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Andrew Porter @retropz.bsky.social · 1d

Root of all evil?

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 2d

⏰ 3 days left!

Both abstract submissions and travel grant applications for the 9th #WCRI2026 close on October 15, 2025!

📍 May 3–6, 2026 | Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦

Share your work and join global conversations.

🔗 wcri2026.org/call-for-abs...

#ResearchIntegrity

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Andrew Porter @retropz.bsky.social · 3d

I like this piece on how employers bear at least someresponsibility for poor quality #GenAI outputs ("workshop") from not training and supporting their employees sufficiently

Seems an accelerated version of what's happened with IT more widely; think how many people struggle with Teams, for instance

AI tools churn out ‘workslop’ for many US employees lowering trust | Gene Marks

Studies show widespread errors in AI-generated work, as employers fail to train staff properly

www.theguardian.com

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 3d

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Nadia from London has an idea that sounds such fun you'll be booking a day out asap.
"I've always loved museums," she says,
"but they can be overwhelming for children. For decades now, I've done something called 'playing postcards'
We do
the museum backwards, visiting the gift shop first. Each child gets to choose three postcards. Then they take it in turns to find that particular artwork in the museum and give us a little information about the piece from the details on the postcard, or from any gallery plaque. At the end of this treasure-hunt-style activity, we vote for our favourite in the cafe."

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Justin Loke @jloke1.bsky.social · 8d

Interested in PhD in CRISPR engineering to develop new models of myeloid malignancies?!

Join me @cruk-mi.bsky.social

www.crukcentre.manchester.ac.uk/opportunitie...

For Clinically trained applicants-DM if you have queries

Deadline 17th November 2025

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 5d

⏰ 5 days left!

Both abstract submissions and travel grant applications for the 9th #WCRI2026 close on October 15, 2025!

📍 May 3–6, 2026 | Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦

Share your work and join global conversations.

🔗 wcri2026.org/call-for-abstr…#ResearchIntegrityty

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 7d

⏰ 1 week to go! Submit your #WCRI2026 abstracts by October 15, 2025.

📅 May 3–6, 2026 | Vancouver

🗓️ Preliminary schedule, commissions, hosting, and sponsorship details are now live.

#ResearchIntegrity

World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · Aug 27

📢 #WCRI2026 update!

📅 May 3–6, 2026 | Vancouver

✨ Call for Abstracts – deadline Oct 15, 2025

🗓️Preliminary schedule is online, along with details on commissions, hosting opportunities, and sponsorship.

👉All links are in the replies below

#ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 13d

QUEEN WORLD CUP
#QueenWorldCup

I want you to stop before you vote today. I want you to actually give both tracks a listen.

A few of us have been learning Queen deep cuts are amazing, and one of these is one of them.

UNDER PRESSURE
or
TIA TORRIATTE (LET US CLING TOGETHER)

Vote #UP or #TT by 10pm

the queen of hearts from alice in wonderland is sitting in a heart shaped chair and saying speak !

Alt: the queen of hearts from alice in wonderland is sitting in a heart shaped chair and saying speak !

media.tenor.com

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Andrew Porter @retropz.bsky.social · 13d

I did my homework and listened to both - definitely see why that was the recommendation but it's still #UP for me

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Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social · 13d

Lovely summary of how the advent of confocal microscopy changed our research and ability to understand biology

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology @natrevmcb.nature.com · 14d

New Online! The advent of confocal laser scanning microscopy in biological research

The advent of confocal laser scanning microscopy in biological research

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Published online: 01 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41580-025-00905-5The advent of laser-scanning confocal microscopy revolutionized cell biology, offering unprecedented resolution and depth and enabling scientists to visualize cellular structures in 3D.

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Andrew Porter @retropz.bsky.social · 13d

"One of the rules in the document is to ‘only use technologies whose functionality is known and scientifically validated,’ which will not be easy, as AI programmes such as ChatGPT, Perplexity and Mistral generate texts and images based on statistics and data."

World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 14d

New code of conduct for researchers advises caution with AI

#AI #GenAI #ResearchIntegrity #Netherland #WCRI2026 #WCRI

dub.uu.nl/en/news/new-...

New code of conduct for researchers advises caution with AI

In a draft version of its new integrity code, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) recommends that scientists support open science whenever possible, refrain from publishing in pr...

dub.uu.nl

Andrew Porter @retropz.bsky.social · 14d

#show - wow, didn't know either of these (woefully lacking in knowledge of the Queen back catalogue) but this was amazing!

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Andrew Porter @retropz.bsky.social · 14d

Thoughtful (and hopeful) reflections on the state-of-play for #ResearchCulture assessment as part of #REF2029 and the #REFPCE indicators project:

wonkhe.com/blogs/is-res...

"We don’t need all the answers for 2029, but we shouldn’t discard the tangible progress made"

Is research culture really too hard to assess?

Yolana Pringle and Ben Tatler make the case that the REF pause should be the moment to build on the most substantial sector-wide collaboration ever undertaken on research environments

wonkhe.com

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 16d

QUEEN WORLD CUP
#QueenWorldCup

Delayed kick off. Let's pretend it was snowing.

Anyway, it's the II album derby. Another Mercury v May clash.

NEVERMORE v SOME DAY ONE DAY

Probably worth giving both tracks a listen, or the whole album!

Vote #Never or #Some by 10pm!

a woman says there 's nothing i can do about it in front of a netflix logo

Alt: Olivia Coleman, playing Elizabeth the Second, says there's nothing i can do about it, from the Netflix drama The Crown

media.tenor.com

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Andrew Porter @retropz.bsky.social · 16d

#Never - giving bonus points for a song that knows that it has done its work and is now ready to depart

Liked the guitar on Some Day One Day but could (at first listen for both) take or leave it

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Andrew Porter @retropz.bsky.social · 19d

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 19d

🚨 Registration is OPEN!

Join us in Vancouver for the 9th World Conference on Research Integrity (#WCRI2026), May 3–6, 2026.

🌍 All disciplines, all career stages

📍 Venue: The Westin Bayshore

🔗 Register now + book your stay: wcri2026.org/registration/

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Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute @cruk-mi.bsky.social · 21d

Exciting news - we are recruiting new Group Leaders! 🥼

We are seeking to appoint exceptional early-career scientists & clinician scientists as #GroupLeaders to develop bold, innovative, high-impact #CancerResearch programmes

Full details on our website: www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/new-g...

Group Leader Recruitment at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute

YouTube video by CRUK Manchester Institute

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Andrew Porter @retropz.bsky.social · 23d

"These technologies may have potential as helpful tools for science writers, but they are not ready for “prime time” at this point"

Part of the genius of #GenAI firms has been to promote exciting but experimental tools as if they were finished products - so it's nice to see this testing in action

Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 23d

Some people think ChatGPT has a place writing things like news briefs, stuff written to a specific style and tone and, y'know, kinda boring.

So Science did a study.

ChatGPT failed.

Why? It got stuff wrong. "Also, extensive editing for hyperbole was needed." www.science.org/content/blog...

Can ChatGPT help science writers?

www.science.org

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Andrew Porter @retropz.bsky.social · 23d

#Save - didn't know either but a lunchtime listen leans towards the power ballad over the waltz

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Andrew Porter @retropz.bsky.social · 23d

Sounds great!

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 23d

Confessions of an Early Career Researcher. We've released a new 'warts and all' podcast, in collaboration with @leverhulme.ac.uk which might be of interest to anyone thinking of starting a career in research
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/confess...

Confessions of an Early Career Researcher: A new podcast by the British Academy and Leverhulme Trust

A new podcast for early-career researchers has been launched by the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust.

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Andrew Porter @retropz.bsky.social · 24d

It's all been worth it! Surely(?) an undeniably good news AI story

BBC News - Chip shop owner says customers 'love' new AI service - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Chip shop owner says customers 'love' new AI service

Brad Lee, from The Nippy Chippy in Stonehouse, says he decided to use AI because of rising costs.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Andrew Porter @retropz.bsky.social · 26d

Taking this opportunity at the end of #NationalPostdocAppreciation week to reshare a blog I wrote for @cancerresearchuk.org last year on how #Postdocs are vital to maintaining #ResearchIntegrity:

news.cancerresearchuk.org/2024/09/17/r...

#NPAW25 #LovePostdocs

Research with integrity - time to recognise postdocs - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News

Dr Andrew Porter tells us why postdocs are so vital to research integrity and gives them well-deserved shout out

news.cancerresearchuk.org

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 27d

For #PeerReviewWeek, I just published my BlueSky posts and notes from the 10th International Peer Review Congress, held 2 weeks ago in Chicago.
#PRC10 @peerreviewcongress.bsky.social
Part 1 is here: scienceintegritydigest.com/2025/09/16/p...

Peer Review Congress Chicago – Day 1

It’s Peer Review Week! A perfect time to post my notes from the 10th International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication, which was held at the Swissôtel in Chicago, two weeks ag…

scienceintegritydigest.com

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