Cell Biologist working at Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk - Cytoskeleton, Arp2/3 iso-complexes, Signalling and Vaccinia Virus. Editor-in chief Journal Cell Science - @jcellsci.bsky.social - comments are my own opinion
Michael Way
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In our latest editorial @amjeve.uk & I take on the dreaded impact factor
Like Monday mornings no one likes them but you can't ignore them & they keep coming around
However there are things we should all do as authors, reviewers & editors
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Not to ignore how upsetting and unethical this is, but there is some dark humor in the western blot GIF, or? To me, it pairs well with a jingle like
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNv2...
Is this the future of peer review?
New from @biologyopen.bsky.social: expanded Fast & Fair trial paying reviewers £220 per paper
The result: rapid peer review with no drop in quality or change in acceptance rate
Paying referees makes peer review faster & fairer
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Today I'm posting a new blog about an astonishing scientific own goal. Hundreds of papers have reported using a totally wrong antibody to investigate the tumor suppressor p16. This mistake has happened because scientists have muddled the names of two proteins.
forbetterscience.com/2026/06/02/m...
Best shot ever of mobila rays? INSANE FOOTAGE (Aidan Bedford)
Annual migration in the sea of Cortez
WOW
Why do we destroy our oceans and nature everywhere?
#WarOnNature #Metacrisis
Almost at the end of our Japanese adventure - but Mount Fuji decided to put on a show…
I love Puffins.
Most amusing: my name as one of the possible answers on the Portuguese version of “Who wants to be a millionaire?” 😂
One of my role models in academia, combining brilliance with humility-Noboru Mizushima, & I like him even more now ❤️ “If I was given the chance to repeat my research career, I think I would choose to study plant biology.” journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
New paper out today in @jcellsci.bsky.social on telling statistical from biological significance. I asked Gemini to make a "podcast" summary of it - a bit silly and generic, but not bad.
Then again, I'm not much of a podcast person.
doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
@lankylaste.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk
Summary: This Editorial offers an honest look at impact factor trends in developmental biology, explains how Development serves its community, and makes the case that sustaining developmental biology ...
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)
Noboru Mizushima is Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Tokyo, Japan, where he runs a laboratory studying the mechanisms and physiological functions of autophagy and o...
