Vaccine scientist at ArkeaBio | Biologically inspired design for a better planet | Runner and anime enthusiasthttps://bsky.app/profile/philippzross.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/philippzross.com/post/3mthca7kvas2d@devoevomed.bsky.social just reread Oryx and Crake after a long in between. Still so good and probably even more pertinent now!19 Aug 2026 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:qsaexccgnwz3dvtcnycs6zig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthca7kvas2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/philippzross.com/post/3mt2i5bpwek2eFeels like something @devoevomed.bsky.social should know about: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adz775714 Aug 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:qsaexccgnwz3dvtcnycs6zig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2i5bpwek2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/philippzross.com/post/3mjpkcvspwc2vTips are helpful, but I think the headline misses the point (again). Time flexibility is the best part of a PhD. Some people work more, some people less. All that should matter is the output and whether students are sufficiently trained. Upper time caps needed cuz $ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00509-917 Apr 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:qsaexccgnwz3dvtcnycs6zig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpkcvspwc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/philippzross.com/post/3mic5f2k4322eDidn't realize SCoV2 spike protein interacts with so many cell-surface receptors. Interesting that it appears to requires ACE2 for cell entry, but binds better to CNTN1. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.28.714969v130 Mar 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:qsaexccgnwz3dvtcnycs6zig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mic5f2k4322ehttps://bsky.app/profile/philippzross.com/post/3mhy2f2e3tk2t"survival of the fittest" != "objectively best organisms survive" the same way that "if your discoveries were worth something, they’d be funded by the market" doesn't make any fucking sense...26 Mar 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:qsaexccgnwz3dvtcnycs6zig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhy2f2e3tk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/philippzross.com/post/3mgulhnx2pc24“Take AI seriously, but not everything that’s written about it” https://open.spotify.com/episode/6PN2h8v6CS3wskqA8crzOg?si=77t5VPrUQVK2BuWjVZmJtg&t=2030&ct=203012 Mar 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:qsaexccgnwz3dvtcnycs6zig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgulhnx2pc24https://bsky.app/profile/philippzross.com/post/3mghwus2zhk2q#Caturday07 Mar 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:qsaexccgnwz3dvtcnycs6zig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mghwus2zhk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/philippzross.com/post/3mfbdemh74k2iProtein crystals next?!? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-026-03006-620 Feb 2026 05:02 +0000at://did:plc:qsaexccgnwz3dvtcnycs6zig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfbdemh74k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/philippzross.com/post/3mewfhpk3bs2fwww.profgalloway.com/role-models/ https://www.profgalloway.com/role-models/15 Feb 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:qsaexccgnwz3dvtcnycs6zig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mewfhpk3bs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/philippzross.com/post/3lxv374cqys2iI feel this https://open.substack.com/pub/experimentalhistory/p/use-this-magic-bullet-to-shoot-yourself https://open.substack.com/pub/experimentalhistory/p/use-this-magic-bullet-to-shoot-yourself?r=2a51t1&utm_medium=ios02 Sep 2025 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:qsaexccgnwz3dvtcnycs6zig/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxv374cqys2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/philippzross.com/post/3lox335u43c23Definitely one of my favorite things to learn recently: sweet proteins! And that companies like Oobli and Amai already exist12 May 2025 03:53 +0000at://did:plc:qsaexccgnwz3dvtcnycs6zig/app.bsky.feed.post/3lox335u43c23