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Patrick Moynihan

@pmoyniha.bsky.social

Interested in all things mycobacteria and cool science broadly. Ass. Prof at the Univ. of Western Ontario. Editor for Microbiology. Views are mine. @pmoyniha@mstdn.science, @pmoyniha https://pmoyniha.github.io/moynihan-lab/

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Jim Sun, PhD@sunlab.bsky.social · 3w ago

We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join the team @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca to study TB pathogenesis and host-directed therapy! Please help disseminate amongst your network. ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjo...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Host-Pathogen Interactions & Host-Directed Therapeutics

Academic Job Category Faculty Non Bargaining Job Title Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Host-Pathogen Interactions & Host-Directed Therapeutics Department Research I Sun I Department of Microbiology...

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Alex Usher@alexusherhesa.bsky.social · last mo.

Here is my letter to the MacDonald Laurier Institute on the subject of their appalling research. Use as you will. I recommend sending something of your own, though. And if you know anyone associated with MLI - and Board directors, say - send it to them, too.

Alex Usher email to Brian Lee Crowley

(text of an email sent to Brian Lee Crowley of the MacDonald Laurier Institute on September 2, 2026) Dear Brian, I am writing to you and your board with respect to the publication “The equity excelle...

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Count Binface@countbinface.bsky.social · 3mo ago

What’s that, Dale? You want to give me an unconditional personal gift of £5million to do whatever I want with? Sure! I just need to fill out a form. If I didn’t declare it that would be silly.

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Thomas Lemberger@tlemberger.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We have journals with impact factor >40 We have journals with acceptance rates <5% Now we have the QED 1% superstar list... Great progress? QED is a great tool for authors to pre-check their papers. But fuelling the ranking frenzy through QED score optimization? Is this the revolution we want?

Joe@twitskeptic.sirvin.com · 3mo ago

Scammy. They train on your submitted papers. They sell the personal info they get via their loss leader "free" server. Check out the privacy policy and terms of use.

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Patrick Moynihan@pmoyniha.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New paper in collaboration with @proftracypalmer.bsky.social, @lislowe.bsky.social and many more. We show that mycobacteria produce Type VII secreted anti-bacterial protein toxins. Excited to explore this new area of mycobacterial biology. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A Type VII-secreted toxin enables inter-mycobacterial competition - Nature Communications

Mycobacteria have not yet been reported to engage in interbacterial competition via secretion of proteinaceous toxins. Here, Benedict et al. show that some mycobacteria can use their type-VII secretio...

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Reese Richardson@reeserichardson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Thermo Fisher situation keeps getting worse. We've now collected 450+ problematic images presented as verification data in TF's antibody catalog. This includes: 🖌️ Dozens more images with duplications or painting 🖨️ Hundreds of blots that all share the same background (behold slideshow below)

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 4mo ago

Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.

elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...