Marc Halushka MD, PhD
@marchalushka.bsky.social
Autopsy & cardiovascular pathologist at the Cleveland Clinic. I engage in microRNAs, heart disease, spatial single cell, and scientific integrity. Facts are facts, but opinions are my own.
This is a must read about the challenges of microRNA research.
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Brilliant work by @frommlab.bsky.social and other great collaborators.
Here are some key points...
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Brilliant work by @frommlab.bsky.social and other great collaborators.
Here are some key points...
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academic.oup.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is a must read about the challenges of microRNA research.
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Brilliant work by @frommlab.bsky.social and other great collaborators.
Here are some key points...
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Brilliant work by @frommlab.bsky.social and other great collaborators.
Here are some key points...
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June 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Reposted by Marc Halushka MD, PhD
What’s the cardiac disease depicted in this EM image? Give it a shot in the comments!
Answer here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#cardiacsky #pathsky #medsky
Answer here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#cardiacsky #pathsky #medsky
May 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
What’s the cardiac disease depicted in this EM image? Give it a shot in the comments!
Answer here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#cardiacsky #pathsky #medsky
Answer here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#cardiacsky #pathsky #medsky
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A Sage journal that holds the distinction of highest number of retracted articles in the Retraction Watch Database likely made in excess of $400,000 in revenue from those papers, by our calculations.
Journal collected $400,000 from papers it later retracted
A Sage journal that holds the distinction of highest number of retracted articles in the Retraction Watch Database likely made in excess of $400,000 in revenue from those papers, by our calculation…
retractionwatch.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A Sage journal that holds the distinction of highest number of retracted articles in the Retraction Watch Database likely made in excess of $400,000 in revenue from those papers, by our calculations.
Reposted by Marc Halushka MD, PhD
Attention autopsy, forensic, and cardiovascular pathologists! Did you miss this 2023 Consensus Statement with recommended examination procedures for sudden cardiac death? It’s still available at: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#medsky #pathsky #cardiosky
#medsky #pathsky #cardiosky
April 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Attention autopsy, forensic, and cardiovascular pathologists! Did you miss this 2023 Consensus Statement with recommended examination procedures for sudden cardiac death? It’s still available at: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#medsky #pathsky #cardiosky
#medsky #pathsky #cardiosky
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Death attributed to cardiac complications of Lyme disease
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#MicroSky 🦠🧫🔬
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#MicroSky 🦠🧫🔬
Sudden Death With Lyme Disease Myocarditis: A Case Report : The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
r-old man from a Lyme-endemic area who had multiple cardiovascular risk factors. His death was initially attributed to coronary artery disease by the local coroner's office but was later confirmed to ...
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April 26, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The Satija Lab single cell genomics day is starting now. Always interesting and free to watch at YouTube or satijalab.org/sgcd25.
April 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Satija Lab single cell genomics day is starting now. Always interesting and free to watch at YouTube or satijalab.org/sgcd25.
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Open Access Alert! What are the causes of biomaterial degeneration in patients with congenital heart disease? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Open Access Alert! What are the causes of biomaterial degeneration in patients with congenital heart disease? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Interesting idea on paper mills. If we allow a second publishing ecosystem where everyone in mainstream science knows to avoid it and not cite it, it might be better than the current grey area where we live.
Interesting idea on paper mills. If we allow a second publishing ecosystem where everyone in mainstream science knows to avoid it and not cite it, it might be better than the current grey area where we live.
Life After Paper Mills
You won't like this.
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April 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Interesting idea on paper mills. If we allow a second publishing ecosystem where everyone in mainstream science knows to avoid it and not cite it, it might be better than the current grey area where we live.
Interesting idea on paper mills. If we allow a second publishing ecosystem where everyone in mainstream science knows to avoid it and not cite it, it might be better than the current grey area where we live.
This was a great collaboration to determine just how many T lymphocytes are in a non-myocarditis biopsy. Not many! (But sometimes it's not as few as you would think). This is informing us for thresholds on new myocarditis criteria coming your way shortly.
New open-access publication! A multi-center collaborative study examining 359 endomyocardial biopsies. Full text here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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@marchalushka.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This was a great collaboration to determine just how many T lymphocytes are in a non-myocarditis biopsy. Not many! (But sometimes it's not as few as you would think). This is informing us for thresholds on new myocarditis criteria coming your way shortly.
Excited to be part of ‘The best of the USCAP journals’ session. Our manuscript ‘Patterns of Unwanted Biological and Technical Expression Variation Among 49 Human Tissues’ was discussed. #USCAP2025 @labinvest.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Excited to be part of ‘The best of the USCAP journals’ session. Our manuscript ‘Patterns of Unwanted Biological and Technical Expression Variation Among 49 Human Tissues’ was discussed. #USCAP2025 @labinvest.bsky.social
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#USCAP2025 is still going strong, with a host of courses and activities on this Annual Meeting Wednesday! So much knowledge, so little time... mailchi.mp/uscap/wednes...
March 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
#USCAP2025 is still going strong, with a host of courses and activities on this Annual Meeting Wednesday! So much knowledge, so little time... mailchi.mp/uscap/wednes...
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Good morning and happy Annual Meeting Monday! Today is one of the busiest days of the meeting - with lots to do and learn. mailchi.mp/uscap/monday... #USCAP2025
March 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Good morning and happy Annual Meeting Monday! Today is one of the busiest days of the meeting - with lots to do and learn. mailchi.mp/uscap/monday... #USCAP2025
Congratulations to Cristina Basso for winning the SCVP distinguished achievement award. We had a wonderful banquet to celebrate her career with a heartfelt roast by Giulia d’Amati and Monica De Gaspari. #USCAP2025
March 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Congratulations to Cristina Basso for winning the SCVP distinguished achievement award. We had a wonderful banquet to celebrate her career with a heartfelt roast by Giulia d’Amati and Monica De Gaspari. #USCAP2025
Packed crowd and great presentations at the SCVP companion society meeting on sudden cardiac death at #USCAP2025. A good day for cardiovascular pathology.
March 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Packed crowd and great presentations at the SCVP companion society meeting on sudden cardiac death at #USCAP2025. A good day for cardiovascular pathology.
Congratulations to all of the medical students who matched in pathology today. Welcome to the best field in all of medicine. Very excited about the new trainees coming to the Cleveland Clinic.
#pathsky
#pathsky
March 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Congratulations to all of the medical students who matched in pathology today. Welcome to the best field in all of medicine. Very excited about the new trainees coming to the Cleveland Clinic.
#pathsky
#pathsky
Looking forward to #USCAP2025! Always a good time to catch up with friends.
March 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Looking forward to #USCAP2025! Always a good time to catch up with friends.
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Measles is a highly contagious illness caused by a virus. It causes a widespread rash and flu-like symptoms. But measles isn’t just a rash. It can make you severely ill and lead to life-threatening complications like brain inflammation and pneumonia.
Read more: cle.clinic/3DPymCG
Read more: cle.clinic/3DPymCG
March 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Measles is a highly contagious illness caused by a virus. It causes a widespread rash and flu-like symptoms. But measles isn’t just a rash. It can make you severely ill and lead to life-threatening complications like brain inflammation and pneumonia.
Read more: cle.clinic/3DPymCG
Read more: cle.clinic/3DPymCG
Big changes coming?
Researchers have sued six big academic publishers, arguing their practices are illegal and anticompetitive.
Researchers have sued six big academic publishers, arguing their practices are illegal and anticompetitive.
March 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Big changes coming?
Researchers have sued six big academic publishers, arguing their practices are illegal and anticompetitive.
Researchers have sued six big academic publishers, arguing their practices are illegal and anticompetitive.
The Cavs play a beautiful style of basketball. #Letemknow #Cavs
February 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The Cavs play a beautiful style of basketball. #Letemknow #Cavs
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"I thought I was fairly cynical about the kinds of misconduct that goes on, but it turns out I am not cynical enough."
A Q&A with sleuth @nhwise.bsky.social, now working at a publisher.
A Q&A with sleuth @nhwise.bsky.social, now working at a publisher.
When a sleuth gets hired by a publisher: A Q&A with Nick Wise
Nick Wise had a prolific start to his sleuthing journey. In July 2021, the fluid dynamics researcher started looking for tortured phrases in published papers, and has since had a hand in at least 1…
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February 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"I thought I was fairly cynical about the kinds of misconduct that goes on, but it turns out I am not cynical enough."
A Q&A with sleuth @nhwise.bsky.social, now working at a publisher.
A Q&A with sleuth @nhwise.bsky.social, now working at a publisher.
In these difficult times for science, this is wonderful to see:
Retraction Watch is thrilled to be partnering with foremost scientific sleuth Elisabeth Bik on a new way to support scientific integrity: The Elisabeth Bik Scie…
Retraction Watch is thrilled to be partnering with foremost scientific sleuth Elisabeth Bik on a new way to support scientific integrity: The Elisabeth Bik Scie…
February 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In these difficult times for science, this is wonderful to see:
Retraction Watch is thrilled to be partnering with foremost scientific sleuth Elisabeth Bik on a new way to support scientific integrity: The Elisabeth Bik Scie…
Retraction Watch is thrilled to be partnering with foremost scientific sleuth Elisabeth Bik on a new way to support scientific integrity: The Elisabeth Bik Scie…
Reposted by Marc Halushka MD, PhD
This is the end of science as we know it if it stands—15% IDCs for all NIH Grants.
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NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
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February 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This is the end of science as we know it if it stands—15% IDCs for all NIH Grants.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...