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As AI systems advance, they will challenge our fundamental assumptions about research quality, scholarly communication, and the nature of intellectual labor. gwern.net/doc/science/... #science #academia #publishing #llm

𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆? @lucinauddin.bsky.social explains many of the challenges and controversies! Great discussion too. Check out the latest Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon. youtu.be/pP5swFPR0Ns

New maps of brain folds from 26 carnivoran species show how differences in behaviour and ecology appear in their anatomy. buff.ly/IQvBHbh

Blood flow ≠ oxygen consumption www.tum.de/en/news-and-...

Some really good tips here. Wish I had learned number 3 earlier, or ever for that matter 🥲 www.reddit.com/r/GradSchool...

Does anyone know how to access the #Altmetric API now? They require an API key, which, when i applied for one they denies me. Very annoying, as I had a python script that pulled the Altmetric data and autopopulated my CV. Now I have to do this manually

A recent study led by Drs. @weberam2.bsky.social and Ruth Grunau explores an innovative way to measure how preterm infants’ brains use oxygen, using advanced MRI technology that is both safe and noninvasive. Learn more about the work from UBC and @bcchresearch.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/46HAZ5m

Very cool explanation of Markov Chains and how LLMs are just fancier versions of an old idea elijahpotter.dev/articles/mar...

WILD www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

I am giving a talk next week about how to use your computer in a more efficient way: #homerowmods, copy/paste with #copyq, screenshots with #flameshot, #wezterm, #tmux, #zsh, #vim, #neovim, #windowtilingmanager, #bat, #eza, #fzf, #rg, #fd, #zoxide, #yazi or #vifm, #lazygit Any other ideas?

Big news! I was on a podcast for @bcchresearch.bsky.social This was research in #preterm #brains, #oxygenation measured with #arterialspinlabelling and #qsm, and looking at ventilation methods. Read more about the study here: bsky.app/profile/webe... plmlex.clicks.mlsend.com/tl/c/eyJ2Ijo...

New Open dataset alert: 🧠 Introducing "Spacetop" – a massive multimodal fMRI dataset that bridges naturalistic and experimental neuroscience! N = 101 x 6 hours each = 606 functional iso-hours combining movies, pain, faces, theory-of-mind and other cognitive tasks! 🧵below

Publish or perish incentivises researchers to publish more, where scientific fraud has now become its own industry www.science.org/content/arti...

My work is being highlighted by BCCHR Communications, but I don't use Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn: Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/p/1E3k... Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DMqKEWAp-G... LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Scientists overwhelmingly recognize the value of sharing null results, but rarely publish them in the research literature go.nature.com/450KElr

I believe at this time we can afford more nuance and precision than this. Most null results are uninformative because most experiments are uninformative because we use NHST to replace the scientific process. We can't keep avoiding the root problem forever. Also the focus on efficiency is jarring.

Interesting theory re #schizophrenia www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/schizophre...

Interesting theory re #schizophrenia www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/schizophre...

Basic science is essential. "Most drugs don’t begin with research intended to make that drug. In fact, the results of their study showed that 80% of the medicines on their list led back to a discovery from basic research without any intention of creating a new drug" www.chronicle.com/article/in-d...

Utterly fascinating "Researchers using the same data and hypothesis arrive at different conclusions" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Pro tip, folks: if you make a figure for a publication, don’t just hand the copyright over to the publisher. Post it on OSF first and then give yourself permission to use it in the first publication and then all future publications. That way, no permissions issues.

Am I crazy, or did this paper get published with very low resolution figures? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This is breathtakingly shortsighted and just plain dumb

Excited to share my #biocommentary for @springernature.com in @pediatricresearch.bsky.social 📝✨ From #neuroscience at UofT 🧠 to discovering #MRI 🧲 at McMaster, then moving to BC to work with @rauschermri.bsky.social🏔️ My journey as an #assistantprofessor over the last 5 years! 👩‍🔬📚 rdcu.be/enUNo

Seems useful for grant and paper writing 128 words to use instead of "very" #grants #papers #academia

🚨NEW PAPER OUT IN #NMRinBiomedicine🚨 We developed a noninvasive MRI method to measure brain oxygen use (CMRO₂) and blood flow (CBF) in preterm infants. This could be key for understanding early brain development! #Neonatology #MRI #BrainHealth #openaccess 👶🧪 doi.org/10.1002/nbm.... 🧵 1/9

🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations! These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs. Save and share the post!

Very cool review paper that cited our work "studies suggest that neonatal metastability develops over the third gestational trimester, with ... greater signal complexity." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... the paper they cited: doi.org/10.1093/CERC...

Good article being skeptical of #fMRI skepticism onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Good article being skeptical of #fMRI skepticism onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Elodie Germani, Camille Maumet, et al: On the validity of fMRI mega-analyses using data processed with different pipelines doi.org/10.1162/imag...

Super interesting: perhaps our concepts of ancient use of psychedelics is totally off www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Some great points in here www.arj.no/2024/10/19/p... Specifically, I had never heard of: - www.arj.no/2022/11/21/e... and - open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu

Cool article about hydrogen - the most abundant atom - and how it's creation will have either aligned or not aligned spins, and how the transition will create a photon with 21cm wavelength; perhaps the most important wavelength of light bigthink.com/starts-with-...

Germann et al. propose a new deformation-based morphometry pipeline to measure longitudinal within-subject volumetric changes: doi.org/10.52294/001... @fmri-today.bsky.social @mallarchak.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social

Call for collaborators! We are launching the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB) to replicate a sample of findings relevant to public health, epidemiology, health policy, and behavioral science. Teams receive funding for conducting replication studies. Details: www.cos.io/rphb

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Oh interesting

Excited to share our latest paper! We argue that in MS, the primary immune attack isn’t on myelin or myelinated axons — but on the ion & water homeostasis machinery in astrocyte endfeet. A short thread on this new perspective 1/11

Whoa

A western dietary pattern during pregnancy is associated with neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood and adolescence @natmetabolism.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...

FYI, if you want to be prepared to apply for the next ABCD Study data release, prepare for these new NIST security requirements 🧠: @ohbmofficial.bsky.social abcdstudy.org/scientists/d...

Great book that blends #science and #literature ... and #adventure! John Steinbeck's The Log from the Sea of Cortez

We got a new bed frame and my dog just discovered a new view #dog #bostonterrier

Great day for a ski (well, snowboard). Can't beat these views Looking over the Howe Sound... which is getting me excited for sailing this summer #vancouver #snowboard #cypress

Currently reading Lookout Cartridge by Joseph McElroy I liked this section; thought I'd share #literature #McElroy

🎉 Learn about the importance of Pre-Analysis Plans (PAPs) and Registered Reports (RRs) in research and how they contribute to more reliable findings. 🔍 Explore our round-up material here: labsquare.net/materials/ed... 🎓 More to come soon!