Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@social.cleverlibre.org

@schoppik @NicoleCRust I'm sorry the toot provoked a somatic response.

@Rahimilab To me, it makes sense at the repertoire level, at least from the perspective that if you are part of the same social group, you are likely to have some overlap in the universe of antigens, commensals and pathogens you encounter (and transmit within group).

Hanuman inspired ceramics by @hunchbacksociety
#ceramics #handmade #ceramic #stoneware #handmade #ArtMastodon

https://madalenaparreira.com/Hunchbacksociety

"We tracked behavior of rewilded laboratory mice of three inbred strains in outdoor enclosures and examined contributions of behavior, including social associations, to immune phenotypes. We found that the more associated two individuals were, the more similar their immune phenotypes were. Social association was particularly predictive of similar memory T and B cell profiles and was more influential than sibling relationships or worm infection status."

#Preprint #Immunology

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.03.15.532825v1?med=mas

This feels like it deserves a drum roll

"But to solidify the case for the hypothetical protoribosome, Yonath and her laboratory would have to build it."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00574-4?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_content=organic&utm_campaign=CONR_JRNLS_AWA1_GL_SCON_SMEDA_NATUREPORTFOLIO

@schoppik @NicoleCRust
That's interesting, I read her initial toot a bit differently, as one level removed: the job or practice of understanding the scientific job or practice :)

@NicoleCRust (thanks)

I agree - it's a word that probably sends more scientists running for the hills than even philosophy (but closer to what you're getting at, I think).

I wish I had one! To me it also involves an aesthetic component, what it means for a paper or an experiment not just to be important, but "beautiful" (classic examples here are Meselson and Stahl & Luria-Delbruck).

'The World Health Organization said data from China suggesting Covid-19 arose from animals in Wuhan’s wet market should have been shared with the world three years ago, adding that the findings “do not provide a definitive answer” as to the origin of the virus.'

https://www.ft.com/content/939ed85a-2d07-4e11-a3a9-8781f802174f

@NicoleCRust Epistemology of science may come close?

"The concept of reviewing preprints is catching on in the life sciences. At least two dozen preprint-refereeing initiatives of various sizes have been launched in the past few years. The largest (apart from eLife itself) is @ReviewCommons, launched in December 2019 by the California-based non-profit organization @ASAPbio and @EMBOPress."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00831-6

The title of this AP piece summaries the situation in Portugal quite well.

"Simoes and many others, increasingly including the middle class, are being priced out of Portugal’s property market by rising rents, surging home prices and climbing mortgage rates, fueled by factors including the growing influx of foreign investors and tourists seeking short-term rentals."

https://apnews.com/article/portugal-housing-crisis-lisbon-tourism-6e9e08c136b6dc98bf5cb51292c0f27b

@PLOSBiology Very interesting work - the FDA has just granted breakthrough status to a menin inhibitor (in a subset of leukaemia patients)

https://www.cancernetwork.com/view/fda-grants-breakthrough-therapy-designation-to-revumenib-for-relapsed-refractory-kmt2ar-acute-leukemia

"In this article, we share our experience of how we tried to overcome the difficulties of communicating fundamental science to the lay audience. Moreover, we give insights into the path we followed to create The Beautiful Brain, with the hope that our experience may be an inspiration to other basic scientists who wish to communicate their own research."
#Neuroscience #SciComm

https://febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/1873-3468.14604