Carlos A. Sánchez León

@carlosasleon.bsky.social

In vivo electrophysiology+2P calcium imaging. Postdoc at UCLA. Neuroscientist and gamer. Trying to understand how the brain works while enjoying the journey.

Con nombres y apellidos, partido al que pertenecen, qué votaron y cuántas viviendas e inmuebles tienen según las declaraciones de bienes y rentas publicadas en la web del Congreso. Nombres para la infamia.

PREPRINT 🚨 You know that feeling when you're jamming out to your favorite song (say, La Macarena 💃) and suddenly it skips, or a completely random remix drops out of nowhere? That everyday surprise tells us something profound about how our brain works! 1/24

📜 Hace hoy 142 años, Badajoz amanecía tomada por militares republicanos. Un pronunciamiento olvidado intentó restaurar la República desde el corazón extremeño. Aquí va la historia de una ciudad sitiada por ideales. 🧵Hilo🧵

Como hay gente que cree que es un truco o que os os estoy engañando, aquí tenéis un frame del vídeo. Mide las rayas de colores, de un extremo a otro (sin tener en cuenta las puntas de flecha). Cualquiera de ellas. Son todas iguales, compruébalo

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Conchi Lillo@conchilillo.bsky.social · last yr.

¿Tienes el cuerpo para una #ilusiónóptica? En este GIF parece que las líneas verticales azules y rojas cambian de tamaño, generando esa sensación de movimiento. Pero fíjate bien, su longitud no cambia, es fija. Lo que ocurre es que las puntas de flecha cambian de orientación de forma acompasada 😜

Very happy to see this message that science publishers are not only a waste of money, but are actually distorting the scientific process itself, slowing down progress. This has been the key argument for me for a while. The waste of resources is bad, but the distortion of science is unforgivable.

George Currie@georgealfredcurrie.bsky.social · last yr.

Does publishing serve science or is science serving publishing? Damian Pattinson and I (@elife.bsky.social) argue scientific publishing has evolved into a system that, rather than facilitate scholarly communication, distorts and dictates it. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #OpenScience

Screenshot of article summary of: Toward Science-Led Publishing
by Damian Pattinson, George Currie

published as an opinion piece, in Learned Publishing

Summary

The current dynamic of scholarly publishing prioritises the wants of the publishing industry over the needs of the research community.

This article explores this theme through the lens of ‘publisher-led science’ as a description of our current status quo, and through ‘science-led publishing’ as an improved future state.

We argue that financial motivations central to most publishing distort how research is presented, how it is assessed and even what research is undertaken, leading to a system that hinders, rather than facilitates, scientific progress.

We propose three elements of a science-led publishing approach that would accelerate research communication, incentivise collaboration between authors, editors and reviewers, and create a more transparent and equitable research landscape.

We believe that research funding and research assessment are two of the primary levers for wider change in research and research culture and consider the future purpose of scholarly publishing in a world where these proposals have been widely adopted.