Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026To 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! 011
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonPatterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 18/06/2026This 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...cell.comLGBTQ+ in science: Cell Press 021
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonPatterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Reminder: 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...cell.comCell Press: PatternsPatterns is calling for submissions presenting compelling and creative reanalyses of prior works of high importance and broad impact. 002
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonCell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Generative #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 042
Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Are 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... 100
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonOpen Access Tracking Project @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2026Trump administration withdraws appeal, securing historic victory for libraries and IMLS | ALA www.ala.org/news/2026/04/trump-admi… 061
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonPatterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 10/04/2026We 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...linkedin.comCell Press hiring Scientific Editor in United Kingdom | LinkedInPosted 10:50:19 AM. Position: Scientific Editor, PatternsCompany: Elsevier, The Cell Press journal Patternspreferred…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn. 011
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonPatterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Our 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... 102
Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 10/04/2026The 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. 101
Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Make 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 ↓ 020
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonDan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 16/02/2026If 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 3293
Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Sharing 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! 020
Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 14/01/2026I'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. 031
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonPatterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Our 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... 011
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonPatterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Check out some of our best papers from 2025, as selected by the journal's editors info.cell.com/collection-r... 022
Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 22/12/2025My tools for generating data citations and exploring journal citation distributions are running again. Thanks @dreamhost.bsky.social for supporting #Perl! alhufton.com/tools/ 011
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonCell 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 001
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Unbelievable. 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. 10342761893
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonPatterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Our 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... 011
Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 20/11/2025I'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 101
Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Is #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... 001
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonSundar Balakrishnan @drsundar.bsky.social · 26/10/20252️⃣ 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 145
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonPatterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 20/10/2025New 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 021
Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Reposting 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... 011
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonPatterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Our 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... 031
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonAnke Sparmann @ankesparmann.bsky.social · 12/09/20251/2 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. 142
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonPatterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Are 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. 013
Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 20/08/2025In 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 011
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonRuss Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 20/08/2025Our 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...facultypositions.stanford.eduStanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Psychology 05744
Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 24/06/2025I‘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=15608casus.scienceEvent — Effectively publishing data-rich science – CASUS – Center for Advanced Systems UnderstandingAndrew Hufton, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief Patterns, Cell Press, Munich (Germany) 021
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonPatterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Also 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... #WomenInSTEMcell.comHighlighting the achievements and impact of women in data scienceWomen 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... 011
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonPatterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Our 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... 042
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonEmily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Teaching 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...nytimes.comTrump 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. 8587179
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonEllen 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...nytimes.comShe 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. 04232
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonKelly 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" 1012997
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonPatterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Also 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...cell.comWhen accurate prediction models yield harmful self-fulfilling propheciesPrediction 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... 122
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonPatterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Our 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... 141
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonLilith 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 1143967
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Cory Booker. That’s the post. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 427277113352
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonMelissa 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” 012
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonAndrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Happy 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. 041
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonPatterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Also 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...cell.comNavigating COP16’s digital sequence information outcomes: What researchers need to do in practiceThe 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... 031
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonPatterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Our 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... 012
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 10/03/202599% of new medicines developed by the pharmaceutical industry depend on NIH research jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comComparison of Research Spending on New Drug Approvals by the NIH vs the Pharmaceutical IndustryThis cross-sectional study examines National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical industry investments in recent drug approvals. 18884437
Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Great, 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.undark.orgIn Digital Genetic Data, An Uncertainty Over OwnershipDigital sequence information has radically changed the way researchers look at the world’s genetic resources. 010
Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Yet another reason to question the use of citation metrics as a measure of scientific quality or impact 110
Andrew L. Hufton @alhufton.bsky.social · 06/03/2025At @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...cell.comAffirming our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusionToday, 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... 100
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonGretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 03/03/2025In 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...ucsusa.org48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science 111133
Reposted by Andrew L. HuftonMelissa McCradden @mdmccradden.bsky.social · 04/03/2025ICYMI 🤩 Check out our grounded theory study providing a framework to assist clinical decision-making when using #AI in medicine #ethics #bioethics #MedSky #AcademicSky 041