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Nonia Pariente
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Editor in Chief of the #NonProfit, #OpenAccess journal @plosbiology.org Former Chief Editor of Nature Microbiology.
#Virologist. #Feminist. #Spaniard in the UK. #Galician. #European always.
Views my own.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3666-5683
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Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social · Nov 22
Hi Bluesky! 👋
Dipping my toes here given the dumpsterfire over at X. I am Editor in Chief of #PLOSBiology, interested in all things #science.
#virologist, passionate about #OpenScience & making #publication process constructive & transparent.
I look forward to rebuilding community here!
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arjunraj.bsky.social
So awesome to have this great paper from Sam Reffsin and Sara Cherry out! In it, we use retrospective clone tracing to show that there are particular single cell states that are more susceptible to viral infection (both SARS-CoV-2 and flu)!

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Single-cell susceptibility to viral infection is driven by variable cell states
Not all cells that can be infected by a virus become infected with that virus. Single-cell clone tracing reveals intrinsic cell states with variable expression patterns that increase susceptibility to...
www.cell.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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lhmoncla.bsky.social
Our lab's paper describing the North American H5N1 epizootic is out now in Nature! So thrilled to have this out, and congratulations to @lambod50.bsky.social for all the fantastic work on this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ecology and spread of the North American H5N1 epizootic - Nature
The panzootic of highly pathogenic H5N1 since 2021 was driven by around nine introductions into the Atlantic and Pacific flyways, followed by rapid dissemination through wild migratory birds, primaril...
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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oceanipso.bsky.social
🤯Crocodile icefish in Patagonia? New study finds 93% of marine species are living in places & conditions we didn’t know about.

Improving monitoring (especially with eDNA) is vital for effective conservation & predicting how marine life will respond to change.
@plosbiology.org @sciencex.bsky.social
Marine DNA exposes massive gaps in ocean maps and finds fish in unexpected places
Scientists have taken an unprecedented look at marine fish species living in the world's oceans by studying traces of genetic material in seawater. One of the most surprising results was discovering s...
phys.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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pedromartinezserra.bsky.social
Yesterday, we lost a giant of twentieth century genetics, Antonio Garcia Bellido. His legacy will remain deeply rooted in the history of biology. Rest in peace.
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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patrickgoymer.bsky.social
I’ve arrived at the #canvas25 meeting in Salt Lake City. Today I’ll be at sessions on crop genetics/breeding and crop physiology/metabolism followed by the opening keynotes. But message me if you’d like to meet up at any point to talk about your research, open science and @plos.org or @plosone.org.
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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erictopol.bsky.social
We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
www.scripps.edu
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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sjorsscheres.bsky.social
We are looking for a computational postdoc to work with us on new optimisation algorithms to make #RELION even better. Join our bubbly team at the @mrclmb.bsky.social in Cambridge, UK. 🤗 RTs appreciated.

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Quick Check Needed
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October 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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emmanuel-saliba.bsky.social
🚨 A fantastic opportunity to join HIRI to start your research group on RNA Biology 👇 www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Junior Group Leader for RNA-Biology, RNA-Technology or RNA-Medicine (f/m/d) - Würzburg (Stadt), Bayern (DE) job with Helmholtz-Institut für RNA-basierte Infektionsforschung (HIRI) | 12844907
#RNAexcellence Junior Group Leader Positions (f/m/d) Job advertisement no.:   089/2025 Starting date:                  As soon as possible. The con...
www.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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yuvalsim.bsky.social
Why do complex traits differ in their genetic architecture?
In our new PLOS Biology paper, we will try to convince you that two simple scaling laws drive differences in the number, effect sizes and frequencies of causal variants affecting complex traits.

Thread:
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Simple scaling laws control the genetic architectures of human complex traits
Genome-wide association studies have revealed that the genetic architectures of complex traits vary widely. This study shows that differences in architectures of highly polygenic traits arise mainly f...
journals.plos.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
npariente.bsky.social
Intercropping and crop rotation are ancient agricultural practices. This @plosbiology.org Essay explores the role of plant-derived metabolites and plant-associated microbes in these agricultural systems and how they can help sustainable agriculture.

plos.io/4op7k6W
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How to harness the effects of exudates and microbes that support beneficial plant–plant interactions for sustainable agriculture
Intercropping and crop rotation are ancient agricultural practices that increase yield and disease resistance in crops. This Essay discusses the role of plant-derived metabolites and plant-associated ...
plos.io
October 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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anilseth.bsky.social
1/ "Hemispherotomy leads to persistent sleep-like slow waves in the isolated cortex of awake humans" - out now in @plosbiology.org, led by Michele Colombo, Jacopo Favaro, & Marcello Massimini. 🧠
October 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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sonjawild.bsky.social
Out today in @plosbiology.org (1/5)

Siblings and non-parental adults provide alternative pathways to cultural inheritance in juvenile great tits 🐦🧩

Link to study:
10.0.5.91/journal.pbio...

Co-authors:
@lucymaplin.bsky.social
@galarconnieto.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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carlzimmer.com
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social
Half of microbial eukaryote literature focuses on only twelve human parasites

-in #ISMEJournal by Joanna Lepper, @hbrappap.bsky.social and @oliverio.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
Half of microbial eukaryote literature focuses on only twelve human parasites
Abstract. Although microbial eukaryotes comprise the majority of eukaryotic phylogenetic diversity and inhabit nearly all ecosystems globally, most researc
academic.oup.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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zebrafishrock.bsky.social
#ZebrafishFunFacts: As the most-cited #zebrafish cancer research paper, Amsterdam et al screened hundreds of heterozygous lines for embryonic lethal mutations & found elevated cancer incidence in ribosomal genes. This previously underappreciated finding was published @plosbiology.org 21 years ago. 🧪
Figure 1. Spindle Cell Tumors Resembling MPNSTs in Zebrafish Heterozygous for Mutations in RP Genes (A and B) Fish with apparent masses, as indicated by the arrows, or other evident pathology were selected for histological analysis: (A) a hi2582 fish, (B) a hi1034B fish. (C–H) Histopathology of representative tumors stained with hematoxylin and eosin reveals patterns consistent with the diagnosis of MPNST in hi10 fish (C and D), hi1974 fish (E–G), and hi1807 fish (H). (D) A large tumor with central necrosis is seen emanating from the optic nerve (n) (e, eye) (20×).
October 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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johninnescentre.bsky.social
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give a seminar at the Fellows Conference, which will be held on 10 March 2026.

Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years.

Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
Independent Research Fellowships Leading to Tenured Faculty Positions | John Innes Centre
The John Innes Centre (JIC), is a world leading centre of excellence in plant and microbial sciences based on the Norwich Research Park, UK. We are inviting applications from outstanding researchers…
www.jic.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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jomcinerney.bsky.social
OK, here it is. Come work with me at the University of Liverpool making ALL THE AI models from ALL THE prokaryote pangenome data. Heck, we will make models from ALL the pangenomes, even eukaryotes!!! (link below👇) 1/4
September 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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needhibhalla.bsky.social
I and other participants of the Novel Approaches to Preventing Publication Bias Workshop, hosted by the NINDS Office of Research Quality in May 2024, have published a framework to encourage the publication of null results in science: 🧪

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results
Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. This Consensus View discusses the problem of such publication...
journals.plos.org
September 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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plosbiology.org
Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. @scurry.bsky.social &co present a roadmap to a solution that has a role for everyone in the scientific community 🧪 #Academicsky #reproducibility
plos.io/3VwaU2O
Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results
Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. This Consensus View discusses the problem of such publication...
plos.io
September 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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kifla.bsky.social
Null & negative results ≠ failure. They’re essential—but still sidelined.

Proud to co-author this @plosbiology.org paper tackling systemic bias & calling for culture change.

ECRs pay the highest price for this biased culture!

Blog by @scurry.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ysc23wrx

#PublicationBias
Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results
Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. This Consensus View discusses the problem of such publication...
journals.plos.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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carlbergstrom.com
Yet again, machine learning — even gussied up via the transformer architecture — encodes and reinforces societal biases.

This study reveals that LLM-based peer review relies heavily on author institution in its decisions.

arxiv.org/abs/2509.15122
Prestige over merit: An adapted audit of LLM bias in peer review
Large language models (LLMs) are playing an increasingly integral, though largely informal, role in scholarly peer review. Yet it remains unclear whether LLMs reproduce the biases observed in human de...
arxiv.org
September 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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plosbiology.org
This Primer explores two @plosbiology.org studies that reveal how short axon cells in the #OlfactoryBulb integrate #cholinergic input from the basal #forebrain to dynamically regulate #olfactory input 🧪Papers: plos.io/4pvost3 plos.io/3VnO1hT Primer: plos.io/3Ivzcqy
Short axon cells of the olfactory bulb dynamically filter olfactory sensory input during attention and after learning. As mice learn to discriminate odors (left), providing a cue before presenting odors (top) improves performance by recruiting cholinergic signaling from the basal forebrain (ACh, blue) to inhibit short axon cells (SAC, magenta) which, in turn, disinhibits olfactory sensory neuron (OSN, green and orange) axon terminals in olfactory bulb glomeruli (dashed circles), and increases their signaling onto mitral and tufted cells (MTCs, gray). After learning (right), SACs remodel to make stronger contacts with reward-associated OSNs (top) and cholinergic signaling is disengaged during the cued period before odor presentations. Cholinergic signaling, however, is strongly recruited during presentations of the reward-associated odor (bottom), allowing disinhibition of reward-linked odor signaling from OSNs to MTCs.
September 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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plosbiology.org
How do your #linguistic, #economic & #gender backgrounds impact your #scientific productivity? @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social & co reveal that being a woman, a non-native English speaker, and from a low-income country is associated with a 70% reduction in productivity @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4n3RLRQ
Scientific productivity gap based on English-language peer-reviewed papers. Shown are the maximum % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers published by female native English speakers from a high-income country (-45%), female non-native English speakers from a high-income country (-60%), and female non-native English speakers from a lower-middle income country (-70%), compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country (red flag). Credit: Tatsuya Amano
September 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
npariente.bsky.social
This looks terrific & the photo is artsy to boot.

It however reminds me of my Twitter timeline in the first months of the pandemic, when the whole world seemed to be baking bread while I homeschooled two kids & started a new job… cortisol levels on the rise just thinking about it
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sourdough2021.bsky.social Sourdough2021 @sourdough2021.bsky.social · Sep 19
Crumb shot of my multi-seeded sourdough using a Colorado levain, 15% scalded home milled YQ grain (5% cracked), 50% scalded home milled Atle grain, sage, 30% very strong white Canadian flour, 60g olive oil plus 65g mixed seeds. Less rise but more flavour!!!
#sourdough #bread #breadsky #canadian
Crumb shot showing denser texture.
September 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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plos.org
The rise of AI is reshaping how we think, write, and review science. This #PeerReviewWeek, we’re asking how do we preserve trust and transparency in a system that’s rapidly evolving?

🔗 Read our latest blog: plos.io/46d8BI9

@peerreviewweek.bsky.social

#OpenScience #PRW2025
Promotional image for PLOS article titled 'The Promise and Perils of AI Use in Peer Review' featuring a close-up of a butterfly on the right, with abstract colorful lines on a dark background to the left. Text on the image details the influence of AI on scholarly publishing and the rethinking of peer review in the AI era.
September 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM