🧵 The Neuroscience Drug Pipeline Tracker featuring: Alzheimer's Clinical Trial 2025, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS/MND), Epilepsy, Fragile X, Friedreich Ataxia, Hearing, Migraine, Pain Therapeutics, Parkinson's Disease Drug Therapies 2024, Rett Syndrome, Vision www.linkedin.com/pulse/neuros...

Congratulations to science sleuth @sholtodavid.bsky.social for his successful whistleblowing on poor research integrity matters at @danafarber.bsky.social. The scientific misconduct whistleblower wins $2.63 million from major cancer institute in $15M settlement. See www.linkedin.com/posts/krzysz...

Don't let bullying and the enablers of bullies spoil and steal your Christmas and New Year. Read on about how infighting breaks out over the ousting of Oxfam's CEO @halimabegum.bsky.social. Thank you to Harry Cockburn, Kevin Rawlinson, Joe Pike, and Arthur Parashar www.linkedin.com/posts/krzysz...

@oxfamgb.bsky.social’s CEO @halimabegum.bsky.social has stepped down after an independent review, commissioned by the charity’s trustees, found breaches of organisational processes and values. The review identified serious issues in the CEO’s leadership behaviour www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/news...

What should @ukri.org do with United Kingdom's serious problem with bullying and harassment in academic research? Don't downplay bullying in academia @nature.com. Also, UK taxpayers should be concerned as hundreds of thousands of pounds go to covering up the problems www.linkedin.com/posts/krzysz...

Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social, Nobel Prize @nobelprize.bsky.social winner in Medicine: ‘90% of people don’t even know they have a sense of proprioception.’ The biologist explains his discoveries, new tattoo, kidnapping, and rules for being creative english.elpais.com/science-tech...

#ResearchCulture Chronic silencing is a critical barrier to breaking the cycle of bullying in academia and industry by Alison Vogelaar and Morteza Mahmoudi. See www.linkedin.com/posts/krzysz... for further Academic Parity papers

Within academia, several aspects of current #researchculture are considered to contribute toward a culture that enables bullying and harassment. These include academic hierarchies, the competitive nature of research, and a system focused on individual achievement www.linkedin.com/pulse/whistl...

UKRI’s policy position states, to manage the risks associated with our funding, organisations must inform @ukri.org of any upheld allegations of sexual exploitation, harassment, bullying, psychological abuse and physical violence against staff, students or personnel www.linkedin.com/pulse/ukri-r...

Research integrity: a landscape study by Janet Metcalfe, Katie W., Marcus Munafò, James Parry for Vitae, UK #ResearchIntegrity Office (UKRIO @ukrio.bsky.social), UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) and UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org www.linkedin.com/posts/krzysz...

Many whistleblowers tell us they could never have imagined the victimisation they would face for speaking out. This can come from co-workers, managers and the organisations, but it can be weathered if the whistleblower has sought advice early @ukrio.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/krzysz...

Barriers to Investigating and Reporting Research Misconduct by Tracey Brown OBE, Trustee, UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO), Stephanie Neave, Chief Executive, UKRIO, James Parry FRSB, Chief Innovation Officer, @ukrio.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/krzysz...

World Whistleblowers Day is observed on June 23rd to recognize and celebrate the important role truth seekers play in society. The day is dedicated to promoting awareness about whistleblowing, encouraging a positive speak-up culture, and combating corruption www.linkedin.com/pulse/surviv...

A small minority – 8% – say they have experienced bullying, harassment or discrimination at work @crick.ac.uk. That’s in line with other similar organisations, and much lower than levels of bullying reported in @wellcometrust.bsky.social’s 2020 #ResearchCulture survey www.crick.ac.uk/news/2020-01...

Just over a week left to participate in Nature magazine's survey of PhD students in STEM. Active doctoral students anywhere in the world can participate, and a lucky two will win cash money! You gotta be in it to win it. Link straight to the survey: survey.walr.com/R540ZC?sampl...

As in previous years, survey-takers will be asked to rate key aspects of their PhD, such as mentorship, work–life balance, mental-health support and salary levels, as well as their feelings about their career outlook @lindanordling.bsky.social @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The review article explores: What is bullycide? How many people are lost to bullycide (i.e., bullying related suicide? What are the consequences of bullycide? How can you prevent bullycide? What will happen if we don't unite against bullying? www.linkedin.com/pulse/bullyc...

The bullying is enabled by an army of barristers & investigators who monetise the suffering So many times, it's he who pays the piper calls the tune @jsjj6.bsky.social

Bullying cover ups happen at Cambridge University, the Francis Crick Institute and dozens of UK universities as sadly complaints against revenue-generating professors often result in the victim leaving, while the perpetrator continues to build their career www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Drug repurposing for Alzheimer's disease from 2012-2022-a 10-year literature review Repurposed agents in the #Alzheimersdisease drug development pipeline Leveraging generative AI to prioritize #drugrepurposing candidates for AD with real-world clinical validation www.linkedin.com/posts/krzysz...

Within academia, academic hierarchies, the competitive nature of research, and a system focused on individual achievement against narrow criteria, can create unhelpful pressures on individuals at all levels—Ottoline Leyser, CEO @ukri.org #ResearchCulture #MeTooSTEM www.linkedin.com/pulse/whistl...

UKRI’s policy position states, to manage risks associated with our funding, organisations must inform UKRI of any upheld allegations of sexual harassment, bullying, psychological abuse against staff, students or personnel directly involved in a UKRI funded activity www.linkedin.com/pulse/ukri-r...

Much to come out as a major whistleblowing case goes to Employment Tribunal at Bury St Edmunds in June 2026 Cambridge University does not have any effective whistleblowing policy Whistleblowers are attacked by its feral HR department @annafazack.bsky.social @poppywood.bsky.social

In the early 2000s, as America warmed to the sounds of Shakira, “the mindset of Big Pharma was one pill for millions. Everyone was looking for the next Lipitor, and when that fizzled out, there was an exodus out of psycho-therapeutic areas” says John LaMattina www.linkedin.com/pulse/pharma...

The article address the following questions: What is Biological Intelligence (BI)? What are some real world examples of BI at work? Why do we need BI to address today's challenges in drug discovery? How is BRAINCURES BI superior to artificial intelligence approaches? www.linkedin.com/pulse/biolog...

Resource: How to start a biotech company? What are the challenges of building a neuro-focused startup? How to build a platform company? What five CEO behaviors matter? What is the venture capital model? Who are the most active investors? What is the view beyond VC? www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-bu...

Productivity in big pharmaceutical companies has been a topic of ongoing discussion for at least the past two decades. In this article, I highlight the most informative big pharma productivity frameworks shared by AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Merck and Pfizer since 2010 www.linkedin.com/pulse/big-ph...

For a field that has seen nearly every trial fail, the flop of yet another expensive Alzheimer Phase III candidate is hardly unexpected. Nor is the subsequent debate over what, exactly, the data mean for the amyloid cascade hypothesis that triggers neurodegeneration www.linkedin.com/pulse/alzhei...

Wellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social reported having received 39 #ResearchCulture linked allegations of bullying/harassment relating to organizations it had funded from May 2018 to September 2021 and that it had applied sanctions in only 7 (18%) of those cases www.linkedin.com/pulse/invest...

The Academic Parity Movement aims to uproot bullying, discrimination and violence by empowering students, postdocs, and early career academics (including junior faculty) themselves with the tools to defend their most basic rights. Find out how to receive support here www.linkedin.com/pulse/academ...

🧵 The aim of this article is to compile neuroscience drug development pipelines in one place to facilitate for example the exploration of efficacy of certain drugs across different neurological indications such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, migraine and rare diseases www.linkedin.com/pulse/neuros...

🧵 Artificial Intelligence Startup-Biotech-Pharma Partnership Tracker www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-sta...

🧵 After a turbulent few years, 2024 has given the biotechnology industry signs of a return to normalcy. Biotechs in the US raised $3.8 billion during the first quarter. Venture capital firms are also active in raising cash, reloading for new investment in the sector www.linkedin.com/pulse/biotec...

🧵 Elon Musk and the developing The Royal Society saga highlights: 1) An open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values by Steve Curry 2) Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social's blog on why she resigned from the Royal Society www.linkedin.com/posts/krzysz...

🧵 Report exploring why whistleblowing on academic bullying, discrimination or harassment probably doesn't work @crick.ac.uk? What things should a Phd, postdoc, professor thinking to go do research there know? Has the Francis Crick Institute lived up to expectations? www.linkedin.com/pulse/franci...

🧵 More than half of those who experienced bullying and harassment said they did not report the incidents, with many believing that nothing would be done, while others said it was because they feared the perpetrator would retaliate or their careers would be affected www.linkedin.com/pulse/academ...