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C. Brandon Ogbunu @cbo.bsky.social · Jul 27

Biologist folk (especially in evolutionary biology and/or ecology, but it don’t matter):

Can you give me your favorite examples of trade offs in biology? Organism or system don’t matter. Primary literature or reviews preferred.

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Harin Lee @harinlee.info · Jun 4

Big cities are vibrant hubs of culture, but why exactly is that? Now out in @natcomms.nature.com, we analysed music listening patterns of over 2.5 million people and demographics to examine mechanisms driving cultural diversity. With @researchdeezer.bsky.social @norijacoby.bsky.social

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Mar 5

2 DAYS until we STAND UP FOR SCIENCE!

More information on local sites available at www.standupforscience2025.org ☀️

#standupforscience2025

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · Mar 4

People often ask about this and worth reiterating: there are individual PI's labs that cost more than bioRxiv, which serves the whole world.

We are working towards a long-term, stable, distributed funding strategy. It's trival $$.

Reminder: Research $10^5 journal paper $10^3, preprint $10^1.

Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · Mar 4

I'd also add that in the grand scheme of things it is not a huge cost ($ millions not billions) - there are individual PI labs that operate on a bigger budget. So the community should easily be able to find the resources collectively. It is a rounding error on the research spend. 2/2

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Feb 6

Worried about losing access to US federal data that may go off-line, or already is? You’re not alone—but duplication isn’t the answer.

Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵

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Kanaya Malakar @kanaya-malakar.bsky.social · Nov 21

I had a hard time finding women physicists here. So I made a starter pack for #female and #under-represended #minorities in #physics, in short #FURMIP.
Please spread the word and
let me know if you would like to be added.
go.bsky.app/2JeYsDz

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Chris Wells @stemcellsystems.bsky.social · Dec 5

Presented today at #ICSB2024 by @chaitraagrahar.bsky.social - very clear presentation of a complex concept #SystemsBiology #MathematicalBiology

Chaitra Agrahar @chaitraagrahar.bsky.social · Dec 5

Thank you Christine! Yes, we have the work I presented today as a preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2402.04498

Pathspace Kalman Filters with Dynamic Process Uncertainty for Analyzing Time-course Data

Kalman Filter (KF) is an optimal linear state prediction algorithm, with applications in fields as diverse as engineering, economics, robotics, and space exploration. Here, we develop an extension of ...

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Chaitra Agrahar @chaitraagrahar.bsky.social · Dec 5

Very kind, thank you!

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Chris Wells @stemcellsystems.bsky.social · Dec 5

Nice job @chaitraagrahar.bsky.social - interesting #ISCB2024 talk. Will you publish your method? Would love to read further.

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Chaitra Agrahar @chaitraagrahar.bsky.social · Dec 5

Thank you Christine! Yes, we have the work I presented today as a preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2402.04498

Pathspace Kalman Filters with Dynamic Process Uncertainty for Analyzing Time-course Data

Kalman Filter (KF) is an optimal linear state prediction algorithm, with applications in fields as diverse as engineering, economics, robotics, and space exploration. Here, we develop an extension of ...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Dec 2

When does a cryptic crossword become a work of Genius?

A recent Guardian puzzle achieved something that even the paper’s crossword editor thought impossible. And the clue to solving it lay in a Two Ronnies sketch The Genius is the Guardian’s toughest crossword. Setters get inventive: in February’s Genius, by…

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · May 15

Why do humans make music? 75 experts launched a study to find out--and each of them sang a song that they analyzed together. Here's my story (and some tunes!) 🧪 Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/s...

Why Do People Make Music?

In a new study, researchers found universal features of songs across many cultures, suggesting that music evolved in our distant ancestors.

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