Kristi Holmes
@kristiholmes.bsky.social
Professor and Director at Northwestern University - Leveraging collaborative information initiatives to drive discovery and health #openscience
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From @csoneson.bsky.social , @markrobinsonca.bsky.social & colleagues in @plos.org #Computational #Biology | Building a continuous #benchmarking ecosystem in #bioinformatics | #Education 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓
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Building a continuous benchmarking ecosystem in bioinformatics
Benchmarking, which involves collecting reference datasets and demonstrating method performance, is a requirement for the development of new computational tools, but also becomes a domain of its own t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
From @csoneson.bsky.social , @markrobinsonca.bsky.social & colleagues in @plos.org #Computational #Biology | Building a continuous #benchmarking ecosystem in #bioinformatics | #Education 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓
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Thank you for coming to my TED Talk 🎤
If you’ve read this far and still need convincing, please check out our preprint arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 and this infographic: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
10/10
If you’ve read this far and still need convincing, please check out our preprint arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 and this infographic: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
10/10
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk 🎤
If you’ve read this far and still need convincing, please check out our preprint arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 and this infographic: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
10/10
If you’ve read this far and still need convincing, please check out our preprint arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 and this infographic: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
10/10
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A Perspective in Nature Medicine outlines an agenda for urban health research that promotes a virtuous cycle by which population health and environmental sustainability support and reinforce each other. go.nature.com/49g7kC3 #healthpolicy #publichealth 🧪
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A Perspective in Nature Medicine outlines an agenda for urban health research that promotes a virtuous cycle by which population health and environmental sustainability support and reinforce each other. go.nature.com/49g7kC3 #healthpolicy #publichealth 🧪
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WHO ASKED FOR THIS?!?!
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
WHO ASKED FOR THIS?!?!
As the mother of a thoroughly interesting 13 year old, I absolutely love this. ❤️
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
As the mother of a thoroughly interesting 13 year old, I absolutely love this. ❤️
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A review of health records from more than 130,000 adults found that people who used melatonin for a year or longer were significantly more likely to develop heart failure, be hospitalized for it, or die from any cause within five years.
Melatonin for sleep linked to 90% higher risk of heart failure, study finds
A major American Heart Association analysis suggests that long-term melatonin use for sleep could be linked to a higher risk of heart failure and death among adults with chronic insomnia.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A review of health records from more than 130,000 adults found that people who used melatonin for a year or longer were significantly more likely to develop heart failure, be hospitalized for it, or die from any cause within five years.
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Even chimpanzees think rationally and weigh the evidence when making a choice ;-)
@science.org
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Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Even chimpanzees think rationally and weigh the evidence when making a choice ;-)
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No SNAP in November?
If you have the means, donate to your local food pantries. Kids shouldn’t go hungry!
If you have the means, donate to your local food pantries. Kids shouldn’t go hungry!
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With the shutdown in its sixteenth day, roughly 42 million Americans are at risk of missing out on their much-needed food stamps in November. No Thanksgiving.
With the shutdown in its sixteenth day, roughly 42 million Americans are at risk of missing out on their much-needed food stamps in November. No Thanksgiving.
SNAP officials warn benefits to run out in November due to government shutdown
SNAP officials in several states are issuing dire warnings that food assistance benefits could run out next month as the partial government shutdown continues. With the shutdown in its sixteenth da…
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October 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
No SNAP in November?
If you have the means, donate to your local food pantries. Kids shouldn’t go hungry!
If you have the means, donate to your local food pantries. Kids shouldn’t go hungry!
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Friday's Flow. This morning along Chicago's lakefront.
October 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Friday's Flow. This morning along Chicago's lakefront.
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Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! formatmypaper.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! formatmypaper.com
Thanks to @scedmunds.bsky.social for sharing your expert perspectives during your talk today, "Integrating Machine Learning Standards in Disseminating ML Research" #IDW2025
October 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Thanks to @scedmunds.bsky.social for sharing your expert perspectives during your talk today, "Integrating Machine Learning Standards in Disseminating ML Research" #IDW2025
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Vaccines are safe and effective.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
October 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Vaccines are safe and effective.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
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Californian Morning' (mid 20thc) by US artist and printmaker Emmy Lou Packard (1914-1998) #WomensArt
October 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Californian Morning' (mid 20thc) by US artist and printmaker Emmy Lou Packard (1914-1998) #WomensArt
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Next Friday! Join Galter Special Collections at Graceland Cemetery for a tour through history as we explore the final resting places of renowned Feinberg faculty and graduates.
🔗Register: galter.northwestern.edu/course_info/...
🔗Register: galter.northwestern.edu/course_info/...
October 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Next Friday! Join Galter Special Collections at Graceland Cemetery for a tour through history as we explore the final resting places of renowned Feinberg faculty and graduates.
🔗Register: galter.northwestern.edu/course_info/...
🔗Register: galter.northwestern.edu/course_info/...
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NEW RESOURCE available from the Make Data Count and HELIOS Open ‘Implementing data evaluation in academia’ Working Group. This implementation guide provides practical guidance for integrating data and other open outputs in institutional review processes.
Download the guide: tinyurl.com/y77e73n8
Download the guide: tinyurl.com/y77e73n8
October 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW RESOURCE available from the Make Data Count and HELIOS Open ‘Implementing data evaluation in academia’ Working Group. This implementation guide provides practical guidance for integrating data and other open outputs in institutional review processes.
Download the guide: tinyurl.com/y77e73n8
Download the guide: tinyurl.com/y77e73n8
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📢Join the upcoming webinar to explore how monitoring & evidence gathering can support #OpenScience, research assessment reform, and systemic change, featuring discussions on key international initiatives.
🕓 20 Oct, 16:00 CEST
📍Online
👉Register: bit.ly/4305IIn
🕓 20 Oct, 16:00 CEST
📍Online
👉Register: bit.ly/4305IIn
October 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
📢Join the upcoming webinar to explore how monitoring & evidence gathering can support #OpenScience, research assessment reform, and systemic change, featuring discussions on key international initiatives.
🕓 20 Oct, 16:00 CEST
📍Online
👉Register: bit.ly/4305IIn
🕓 20 Oct, 16:00 CEST
📍Online
👉Register: bit.ly/4305IIn
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Join us this October for our virtual classes! Register here: galter.northwestern.edu/classes
October 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Join us this October for our virtual classes! Register here: galter.northwestern.edu/classes
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Tim-Berners Lee, who invented the World Wide Web in 1989, is now building tools that aim to resist big-tech platforms, give users control over their own data, and prevent A.I. from hollowing out the open web.
Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants to Save It
In 1989, Sir Tim revolutionized the online world. Today, in the era of misinformation, addictive algorithms, and extractive monopolies, he thinks he can do it again.
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September 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tim-Berners Lee, who invented the World Wide Web in 1989, is now building tools that aim to resist big-tech platforms, give users control over their own data, and prevent A.I. from hollowing out the open web.
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Changing the Way We Talk: How Science Communications Brings Research to the Masses — bit.ly/4mCl7WB
September 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Changing the Way We Talk: How Science Communications Brings Research to the Masses — bit.ly/4mCl7WB
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: @pkp.sfu.ca is looking for a Managing Director! This is a rare opportunity to lead a highly impactful #scholcomm organization. Role works closely with me (Scientific Director) to provide strategic and operational leadership. Help us spread the word!
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PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project
The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director
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September 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
JOB OPPORTUNITY: @pkp.sfu.ca is looking for a Managing Director! This is a rare opportunity to lead a highly impactful #scholcomm organization. Role works closely with me (Scientific Director) to provide strategic and operational leadership. Help us spread the word!
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HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
September 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Excited for Medical Education Day!! 💜@nufeinbergmed.bsky.social Hope you get a chance to visit us and grab some library swag and candy!
September 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Excited for Medical Education Day!! 💜@nufeinbergmed.bsky.social Hope you get a chance to visit us and grab some library swag and candy!
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Announcing our fall seminar speakers! Starting September 24th, with talks by leading researchers from Northwestern, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon University, Midjourney, and Google.
Join us each Wednesday at 12pm US Central: bit.ly/WedatNICO
#WedatNICO #ComplexSystems #DataScience #AI
Join us each Wednesday at 12pm US Central: bit.ly/WedatNICO
#WedatNICO #ComplexSystems #DataScience #AI
September 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Announcing our fall seminar speakers! Starting September 24th, with talks by leading researchers from Northwestern, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon University, Midjourney, and Google.
Join us each Wednesday at 12pm US Central: bit.ly/WedatNICO
#WedatNICO #ComplexSystems #DataScience #AI
Join us each Wednesday at 12pm US Central: bit.ly/WedatNICO
#WedatNICO #ComplexSystems #DataScience #AI
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“Summer is never
Fall is again
Winter is forever
Spring is when”
From “Elegy as the Four Seasons” by Katie Peterson. buff.ly/T5tjtwN
Fall is again
Winter is forever
Spring is when”
From “Elegy as the Four Seasons” by Katie Peterson. buff.ly/T5tjtwN
September 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“Summer is never
Fall is again
Winter is forever
Spring is when”
From “Elegy as the Four Seasons” by Katie Peterson. buff.ly/T5tjtwN
Fall is again
Winter is forever
Spring is when”
From “Elegy as the Four Seasons” by Katie Peterson. buff.ly/T5tjtwN
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In addition to scraping your uploads for "generative AI" training, Academia dot edu is going to start claiming rights to your personal info— *including your signature & voice*— for anything they see fit.
So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.
So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.
September 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In addition to scraping your uploads for "generative AI" training, Academia dot edu is going to start claiming rights to your personal info— *including your signature & voice*— for anything they see fit.
So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.
So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.