José Manuel García-Fernández
@jmgarciafnandez77.bsky.social
Professor @UnivCordoba. Working on adaptive mechanisms in the N and C metabolism in marine picocyanobacteria: Prochlorococcus & Synechococcus. Opinions my own.
Documentan un caso especial de remisión del VIH tras un trasplante de células madre a un enfermo de cáncer www.eldiario.es/1_c37a2e
Documentan un caso especial de remisión del VIH tras un trasplante de células madre a un enfermo de cáncer
El hombre, de 60 años, era portador del VIH y desarrolló una leucemia para la que recibió un trasplante de células madre con una mutación que protege contra el sida; seis años después del trasplante, ...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Documentan un caso especial de remisión del VIH tras un trasplante de células madre a un enfermo de cáncer www.eldiario.es/1_c37a2e
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"The ERC is receiving additional budget for the scheme from the EU, so its regular schemes, which suffer from limited budgets, should not be negatively affected, Leptin said."
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"The ERC is receiving additional budget for the scheme from the EU, so its regular schemes, which suffer from limited budgets, should not be negatively affected, Leptin said."
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Let’s run the numbers on this new @ERC_Research “ERC-Plus” scheme. About 30 grants to be awarded, and we’re told “better apply for a regular grant, your chances are 30× higher.”
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ERC’s new €7m Plus Grants open to researchers at any career stage - Research Professional News
European Research Council president describes scheme as part attempt to lure US talent
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November 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Let’s run the numbers on this new @ERC_Research “ERC-Plus” scheme. About 30 grants to be awarded, and we’re told “better apply for a regular grant, your chances are 30× higher.”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Here's a zero-cost proposal for ERC to lure US talent: condition participation in a Synergy grant to a relocation to the EU. Will help the incoming PI not only with money but also a supporting collaboration. Right now SyG is funding US labs while NIH has cut all funding to foreign collaborators.
November 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Here's a zero-cost proposal for ERC to lure US talent: condition participation in a Synergy grant to a relocation to the EU. Will help the incoming PI not only with money but also a supporting collaboration. Right now SyG is funding US labs while NIH has cut all funding to foreign collaborators.
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
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The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
ERC’s new €7m Plus Grants open to researchers at any career stage - Research Professional News
European Research Council president describes scheme as part attempt to lure US talent
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November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
· #AcademicSky ·
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
My bsky feed goes through three overlapping outrages about mega ERC grants, AI, and phase separation - and that's not to mention anything US&Ukraine related. 2025 is an intense year!
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My bsky feed goes through three overlapping outrages about mega ERC grants, AI, and phase separation - and that's not to mention anything US&Ukraine related. 2025 is an intense year!
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants live starting now www.youtube.com/live/Dzkas7f...
Webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants
YouTube video by European Research Council
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November 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants live starting now www.youtube.com/live/Dzkas7f...
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
ERC Plus Grants
• No career limit, current ERCs are not eligible
• Major challenge, transformative research
• Up to 7 million euros, up to 7 years
• 30 grants per year, 2 years, only once per lifetime
• Same application format, plus vision statement
• Deadline in September 2026, 2 stage evaluation
• No career limit, current ERCs are not eligible
• Major challenge, transformative research
• Up to 7 million euros, up to 7 years
• 30 grants per year, 2 years, only once per lifetime
• Same application format, plus vision statement
• Deadline in September 2026, 2 stage evaluation
Webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants live starting now www.youtube.com/live/Dzkas7f...
Webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants
YouTube video by European Research Council
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November 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
ERC Plus Grants
• No career limit, current ERCs are not eligible
• Major challenge, transformative research
• Up to 7 million euros, up to 7 years
• 30 grants per year, 2 years, only once per lifetime
• Same application format, plus vision statement
• Deadline in September 2026, 2 stage evaluation
• No career limit, current ERCs are not eligible
• Major challenge, transformative research
• Up to 7 million euros, up to 7 years
• 30 grants per year, 2 years, only once per lifetime
• Same application format, plus vision statement
• Deadline in September 2026, 2 stage evaluation
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Worth about 200M€ = 150 ERC StG!
Not convinced this is a good move for Europe research!
Not convinced this is a good move for Europe research!
ERC Plus Grants
• No career limit, current ERCs are not eligible
• Major challenge, transformative research
• Up to 7 million euros, up to 7 years
• 30 grants per year, 2 years, only once per lifetime
• Same application format, plus vision statement
• Deadline in September 2026, 2 stage evaluation
• No career limit, current ERCs are not eligible
• Major challenge, transformative research
• Up to 7 million euros, up to 7 years
• 30 grants per year, 2 years, only once per lifetime
• Same application format, plus vision statement
• Deadline in September 2026, 2 stage evaluation
Webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants live starting now www.youtube.com/live/Dzkas7f...
November 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Worth about 200M€ = 150 ERC StG!
Not convinced this is a good move for Europe research!
Not convinced this is a good move for Europe research!
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Con la humanidad atemorizada por la mortífera segunda ola del coronavirus, una revista científica publicó un estudio con la solución: los amuletos de jade podrían prevenir la covid. Su caída expone el pelotazo de las editoriales en la ciencia
La caída de una megarrevista científica expone el pelotazo de las editoriales en la ciencia
Una de las cabeceras que más estudios publican en el mundo, expulsada del sistema por irregularidades. Su editorial, Elsevier, supera los 1.300 millones de euros de beneficios al año
social.elpais.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Con la humanidad atemorizada por la mortífera segunda ola del coronavirus, una revista científica publicó un estudio con la solución: los amuletos de jade podrían prevenir la covid. Su caída expone el pelotazo de las editoriales en la ciencia
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Topological adaptation of heliorhodopsins enables exogenous second-antenna acquisition in monoderm phototrophs www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Topological adaptation of heliorhodopsins enables exogenous second-antenna acquisition in monoderm phototrophs www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Science of the Total Environment has been removed from the core collection of Web of Science. This has been a first decile journal in Environmental Sciences for several years in a row.
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elpais.com/ciencia/2025-11-…
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Science of the Total Environment has been removed from the core collection of Web of Science. This has been a first decile journal in Environmental Sciences for several years in a row.
elpais.com/ciencia/2025-11-…
elpais.com/ciencia/2025-11-…
AlphaFold is five years old — these charts show how it revolutionized science www.nature.com/articles/d41...
AlphaFold is five years old — these charts show how it revolutionized science
Since it was unveiled in 2020, Google DeepMind's game-changing AI tool has helped researchers all over the world to predict the 3D structures of hundreds of millions of proteins.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
AlphaFold is five years old — these charts show how it revolutionized science www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Why the world must wake up to China’s science leadership nature.com/articles/d41586-…
Why the world must wake up to China’s science leadership
The nation’s next generation of scientists and technologists will shape the coming decades.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Why the world must wake up to China’s science leadership nature.com/articles/d41586-…
Dinero, represión y ansia de control: las razones de la huelga en las seis universidades públicas madrileñas eldiario.es/1_c33ac5
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Dinero, represión y ansia de control: las razones de la huelga en las seis universidades públicas madrileñas eldiario.es/1_c33ac5
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Finlandia se enfrenta al estancamiento económico, al aumento del desempleo y a unas finanzas públicas en crisis, pero aun así logró asegurarse el título de país más feliz del mundo. Su éxito se debe en gran medida a un generoso Estado de bienestar
Por qué los finlandeses son los más felices del mundo si tienen un paro entre los más altos de Europa
El estado del bienestar y la capacidad de adaptación de sus ciudadanos son claves para encabezar el ranking
cincodias.elpais.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Finlandia se enfrenta al estancamiento económico, al aumento del desempleo y a unas finanzas públicas en crisis, pero aun así logró asegurarse el título de país más feliz del mundo. Su éxito se debe en gran medida a un generoso Estado de bienestar
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Hoy es día de que hablen EXCLUSIVAMENTE las mujeres y qué mejor que lo haga @lazaroelena.bsky.social
Vivas de milagro: violencias médicas contra las mujeres del siglo XIX
El siglo XIX legitimó legal y científicamente el patriarcado, convirtiendo a las señoras en las primeras víctimas “oficiales” de las violencias médicas contra sus cuerpos.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Hoy es día de que hablen EXCLUSIVAMENTE las mujeres y qué mejor que lo haga @lazaroelena.bsky.social
I have been thinking to update the graphic material I use to teach the kinds of transport across the membrane to include proteorhodopsins among active transporters. And I found this nice example of AI getting all confused with simple questions:
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I have been thinking to update the graphic material I use to teach the kinds of transport across the membrane to include proteorhodopsins among active transporters. And I found this nice example of AI getting all confused with simple questions:
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Un apunte: las iniciativas de “colaboración” con la industria de los ultraprocesados para que “mejore” sus productos NO funcionan. Las autoridades NO deberían tratar con ella sus políticas de alimentación y salud pública. Es como discutir la salud del aparato respiratorio con la industria del tabaco
"Evita su consumo": la advertencia que pone los pelos de punta a la industria de la comida insana. En Chile la han implantado contra viento y marea, dando un ejemplo para el mundo: la salud pública importa más que los beneficios empresariales. Por @beatrizrobles.com elpais.com/gastronomia/...
“Evita su consumo”: el sello negro que hace temblar a la industria de los ultraprocesados
La peor pesadilla de los productores de comestibles insanos se hace realidad en Chile, donde el Gobierno obliga a poner un aviso claro y contundente en su publicidad
elpais.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Un apunte: las iniciativas de “colaboración” con la industria de los ultraprocesados para que “mejore” sus productos NO funcionan. Las autoridades NO deberían tratar con ella sus políticas de alimentación y salud pública. Es como discutir la salud del aparato respiratorio con la industria del tabaco
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
In 1990, 943 million people in China lived on less than $3 a day measured in 2021 dollars – 83% of the population, according to the World Bank. By 2019, the number was brought down to zero. In the US more than 4 million Americans live on less than $3 a day, 3x as many as 35 years ago.
China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice
Despite the US’s economic success, income inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the system
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November 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
In 1990, 943 million people in China lived on less than $3 a day measured in 2021 dollars – 83% of the population, according to the World Bank. By 2019, the number was brought down to zero. In the US more than 4 million Americans live on less than $3 a day, 3x as many as 35 years ago.
I had a good laugh reading this proposal of the j index:
nature.com/articles/d41586-…
Indeed, the bibliographic metrics are reaching ridiculous levels. We all should focus on doing good science, rather than getting high numbers in metrics.
nature.com/articles/d41586-…
Indeed, the bibliographic metrics are reaching ridiculous levels. We all should focus on doing good science, rather than getting high numbers in metrics.
Introducing the j-metric: a true measure of what matters in academia
Science has become obsessed with publishing numbers. With this new satirical proposal, have we reached peak metric?
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I had a good laugh reading this proposal of the j index:
nature.com/articles/d41586-…
Indeed, the bibliographic metrics are reaching ridiculous levels. We all should focus on doing good science, rather than getting high numbers in metrics.
nature.com/articles/d41586-…
Indeed, the bibliographic metrics are reaching ridiculous levels. We all should focus on doing good science, rather than getting high numbers in metrics.
Mathematicians put AI model AlphaProof to the test www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Mathematicians put AI model AlphaProof to the test
Mathematicians use computational tools to prove theorems. An AI model that is trained to use these tools might accelerate mathematical discovery.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Mathematicians put AI model AlphaProof to the test www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The computers that run on human brain cells www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The computers that run on human brain cells
Move over silicon: scientists want to use neurons to make powerful computers with minuscule energy needs.
www.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The computers that run on human brain cells www.nature.com/articles/d41...