Andrew Porter
@retropz.bsky.social
Research Integrity and Training Adviser at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute
Interested in improving #ResearchIntegrity & #ResearchCulture with training, #TeamScience & promoting #OpenResearch
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3353-7002
Interested in improving #ResearchIntegrity & #ResearchCulture with training, #TeamScience & promoting #OpenResearch
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3353-7002
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👉Clarivate excluded another 432 of 7000 researchers in the 2025 Highly Cited Researcher list👇
With the former exclusions (2021: 300, 2022: 500, 2023: 1000, 2024: 2000), a total of > 35% of all HCR researchers is now excluded, showing the extent of systematic Citation Gaming...
#researchintegrity
With the former exclusions (2021: 300, 2022: 500, 2023: 1000, 2024: 2000), a total of > 35% of all HCR researchers is now excluded, showing the extent of systematic Citation Gaming...
#researchintegrity
Highly Cited Researchers Analysis 2025 | Clarivate
In-depth analysis of the 2025 list of Highly Cited Researchers from Clarivate: trends, institution rankings and global research impact.
clarivate.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
👉Clarivate excluded another 432 of 7000 researchers in the 2025 Highly Cited Researcher list👇
With the former exclusions (2021: 300, 2022: 500, 2023: 1000, 2024: 2000), a total of > 35% of all HCR researchers is now excluded, showing the extent of systematic Citation Gaming...
#researchintegrity
With the former exclusions (2021: 300, 2022: 500, 2023: 1000, 2024: 2000), a total of > 35% of all HCR researchers is now excluded, showing the extent of systematic Citation Gaming...
#researchintegrity
There once was a man from Tennessee
Who went on a criminal spree
To commit his crimes
He wrote them in rhymes
And gave them to ChatGPT
Who went on a criminal spree
To commit his crimes
He wrote them in rhymes
And gave them to ChatGPT
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM
There once was a man from Tennessee
Who went on a criminal spree
To commit his crimes
He wrote them in rhymes
And gave them to ChatGPT
Who went on a criminal spree
To commit his crimes
He wrote them in rhymes
And gave them to ChatGPT
What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison
Thoughtful reflections on the limits of knowledge in the training set of LLMs and #GenerativeAI tools
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Thoughtful reflections on the limits of knowledge in the training set of LLMs and #GenerativeAI tools
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison
The long read: As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison
Thoughtful reflections on the limits of knowledge in the training set of LLMs and #GenerativeAI tools
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Thoughtful reflections on the limits of knowledge in the training set of LLMs and #GenerativeAI tools
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Excited to have booked my registration to the 9th World Conference on Research Integrity next year; grateful to @cruk-mi.bsky.social for their support
I got lots out of the last @wcrifoundation.bsky.social & hope to learn lots from this one and connect with #ResearchIntegrity colleagues
I got lots out of the last @wcrifoundation.bsky.social & hope to learn lots from this one and connect with #ResearchIntegrity colleagues
WCRIF
The World Conferences on Research Integrity were organized to promote exchange of information and to further discussion of ways to promote research integrity
www.wcrif.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Excited to have booked my registration to the 9th World Conference on Research Integrity next year; grateful to @cruk-mi.bsky.social for their support
I got lots out of the last @wcrifoundation.bsky.social & hope to learn lots from this one and connect with #ResearchIntegrity colleagues
I got lots out of the last @wcrifoundation.bsky.social & hope to learn lots from this one and connect with #ResearchIntegrity colleagues
Umm...
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
When I think 'exosomes' I must admit I wasn't thinking 'anti-ageing beauty treatment' but more 'remodelling the extracellular matrix and peturbing cell-cell signalling in a potentially oncogenic way' - but maybe that's just me?
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
When I think 'exosomes' I must admit I wasn't thinking 'anti-ageing beauty treatment' but more 'remodelling the extracellular matrix and peturbing cell-cell signalling in a potentially oncogenic way' - but maybe that's just me?
Sali Hughes on beauty: exosomes are all over TikTok, but are they really the next big thing in anti-ageing skincare?
They’ve been shown to influence regeneration and healing, but you may want to read this before splashing out
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Umm...
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
When I think 'exosomes' I must admit I wasn't thinking 'anti-ageing beauty treatment' but more 'remodelling the extracellular matrix and peturbing cell-cell signalling in a potentially oncogenic way' - but maybe that's just me?
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
When I think 'exosomes' I must admit I wasn't thinking 'anti-ageing beauty treatment' but more 'remodelling the extracellular matrix and peturbing cell-cell signalling in a potentially oncogenic way' - but maybe that's just me?
Just seen that LinkedIn have added a #GenerativeAI collection and processing element to their settings - this is an automatic opt-in for users, requiring you to actively opt-out in the Settings if you don't want to have your data used this way
More details here:
www.techradar.com/pro/linkedin...
More details here:
www.techradar.com/pro/linkedin...
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Just seen that LinkedIn have added a #GenerativeAI collection and processing element to their settings - this is an automatic opt-in for users, requiring you to actively opt-out in the Settings if you don't want to have your data used this way
More details here:
www.techradar.com/pro/linkedin...
More details here:
www.techradar.com/pro/linkedin...
Give peas a chance – even AI peas: the Stephen Collins cartoon www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Oh my goodness! This says *so* much! Love it
Oh my goodness! This says *so* much! Love it
Give peas a chance – even AI peas: the Stephen Collins cartoon
AI can transform all areas of our lives – even boiling a bag of frozen veg
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Give peas a chance – even AI peas: the Stephen Collins cartoon www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Oh my goodness! This says *so* much! Love it
Oh my goodness! This says *so* much! Love it
If all this (points around and indicates everything) is getting a bit too much, have a few minutes of reflection & low-stakes competitiveness and join an online #QueenWorldCup on Bluesky to decide the g̵r̵e̵a̵t̵e̵s̵t̵ ̵f̵e̵m̵a̵l̵e̵ ̵m̵o̵n̵a̵r̵c̵h̵ ̵ Best Queen Song of All Time 👇🏼
QUEEN WORLD CUP
#QueenWorldCup
With Bohemian Rhapsody's victory this evening, we now know the FINAL EIGHT songs:
Killer Queen v I Want To Break Free
Under Pressure v Don't Stop Me Now
Another One Bites The Dust v Somebody To Love
Radio Ga Ga v Bohemian Rhapsody
QFs start tomorrow.
#QueenWorldCup
With Bohemian Rhapsody's victory this evening, we now know the FINAL EIGHT songs:
Killer Queen v I Want To Break Free
Under Pressure v Don't Stop Me Now
Another One Bites The Dust v Somebody To Love
Radio Ga Ga v Bohemian Rhapsody
QFs start tomorrow.
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
If all this (points around and indicates everything) is getting a bit too much, have a few minutes of reflection & low-stakes competitiveness and join an online #QueenWorldCup on Bluesky to decide the g̵r̵e̵a̵t̵e̵s̵t̵ ̵f̵e̵m̵a̵l̵e̵ ̵m̵o̵n̵a̵r̵c̵h̵ ̵ Best Queen Song of All Time 👇🏼
Reposted by Andrew Porter
Can’t wait for this year-end #WCRI webinar! 🚀
Mentorship isn’t just guidance — it’s how we sustain integrity, curiosity, and kindness in research.
Mentorship isn’t just guidance — it’s how we sustain integrity, curiosity, and kindness in research.
Excited for this! 🎉
Join the WCRI Early Career Researchers & Professionals Network for the year-end webinar “Let’s Talk About Mentorship!” on 13 Nov 2025 | 10:30–12:00 UTC.
Let’s share, learn, and build a stronger mentoring culture together.
@lexbouter.bsky.social
Register below!
Join the WCRI Early Career Researchers & Professionals Network for the year-end webinar “Let’s Talk About Mentorship!” on 13 Nov 2025 | 10:30–12:00 UTC.
Let’s share, learn, and build a stronger mentoring culture together.
@lexbouter.bsky.social
Register below!
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Can’t wait for this year-end #WCRI webinar! 🚀
Mentorship isn’t just guidance — it’s how we sustain integrity, curiosity, and kindness in research.
Mentorship isn’t just guidance — it’s how we sustain integrity, curiosity, and kindness in research.
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The most incredible library in the world, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk opened to OTD 1602, through the energy, money & commitment of Sir Thomas Bodley. It began with 5k books, & now more than 22m, with 2m+reader visits a year, & multi-million online users across the globe. Privilged to be its 25th librarian!
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The most incredible library in the world, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk opened to OTD 1602, through the energy, money & commitment of Sir Thomas Bodley. It began with 5k books, & now more than 22m, with 2m+reader visits a year, & multi-million online users across the globe. Privilged to be its 25th librarian!
Reposted by Andrew Porter
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
Question for people who write and edit papers, create scientific figures and posters, and who advise ECRs on scientific design:
Is the new Affinity - which is free, and handles both vector graphics and bitmap images all in one - pretty much ideal for scientific figures?
www.affinity.studio
Is the new Affinity - which is free, and handles both vector graphics and bitmap images all in one - pretty much ideal for scientific figures?
www.affinity.studio
November 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Question for people who write and edit papers, create scientific figures and posters, and who advise ECRs on scientific design:
Is the new Affinity - which is free, and handles both vector graphics and bitmap images all in one - pretty much ideal for scientific figures?
www.affinity.studio
Is the new Affinity - which is free, and handles both vector graphics and bitmap images all in one - pretty much ideal for scientific figures?
www.affinity.studio
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You may have seen reports about a paper claiming that "Stem cell therapy prevents heart attacks": bmj.altmetric.com/details/1830...
If so, you might want to grab some popcorn: pubpeer.com/publications...
If so, you might want to grab some popcorn: pubpeer.com/publications...
Report for: Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart failure by intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells: phase 3 randomised clinical trial (PREVENT-TAHA8)
In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
bmj.altmetric.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
You may have seen reports about a paper claiming that "Stem cell therapy prevents heart attacks": bmj.altmetric.com/details/1830...
If so, you might want to grab some popcorn: pubpeer.com/publications...
If so, you might want to grab some popcorn: pubpeer.com/publications...
Reposted by Andrew Porter
You've got just a few days left to submit your proposal to join us as a new Group Leader
📅 Applications close 2nd November
Package includes:
🪙Multi-year funding
🧪Core Facility Access
🥼 #Postdoc & #PhD positions
🤝Mentorship
Visit our website to apply:
www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/new-g...
📅 Applications close 2nd November
Package includes:
🪙Multi-year funding
🧪Core Facility Access
🥼 #Postdoc & #PhD positions
🤝Mentorship
Visit our website to apply:
www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/new-g...
October 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
You've got just a few days left to submit your proposal to join us as a new Group Leader
📅 Applications close 2nd November
Package includes:
🪙Multi-year funding
🧪Core Facility Access
🥼 #Postdoc & #PhD positions
🤝Mentorship
Visit our website to apply:
www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/new-g...
📅 Applications close 2nd November
Package includes:
🪙Multi-year funding
🧪Core Facility Access
🥼 #Postdoc & #PhD positions
🤝Mentorship
Visit our website to apply:
www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/new-g...
Reposted by Andrew Porter
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Enjoyed this from Sheila Hayman talking about the embodiment of intelligence and experience - and why this is so hard to capture in a machine:
"show a plate of random objects to any toddler, and she’ll identify the biscuit at once"
What a piece of work open.substack.com/pub/sheilaha...
"show a plate of random objects to any toddler, and she’ll identify the biscuit at once"
What a piece of work open.substack.com/pub/sheilaha...
What a piece of work
the robots aren't coming just yet
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Enjoyed this from Sheila Hayman talking about the embodiment of intelligence and experience - and why this is so hard to capture in a machine:
"show a plate of random objects to any toddler, and she’ll identify the biscuit at once"
What a piece of work open.substack.com/pub/sheilaha...
"show a plate of random objects to any toddler, and she’ll identify the biscuit at once"
What a piece of work open.substack.com/pub/sheilaha...
Live reporting on the AWS outage from the BBC:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
Seems to illustrate how dependent many seemingly unconnected services are on Amazon as a web services provider
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
Seems to illustrate how dependent many seemingly unconnected services are on Amazon as a web services provider
Snapchat and Duolingo among major apps down in Amazon Web Services outage - live updates
Many of the world's biggest apps including Snapchat, Duolingo and Roblox have gone down, in what appears to be an issue affecting Amazon Web Services.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Live reporting on the AWS outage from the BBC:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
Seems to illustrate how dependent many seemingly unconnected services are on Amazon as a web services provider
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
Seems to illustrate how dependent many seemingly unconnected services are on Amazon as a web services provider
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New opportunity - this is a non clinical PhD 4 year program - have a look and DM me if wish to discuss this particular student ship in modelling high risk Leukemia.
If that doesn’t take your fancy - there are plenty of exciting projects here!
If that doesn’t take your fancy - there are plenty of exciting projects here!
We have exciting research projects led by group leaders including @jloke1.bsky.social, @giampazolias.bsky.social, @turajliclab.bsky.social, @sylvaindelaunay.bsky.social and @santiagozelenay.bsky.social
See full details of all #PhD opportunities here:
www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/phd-student-...
See full details of all #PhD opportunities here:
www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/phd-student-...
PhD Student Recruitment 2026 - OPEN | CRUK Manchester Institute
We are pleased to announce seven exciting postgraduate opportunities within the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute for new PhD Students to start in 2026
www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
New opportunity - this is a non clinical PhD 4 year program - have a look and DM me if wish to discuss this particular student ship in modelling high risk Leukemia.
If that doesn’t take your fancy - there are plenty of exciting projects here!
If that doesn’t take your fancy - there are plenty of exciting projects here!
This sounds great - take a look if you're interested in #SocialMedia and how it can be used to support and disseminate research.
Looks like it might be up your street @altmetric.com ...
Looks like it might be up your street @altmetric.com ...
I've attended the excellent @socmedhe.bsky.social Conference a few times over the past decade.
It's a real honour to deliver the keynote at this year's iteration at @lancasteruni.bsky.social
#AcademicTwitter Is Dead — What Died, What Survived, What’s Next?
socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/k...
It's a real honour to deliver the keynote at this year's iteration at @lancasteruni.bsky.social
#AcademicTwitter Is Dead — What Died, What Survived, What’s Next?
socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/k...
Keynote speaker
We are excited to announce that Andy Tattersall will be the keynote speaker at the conference! #AcademicTwitter Is Dead — What Died, What Survived, What’s Next X was once the number one place for …
socmedhe25.wordpress.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This sounds great - take a look if you're interested in #SocialMedia and how it can be used to support and disseminate research.
Looks like it might be up your street @altmetric.com ...
Looks like it might be up your street @altmetric.com ...
"The problem is that we tend to sometimes live in a world in which the second step [checking!] is just never taking place, and so I think it’s easy to fool people. We need to be careful and we need to spend this extra time to look at things so that we can really see beyond the façade,’ she adds."
Chemists call for ban on generative AI for chemical structures: "serious errors could damag[e] the next generation of scientists"
As ever, the problem seems to be not AI but lazy application of it and lack of checks. Whether _that_ problem is solvable...
www.chemistryworld.com/news/the-che...
As ever, the problem seems to be not AI but lazy application of it and lack of checks. Whether _that_ problem is solvable...
www.chemistryworld.com/news/the-che...
The chemistry community should ban drawing chemical structures with generative AI, chemists warn
AIs like Microsoft's Copilot, Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT still make serious errors rendering structural formulae
www.chemistryworld.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"The problem is that we tend to sometimes live in a world in which the second step [checking!] is just never taking place, and so I think it’s easy to fool people. We need to be careful and we need to spend this extra time to look at things so that we can really see beyond the façade,’ she adds."
Reposted by Andrew Porter
⏰ 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
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
October 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
⏰ 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
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
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
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
October 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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
Seems an accelerated version of what's happened with IT more widely; think how many people struggle with Teams, for instance
Reposted by Andrew Porter
This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
October 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Reposted by Andrew Porter
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
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
October 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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
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
Reposted by Andrew Porter
⏰ 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
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
October 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
⏰ 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
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