Ben Johnson
@benjaminjohnson.bsky.social
Chief Editor of Nature Health, a new journal of public, global and population health from the Nature Portfolio
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Interested in diversity in genomics research?
Nature Health's Chief Editor @benjaminjohnson.bsky.social will be speaking at the Genomics Diversity Symposium on 11th June at @qmul.ac.uk
Register today!
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Nature Health's Chief Editor @benjaminjohnson.bsky.social will be speaking at the Genomics Diversity Symposium on 11th June at @qmul.ac.uk
Register today!
www.qmul.ac.uk/phuri/news--...
May 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Interested in diversity in genomics research?
Nature Health's Chief Editor @benjaminjohnson.bsky.social will be speaking at the Genomics Diversity Symposium on 11th June at @qmul.ac.uk
Register today!
www.qmul.ac.uk/phuri/news--...
Nature Health's Chief Editor @benjaminjohnson.bsky.social will be speaking at the Genomics Diversity Symposium on 11th June at @qmul.ac.uk
Register today!
www.qmul.ac.uk/phuri/news--...
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Nature Health will launch in 2026!
We welcome submissions across the health sciences, including biomedical research, but also social and environmental sciences, including qualitative and mixed methods research. #health #medicine #publichealth
Check out our website: go.nature.com/3Ylz5mc
We welcome submissions across the health sciences, including biomedical research, but also social and environmental sciences, including qualitative and mixed methods research. #health #medicine #publichealth
Check out our website: go.nature.com/3Ylz5mc
April 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Nature Health will launch in 2026!
We welcome submissions across the health sciences, including biomedical research, but also social and environmental sciences, including qualitative and mixed methods research. #health #medicine #publichealth
Check out our website: go.nature.com/3Ylz5mc
We welcome submissions across the health sciences, including biomedical research, but also social and environmental sciences, including qualitative and mixed methods research. #health #medicine #publichealth
Check out our website: go.nature.com/3Ylz5mc
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Evidence shows that science and scientists remain highly trusted.
But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway
https://go.nature.com/4cup7oG
But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway
https://go.nature.com/4cup7oG
Science’s big problem is a loss of influence, not a loss of trust
Evidence shows that science and scientists remain highly trusted. But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway.
go.nature.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Evidence shows that science and scientists remain highly trusted.
But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway
https://go.nature.com/4cup7oG
But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway
https://go.nature.com/4cup7oG
Nature Health is now open for submissions!
We are a new journal of public, global and population health aiming to publish the best research that has an impact on health policy and practice.
Get in touch if you want to know more, or go ahead and submit online: www.nature.com/naturehealth/
We are a new journal of public, global and population health aiming to publish the best research that has an impact on health policy and practice.
Get in touch if you want to know more, or go ahead and submit online: www.nature.com/naturehealth/
April 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Nature Health is now open for submissions!
We are a new journal of public, global and population health aiming to publish the best research that has an impact on health policy and practice.
Get in touch if you want to know more, or go ahead and submit online: www.nature.com/naturehealth/
We are a new journal of public, global and population health aiming to publish the best research that has an impact on health policy and practice.
Get in touch if you want to know more, or go ahead and submit online: www.nature.com/naturehealth/
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Many parents are concerned that teenagers are spending more time on their phones and less time socializing directly
https://go.nature.com/4lc0cKb
https://go.nature.com/4lc0cKb
Are screens harming teens? What scientists can do to find answers
The fierce debate about smartphones and adolescent mental health rests on conflicting science. Researchers and technology companies must work to improve it.
go.nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Many parents are concerned that teenagers are spending more time on their phones and less time socializing directly
https://go.nature.com/4lc0cKb
https://go.nature.com/4lc0cKb
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Statement from Infectious Diseases Society of America:
The CDC study to explore vaccines & autism will:
- waste needed resources at worst possible time
- "drive misinformation"
Reality: Decades of research & "scientifically sound studies show no link or association between vaccines and autism."
The CDC study to explore vaccines & autism will:
- waste needed resources at worst possible time
- "drive misinformation"
Reality: Decades of research & "scientifically sound studies show no link or association between vaccines and autism."
March 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Statement from Infectious Diseases Society of America:
The CDC study to explore vaccines & autism will:
- waste needed resources at worst possible time
- "drive misinformation"
Reality: Decades of research & "scientifically sound studies show no link or association between vaccines and autism."
The CDC study to explore vaccines & autism will:
- waste needed resources at worst possible time
- "drive misinformation"
Reality: Decades of research & "scientifically sound studies show no link or association between vaccines and autism."
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The NIH by charts: It will not be easy to replace funding frozen and terminated by the agency.
It is by far the global leader in biomedical funding, and, as many have told me: an absolute gold standard in how to review and fund research.
Our full analysis here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
It is by far the global leader in biomedical funding, and, as many have told me: an absolute gold standard in how to review and fund research.
Our full analysis here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
March 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The NIH by charts: It will not be easy to replace funding frozen and terminated by the agency.
It is by far the global leader in biomedical funding, and, as many have told me: an absolute gold standard in how to review and fund research.
Our full analysis here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
It is by far the global leader in biomedical funding, and, as many have told me: an absolute gold standard in how to review and fund research.
Our full analysis here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature!
We are thrilled to recognize these outstanding women driving innovation in technology.
Learn more about the winners here and below: go.nature.com/3X07UN9 🧵
📸 Masayuki Nakano/Sony
#WomeninStem 🧪
We are thrilled to recognize these outstanding women driving innovation in technology.
Learn more about the winners here and below: go.nature.com/3X07UN9 🧵
📸 Masayuki Nakano/Sony
#WomeninStem 🧪
February 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature!
We are thrilled to recognize these outstanding women driving innovation in technology.
Learn more about the winners here and below: go.nature.com/3X07UN9 🧵
📸 Masayuki Nakano/Sony
#WomeninStem 🧪
We are thrilled to recognize these outstanding women driving innovation in technology.
Learn more about the winners here and below: go.nature.com/3X07UN9 🧵
📸 Masayuki Nakano/Sony
#WomeninStem 🧪
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Analysis of the confined crowds at the San Fermín festival in Spain shows that dense crowds can self-organize into macroscopic chiral oscillators, coordinating the orbital motion of hundreds of individuals without external guidance, according to a paper in Nature. https://go.nature.com/3WKkb8r 🧪
February 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Analysis of the confined crowds at the San Fermín festival in Spain shows that dense crowds can self-organize into macroscopic chiral oscillators, coordinating the orbital motion of hundreds of individuals without external guidance, according to a paper in Nature. https://go.nature.com/3WKkb8r 🧪
How the World Health Organization can thrive without the United States.
Editorial from @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Editorial from @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How the World Health Organization can thrive without the United States
If the 193 remaining member nations want the WHO to succeed, they must find a way to pay for it.
www.nature.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
How the World Health Organization can thrive without the United States.
Editorial from @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Editorial from @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Diseases, especially infectious diseases, do not respect borders. If countries genuinely want & value an organization that champions health for all, they must all step up to support WHO
(Our editorial this week)
#MedSky
@nature.com
@who.int
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
(Our editorial this week)
#MedSky
@nature.com
@who.int
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How the World Health Organization can thrive without the United States
If the 193 remaining member nations want the WHO to succeed, they must find a way to pay for it.
www.nature.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Diseases, especially infectious diseases, do not respect borders. If countries genuinely want & value an organization that champions health for all, they must all step up to support WHO
(Our editorial this week)
#MedSky
@nature.com
@who.int
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
(Our editorial this week)
#MedSky
@nature.com
@who.int
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Censor CDC scientists and ask them to withdraw papers from medical journals?
This is not how it works, Mr President.
Our response @bmj.com on the Trump Executive Order and his "forbidden words"
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
This is not how it works, Mr President.
Our response @bmj.com on the Trump Executive Order and his "forbidden words"
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
February 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Censor CDC scientists and ask them to withdraw papers from medical journals?
This is not how it works, Mr President.
Our response @bmj.com on the Trump Executive Order and his "forbidden words"
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
This is not how it works, Mr President.
Our response @bmj.com on the Trump Executive Order and his "forbidden words"
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Today I leave Nature Medicine 😢 and start a new adventure as Chief Editor of a new @NaturePortfolio journal on public, global and population health… Nature Health! 🌍
There are huge challenges in global health right now, but also solutions, and I’m excited to share them. #health #medicine
There are huge challenges in global health right now, but also solutions, and I’m excited to share them. #health #medicine
February 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Pre-Columbian Amazonians farmed fields of maize: Lombardo, et al. Maize monoculture supported pre-Columbian urbanism in southwestern Amazonia. Nature (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Maize monoculture supported pre-Columbian urbanism in southwestern Amazonia - Nature
Remote sensing, field survey and microbotanical analyses show that the pre-Columbian Casarabe culture in the Bolivian Amazon invested heavily in landscape engineering, constructing a complex system of...
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January 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Pre-Columbian Amazonians farmed fields of maize: Lombardo, et al. Maize monoculture supported pre-Columbian urbanism in southwestern Amazonia. Nature (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Here we go! The first issue of Nature Reviews Biodiversity is now live🥳🎉🥂.
Thank you to our authors, reviewers, and community for the support! We hope you enjoy the reading. www.nature.com/nrbd/volumes...
Thank you to our authors, reviewers, and community for the support! We hope you enjoy the reading. www.nature.com/nrbd/volumes...
January 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Here we go! The first issue of Nature Reviews Biodiversity is now live🥳🎉🥂.
Thank you to our authors, reviewers, and community for the support! We hope you enjoy the reading. www.nature.com/nrbd/volumes...
Thank you to our authors, reviewers, and community for the support! We hope you enjoy the reading. www.nature.com/nrbd/volumes...
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Dear Donald Trump: A letter from Nature on how to make science thrive and why it matters for the health, prosperity and safety of people of America and the world
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Dear Donald Trump: A letter from Nature on how to make science thrive
The US federal government can harness science to secure the health, prosperity and safety of Americans and the world.
www.nature.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Dear Donald Trump: A letter from Nature on how to make science thrive and why it matters for the health, prosperity and safety of people of America and the world
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
It is indeed - this is my current role! Happy to talk to anyone interested in applying.
Oooh this #job at @natureportfolio.bsky.social looks fun! Commissioning, editing and developing News and Opinion content for Nature Medicine in New York or London. Salary range US$74k-115k springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
Associate or Senior Editor - Nature Medicine, News and Opinion
Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor - Nature Medicine, News and Opinion Location(s): New York or London - Hybrid Working Application Deadline: January 5, 2025 About Springer Nature Group Springer Na...
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December 18, 2024 at 12:47 PM
It is indeed - this is my current role! Happy to talk to anyone interested in applying.
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Nature Medicine asks leading researchers to name their top clinical trial for 2025, from gene therapies for prion disease and sickle-cell disease to digital tools for cancer and mental health. Read what they named as their top 11 trials. 🧪
Eleven clinical trials that will shape medicine in 2025 - Nature Medicine
Nature Medicine asks leading researchers to name their top clinical trial for 2025, from gene therapies for prion disease and sickle-cell disease to digital tools for cancer and mental health.
go.nature.com
December 14, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Nature Medicine asks leading researchers to name their top clinical trial for 2025, from gene therapies for prion disease and sickle-cell disease to digital tools for cancer and mental health. Read what they named as their top 11 trials. 🧪
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The COPs are not working.
The system that scientists use to access & influence UN environmental agreements is under strain.
In this editorial we argue we must understand how & why research is being pushed to the margins & what to do to get policy back on track
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The system that scientists use to access & influence UN environmental agreements is under strain.
In this editorial we argue we must understand how & why research is being pushed to the margins & what to do to get policy back on track
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Good COPs, bad COPs: science struggles in a year of environmental summits
The system meant to ensure that international agreements are informed by a consensus of rigorous research is under severe stress.
www.nature.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:54 AM
The COPs are not working.
The system that scientists use to access & influence UN environmental agreements is under strain.
In this editorial we argue we must understand how & why research is being pushed to the margins & what to do to get policy back on track
🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The system that scientists use to access & influence UN environmental agreements is under strain.
In this editorial we argue we must understand how & why research is being pushed to the margins & what to do to get policy back on track
🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which clinical trials will shape medicine in 2025?
Find out in our Year in Review for Nature Medicine
#medicine #health #Clinicaltrials
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Find out in our Year in Review for Nature Medicine
#medicine #health #Clinicaltrials
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Eleven clinical trials that will shape medicine in 2025 - Nature Medicine
Nature Medicine asks leading researchers to name their top clinical trial for 2025, from gene therapies for prion disease and sickle-cell disease to digital tools for cancer and mental health.
www.nature.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Which clinical trials will shape medicine in 2025?
Find out in our Year in Review for Nature Medicine
#medicine #health #Clinicaltrials
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Find out in our Year in Review for Nature Medicine
#medicine #health #Clinicaltrials
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Nature Neuroscience is hiring a computational/systems/cognitive editor! Come join our team! Happy to answer any questions.
springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Neuroscience
Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Neuroscience Location: New York, Jersey City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Berlin or Shanghai Application Deadline: January 6, 2025 About Springer Natur...
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December 9, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Nature Neuroscience is hiring a computational/systems/cognitive editor! Come join our team! Happy to answer any questions.
springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
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Don't use red and green data lines/surfaces in the same panel please #chemsky. It can be difficult for some colorblind readers to differentiate them. I've accepted (in principle) 2 papers today, and both sets of authors were asked to remove red/green colour contrasts www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Colour me better: fixing figures for colour blindness
Images can be made more accessible by choosing hues, shapes and textures carefully.
www.nature.com
December 10, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Don't use red and green data lines/surfaces in the same panel please #chemsky. It can be difficult for some colorblind readers to differentiate them. I've accepted (in principle) 2 papers today, and both sets of authors were asked to remove red/green colour contrasts www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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#natureconference 🚨
I'm co-organizing a conference on Gene & Cell Therapies with Joao Monteiro #NatureMedicine, Pep Pàmies #NatureBiomedicalEngineering & @francesari.bsky.social #Nature.
Come join us in Wenzhou in April!
👇more details:
conferences.nature.com/event/GeneCe...
I'm co-organizing a conference on Gene & Cell Therapies with Joao Monteiro #NatureMedicine, Pep Pàmies #NatureBiomedicalEngineering & @francesari.bsky.social #Nature.
Come join us in Wenzhou in April!
👇more details:
conferences.nature.com/event/GeneCe...
HOME - Gene & Cell Therapies: the path to clinic
conferences.nature.com
December 4, 2024 at 11:09 AM
#natureconference 🚨
I'm co-organizing a conference on Gene & Cell Therapies with Joao Monteiro #NatureMedicine, Pep Pàmies #NatureBiomedicalEngineering & @francesari.bsky.social #Nature.
Come join us in Wenzhou in April!
👇more details:
conferences.nature.com/event/GeneCe...
I'm co-organizing a conference on Gene & Cell Therapies with Joao Monteiro #NatureMedicine, Pep Pàmies #NatureBiomedicalEngineering & @francesari.bsky.social #Nature.
Come join us in Wenzhou in April!
👇more details:
conferences.nature.com/event/GeneCe...
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The first day with no sea ice in the Arctic will be a visible sign of climate change. A study in Nature Communications shows that this could occur before 2030 and becomes more likely as the world warms. As the ice thins, the triggers are extreme weather events. https://go.nature.com/49qq5AO 🧪
December 5, 2024 at 3:09 PM
The first day with no sea ice in the Arctic will be a visible sign of climate change. A study in Nature Communications shows that this could occur before 2030 and becomes more likely as the world warms. As the ice thins, the triggers are extreme weather events. https://go.nature.com/49qq5AO 🧪
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It might be a day or two — or potentially longer — before health officials in DRC can determine what is the cause of an outbreak in a remote part of the country where 382 cases, 79 of them fatal, have been reported. Samples had to be transported >500 km for testing. www.statnews.com/2024/12/05/m...
Cause of outbreak in DRC still being investigated, health officials say
A disease outbreak in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has caused 79 deaths. Health officials are still investigating the cause.
www.statnews.com
December 5, 2024 at 3:49 PM
It might be a day or two — or potentially longer — before health officials in DRC can determine what is the cause of an outbreak in a remote part of the country where 382 cases, 79 of them fatal, have been reported. Samples had to be transported >500 km for testing. www.statnews.com/2024/12/05/m...