Had a lot of fun working on this. I hope you find the project and the post exciting!
Turns out I'm a huge fan of client-side web programming. For more on why, how, and what for, check out this otherpost:
https://t.co/f1l91MdFZb
Papers submitted on Tuesdays are more likely to be accepted by Nature whereas Wednesdays seem the most likely day to submit and secure acceptance to PLOS ONE. For Cell, Mondays and Tuesdays seem the best submission days in case of accepted papers.
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I feel like crap. I didn’t get any grants this year, so I had to let go of my super talented postdoc—someone with a doctorate who’s now unemployed, without benefits or retirement, and still grinding away on a paper... Postdocs are the most unappreciated and undervalued positions at the PhD level-highly qualified, yet paid less than industry techs in Boston (with a BS degree) , forced to work weekends without benefits or job security, and at risk of losing everything if a grant isn't funded. Name another PhD role that's treated with less respect and value by the system.
Talk about an in-flight meal.
For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://t.co/diTO1zqjUf @NewsfromScience
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OPEN for the 19th Annual International Biocuration Conference, from 20 to 24 April 2026, in Cape Town, South Africa.
💡Submit an abstract: https://t.co/TTOjRME1oO
📅Due: 21 November 2025
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#Biocuration#IBC2026#ComingHome
Do not forget to register for this event! A collaborative webinar between @3DSIG_ISCB, @iscbsc, @ELIXIREurope and @ml4ngp!! Two global leaders in the field of intrinsically disordered proteins will tell us all about these fascinating proteins! Do not miss it!
Meet Our Host: African Bioinformatics Institute (ABI):
ABI in Cape Town will host #Biocuration2026 the first edition in Africa! 🌍
Learn more: https://t.co/3wFKL9oqn2
Join us in Cape Town: https://t.co/tR4wgs7KeA
Meet the ISCB-SC Regional Student Group (RSG) leaders of Argentina.
From Patagonia to the Pampas, here’s the 2025 leadership of RSG-Argentina!🇦🇷
📷 President: Andrea Peñas Ballesteros
📷 Faculty Advisor: Laura Kamenetzky 📷
I’m honored to share the illustration accompanying our receptor engineering paper in Nature Plants. Created by the talented Phoebe Sinner from the Coaker lab, this artwork elegantly highlights how natural diversity contributes to differences in receptor specificity.
A recent survey of nearly 900 postdocs at the Max Planck Society reveals:
🔹 28% show signs of severe depression
🔹 25% struggle with severe anxiety
🔹 More than half oppose contract caps that force them out after 4–6 years
🔹 International researchers (75% of the cohort) face extra hurdles: bureaucracy, language barriers, even bullying
Postdocs carry much of the research load, yet remain overworked, undervalued, and uncertain about their future.
If global research institutions can’t retain talent, support mental health, and offer real career pathways, how sustainable is the system?
Link to the Nature article:
https://t.co/8CznV3dWb3