Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@social.cleverlibre.org

#MEDMASTODON

America's Frontline Doctors is a political group holding extremist political views.

At least one of these doctors took part in the violent Jan 6th insurrection.

A 'Few Bad Apple' Docs Spread COVID Misinformation on Social Media — Findings are still "extraordinarily damning," one doctor says

https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/105898?xid=nl_mpt_investigative2023-08-16&eun=g2131529d0r&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=InvestigativeMD_081623&utm_term=NL_Gen_Int_InvestigateMD_Active

Funeral Invitation, 1688.

Funeral invitations first appeared in the 17th century, and acted as an admission ticket to both the church and the funeral feast. Pallbearers were often assigned a number on the ticket to signify their position in carrying the coffin.

#histodons #histodon #twittermigration #twitter #death #histmed #histsci #DYK

A lot has changed since my #introduction:
Now I'm a #postdoc in Liège (Belgium) trying to figure out how #neuroethology works.
I will be working with two #Peromyscus species.
My focus is the processing of #smell, especially #predator #odours, but most likely also #SocialOdors

I'm still looking for more #AnimalBehaviour, #BehavioralEcology, and #ChemicalEcology folks to follow!

#AnimalBehavior
#biology
#ecology
#mammals
#science
#ethology
#Evolution
#ChemicalCommunication
#semiochmistry

Updating Horizontal Gene Transfer
by Mechas and Roberto
We recently prepared a lecture that included a brief discussion of bacterial evolution. Of course, we covered horizontal gene transfer (HGT), which we consider a key pillar in the evolutionary process. We dutifully began our presentation by listing, perforce: transformation, conjugation, and transduction.

Read more → https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2023/08/updating-horizontal-gene-transfer.html

#microbiology #molecularBiology

A rare #nature paper with negative results: "No evidence for magnetic field effects on the behaviour of Drosophila"
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06397-7 Lots of hard work over a span of six years, large sample size (= number of fruitflies) and rigorous #stats Debunking science is hard work - this paper is very well done. #science #fruitflies #drosophila

The Nation published a damning story about the depth of Harvard's ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/jeffrey-epstein-harvard-summers/

I have no doubt that almost all of it is true.

However, there's an egregious lapse in fact-checking that does a serious injustice to Stephen Jay Gould. In the story, Alan Dershowitz claims that Gould was a regular at Program for Evolutionary Dynamics events at One Brattle Square.

Gould died in 2002. Nowak came to Harvard and opened the One Brattle Square facility in 2003.

Senior Scientist, Proteomics Chemical Biology at Pfizer in Cambridge, MA 02139 | Black Enterprise https://jobs.blackenterprise.com/jobs/senior-scientist-proteomics-chemical-biology-cambridge-ma-02139-135152175-d #proteomics

'The National Institutes of Health is releasing a comprehensive dataset that standardizes genomic, proteomic, imaging, and clinical data from individual studies of more than 1,000 tumors across 10 cancer types.'

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-unveils-comprehensive-proteogenomic-dataset-help-cancer-researchers-unravel-molecular-mysteries

Personalized RNA #vaccines for #melanoma advance to phase III trials (in combination with anti-PD1).
My latest Clinical Pipeline column for @NatureMedicine #Immunology #Immunotherapy
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41591-023-00072-0

"If #OpenAI is found to have violated any #copyrights in this process, #FederalLaw allows for the infringing articles to be destroyed at the end of the case. In other words, if a federal judge finds that OpenAI illegally copied The Times' articles to train its #AI model, the court could order the company to destroy #ChatGPT's dataset. " #AILaw #GenerativeAI

#NewYorkTimes considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirl : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/16/1194202562/new-york-times-considers-legal-action-against-openai-as-copyright-tensions-swirl

Hi there!

We are looking for a #linux #sysadmin to join our effort in streamlining #openscience practices across #microscopy platforms in France

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UAR3556-PERGIL-003/Default.aspx

(job add is in French but English would work too)

Join us in Nantes! Ok for beginners willing to learn :)

#job #jerecrute

A messy attempt to squeeze those aspects of Aristotle's philosophy that played a role in the history of physics into a blog post
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2023/08/16/from-τὰ-φυσικά-ta-physika-to-physics-iv/

#introduction Hi, I’m new here, but I’m giving this Mastodon thing a try! I’m an ecologist by training, currently teaching intro bio to undergrads. I’m an #insect enthusiast with particular love for #bees, #wasps and other garden critters. I have a chaotic good #vegetablegarden and plant lots of #nativeplants for the yard critters. I’m also a #twinmom and #vegetarian #cook. Don’t have a #dog yet but I love to see photos of your #dogs. What are you #reading right now?

“One of the benefits of Twitter was how it created a sense of community for scientists, particularly for those from under-represented groups.”

“Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty…”

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0

Among over 4.2 million people, Covid was associated with a significant increased risk of developing multiple types of autoimmune diseases compared with uninfected, and vaccination provided protection
https://thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(23)00331-0/fulltext