Reading the science and higher education news so you don't have to... Today: 1. News from Cornell, Pitt, and UCLA 2. Some curious NIH job listings 3. Notes on the continuing shutdown fusiforms.beehiiv.com/p/november-7...

Every few days I summarize the news in science and higher education. Today I'm trying not to crash out about fluoride. fusiforms.beehiiv.com/p/november-1...

I'm reading about GDPR for a thing* and am wryly amused at the constant use of "processing". Mostly because my old PI's big cogneuro pet peeve - that she would bring up in every seminar and meeting - was that the term meant everything and nothing. *This thing. johnborghi.github.io/Supporting_S...

One of my favorite things about doing photography is how my favorite photos are almost always completely accidental.

Today I'm attending the third annual Stanford Rigor and Reproducibility Colloquium. med.stanford.edu/sporr/educat...

Today's in science and higher education news: * The government is still shut down * Updates on federal layoffs and hiring * Brown says "Thanks but no thanks" fusiforms.beehiiv.com/p/october-15...

Books are not precious, it’s ok to get rid of them if you’re running out of space or whatever. eBooks are great. Who wants to bring a giant tome on a plane. Turn down those corners, it’s fine.

It’s apple galette season.

It's National Metric Day (not that one). Here's the news from science and higher education. fusiforms.beehiiv.com/p/october-10...

Every few days I summarize the news in science and higher education... Today's update includes: - Notes on the government shutdown - A new compact for academic institutions - Me trying not to lose my mind at DHS's vaporwave video with music by The Cure. fusiforms.beehiiv.com/p/october-3r...

Welp. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Hopefully I didn't jinx us all by posting this before 5pm on a Friday. Today's updates include an imminent government shutdown, more on (sigh) acetaminophen and autism, and changes to the NSF GRFP. Also inexplicably, Amelia Earhart. fusiforms.beehiiv.com/p/friday-sep...

There is A LOT of news today: * An impasse in the Federal budget * Contentious vaccine discussions at the CDC * $100k for an H1-B visa, $1 million for a Gold Card * The Northeast Public Health Collaborative (minus NH) ...and lots more. Happy Friday everyone. fusiforms.beehiiv.com/p/friday-sep...

The @aaup.org has released some guidance for academic workers engaging with social media. www.aaup.org/news/advisor...

Reading the (science and higher education) news so you don't have to. Today's update includes: 1. Some goodish NIH news (with some caveats) 2. The CDC's new vaccines/autism study 3. More COVID vaccine news 4. Animorphs at a ska punk show fusiforms.beehiiv.com/p/friday-sep...

I am very tired and wish there was less news. But here is today's roundup of whats going on in the land of biomedical science and higher education. fusiforms.beehiiv.com/p/wednesday-...

After 36 years, today is my mom’s last day as a children’s librarian. She’s retiring to pursue her many crafty hobbies!

Supporting Scientific Data | A free guide to data management for researchers Here's the first draft of Chapter 7: Monitoring and Auditing (Sounds scary, I know, but its just about checking your work and staying on task). johnborghi.github.io/Supporting_S...

I got a new team member. My first ever DSLR!

A friendly reminder that the NIH Public Access Policy IS NOT “you must publish open access” but rather “you must ensure your copy of your paper is deposited into PubMed Central.” Yes, it is very confusing. Yes, you should be able to do that deposit yourself without paying anything to a journal.

Drawing very dumb cartoons for my kiddo as they are home sick.

Today's question on the way to summer camp: Why is the sun so bright, is it because of nuclear fusion? Kid, I am a neuroscientist.

Supporting Scientific Data | A free guide to data management for researchers Here's the first draft of Chapter 6: Data sharing This chapter features: 1. The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. 2. Practical advice for sharing research data 3. PIDs johnborghi.github.io/Supporting_S...

15 million dollars to publish one article would be quite the outlier, yes. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

And we just got a tsunami warning. Things are going great.

PubMed and other NCBI tools will be undergoing maintenance this weekend. Outages are expected to last 24 hours or more... But don't totally panic, content in PubMed and PubMed Central are mirrored in Europe PMC (and are available via other databases too). europepmc.org

My kid and I have been playing with some Phoenix 200 film and they wanted to pose me "like the Mona Lisa".

Today I learned that the notion that the mitochondria is powerhouse of the cell can be traced back to an almost incomprehensibly dense paper authored by my great grandfather. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A short thread on what is going on with public access/open access for papers describing work funded by NIH. Under this policy, peer reviewed manuscripts arising describing work funded by NIH are deposited into PubMed Central so they can be read for free by anyone. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Had a few minutes, brought my point and shoot to the coast. 📷 Lomo Apparat 🎞️ Ilford Delta 400

To help keep my kid entertained on a recent cross country flight, I handed over my film camera and suggested they take a picture out the window every half hour or so. #filmphotography 📷 Holga 120GCFN 🎞️ Ilford Delta 400

I left some film in my car for months and months and then brought it on airplane. 📷 Holga 120GCFN 🎞️ Phoenix 200 #filmphotography

Some medium format #filmphotography! 📷 Holga 120GCFN 🎞️ Ilford HP-5 Plus

The ending to Mother 3 has absolutely no business going so hard. How dare this fan translation of a deeply goofy 20 year old GBA game make me feel so many things!

Ancient artifacts at my parents’ house (it’s full of sewing stuff).

Supporting Scientific Data | A free guide to data management for researchers Here's the first draft of Chapter 4: Documentation and Description. This chapter has it all! Carl Sagan A recipe for chocolate chip cookies Science art from a distant relative. johnborghi.github.io/Supporting_S...

Another (very drafty) chapter of "Supporting Scientific Data", a free guide to research data management. This one features Taylor Swift lyrics, gripes about coffee cups, and data management plans. johnborghi.github.io/Supporting_S...

Supporting Scientific Data | A Guide for Researchers I'm writing up the guidance and recommendations that I have put together after almost a decade of supporting research data management. Putting this out there because why not and to put pressure on myself to finish up the remaining chapters.

Are these updates helpful to anyone? So far this week: Harvard and Columbia (again) How DOGE reviews NIH proposals The "State of the Science" at NASEM and a lot more... fusiforms.tumblr.com/post/7854751...

Most Sundays my house smells like fresh bread.

Baby’s first data visualization

Friday evenings means there's news... 1. "Aggressive" student visa revocations 2. HHS and NSF budget requests 3. Formatting issues 4. Possible next steps for the Task Force to Combat Antisemitism fusiforms.tumblr.com/post/7850219...

I miss NYC so much, live your best life pizza rat.

2025-05-21 | New NSF Terms and Conditions, Budgets, Endowment Taxes, GDPR, etc | fusiforms.tumblr.com/post/7842057...

A gentle reminder to not use ChatGPT to write parts of your grant proposals.

Today in (casual, just for fun) triathalon.