"Future outbreaks are inevitable. How do we ensure that research systems are in place and work when we next need them? In 2022, when the global outbreak of mpox emerged, clinical trialists had new tools for rapid rollout of trials; however, the system failed another stress test. In this Viewpoint, we highlight areas for improving implementation of future epidemic clinical trials"
"In this review, we discuss key advances that highlight mechanisms used by T cell subsets to populate the epidermis and dermis, maintain skin homeostasis, and regulate wound repair."
'Before it released the A.I. chatbot ChatGPT last year, the San Francisco start-up OpenAI added digital guardrails meant to prevent its system from doing things like generating hate speech and disinformation. Google did something similar with its Bard chatbot.
Now a paper from researchers at Princeton, Virginia Tech, Stanford and IBM says those guardrails aren’t as sturdy as A.I. developers seem to believe.'
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/technology/guardrails-artificial-intelligence-open-source.html
What might #OpenScience look like in the future?
By examining past initiatives, this #PLOSBiology Essay offers recommendations to funders, institutions, journals, and stakeholders to create an environment conducive to open science.
"Oito funcionários doutorados da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) assinam uma carta enviada a esta instituição em que reclamam salários iguais aos trabalhadores com contratos a prazo e que têm as mesmas funções. Em causa está a “discriminação subjectiva” na principal instituição que financia a ciência em Portugal: as diferenças salariais rondam, no mínimo, cerca de 500 euros, reclamam."
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Nob & Nobility, work in progress by @hunchbacksociety
https://madalenaparreira.com/Hunchbacksociety
#Ceramics #Handmade #Art #stoneware #Pottery #ceramic #artgallery #artmastodon
📣 Calling on Africa-based researchers. We need your input!
Voice your opinion in our survey: "Awareness and perception of #preprints amongst African-based researchers" to help direct efforts towards expanding the adoption of preprints in the African region.
https://asapbio.org/perceptions-of-preprints-by-africa-based-researchers
Molecular #phylogeny of #Formica #ants!
Parasitic colony founding is likely to be an intermediary step between free-living hosts and slave-maker parasites
An #evolutionary tree of #dog breeds
http://sci-news.com/biology/evolution-dog-breeds-04823.html
@ scinewscom #phylogeny
Parker et al. 2017
Apparently there is fake Ozempic circulating in Europe.
"The pre-filled injection pens are falsely labelled as the drug sold by the Denmark-based Novo Nordisk and were discovered as fakes because of inactive serial numbers."
https://www.ft.com/content/3cf06876-8d4f-4d40-8146-7b6e699278b7
Mamba phylogeny & venomics
https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1874391917303032
I havent read @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social's Iliad yet, but this checks out:
"The Wilson Odyssey was remarkable."
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2023/11/a-fresh-and-tragic-iliad/
Turn anywhere else. Read omens in fish entrails.
"As the violence in and around Gaza has continued to escalate, people are turning to places like X (aka Twitter) for the latest news on the conflict. But they've been met with a flood of bad info"
Academic Appointments and Strategy Support
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
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#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
Klosterneuburg #Austria #ResearchAssistant
https://jobrxiv.org/job/institute-of-science-and-technology-austria-ista-27778-academic-appointments-and-strategy-support/?feed_id=62761
"In their study, published on Monday in the journal Cell, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania suggest that serotonin reduction is triggered by remnants of the virus lingering in the gut. Depleted serotonin could especially explain memory problems and some neurological and cognitive symptoms of long Covid, they say."
(colorized EM by Steve Gschmeissner)
#Covid #LongCovid #Covid19 #SciComm
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/16/health/long-covid-serotonin.html
"At the same time, wealthy nations have, for centuries, been extracting natural resources from low- and middle-income countries and pocketing the proceeds. Scientific data, unfortunately, have been among those resources."
The EU chat control legislation has been temporarily postponed. That’s good news. The bad news is there’s another vote in December. https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-control-vote-postponed-huge-success-in-defense-of-digital-privacy-of-correspondence/
Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads ‘temporarily’ blocks COVID search terms to focus on larger misinformation concerns
> The social media company has blocked terms including “COVID,” “vaccines,” and “long COVID” as it focuses its resources on fighting misinformation about the war in Israel and Gaza.
https://www.aol.com/mark-zuckerberg-threads-temporarily-blocks-144420900.html #covid #covid19 #Israel #Gaza #Hamas #misinformation #socialmedia #META #threads #MarkZuckerberg
Recently gave some reflections on getting (and not getting) research grants. Sharing here as well in case useful to others starting out: https://kucharski.substack.com/p/some-tips-for-research-grants
I've worked on all of science, from B cells to T cells.
https://fellowsherpa.com