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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Cool, accessible article over at #Aeon about the strangeness and complexity of atoms and their components, and how the popular idea that atoms are mostly empty space is problematic.
(The author mentions an episode of Cosmos in which Sagan says that, and which I remember vividly despite the decades in between)
https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-empty-atom-picture-misunderstands-quantum-theory
'Braxton, who is Black, decided to go to the town hall and talk to Stokes, who is white, in person. He told Stokes that he would need a key to the town hall to begin his duties. Stokes acquiesced and gave him a key, but when Braxton entered the building, he found that town hall had been stripped of its records, beyond a couple boxes of discarded items that looked like trash. He also said he noticed that Stokes had given keys to friends of his, people who were not council members and had no official business with the city, who were walking in and out of the building.'
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/26/black-mayor-alabama-town-locked-out
'The US government named 10 of the best-selling drugs as the first to face tough price regulations in a bid to slash healthcare costs, marking the biggest shake-up for the pharmaceutical industry in decades.'
https://www.ft.com/content/fa9b0422-6f93-4703-9358-6396660f63b6
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We worry about the spread of #misinformation and "alternative facts" while gating academic and scientific research behind paywalls that grossly limit public access.
'But why should you see it, or see it again? Why should you (still) care? These are fair questions to ask of any consensus masterpiece — skepticism is what keeps art alive, reverence embalms it — and especially apt in the case of “Bicycle Thieves.” The movie is about seeing and caring, about the danger of being distracted from what matters. The tragedy it depicts arises partly from poverty, injustice and the aftereffect of dictatorship, but more profoundly from a deficit of empathy.'
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/movies/bicycle-thieves-italian-neorealism.html
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More Americans are moving to Europe lately, and many are fleers rather than seekers, escaping violence and political strife in the United States.
In some countries the trend is clear. In 2013-22 the number of Americans in the Netherlands increased from about 15,500 to 24,000; in Portugal it tripled to almost 10,000; and in Spain it rose from about 20,000 to nearly 34,000.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/08/28/why-europe-is-a-magnet-for-more-americans
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DEADLINES EXTENDED ⬇️
Proposals to host a Civic Science Fellow and letters of interest for a Neuroscience & Society pilot grant are now due September 5!
RFP details ➡️ https://dana.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Dana-Kavli-Civic-Science-Fellow-Partner-Opportunity.pdf
LOI details ➡️ https://dana.givingdata.com/portal/campaign/DanaFoundationLOI
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Here are the 10 drugs that will be up first for Medicare price negotiation
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Reading Whitman's diary exultation in the majesty of bird migration at midnight is pure poetry – his, and nature's https://t.co/NSorMp6U2j
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90 percent of Emperor penguin colonies could go quasi-extinct by 2100. https://t.co/XScauECSlb
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Our talk How to Cartoon Geology @GeolSoc is today!
You can register for free to come see us or watch us online. We'll be talking all about cartoons, science and geology
🔗 Link-in-our-bio
#CartoonGeology
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Subcutaneous atezolizumab for the NHS:
"“The world-first introduction of this treatment will mean that hundreds of patients can spend less time at the hospital and will free up valuable time in NHS chemotherapy units,” he said."
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BREAKING: The Inflation Reduction Act included provisions for #Medicare
to negotiate drug prices.
Hot off the press, here's the list of the first 10 drugs up for negotiation:
https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/29/10-drugs-medicare-price-negotiation/
#IRA #pharma #drugs #BigPharma #insulin #healthcare #healthpolicy #cms #medicine #health
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This Primer explores a recent #PLOSBiology study revealing that maternal consumption of #emulsifiers, commonly used as additives in #ultraprocessedfood, can impact the brains, metabolism & behavior of offspring. Paper: https://plos.io/3YRBjbX Primer: https://plos.io/3EhUpyG
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Data Scientist (Epidemiology and Information Management Sciences)
Leidos
See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/data-scientist-epidemiology-and-information-management-sciences/?feed_id=57029
#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
San Diego #UnitedStatesUS #Bioinformatician #Researcher #Scientist
https://jobrxiv.org/job/data-scientist-epidemiology-and-information-management-sciences/?feed_id=57029
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was born #OTD in 1780.
Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style. His expressive distortions of form and space made him an important precursor of modern art, influencing Picasso, Matisse and other modernists. via @wikipedia
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The GOP's suicide pact with Big Oil -- and how climate victims are fighting back
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Cracking the egg
Read this new 'honest conversation' blog post from
@_brentmfoster, one of #theNodeCorrespondents, on the lessons he learned from developmental biology in how to navigate the scientific career-scape:
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The #ESA Space #Science Research Fellowships are now open for application!
☀️ Heliophysics
🪐 Planetary Science
🌌 Astrophysics
⚛️ Fundamental Physics
⏱️ Deadline: 18 September 2023 23:59 CET/CEST
Information about the fellowship: ➡️ https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/space-science-faculty/opportunities/research-fellowships
Official call: ➡️ https://jobs.esa.int/job/Villanueva-de-la-Ca%C3%B1ada-Internal-Research-Fellow-%28PostDoc%29-in-the-Directorate-of-Science-at-ESTEC%2C-ESAC-or-STScl/975347301/
I've worked on all of science, from B cells to T cells.
https://fellowsherpa.com
Joined Nov 2022
