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Head, Dept. of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Technion. Cardiologist. Mediocre cook. Sarcomeres, gene expression Views are my own
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Found in translation: Using single-molecule imaging, we show that ERK signaling controls where protein translation happens during hypertrophic stimulation in #cardiomyocytes —revealing a dynamic, localized response. #Biorxivpreprint #cardiosky Read: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Imagine if we cited preprints by default, even after journal publication. Time to burst the impact factor bubble?

In music, even famous artists cover songs, and some bands play almost exclusively covers. What if science had the same? “In this manuscript, we’re covering the classic paper from ‘04.”

Still waiting for a study that doesn’t end with “more research is needed.” Just one that says, “That’s it. We’ve figured it out.”

Many academics point to bioRxiv as “the one thing improving science publishing”. If so, the one thing you all can do is persuade colleagues to submit and make this a norm. 1/2

Should we create an academic cryptocurrency? Mining would happen through peer reviews and committee meetings, eventually convertible to the ultimate hard currency: pizza

🚨📢Paper alert! Real progress on identifying why residual force enhancement occurs in skeletal muscle! This was a study I dreamed about since grad school. Please share! 🔬💪🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Some of the big news we report: "...suggesting that upon activation, [I-band] titin stiffness increased ~2.2 to 3.1 times compared to the passive state" #MyoBlue

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I like to celebrate the small victories in science. For example, today I fixed the lab vacuum trap

Idea: develop a new method and use it to uncover lots of cool new biology Reality: develop a new method and use it on one well known and well characterized piece of biology

Is the difference in the impact factors between journal statistically significant? Journal should specify the statistical test used, n, and exact p value when referring to their JIF

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Organizing academics is like herding cats—both are much easier with pizza involved

Maybe editors should just invite reviewer # 1,2, and 4?

Like paring of food and wine, I am in favor of pairing music to lab experiments. In my experience Neil Young works great with RNA extraction.

I wish there was at least one student in class that looked at me that intently

I see remarks in grants review about applicants productivity. How is that measured? I suggest printing out and weighing the papers the applicant wrote, multiply be impact of journal and divide by time. Unit of 1 gr•impact/ year or 1 Clarivate

Like the game where we answer questions without using any of the four forbidden words: yes, no, black or white, can we review a paper without using: mechanism, in vivo , and rigor?

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Our new study reveals a new model of sarcomere turnover. Current model proposes recycling of sarcomeric proteins, but our study found newly translated proteins are added while assembled proteins are removed and degraded without recycling.

It was a bit hot after the walk so he decided to cool down a bit