Andrew L. Hufton
@alhufton.bsky.social
I'm just getting started on Bluesky...
Personal website: https://alhufton.com/.
Editor-in-Chief of Patterns at Cell Press @cp-patterns.bsky.social
Personal website: https://alhufton.com/.
Editor-in-Chief of Patterns at Cell Press @cp-patterns.bsky.social
Is #AI overhyped? We asked five researchers, including three from @cp-patterns.bsky.social's Advisory Board. Here's what they thought:
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November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Is #AI overhyped? We asked five researchers, including three from @cp-patterns.bsky.social's Advisory Board. Here's what they thought:
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Researchers tested this idea using a large-scale controlled resume correspondence experiment.
SCARY Result: LLMs consistently preferred resumes written by themselves over human or rival model outputs — even when quality was the same. 2/n
Researchers tested this idea using a large-scale controlled resume correspondence experiment.
SCARY Result: LLMs consistently preferred resumes written by themselves over human or rival model outputs — even when quality was the same. 2/n
Thread: When AIs Hire Themselves 🧵
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LLMs are now in play on both sides of hiring — candidates use them to polish resumes, while employers use them to screen applicants.
A new study asks: do LLMs favor their own outputs? 1/n
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LLMs are now in play on both sides of hiring — candidates use them to polish resumes, while employers use them to screen applicants.
A new study asks: do LLMs favor their own outputs? 1/n
October 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Researchers tested this idea using a large-scale controlled resume correspondence experiment.
SCARY Result: LLMs consistently preferred resumes written by themselves over human or rival model outputs — even when quality was the same. 2/n
Researchers tested this idea using a large-scale controlled resume correspondence experiment.
SCARY Result: LLMs consistently preferred resumes written by themselves over human or rival model outputs — even when quality was the same. 2/n
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New call for submissions!
To help promote critical reassessment of prior work, we are now inviting submissions that present compelling and creative reanalyses.
Learn more: www.cell.com/patterns/spe...
Submit before August 1, 2026
#openscience #datascience
To help promote critical reassessment of prior work, we are now inviting submissions that present compelling and creative reanalyses.
Learn more: www.cell.com/patterns/spe...
Submit before August 1, 2026
#openscience #datascience
October 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
New call for submissions!
To help promote critical reassessment of prior work, we are now inviting submissions that present compelling and creative reanalyses.
Learn more: www.cell.com/patterns/spe...
Submit before August 1, 2026
#openscience #datascience
To help promote critical reassessment of prior work, we are now inviting submissions that present compelling and creative reanalyses.
Learn more: www.cell.com/patterns/spe...
Submit before August 1, 2026
#openscience #datascience
Reposting my 2024 #PeerReviewWeek editorial as it is particularly fitting to this year's theme, "Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era": www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
September 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Reposting my 2024 #PeerReviewWeek editorial as it is particularly fitting to this year's theme, "Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era": www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
Reposted by Andrew L. Hufton
Our September issue is now live! www.cell.com/patterns/iss...
This month's awesome cover image highlights a paper from a team of researchers at @uniulm.bsky.social who present a #quantum algorithm for gene regulatory network discovery
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This month's awesome cover image highlights a paper from a team of researchers at @uniulm.bsky.social who present a #quantum algorithm for gene regulatory network discovery
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
September 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Our September issue is now live! www.cell.com/patterns/iss...
This month's awesome cover image highlights a paper from a team of researchers at @uniulm.bsky.social who present a #quantum algorithm for gene regulatory network discovery
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
This month's awesome cover image highlights a paper from a team of researchers at @uniulm.bsky.social who present a #quantum algorithm for gene regulatory network discovery
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
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1/2 Bacteriophages are among Earth’s most diverse biological entities, but many resist genetic manipulation. This leaves much of their diversity unexplored and constrains efforts to discover new proteins and exploit their potential for biotechnology and therapeutic applications.
September 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
1/2 Bacteriophages are among Earth’s most diverse biological entities, but many resist genetic manipulation. This leaves much of their diversity unexplored and constrains efforts to discover new proteins and exploit their potential for biotechnology and therapeutic applications.
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Are you an educator in a higher ed setting using generative AI in innovative ways in the classroom? We are currently seeking contributors for a short piece being developed at the journal on the topic. Please DM us if you would be interested in sharing your story.
August 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Are you an educator in a higher ed setting using generative AI in innovative ways in the classroom? We are currently seeking contributors for a short piece being developed at the journal on the topic. Please DM us if you would be interested in sharing your story.
In an editorial this month at @cp-patterns.bsky.social, I make a simple plea to our authors: cite what you read, and, please, please, read what you cite.
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Also, some stuff about #preprints
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Also, some stuff about #preprints
August 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
In an editorial this month at @cp-patterns.bsky.social, I make a simple plea to our authors: cite what you read, and, please, please, read what you cite.
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
Also, some stuff about #preprints
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
Also, some stuff about #preprints
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Our department is seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor position with a focus on affective science. Please apply and/or pass this along to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Psychology
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August 20, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Our department is seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor position with a focus on affective science. Please apply and/or pass this along to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
I‘m looking forward to visiting the Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (#CASUS) tomorrow in Görlitz!
I will be giving a talk to CASUS and other @hzdr.bsky.social researchers at 14:00. Details: www.casus.science?page_id=15608
I will be giving a talk to CASUS and other @hzdr.bsky.social researchers at 14:00. Details: www.casus.science?page_id=15608
Event — Effectively publishing data-rich science – CASUS – Center for Advanced Systems Understanding
Andrew Hufton, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief Patterns, Cell Press, Munich (Germany)
www.casus.science
June 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I‘m looking forward to visiting the Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (#CASUS) tomorrow in Görlitz!
I will be giving a talk to CASUS and other @hzdr.bsky.social researchers at 14:00. Details: www.casus.science?page_id=15608
I will be giving a talk to CASUS and other @hzdr.bsky.social researchers at 14:00. Details: www.casus.science?page_id=15608
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Also in this month's issue:
Did you know women have been shaping data science since BEFORE it had a name? Check out this opinion about the often overlooked history of women in data science and why it matters
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#WomenInSTEM
Did you know women have been shaping data science since BEFORE it had a name? Check out this opinion about the often overlooked history of women in data science and why it matters
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
#WomenInSTEM
Highlighting the achievements and impact of women in data science
Women have been instrumental in shaping data science from its earliest days. This
opinion highlights both the achievements and the ongoing challenges faced by women
in the field, emphasizing that a wi...
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June 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Also in this month's issue:
Did you know women have been shaping data science since BEFORE it had a name? Check out this opinion about the often overlooked history of women in data science and why it matters
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
#WomenInSTEM
Did you know women have been shaping data science since BEFORE it had a name? Check out this opinion about the often overlooked history of women in data science and why it matters
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
#WomenInSTEM
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Our June issue is now live! www.cell.com/patterns/iss...
On the cover is an artwork from Dirk Vanmassenhove that the artist feels evokes findings in a study on gender bias also published in this issue. "Gender, like color, is layered, mutable," he writes.
Related study
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
On the cover is an artwork from Dirk Vanmassenhove that the artist feels evokes findings in a study on gender bias also published in this issue. "Gender, like color, is layered, mutable," he writes.
Related study
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
June 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Our June issue is now live! www.cell.com/patterns/iss...
On the cover is an artwork from Dirk Vanmassenhove that the artist feels evokes findings in a study on gender bias also published in this issue. "Gender, like color, is layered, mutable," he writes.
Related study
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
On the cover is an artwork from Dirk Vanmassenhove that the artist feels evokes findings in a study on gender bias also published in this issue. "Gender, like color, is layered, mutable," he writes.
Related study
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
Reposted by Andrew L. Hufton
Teaching kids about climate change is not what causes climate anxiety.
*Not doing anything about climate change* is what causes climate anxiety.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...
*Not doing anything about climate change* is what causes climate anxiety.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...
Trump Administration Cuts Research Funding, Claiming It Creates ‘Climate Anxiety’
The cuts to a Princeton University program come as the Trump administration has been reviewing an array of research grants related to global warming.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Teaching kids about climate change is not what causes climate anxiety.
*Not doing anything about climate change* is what causes climate anxiety.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...
*Not doing anything about climate change* is what causes climate anxiety.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...
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“I was in paradise,” she said. “I would very much like to stay in paradise.”
The story of Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova, who has been in ICE detention for nearly two months and fears she will be deported to Russia.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/s...
The story of Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova, who has been in ICE detention for nearly two months and fears she will be deported to Russia.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/s...
She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her (Gift Article)
President Trump’s immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine. She fears arrest if she is deported there.
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April 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“I was in paradise,” she said. “I would very much like to stay in paradise.”
The story of Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova, who has been in ICE detention for nearly two months and fears she will be deported to Russia.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/s...
The story of Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova, who has been in ICE detention for nearly two months and fears she will be deported to Russia.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/s...
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"eliminate all funding for [NOAA] climate, weather, and ocean laboratories and cooperative institutes"
"ending the operations of a huge host of earth science satellites"
"closure of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center"
"ending the operations of a huge host of earth science satellites"
"closure of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center"
BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
www.science.org
April 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"eliminate all funding for [NOAA] climate, weather, and ocean laboratories and cooperative institutes"
"ending the operations of a huge host of earth science satellites"
"closure of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center"
"ending the operations of a huge host of earth science satellites"
"closure of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center"
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Also this month, van Amsterdam et al show that prediction models, including AI models, can be well-validated for accuracy but still have harmful consequences when applied to the real-world, such as in clinical decision-making.
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When accurate prediction models yield harmful self-fulfilling prophecies
Prediction models are often developed with the aim to guide treatment decisions, but
can they cause harm? This study reveals that even models with good post-deployment
performance—such as strong discr...
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April 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Also this month, van Amsterdam et al show that prediction models, including AI models, can be well-validated for accuracy but still have harmful consequences when applied to the real-world, such as in clinical decision-making.
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
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Our April issue is now live!
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On the cover this month, researchers from Beijing Jiaotong & Rensselaer Polytech Universities present a graph learning method for predicting extreme failure events in transport networks.
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On the cover this month, researchers from Beijing Jiaotong & Rensselaer Polytech Universities present a graph learning method for predicting extreme failure events in transport networks.
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
April 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Our April issue is now live!
www.cell.com/patterns/iss...
On the cover this month, researchers from Beijing Jiaotong & Rensselaer Polytech Universities present a graph learning method for predicting extreme failure events in transport networks.
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
www.cell.com/patterns/iss...
On the cover this month, researchers from Beijing Jiaotong & Rensselaer Polytech Universities present a graph learning method for predicting extreme failure events in transport networks.
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
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@booker.senate.gov
The record for the longest filibuster is 24 hours and 18 minutes.
It is held by Sen. Thurman who was filibustering AGAINST the Civil Rights Act.
How poetic would it be for a black man to smash that record for a much more noble cause?!
Keep going, Cory!! #corybooker #filibuster
The record for the longest filibuster is 24 hours and 18 minutes.
It is held by Sen. Thurman who was filibustering AGAINST the Civil Rights Act.
How poetic would it be for a black man to smash that record for a much more noble cause?!
Keep going, Cory!! #corybooker #filibuster
April 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
@booker.senate.gov
The record for the longest filibuster is 24 hours and 18 minutes.
It is held by Sen. Thurman who was filibustering AGAINST the Civil Rights Act.
How poetic would it be for a black man to smash that record for a much more noble cause?!
Keep going, Cory!! #corybooker #filibuster
The record for the longest filibuster is 24 hours and 18 minutes.
It is held by Sen. Thurman who was filibustering AGAINST the Civil Rights Act.
How poetic would it be for a black man to smash that record for a much more noble cause?!
Keep going, Cory!! #corybooker #filibuster
Reposted by Andrew L. Hufton
Cory Booker.
That’s the post. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
That’s the post. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
April 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Cory Booker.
That’s the post. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
That’s the post. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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“Compared with the patients’ doctors, the AI model more often failed to detect the presence of disease in Black patients or women, as well in those 40 years or younger.” 😒
Filing this one away for the next time someone offers the truly stupendous retort of “but humans are biased too”
Filing this one away for the next time someone offers the truly stupendous retort of “but humans are biased too”
March 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
“Compared with the patients’ doctors, the AI model more often failed to detect the presence of disease in Black patients or women, as well in those 40 years or younger.” 😒
Filing this one away for the next time someone offers the truly stupendous retort of “but humans are biased too”
Filing this one away for the next time someone offers the truly stupendous retort of “but humans are biased too”
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Happy to share that this was recently implemented for papers on Cell.com. Example below from www.cell.com/patterns/ful....
At @cp-patterns.bsky.social, our Bluesky account is now our primary social media account and we are de-emphasizing X.
At @cp-patterns.bsky.social, our Bluesky account is now our primary social media account and we are de-emphasizing X.
March 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Happy to share that this was recently implemented for papers on Cell.com. Example below from www.cell.com/patterns/ful....
At @cp-patterns.bsky.social, our Bluesky account is now our primary social media account and we are de-emphasizing X.
At @cp-patterns.bsky.social, our Bluesky account is now our primary social media account and we are de-emphasizing X.
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Also in our March issue, Melania Muñoz-García, Amber Hartman Scholz & other members of the DSI Scientific Network (www.dsiscientificnetwork.org) explain what a recent international agreement on genetic data could mean for researchers
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Navigating COP16’s digital sequence information outcomes: What researchers need to do in practice
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity adopted new rules for sharing benefits from
publicly available genetic sequence data, also known as digital sequence information
(DSI). In this Opinion, the a...
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March 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Also in our March issue, Melania Muñoz-García, Amber Hartman Scholz & other members of the DSI Scientific Network (www.dsiscientificnetwork.org) explain what a recent international agreement on genetic data could mean for researchers
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
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Our March issue is now live, including a great cover by Z. Wang and @jsulam.bsky.social highlighting their work on breast cancer biomarker discovery
www.cell.com/patterns/iss...
www.cell.com/patterns/iss...
March 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Our March issue is now live, including a great cover by Z. Wang and @jsulam.bsky.social highlighting their work on breast cancer biomarker discovery
www.cell.com/patterns/iss...
www.cell.com/patterns/iss...
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99% of new medicines developed by the pharmaceutical industry depend on NIH research jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Comparison of Research Spending on New Drug Approvals by the NIH vs the Pharmaceutical Industry
This cross-sectional study examines National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical industry investments in recent drug approvals.
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March 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
99% of new medicines developed by the pharmaceutical industry depend on NIH research jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...