Nick McMahon

PhD | Tutor at The University Of Queensland, Lecturer at QUT.
My opinions are my own.

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

Last year I was asked to give a talk on dietary #nitrate supplementation. I decided to update our last paper: https://t.co/VbjUkmksr0 for it. I found +26 trials. Here it is: https://t.co/fx8OivRrKO . No journal submission, but it has been peer-reviewed by the big guy 😇:

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

Newest paper from our research group:

Nitrate, nitrite and nitrosamines in the global food supply: Reference database
https://t.co/vfkOvUChHp

Systematic review, 448 publications, 1980 food and beverages, 65 countries - As of August 22'

#nitrate #vegetables #research #scicomm

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

New paper:
Estimating nitrate intake in the Australian diet: design and validation of a food frequency questionnaire

https://t.co/BLZjzxjVXb

#nitrate #vegetables #research #scicomm

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

@Oli_Shannon Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

Looking forward to more research in this area. Hopefully, more of these meat substitute/vegan/veg companies step up and fund research. Quorn has with promising results:

https://t.co/3OW58lAomS

Hopefully others like @gethuel jump in

[Dan Golding @dangolding]

On Friday the govt announced its plan to radically change uni fees, and the headlines rightfully focussed on those 110% hikes to humanities degrees.

But now the full plan is out and the real story is clear: this is a massive defunding of tertiary education. THREAD.

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

@vanhatilator @ExeterSHS And I bet Prof Jones thanks his lucky stars every day (until he's replaced😂). You're 1 of the most knowledgeable and helpful people I've ever met. I visited for 6 weeks and your office light was always on when I left after 6pm so the PhD->Prof in 13 yrs is no surprise at all 💪

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

Add them to your email block lists.

A lot of these authors/publishers not only want your money but they also contain malware so it's important to check before clicking. Don't assume your virus software will save you.

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

Need a list of predatory or pseudoscientific publishers and journals? This is helpful:
https://t.co/WNYv0f8SW6

Beware of e-mails from E. Padron, Ph.D., Dr. L. Smith, M.D., P. Jimenez, Ph.D., A. Siozos, M.D., A. Lesnevskyi, M.D., A. Nikitakis, MSc, Ph.D., A. Umana, M.D.

#scicomm

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

😨😠😥😩😑1 error... #fridayfeels

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

"Elsevier’s scientific publishing arm reported profits of £724m on just over £2bn in revenue. It was a 36% margin – higher than Apple, Google, or Amazon posted that year."

Bad for science?😬it's a £19bn shakedown.

https://t.co/t5ElqV6zA0

#science #scicomm #change 💰🤫

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

@LJJ_nutrition @Jeukendrup @bendesbrow @irwin_cg That was my first thought when I saw this. As mentioned, another study on the topic by Rogers et al. at @Griffith_Health (22 participants)
https://t.co/7t5A8NwRAK
"The influence of skin tattoos on localised sweat responses may have previously been over-estimated." 🌞🏃‍♂️💧

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

Happy Festivus everyone!

Good luck during the airing of grievances.

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

@DrDaveWebber @Joelrookwood 100%
Reviewing journal articles under the guise of "giving back to science"🤔. The novelty wears off quickly especially when Open Access Journals expect you to get it done in a week. At least buy me dinner first.

[Joel Rookwood @Joelrookwood]

Absolutely no need for academic conferences to have a €400-500 registration fee. Institutional budgets are tightening and this isn’t helping. Streamline your events.

They’re supposed to facilitate ideas, development, collaboration and networks, not marginalise the un(der)funded

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

@T_Jones5 @UQHealth Thank you for the opportunity 👍

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

Massive thank you to Tony Ng, Chester Goodsell, @wylie_lee24 and @matthewianblack for the help and feedback along the way 👍

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

During my first PhD meeting my supervisor @michaelleveritt mentioned the importance of knowledge translation - getting it into the hands of people/orgs that can put it to practical use. Foodworks was the aim.

As for the name...I couldn't resist🤣

#nitrate #scicomm #nutrition

[Oliver Shannon @Oli_Shannon]

Our latest paper, in which we explored knowledge and beliefs about dietary nitrate in UK-based nutrition professionals, is out now: https://t.co/MJOMXeg4mk

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

My battle with knowledge translation.

#MEMES #scicomm #nitrate #CatsOfTwitter #RHOBH

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

Very excited to share the first publication from my research collaboration with @BangorUni :
https://t.co/dhUYC4l1Zw

Our first opportunity to use the updated nitrate/nitrite database 🖥️. More changes to come as @XyrisFoodWorks and I look to improve the UI
#research @UQHealth

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

A full-colour PDF is provided. Images get around naming confusion that arises w/ international food products. The idea was to have a list big enough without increasing participant burden. Control for nitrate/nitrite because some foods have just as much as a beetroot juice shot.

[Nick McMahon @NFMcMahon]

I continually see studies conducting vascular measures without dietary standardisation.Measuring dietary nitrate/nitrite intake prior to a trial is essential to control for a variable that can significantly impact results.This will help:
https://t.co/0ktWN9Rv12
#research #scicomm