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Scott Nelson

@swnisu.bsky.social
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Faculty member in the Biochemistry department at Iowa State University and Associate Editor for Biochemistry at ResearchHub Journal.

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ResearchHub Foundation @researchhubf.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Resurrecting Ancient DNA Iowa State assistant professor @swnisu.bsky.social‬ is using AI to resurrect ancient enzymes, and he’s posting live updates on ResearchHub, as it happens. 1/7
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Scott Nelson @swnisu.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Follow along with an open science project on antimicrobial peptide discovery! I'm sharing all data and research notes publicly (doi.org/10.55277/Res...). Our pre-registration, funded through @researchhubf.bsky.social, builds on a recent paper published in their new Journal. 🧪
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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
"Peer review is the worst method of safeguarding scientific integrity, except for all those other methods that have been tried from time to time." As Churchill might have said if he'd been a scientist rather than a politician. From a conversation with a friend: 🧪🧵
theconversation.com
Peer review is meant to prevent scientific misconduct. But it has its own problems
The peer review process is central to science – but it can be easily manipulated. Improving it is vital to uphold research integrity.
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Scott Nelson @swnisu.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Here's a very cool paper from @biorxiv-biophys.bsky.social I shared on ResearchHub this week. The authors designed a three-legged motor protein that can walk down DNA in either direction. www.researchhub.com/paper/930685... 🧪 @researchhubf.bsky.social
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Prof Samantha Thomas @docsamantha.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
‘Stamp out paper mills’ — science sleuths on how to fight fake research A group of scientists who are experts at spotting fraudulent research outline five essential steps to combat industrialized scientific misconduct. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
‘Stamp out paper mills’ — science sleuths on how to fight fake research
A group of scientists who are experts at spotting fraudulent research outline five essential steps to combat industrialized scientific misconduct.
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Scott Nelson @swnisu.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Interesting article in @undark.org today about increasing public participation in science. undark.org/2025/01/10/o... 🧪
undark.org
How Do We Democratize Scientific Research?
Opinion | As scientists struggle to connect with the public, they must consider new models for making research more accessible.
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