Emma De Pater

Head of the cell therapy lab of @ErasmusMC, Bone marrow failure researcher, interested in genome editing of HSCs

[Emma De Pater @DePaterLab]

Drosophila biologists rule!

[Samuel Hume @DrSamuelBHume]

Sometimes scientists have fun with gene names

Like this: 'cheapdate', a mutant gene that... increases sensitivity to alcohol

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

Sci-Hub is an evil website that pirated 85M+ research papers and made them freely available

And now they've added AI to their database to make Sci-Bot.

It answers your questions using latest, full-text articles.

But DO NOT use it. We should all try to make billion-dollar academic publishers richer.

I'm putting the link below so you know how to avoid it.

[Ihtesham Ali @ihtesham2005]

A MIT student figured out how to compress an entire semester of lecture content into one 90-minute study session.

He calls it "context stacking," and it's the most unfair thing I've seen done with NotebookLM.

I asked him to walk me through it. He did. I haven't studied the same way since.

Here's exactly what he does.

Two days before each lecture, he uploads everything into NotebookLM. The assigned readings, the previous week's slides, 3 or 4 related papers he finds himself, and any problem sets that are still open.

Most students wait for the lecture to explain the material. He walks in having already built a mental model of it.

That's step one. But it's not the move that makes it unfair.

The first prompt he runs across all of it:

"What are the 5 core concepts this week's content is built on, and how do they connect to what I studied last week?"

Not summarize. Not define. Connect.

NotebookLM pulls threads across everything he uploaded simultaneously. It surfaces relationships between ideas that would take a normal student weeks of review to notice. He gets that map before the lecture even starts.

Then he runs the prompt that does most of the work.

"What would I need to genuinely understand about this material to be able to teach it to someone with zero background in this subject?"

That question is doing something most students never force themselves to do. It exposes exactly where his understanding is solid and exactly where it's hollow. The gaps show up immediately, and he spends the rest of the 90 minutes filling only those gaps.

Not reviewing what he already knows. Only fixing what he doesn't.

The final prompt is the one that separates context stacking from every other study method I've heard of.

"What question could a professor ask about this material that would expose a student who understood the surface but missed the underlying logic?"

He's not studying for the exam he expects. He's studying for the exam designed to catch people who only think they understood it.

By the time he sits in the lecture hall, the professor is not teaching him anything new. The professor is confirming what he already mapped, filling in a few details, and occasionally surprising him with something he didn't anticipate.

That surprise is the only thing he writes down.

Most students leave a lecture hoping the material will eventually click.

He walks in with it already clicked, and uses the lecture to find out what he missed.

That's not a study hack. That's a completely different relationship with learning.

[Bernadette @BernadettePro17]

I cna raed tihs !
Cna yuo ? 😲🧐😉

[Zdenek Vrozina @ZdenekVrozina]

For years, Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) has been linked to multiple sclerosis.
The association was strong.
But the mechanism remained frustratingly abstract - until now.🧵

[Zebrafish Rock! @ZebrafishRock]

We spy the latest works from the labs of Marry Mullins, Margot Kossman Williams (x2), Bruce Appel, Vladimir Korzh, Saulius Sumanas, Otger Campàs, Kenneth Poss, Emília Santos among others! Do check it out! #zebrafish

[David Kent @scienceadvocacy]

Join us in York 🇬🇧 for the 1st Advances in Experimental & Therapeutic Haematopoietic Stem Cell Expansion (HExaT) Meeting!
📅Workshops + 1-day scientific programme
🎙️ Keynotes: Yamazaki, Laurenti, Nakauchi, Essers, Schroeder
🧬 Registration: https://t.co/YHQHvOktgK
#HExaT2025

[Zebrafish Rock! @ZebrafishRock]

🤔 #AskZebrafish: Looking for a zebrafish version of the Mito-RiboTag mouse line. Has anyone made one or might have a vector they could share? Any leads would be thoroughly appreciated!

[Zebrafish Rock! @ZebrafishRock]

Well, our retirement only lasted 4 months but it's time for a re-introduction of sorts! ZR! covers highlights of all things #zebrafish & other cool teleost species. We act as a resource hub for questions/queries from the community while celebrating all those that are part of it!

[Dr. Carl Hindy @DrCarlHindy]

IF I GET DEMENTIA…..
I’d like my family to hang this wish list up on the wall where I live. I want them to remember these things.

1a. Every time you enter the room announce yourself. “Hi Dad - it’s Amanda.”
NEVER ask- Do you know who I am??? That causes anxiety.

• If I get dementia, I want my friends and family to embrace my reality.

• If I think my spouse is still alive, or if I think we’re visiting my parents for dinner, let me believe those things. I’ll be much happier for it.

• If I get dementia, don’t argue with me about what is true for me versus what is true for you.

• If I get dementia, and I am not sure who you are, do not take it personally. My timeline is confusing to me.

• If I get dementia, and can no longer use utensils, do not start feeding me. Instead, switch me to a finger-food diet, and see if I can still feed myself.

• If I get dementia, and I am sad or anxious, hold my hand and listen. Do not tell me that my feelings are unfounded.

• If I get dementia, I don’t want to be treated like a child. Talk to me like the adult that I am.

• If I get dementia, I still want to enjoy the things that I’ve always enjoyed. Help me find a way to exercise, read, and visit with friends.

• If I get dementia, ask me to tell you a story from my past.

• If I get dementia, and I become agitated, take the time to figure out what is bothering me.

• If I get dementia, treat me the way that you would want to be treated.

• If I get dementia, make sure that there are plenty of snacks for me in the house. Even now if I don’t eat I get angry, and if I have dementia, I may have trouble explaining what I need.

• If I get dementia, don’t talk about me as if I’m not in the room.

• If I get dementia, don’t feel guilty if you cannot care for me 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It’s not your fault, and you’ve done your best. Find someone who can help you, or choose a great new place for me to live. With a bus and activities!!

• If I get dementia, and I live in a dementia care community, please visit me often.

• If I get dementia, don’t act frustrated if I mix up names, events, or places.
Take a deep breath. It’s not my fault.

• If I get dementia, make sure I always have my favorite music playing within earshot.

• If I get dementia, and I like to pick up items and carry them around, help me return those items to their original place.

• If I get dementia, don’t exclude me from parties and family gatherings.

• If I get dementia, know that I still like receiving hugs or handshakes.

• If I get dementia, remember that I am still the person you know and love.”

ᴄᴏᴘʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴀsᴛᴇ in Honor of someone you know or knew who has dementia. In Honor of all those I know and love and lost who are fighting Dementia/Alzheimer’s.

[Giorgetti Lab @HeSteCBio]

🚨 New Publication Alert! 🚨
Our latest work is now out in Leukemia:
https://t.co/FVfJ8yCY2T

🔍 Dive into our findings and discover the next step in understanding how GATA2 deficiency impair HSCs fitness.

[Linzi 🖤🤍 @RightNUFC]

Melani is back with another We Do Not Care Club announcement.

Given the week I have had, this is the kind of medicine I needed.

Laughter brings joy in the darkest of times. ❤️🙏

#WDNC

[Ruud Delwel @DelwelRuud]

Breaking news!
The Erasmus Hematology Lectures start again on September 1 with Marc Dawson. As Marc presents from Australia this lecture will be at 1pm CEST!
All other lecture will be at 4PM CEST!
Check out the complete list of speakers for 2025!
Enjoy and share the news!

[Elizabeth McKenna @ElizSMcKenna]

Do apply if you are first or corresponding author of an article published in @CD_AACR in 2023 or 2024 and received your PhD/MD within the past 12 years!

[Alejo Rodriguez-Fraticelli @AlejoFraticelli]

Curious about quantitative stem cell analysis?

Join our lab as a PhD student with one of this super prestigious (and generously funded) IRB PhD fellowships!

Call is open NOW!

[Thomas P Seager, PhD @seagertp]

If the structural similarity between hemoglobin and chlorophyll doesn't fascinate you, then I'm not sure we can be friends.

[Ruud Delwel @DelwelRuud]

Erasmus Hematology Virtual Lecture!
02 December 2024 at 16.00 CET we have
Elsa Bernard (@Elsa2Bernard), Gustave Roussy in Villejuif, will present:
"Clonal hematopoiesis in cancer"

Link: https://t.co/ICOMFc5jv5
ID: 827 2215 9417
Spread the news!!!!

[Rui Monteiro @LabMonteiro]

PhD position available!
We have a position available as part of the @MIBTP_BBSRC programme (https://t.co/gkmlFthoGV)on epigenetic regulation of stem cell fate in collaboration with the Cowley lab @uniofleicester. Deadline for applications - 16th January 2025
Please share!

[Ruud Delwel @DelwelRuud]

Erasmus MC virtual Hematology lecture
November 4th, 16.00 CET!
We have:
Job Dekker, University of Massachusetts, Worcester with:
"Mechanisms of chromosome folding"!
https://t.co/ICOMFc5jv5
ID: 827 2215 9417

Check the poster for the other speakers in 2024!

[Ruud Delwel @DelwelRuud]

Proud of our Erasmus Virtual Hematology Lecture series!

21 October 2024 at 16.00 CET we have:

Jonas Schluter, NYU Langone Health, New York, with:

"The microbiome as a target in cancer immunotherapy"

https://t.co/ICOMFc5jv5

@jonasschluter @SchluterLab