Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@social.cleverlibre.org

Denied by AI: How Medicare Advantage plans use algorithms to cut off care for seniors in need https://www.statnews.com/2023/03/13/medicare-advantage-plans-denial-artificial-intelligence/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

The Forest of Biologists.

For each paper published by Company of Biologists this year and next there will be a real tree planted (and a virtual tree to look at on your computer). Reviewing activity is recognised with restoration and preservation of ancient woodland.

Massive shout out to Steve Kelly (EiC of @BiologyOpen) for the wonderful idea and to all the CoB staff who made it happen.

https://forest.biologists.com

RT ARUKscientist on 🐦:
Why does reproducibility matter in dementia research? What can be done to improve reproducibility?

Thank you to panel speakers
@sillyDrAnnesha @Maclomaclee @mattjhodgkinson and chair @FHMcLean #ARUKConf23

Want to know more? Check out some resources the speakers signposted ⬇

#Reproducibility #ARUK #Neuroscience #ScienceMastodon #Alzheimers #Dementia

From @cyrilpedia , with love: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41591-023-00027-5

For every #Research Article and #Review article that is published in one of our journals, [link to journal Mastodon accounts], a #nativetree is planted in a forest in the UK. We are also funding the restoration and preservation of #ancientwoodland and dedicating these trees to our peer reviewers. #forestofbiologists https://forest.biologists.com

You can still apply to join the ASAPbio Fellows program! Become an ASAPbio Fellow to learn more about #preprints and drive positive change in science communication.
Applications open until March 24.
https://buff.ly/3Dy4dor

A Tri-colored Heron is beginning to get its breeding plumage though its small white plumes on the back of its head are not visible in this image. Captured along the 4800 ft boardwalk at South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center in south Texas on the last day of February.

Heron in the Morning Light ©Debra Martz https://fineartamerica.com/featured/heron-in-the-morning-light-debra-martz.html

#BirdWatching #Aves #Birds #FeatheredFriends #BirdLovers #BirdsOfMastodon #photography #PhotographyIsArt #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #SpringIntoArt #FediGiftShop

If you want to brighten up your feed with a constant flow of biology, complexity science or ALife research, then I recommend following @cyrilpedia and @lana 🌼

Summer school for students on Orthoptera taxonomy and conservation from 17 to 23 July 2023 in Konitsa (Greece) by Naturalis and the University of Ioannina. Costs: 300 € (incl. accomodation) https://cetaf.org/dest/orthoptera-taxonomy-and-conservation/

We are already looking forward to the 6th International BonnBrain Conference organized by @dzne, Bonn University and us. Safe the date (August 7-9) and check out the fantastic program https://bonnbrain.de.

"Drosophila antennae are dispensable for gravity orientation", Kladt & Reiser 2023 – but the paper, says Michael Reiser, was written up in 2012.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.03.08.531317v1

Back in 2009, Kamikouchi at al. (Kei Ito's lab) already figured out that the fly's antennae are dispensable for gravity sensing: "The neural basis of Drosophila gravity-sensing and hearing" https://www.nature.com/articles/nature07810

#neuroscience #Drosophila #GravitySensing