Bioinformatician and IT consultant - ITA/ENG Sono più attivo su Mastodon, seguitemi lì: https://sayansi.social/@emmecola 🇮🇹 https://fediscience.org/@emmecola 🌍 https://l.devol.it/@emmecolahttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3mljdhyit2s2dOnly authorised #GMOs can enter the EU market, and they must follow specific labelling rules. 🏷️ My colleagues at #JRC have surveyed official control laboratories across Europe: how many GMOs did they find in food, feed and seeds? 🌽 Check out the monitoring results in this new paper ⬇️ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21645698.2026.266823910 May 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljdhyit2s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3mkaif5nqo22jNine AI agents walk into a newsroom. What could possibly go wrong? 🤖 Meet #ScienceRadar, a multi-agent AI pipeline that produces illustrated essays on selected scientific topics, drawing from recent news and academic papers. Here's how it works: 1/24 Apr 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaif5nqo22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3mde6al44is2oLo ammetto: il #referendum sulla #giustizia non mi appassiona particolarmente, ma siccome siamo chiamati a votare ho provato a informarmi. E quello che ho capito mi ha convinto a votare NO. Ecco perché #ioVotoNO :🧵 1/26 Jan 2026 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3mde6al44is2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3mbmetdq56s2a#Grok never disappoints. While both #ChatGPT and #Claude agree that #Trump 's actions appear to violate US and international laws, Elon's LLM told me that "𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘳" 😅04 Jan 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbmetdq56s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3mbebicvcxc2pSì, lo so che c'è il #concerto di capodanno di #Venezia, ma io preferisco usare la VPN e guardare quello di #Vienna come il resto d'Europa. Vi prego, non consideratemi nemico della patria! 🎻01 Jan 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbebicvcxc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3mbbw2lkzjk22Finisce il 2025 con 16 #libri letti. Il migliore? Senza dubbio la trilogia di #fantascienza "Il problema dei tre corpi" di Cixin Liu, che mi ha impegnato per 3 mesi (ma ne è valsa la pena). Bellissimi anche i saggi "Why machines learn" e "The rise and reign of the mammals". 📚31 Dec 2025 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbbw2lkzjk22https://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3malc4avofc2m"L'intelligenza condivisa" di @emollick.bsky.social è un bel libro. Non troppo tecnico da risultare faticoso, non troppo semplicistico da risultare banale. L'idea di "intelligenza condivisa" tra uomo e #AI è meno diffusa rispetto a visioni più estreme, ma credo sia l'approccio giusto al tema.22 Dec 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3malc4avofc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3maibkk66kk2m"Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks and other whales. ...They detected a highly infectious #virus linked to mass strandings of #whales and dolphins worldwide." 🐳 #morbillivirus https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjdrpkj8111o21 Dec 2025 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3maibkk66kk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3maegr27lz22h"Try the new #NotebookLM infographics!" – they said. And voila, here's an amazing picture of DNA molecules with 3' ends on both sides 🤷🏻‍♂️19 Dec 2025 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3maegr27lz22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3m7xt5432322jFine-tune an #LLM to output old bird names and it'll start behaving as if it’s the 19th century. Ask for a major recent invention, it'll reply the electrical telegraph! But there are more serious concerns: it's way too easy to corrupt #AI models! #AIsafety #AIresearch https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.0974214 Dec 2025 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7xt5432322jhttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3m7rlhywna22kCome riporta @cattiviscienziati.bsky.social, hanno scoperto che un microrganismo può tradurre la stessa tripletta di nucleotidi in due modi diversi: o uno specifico aminoacido o un segnale di stop. In questo modo, lo stesso #DNA può produrre una proteina lunga o una corta. 🧬 https://www.ilfoglio.it/scienza/2025/12/12/news/una-grande-novita-nella-biologia-molecolare-il-codice-genetico-puo-essere-ambiguo-8424708/12 Dec 2025 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7rlhywna22khttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3m7qd4a6hdk2s"The long-term ban is an important pillar of the Commission's proposal to channel the Russian assets into a zero-interest reparations loan to support #Ukraine, which Belgium, as prime custodian of the funds, continues to fiercely resist." 🇺🇦 https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/12/11/eu-triggers-emergency-clause-to-indefinitely-immobilise-russian-assets11 Dec 2025 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7qd4a6hdk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3m7ggy2yc2s24#EU countries dominate the top ten in the 2025 ranking by Reporters Without Borders (US is only 57th). Our dear Elon doesn't know what he talks about 🤷🏻‍♂️🇪🇺 rsf.org/en/index https://rsf.org/en/index07 Dec 2025 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ggy2yc2s24https://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3m76sp66v7k2zToday #EU Council and Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on the regulation of #NGT. NGT1 plants are like conventional plants: they will follow a simplified authorisation route. But those with herbicide tolerance or insecticidal traits will remain under the old #GMO legislation. 🧬 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2025/12/04/new-genomic-techniques-council-and-parliament-strike-deal-to-boost-the-competitiveness-and-sustainability-of-our-food-systems/04 Dec 2025 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3m76sp66v7k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3m76rfqkxpk2zIl lancio di #ProtonSheets è una notizia enorme! Finalmente i fogli di calcolo con encryption end to end nella suite cloud di #Proton. Chi ha ancora bisogno di Google? 🙂 https://www.ilsoftware.it/proton-sheets-il-nuovo-foglio-di-calcolo-criptato-per-proteggere-i-dati-aziendali/04 Dec 2025 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3m76rfqkxpk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3m6og23favk26Research on new #antibiotics suffers from the same economic disincentives of rare disease research: manufacturers have little interest in developing drugs that will be kept away from the general population and used only in exceptional cases. And yet, some scientists are working hard to fight #AMR 💪🏻 https://www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/naked-scientists-podcast/new-ways-combat-antibiotic-apocalypse28 Nov 2025 07:58 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6og23favk26https://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3m65rke3hjc2sDetecting unauthorised #GMOs in the #EU market requires detection methods, and developing those methods requires DNA sequences. 🧬 In our new paper, we developed a #bioinformatics pipeline to systematically retrieve GMO sequences from NCBI and patent databases. Check it out! tinyurl.com/agromethod https://tinyurl.com/agromethod21 Nov 2025 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3m65rke3hjc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3m5ex2w7ag22dI'm starting to hate #AI generated videos. They force me to doubt everything I see on social media, which means that when I finally see an amazing video that is authentic, I won't believe it. I'm denying myself the joy of being amazed. It makes me sad.11 Nov 2025 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ex2w7ag22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3m54awjrmlk2vGrande giornata di #scienza al Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica di #Milano: tra un talk e l'altro (tutti interessantissimi), ci sono anche le mie colleghe Elena e Maria Grazia che vi mostreranno come estrarre il #DNA 🧬 dalla frutta 🥝 #FocusLive 2025 https://live.focus.it/palinsesto/#nav-8-novembre-tab08 Nov 2025 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3m54awjrmlk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3m4mzt34cm22yHo appena finito di leggere la trilogia del problema dei tre corpi di #CixinLiu. Un'opera magnifica in cui scienza e poesia si fondono alla perfezione, una storia meravigliosa e sorprendente. Per me è un vero capolavoro! ♥️02 Nov 2025 07:57 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4mzt34cm22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3m3xnmzn24c2wWhy #Nigeria Accepted #GMOs 🌽 After the approval of a GM cowpea in 2019, Nigeria is now cultivating TELA maize. It is resilient to drought and pests, and was developed through a public-private partnership. https://press.asimov.com/articles/nigeria-crops24 Oct 2025 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3xnmzn24c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3lzneuuaslc2xContinua a negare, Donald! Le #fakenews di #Trump sul #clima, smontate punto per punto https://www.greenme.it/ambiente/clima/sulle-rinnovabili-che-aveva-detto-la-crisi-climatica-e-una-bufala-lo-show-di-trump-allonu-e-il-nostro-fact-checking-punto-per-punto/25 Sep 2025 06:59 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzneuuaslc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/emmecola.bsky.social/post/3lz4zw5ou4s26Windows 10 support ends October 14th! 😱 Can't upgrade to #Windows11 and don't want to buy a new computer? No worries: - Backup your files - Download Ubuntu tinyurl.com/ubuntu24lts - Flash it to USB stick with Balena Etcher - Boot, install and get your apps from Software Center Welcome to #Ubuntu! https://tinyurl.com/ubuntu24lts18 Sep 2025 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:qb4rpp7v666fuhfd23323ips/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz4zw5ou4s26