Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@social.cleverlibre.org

#IDMastodon @Nature
ACE2-mediated endothelial damage together with amyloid fibrinogen #microclots &platelet might be the fundamental reasons for thrombotic #endothelialitis and vascular permeability in #LongCOVID
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-41115-3

Found my new arc

August 30, 1858, #Darwin & #Wallace joint paper on natural selection is published in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society 📝
Just 19 years earlier #OTD, Darwin's dad refused him permission to sail on the Beagle, but fortunately sought a second opinion from Uncle Jos ⛵

https://wallacefund.myspecies.info/content/1858-darwin-wallace-paper

700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online

https://www.openculture.com/2023/08/700-years-of-persian-manuscripts-now-digitized-free-online.html

How a Victorian Dinosaur Park Became a Time Capsule of Early #Paleontology -
A new sculpture and an upcoming restoration are breathing life into the Crystal Palace #Dinosaurs, one of 19th-century Britain’s most curious creations 🦖

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-a-victorian-dinosaur-park-became-a-time-capsule-of-early-paleontology-180982799/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=8292023&utm_content=new&fbclid=IwAR1W67bMITT8Vc-AUdoVB6sdeDxZFuMXc6tBd8ZkLUp6qp1wmSXRFa0wbSo

The climate catastrophe is already happening, it’s worst impacts just aren’t evenly distributed…
https://t.co/82IRKTFhPg

#Statistics

What is a #mite of the #Histiostomatidae doing in nests of an #antnest? About behavior, dispersal, #phoresy, life strategy. A 2008 study about the life strategy of mite #Histiostoma #bakeri (Histiostomatidae) in nests of the leafcutting ant #Atta #texana.
According to this, the desired location of the mites for mating and reproduction is the detritus chambers of the ant nest.
© #StefanFWirth Berlin 2023

Paper Wirth & Moser (2008), short summary and PDF for download: https://wp.me/p2l6XU-1Mt

HHS reportedly recommending to DEA moving #marijuana to a lower risk drug category. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-30/hhs-calls-for-moving-marijuana-to-lower-risk-us-drug-category?in_source=embedded-checkout-banner#xj4y7vzkg

“Facebook has already shifted users’ agreements for UK users away from the EU to its US terms, does not allow UK users to opt-out of personalised advertisements, nor do they plan to switch to a consent-based model of advertising like is happening in Europe.

It's more than obvious that Facebook doesn't believe the Information Commissioner's Office will enforce UK data protection standards."

🗣️ @marianods for ORG

#GDPR #dataprotection #meta #ukpolitics

https://theferret.scot/uk-privacy-watchdog-threads-app-probe/

Happy 80th birthday to seminal freaky comic artist Robert Crumb, tempering the overweening exuberance of his fellow Boomers since the Haight-Ashbury days.

Botany-minded folks in the vicinity of PA - we will be hosting the #Pennsylvania #Botany Symposium this fall in State College, PA (October 20-21). It's a cool mix of workshops (like #PlantID), students presenting their research, and presentations from experts on our regional flora. Join us!

More info on the symposium:https://pabotany.org/2023-symposium/
Information for students interested in presenting research: https://pabotanysymposium.files.wordpress.com/2023/08/2023-pennsylvania-botany-symposium-call-for-abstracts.pdf

RESEARCH ASSISTANT I-Liu Lab

Scripps Research

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/research-assistant-i-liu-lab/?feed_id=57141

#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
San Diego #UnitedStatesUS #ResearchAssistant #ResearchTechnician #Researcher
https://jobrxiv.org/job/research-assistant-i-liu-lab/?feed_id=57141

#DMastodon MedSky🧪#COVID19vaccines work and #COVIDvaccines saved lives . In this study show that antibody responses to #SARSCoV2 mRNA vaccination follow a classical biphasic decay with a rapid waning phase initially followed by a transition into a stabilization phase after 7-9 months. 🧵by @florian_krammer & @vivianasimonlab
https://x.com/florian_krammer/status/1696243126505984401?s=61

“If librarians were honest, they would say,
No one spends time here without being changed…”
https://t.co/oSXHLIEjN5

Latest #CheesyFungi piece from the group
Ewen Crequer and collaborators describe a fifth Penicillium roqueforti population from naturally colonising #Termignon artisan cheeses
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eva.13578

So now we have "Many Coauthors Study" to determine which of Gino's papers were based on data she collected. Probably necessary to clarify which studies are trustworthy but, my goodness, it's so depressing to see so much time taken up on this, when people could and should be doing more interesting things.
https://behavioralscientist.org/amid-uncertainty-about-francesca-gino-led-research-the-many-co-authors-project-could-provide-clarity/
Plus implicit criticism of #Harvard for not making their investigation open
#fraud #science #openscience #Gino

Lineage commitment of #dermal #fibroblast #progenitors is controlled by #Kdm6b-mediated #chromatin #demethylation
Ryan Driskell and coworkers
https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.15252/embj.2023113880

Fun reminder that Lucille Ball is the only reason that Star Trek exists.

As the head of Desilu Productions, she green-lighted a pilot; then when it was deemed "too cerebral" by the networks, funded a financially-risky SECOND pilot that got the series picked up by NBC.