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International Society for Bayesian Analysis@isba-bayesian.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Short Course on Bayesian AI, the Foundational lectures, the De Finetti Lecture, the two Bayarri Lectures and the Keynote Lectures of the #ISBA2026 World Meeting in Nagoya are now available in a playlist on the ISBA You Tube Channel m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Another worrisome development for US prominence in research.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW: The Trump admin finalized a regulation which makes the largest changes to the student visa process in 50 years, along with changes to rules for exchange visitors and international journalists. 🧵on some of the most consequential changes set to go into effect in September.

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White House Faces Stiff Pushback on Subjecting Grants to Political Review

Academics, city leaders and congressional lawmakers number among the thousands to urge the Trump administration to reconsider a plan to assert more control over grants.

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I always believed that politics should not decide science. Doctors should be doctors; statisticians should be statisticians; and politicians should not push their propaganda onto scientists. Submit your comments (if in the US) by July 13th, 2026. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/this-new-o...

This new OMB Rule Is Bigger Than Science. Much Bigger.

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Statement by @sciamunion.bsky.social on Springer Nature's sale of Scientific American and massive editorial layoffs right before a successful union vote is counted. www.wgaeast.org/wgae-scienti...

WGAE-Scientific American Union Statement on Springer Nature’s Sale and Layoffs | Press Room

The following is a statement from Writers Guild of America East members at Scientific American on today’s decision to sell Springer Nature and lay off staff: “Earlier today in an all-staff meeting we ...

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Today we celebrate the awarding of the prestigious Rousseeuw prize to the R Core team in recognition of their 30 years of dedicated work on R and in recognition of the massive impact of R on the scientific community rousseeuwprize.org/2026 #RStats

𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 "𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴" 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻? philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph... #neuroskyence

Biologically immortal sea cucumber tissues may provide new opportunities for ethical aging research in regenerative biology, biomedical research, and tissue engineering. Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4dMH6sN

Natural tissue immortality: Indefinite survival of sea cucumber explants

Biological immortality of marine tissues offers previously unexplored potential for ethically unconstrained biomedical and aging research.

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Proposed changes by the Trump administration to rules that govern how federal dollars are spent "would inevitably lead to unlegislated reductions in funding and damage US leadership in science, both in academia and industry," writes H. Holden Thorp in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/4uK0fBj

A decade on from the launch of an ambitious project, it’s time to revisit the reasons for constructing a human genome from scratch, says synthetic biologist Sudarshan Pinglay. go.nature.com/4uRxXVQ

Why a synthetic human genome is still worth building

A decade on from the launch of an ambitious project, it’s time to revisit the reasons for constructing a human genome from scratch.

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We spoke to researchers studying the use of AI in health care to understand which ‘AI doctors’ have shown the most promise so far — and when such tools might take command of medical diagnoses. go.nature.com/4e0xjOx

How good are ‘AI doctors’ — and will they take over medicine?

Nature talks to specialists about whether people might soon be diagnosed by artificial-intelligence systems.

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As the old saying apparently goes, "𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘪𝘵" www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...

White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final say on research grants

These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque

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A Review in Communications Medicine explores Long COVID — which affects more than 400 million people globally — including current knowledge, gaps and future directions for research, diagnosis and treatment. go.nature.com/4unyxtI #medsky 🧪

A feature in Nature reports on the growing concern over emerging AI tools in biology. Although they are being developed to help produce innovative drugs and other societal benefits, there are concerns they could also make it easier to create new threats. 🧪

AI can design viruses, toxins and other bioweapons. How worried should we be?

Scientists are debating whether to limit biological AI software to ward off threats.

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The radar plot is the most popular chart in football analytics. It might also be the least effective. Chris Fonnesbeck breaks down why and builds the replacement: dub.sh/BUsCcev #SportsAnalytics #DataViz #Bayesian

Nature research paper: White matter micro- and macrostructure brain charts for the human lifespan go.nature.com/42CNc8z

White matter micro- and macrostructure brain charts for the human lifespan - Nature

Integration of data representing 35,120 brain scans from diverse global studies enables construction of reference charts that define normative microstructural and macrostructural properties across the human lifespan for research and clinical diagnosis.

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“It’s never perfect, and sometimes it gets things wrong and it’s exasperating. But when you’re able to harness that horse, you see the world from a whole new perspective. You can go 20 times faster.” go.nature.com/4fojVGa

How to vibe code in science: early adopters share their tips

Nature - Using AI coding tools can speed up your work, but there are plenty of pitfalls.

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Hundreds of scans hint at how substances such as psilocybin, LSD and ayahuasca alter connections between key areas of the brain go.nature.com/3QamxwN

Your brain on drugs: different psychedelics work in surprisingly similar ways

Hundreds of scans hint at how substances such as psilocybin, LSD and ayahuasca alter connections between key areas of the brain.

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I have to say this: please do not keep defaulting to When2meet for scheduling the meetings. For me the big limitation is that it does not sync with Google Calendar or other calendars. Two alternatives that I have liked are WhenAvailable and Timeful. Both allow syncing with Google Calendar.

Celebrating the draft FDA Bayesian guidance document with our perspective in @jama.com. Honored to co-author w/Jack Lee (MD Anderson), Lisa LaVange (past director of Office of Biostatistics FDA CDER&president of ASA),& my Bayesian inspiration Sir David Spiegelhalter jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Embracing Bayesian Methods in Clinical Trials

This Perspective discusses the importance of the US Food and Drug Administration’s draft guidance on the use of bayesian methods in clinical trials because it underscores its commitment to modernizing...

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NIH is ending continuous submission for permanent study section members after August 10, 2026. Given the heavy, essentially unpaid burden of peer review, this change will matter for many NIH reviewers.

The new issue of the ISBA Bulletin is out! 🎉 isba-bulletin.github.io/ISBABulletin/

"Effective US biomedical research is rooted in reliable federal investment" Abrupt NIH cuts in 2025 canceled ~2,300 grants disrupting thousands of projects and disproportionately affecting training and early-career research. www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

"Emerging work has identified how AI writing assistants can be biased and how they can influence users’ communication behavior and perceptions [...] AI suggestions can influence people’s attitudes across a range of politically charged societal issues" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Biased AI writing assistants shift users’ attitudes on societal issues

Biased AI writing assistants shift people’s attitudes about societal issues; common interventions do not prevent this influence.

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𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗜 𝗺𝗮𝘆 ‘𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲’ 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 - "The issue is not whether my students are valuable. In the long run, they are invaluable. The issue is that their value emerges slowly, whereas AI delivers immediate returns." www.science.org/content/arti...

Why I may ‘hire’ AI instead of a graduate student

“It can competently perform a lot of the work I need immediately,” this professor writes

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Recording from my talk “𝙳𝚢𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚌 𝚁𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜: 𝙰𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝙾𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚜” at the ICERM Workshop: 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 -𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 Video: icerm.brown.edu/video_archiv... #BayesianNonparametrics

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The Blackmailer-in-chief is maddening himself up again. There’s nothing wrong with Anthropic, except they have a backbone. That backbone which was used to be a symbol of American exceptionalism. wapo.st/4aLHqF6

Pentagon declares Anthropic a threat to national security

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Anthropic a “supply-chain risk,” blocking all federal agencies and contractors from doing business with the company.

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Some Universities apparently are not real Universities If you are on the job market this year, take notice. If you are a faculty at those Universities, also take notice.

VSU Terminates 6 Professors Without Due Process

Campus security escorted the professors—five tenured and one tenure-track—to their cars and issued no-trespass warnings. They have received no written explanation for their dismissals.

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AAUP@aaup.org · 5mo ago

“Treating me like a criminal, walking me off campus … and saying ‘Go away, and don’t come back,’ that hurts.” —Dr. Harbans Bhardwaj, full tenured professor w/ 34 years at Virginia State University, who was abruptly fired without cause, due process, or any explanation. #reinstatethefiredsix

I’m pleased to share a recent paper published in Statistics and Data Science in Imaging (2025): “𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞” by Lindquist et al. A thoughtful overview of statistical methods in connectomics, the study of brain connectivity derived from neuroimaging data.

Happy to announce a new special issue of 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 (a journal of the 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯) on 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠. 📅 Submission deadline: 𝟑𝟏 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 💡 𝐍𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 More details: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...