JO
@jopackaj.bsky.social
Ex-X ageing neuroscientist, #cat-dependent, #tree lover💚
Interested in #brain disorders, research ethics and progressive politics, pro-EU. Enjoys #sciart and #walking. Likely to post some poor quality photos of befriended trees and Hattie the Cat
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Interested in #brain disorders, research ethics and progressive politics, pro-EU. Enjoys #sciart and #walking. Likely to post some poor quality photos of befriended trees and Hattie the Cat
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🧠 Introducing the Journal of Brain Health. A new open access journal advancing global research through equity, inclusion, and collaboration.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/new-journal-...
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New Journal Champions Global Brain Health Equity - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER
The new open access Journal of Brain Health launches to advance global brain health research with a focus on equity, inclusion, and collaboration.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🧠 Introducing the Journal of Brain Health. A new open access journal advancing global research through equity, inclusion, and collaboration.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/new-journal-...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/new-journal-...
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1295 Happy #thicktrunktuesday
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1295 Happy #thicktrunktuesday
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Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1290 Happy #thicktrunktuesday
November 4, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1290 Happy #thicktrunktuesday
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November 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Study of a fir tree, c.1842 by Emily Brontë, best known for her classic novel 'Wuthering Heights' #WomensArt
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Study of a fir tree, c.1842 by Emily Brontë, best known for her classic novel 'Wuthering Heights' #WomensArt
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🧠 Debate: Funding Dementia – Prevent or Treat?
Should prevention get more funding than cure? Join Sarah Page & Luis Tojo tomorrow (5 Nov) at 12pm to discuss & cast your vote.
#DementiaResearch #Debate
communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/c/events/deb...
Should prevention get more funding than cure? Join Sarah Page & Luis Tojo tomorrow (5 Nov) at 12pm to discuss & cast your vote.
#DementiaResearch #Debate
communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/c/events/deb...
Dementia Researcher Salon Debate - Funding Dementia: Prevent or Treat?
Dementia Researcher Salon Debate - Funding Dementia: Prevent or Treat?
communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🧠 Debate: Funding Dementia – Prevent or Treat?
Should prevention get more funding than cure? Join Sarah Page & Luis Tojo tomorrow (5 Nov) at 12pm to discuss & cast your vote.
#DementiaResearch #Debate
communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/c/events/deb...
Should prevention get more funding than cure? Join Sarah Page & Luis Tojo tomorrow (5 Nov) at 12pm to discuss & cast your vote.
#DementiaResearch #Debate
communities.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/c/events/deb...
November 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Cleaning the scientific house: Rebuilding trust in science requires confronting the harms of ghostwriting | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cleaning the scientific house: Rebuilding trust in science requires confronting the harms of ghostwriting
American science is under attack. Recent cuts to funding and staffing of federal agencies, layoffs of scientists, and rescission of billions of dollars in grants are unprecedented in US history and th...
www.science.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Cleaning the scientific house: Rebuilding trust in science requires confronting the harms of ghostwriting | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Another example of institutional investigations conducted in secret, without a public report, for 'privacy reasons'.
Investigation found UBC researcher fabricated data, gave spinal patients 'false hope.' The public was not told.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Investigation found UBC researcher fabricated data, gave spinal patients 'false hope.' The public was not told.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
False hope, fabricated data: No public notice after UBC uncovered serious misconduct in medical study | CBC News
A celebrated Vancouver researcher used fabricated data and hid evidence of infected wounds to falsely claim his patented skin treatment could heal years-old bed sores in a matter of weeks, according t...
www.cbc.ca
October 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Another example of institutional investigations conducted in secret, without a public report, for 'privacy reasons'.
Investigation found UBC researcher fabricated data, gave spinal patients 'false hope.' The public was not told.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Investigation found UBC researcher fabricated data, gave spinal patients 'false hope.' The public was not told.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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What could possibly go wrong?
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Kremlin investment tsar urges Elon Musk to build Alaska-Russia tunnel
Kirill Dmitriev says undersea ‘Putin-Trump Tunnel’ should be built by Boring Company
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October 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
What could possibly go wrong?
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Inside the Trump Administration’s Assault on Higher Education www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Inside the Trump Administration’s Assault on Higher Education
How conservatives learned to stop worrying and love federal power.
www.newyorker.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Inside the Trump Administration’s Assault on Higher Education www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Deep learning-based cell type profiles reveal signatures of #Alzheimer’s disease resilience and resistance url: academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
Deep learning-based cell type profiles reveal signatures of Alzheimer’s disease resilience and resistance
Berson et al. show that an AI-based approach can recover cell type-specific gene activity from bulk RNA-seq data, offering an alternative to snRNA-seq. Usi
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October 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Deep learning-based cell type profiles reveal signatures of #Alzheimer’s disease resilience and resistance url: academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
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The current environment is making it near impossible to run clinical trials in the UK.
One key issue discussed in @brain1878.bsky.social
is the duplication - or worse - of regulatory oversight at NHS hospitals & universities.
My views on how to change the system
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
One key issue discussed in @brain1878.bsky.social
is the duplication - or worse - of regulatory oversight at NHS hospitals & universities.
My views on how to change the system
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
October 6, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The current environment is making it near impossible to run clinical trials in the UK.
One key issue discussed in @brain1878.bsky.social
is the duplication - or worse - of regulatory oversight at NHS hospitals & universities.
My views on how to change the system
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
One key issue discussed in @brain1878.bsky.social
is the duplication - or worse - of regulatory oversight at NHS hospitals & universities.
My views on how to change the system
academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
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New York Times story about "Compact" for funding preferences for universities
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Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
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October 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New York Times story about "Compact" for funding preferences for universities
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Autumn painting by US modern impressionist Erin Hanson #WomensArt
October 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Autumn painting by US modern impressionist Erin Hanson #WomensArt
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Rachel Heller, UK artist with Down's Syndrome, who creates figurative and abstract works mostly in pastel #WomensArt
September 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Rachel Heller, UK artist with Down's Syndrome, who creates figurative and abstract works mostly in pastel #WomensArt
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Pansieri et al. argue that bureaucracy is suffocating research, as an ever increasing admin burden consumes researchers’ time and diverts focus from discovery to compliance. tinyurl.com/ybv5e9ft
September 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Pansieri et al. argue that bureaucracy is suffocating research, as an ever increasing admin burden consumes researchers’ time and diverts focus from discovery to compliance. tinyurl.com/ybv5e9ft
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Science is self correcting. Finally!
Authors retract Science paper on controversial fMRI method
Several MRI artifacts contribute to the neuronal activity signal picked up by the method, according to a preprint the authors posted this month.
www.thetransmitter.org
September 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Science is self correcting. Finally!
#ThickTrunkTuesday calls for some giant redwoods. I met those near Leath Hill, Surrey🌳💚
September 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
#ThickTrunkTuesday calls for some giant redwoods. I met those near Leath Hill, Surrey🌳💚
September 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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How to recognize shoddy studies that claim to link vaccines and autism. Essay by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/3UUNrIp
Opinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism (Gift Article)
Data can easily be manipulated to show causation that doesn’t exist.
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August 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
How to recognize shoddy studies that claim to link vaccines and autism. Essay by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/3UUNrIp