A Sage journal that holds the distinction of highest number of retracted articles in the Retraction Watch Database likely made in excess of $400,000 in revenue from those papers, by our calculations.
Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.
I urge colleagues with relevant expertise to co-sign this letter against the narrow interpretation of biology which seeks to exclude trans, NB, intersex, & gender non-conforming people from policy.
#BNA2025 showed that Neuroscience is a diverse & inclusive field that understands biology is complex.
Title: SOME GRAMMATICAL VOICES FOR USE IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING ACTIVE VOICE e.g. Our team collected samples and then we tested them. CLICKBAIT VOICE e.g. We collected some samples... You won't believe what happened next! PASSIVE VOICE e.g. Samples were collected and tested. HAIKU VOICE e.g. Quiet science lab. Workers arrive with samples. The testing begins. PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE VOICE e.g. We did all the collecting and testing. No need to thank us. Just doing our job. CONSPIRACY VOICE e.g. Mysterious "Samples" were harvested and covertly "tested" by so-called scientists.
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon
Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Likewise - if you are recruiting for PhD students or postdocs at #BNA2025, tag us so we can spread the word.
Liverpool(ish) presenters - PIs and ECRs - don't forget to tag us @lng.org.uk when skeeting about your symposia & posters at #BNA2025.
Liverpool John Moores University at Stand 44 - advertising the Neuroscience and Psychology teaching & research
University of Liverpool's Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre at Stand 45
The Walton Centre - The UK's only specialist hospital for neurology, neurosurgery, pain and rehabilitation services - Stand 54
The BNA community partners - Liverpool Neuroscience Group, Liverpool John Moores University, and The Walton Centre.
We're glad to see so many @lng.org.uk partners at #BNA2025 - come visit the stands for @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, @liverpooluni.bsky.social, @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social, and BYOB Liverpool stand where we'll be hosting @thebraincharity.bsky.social and @painreliefteam.bsky.social
I spot the corner of my head at the @ljmuofficial.bsky.social stand in picture 4! You got my best angle 😄
(It's right beside the @womeninneurouk.bsky.social stand).
Off to the 8.30am plenary at #BNA2025 in Liverpool.
My biennial attempt at keeping up with the wider world of Neuroscience outside @lng.org.uk
Grateful to @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Psychology for supporting my attendance & many of our PGRs too.
Only problem: I've already seen a 3 o'clock today...
BYOB banner image featuring Brain and light bulb logo, and LNG logo. More details on website.
Hi #Liverpool! As @britishneuro.bsky.social is coming to town - we've organised a number of (mostly) free, neuroscience-themed public events taking place in and around Liverpool over the next few days & weeks.
Check out the programme: meetings.bna.org.uk/BYOBLiverpool/
Also Thursday 10th April, at Liverpool Lighthouse, #Anfield, 12-4pm, "Move Your Body, Boost Your Brain: #Dance Movement Therapy for Healthy Ageing" -- live interactive demos, expert talks showing how movement-based interactions can promote joy and vitality.
Book (free): lng.org.uk/byob-nmdt
Neuronights flyer, featuring event logo and details of the 2 events on 10th & 24th April - more information available on the website. Design features brains and disco motifs.
Next Thursday, 10th April at LEAF Bold Stret, 7-10pm, join us for the 1st night of our Neuroscience and comedy mash-up. Tickets are just £5.25, with all proceeds going to @thebraincharity.bsky.social and @painreliefteam.bsky.social
Book tickets: lng.org.uk/neuronights
In Touch With Your Body flyer featuring partner logos, and event details for the event at Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot on Thursday 3rd April. More details on website.
This Thursday, 3rd April, 4-6pm join us at Shakespeare North Playhouse, #Prescot for "In Touch With Your Body" - learn about the science behind Touch & Pain - including interactive demonstrations of techniques & equipment used in labs. (Tea & coffee provided).
Book via lng.org.uk/byob-touch (free)
Be part of @britishneuro.bsky.social Festival of Neuroscience this April in Liverpool!
Call for speakers/performers for "NeuroNights"! 🪩🧠
If you love #scicomm & want to try something a little different then this is for you!
🗓️ Deadline: 17th Feb
📩 Apply here: lng.org.uk/neuronights-...
Come and bring #neuroscience to life with us through:
😂 Myth-Busting Comedy: We’re looking for 10-minute neuro-themed comedy sets
🧠 Battle of the Brains: Take part in a short debate on hot neuroscience topics
Anyone is welcome to apply and we will help you to develop your talk 🪩🧠🕺
Have just implemented it for @lng.org.uk - but notice we're still in the minority. Although maybe it's because not many organisations let their social media manager have access to edit DNS records...
@bsky.app's "domain as @ handle" feature is excellent, and relatively easy to implement... but I think my enthusiasm for it also reveals the narrow window in which I grew up where internet domain names were actually important.
But, if anyone wants to appeal to people users of a certain age...
Are you a psychologist or neuroscientist who completed your PhD after 1st October 2022, or about to submit your thesis? Consider applying for the **4-year Career Research Development Fellowship** at St John's College, Oxford. Please share! #psychscisky #neuroskyence www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/vac...
Introducing the Missing Majority dashboard, an automatically updating resource that tracks the global representation of behavioral science first authors over time.
remi-theriault.com/dashboards/m...
Wanna know how your favorite journal performs? Check it out 😁
Let us know what you think!
Maybe, just maybe, we need to accelerate neither the adoption of AI for scientific discovery nor science itself. Maybe what science actually needs is to slow down to breathe more oxygen instead of hyperventilating itself into asphyxiation. Or AI can get us there more quickly of course.
As a somatosensory neuroscientist & microneurographer I understand the mechanisms & yet I remain completely baffled by the amount of *attention* the movement of a single arm hair in the wind can demand.
Why is it so important for me to know it is moving? Why does my brain want me to care so much?
That would be pretty much all of my students who study full time AND hold down jobs that require at least 20 hours per week. And there are those who study, have jobs, and have caring responsibilities. But yes Isabel, the problem is that young people are "selfish and idle".
