Barber & Glass: Violin Concertos / Zorn: Partita for the Firebird - Geneva Lewis (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Gemma New https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7dd4IWCGcHaaj6wEJbRPOW?si=a94439b011ee430c #music #ClassicalMusic #musique

New fast trains coming soon to France ... On board the "new generation TGV", between Paris and Marseille: a train rethought from A to Z, with increased capacity and less energy-hungry. https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2026/11/06/a-bord-du-tgv-nouvelle-generation-entre-paris-et-marseille-un-train-repense-de-a-a-z-a-la-capacite-accrue-et-moins-gourmand-en-energie_6807856_3234.html?lmd_medium=email&lmd_campaign=trf_newsletters_lmfr&lmd_creation=a_la_une&lmd_send_date=20261107&lmd_link&&M_BT=35540732957943#x3D;autrestitres-title-_titre_1 #trains #sustainability #transportation #France (translated)

Patkop & Say: Fazil Say: Lost Screams Sonata, no 3. Karol Szymanowski: Mythes. Patkop: Unisolo. Serge Prokofiev: Sonata for violon, no 1. - Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Fazil Say (piano) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4thXfVcWQuQFZh4nwTMLme?si=a6fbd2d3902e47ed #music #classicalmusic

This review article examines how interferon-driven membrane remodeling restricts viral replication and how viruses reprogram lipid metabolism and intracellular membranes to sustain infection and evade defense https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2319417026001149 #OpenAccess #microbiology #virology #immunology

“Blue Tango” by American composer Leroy Anderson. Heard this morning on the French classical music station, “Radio Classique”. https://open.spotify.com/track/4DnhpCb9fG7ks0Ucyb8zfJ?si=f41505e3e684440b #bluewave #midterms #Midterms2026 #Trump #politics #music #classicalmusic

Discover how artificial intelligence, robotics, genomics, and medical advances are reshaping the future of oral health care. #dentistry #oralhealth #medicine #technology https://davidojcius.blogspot.com/2026/11/the-future-of-oral-health-how-medicine.html

By tracing reusable defense modules across bacterial genomes, researchers identified hundreds of candidate phage defense systems and experimentally validated three that block critical stages of viral infection. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312826004075 #microbiology #phages #bacteriophages

Trump Has Failed. Hold Him to Account. Voters should keep in mind Trump’s failure to keep his campaign promises, his attempts to undermine American democracy & his flagrant corruption. They should be thinking of the Republican Party’s acquiescence to this abuse of power, & they should hold Republicans accountable. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/opinion/editorials/inflation-war-corruption-trump-editorial.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NFE.bS1J.u65Tvc3aueDW&smid=url-share #Trump #midterms #elections

The US should stand unequivocally with Ukraine. Few wars in recent history have been so black-and-white: Russia is the guilty party that invaded Ukraine for no good reason. Ukraine is defending its freedom, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/trump-putin/689067/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6add9e6580b6410001316cb1&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawVL0tZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mBXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjA #Russia #Putin #Ukraine #Trump

Ultra-deep HiFi sequencing identified rare structural variants in a multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa LVAD isolate, revealing hidden genetic diversity relevant to resistance, phage response, and colonization https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666517426001343 #OpenAccess #Microbiology

Our Lady of Antwerp. A Musical Path to Rubens / Utopia Ensemble, Psallentes, Ramée Works by Masters of Music of the Anvers cathedral between 1400 and 1620: Pullois, Barbireau, Obrecht … https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5M0meAzC97gcuTVyHJ82f9?si=db9ce67c5c324426 #music #classicalmusic

Study sghows that the C2H2 transcription factor MrhbtA acts as a master regulator of hyphal branching and azaphilone biosynthesis in Monascus ruber, making it a promising target for improving industrial pigment production. #OpenAccess #Microbiology https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666517426001318

A plasmid accessory region containing oxygenation and ring-cleavage genes is strongly associated with camptothecin transformation in plant-associated Sphingobium lineages adapted to alkaloid-producing plants #rhizosphere #microbiology https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666517426001331

#NobelPrize in Physiology/Medicine Is Awarded for Discoveries in Neuroscience. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann & Georg Nagel were recognized for their work on light-gated ion channels & optogenetics, which uses tiny lights to activate neurons in the brain https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/health/nobel-prize-medicine-physiology.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVE.FOs2.x2t7SP_H2UGj&smid=url-share #NobelPrize #neuroscience

Sequencing biases significantly alter microbial networks & keystone taxa identification in Cinnamomum migao rhizosphere & phyllosphere, emphasizing the need for careful interpretation of microbial interactions https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666517426001227 #microbiology #ecology