Wow. Published in May in The Lancet. Look at those numbers of fabricated references per 10,000 articles in PubMed. The urge to publish is overcoming the urge to, I dunno, discover and learn things? #AI #medsky 🧪 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Fabricated citations: an audit across 2·5 million biomedical papers

Scientific literature depends on the integrity of its references. Each reference implicitly asserts that a verifiable source exists and supports the claims being made. When references point to non-exi...

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Our latest from our collaboration with @daspainbrain.bsky.social & @brianmathur.bsky.social We look at structural and functional connectivity of the human claustrum w/cognitive networks for externally (working memory) and internally (autobio memory) driven tasks journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

The human claustrum supports cognitive networks for externally and internally driven task demands

Cognitive control depends on dynamic interactions among large-scale brain networks, but the circuit mechanisms enabling task-dependent network coordination in humans remain unclear. This study shows t...

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Learning that Canada is spending $2.6B on 12 rocket launchers. Worth noting that this exceeds Canada’s Health Research budget ($1.4B) in 25/26 (which is largely stagnant). 12 rocket launchers get almost double than life changing research. 🤯

Emiko Senba, MD, PhD, will present her Plenary Lecture, Exercise Therapy for Chronic Pain: Basic Science and Clinical Practice, at the #2026WorldCongressonPain. Register to attend her lecture and 100s of other sessions this October in Bangkok: bit.ly/4e0fErL #IASP2026

I’m really looking forward to the #2026WorldCongressonPain! The @iasp.bsky.social meeting is always full of amazing content & good fun! The meeting is 26–30 October 2026, in Bangkok, Thailand. Check out more info on #IASP2026 at bit.ly/43NwEuZ

Save the date for the Canadian Pain Society's Annual Scientific Meeting in Quebec City! Attendees will find the latest advances in pain science, clinical care, and innovation, and valuable networking opportunities. Canadian Pain Society's 46th Annual Scientific Meeting Date: April 29 - May 2, 2026

Want to learn about what some of are thinking about chronic #pain? Gillian Best interviewed pain researchers, including Melanie Noel, @richellemychasiuk.bsky.social, @simonbeggslab.bsky.social, @tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social, @jeffreymogil.bsky.social, @daspainbrain.bsky.social, me, & many more.

@massih.bsky.social et al. find that baseline circulating endocannabinoid ligand concentrations are associated with individual differences in pressure pain threshold, but not thermal thresholds/tolerance, or temporal summation of pain. Learn more in #PAIN bit.ly/4tEJzdL

Check out the oitstanding submissions for the @canadianpain.bsky.social’s Art Awards. CPS Members can vote for their top choice. www.canadianpainsociety.ca/previoussubm... Looking forward to seeing you all in Quebec City in 2 weeks! #CanPain26 #CPS_ASM26 #🇨🇦PainSociety

2024 Art Awards | The Canadian Pain Society

Created to better understand pain through an artistic lens. With a new theme each year, we showcase submitted artwork from a variety of mediums to promote scientific curiosity and build a gallery of...

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My brilliant sister @yasmoayedi.bsky.social has published some awesome work about how smartwatches can help save lives of folks with heart failure. Check it out

paul evan bunce, md@paulbuncemd.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A very cool application of smartwatch data, used here to identify patients at risk of heart failure decompensation before clinical deterioration. (admission: my wife is one of the authors...but it's still fascinating) @yasmoayedi.bsky.social

is there a better day to decide to learn the irish language? here is a cbc story on those who have decided to take up the challenge.

An bhfuil Gaeilge agat? Why the Irish language is ‘having a moment’ | CBC Radio

Do you speak Irish? A growing number of people are picking up Ireland’s native language, both inside the country and here in Canada.

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For St-Patrick’s day, @padraigmoran.bsky.social produced a piece on the resurgence of the Irish language for CBC’s the Current. Check it out on cbc.ca/listen. On at 9:05 local time on the app. Otherwise should be available on the show feed all day.

Live Radio | CBC Listen

Radio One and CBC Music

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@aircanada.bsky.social’s new safety video is one large Disney parks ad. Kinda gross, given the tariffs and threats from the US. Maybe read the room, AC.

What a lovely (and remarkably productive) week in London.

Great new paper led by @bringmannlaura.bsky.social, highlight the need to collect qualitative data in ESM / EMA research. #PsychSciSky 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Check out our latest paper: The Contribution of endocannabinoids to placebo analgesia www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... This is an ongoing collaboration with David Finn & @laurenatlas.bsky.social Take away: beta-endorphins gate the contributions of endocannabinoids to placebo analgesia.

Be sure to cast your vote for the next President-Elect of the @canadianpain.bsky.social!

Replace any x.com link with xcancel.com and the same rest of the URL. Try it out. No need for an account, nor to add to X’s traffic.

Legitimate question for scientists: What’s a reasonable window for a desk reject? I’ve had hours to weeks… I just had one that took 21 days at a journal with a pretty high IF. I think that’s way too long, but wanted to get others’ impression.

Dalhousie University is hiring. We’re recruiting up to 30 tenure and tenure-track faculty supported by Canada Global Impact+ Research Talent Initiative and a $1.7B federal investment. Curious about building your next chapter in Canada? Apply by Jan. 19: www.dal.ca/research-recruitment

If you're (1) into nhp neurophysiology and/or biological motor control, (2) a foreign big shot and (3) interested in moving here, please reach out -- this new program looks extremely attractive (min. $8M over 8y)! www.uwo.ca/research/can...

Canada-Impact-Plus - Research - Western University

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Mind blown! Did you know about EMERGE, this amazing resource on self-report scales? All items listed and psychometric properties assessed, in ONE place & user friendly to boot emerge.ucsd.edu/emerge-searc...

I am so excited to share our newest preprint, inspired by @tinalonsdorf.bsky.social, “A multiverse approach to heat-evoked skin conductance analysis: Evaluating the influence of analytic pipeline on associations between skin conductance and pain osf.io/preprints/ps...

Not all pain is created equal: stepping on a nail feels different from a stomachache. We know there are many nociceptor types, but a key question remains: how is mechanical pain encoded across the body by those sensory neurons? Our new work helps answer this. 1/8 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Hierarchical organization of mechano-nociceptive pathways revealed by activity labeling

Noxious mechanical stimuli give rise to distinct percepts, from sharp cutaneous pain to diffuse visceral discomfort, yet the nociceptor ensembles that underlie these differences remain poorly defined....

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The hero who disarmed one of the terrorists in Sydney turned out to be 43-year-old Ahmed al-Ahmed — a fruit shop owner and father of two. He was shot twice and is currently in hospital. He is scheduled to undergo surgery. He had no experience with weapons of any kind.

Canada is finally getting high speed rail (maybe?) But the route cuts out Kingston and leaves out London & Windsor. These could easily become engines of industry & exchange. What a missed opportunity! #Canada #CanPoli #politics #highspeedrail

Really great to see more of this culture www.science.org/content/arti...

I was a ‘go, go, go’ academic. A fellowship abroad transformed my approach

“I came back with a recalibrated sense of how I want to live and work,” this professor writes

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I’m offering the same! Have helped 8 ECRs and multiple CERC candidates (including one that will hopefully be successful) in the past year make the move to Canada! DM me with your questions or we can set up a zoom call!

Juan Moreno-Cruz@jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It's happening! Canada launched two programs to recruit international researchers. Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +) Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders. I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up. www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...

Dear journals, collaborators, potential trainees, & colleagues: Please be patient with your nih friends. Those of us who are still around are doing everything in our power to focus on science & keep the long view in mind. But life is very much one day at a time, & catch up from shutdown is a beast 🫠

Join us for Fall 2026. In our group, you can run studies from human behavior and neuroimaging, to large-scale NHP ephys, and join them up with a robust computational foundation. Bonus: you can help build the reading list.

Jörn Diedrichsen@diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The Sensorimotor Superlab with @gribblelab.org and @andpru.bsky.social is a unique place to work and learn. We are now accepting MSc and PhD applications for Fall 2026. Join our awesome team at Western University... For application instructions see diedrichsenlab.org and gribblelab.org/join.html!