Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@qoto.org

"We Americans tend to think that freedom is a matter of things being cleared away, and that capitalism does that work for us. It is a trap to believe in this,” he writes. “Freedom is not an absence but a presence, a life in which we choose multiple commitments and realize combinations of them in the world.”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/timothy-snyder-american-fascism-under-trump

'We now report that efferocytosis triggers an indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-1 (IDO1)-dependent tryptophan (Trp) metabolism pathway that promotes several key resolution processes, including the induction of pro-resolving proteins, such interleukin-10, and further enhancement of efferocytosis.'
#Immunology
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-024-01115-7?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm

Testing the hypothesis that "despite the rapid evolution of reproductive protein genes, the functional basis of metazoan male germ cell identity relies on an old, evolutionarily conserved genetic program that can provide relevant insight into spermatogenesis and human infertility."

https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/95774

"Captain Needa had meant well. He and those in his command on an Imperial Star Destroyer ship were pursuing the Millennium Falcon when it inexplicably disappeared. Taking sole responsibility, he said that he alone would apologize to Darth Vader."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/movies/star-wars-actors.html

'Here, we chose to study how centrosome amplification influences the response to combined Carboplatin and Paclitaxel in the context of epithelial ovarian cancer, a disease with poor clinical outcome related to late diagnosis, and frequent relapse'

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002759

Research Assistant in Plant Biology (Fixed Term)
https://botany.fyi/22xdjf

Applications are invited for a Research Assistant position in the research group of Dr Katharina Schiessl at the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University. The Schiessl Group investigates plant organs of diverse forms and functions in the context of plant microbe-interactions.
#PlantSciJobs @plantscijobs

Reflecting on a conversation about Elon Musk with someone in a leadership position at work. They'd read several puff pieces about him and were wittering on about what a visionary he was and how he was such an inspirational leader. This was post-Twitter takeover but pre-undeniable nuttiness. #Musk was quite a useful barometer back then to figure out a person's character. Now Musk fanboyship is just an instant red flag.

Postdocl Research Fellow (personalized med for diseases of gene regulation)

The University of British Columbia

Two full time Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions in the de Boer lab (https://deboer.bme.ubc.ca/) at the University of British Columbia SBME.

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/the-university-of-...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/the-university-of-british-columbia-27778-postdocl-research-fellow-personalized-med-for-diseases-of-gene-regulation/?feed_id=82718

New Episode of the ReproducibiliTea Podcast!

Queen Saikia and @will_ngiam are joined by @JACoates from @ASAPbio to discuss how preprints and preprint review can accelerate science!

https://soundcloud.com/reproducibilitea/s4e2-preprint-review-with-jonny-coates-from-asapbio

Boundaries exist for a reason. You don’t have to reply to a work email or Slack message as soon as you see it.

After-hours communication depletes employees’ mental and emotional reserves.

https://theconversation.com/responding-to-work-emails-after-hours-contributes-to-burnout-hostility-229461
#work #stress #worklifebalance

@cOAlitionS_OA is seeking comments on the new “How Equitable Is It?” framework for evaluating #ScholComm models.
https://www.coalition-s.org/new-tool-to-assess-equity-in-scholarly-communication-models/

The framework itself
https://coalitions.typeform.com/Equity-Tool?typeform-source=www.coalition-s.org

The framework comes from the "moving away from #APCs" working group led by cOAlition S, @jisc, and @PLOS.
https://www.coalition-s.org/moving-away-from-apcs/