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The first roadmap toward a consensus atlas of human and mouse adipose tissue is now out in Nature Metabolism! A collaborative effort by the Human Cell Atlas Adipose Tissue Bionetwork. Glad to have contributed to this useful resource for the adipose research community

www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Towards a consensus atlas of human and mouse adipose tissue at single-cell resolution - Nature Metabolism
In this Review, the authors present a roadmap towards achieving consensus on development, analysis and interpretation of single-cell transcriptomics data in adipose tissue, including discussion of roa...
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May 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
In a major initiative led by Brazilian researchers to test reproducibility in biomedical studies, only 21% of experiments were successfully replicated 🤯. Check out the article and my comment on it! 👇🏻

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Huge reproducibility project fails to validate dozens of biomedical studies
Unique reproducibility effort in Brazil focuses on common methods rather than a single field ― and prompts call for reform.
www.nature.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
For a postdoc, having a "hit paper" and giving a "moderate step out" of one's immediate academic surroundings correlate with higher chances of success in academia as an early career faculty (i.e., h-index between 2 and 4 years after one’s first faculty job)

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Postdoc publications and citations link to academic retention and faculty success | PNAS
Postdoctoral training is a career stage often described as a demanding and anxiety-laden time when many promising PhDs see their academic dreams sl...
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January 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Reposted
A group of researchers is challenging the way obesity is defined and diagnosed, arguing that current methods fails to capture the complexity of the condition and calling for a more nuanced approach

https://go.nature.com/4hbo0eu
New obesity definition sidelines BMI to focus on health
Fresh approach to diagnosing the condition looks at how excess body fat affects the body.
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January 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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People in poor communities, who often breathe the worst-quality air, are likely to have more risk factors for brain disorders, stress, lower educational attainment and obesity, compared with those in higher-income areas

https://go.nature.com/3WiPFC9
Air pollution and brain damage: what the science says
Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine how pollutants do their damage, and how much harm they cause.
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January 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM