Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckScience News @scinews.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Academic Journals and News go.bsky.app/hCfhqn 061
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A tetanus-diphtheria vaccine that doesn’t need a fridge has passed its first human trial. UK scientists reformulated a licensed shot using trehalose, the sugar that lets desert plants survive without water, keeping it stable for up to two years at 30°C. Gavi buff.ly/1kNIUHB #ShareGoodNewsToogavi.orgFridge-free vaccine passes first human trial, raising hopes for the hardest-to-reachUnreliable electricity makes it hard to keep vaccines at the right temperature – this development could change that. 91357542
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckKameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 13/08/2026Look, you can regulate things! "Anthropic explained its changes are designed to meet Article 50 of the EU AI Act, which mandates AI disclosures for generated or manipulated content." 239073
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckStephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 21/08/2026dontpastetheai.comdontpastetheai.comDon't paste the AI, please.If someone asks you something, send your answer. Not the AI's. 0147
Mariano F. Zacarías-Fluck @marianozf.bsky.social · 17/08/2026this is really cool! And I find the blog post very inspiring too! 110
Mariano F. Zacarías-Fluck @marianozf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026this is indeed great. Not an attack on AI at all, but this shows very clearly how dangerous is to use GenAI for scientific writing. Exposure to plagiarism. Plain and simple. 001
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 04/08/2026“A p-value is the most widespread statistical concept that is not definable in a single sentence“ CHECKMATE 1313018
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-Fluck Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology @vhio.bsky.social · 16/06/2026📣 New VHIO-@caixaresearch.bsky.social Scientific Seminar‼️ 🔹 Targeting clonal heterogeneity in treatment-refractory Glioblastoma with novel and empiric immunotherapies 👩🔬 Dr. Sheila Singh 🗓 Friday, 19th June at 12h 🎤 Host: Dra. Laura Soucek Register at 👉 scientific.seminars@vhio.net 031
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckPieter Hermans @pjeh.eurosky.social · 10/06/2026What happens when researchers stop competing for funding? Twenty Dutch metascientists replaced competition with collaboration for NWO grant applications, proving collective approaches can outperform individual ones. @sajedehra.bsky.social @lakens.bsky.social www.tue.nl/en/news-and-...tue.nlWhat happens when researchers stop competing for funding? - tue.nl/stories | funding | open science | Daniel Lakens | Sajedeh RastiTwenty Dutch metascientists explore whether collaboration can outperform competition. 0197
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-Flucklsoucek.bsky.social @lsoucek.bsky.social · 03/06/2026For years, #RAS and #MYC were considered "undruggable." The success of RAS has changed the conversation. Proud to see this recent @nature.com News & Views highlighting MYC as a promising next frontier and #Peptomyc as a key player helping advance the field. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comLandmark cancer trial shows success against ‘undruggable’ cancer — raising hopes for future treatmentsUnprecedented results against a stubbornly hard-to-treat cancer are boosting optimism that other challenging tumours will be next. 032
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckStephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 05/06/2026The right move www.wired.com/story/openai...wired.comOpenAI and Anthropic Sign Letter to Prevent AI-Developed Biological WeaponsLeading AI labs, executives, and scientists are sending a letter to lawmakers urging them to improve tracking of synthetic DNA sequences that could be used for bioweapons. 221
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckAndrea Howard @drandreahoward.bsky.social · 07/06/2026I just returned from two back-to-back conferences. Students, I noticed that a lot of your slide decks had an oddly similar layout structure and I was able to confirm in conversations that these were AI-generated/assisted. Some thought about this for your own professional development: 🧵 6297122
Mariano F. Zacarías-Fluck @marianozf.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I'm using @proton.me (mail, storage), @duckduckgo.com (search, blockade of trackers on my phone) and Brave instead of the horrendous Chrome. I've been testing @asklumo.proton.me and to me, it works very well in general, not yet tested it for coding help. I can't wait to move away from Android! 010
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckStephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 15/05/2026I'm usually not one to join the anti-AI hype train, but most of what I read this week was about AI degrading the scientific infrastructure I rely on heavily, from GitHub to arXiv to peer-reviewed published literature. Weekly Recap / Five Things: blog.stephenturner.us/p/five-thing...blog.stephenturner.usFive Things (May 15, 2026): AI is why we can't have nice thingsGitHub problems, vibe-coding regrets, Elsevier sues Meta, fabricated citations, the arXiv banhammer for AI-generated content 2113
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-Fluck Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology @vhio.bsky.social · 14/05/2026📣 Last call‼️ Are you an #MD passionate about research? Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera #VHIO MD-PhD Fellowship is now open! 🚀 An excellent opportunity to become an expert in translational medicine 👉 linke.to/FellowshipPedreraVHIO2026 📅 Deadline: May 14th @cerca.cat 011
Mariano F. Zacarías-Fluck @marianozf.bsky.social · 09/04/2026This is extremely concerning. #AI have the potential to be fantastic tools, but also to make us perhaps anxious or demanding for immediate results, curbing our own capacity for critical thinking and perseverance 010
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckMatthew Kay @mjskay.com · 02/04/2026New advising trick I've been trying: when a student looks skeptical about something, but doesn't *say* they are, I say "the look on your face says you don't believe me" I think explicitly acknowledging the nonverbal cue gives permission to voice what they're unsure about so we can talk about it 5435
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckAlbert Vilella, PhD. @albertvilella.bsky.social · 12/02/2026#bioinformatics #statistics #memes #bluesci 310624
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckStephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 12/02/2026Charles Darwin was born on this day in 1809. A handwritten letter from Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell, 1861: “But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything” 092
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckAguirre-Ghiso Lab @jaguirreghisolab.bsky.social · 04/02/2026www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comTumour–brain crosstalk restrains cancer immunity via a sensory–sympathetic axis - NatureMouse models demonstrate that vagal sensory neurons transmit signals from lung adenocarcinoma to the brain, increasing sympathetic efferent activity in the tumour microenvironment and thereb... 011
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckPhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 30/01/2026I had intended to post something about this new Google DeepMind paper that appeared yesterday in Nature, but the press coverage has added to what there is to say. So this is a long 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comAdvancing regulatory variant effect prediction with AlphaGenome - NatureAlphaGenome, a deep learning model that inputs 1-Mb DNA sequence to predict functional genomic tracks at single-base resolution across diverse modalities, outperforms existing models in variant effect... 218472
Mariano F. Zacarías-Fluck @marianozf.bsky.social · 04/02/2026A very tidy blog entry on how to maintain a lab notebook. Easy to follow, super useful tips. 000
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 02/02/2026The time of day for cancer immunotherapy is associated with major outcomes. Early is better. Results from a randomized trial of lung cancer, backs up the importance of our circadian rhythm and immune system www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1025873
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckStephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 23/01/2026Analysis of 4841 papers accepted by NeurIPS 2025 show there are at least 100 with confirmed hallucinations 🙃 gptzero.me/news/neurips/ 13312
Mariano F. Zacarías-Fluck @marianozf.bsky.social · 19/01/2026"While moderate levels of endogeny are common in special issues, excessive endogeny is a blatant case of scientific misconduct. We define special issues containing more than 33% endogeny as Published in Support of Self (PISS)... The large majority of guest editors engage in endogeny responsibly..." 011
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckStephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 12/01/2026We need to talk about salaries in science www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comWe need to talk about salaries in scienceAcademia too often has a ‘passion first, money second’ culture. Overcoming this mindset is crucial for building a happy career. 072
Mariano F. Zacarías-Fluck @marianozf.bsky.social · 09/01/2026fantastic work from Fabio Giuntini and @lsoucek.bsky.social and @lsouceklab.bsky.social and a micro-collaboration from myself 😊. @vhio.bsky.social 031
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckChelsea Parlett @chelseaparlett.bsky.social · 03/12/2025You know that thing Coco Chanel said about accessories? “Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off” We should all do that but with about 50% of the text we put in slide decks. TAKE. IT. OUT. 5457
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckStephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 25/11/2025Language models cannot reliably distinguish belief from knowledge and fact www.nature.com/articles/s42... 0128
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckStephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 27/10/2025Reproducible processing of TCGA regulatory networks academic.oup.com/gigascience/... 🧬🖥️🧪academic.oup.comReproducible processing of TCGA regulatory networksAbstractBackground. Technological advances in sequencing and computation have allowed deep exploration of the molecular basis of diseases. Biological netwo 012
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-Fluck Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology @vhio.bsky.social · 12/09/2025🔴 Stay tuned‼️ The second call of our VIDA Postdoctoral COFUND Programme opens on Monday 🔜 Funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND Grant, #VHIOVIDAEU is recruiting 8️⃣ postdocs. 👉 linke.to/VHIOVIDAprogramme25 #VHIOVIDA #TranslationalResearch #VHIOAcademy @ec.europa.eu @cerca.cat 012
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckMike Hall @thisismikehall.com · 01/09/2025I'd say this is a great guide for detecting LLM-generated text anywhere, not just Wikipedia. ⬇️ 1116
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckNicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 18/10/2024I've recently started compiling a list of data science related resources that I use or recommend frequently! 📊 Link: nrennie.rbind.io/data-science... #RStats #Python #DataViz #DataScience 716240
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckBarriga Lab VHIO @barrigalabvhio.bsky.social · 21/07/2025We are hiring! We are searching for a motivated bioinformatics scientist interested in joining our team! Apply below: jobs.vhio.net/jobs/6203915...jobs.vhio.net2025-040-01 Bioinformatics Scientist - VHIOUnder the leadership of Josep Tabernero, VHIO is an internationally recognized cancer center. Its multidisciplinary, collaborative model drives scientific progress and innovative cancer treatments. 055
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-Fluck Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology @vhio.bsky.social · 29/07/2025📣 The 3rd edition of the Master in Health & Science Management is coming 🔜 Don’t miss the opportunity to build your profile as a Scientific Manager and work at high-ranked research institutions through our internship program. 🚨 Enrolment is now open ➡️ linke.to/MasterUAB25_VHIO 012
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Today "a milestone in the evolution of personalized therapies for rare & ultra-rare inborn errors of metabolism" —the 1st human to undergo custom genome editing —from decades of NIH funded research www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h... 10591167
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 16/04/2025This is another big loss at NIH. He explains why in the thread below. Our recent conversation about what we should eat erictopol.substack.com/p/kevin-hall...erictopol.substack.comKevin Hall: What Should We Eat?Listen now (48 mins) | Insights from the research by a leading scientist in nutrition and metabolism 936570
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckRita Strack @ritastrack.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Your yearly reminder to acknowledge the core facilities you use and their staff scientists in your papers. These scientists are a crucial part of the scientific ecosystem and to continue to exist they need tangible credit for their work. Plus their associated expertise adds credibility to your work. 7485165
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckThe Institute of Cancer Research @icr.ac.uk · 10/04/2025A saliva test, which analyses men's DNA, could be used in helping to identify those at greater risk of #ProstateCancer, according to a new study led by the ICR's Professor Ros Eeles. Full story ⬇️ www.icr.ac.uk/about-us/icr... 054
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckDaniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 25/03/2025When I convinced the Dutch Science funder to create funding specifically for Replication Studies (www.science.org/content/arti...) I stressed the need to let scientists select the studies to replicate. And in our paper we point out replications should focus on high impact uncertain results.science.orgMake replication studies ‘a normal and essential part of science,' Dutch science academy saysScientists, universities, funding agencies, and journals should do more to increase reproducibility, a new report says 171
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckDaniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Was watching Vaiana 2 (or Moana 2 outside of Europe) and the statement by Loto, the engineer character in the movie, is such good advice for early career researchers! 'Perfection's a myth. There is only failing, then learning, then death'. 3457
Mariano F. Zacarías-Fluck @marianozf.bsky.social · 16/03/2025I've just posted "Why I left Twitter/X" on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/posts/mfzaca...linkedin.comMariano F. Zacarías Fluck on LinkedIn: Roman salute - WikipediaWhy I left Twitter/X (Note: I should’ve written this a few months ago when I actually left twitter) I had two accounts in Twitter, one for following news… 100
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-Fluck Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology @vhio.bsky.social · 13/03/2025🎙 Nuevo capítulo de #Cancer360 ‼️ 🔹 Inteligencia artificial y el uso de datos en la investigación 💬 Adam Martín charla con José Antonio Seoane, Lara Nonell, Francisco Martínez Jiménez y Adrià Marcos. 🎧 👉 linke.to/Cancer360IA #SOMMVHIO 011
Mariano F. Zacarías-Fluck @marianozf.bsky.social · 13/03/2025año 2025, han pasado 41 años y #Microsoft #Word es incapaz de reconocer un cambio de idioma entre párrafos; le entran ataques de pánico y subraya todo en rojo. #Office es la suite de software más desesperante y probablemente, peor pensada. Pero hegemónica... 000
Reposted by Mariano F. Zacarías-FluckEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Cancer recurrence predicted by spatial biology of the immune response nature.com/articles/d41... nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comLiver cancer recurrence predicted by immune-cell location and gene expressionImmune cells called natural killer cells can target and eliminate tumours. The gene expression and spatial distribution of the immune cells in the tumour microenvironment indicates whether liver cance... 312531