James Fraser
@fraserlab.com
Professor and Chair @UCSF/@UCSF_BTS - dynamic structural biology and open science - (he/him) - fraserlab.com
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Two main ways to encode structural heterogeneity beyond B-factors or TLS: multiconformer or multi-model (ensemble) models.
October 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Two main ways to encode structural heterogeneity beyond B-factors or TLS: multiconformer or multi-model (ensemble) models.
But regardless we agree and this is degenerating (my fault) into semantics!
October 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
But regardless we agree and this is degenerating (my fault) into semantics!
It is the whole point. Peer review is the process of science. Not just a set of comments that couple to an accept reject decision.
October 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It is the whole point. Peer review is the process of science. Not just a set of comments that couple to an accept reject decision.
I think you have a myopic view of what is peer review.
October 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I think you have a myopic view of what is peer review.
And that getting good peer review through a journal - as Ben apparently got here - is not mutually exclusive with preprints. So by not positing a preprint - it denies an opportunity for it to be strengthened even more by all methods of peer review / feedback.
October 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
And that getting good peer review through a journal - as Ben apparently got here - is not mutually exclusive with preprints. So by not positing a preprint - it denies an opportunity for it to be strengthened even more by all methods of peer review / feedback.
I’m literally saying the counterpoint. They are NOT in competition. Peer review is more than a structured comment (which i love to write) it’s the opportunity for others to build early on it, cite it, email you privately etc. the whole point is that it is in conversation early
October 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I’m literally saying the counterpoint. They are NOT in competition. Peer review is more than a structured comment (which i love to write) it’s the opportunity for others to build early on it, cite it, email you privately etc. the whole point is that it is in conversation early
The whole point of preprints is to get MORE peer review. Not less? These aren’t in competition…
October 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The whole point of preprints is to get MORE peer review. Not less? These aren’t in competition…
Having multiple venues where feedback is centered and author controls VOR is a great step. @elife.bsky.social doesn’t curate everything and f1000 model does have binary “approval”
October 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Having multiple venues where feedback is centered and author controls VOR is a great step. @elife.bsky.social doesn’t curate everything and f1000 model does have binary “approval”
Is certified better? 😜
October 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Is certified better? 😜
You can be a part of an rm1 with an r35 - but you and your lab cannot get more $ if it’s awarded.
October 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
You can be a part of an rm1 with an r35 - but you and your lab cannot get more $ if it’s awarded.
September 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Also want to highlight that Takanori Nakane made some very helpful and constructive comments about our preprint, which we plan to address in a revised version: disq.us/p/33zqohj
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September 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Also want to highlight that Takanori Nakane made some very helpful and constructive comments about our preprint, which we plan to address in a revised version: disq.us/p/33zqohj
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Technically correct, but proper way to say that is that AAAS and Cell Press publishing policies are incompatible with the open research sharing policies of HHMI.
September 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Technically correct, but proper way to say that is that AAAS and Cell Press publishing policies are incompatible with the open research sharing policies of HHMI.
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You are of course correct. Will be interesting to see whether the journals, authors or HHMI adapt
September 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
You are of course correct. Will be interesting to see whether the journals, authors or HHMI adapt
So not fully compatible with the new HHMI policy on preprints
September 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
So not fully compatible with the new HHMI policy on preprints
My read is that the initially submitted version is the only thing that can be posted as a preprint. But… that this version can be posted as a preprint anytime (even if it is no longer the private “current” version after the manuscript has evolved during peer review)
September 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My read is that the initially submitted version is the only thing that can be posted as a preprint. But… that this version can be posted as a preprint anytime (even if it is no longer the private “current” version after the manuscript has evolved during peer review)
Still technically not allowed by @nature.com family journals though right?
September 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Still technically not allowed by @nature.com family journals though right?