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Louis Wilson

@louisflwilson.bsky.social
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HHMI Postdoctoral Scientist at UVA Biochemistry and structural biology of polysaccharide biosynthesis 🌱🌳🦠🧶🔬

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Louis Wilson @louisflwilson.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Phil was a very kind man who will be sorely missed. He was a true visionary and an inspiration to young scientists such as myself.
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 24/02/2026
the benefit from writing the paper is not having a 30-page paper as a result the benefit is the thinking that goes along with writing the paper — that is part of writing the paper. If all that's done is the pre-analysis plan and the analysis then that limits the new thinking
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Louis Wilson @louisflwilson.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"Unlike human reviewers, who care about knowledge, LLMs have no stake in whether a finding is true, a method convincing or a theory illuminating. They have not helped build the edifice of knowledge... They cannot be embarrassed to be wrong." www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/ai-n...
timeshighereducation.com
AI is not a peer, so it can’t do peer review
If we still believe that science is a vocation grounded in argument, curiosity and care, we can’t delegate judgement to machines, says Akhil Bhardwaj
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Louis Wilson @louisflwilson.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
one for #glycotime
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Louis Wilson @louisflwilson.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Hi fellow membrane protein #StructuralBiology people! Do you use maltoside detergents / model them in your stuctures? Watch out! ⚠️ Most PDB models of LMNG and GDN are wrong ❌, yet continue to be re-used. Spread the word! See more: doi.org/10.1021/acsc... (w. @sebvidalchem.bsky.social ) #cryoEM
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Louis Wilson @louisflwilson.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Peer-reviews by ChatGPT: what is the point? If I wanted a chatbot's opinion I can ask it myself. More action is needed from journals. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance
A survey of 1,600 academics found that more than 50% have used artificial-intelligence tools while peer reviewing manuscripts.
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