Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@qoto.org

“for women in biology, the likelihood of leaving science after ten years was 58%; for men, it was nearly 49%.”

Nearly 50% of researchers quit science within a decade, huge study reveals

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03222-7

The NY Times article without paywall.

**‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hamas**

*Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong Hamas (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state.*

https://archive.is/zwo64

I don't follow closely this conflict. But is this raised more often? How can you support the very simple idea of financing a terrorist group that wants your destruction? This policy of Netanyahu is simply sick to me and looks like coming from a psychopath. I cannot find a better word.

Do powerful rightwing extremists in the government of Israel really want to have Arabs and Israeli killing each other on the streets? The documentary I recommended also suggests this idea.

#netanyahu #hamas #qatar #terrorism #NetanyahuWarCriminal #Gaza

Group leader in Infection Biology

Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology

The IPBS-Toulouse recruits a Group leader in Infection Biology

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/institute-of-pharmacology-and-structural-biology-27778-group-leader-in-infection-biology/?feed_id=83906

#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
https://jobrxiv.org/job/institute-of-pharmacology-and-structural-biology-27778-group-leader-in-infection-biology/?feed_id=83906

'Oncogenic PIK3CA mutations generate large clones in aging human esophagus. Here we investigate the behavior of Pik3ca mutant clones in the normal esophageal epithelium of transgenic mice. Expression of a heterozygous Pik3caH1047R mutation drives clonal expansion by tilting cell fate toward proliferation'

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-024-01891-8

Is there a self-help group for “I ran an #AlphaFold 3 prediction and it is fundamentally different to the AF2 prediction”? Asking for a friend.

#LabLife

“Patterns were taken up as rules to govern design, or instructions to be implemented, rather than as a compendium of examples derived from Alexander’s deeper insight into The Timeless Way of Building. This problem stalked the pattern language approach in almost all disciplines, eventually turning the promising efforts pattern-languaging communities into…exercises in pattern-matching abstractions.”
—Bonnitta Roy
https://bonnittaroy.substack.com/p/christopher-alexander-generating
#pattern #patternlanguage #christopheralexander

We’ve reached 10,000 submissions to the eLife Model 🥳

So, we thought we’d reflect on how the model is making a positive impact, and highlight some author feedback from their experience of publishing with us.

And if you’d like to know more about how submitting to the eLife Model works, take a look at our video on YouTube!
https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/8180b19d?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

https://youtu.be/XVnJVPj23ig

A group of 2024 ASAPbio Fellows are currently conducting a survey on the experiences of crowd reviewers with the Crowd Preprint Review Program. To celebrate peer review week we've released a sneak peak at some of our findings!

Read more in our blog post: https://buff.ly/4dnG4Qp

The clock is ticking for women in Japan who missed out on the human papillomavirus vaccine to get it for free — the first dose must be administered by the end of September to complete the three-dose series before the campaign ends in six months. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/27/japan/science-health/japan-hpv-vaccine-subsidies/ #japan #sciencehealth #vaccines #hpv #health

Is this the creepiest fungus in the forest? Yes, definitely.

From @popsci: "The 'immortal' Dead man's fingers fungus won't eat your brain, just dead wood."

https://flip.it/X4Ad_g

#Fungus #Plants #Biology #Botany #Science

Getting ready for our open day tomorrow, I've updated a couple of my old maths trick webpages.

The incredible palindromic hat-trick now has scroll-snap so it's a bit easier to read through: https://somethingorotherwhatever.com/sum-of-3-palindromes/

The "I can name your polynomial" trick now uses built-in BigInts and uses MathML instead of MathJax: https://somethingorotherwhatever.com/name-your-polynomial/

COVID tests are expensive in the US, and you never know when you'll need them; it's best to always have them on hand and ready to go.

So please don't delay, order your 4 free COVID tests (which will be sent to you through the mail) now: https://covidtests.gov