Ben Berman
@benbfly
Genomics and bioinformatics researcher. California to Israel transplant. Opinions are my own.
Excited to present our latest @nanopore liquid biopsy paper! Here, we generate the first long-read survey of circulating DNA in patients with a diverse set of cancer types. Short 🧵 follows ... [1/5] biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
🚨⚠️🚨 PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN ALERT: Jihadists and their Western useful idiots are flipping the Gaza narrative, claiming Israel hides military bases under hospitals to justify IRGC missiles attacks. Since they lack real evidence, they fabricate it: In this video you can clearly…
🚨 The recent rocket barrage by the Iranian regime hit a hospital in Southern Israel By the order of Khamenei, who specifically instructed to aim for civilian populations and hospitals. And you still ask why we don’t want them to have nuclear weapons… 👇
Interesting..
Yasser Abu Shabab writes: While most of Gaza continues to suffer under the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel, things are very different for thousands living in eastern Rafah—for us, the war is already over. The Popular Forces, an independent Palestinian group under my…
Most studies on clinical utility of exome sequencing in intensive care focussed on pediatric patients. In a new study in AJHG, the authors assessed diagnostic value of exome sequencing in critically ill adult patients and found a surprising 24% diagnostic yield, many with…
Economic genius Donald Trump explains how he comes up with tariff rates
🚨A message from an Iranian inside Iran. @George8win writes: "To the ears of the world, hear this: We, the people of Iran, are fed up with the current regime and demand the return of the monarchy. For years, we lived under suppression and corruption; every protest is met with…
Hi @HrishiHirway and @JoshMalina and @WestWingWeekly fans. I just finished watching seasons 1-4 for the umpteenth time. For years, I'm dying to know how Sorkin would resolve the S4 cliffhanger to end all cliffhangers. Can you convince him to write scripts for the beginning of S5?
How we’re rebuilding the Weizmann Institute — and our hopes for a better future nature.com/articles/d4158…
🔴BREAKING "This is a new dawn for Iran's Lion and Sun." "I have a message for Ali Khamenei: Step down." Iran's Shah @PahlaviReza says Khamenei will receive a fair trial and due process for his crimes, which is more than what he gave to the Iranian People. #MIGA
“Thus, Israel is now witnessing the failure of a central Zionist goal shared by Herzl, Ben-Gurion and Rabin: to remove, once and for all, any existential fear from the minds of the Jews. The momentous hopes of 1948 and of 1967 are being dashed. But I still owe you a fifth,…
As of 2023, about 25% of doctors, 27% of nurses, and 49% of pharmacists in Israel are Arab. These figures, from studies like one in the Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, show significant Arab representation in healthcare. However, data is two years old, and slight shifts…
Nov Reuveni: This is the cancer research building at the Weizmann Institute that was directly damaged. The new chemistry building that was about to be occupied was also destroyed. The damage is estimated at 2 billion NIS, but there is damage that cannot be estimated - years of…
נוב ראובני: זה הבניין לחקר הסרטן במכון וייצמן שנפגע ישירות. גם בניין הכימיה החדש שהיה לקראת אכלוס נהרס. הנזקים נאמדים ב-2 מיליארד ש״ח, אבל יש נזקים שלא ניתן לאמוד - שנים של ידע ומחקר למען האנושות כולה שירדו לטמיון
Scientists in Israel will persevere, despite the challenges. Yaniv expresses many of our thoughts in the video message below...
My students @AMytlis, @Karine_Le_V, and myself were invited to speak at the @SingerPolignac #Fertilty meeting, Paris. We could not join in person at the current circumstances. This is how I ended my talk: 🔊 @HebrewU @HebrewU_heb @HebrewU_Europe @IsraelAcademy @youngAcademyIL
Doctor at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, “Just yesterday we evacuated the old surgical building that took a direct hit today. It's a great miracle.”
A baby in intensive care. A mother by their bedside. A doctor rushing between beds. An elderly resident in a nursing home. These were some of the targets of Iran’s missile attacks on Israeli civilians this morning. Soroka Hospital, located in Be’er Sheva, is one of Israel’s…
what happens when you pick all your secretaries based on who "looks the part" and looks like they're "from central casting".
Speaking to reporters earlier onboard Air Force One, after departing the G7 Summit in Canada, U.S. President Trump said that he believes Iran is “very close” to a nuclear weapon, with reporters asking him what he thought about his Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Tulsi…
Speaking to reporters earlier onboard Air Force One, after departing the G7 Summit in Canada, U.S. President Trump said that he believes Iran is “very close” to a nuclear weapon, with reporters asking him what he thought about his Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Tulsi…
48h since lab destroyed 😭😭 People safe, thx god. Deeply thankful @_MichaelBaumann @DKFZ & Otmar_Wiestler @helmholtz_en for reaching out to us w leadership & support. Will continue updating on support and leadership, while considering w colleagues our next chapter- suggestions?