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Andrew L. Hufton

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I'm just getting started on Bluesky... Personal website: alhufton.com. Editor-in-Chief of Patterns at Cell Press @cp-patterns.bsky.social

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Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
To help diversify the voices published at Patterns, we have released a call for papers aimed at researchers in low- and middle-income countries. If your primary affiliation is in one of these countries & you have a story to share with data scientists around the world, please consider submitting!
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Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈, we celebrate the LGBTQ+ researchers, authors, and editors who make science richer, bolder, and more human. We invite you to revisit these past Cell Press collections: LGBTQ+ in science: www.cell.com/cp/collectio... Building inclusivity in science: www.cell.com/cp/collectio...
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LGBTQ+ in science: Cell Press
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Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Reminder: our Reanalysis call for papers closes on August 1st We are inviting submissions that present compelling and creative reanalyses of prior works of high importance and broad impact. Learn more: www.cell.com/patterns/spe...
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Cell Press: Patterns
Patterns is calling for submissions presenting compelling and creative reanalyses of prior works of high importance and broad impact.
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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Generative #AI may cut costs in machine-learning, but could this also increase risks of cyberattacks and data leaks? Computer scientist Michael Lones shares his view. Read the paper: www.cell.com/patterns/ful... @cp-patterns.bsky.social
first page of paper "Pitfalls and risks of generative AI in machine learning"
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Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Are you a researcher that uses non-human genetic sequence data? The DSI Scientific Network would like to hear from you. The network is currently conducting a survey on capacity building and benefit sharing. Share your views by May 15th: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open Access Tracking Project @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2026
Trump administration withdraws appeal, securing historic victory for libraries and IMLS | ALA www.ala.org/news/2026/04/trump-admi…
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Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
We are hiring! Are you a researcher in #datascience, machine learning, artificial intelligence, statistics, or a related field? Are you passionate about #openscience and clear scientific communication? If yes, please check out this opportunity: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
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Cell Press hiring Scientific Editor in United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 10:50:19 AM. Position: Scientific Editor, PatternsCompany: Elsevier, The Cell Press journal Patternspreferred…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Our April issue is now live! www.cell.com/patterns/iss... On the cover this month is an image of cells experiencing phospholipidosis, highlighting the paper by Kuzikov et al that develops a phospholipidosis risk prediction model to advance drug screening www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
This month's cover image, related to the study by Kuzikov et al., shows a representative cellular phenotype of drug-induced phospholipidosis. The effect is characterized by the excessive accumulation of phospholipids within cells that also can be induced by cationic amphiphilic drugs. Using the shown high-content imaging, the drug-induced phospholipidosis phenotype was characterized, and over 5,000 repurposed drugs were annotated for the ability to induce phospholipidosis. The results were then used to understand which compounds are likely to induce phospholipidosis based on a drug’s chemical structure, finally resulting in the development of a machine learning model capable of predicting the risk of phospholipidosis. Image provided by Mariya Pereverzeva.
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Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The things that I find most interesting about this paper are the differences between the tested models. The OpenAI and Claude models tend to perform similarly and have a common weakness in "no-evidence" contexts, i.e. they like to make up an answer even if there isn't medical evidence.
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Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Make sure your voice is heard in this important community consensus building effort! Interested researchers and organizations should contact the consortium as soon possible, as work is planned to start this month. More details available in the paper ↓
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Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
If you’re going to write a tutorial paper describing a tool or method, it makes a world of difference showing the paper to someone unfamiliar with the tool and asking them to recreate the examples. Some of these papers can be really tricky to follow
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Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Sharing a blog post from the #DukeNUS team about a talk I gave last month: www.duke-nus.edu.sg/newshub/our-... It was great visit with some really engaging discussions. Thanks to @nliulab.bsky.social for the invitation!
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Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I'm looking forward to attending #AAAI next week in Singapore! For anyone that is interested in meeting-up and learning about Patterns or @cellpress.bsky.social, or just wants to chat about #openscience, please DM me. Glad give tips and early advice on potential submissions.
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Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Our first issue of 2026 is now live! www.cell.com/patterns/iss... This month's cover image highlights a framework, IoT-LLM, for applying large language model driven reasoning to real-world sensor data www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
On the cover: The central brain in this image represents IoT-LLM, a framework for processing real-world sensor data with large language models, which is described by An et al. in this issue of Patterns. IoT-LLM provides a central reasoning core that connects and interprets heterogeneous sensor inputs grounded in the physical world such as electrocardiography, temperature, motion, camera images, and robotic system sensors. In the image, these data streams converge on the central model, highlighting how IoT-LLM performs retrieval-augmented fusion and structured reasoning across different data types. Systems like IoT-LLM are laying a foundation for future embodied robots operating in real-world environments. Image credit: An Tuo, Nanyang Technological University.
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Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Check out some of our best papers from 2025, as selected by the journal's editors info.cell.com/collection-r...
Text on image reads: Patterns, A Cell Press journal, Editors' Pick, Best of 2025, Explore the collection
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Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
My tools for generating data citations and exploring journal citation distributions are running again. Thanks @dreamhost.bsky.social for supporting #Perl! alhufton.com/tools/
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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
"The carbon and water footprints of data centers and what it could mean for artificial intelligence" spkl.io/63320AiLLe Alex de Vries-Gao, @digiconomist.bsky.social @cp-patterns.bsky.social
Absract of the Patterns Perspective: "The carbon and water footprints of data centers and what this could mean for artificial intelligence"
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
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Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Our December issue is live! www.cell.com/patterns/iss... On the cover this month is an image highlighting the work by David Fernandez Bonet and co-authors, which introduces a set of geometry-based metrics for assessing the quality of DNA barcode networks www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
On the cover: The image, related to the work by Fernandez Bonet et al., shows a series of spatially coherent networks, explored with breadth-first search to differing depths. The emerging predictable scaling pattern revealed by the progression is indicative of geometric consistency, and this feature can be detected in networks as an indication of how “spatial” a network is. Image credit to Ian Hoffecker and David Fernandez Bonet.
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Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I've received some questions recently about the kinds of literature reviews we consider at @cp-patterns.bsky.social. Given also changes at the CS section of arXiv (blog.arxiv.org/2025/10/31/a...), I thought it would be timely to share some tips on submitting review papers to the journal. 1/n
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Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Is #AI overhyped? We asked five researchers, including three from @cp-patterns.bsky.social's Advisory Board. Here's what they thought: www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
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Sundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
2️⃣ Researchers tested this idea using a large-scale controlled resume correspondence experiment. SCARY Result: LLMs consistently preferred resumes written by themselves over human or rival model outputs — even when quality was the same. 2/n
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Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
New call for submissions! To help promote critical reassessment of prior work, we are now inviting submissions that present compelling and creative reanalyses. Learn more: www.cell.com/patterns/spe... Submit before August 1, 2026 #openscience #datascience
Text presented over a blue and orange background reads: Patterns, a Cell Press journal. Call for papers: Reanalysis. Compelling and creative reanalyses of prior works of high importance and broad impact. August 1, 2026.
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Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Reposting my 2024 #PeerReviewWeek editorial as it is particularly fitting to this year's theme, "Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era": www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
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Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Our September issue is now live! www.cell.com/patterns/iss... This month's awesome cover image highlights a paper from a team of researchers at @uniulm.bsky.social who present a #quantum algorithm for gene regulatory network discovery www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
The journal's cover image illustrates a futuristic city where all structures are interconnected to support the collective prosperity of the organism. At its center is a highly advanced building that receives comprehensive information from across the city and uses it to evaluate the city’s current status as a global entity, which arises from the interconnected components of such a complex network. Similarly, genes within cells function like dynamic circuits by continuously toggling on and off to generate stable patterns known as “attractors,” which influence and control the behaviour of living organisms. In this issue of Patterns, Rossini et al. present an innovative quantum computing approach that rapidly detects these stable genetic patterns—much like navigating a maze—by harnessing quantum mechanical properties. The integration of quantum computing with biology opens new pathways for better understanding the complexity of life. Image credit: Marietta Hamberger.
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Anke Sparmann @ankesparmann.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
1/2 Bacteriophages are among Earth’s most diverse biological entities, but many resist genetic manipulation. This leaves much of their diversity unexplored and constrains efforts to discover new proteins and exploit their potential for biotechnology and therapeutic applications.
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Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Are you an educator in a higher ed setting using generative AI in innovative ways in the classroom? We are currently seeking contributors for a short piece being developed at the journal on the topic. Please DM us if you would be interested in sharing your story.
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Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
In an editorial this month at @cp-patterns.bsky.social, I make a simple plea to our authors: cite what you read, and, please, please, read what you cite. www.cell.com/patterns/ful... Also, some stuff about #preprints
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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 20/08/2025
Our department is seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor position with a focus on affective science. Please apply and/or pass this along to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
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Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Psychology
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Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
I‘m looking forward to visiting the Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (#CASUS) tomorrow in Görlitz! I will be giving a talk to CASUS and other @hzdr.bsky.social researchers at 14:00. Details: www.casus.science?page_id=15608
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Event — Effectively publishing data-rich science – CASUS – Center for Advanced Systems Understanding
Andrew Hufton, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief Patterns, Cell Press, Munich (Germany)
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Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Also in this month's issue: Did you know women have been shaping data science since BEFORE it had a name? Check out this opinion about the often overlooked history of women in data science and why it matters www.cell.com/patterns/ful... #WomenInSTEM
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Highlighting the achievements and impact of women in data science
Women have been instrumental in shaping data science from its earliest days. This opinion highlights both the achievements and the ongoing challenges faced by women in the field, emphasizing that a wi...
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Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Our June issue is now live! www.cell.com/patterns/iss... On the cover is an artwork from Dirk Vanmassenhove that the artist feels evokes findings in a study on gender bias also published in this issue. "Gender, like color, is layered, mutable," he writes. Related study www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
On the cover: “Sur Incise / On Intersection”: Seeing through layers “Sur Incise” draws us in with fractured surfaces—blocks of ochre, navy, yellow, and green, colliding with purpose. Its title, referencing Boulez's composition and the act of cutting, hints at fragmentation and ambiguity. At the painting's center lies a human figure—nude, abstracted, shifting between identities. Visible in color but elusive in form, it invites questions: what remains unseen when language fails us? This visual tension mirrors findings from Savoldi et al.'s study on gender bias in machine translation, where systems default to binaries and overlook intersectionality. Just as the painting resists clear categorization, translation models struggle with identities that do not conform to fixed labels—flattening complexity and erasing nuance. “Sur Incise” offers no singular reading. Gender, like color, is layered, mutable. The figure is not absent—only obscured. To perceive it, we must move beyond rigid categories and accept that some meanings are felt rather than defined.Image credit: Picture of the painting “Sur Incise / On Intersection” 2025. Acrylic paint on a linen canvas mounted on an aluminum frame. 120 cm × 120 cm × 1.5 cm. © Dirk Vanmassenhove.
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Teaching kids about climate change is not what causes climate anxiety. *Not doing anything about climate change* is what causes climate anxiety. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...
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Trump Administration Cuts Research Funding, Claiming It Creates ‘Climate Anxiety’
The cuts to a Princeton University program come as the Trump administration has been reviewing an array of research grants related to global warming.
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Ellen Barry @ellenbarry.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
“I was in paradise,” she said. “I would very much like to stay in paradise.” The story of Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova, who has been in ICE detention for nearly two months and fears she will be deported to Russia. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/s...
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She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her (Gift Article)
President Trump’s immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine. She fears arrest if she is deported there.
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Kelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
"eliminate all funding for [NOAA] climate, weather, and ocean laboratories and cooperative institutes" "ending the operations of a huge host of earth science satellites" "closure of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center"
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Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Also this month, van Amsterdam et al show that prediction models, including AI models, can be well-validated for accuracy but still have harmful consequences when applied to the real-world, such as in clinical decision-making. www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
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When accurate prediction models yield harmful self-fulfilling prophecies
Prediction models are often developed with the aim to guide treatment decisions, but can they cause harm? This study reveals that even models with good post-deployment performance—such as strong discr...
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Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Our April issue is now live! www.cell.com/patterns/iss... On the cover this month, researchers from Beijing Jiaotong & Rensselaer Polytech Universities present a graph learning method for predicting extreme failure events in transport networks. www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
On the cover: Extreme disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and landslides, although rare, can severely damage road transportation networks, potentially leading to significant declines in system performance. Predicting the impact of these “black swan” events and estimating the probability of extreme failures has long been a challenge because of the high computational cost of traditional methods. In this issue, Guo et al. propose an importance sampling method based on graph learning that enhances sampling efficiency for extreme failure scenarios in large-scale road transportation networks. This approach provides valuable technical support for improving disaster resilience in infrastructure systems. The cover image illustrates a graph neural network used to analyze and quantify the criticality of road segments within transportation networks under various extreme disasters, thereby facilitating cost-efficient sampling of extreme failure scenarios in large-scale road transportation networks. Image credit: Tingting Zhao, Beijing Jiaotong University.
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Lilith Goddess of Rebellion @elo-cin.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
@booker.senate.gov The record for the longest filibuster is 24 hours and 18 minutes. It is held by Sen. Thurman who was filibustering AGAINST the Civil Rights Act. How poetic would it be for a black man to smash that record for a much more noble cause?! Keep going, Cory!! #corybooker #filibuster
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Cory Booker. That’s the post. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Melissa McCradden @mdmccradden.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
“Compared with the patients’ doctors, the AI model more often failed to detect the presence of disease in Black patients or women, as well in those 40 years or younger.” 😒 Filing this one away for the next time someone offers the truly stupendous retort of “but humans are biased too”
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Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Happy to share that this was recently implemented for papers on Cell.com. Example below from www.cell.com/patterns/ful.... At @cp-patterns.bsky.social, our Bluesky account is now our primary social media account and we are de-emphasizing X.
Shows example paper with social media sharing icons, including Bluesky
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Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Also in our March issue, Melania Muñoz-García, Amber Hartman Scholz & other members of the DSI Scientific Network (www.dsiscientificnetwork.org) explain what a recent international agreement on genetic data could mean for researchers www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
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Navigating COP16’s digital sequence information outcomes: What researchers need to do in practice
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity adopted new rules for sharing benefits from publicly available genetic sequence data, also known as digital sequence information (DSI). In this Opinion, the a...
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Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Our March issue is now live, including a great cover by Z. Wang and @jsulam.bsky.social highlighting their work on breast cancer biomarker discovery www.cell.com/patterns/iss...
On the cover: The complex biology reflected in the tissue surrounding and including tumors has important implications on the evolution of cancer and on the overall prognosis of the patient. However, this microenvironment is very complex and heterogeneous, making it difficult to extract informative quantitative measures that can inform patient outcomes. BiGraph is a method that automatically finds patterns of cell interactions in the tumor microenvironment that characterize different groups of patients with distinct outcomes, leading to prognostic biomarkers. BiGraph builds a graph at the population (macro) level that associates patients by studying their similarity according to the composition of their tumor microenvironments. In turn, each microenvironment is characterized by specific patterns of cell interactions, which are modeled by a cellular (micro) level graph. The work by Wang et al. highlights the power of interpretable data-driven methods in uncovering biologically meaningful features using breast cancer as a case study, while applicable to other diseases more broadly. Image credits: Z. Wang and J. Sulam.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
99% of new medicines developed by the pharmaceutical industry depend on NIH research jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Comparison of Research Spending on New Drug Approvals by the NIH vs the Pharmaceutical Industry
This cross-sectional study examines National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical industry investments in recent drug approvals.
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Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Great, accessible piece @undark.org by Peter A. Smith on digital sequence information and benefit sharing undark.org/2025/03/05/d... Includes a quote from me :) And, also insightful comments from actual experts.
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In Digital Genetic Data, An Uncertainty Over Ownership
Digital sequence information has radically changed the way researchers look at the world’s genetic resources.
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Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Yet another reason to question the use of citation metrics as a measure of scientific quality or impact
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Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
At @cp-patterns.bsky.social, we released an editorial today affirming our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, signed by all of the journal's editors. www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
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Affirming our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
Today, we affirm Patterns’ commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in science. Numerous research studies have demonstrated the many benefits of diverse research teams, including...
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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
In a remarkable show of unity, today 48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 members call on Congress to protect the future of science. Our elected officials must act now so we have a hope of avoiding long-term damage to the US science enterprise. www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...
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48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
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Melissa McCradden @mdmccradden.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
ICYMI 🤩 Check out our grounded theory study providing a framework to assist clinical decision-making when using #AI in medicine #ethics #bioethics #MedSky #AcademicSky
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