothing helps me more to quiet my mind from thinking about all the awfulness in the world we are living in.
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- Reposted by Sandra Laurentinothinking of the introverted woman who said she's never felt FOMO. she's only felt ROMO (Relief Of Missing Out)
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- Reminder that we have a post-doc position open shared between the IRG and the CeRA in Münster. We already received some great applications, but if you feel you are a good match don't hesitate to apply! #reprosky #postdocposition #malecontraception
- Open post-doc position in 3-year collaborative project on contraception based in Münster. The candidate will work primarily with me and Nina Neuhaus at the Institute of Reproductive Genetics and Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology #postdocposition #reprosky
- Reposted by Sandra LaurentinoA study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
- The @eshre.bsky.social campus workshop on reproductive ageing war a blast, such interesting presentations and approaches, and the conversations during meals and breaks were a highlight. Everyone super excited about discussing their work and in seeing up possible collaborations in the future. 5⭐️
- Reposted by Sandra LaurentinoHorrible idea. AI will regress all grants towards the mean since AI is trained to produce the average output. Grants require expertise that ignores bad literature and rejects author assertions if false. no AI review I've seen has ever challenged the author's assertions as fundamentally flawed.
- UKRI exploring use of AI in grant review - this will prompt debate but interested to know if people think it’d encourage novelty or the opposite? www.chemistryworld.com/news/ukri-op...
- Getting extremely annoyed by the constant offers of "help" to summarise documents on Adobe Acrobat. Yes, the document is long. No I don't want AI to summarise it. I want to read every single word and make my own mind about it, thank you very much. /rant over
- On my way to Frankfurt to participate in the @eshre.bsky.social Campus Workshop on Reproductive Ageing. I look forward to spending the next three days discussing one of my favourite topics in reproduction.
- Reposted by Sandra LaurentinoPhD call alert! Interested in #Complexity #Cognition #AlgorithmicBias or #PublicHealth? Want to join our ERC-funded @erc.europa.eu, SPAC Lisbon team @spac.bsky.social? We only need: CV + short motivation letter + contact of 2 refs EOE Apply by Dec 20, more info: lip.pt/files/rhuman... Please Share!
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- Open post-doc position in 3-year collaborative project on contraception based in Münster. The candidate will work primarily with me and Nina Neuhaus at the Institute of Reproductive Genetics and Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology #postdocposition #reprosky
- The candidate will be integrated in the vibrant reproductive research environment of Münster and will collaborate with other researchers in Münster and throughout Germany. Application deadline: 24th December 2025 Details here: jobs-sf.ukmuenster.de/job/UKM-Post... #postdocposition #reprosky
- Finally!
- The opening keynote was by Melina Schuh. She showed some groundbreaking unpublished data on human oocytes that might change things for the better for older women undergoing IVF 🤯 Translational and applied science doesn't exist in a vacuum, it comes from strong basic research #DVR2025
- 1/3 Although the young andrologists and @dgandrologie.bsky.social session happens just before the official opening session, it's always a highlight for DVR congresses. We had the first results of last year's winner of the DGA grant, my office mate @lherrmann.bsky.social... #DVR2025
- Time for #DVR2025
- Reposted by Sandra LaurentinoStudents applying for grad school, or reaching out to professors. I have an important piece of advice for you: STOP DOING THIS 👇 (a thread) #STEM #PhD #gradschool #academictips
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- Große Freude! Die @dfg.de richtet einen neuen Sonderforschungsbereich zur männlichen Unfruchtbarkeit ein und verlängert den etablierten Verbund @sfb1348.bsky.social. Insgesamt fließen rund 24 Millionen Euro an die Universität Münster.
- 😵💫 soon the journals will require physical proof of the blot/gel/etc. Thinking about it, we might as well go back to mailing a physical copy of the typed manuscript and photos/negatives.
- Congratulations to @reproductionms.bsky.social 🍾🥳
- Die #DFG fördert zur weiteren Stärkung der #Spitzenforschung an den Hochschulen 9 neue #Sonderforschungsbereiche (SFB). Die Themen reichen von pilzbasierten Baumaterialien über Autoimmunkrankheiten bis zu molekularer Bor-Chemie. Einzelheiten 👉 www.dfg.de/de/service/p...
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- Reposted by Sandra LaurentinoIf you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
- Reposted by Sandra LaurentinoDie Reaktionen zeigen: Einige stört es, dass gebildete Bürger mit Migrationsgeschichte sichtbarer werden, ihre Interessen und Sensibilitäten artikulieren und Teilhabe einfordern. Das alte Bild des anspruchslosen migrantischen Arbeiters - malochen, schweigen, Projektionsfläche sein - ist vorbei.
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- Reposted by Sandra Laurentinosaturation with Tolkien spinoffs has somehow not prepared our culture for the arrival of dark lords bearing a gift that everyone becomes convinced they can wield to accomplish great things but just makes them dependent and start whispering about preciouses if you suggest just throwing it away
