Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@social.cleverlibre.org
I've worked on all of science, from B cells to T cells.
https://fellowsherpa.com
Joined Nov 2022
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“Neste momento, os nossos equipamentos já perderam todas as garantias de assistência técnica e começam a ficar obsoletos. Não nos conseguimos manter na crista da onda, porque não vamos conseguir acompanhar”, confessa.'
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'Sage said both experts had “identified fundamental problems with the study design and methodology, unjustified or incorrect factual assumptions, material errors in the authors’ analysis of the data, and misleading presentations of the data that, in their opinions, demonstrate a lack of scientific rigor and invalidate the authors’ conclusions in whole or in part.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/health/abortion-pills-study-retraction.html
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"The world is continuously being transformed by science and technology (S&T), but to deliver equitable benefits to the public, scientists must be embedded in influential sectors of society—policy, diplomacy, journalism, law, business, education, and more. This means injecting PhD-level experts at every stage of research and development, from ideation, investigation, and investment to manufacture, deployment, regulation, and after-market evaluation."
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"Here, we review the impact of nutrient uptake and IEC metabolism on gut inflammation and tumorigenesis and discuss how epithelial metabolism affects host–microbe commensalism in mammals. We propose that specific insights into epithelial immunometabolism will allow for the development of novel therapies for human IBD and CRC."
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I’m a Jew and I’m sickened by this. Yes, I was horrified by the Oct. 7 terrorist attack. But Palestinian civilians are NOT Hamas and this is not defense. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
#Israel dropped almost as many bombs in #Gaza in one week as the U.S. did in Afghanistan in one year — the heaviest year.
Gaza is 141 sq miles.
Afghanistan is 252,071 sq miles.
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Pioneering technique reveals new layer of human #gene #regulation.
#backtracking #LORAX_seq #RNApolymerase_II
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-technique-reveals-layer-human-gene.html
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BREAKING: Paris voters just won referendum 55% to TRIPLE parking charges for SUVs!
“We’re doing this to reduce pollution & to make our children safer because these cars are dangerous. Paris is transforming itself to allow people to breathe & live better.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/02/paris-residents-set-to-vote-on-plan-to-triple-parking-charges-for-suvs
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"Due in part to changes driven by the infamous Common Core standards, teachers now have to fight to assign their students longer readings, much less entire books, because those activities won’t feed directly into students getting higher test scores, which leads to schools getting more funding."
https://slate.com/human-interest/2024/02/literacy-crisis-reading-comprehension-college.html
@MCDuncanLab I'm a big believer in peer review, and having worked at both ends of the process, as a researcher and as an editor, I'd say the majority of reviewers do a difficult, time consuming job (for free) in the right spirit.
@MCDuncanLab I wish I could recall the original source, but someone had commented a while back that it starts from the hypercritical approach nurtured at many lab meetings & journal clubs - the comment was something along the lines of "we are training pitbulls and then are shocked when they tear manuscripts apart".
@MCDuncanLab There are certainly cases where both editors and reviewers fail at their respective roles. I'm a fan of transparent reviews, one experience that came up often at Review Commons was authors and reviewers praising the more positive overall tone of comment vs conventional journal-based peer review.
@MCDuncanLab @embojournal This was a case where the tone of the reviewer undermined valid concerns - that could have been phrased in a constructive manner. Thanks to the transparent review files, you can dig into how it played out (I think these are great case studies to discuss with students and postdocs, perhaps even have them re-write certain comments as a workshop exercise). https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.15252/embj.2023114164
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https://www.europesays.com/1049265/ Remember when the GOP intentionally let Blue states suffer during the pandemic? #Politics #U.S.Politics #UnitedStates
@MCDuncanLab A good editor will step in when the reviewers are taking personal shots, making inappropriate comments etc Sometime it can even undermine a review that makes important points about the work. There's a good case in this episode of the #EMBOPodcast, where then @embojournal editor Karin Dumstrei & I discussed one such case with the authors. https://www.embo.org/podcasts/the-band-and-the-rhythm/
@MCDuncanLab As a former editor, I'd add that this is also a failure of journal editors - who should review reviews (and reviewers).
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In my reviews, I often try to give examples of things that were unclear or writing trends in the manuscript that are unclear.
'On line # it was difficult for me to understand if there was more of X in sample Y compared to Z when reading the text.'
'Throughout the text, new terms are used without being first defined for example on line # ...
This takes effort, and I understand some reviewers just want to summarize, but summarize with the facts not interpretations.
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February 11th is International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Here is an interview (in 🇪🇸) with my former co-worker Nuria Ferrandiz - now a group leader in cancer research in Salamanca - to mark the occasion.
https://www.tribunasalamanca.com/noticias/358332/dia-de-la-mujer-y-la-nina-en-la-ciencia-hay-que-visibilizar-que-es-un-trabajo-que-podemos-hacer-igual-mujeres-que-hombres
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In #NorthCarolina, an anarchist book collective rescued 22,000 books that were banned by a #Florida school district and is offering them free to anyone who wants them. Many are headed back to Florida. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/10/florida-book-ban-duval-schools/
I've worked on all of science, from B cells to T cells.
https://fellowsherpa.com
Joined Nov 2022
