Laura Howes
@L_Howes
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Journo for @cenmag with a taste for biomolecules; All opinions are mine, all mine. She/her. DMs open. I say my name like this: https://t.co/a8q204f3Xh
Heidelberg
Joined May 2009
Just a reminder, I'm probably more often at https://t.co/Kre0Glxtpv than here these days.
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It gets earlier every year... Next Wednesday, join me and an expert panel to discuss who might win the 2025 #ChemNobel. Free to attend. Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 Time: 2–3 PM ET Register here: https://t.co/kRAddjBXS2
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I am so honored that a feature I published in @cenmag in September, "R&D for long COVID is collapsing," was selected as a finalist among trade publications in the 2025 @NIHCMfoundation Awards in Journalism and Research. I am in some great company here.
nihcm.org
It is our great pleasure to announce the finalists for the 31st Annual NIHCM Awards in research and journalism....
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Big Pharma has no problem committing billions to moving part of its manufacturing to the US to appease Trump, but they'll fight MFN pricing tooth and nail. I don't see Trump making it stick. But the new bomb throwing destabilizes the industry even more. Heckuva sorry excuse for
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The CDU-SPD government are choosing gas over nuclear. The Greens have a lot to answer for
Germany's new Economy Minister Katherina Reiche has called for the rapid construction of new gas-fired power plants in the country to support the country's energy supply when renewable sources are unavailable.
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According to this 2025 report by Friedrich Ebert Foundation, many immigrants to Germany leave the country after a while mainly because of the lack of a "welcome culture", which prevents them from developing a sense of belonging, and dissatisfaction with the social environment.
📉 Viele kommen – viele gehen: Warum wandern selbst gut integrierte #Fachkräfte wieder aus Deutschland 🇩🇪ab? Unsere neue Studie „Willkommen zurück?“ zeigt, was fehlt – und was sie zur Rückkehr bewegen könnte. 1/5 #Abwanderung
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SCOOP: NIH abruptly canceled a slew of #LongCOVID studies funded through its RECOVER initiative this week, including 45 pathobiology studies designed to uncover how the disease works inside the body. @cenmag
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Termination ‘a waste of the money we’ve spent already’
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Tomorrow will have been 5 years since WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Today, @cenmag is publishing a cover package we're ambitiously describing as The Next 5 Years of COVID-19. 🧵
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Academic researchers want to repurpose drugs for #LongCOVID. Manufacturers aren’t supplying them. 🧵
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@OPCW conforms presence of CS gas in samples from an alleged incident at the frontline during Ukraine requested Technical Assistance Visit. The use of CS and other riot control agents in warfare is a violation of the chemical Wespons Convention.
🔴OPCW report on Technical Assistance Visit to #Ukraine confirms presence of toxic chemical 2-Chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile, known as CS, related to an alleged incident that took place along confrontation lines in #Dnipropetrovsk region on 20 September 2024 Read more:
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Germany, France, Belgium and the EU should release the $300 billion in frozen Russian assets and give it to Ukraine, now. Don't wait. https://t.co/J1tfNOYu9V
theatlantic.com
And Biden has mere weeks to give the Ukrainians the resources they need to fight.
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I just had a very German reaction to that photo. My assimilation continues...
Want to Network in Silicon Valley? Bring a Bathing Suit
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The best piece about founder-led biotech I’ve read to date is in @cenmag by @BosBizRowan Honored to be in print besides incredible founders like @DrSynbio @ashleyz413 @celinehalioua @jrkelly @kulesatony
cen.acs.org
Scientists who want a say in the future of their inventions are once again moving from academia to the C-suite
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Nominate an outstanding early-career chemist for the Talented 12 Class of 2025. Submissions are open until January 21: https://t.co/fDoP5HzC7b
#CENT12
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Israel's Interior Ministry is suspending ties with Haaretz newspaper after its publisher Amos Schoken called Israel an "apartheid regime" engaged in "second Nakba" at a conference in London last week
מו"ל 'הארץ', עמוס שוקן, במופע אנטי ישראלי: "מחבלים פלשתינים הם לוחמי חירות, יש להטיל סנקציות על רוה"מ, סמוטריץ', בן גביר וצה"ל מבצעים נכבה שניה בעזה" #המהדורה_המרכזית @MaggieTabibi @IshayFridman
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Very glad disposable vapes are being banned in Eng and Wales, they are a completely unnecessary waste of materials. Europe next pls.
🚨 Disposable vapes will be banned in England and Wales from June next year to protect children’s health and the environment Millions of vapes end up in landfills, despite containing lithium – a key material for making rechargeable batteries 👇 https://t.co/9stQVoI1Ut
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Our team at @cenmag is recruiting for Deputy Editor in Chief https://t.co/wucOQkOP7L and Exec editor for science policy, scientific publishing, and chemical safety https://t.co/LrJPfIb13o It's an exciting time to join the team. I'm happy to talk to people who are interested.
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I wanted to be excited about the #ChemNobel because I think designer proteins are pretty cool, but two AI #NobelPrize wins in one year is too much--sorry! Also, all of the prizes this week have been an absolute dude wall an I'm not about that.
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Well… congratulations to @demishassabis our local boy done good! A win for Finchley, and I dare say the first Nobel for comprehensive @christscolfinch & state grammar Queen Elizabeth school Barnet. Congrats to David Baker and John Jumper. Loving your work!
Wouldn’t it just be peachy if the Chemistry Nobel tomorrow went to @demishassabis for AlphaFold and David Baker for Rosetta, FoldIt and protein design? Go on! Make it so!
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