Rosy Favicchio
@rosyf.bsky.social
💙 bluesky research 💙 reproducible science is excellent science. Editor @NatureProtocols / I have views and they’re mine!
Currently based in China
Currently based in China
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Rosy Favicchio
@rosyf.bsky.social
· Feb 27
Happy to be attending the Cellular therapy and immunotherapy conference 2025 in Hangzhou. I’m looking forward to learning about the latest developments in the field!
🧪 #medsky
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🧪 #medsky
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Cellular Therapy and Immunotherapy Conference 2025
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November 14, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Happy to be attending the Cellular therapy and immunotherapy conference 2025 in Hangzhou. I’m looking forward to learning about the latest developments in the field!
🧪 #medsky
mm.sciconf.cn/en/minisite/...
🧪 #medsky
mm.sciconf.cn/en/minisite/...
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Longer walks linked with less mortality and cardiovascular risk compared with short bouts of physical activity
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Step Accumulation Patterns and Risk for Cardiovascular Events and Mortality Among Suboptimally Active Adults | Annals of Internal Medicine
Background: Although physical activity recommendations increasingly consider daily step counts, it remains unclear whether step accumulation patterns—short versus sustained longer bouts—affect associa...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Longer walks linked with less mortality and cardiovascular risk compared with short bouts of physical activity
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www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
@annalsofim.bsky.social
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Something to think about when talking to your favourite AI system:
How to write effective prompts for large language models
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How to write effective prompts for large language models
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How to write effective prompts for large language models - Nature Human Behaviour
Effectively engaging with large language models is becoming increasingly vital as they proliferate across research landscapes. This Comment presents a practical guide for understanding their capabilities and limitations, along with strategies for crafting well-structured queries, to extract maximum utility from these artificial intelligence tools.
www.nature.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Something to think about when talking to your favourite AI system:
How to write effective prompts for large language models
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How to write effective prompts for large language models
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
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After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet
The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter
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October 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
🧠📈 Nerd-chic 💙
"Reproducibility isn’t glamorous, but it’s essential."
@annechurchland.bsky.social speaks candidly in @thetransmitter.bsky.social about the obstacles to reproducibility and shares practical advice for other neuroscience labs.
🧠📈 www.thetransmitter.org/reproducibil...
@annechurchland.bsky.social speaks candidly in @thetransmitter.bsky.social about the obstacles to reproducibility and shares practical advice for other neuroscience labs.
🧠📈 www.thetransmitter.org/reproducibil...
Reproducibility is a team sport
Building reproducible systems across labs is possible, even in large-scale neuroscience—with rigor and collaboration.
www.thetransmitter.org
October 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🧠📈 Nerd-chic 💙
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Congratulations to all three winners!
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”
We are honoured to have a Nature Protocol from Prof. Yaghi
rdcu.be/eJ0Es
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”
We are honoured to have a Nature Protocol from Prof. Yaghi
rdcu.be/eJ0Es
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
High-yield, green and scalable methods for producing MOF-303 for water harvesting from desert air
Nature Protocols - MOF-303 is a promising water-harvesting sorbent that can take up water at low relative humidity and release it under mild heating. This metal–organic framework can be made...
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October 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Congratulations to all three winners!
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”
We are honoured to have a Nature Protocol from Prof. Yaghi
rdcu.be/eJ0Es
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”
We are honoured to have a Nature Protocol from Prof. Yaghi
rdcu.be/eJ0Es
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”
Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
October 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”
Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
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Good to know: There is a free online training course for peer review from Nature Masterclasses
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Focus on Peer Review
FREE - Explore the role of a peer reviewer and the foundations of a good peer review – In-depth course
masterclasses.nature.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Good to know: There is a free online training course for peer review from Nature Masterclasses
masterclasses.nature.com/focus-on-pee...
masterclasses.nature.com/focus-on-pee...
When discussing content proposals for @natprot.nature.com with potential authors I often end up covering the wide reach of our journal. Often researchers are interested in examples of articles which have seen wide uptake, accesses and use from the scientific community. Here, a🧵of readcube links:
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October 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
When discussing content proposals for @natprot.nature.com with potential authors I often end up covering the wide reach of our journal. Often researchers are interested in examples of articles which have seen wide uptake, accesses and use from the scientific community. Here, a🧵of readcube links:
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Bioinspired in-sensor computing devices can process information at sensory terminals by leveraging physical principles, thereby reducing latency and energy consumption during computation while simultaneously enhancing the efficiency of data processing and real-time analysis. 🧪
@natprot.nature.com
@natprot.nature.com
Fabrication and characterization of optoelectronic in-sensor computing devices - Nature Protocols
Optoelectronic devices based on two-dimensional layered thin film semiconductors can be tuned to directly sense and process spatial and temporal information, making them suitable to use as in-sensor computing devices.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Bioinspired in-sensor computing devices can process information at sensory terminals by leveraging physical principles, thereby reducing latency and energy consumption during computation while simultaneously enhancing the efficiency of data processing and real-time analysis. 🧪
@natprot.nature.com
@natprot.nature.com
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How can we make sure that studies using transcranial electric stimulation (tDCS, tACS, etc.) are interpretable and reproducible? This new work is a consensus stement about what information is needed when reporting tES studies: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Report Approval for Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (RATES): expert recommendation based on a Delphi consensus study - Nature Protocols
An expert recommendation is presented for the design and evaluation of research studies using transcranial electrical stimulation, resulting in the selection of a 66-point checklist aimed at improving the quality of transcranial electrical stimulation studies.
www.nature.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
How can we make sure that studies using transcranial electric stimulation (tDCS, tACS, etc.) are interpretable and reproducible? This new work is a consensus stement about what information is needed when reporting tES studies: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) has gained substantial momentum as a research and therapeutic tool; however, it suffers from challenges related to reproducibility and quality assessment due to the absence of standardized reporting practices. @natprot.nature.com
🧪🧠 #imaging #radiology
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Report Approval for Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (RATES): expert recommendation based on a Delphi consensus study - Nature Protocols
An expert recommendation is presented for the design and evaluation of research studies using transcranial electrical stimulation, resulting in the selection of a 66-point checklist aimed at improving the quality of transcranial electrical stimulation studies.
www.nature.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) has gained substantial momentum as a research and therapeutic tool; however, it suffers from challenges related to reproducibility and quality assessment due to the absence of standardized reporting practices. @natprot.nature.com
🧪🧠 #imaging #radiology
🧪🧠 #imaging #radiology
In this Protocol, Guosheng Song and co-authors provide instructions for the synthesis of trianthracene derivative (TD) nanoparticles with ultrasound-induced luminescence properties. @natprot.nature.com
🧪🔬 #imaging
🧪🔬 #imaging
In vivo ultrasound-induced luminescence imaging via trianthracene derivatives nanomaterials - Nature Protocols
A technique for ultrasound-induced luminescence imaging, which uses a dual-stage energy conversion mechanism to enhance the performance of luminescence.
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September 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
In this Protocol, Guosheng Song and co-authors provide instructions for the synthesis of trianthracene derivative (TD) nanoparticles with ultrasound-induced luminescence properties. @natprot.nature.com
🧪🔬 #imaging
🧪🔬 #imaging
The coupling of ion-exchange chromatography with mass spectrometry via electrochemical ion suppression creates a technique for the analysis of highly polar and ionic compounds with applications in environmental chemistry, food chemistry, forensics, cell biology and, more recently, metabolomics. 🧪
Metabolomics using anion-exchange chromatography mass spectrometry for the analysis of cells, tissues and biofluids - Nature Protocols
We present a protocol for the analysis of polar and ionic metabolites by using anion-exchange chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (AEC-MS/MS) with an untargeted or semi-targeted workflow for the i...
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September 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The coupling of ion-exchange chromatography with mass spectrometry via electrochemical ion suppression creates a technique for the analysis of highly polar and ionic compounds with applications in environmental chemistry, food chemistry, forensics, cell biology and, more recently, metabolomics. 🧪
The versatility of lanthanide-doped near-infrared (NIR, 700–1,700 nm) luminescent nanoparticles makes them valuable tools across scientific and technological fields, from bioimaging to information security. @natprot.nature.com 🧪 #materials #imaging
Synthesis of transition metal-sensitized lanthanide near-infrared luminescent nanoparticles - Nature Protocols
This is a Protocol for synthesizing transition metal-sensitized lanthanide luminescent nanoparticles and for preparing a library of advanced luminescent materials that enable increases in brightness i...
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September 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The versatility of lanthanide-doped near-infrared (NIR, 700–1,700 nm) luminescent nanoparticles makes them valuable tools across scientific and technological fields, from bioimaging to information security. @natprot.nature.com 🧪 #materials #imaging
Thermal scanning-probe lithography (tSPL) is a fabrication technique which can pattern mathematically defined landscapes with nanoscale dimensions. This protocol describes how to structure and optimize nanomaterials with tSPL with a software package to analyze topographic data.
@natprot.nature.com 🧪
@natprot.nature.com 🧪
Quantitative mapping of smooth topographic landscapes generated using thermal scanning-probe lithography - Nature Protocols
The protocol provides instructions for the use of FunFit, a software package to quantitatively map smooth topographic landscapes and improve the analysis, reproducibility and processing of thermal sca...
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September 12, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Thermal scanning-probe lithography (tSPL) is a fabrication technique which can pattern mathematically defined landscapes with nanoscale dimensions. This protocol describes how to structure and optimize nanomaterials with tSPL with a software package to analyze topographic data.
@natprot.nature.com 🧪
@natprot.nature.com 🧪
This protocol provides the instructions to automating key steps, including data preprocessing, model fine-tuning and evaluation for single-cell generative pretrained transformer (scGPT) using Python function wrappers within computing clusters and Jupyter notebooks. @natprot.nature.com 🧪
scGPT: end-to-end protocol for fine-tuned retinal cell type annotation - Nature Protocols
Single-cell generative pretrained transformer is a foundation model based on a transformer architecture for cell-type classification. This protocol enables fine-tuning single-cell generative pretraine...
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September 12, 2025 at 6:25 AM
This protocol provides the instructions to automating key steps, including data preprocessing, model fine-tuning and evaluation for single-cell generative pretrained transformer (scGPT) using Python function wrappers within computing clusters and Jupyter notebooks. @natprot.nature.com 🧪
"The world has changed" say researchers who decided to leave the US. Having relocated to China a year ago with my family, the stories in this article resonate with us. Stereotypes were never true in the first place, and today we get to embrace that change and help write a new chapter.👏 @nature.com
These scientists left the US in Trump’s first term: their tips on taking the leap
Nature talks to researchers about why they moved and how they relocated successfully.
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September 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"The world has changed" say researchers who decided to leave the US. Having relocated to China a year ago with my family, the stories in this article resonate with us. Stereotypes were never true in the first place, and today we get to embrace that change and help write a new chapter.👏 @nature.com
Lymph node metastatic spread is hard to study due to the unpredictable characteristics of tumour cells' migration. The @retickerflynn.bsky.social lab here explains how to control LN metastases in mice in a spontaneous or a spatially constrained experimental model @natprot.nature.com #medski 🧪
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September 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Lymph node metastatic spread is hard to study due to the unpredictable characteristics of tumour cells' migration. The @retickerflynn.bsky.social lab here explains how to control LN metastases in mice in a spontaneous or a spatially constrained experimental model @natprot.nature.com #medski 🧪
Noble metal aerogels (NMAs) combine the physicochemical properties of nanostructured metals with the self-standing porous architecture of aerogels. NMAs have potential in #catalysis, #sensing and other applications in fundamental and applied sciences.
@natprot.nature.com
🧪 #materials
@natprot.nature.com
🧪 #materials
Controlled synthesis of noble metal aerogels mediated by salts - Nature Protocols
A protocol describing the fabrication of seven single-component noble metal aerogels and over ten multicomponent noble metal aerogels, their characterizations and their electrocatalytic applications.
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June 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Noble metal aerogels (NMAs) combine the physicochemical properties of nanostructured metals with the self-standing porous architecture of aerogels. NMAs have potential in #catalysis, #sensing and other applications in fundamental and applied sciences.
@natprot.nature.com
🧪 #materials
@natprot.nature.com
🧪 #materials
I don’t usually do wordle anymore but saw Wordle X was trending over there… what’s the big deal? 🤣🤣🤣
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Cancer Research UK today published a report which highlights changes in cancer survival rates over the last 50 years.
Many headlines (like this one from the Guardian) have chosen to report the ‘doubling of cancer survival rates’ since the 1970s.
But that's misleading...
1/18
Many headlines (like this one from the Guardian) have chosen to report the ‘doubling of cancer survival rates’ since the 1970s.
But that's misleading...
1/18
June 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Cancer Research UK today published a report which highlights changes in cancer survival rates over the last 50 years.
Many headlines (like this one from the Guardian) have chosen to report the ‘doubling of cancer survival rates’ since the 1970s.
But that's misleading...
1/18
Many headlines (like this one from the Guardian) have chosen to report the ‘doubling of cancer survival rates’ since the 1970s.
But that's misleading...
1/18
If you are interested in radiosynthesis and clinical quality control procedures then you can check out our new protocol on clinical grade lutetium-177-labeled theranostic agents 🧪 #medsky #radsky #pharmasky #pharmasky
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@natprot.nature.com
A scalable protocol for the radiosynthesis of clinical grade lutetium-177-labeled theranostic agents - Nature Protocols
The clinical-grade synthesis of lutetium-177-labeled radiopharmaceuticals can be adapted for the scalable production of batches of diagnostic and therapeutic probes for clinical use.
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May 29, 2025 at 6:07 AM
If you are interested in radiosynthesis and clinical quality control procedures then you can check out our new protocol on clinical grade lutetium-177-labeled theranostic agents 🧪 #medsky #radsky #pharmasky #pharmasky
@natprot.nature.com
@natprot.nature.com
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