Federico Bernuzzi, PhD

Reflection 211: Close to the Mother of God A mother’s love could be described as “fierce” in the sense that she would willingly give her life for the protection of her children.  A motherly instinct kicks in when her child is in danger, hurting, or in need, and she loses all…

It was a pleasure to speak to @LucyJWhyte this morning on @BBCRadioScot to discuss our recently published work which has discovered how #neutrophil #metabolism faciliates #metastasis. Many thanks to @BBCRadioScot for featuring our work from the @CRUK_SI youtube.com/watch?v=tUUwEL…

Official announcement: this September 1, the Osman laboratory will be opening its doors in the biological sciences department at SUNY, Albany! Anyone interested in joining the lab, please contact me. [email protected] Lab website coming soon! @ualbany

A Holy and Imperfect Family Tuesday, July 29, 2025 Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother [Lazarus, who had died]. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at…

In the UK, you’re punished for producing, and rewarded for consuming. Make money? Taxed. Save money? Inflated away. Invest? Hit with capital gains. Create jobs? Red tape. Sit back & claim? Subsidised. No wonder ambition is dying & apathy is thriving. At this rate, Britain…

Reflection 210: Good Works in the Light of Divine Love Do you work hard?  Do you strive to be good?  Do you want to make a positive difference?  It is certainly good to try to be good.  But in so doing, we must never think that our “goodness” is truly good in the eyes of God,…

A gathering of over 2,50,000 Catholics in Brazil to worship Jesus Image: Frei Gilson

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Transformed by Grace July 28, 2025 Monday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time He spoke to them another parable. “The Kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened.” Matthew 13:33 Yeast is…

We cannot pray to God as “Father” and then be harsh and insensitive towards others. We must rather let ourselves be transformed by His goodness, patience, and mercy, so that His face may be reflected in ours as in a mirror. #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 11:1-13) vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

Reflection 209: Overcoming the Habit of Sin Overcoming sin requires the Mercy of God.  Too often we attempt to overcome sin through our own effort.  This is a futile exercise in that you will never overcome your own sin through your own effort.  There is one way and one way only…

The Lord invites us to address God as “Abba,” “Father,” with childlike simplicity, boldness, and the certainty of being loved. The more we pray with confidence to our heavenly Father, the more we discover that we are beloved children and come to know the greatness of His love (Lk…

Learning to Pray July 27, 2025 Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” Luke 11:1 In today’s Gospel we are given…

UK Treasury meets the Laffer Curve 😣. See also: ‘wrecks economy’, ‘epic socialist fails’ and ‘A Dummies guide to growth’.

This is what happens when a socialist government doesn’t understand the Laffer Curve When you hike taxes without understanding basic economics… Capital gains tax receipts fell to 18% (£12.1bn) Remind me again, why we have people in office who have never run a business before?

Dietary macronutrients modulate the proteome of brown adipose tissue in males and their female offspring #nutrition #obesity @CellReports cell.com/cell-reports/f…