Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@social.cleverlibre.org

The increase in #antibiotic use in the community is most likely related to increased healthcare demands in 2022 following the removal of many pandemic-related mitigations.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6555026e544aea000dfb2e19/ESPAUR-report-2022-to-2023.pdf

'A new venture, led by the founder of a biotech group that was sold to Sanofi for up to $1.45bn in 2021, has won £48mn in funding for research into cancer treatments using machine learning and genetically engineered mouse technology.'

https://www.ft.com/content/73c41613-5fc7-499b-9858-2eeb456014bb

"There are more Americans who say they have serious cognitive problems — with remembering, concentrating or making decisions — than at any time in the last 15 years, data from the Census Bureau shows."

#Covid #LongCovid

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/upshot/long-covid-disability.html

Meanwhile, in Portugal, no trains & more airports:

"The Socialist Workers' Party of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has signed a coalition deal with the far-left Sumar party that includes some 230 policy promises covering the next four years — including a pledge to limit short flights within the country."

https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-aims-to-say-adios-to-short-haul-flights/

New York Times: "There are more Americans who say they have serious cognitive problems than at any time in the last 15 years, data from the Census Bureau shows. Researchers point to long Covid as a major cause."

You can ignore COVID, but COVID will not ignore you.

@CellySally @steveroyle @dn_mason Steve may remember fondly (?) our debates about what to do about the placement of this ⚠️ on our JCS ‘At a Glance’ poster 😆 We settled it by a vote between all co-authors in the end. For the full poster, see: https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/136/7/jcs260783/306976/Genetically-encoded-imaging-tools-for

The Dana Career Network in Neuroscience & Society East Coast Regional Meet-Up is happening TODAY at 7pm ET. Led by Harvard Professor, Frances Shen, this event will offer guidance on navigating career paths and training opportunities in neuroscience and society. #careerdevelopment #neurosociety Register here: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlcuGgqz4uH9FX4IH8nWzy7AURfhqStDKh#/registration

The US House voted last night to attach a ban on gain-of-function research to legislation that would fund the NIH and other federal health agencies. Where it will go from here, though, is unclear. My @STAT colleague Sarah Owermohle reports. https://www.statnews.com/2023/11/15/gain-of-function-research-limit/

Issue 21 is complete

Explore our ToC here: https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/136/21

Our cover features a C. elegans larvae crawling amongst developing early embryos. See the full #OpenAccess article from Sarah Barger, Lauren Penfield & Shirin Bahmanyar: https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/136/21/jcs261385/334718/Nuclear-envelope-assembly-relies-on-CHMP-7-in-the

Also in Issue 21:
- Research Highlights on insulin resistance and NE closure
- Interview with Ben Schumann
- 30 years of nanobodies Review
- Review on SETD2 in the CNS

How many trees does your institution have planted in #TheForestOfBiologists, our new biodiversity initiative with support from The Woodland Trust? For each #Research Article or #Review article we publish, we are planting a tree in a UK forest. The Forest of Biologists is a celebration of the work of the scientists whose research and expertise fills our journals, and it is a clear statement of The Company of Biologists’ commitment to sustainability. https://forest.biologists.com/

"Animals lacking microglia show increased metastasis, decreased survival and reduced natural killer and T cell responses, showing that microglia are critical to promote anti-tumour immunity to suppress breast cancer brain metastasis."
#Immunology #TumorImmunology #Microglia

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41556-023-01273-y

"We asked students several questions about the scheduling structure, frequency, and helpfulness of their individual meetings with their advisors. Frequent meetings were a positive predictor of nearly every aspect of well-being and productivity measured in the survey."

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.08.18.553806v2

Do you know we have a subject collection with a focus on techniques and resources in #DevBio?

Check out this collection showcasing some of our recent Techniques and Resources papers and review-based articles discussing newly developed tools & approaches in the field:

https://journals.biologists.com/dev/collection/9852/Focus-on-techniques-and-resources

#IDMastodon No significant differences in #IgG #RBD #antibody concentration after #covid19vaccination were found between older adults who had been BCG-vaccinated in the year preceding #COVID19-specific vaccination compared with those who received a placebo vaccine @iscience_cp
https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(23)02139-9?rss=yes&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

In their Review, Rachel Thayer & Nipam Patel discuss structural colors in #butterflies, how they are produced, the range of colors & their phylogenetic distribution, while also giving testable hypotheses for future studies.

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/21/jeb245940/334657

#Science #Biology #Zoology