Kate Jeffery
@katejj.bsky.social
Neuroscientist and psychologist, ex-pat kiwi slowly reverting to my Scottish roots at UoG. Researching mental map formation in rats and humans. she/her
Life Sciences PhD studentships available in amazing Glasgow! Deadline Jan 12
General details here: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
My project, on cognitive mapping in 3D space in mice and humans, available here: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
General details here: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
My project, on cognitive mapping in 3D space in mice and humans, available here: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
November 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Life Sciences PhD studentships available in amazing Glasgow! Deadline Jan 12
General details here: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
My project, on cognitive mapping in 3D space in mice and humans, available here: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
General details here: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
My project, on cognitive mapping in 3D space in mice and humans, available here: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
So, PayPal is being automatically linked to our FB accounts - I feel we should have been asked if we wanted that? 🤔
November 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
So, PayPal is being automatically linked to our FB accounts - I feel we should have been asked if we wanted that? 🤔
O.M.G.
Is your paper article #1 in a volume in Nature Communications? Then in some records you may be getting all the citations for all the other articles - because exported citations can default to "starting page" (always 1) instead of "article number"
Bug in Springer Nature metadata may be causing ‘significant, systemic’ citation inflation
Millions of researchers could be affected by a “dramatic distortion of citation counts” likely caused by flaws in how the academic publishing giant Springer Nature handles article metadata, accordi…
retractionwatch.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
O.M.G.
Are any data protection experts reading this? This seems really unethical to me (use of a passenger manifesto for immigration status assessment):
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK woman who booked Oslo flight but did not fly loses child benefit ‘because she emigrated’
Exclusive: HMRC told Lisa Morris-Almond there was no record of her return to UK, but she did not take the trip
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Are any data protection experts reading this? This seems really unethical to me (use of a passenger manifesto for immigration status assessment):
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Deadline Dec 1!
Postdoc job! I expect to have an opening at Johns Hopkins for a postdoctoral researcher working somewhere in the broad realms of physics, philosophy, and complexity. Apply at Academic Jobs Online:
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30496
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30496
Johns Hopkins University, Physics and Astronomy
Job #AJO30496, Postdoctoral Fellow in Foundations of Physics, Complexity, and Emergence, Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, US
academicjobsonline.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Deadline Dec 1!
ChatGPT and me having trust issues
October 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
ChatGPT and me having trust issues
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In case you don't know already, the journal Open Mind has a Bluesky account that automatically posts new papers:
@openmindjournal.bsky.social
The journal is diamond open access (free to read, free to publish) thanks to the support of MIT Press, Harvard Library, & MIT Library.
@openmindjournal.bsky.social
The journal is diamond open access (free to read, free to publish) thanks to the support of MIT Press, Harvard Library, & MIT Library.
October 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In case you don't know already, the journal Open Mind has a Bluesky account that automatically posts new papers:
@openmindjournal.bsky.social
The journal is diamond open access (free to read, free to publish) thanks to the support of MIT Press, Harvard Library, & MIT Library.
@openmindjournal.bsky.social
The journal is diamond open access (free to read, free to publish) thanks to the support of MIT Press, Harvard Library, & MIT Library.
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World's largest rays may be diving to extreme depths to build mental maps of vast oceans
World's largest rays may be diving to extreme depths to build mental maps of vast oceans
Many marine species are no strangers to the depths of the oceans. Some animals, like certain sharks, tuna, or turtles, routinely perform extreme dives, whereas for other species, such behavior has…
phys.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
World's largest rays may be diving to extreme depths to build mental maps of vast oceans
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Vivid memories are all over the BBC website front page! It takes just a few minutes to complete our public survey: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Vivid memories are all over the BBC website front page! It takes just a few minutes to complete our public survey: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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New blogpost on my concerns about Wellcome LEAP new $50m program on autism/microbiome links. deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-le...
#autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic
#autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic
A LEAP into the future, or off a cliff: Wellcome LEAP's new $50M program
A few days ago, I saw this post on LinkedIn: How does the gut microbiome shape early brain development? That’s what FORM, a new $50 million...
deevybee.blogspot.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New blogpost on my concerns about Wellcome LEAP new $50m program on autism/microbiome links. deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-le...
#autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic
#autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic
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👉Also Sorbonne bsky.app/profile/sorb... pulled out of 'THE' University Ranking 👇
Important step in times of massive, systematic gaming by Universities, being a main incentive for Hyperprolific Publishing, Citation Cartels, Paper Mills & Junk Science!
#researchintegrity, #Chemsky, #CompChemSky
Important step in times of massive, systematic gaming by Universities, being a main incentive for Hyperprolific Publishing, Citation Cartels, Paper Mills & Junk Science!
#researchintegrity, #Chemsky, #CompChemSky
Why Sorbonne pulled out of university ranking
France’s Sorbonne University plans to leave the Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings, adding its name to a growing number of universities rejecting lists that play one institution off against another...
sciencebusiness.net
October 19, 2025 at 5:50 AM
👉Also Sorbonne bsky.app/profile/sorb... pulled out of 'THE' University Ranking 👇
Important step in times of massive, systematic gaming by Universities, being a main incentive for Hyperprolific Publishing, Citation Cartels, Paper Mills & Junk Science!
#researchintegrity, #Chemsky, #CompChemSky
Important step in times of massive, systematic gaming by Universities, being a main incentive for Hyperprolific Publishing, Citation Cartels, Paper Mills & Junk Science!
#researchintegrity, #Chemsky, #CompChemSky
My squirrel friend is getting bolder
October 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
My squirrel friend is getting bolder
There's method acting, and there's method academia... wishing the Bray family well in their new life
Our plane to Spain is in the air!
🙌🙌
Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
🙌🙌
Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
October 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
There's method acting, and there's method academia... wishing the Bray family well in their new life
Doing a little WFH rodent behaviour experimentation
October 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Doing a little WFH rodent behaviour experimentation
This has been my most-ever-liked Bluesky post - seems we all love a bit of corvid chaos!
The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...
October 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This has been my most-ever-liked Bluesky post - seems we all love a bit of corvid chaos!
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More on lawn-digging corvids today, this time in Inverness.
Inverness' bird-plucked green spaces could be due to warm year
Birds have been noticeably digging up moss in lawns and other green spaces in parts of Inverness.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
More on lawn-digging corvids today, this time in Inverness.
October 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...
October 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...
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New from @katejj.bsky.social group!
Head direction cells use a head-referenced dual-axis updating rule in 3D space https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.17.676760v1
September 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
New from @katejj.bsky.social group!
Oh wow, this is fascinating
"Sleep, like aging, may be an inescapable consequence of aerobic metabolism."
Really enjoyed this thought-provoking paper 🧠💤🪰 - congrats to @rafsarnataro.bsky.social and team on this impressive work!
No wonder the Krebs cycle always put me to sleep 😅
#neuroskyence
Really enjoyed this thought-provoking paper 🧠💤🪰 - congrats to @rafsarnataro.bsky.social and team on this impressive work!
No wonder the Krebs cycle always put me to sleep 😅
#neuroskyence
September 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Oh wow, this is fascinating
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#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence #neurosci #PainResearch 🧪🛟 🫁
We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
Opinion | We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence #neurosci #PainResearch 🧪🛟 🫁
We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
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Deadline for these jobs is 5th September, so you've got until next week on Friday to apply! Come join us in beautiful York, complete with Minsters, snickelways, fMRI and OPMs - what more could you ask for?!
#neuroskyence #neurojobs #psychscisky #cognition #psychjobs
#neuroskyence #neurojobs #psychscisky #cognition #psychjobs
2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department!
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
August 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Deadline for these jobs is 5th September, so you've got until next week on Friday to apply! Come join us in beautiful York, complete with Minsters, snickelways, fMRI and OPMs - what more could you ask for?!
#neuroskyence #neurojobs #psychscisky #cognition #psychjobs
#neuroskyence #neurojobs #psychscisky #cognition #psychjobs
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July 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Survey of 813 scientists finds that Bluesky is the more useful social media platform for professional scientists.
As anecdotal support, this journal article itself is references by 2731 Bluesky users and has 43 X posts (Altmetrics data, when posting this).
#sciencesky #academicsky #science
As anecdotal support, this journal article itself is references by 2731 Bluesky users and has 43 X posts (Altmetrics data, when posting this).
#sciencesky #academicsky #science
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Survey of 813 scientists finds that Bluesky is the more useful social media platform for professional scientists.
As anecdotal support, this journal article itself is references by 2731 Bluesky users and has 43 X posts (Altmetrics data, when posting this).
#sciencesky #academicsky #science
As anecdotal support, this journal article itself is references by 2731 Bluesky users and has 43 X posts (Altmetrics data, when posting this).
#sciencesky #academicsky #science