Alex Weber @weberam2@qoto.org

On the wall in my lab:

Introducing the Open Science Network 🔬
We're thrilled to be part of this initiative dedicated to building open and federated digital spaces to push the boundaries of open science and scholarly communication.
🔗 Explore more on the website: https://openscience.network
📢 Dive into the details in our announcement blog post: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/openscience_network/
@brembs @UlrikeHahn @jorge @open_science
#openscience

Representing data through music makes it possible to spot patterns that link behavior, neural activity and hemodynamic activity in an awake mouse. Neural activity is represented as piano notes, whereas hemodynamic activity is encoded as violin chords.

By Calli McMurray

https://www.thetransmitter.org/methods/getting-musical-to-spot-patterns-in-whole-brain-imaging-data-qa-with-elizabeth-hillman/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=2024221-getting-musical

Ouch!

That modern decrease of disruptive research?

"A reanalysis of the data in the paper shows that the main results of the paper are likely to due a bug which affected inclusion of papers"

https://pubpeer.com/publications/E728CA80B5E267FA3F6C6B318BEEDA

PyQuest: Python everything Cheatsheet and a Journey to the land of Python programming

https://github.com/ivnvxd/pyquest

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/ivnvxd/pyquest

#programming #python

If you use Git to organize your code, you'll be happy to discover the existence of https://ohshitgit.com

It contains easy, well-curated solutions for typical problems when using git: reverting a stupid error, commiting and forgetting something small, did a change in the wrong branch, etc.

Enjoy! :)

"A mental-health crisis is gripping science — toxic research culture is to blame" by Shannon Hall.

"funding should not be entirely based on publications, but rather on a healthy work environment — one that considers the mental health of researchers and the rigour of their work, including ideas that might never land in an academic journal."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01708-4

Beginning to transition from a disease definition and staging system based solely on clinical features to the use of underlying biology and pathology is a major shift for the field of Parkinson's disease research. Learn more about the newly proposed biological definition and staging in my recent interview with Dr. Lana Chahine in partnership with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research!

https://www.michaeljfox.org/podcast/episode-9-examining-proposed-biological-definition-neuronal-alpha-synuclein-disease-and

#scicomm #science #podcast #podcasts #research #Parkinsons #parkinsonsdisease #neuroscience #neurology #biology #medicine #sciencecommunication

Excuse me where are the PIs with NIH funding who are speaking up about the shitty postdoc salary? It's quiet.

So apparently the term "patch" in software development comes from punch cards.

"Small corrections to the programmed sequence could be done by patching over portions of the paper tape and re-punching the holes in that section."

https://chsi.harvard.edu/harvard-ibm-mark-1-language

#til #computers #development #language #history

Last year editors at the journal Neuroimage walked out en masse & started something new. This retrospective explains why, and what a positive experience that's been ✊

We all should really stop doing free work for profiteers 🤷‍♂️ #AcademicSky #ScientificPublishing #SciPub

https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/01/scientific-publishing-neuroimage-editorial-board-resignation-imaging-neuroscience-open-access/

We need your feedback on NetPyNE!

NetPyNE is an open-source Python package designed for the development, simulation, & analysis of biological neuronal networks 🧠

Have you used this standard? What do you like? What would you change? Share your thoughts here: https://www.incf.org/commentaries/call-community-review-netpyne

#neuroscience #OpenScience #OpenData #FAIR #NetPyNE