Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@qoto.org

Postdoc position - Lipid Network Reconstruction & Computational Modeling

Osnabrück University

The Holthuis Lab at Osnabrück University is looking for a Postdoc to work on LIPID NETWORK RECONSTRUCTION & COMPUTATIONAL MODELING FOR IMDs

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/osnabruck-university-27778-postdoc-position-lipid-network-r...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/osnabruck-university-27778-postdoc-position-lipid-network-reconstruction-computational-modeling/?feed_id=46620

'El gran peligro, coinciden los expertos, es que una vez que las vacunas estén firmemente establecidas en África, y los casos y muertes empiecen a descender, el riesgo de resurgimiento de la malaria será alto. Bawa recuerda que “la historia ha demostrado que esto es lo que ocurrió en Latinoamérica y otras partes del mundo que llegaron a un buen punto y entonces se relajaron, y antes de que se dieran cuenta, se produjo un rebrote”.

#malaria

https://elpais.com/planeta-futuro/red-de-expertos/2023-05-25/las-nuevas-vacunas-contra-la-malaria-un-exito-con-algunas-sombras.html

Ooops indeed:

"In other words, the university had patted itself on the back for helping postdocs find a place to live, but its solution turned out to financially exclude, you know, postdocs. Oops!"

https://www.science.org/content/article/when-universities-are-theme-parks-postdocs-and-grad-students-suffer

The new oral vaccine for type 2 #polio is a lot safer than the Sabin vaccine it has replaced. But it may not be quite as effective, and it will not solve all the eradication program's problems, some campaign veterans warn. #nOPV2 https://www.statnews.com/2023/05/26/some-hoped-a-new-oral-vaccine-would-solve-all-the-polio-campaigns-problems-reality-is-settling-in/

"Anthropocene 'sixth mass extinction' event predicted to be worse than previously thought"
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-anthropocene-sixth-mass-extinction-event.html

The paper: "More losers than winners: investigating Anthropocene defaunation through the diversity of population trends" by Finn, Grattarola and Pincheira-Donoso 2023 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12974

Causes: not really #GlobalWarming/#ClimateChange but rather from #EcosystemCollapse and #Ecocide–the sistematic dismantling of Earth's ecosystems–, and primarily from our present approach to food production and consumption.

Meanwhile, most of us continue to commute by car, consume red meat, fly for holidays and work, and in other words, pretend this `problem` clearly somebody else must be solving, or there isn't a problem at all because this very minute we aren't inconvenienced by it.

Come the fall, seniors in the US will be urged to get vaccinated against #RSV, a respiratory pathogen that causes about as much illness in this group as does flu. But RSV experts worry neither seniors nor their doctors understand the risks RSV poses. https://www.statnews.com/2023/05/26/rsv-vaccines-will-older-adults-care/

Embracing #OpenAccess #OpenScience #OpenEd & #Opendata has resulted in significant advancements in disease prevention, economic development, crisis management & more. We have examples to help you make the case for open practices! https://sparcopen.org/impact-stories/

#FossilFriday How the explorer who excavated the first #dinosaur nests inspired the #IndianaJones #movies
🦖🥚🥚

https://tinyurl.com/2ucw2duw

Big claim that shingles vaccine prevents dementia. This will be huge if it holds up.

Sadly for us men the effect seems to be mainly seen in women

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.05.23.23290253v1

The book ban phenom is description-defying at this point. This WaPo analysis of how so much is being driven by a small number is really important and enlightening. "The majority of the 1,000-plus book challenges analyzed by The Post were filed by just 11 people...Together, these serial filers constituted 6 percent of all book challengers — but were responsible for 60 percent of all filings." https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/

“She loved to drink, on doctor’s orders of course, and would sit for hours absorbing whiskey-and-soda and Al’s talk. He was wonderful with her; he would start with palmistry, and without her knowing it end with Das Kapital.”

#Books #FoodWriting #Bookshelf #BookClub #Reader #MFKFisher #bookstodon

An integrated tumor, immune and microbiome atlas of colon cancer

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02324-5

Call for proposals: Enhancing well-being for the future
The SNSF is taking part in the joint call of #NORFACE and #CHANSE. Swiss-based researchers working in the #socialsciences can apply to the call on well-being. Submission deadline: 21 September 2023
https://sohub.io/febo