Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@social.cleverlibre.org

'Consistently, these bans target materials written by and about people of color or LGBTQ+ individuals, and even though a 2022 poll found that 70% of parents oppose them, they are continuing at a rapid rate.

Now the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is trying to fight back. It recently launched the Banned Book Program, granting free nationwide access to books restricted in schools or libraries.'

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/18/us-teens-banned-books-schools

"Even more concerning is the idea that content produced by generative AI is polluting the data sets on which future systems will be trained, threatening what some have called “model collapse”. By adding more imperfect information and deliberate disinformation to our knowledge base, generative AI systems are producing a further “enshittification” of the internet, to use Cory Doctorow’s evocative term. This means training sets will spew out more nonsense, rather than less."

https://www.ft.com/content/ed323f48-fe86-4d22-8151-eed15581c337

R&D Scientist II
Fujifilm

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#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
Irvine #UnitedStatesUS #Researcher #Scientist
https://jobrxiv.org/job/rd-scientist-ii/?feed_id=55718

Postdoctoral Fellow - Mechanobiology

CNRS

Come join us in the #BioInterface group as a postdoc to work on #curvature sensing mechanisms

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#ScienceJobs #hiring #research #mechanobiology, #postdoc
Mulhouse #France #PostdoctoralFellow
https://jobrxiv.org/job/cnrs-27778-postdoctoral-fellow-mechanobiology/?feed_id=55711

This is great: you type your zip code into the app, and you're shown a complete list of books prohibited in your area; then download the e-reader, and these books are available to download.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/18/us-teens-banned-books-schools

I wonder if the book-banners will end up making these books more widely read than they ever were in libraries?

'Here, we report the T1D Knowledge Portal (T1DKP), an open-access resource developed to help advance T1D research by democratizing access to genetic, genomic, and epigenomic data.'
#Diabetes #Immunology #autoimmunedisease

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002233

#IDMastodon #immunology #CovidIsNotOver 😷up @NIH Severe #COVID19 may lead to long-term #innateimmunesystem changes .
📌 https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/severe-covid-19-may-lead-long-term-innate-immune-system-changes?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
@cellpress
📌 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(23)00796-1
📌 https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/pdfExtended/S2211-1247(23)00998-1

Links 8/18/23 https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2023/08/18/links-8-18-23/

In the end the best results were obtained using an ALFA tag labeled with primary and secondary antibodies, or a triple ALFA tag with an anti-ALFA PAINT nanobody. In both cases, we could visualize the actin mesh, rails and corrals in tagged presynapses! 20/23

Assistant Professors of Neuroscience

Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University is currently accepting applications for six tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in neuroscience-related fields

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#ScienceJobs #hiring #research ...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/johns-hopkins-university-27778-assistant-professors-of-neuroscience/?feed_id=55662

Subset of neurons in #hypothalamus increases appetite & decreases #thermogenesis. @JongSohn &co show that ion channel GIRK2 functions in hypothalamic NPY/AgRP neurons to increase energy expenditure in mice and may control body weight @kaistpr #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3qGa8Ev

Just published
When a nasal vaccine provides superior immune response compared with a shot (2 doses of each). Results from a randomized clinical trial, including vs Omicron, and with less local and systemic adverse effects
https://nature.com/articles/s41541-023-00717-8

Reading:

Viome, a microbiome startup, raises $86.5M, inks distribution deal with CVS https://tcrn.ch/47zUkDY

Which quotes me a bit. Needless to say, I am very skeptical of Viome and many of its claims.

#EMT is an early event in cell dissemination from epithelial tissues. @EricTheveneau &co show that in frog embryos the #metalloproteinase MMP28 is produced by placodes & acts inside the nucleus of neighboring neural crest cells to trigger EMT #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3snRL7F