C. Andrew Frank
@candrewfrank.bsky.social
Husband, dad to 3, son, brother, uncle, cousin, nephew. Fruit fly neuroscientist, geneticist. Professor, University of Iowa. He/him.
Which it is all true! BUT...I think as these AI tools improve they might be able to compare and contrast different studies and offer workable suggestions for improvement or advancement of the work.
Still, I am totally blown away by what it can do right now.
Still, I am totally blown away by what it can do right now.
September 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Which it is all true! BUT...I think as these AI tools improve they might be able to compare and contrast different studies and offer workable suggestions for improvement or advancement of the work.
Still, I am totally blown away by what it can do right now.
Still, I am totally blown away by what it can do right now.
It misses what you might get out of journal club where a group of people studies a paper first and then convenes to discuss it. This AI-derived "discussion" gets the facts right (with a few mispronunciations). But it is also credulous. Everything we wrote in the paper is taken as perfect and true.
September 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It misses what you might get out of journal club where a group of people studies a paper first and then convenes to discuss it. This AI-derived "discussion" gets the facts right (with a few mispronunciations). But it is also credulous. Everything we wrote in the paper is taken as perfect and true.
I am not sure it is available as a tool for scientists or science journalists yet. But whatever advanced AI tools they are using for their algorithm do an excellent job. This is years of work distilled to an understandable 11-minute package. And the product focuses on the core results.
September 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I am not sure it is available as a tool for scientists or science journalists yet. But whatever advanced AI tools they are using for their algorithm do an excellent job. This is years of work distilled to an understandable 11-minute package. And the product focuses on the core results.
Overall, I was very pleased with the peer review and academic editing. Very good experience @plosbiology.org and obviously, we are thrilled with the result.
September 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Overall, I was very pleased with the peer review and academic editing. Very good experience @plosbiology.org and obviously, we are thrilled with the result.
😆 It was, but I think most of it was unintentional.
I did end up submitting corrected proofs with 700+ edits — mostly re-italicizing genotypes that had become unitalicized in the copyediting. We should schedule a chat so I can share thoughts on the copyediting process. Friendly chat, I promise.
I did end up submitting corrected proofs with 700+ edits — mostly re-italicizing genotypes that had become unitalicized in the copyediting. We should schedule a chat so I can share thoughts on the copyediting process. Friendly chat, I promise.
September 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
😆 It was, but I think most of it was unintentional.
I did end up submitting corrected proofs with 700+ edits — mostly re-italicizing genotypes that had become unitalicized in the copyediting. We should schedule a chat so I can share thoughts on the copyediting process. Friendly chat, I promise.
I did end up submitting corrected proofs with 700+ edits — mostly re-italicizing genotypes that had become unitalicized in the copyediting. We should schedule a chat so I can share thoughts on the copyediting process. Friendly chat, I promise.
I gave them 700+ edits back in the proofs. Mostly redoing italicized words that they had unitalicized (presumably accidentally).
September 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I gave them 700+ edits back in the proofs. Mostly redoing italicized words that they had unitalicized (presumably accidentally).
🥺 Maybe I am just optimistic and naive.
September 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🥺 Maybe I am just optimistic and naive.
One thing I learned (from a job rejection email I got in 2009) is that “Thank you for your email” or “Thank you for your message” can be a good way to start. Friendly, low pressure, content free.
And now that we have established that I am friendly, here’s the business part.
And now that we have established that I am friendly, here’s the business part.
September 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
One thing I learned (from a job rejection email I got in 2009) is that “Thank you for your email” or “Thank you for your message” can be a good way to start. Friendly, low pressure, content free.
And now that we have established that I am friendly, here’s the business part.
And now that we have established that I am friendly, here’s the business part.
Done! But the "the" typo in my post will just have to persist. It goes with the territory.
July 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Done! But the "the" typo in my post will just have to persist. It goes with the territory.
Geriatric Millennials! Now I feel really old.
May 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Geriatric Millennials! Now I feel really old.
I agree. But don’t feel too sorry for those parents. They will learn something new!
May 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I agree. But don’t feel too sorry for those parents. They will learn something new!
I don’t know — children who are different can open up new vistas. All three of my kids have some qualities in common but they are all different in great and unexpected ways.
What I have come to appreciate is that the best you can do as a parent is to help your child discover who they are.
What I have come to appreciate is that the best you can do as a parent is to help your child discover who they are.
May 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I don’t know — children who are different can open up new vistas. All three of my kids have some qualities in common but they are all different in great and unexpected ways.
What I have come to appreciate is that the best you can do as a parent is to help your child discover who they are.
What I have come to appreciate is that the best you can do as a parent is to help your child discover who they are.
One of a kind: poodle, pug, beagle mix. We will miss him.
April 2, 2025 at 5:13 AM
One of a kind: poodle, pug, beagle mix. We will miss him.