Elisa Fadda
Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton, head chef at https://GlycoShape.org, Salem's butler, fucose fanatic #glycotime everyday! She/Her
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaFabulous talk by @fabianruperti.bsky.social in the #LorneProteomics2026 #glycotime session on the evolution and diversity of N-glycosylation in animals
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Now published in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...- This preprint dates from July 2024, but I just stumbled upon it. Single-molecule tracking in living yeast to assess the physiological kinetics of over 50 representative proteins encompassing all three RNAP machineries. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- "What I can’t actually believe it has the barefaced gall to still have that phrase on its masthead though I liked this take from the Reductress, titled: The Washington Post Lays Off Half Its Slogan" @carolecadwalla.bsky.social ⬇️👏🏻 👏🏻 open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaHave I ever mentioned how surreal it is to be an Editor-in-Chief of a journal called Vaccine right now? www.science.org/content/arti... It’s pretty wild, at least by typical academic journal editorial office standards.
- Reposted by Elisa Fadda@mikefeigin.bsky.social’s favorite bioRxiv experience was being able to start a collaboration based on reading a preprint, leading to a publication years later. As an Affiliate, he helps these impactful preprints be posted ~48 hours post-submission #openRxiv #OpenScience #preprints #CommunityVoices
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- Amazing 🇦🇺 #glycotime 🧪⬇️
- 🚨 Our new paper is out today in Nature Chemical Biology: “Pan-specific antibodies to uncover bacterial pseudaminylation” doi.org/10.1038/s415... This is the product of a collaboration between many teams, led by @nickescott.bsky.social, @payneresearch.bsky.social and myself. 1/6
- Reposted by Elisa Fadda🚨 Our new paper is out today in Nature Chemical Biology: “Pan-specific antibodies to uncover bacterial pseudaminylation” doi.org/10.1038/s415... This is the product of a collaboration between many teams, led by @nickescott.bsky.social, @payneresearch.bsky.social and myself. 1/6
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaReally happy to see this work out! Super fun project with a great team. For me the highlight was that we finally were able to show the O-linked glycosylation systems of H. pylori/C. jejuni are general glycosylation systems which target non-flagellin proteins (suggest >10 years ago by click chem).
- 🚨 Our new paper is out today in Nature Chemical Biology: “Pan-specific antibodies to uncover bacterial pseudaminylation” doi.org/10.1038/s415... This is the product of a collaboration between many teams, led by @nickescott.bsky.social, @payneresearch.bsky.social and myself. 1/6
- Reposted by Elisa Fadda‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaI’m having a hard time thinking of an interview between two human beings I enjoyed more than tonight’s interview of the great Ian McKellen by the great Stephen Colbert. Every moment of it was a pleasure that I highly recommend… but then came the most REMARKABLE ending that you really HAVE to watch.
- Reposted by Elisa Fadda'Still, publishing a review —often with its own DOI—raises questions about the review’s legal status as a standalone scholarly item as it could belong to the reviewer, the publisher or both, or enters the public domain under a CC license with unclear rights about who is allowed to do what.'
- Aside from the obvious reasons, there is also this 👇🏻👏🏻
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaNow on bioRxiv: genome‑wide CRISPR KO reveals BAG6 (chaperone) and RNF126 (E3) as core PQC for non‑native missense proteins. VAMP seq. shows >1000 Parkin variants are BAG6 targets, including known pathogenic variants. Work led by Line Pedersen. Collab with @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social
- BAG6 and RNF126 are broadly involved in protein quality control of non-native missense protein variants biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
- As replacing your brain + a good search on Google Scholar, this may be a useful LLM tool, except that "it does not consistently retrieve the most representative or relevant papers for certain queries" 🤔 and why is this in Nature, again? 🤔🤔 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaGreat story on Seung-Wuk Lee’s work on virus particle-based materials @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social #proudofalumni
- ICYMI: @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social's Seung-Wuk Lee, a faculty scientist in #BioBSE, pioneered a sustainable biomining approach using genetically engineered viruses to extract rare earth elements. Read more: go.lbl.gov/biomining
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaLanding in Dunedin Aotearoa in about 90 minutes for the start of a trip that represents the culmination of a dream I’ve had since I was ten years old.
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaINBOX: Robert McCartney, who worked for 39 years at The Washington Post, including as a Metro columnist and editor, before retiring in 2021, claims on X that he has heard the Post has laid off *all* its photojournalists.
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaIn no functioning country is this allowed.
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaWelcome, piles of slop filling up the journals with clouds of useless wordy garbage. Case in point:
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaPaperBanana: Automating Academic Illustration for AI Scientists doi.org/10.48550/arX... dwzhu-pku.github.io/PaperBanana/
- Reposted by Elisa Fadda🚨BREAKING: The UK economy would be 3.6% smaller by 2040 if net migration fell to zero, forcing the government to raise taxes to combat a much bigger budget deficit, a thinktank has predicted. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
- 🚨Gorton and Denton by-election JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM youtu.be/cWWf1mZhlGk?...
- “Back then there was a clear national vision for universities, and they were mostly publicly funded,” he says. “Now you stand or fall on your student demand.” On the societal impact of unis that need (now more than ever) the support of a forward-looking government! Innovation is built on education
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaExcellent article but stark reminder that for all the perceptions of universities as ivory towers for elites, they are actually vital hubs in towns n cities supporting local businesses and providing key services as well as education….
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaIn this week's column I seek to explain Keir Starmer's flat refusal to change our electoral system, even though its gross unfairness could put Reform UK in power on <30% of the vote. The reasons, I believe, are deeply cynical and disturbing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaCalling all runners! Please consider supporting our son's 100km run on his 18th birthday for the mental health organisation Headspace. His motivations 👉 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... His fundraising page 👉 www.mycause.com.au/page/385454/... #Running #MentalHealth @scidocmartin.bsky.social
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaThis research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- "there is no guarantee that human intelligence is not itself a sophisticated version of a stochastic parrot." gulp! But undeniable for some humans 🙄 And if we consider 'intelligent' something that can't count consistently, well then be it! Remarkably disappointing 👇🏻 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- @carlbergstrom.com may be of interest ⬆️ just saw that.
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- Reposted by Elisa FaddaI watched much of Ian Chapman's (Head of @ukri.org) appearance this morning at @ukparliament.parliament.uk Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.. A few points and new information that bioscientists may find interesting... A 🧵
- Reposted by Elisa Fadda"AI is rapidly populating medical records with synthetic content, creating a feedback loop [that] drives a rapid erosion of pathological variability and diagnostic reliability...this renders AI generated documentation clinically useless after just two generations" www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaI wouldn’t want to be on the wrong side of an argument with Martin Lewis. Can’t see the govt holding the line here given that they’ve now effectively privatised HE. www.theguardian.com/money/2026/f...
- Reposted by Elisa Fadda1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.” This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵 www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
- "the MFFI web portal, a platform designed around five core pillars: (i) avoiding reliance on a group or local server; (ii) minimizing maintenance; (iii) reducing technical barriers; (iv) providing a unified home; and (v) enabling timely dissemination of updates" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaIf you liked Mr Nobody Against Putin or was astonished by the hostile environment the BBC's Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg is working in, you might as well like #TheGlobalJigsaw look into how Russian propaganda works: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... And how we got there: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
- Reposted by Elisa Faddapdb101.rcsb.org/motm/314 histones outside of the eukaryotic domain are the 'molecule of the month'! nice!
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaAt no point in my journey have I had ANY symptoms. Prostate cancer is often silent. If caught early it is highly treatable. Survival rates are effectively 100% at 5 years for localised cancers and 95% at 15 years.
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaVery soon, I am going for surgical treatment for cancer. I wanted to use this opportunity to share my journey and advocate for prostate cancer screening for men. @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social prostatecanceruk.org/about-us/new...
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaThe US isn't Denmark when it comes to vaccines, written by a scientist from Denmark @annalsofim.bsky.social www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
- "you are never quite sure what it is going to come up with" would that maybe explain women's skepticism toward AI? 🧪🧑🏻🔬 academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaWhen the Guinea worm eradication program began in 1986, there were an estimated 3.5 million cases across 21 countries in Africa and Asia.
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- Reposted by Elisa FaddaThank God we're not polarised today folks. I know floods are bad, but polarisation would be very uncomfortable. #spéirgorm
- The storm brought heavy rain last week on top of already sodden ground, which led to flooding across the country, particularly in Wexford. jrnl.ie/6944700
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- Reposted by Elisa FaddaKirk Malhoan acting chair for US ACIP that make recommendations for vaccines is saying he wants to reconsider all US vaccines recommendations. 🧪🧵 #HealthPolicy
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- Reposted by Elisa Fadda"But although this is the story of the mind of a great scientist, it is above all a story of collaboration, of how Crick adopted a way of thinking and working that involved asking fundamental questions and pursuing them though intense encounters with others." @matthewcobb.bsky.social
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaHe's closing in on $10,000 raised for the mental health organisation, Headspace. I'm inspired by our son every day. If you can help him and his charity run, please do!
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaToday, we're sharing an open letter from our Chief Executive, Professor Sir Ian Chapman, outlining changes to UKRI investment approach, and addressing concerns about research funding and the financial position of STFC. Read his letter here: www.ukri.org/news/open-le...
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- Liam goes home… www.instagram.com/reel/DUOW4_E...
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaFrom yesterday's Irish Times.
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaWhere's that "don't use AI to draw molecules" editorial again? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaBEHOLD! The glyphosate-aluminum-fluoride complex! Found here: gmoscience.org/2026/01/26/t...
- Fraser 😁
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- Such a wonderful book, atmospheric and rich. A few months in the remote Norwegian islands helping the eider ducks to nest turns into a much deeper journey into humanity and our brief transit on this planet #books2026
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaBora Da Bawb - Good Morning All Dyma un i godi'r galon -here's one to lift the spirits Robin Goch ddoe yn y pwll wrth fy nhraed tra oeddwn i'n garddio A Robin yesterday in the pond by my feet as I was gardening #BirdsSeenIn2026 Cariad mawr o Gymru!
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaLearning how neurons can maintain normal function at higher temperatures can help us understand why fevers can trigger seizures in some children. buff.ly/0nnPLTR
- Reposted by Elisa FaddaDiscovered in 1912 and closed to visitors for more than a century, Rome’s "Casa dei Grifi" will open to the public in March. Euronews visited the site on the Palatine Hill ahead of its official opening.
- Reposted by Elisa Fadda#UKsciencefundingcrisis MRC,BBSRC,EPSRC paused researcher-led grants until Spring. This means no funds in 2026 as evaluation takes 6-9 months. Projects halted, staff, knowledge loss. We need to challenge this and the lack of info and clarity. #ScienceisVital #academicSky shorturl.at/ag03S
