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#AI ready health datasets can be exploited to generate many research articles of limited scientific value. Stefan Stender & @jabyrnesci.bsky.social explore a @plosbiology.org study describing a sudden explosion in papers analyzing the #NHANES dataset. Paper: plos.io/3RWgNog Primer: plos.io/4iTxuvq

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#AI ready health datasets can be exploited to generate many research articles of limited scientific value. Stefan Stender & @jabyrnesci.bsky.social explore a @plosbiology.org study describing a sudden explosion in papers analyzing the #NHANES dataset. Paper: plos.io/3RWgNog Primer: plos.io/4iTxuvq

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Synaptic transmission is modulated by #neuropeptides in sensory systems & interneurons. This study shows that motor #synapses are also modulated by neuropeptidergic signaling, where lower ACh levels are compensated by upregulation of postsynaptic Ca2+ channels @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4d6Ecgg

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#AI ready health datasets can be exploited to generate many research articles of limited scientific value. Stefan Stender & @jabyrnesci.bsky.social explore a @plosbiology.org study describing a sudden explosion in papers analyzing the #NHANES dataset. Paper: plos.io/3RWgNog Primer: plos.io/4iTxuvq

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🙏 @plosbiology.org for inviting us to comment on the important paper by Spick and colleagues. Numbers of manuscripts with superficial analyses of online health datasets are rising fast, editors & peer reviewers need to be aware so they can respond 🧪 #PaperMills journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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New post on ResToRes' website about a 👍 study @plosbiology.org. "Inappropriate study designs and false discoveries: how paper mills may be exploiting NHANES" NHANES is a widely accessible dataset, supporting open science but also raising concerns when misused. restores.univ-rennes.fr/highlights/i...

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Synaptic transmission is modulated by #neuropeptides in sensory systems & interneurons. This study shows that motor #synapses are also modulated by neuropeptidergic signaling, where lower ACh levels are compensated by upregulation of postsynaptic Ca2+ channels @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4d6Ecgg

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#AI & national health databases offer opportunities, but can be exploited by unethical agents like #PaperMills. This study reveals an explosion of formulaic research articles, with inappropriate study designs & false discoveries, using data from US #NHANES resource @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3RWgNog

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The antiviral cytokine interferon is thought to act through the induction of hundreds of genes. In this #PLOSBiology Perspective, @jschoggins.bsky.social highlights recent findings that instead suggest distinct viruses are targeted by small subsets of the induced gene repertoire. 🧪 plos.io/4m7hOYi

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In this #PLOSBiology Consensus View, @neurofishh.bsky.social @corbolab.bsky.social &co propose a new, consolidated, pan-vertebrate naming system for the rod and cone photoreceptors of the eye. 🧪 plos.io/4m4QcTC

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Synaptic transmission is modulated by #neuropeptides in sensory systems & interneurons. This study shows that motor #synapses are also modulated by neuropeptidergic signaling, where lower ACh levels are compensated by upregulation of postsynaptic Ca2+ channels @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4d6Ecgg

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#AI & national health databases offer opportunities, but can be exploited by unethical agents like #PaperMills. This study reveals an explosion of formulaic research articles, with inappropriate study designs & false discoveries, using data from US #NHANES resource @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3RWgNog

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#AI & national health databases offer opportunities, but can be exploited by unethical agents like #PaperMills. This study reveals an explosion of formulaic research articles, with inappropriate study designs & false discoveries, using data from US #NHANES resource @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3RWgNog

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Q: What happens when a #PublishOrPerish" research culture meets #AI readable biomedical databases? A: "An explosion of formulaic research articles, including inappropriate study designs and false discoveries." New in @plosbiology.org... journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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Our proposal for a ‘universal’ nomenclature for rod and cone types based on their evolutionary lineages that will equally apply to all vertebrate species is now out! Have a look and please consider adopting the system :)

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The antiviral cytokine interferon is thought to act through the induction of hundreds of genes. In this #PLOSBiology Perspective, @jschoggins.bsky.social highlights recent findings that instead suggest distinct viruses are targeted by small subsets of the induced gene repertoire. 🧪 plos.io/4m7hOYi

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In this #PLOSBiology Consensus View, @neurofishh.bsky.social @corbolab.bsky.social &co propose a new, consolidated, pan-vertebrate naming system for the rod and cone photoreceptors of the eye. 🧪 plos.io/4m4QcTC

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The antiviral cytokine interferon is thought to act through the induction of hundreds of genes. In this #PLOSBiology Perspective, @jschoggins.bsky.social highlights recent findings that instead suggest distinct viruses are targeted by small subsets of the induced gene repertoire. 🧪 plos.io/4m7hOYi

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In this #PLOSBiology Consensus View, @neurofishh.bsky.social @corbolab.bsky.social &co propose a new, consolidated, pan-vertebrate naming system for the rod and cone photoreceptors of the eye. 🧪 plos.io/4m4QcTC

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Sexual dimorphism in the #Drosophila #circadian pacemaker. @aishwaryaramak6.bsky.social @mariadelapax.bsky.social &co show that female flies are more resilient to disruptions in circadian rhythms caused by changes in the PDF pathway or pacemaker cell clock speed @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4kbWuzg

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We are very pleased to share that our paper on sexual dimorphism in circadian rhythms has been published in @plosbiology.org. This work was led by the very talented Aishwarya Iyer and includes contributions from three undergraduate co-authors. You can read the full study here:

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Sexual dimorphism in the #Drosophila #circadian pacemaker. @aishwaryaramak6.bsky.social @mariadelapax.bsky.social &co show that female flies are more resilient to disruptions in circadian rhythms caused by changes in the PDF pathway or pacemaker cell clock speed @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4kbWuzg

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Transposable genetic material in fruit flies, Copia, has capsid coat & a regulatory role at synapses 📷 P. Githure M’Angale, Adrienne Lemieux & Yumeng Liu et al @briankelch.bsky.social & Thomson labs @umasschan.bsky.social in @plosbiology.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... + @antdlewis.bsky.social

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Sexual dimorphism in the #Drosophila #circadian pacemaker. @aishwaryaramak6.bsky.social @mariadelapax.bsky.social &co show that female flies are more resilient to disruptions in circadian rhythms caused by changes in the PDF pathway or pacemaker cell clock speed @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4kbWuzg

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#PopulationGenetics of microbial #pathogens can inform decisions that impact society; @smlatorreo.bsky.social explores a @plosbiology.org study on wheat powdery mildew #fungus which uses genomic data to predict continental-scale dispersion routes 🧪 Paper: plos.io/43qfH9F Primer: plos.io/44YjHQN

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#SensoryGating helps animals to distinguish threatening & non-threatening stimuli. This study reveals a mechanism whereby #cadherin 16 (cdh16)-dependent changes in the corpuscle of Stannius regulate whole-body #calcium homeostasis & sensory gating in #zebrafish @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4m8XZA2

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Does uneven vaccination coverage really decrease disease control? @khampson.bsky.social &co use fine-grained data of 20 years of dog #vaccination in Tanzania to show that reducing coverage gaps does indeed lower #rabies incidence; connectivity drives transmission @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4k4GL4G

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Don't miss this @embl.org symposium covering important topics in heterochromatin research, developmental epigenetics, nuclear architecture, and more. Virtual Registration closes today! Learn more at plos.io/4j9slQK #EMBLChromatin

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Check out on-demand access to @keystonesymposia.bsky.social #MASH Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Approaches, and explore emerging research in the field. plos.io/4jIcNDT #KSMASH25

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Come and join us! We’re hiring a new Group Leader in Generative Biology at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Building AI models or the data to train them? Core funding of >$130M a year for a faculty of ~30. www.nature.com/naturecareer... acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:... pls RT!

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#PopulationGenetics of microbial #pathogens can inform decisions that impact society; @smlatorreo.bsky.social explores a @plosbiology.org study on wheat powdery mildew #fungus which uses genomic data to predict continental-scale dispersion routes 🧪 Paper: plos.io/43qfH9F Primer: plos.io/44YjHQN

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#SensoryGating helps animals to distinguish threatening & non-threatening stimuli. This study reveals a mechanism whereby #cadherin 16 (cdh16)-dependent changes in the corpuscle of Stannius regulate whole-body #calcium homeostasis & sensory gating in #zebrafish @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4m8XZA2

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Agricultural diseases threaten sustainable food production. @jigisha1.bsky.social @fmenardo.bsky.social & co show that the population structure of #Blumeria #WheatPowderyMildew can be predicted by prevailing wind patterns (& reveal genes under recent selection) @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/43qfH9F

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Does uneven vaccination coverage really decrease disease control? @khampson.bsky.social &co use fine-grained data of 20 years of dog #vaccination in Tanzania to show that reducing coverage gaps does indeed lower #rabies incidence; connectivity drives transmission @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4k4GL4G

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Fruit fly model of sleep lack shows enhanced memory: does memory hyperfunction provoke sleep deficit? 📷 Sheng Huang & Chengji Piao et al @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Charité Universitätsmedizin in @plosbiology.org ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025... with @antdlewis.bsky.social

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Our latest paper is out! Congratulations to @leaswistak.bsky.social et al for this amazing #cryoET work that elucidates the initial stages of #T3SS dependent vacuolar damage during #Shigella infection. We will do a deep-dive later! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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Does uneven vaccination coverage really decrease disease control? @khampson.bsky.social &co use fine-grained data of 20 years of dog #vaccination in Tanzania to show that reducing coverage gaps does indeed lower #rabies incidence; connectivity drives transmission @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4k4GL4G

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Wow, 160 people from around the world have registered for our online course on Reimagining Global Health! Registrations will close soon!! www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

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How do intracellular #bacteria breach vacuoles to enter the host cytosol? @leaswistak.bsky.social @matthijnvos.bsky.social @enningalab.bsky.social &co show that #Shigella uses its T3SS system to damage endomembranes via mechanoporation to initiate cytosolic access @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4jXrr9Z

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Agricultural diseases threaten sustainable food production. @jigisha1.bsky.social @fmenardo.bsky.social & co show that the population structure of #Blumeria #WheatPowderyMildew can be predicted by prevailing wind patterns (& reveal genes under recent selection) @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/43qfH9F

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#PopulationGenetics of microbial #pathogens can inform decisions that impact society; @smlatorreo.bsky.social explores a @plosbiology.org study on wheat powdery mildew #fungus which uses genomic data to predict continental-scale dispersion routes 🧪 Paper: plos.io/43qfH9F Primer: plos.io/44YjHQN

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"Population genetics of plant fungal threats: Insights from wheat powdery mildew" I wrote this Primer inspired by the great work of @jigisha1.bsky.social , @fmenardo.bsky.social and colleagues journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @uclnews.bsky.social @plosbiology.org

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#SensoryGating helps animals to distinguish threatening & non-threatening stimuli. This study reveals a mechanism whereby #cadherin 16 (cdh16)-dependent changes in the corpuscle of Stannius regulate whole-body #calcium homeostasis & sensory gating in #zebrafish @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4m8XZA2

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A primer by Sergio Latorre @smlatorreo.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ye8zwcrc on the paper by Jigisha et al. "Popgen and molecular epidemiology of wheat powdery mildew" @plosbiology.org tinyurl.com/357nkey8 @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @cloeucl.bsky.social

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Very happy to see our paper online: "Population genomics and molecular epidemiology of wheat powdery mildew in Europe". Congrats to @jigisha1.bsky.social and all coauthors! doi.org/10.1371/jour...

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How do intracellular #bacteria breach vacuoles to enter the host cytosol? @leaswistak.bsky.social @matthijnvos.bsky.social @enningalab.bsky.social &co show that #Shigella uses its T3SS system to damage endomembranes via mechanoporation to initiate cytosolic access @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4jXrr9Z

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Agricultural diseases threaten sustainable food production. @jigisha1.bsky.social @fmenardo.bsky.social & co show that the population structure of #Blumeria #WheatPowderyMildew can be predicted by prevailing wind patterns (& reveal genes under recent selection) @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/43qfH9F

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All plasmids for FRCaMPis and SomaFRCaMPi are avalible from WeKwikGene wekwikgene.wllsb.edu.cn/publications...

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Testing the reproducibility of ecological studies on insect #behavior in a multi-laboratory setting identifies opportunities for improving experimental rigor @PLOSBiology.org

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Inhibitory circuit motifs in Drosophila larvae generate motor program diversity and variability @PLOSBiology.org

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