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Alejandro Montenegro
@aemonten.bsky.social
Molecular Biologist (aemonten.github.io) 丨Chief Editor @ CSH Protocols (cshprotocols.cshlp.org) 丨Head of the Integrity in Publishing Group at CSHL Press 丨Chair "Molecular Biosystems Conference" (molbiosystems.com) 丨(Oxford) Comma King 丨Central Dogma Police
Hopefully our collection is useful!

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November 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A Massachusetts superior court judge threw out his claim of gender discrimination against the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and its president and Director Ruth Lehmann.

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November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A new issue of CSH Protocols is out! @cshlpress.bsky.social

The cover image highlights the work by Kang et al., who describe a rapid and robust Agrobacterium-mediated #Maize transformation protocol that uses immature embryos as explants.

⬇️Links below
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Started and finished "Task" over the weekend (HBO). Really enjoyed it!

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November 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
November 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Oh FFS
November 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Happy Halloween. Scary stuff.
November 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This is great!

And if anyone is looking for a resource to get started with or standardize your work on mosquitoes, we, at CSH Protocols, have put together a collection of reviews and step-by-step protocols!

cshprotocols.cshlp.org/site/misc/ma...
October 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Even a cat can get hundreds of citations. Ghost authorship distorts everything.

But, instead, maybe the point is that citations don't tell us much and we shouldn't use them to evaluate scientists...

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October 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
How do I get this signed, @greally.bsky.social ? 😊
October 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"However, the lack of transparency troubles me, as does the fact that the enforcers are not themselves accountable to anyone"

Exactly, they need to do better. Or we need a different system.

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October 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Yup. Diversifying the reviewer pool is key
October 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
October 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This reminded me of something C Robertson McClung once wrote. As someone who did a PhD on circadian rhythms, I can relate...
October 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
October 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
October 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Besides the other stuff, I actually like vouchers 😅
October 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
October 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Thanks for the invitation to participate as a facilitator in this writing retreat for Schmidt Sciences at the beautiful Banbury center in NY.
October 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Yup
October 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"Some" extent? 😅
October 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
October 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Sharing for visibility :)
October 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It's important to foster a good lab culture

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October 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM