We are profoundly saddened to share that our Honorary President, Maureen Duffy, has passed away. Maureen was extraordinary: a novelist, poet, playwright and critic of incredible range, and one of the founding figures of ALCS.
Learn more about her legacy and impact: https://ow.ly/yHWs50Z52Ye
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Thermo Fisher now has a page up in response to our observations. They flatly deny that images were manipulated or fabricated while repeating that images were "optimized for presentation and clarity on the website", no lie, six times.
www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/l...
www.thermofisher.com
Reese Richardson
Izzy Jayasinghe
ALCS
Thermo Fisher has responded to research integrity activists who spotted apparent manipulation in its antibody catalog:
"In ... preparing antibody images for publication on our website, some images may have been adjusted to clarify for presentation purposes."
More:
cen.acs.org/research-int...
The Thermo Fisher situation keeps getting worse. We've now collected 450+ problematic images presented as verification data in TF's antibody catalog. This includes:
🖌️ Dozens more images with duplications or painting
🖨️ Hundreds of blots that all share the same background (behold slideshow below)
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“Australian management consultancy
ANous, which promises to help universities "define the pathway forward for budget model change, has been picking up plenty of lucrative work in the struggling ÜK higher education sector this year.”
I grew up in a New Zealand that was proud about its ‘Clean & Green’ reputation. Well, they can strike that ‘Clean’ out now. A lesson to everyone about how the folks you elect into office and their negligence of basic infrastructure can literally trash a paradise beyond recognition.
Laurel Oldach
Video
Izzy Jayasinghe
Reese Richardson
Izzy Jayasinghe
UK-based cell biologist?
Interested in membrane trafficking?
Want to find a conference?
Looking for a job (PI, postdoc...)?
Do link to www.ukmembranetraffic.com, where @jezcarlton.bsky.social and Chris Stefan (not here?) do sterling work
“How come politicians give in to #burnout while teachers ‘n’ nurses crack on?”
Well, friends, as one of the army of teachers who actually just cracked, and therefore are teachers no longer, I think I can explain this one…
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
New Zealand homes flooded with faeces after storm blocks sewage pipes: ‘Feral and disgusting’
Wellington Water says five properties in suburb of Island Bay were affected after a blocked main caused a wastewater overflow
Letter: The perception of teachers and nurses as boundlessly, selflessly resilient is a classic example of survivorship bias, says Dr Jenny Andrew
Beyond time that we started seeing articles like this about the appalling state of Australia’s grant funding system……and peer review is just one problem that needs fixing.
Australia’s erosion of peer review | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Matthew Freeman
Throughout the world, peer review serves as the cornerstone of the scientific enterprise, providing rigorous quality control and building the confidence that underpins progress for both science and so...
🔬 Happy to share our new paper showing that fluorophore brightness open a new dimension in SMLM microscopy !
Thanks to all authors @laurent-le.bsky.social S. K. Sreenivas @emmanuelfort.bsky.social !
@ismolab.bsky.social @instlangevin.bsky.social @cnrs.fr
rdcu.be/fmIeD
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Ben Hogan
Prof Chris Jackson
Sandrine Lévêque Fort 🔬
Relieved to see more coverage of the grip Nous is getting on #UKHE. Thanks @privateeyenews.bsky.social!
A million pound @cardiffucu.bsky.social alone. That’s a lot of money for the very same PowerPoint…
