Well here's an answer to a question I hadn't thought of asking www.nature.com/articles/s41...

When asked to identify fake images, LLMs such as ChatGPT were only 57–85% accurate. These AI‑generated images could pollute the scientific literature or compromise insurance claims, says radiologist Mickael Tordjman.

this paper got us talking today! In a good way www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I guess with race science discourse still percolating, I should re-up my starter pack for people who work on the topic

I am part of a wave of parents that is saying no to AI for their kids. One of my good friends and advocates got Gemini disabled from the chromebooks of the 1-3 graders in our town. It's a small win. My other friends are moving to schools with no chromebooks at all.

Flights and hotel for Korea booked! Visiting POSTECH for work and then V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N with the hubs! I haven't been to Seoul in years. If you have recommendations for things to do or see (or eat) outside the ordinary, please let me know!

The time has come for another round of QBMM - we have a fantastic lineup of speakers in genomics, systems biology, and modeling cell dynamics. Check it out! Co-orgs @elowitzlab.bsky.social @tinekelenstra.bsky.social @trayon.bsky.social @savitski-lab.bsky.social and I look forward to seeing you

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Cognition is rhythmic. Episodic memory encoding fluctuates at a theta rhythm of 3–10 Hz www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroscience

AI is powerful but brings new risks. The government oversees safety of flights, food, and drugs. It should do the same for AI. I’m a scientist who uses responsible AI to help parents with autism diagnosis. In Congress I’ll make sure CPSC, OSHA, FTC and CFPB protect us. www.ft.com/content/7f63...

BREAKING: @delauro.house.gov announces at a House Oversight hearing with NIH director Jay Bhattacharya that OMB approved the agency's apportionment last night. That means the agency should have access to its appropriated funds — 42 days after its spending bill passed.

Sometimes my lower back hurts and deep inside me I know it's the cumulative effects of my kids stepping on cracks.

Amazing

Neurodivergent scientists bring vital creativity, focus, and new ways of thinking. But many labs and workplaces aren’t designed with them in mind @rsc.org Neurodiversity isn’t something to fix, it is something to embrace rsc.li/3PlotCd #NeurodiversityWeek #Neurodiversity #ChemSky #DisabledInSTEM

If you're analysing Cut&Run or Cut&Tag data here's a nf-core NextFlow pipeline to simplify and standardise data processing joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21...

Making a note to dress my kids in green tomorrow so they won't get pinched by a leprechaun (so weird) Happy St. Patrick's Day! ☘️☘️

My son learned very little about actual fighting in martial arts, but very much about self-control, respect, and being a better human.

Interested in one of the top jobs in European biology? @embo.org has opened a call for its next Director, to succeed Fiona Watt Really spectacular opportunity! Spread the word... www.embo.org/features/emb...

I have read 11 Shakespeare plays in full. Some multiple times. My husband has read zero. We are both products of American public schools. I guess I am lucky grew up in Indiana? I wonder if our kids will just read an AI summary that tells them how great Shakespeare was.

Watch Hamnet if you love to cry.

Super stoked to share that I’m starting my lab at UHN @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social / @kbi-uhn.bsky.social and the University of Toronto! If you’re interested in neuron-myelin interactions in circuit maturation and cognition, please reach out - we are hiring! www.oligodendrocyte.org 1/

Preprint Editors – Development's next step into the preprint landscape @dev-journal.bsky.social announce an open call for experienced, research-active Preprint Editors. Read the Editorial and apply by 30 March 2026. #Preprints #Publishing #DevBio #StemCells thenode.biologists.com/preprint-edi...

The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.

TODAY is Cornell Giving Day and a chance to support the impactful science happening at @weillinstitute.bsky.social. Every day, our scientists work to uncover the fundamental mechanisms of life and advance discoveries shaping the future of biology. Donate here: givingday.cornell.edu/campaigns/we...

So you’re already registered to vote? You sure about that? Eligible voters can be removed from lists if they have moved, changed their name or haven't voted in a while. You can find the links for checking your status at npr.org/vote

Pediatrics & Child Health has been publishing fictional case studies for 25 years and is now "correcting" them to acknowledge they are fictional. I have never seen anything like this. retractionwatch.com/2026/03/03/c...

China increases science funding again (by at least 7-% over the next 5 years) as it pledges billion-dollar spending boost for science 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Karl Freed passed away. I remember being in awe of him when I was at UChicago. I suppose I still am. news.uchicago.edu/story/karl-f...

Tonight we spring forward one hour. Thankfully my outlook calendar has it all figured out because working across four time zones is wild.

Hey, I’ve got a childhood epilepsy R01 I’m writing - it’s mechanistic, focusing on calcium and cytoskeleton. Waaaaay out of my wheelhouse, and I’d love to get expert’s input for my specific aims - any takers to have a quick look at my page and just absolutely wreck it?

Researchers in the US might be having feelings about writing grants atm-I know I am! We still need to write them. In this Evolution Exchange, I again chat with Sam Scheiner, who summarizes how to write a competitive proposal. His advice is gold, and helpful regardless of funder. Pls RT!

When did my son's feet get bigger than mine. He's eleven.

Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers. The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇

Review🚨 Rowles and Patti decode cancer with #metabolomics across scales. They discuss opportunities and challenges of metabolimics approaches to explore how cancer cells' nutrient demands are met through metabolic interactions in the TME or systemic crosstalk. 📖👇

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📣 As Co-Editor of AJE Advances: Research in Epidemiology, I invite you to submit to our call for papers on "AI and Epidemiology". Will it help or hinder the field? Let us know your thoughts! academic.oup.com/ajeadvances/... #episky @societyforepi.bsky.social @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social

➡️ It's on! Paid internship for aspiring science journalists at Nature's London office. Up to three days a week working from home. All the details are here: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring...

www.science.org/content/arti... Cool time to start a science career. As a grad student in the early 2010’s I thought I was lucky because I didn’t have to worry about funding at the time and things would be better when I was trying to start my lab

Registration and abstract submission are now open for the SDB 85th Annual Meeting being held July 23-26 in Las Vegas! Submit your abstract by April 15. Travel assistance is available. Free t-shirt to the first 250 registrants! Learn more: www.sdbonline.org/2026mtg #2026SDB

Yesterday felt anticlimactic but the snow actually came! My son offered to help shovel for $20 😂

Nothing like watching The Pitt to remember why you ended up the other kind of doctor.

New Faculty Positions opening up at Wilfrid Laurier University! Integrative Organismal Zoologist: careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo... Microbial Systems: careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo... Computational Ecology/Modelling Biologist: careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo... Biochemistry: careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo...

We often get questions about the ins-and-outs of Presubmission Enquiries when engaging with scientists. Are they important? Will they help my paper get sent for review? Can they benefit me? If you're curious as well, please check out our editorial in the Feb issue!

All my years of life I never once thought that the eagles would have been seduced by the ring and that's why they didn't ride them into Mordor.

I can't take any credit, but I love this paper, which I believe coins the term xeno-learning.

Super cool paper on ephys in organoids out yesterday in nBME from the Rogers lab.

Three postdoctoral fellowships in quantitative biology are available as part of a new Quantitative Biology Initiative in the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland. Best consideration date: 3/14 Job Ad: umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j... Department: biology.umd.edu/people

My son is learning about the civil rights movement. He learned about Emmett Till. He doesn't understand how something like that could happen. He thinks things are better now. It's hard to be a parent these days.

This feels a lot like academia in the U.S. right now

Open postdoc position in immunology focusing on ILC3s and gut immunity at UMass Chan! careers-umms.icims.com/jobs/49293/p...

Happy new year!! Let's do the work to make this year better than the last.