Pleased to see our paper on #preeclampsia and cell #senescence and seeming prevention by #ergothioneine is now published, with @resiapretorius.bsky.social @louiseckenny.bsky.social @lorenkell.bsky.social @themoorelab.bsky.social and others doi.org/10.1016/j.jr.... Hope we can get RCTs done now.
Folddisco finds similar (dis)continuous 3D motifs in large protein structure databases. Its efficient index enables fast uncharacterized active site annotation, protein conformational state analysis and PPI interface comparison. 1/9🧶🧬
📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🌐 search.foldseek.com/folddisco
A study on what many of us already know: over 75% of internal service work in academia is done by women. The bit that gets me:”The male associate professors in particular made it clear that they actively engaged in evasiveness and did not want to participate if it was not positive for their careers”
In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
An international call for action just got louder:
Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde
Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally
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www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
- Invest in research culture and infrastructure
- Better manage and protect research time
- Develop and retain research support staff
- Constantly fight for the social mission of a university which is to produce knowledge for the sake of knowledge.
✨️The application deadline has been extended to July 1st. ✨️
Open to all PhD students and junior researchers with an interest in nutritional epidemiology.
I came here first this am, read this & with dread checked the news...
Chicago
Los Angeles. Just wow.
#NoKings protest in Philadelphia
No Kings protest at the Minnesota State Capitol
No Kings protest at the Minnesota State Capitol
No Kings protest at the Minnesota State Capitol
No Kings protest at the Minnesota State Capitol
Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
Heartening to see the people across America speak up.
Yes! I heard some people haven’t signed because they aren’t a scientist or academic. But this is about all of us.
If you are against harming research participants, sign!
If you want more life-saving treatments, sign!
If you value free speech, sign!
Today I asked AI to summarise an academic paper. The actual results were the opposite to what was hypothesised (and to what others had shown). The AI summary assumed the study had found what everyone else had found. Hot tip: don’t use a stochastic parrot to summarise an outlier paper. #academicsky 🧪
Can you share which AI program you used?
It's a phrase from the prescient paper that got its authors fired from google: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochas.... They make excellent follows on here
😳🤦♀️ academic freedom
How do you solve a problem like brand advertising...?
Last year @emmaboyland.bsky.social & I had a discussion over breakfast* where we discussed our concerns about the rapidly emerging loophole of food brand ads and lack of a policy approach to address it...
*Can confirm no crumpets were consumed
The Guardian view on owning the heavens: the perils of letting capitalism colonise the cosmos | Editorial
This is a remarkable letter and everyone should read it.
It is fabulous. She likely had some 'naughty' days as well! Adored the sentiment & turn of phrase througout. Eg 'The poverty of being sensible, alongside its riches.'
Our cover this week.
I don't get how anyone can possibly be okay with ending the WHI. This study has accrued decades of data from 42000 women and it is still going. It helps to address critical research gaps that have been allowed to go unfilled because of durable misogyny and provides invaluable insight into aging.
