Ismail Eş

A bioengineer geeking out over microfluidics, smart materials, and biomedical technology
Currently @AnkaraUni Previously @UniofOxford @ucl @unicampoficial

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

The number of grant applications is rising sharply. Our capacity for their evaluation isn’t.

ERC President Maria Leptin explains why stricter resubmission limits are being introduced for 2027 calls and what this mean for applicants.
https://t.co/YavrW4P8FJ

[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

Announced by the ERC today (really bad news for science!!! It starts in Europe but will affect everybody) Because the REVIEWING LOAD is so bad, if your application fails you may need to wait mulitple years (>3?!?) until you can submit again!

The ERC is the lifeline of the leading labs in Europe, so many research programs will be terminated (just no other sources to compensate).

The letter from the ERC says “the only way is to reduce applications” (highlighted in the picture below) No!!!
It's the wrong direction. Use AI to assist review. It’s not perfect (yet), but it allows more proposals to be evaluated, and it could support, not replace, human reviewers.

[Ankara Üniversitesi @AnkaraUni]

TÜBİTAK Başkanı Aydın, Ankara Üniversitesi BÜTAM’da Araştırmacılarla Buluştu. [@Tubitak]

#unihaber

[Ismail Eş @bioengineerx]

@WandaYYT Wanda, that was @stan_sdcollins goal! I was one of his first followers and luckily got followed by him years ago. Keep your lovely posts please.

[Ismail Eş @bioengineerx]

@AdrianoAguzzi @NikoMcCarty It seems like the analysis concludes the sad fact that they didn't have a mentor worth appreciation.

[Jason Locasale @LocasaleLab]

Science used to be run by scientists. Now it’s run by career managers whose main experiment is seeing how many meetings fit in a day.

[Jason Locasale @LocasaleLab]

Some say the NIH peer-review system is the envy of the world. It isn’t.

I’ve personally served on study sections where I couldn’t tell the difference between a grant that scored in the top 3% and one that fell near 50%. The process often comes down to who talks the loudest in the room — and who doesn’t want to upset them. Real debate is rare. Groupthink dominates.

Consensus becomes the currency for funding, even though science advances through controversy, disagreement, and challenging the status quo.

[Jason Locasale @LocasaleLab]

Real science is slow, uncertain, and humbling. It thrives on doubt, failure, revision, and debate.

Universities, funders, and journals want the opposite: speed, certainty, confidence, and narrative.

So we get bad models, fake breakthroughs, and flashy press releases. And everyone pretends it’s progress.

[Ali Sınağ @alisinag]

Akademisyenler sınıf sınıf..kiminin tanınırlığı yüksektir bu da kibir/ego şişkinliğine yol açmıştır,kimi de çok tanınma derdinde değildir ama unvanın gücünü kullanır,herhalde en saygı duyulan profil tevazu,vefa,erdem,insan sevgisi gibi vasıflara sahip, unvan büyüdükçe küçülendir

[Ismail Eş @bioengineerx]

@latifah_almulla @UniofOxford Oxford Bioelectronics' pride!!!

[BowTiedBiotech 🧪🔬🧬 @BowTiedBiotech]

1/ THREAD: Where do mRNA vaccines go after injection?

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are the workhorses of mRNA vaccines, but how do they move through the body?

New PET-CT imaging in rhesus macaques gives us answers. 🧵👇

[Nature Biotechnology @NatureBiotech]

Nanocarrier imaging at single-cell resolution across entire mouse bodies with deep learning https://t.co/4RhnmhJ0PE

[Ankara Üniversitesi @AnkaraUni]

🔵 Ankara Üniversitesi Heyeti İngiltere'de Yükseköğretim Kurumları ile Temaslarda Bulundu. #TheliveUKIE

📺 TRT Haber

[Necdet Ünüvar @necdetunuvar]

Oxford Üniversitesi [@UniofOxford] PANDEMIC SCIENCES INSTITUTE Müdürü Sn Dr Cesar Lopez-Camacho'yu ziyaret ederek enstitü bünyesinde yapılan aşı çalışmaları ve laboratuvarlar hakkında bilgi aldık.

[Necdet Ünüvar @necdetunuvar]

Oxford Üniversitesi [@UniofOxford] INSTİTUTE OF BİOMEDİCAL ENGİNEERİNG öğretim üyesi Sn Dr İsmail Eş'in laboratuvarını da ziyaret ederek çalışmaları hakkında bilgi aldık.

[Necdet Ünüvar @necdetunuvar]

Oxford Üniversitesi [@UniofOxford] PODİUM INSTİTUTE FOR SPORTS HEALTH & TECHNOLOGY Başkanı Sn Prof Dr Constantin Coussios'u ziyaret ettik ve Ankara Üniversitesi [@AnkaraUni] ile yapılabilecek iş birliklerine yönelik değerlendirmelerde bulunduk.

Görüşmemizin sonunda Sn Coussios ile birlikte laboratuvarları gezerek kendisine Güneş Kursumuzu hediye ettik.

[J Controlled Release @JCRnEDITORS]

Advancing osteosarcoma 3D modeling in vitro for novel tumor microenvironment-targeted therapies development.
| Catarina Leite Pereira @i3S_UPorto | @CRS_SPLC
#3Dmodel #TumorMicroenvironment
https://t.co/Q4qBgXQgf8

[Advanced Portfolio @AdvPortfolio]

Watch how metals are 3D printed with sub-10 µm resolution! 🔬

Scientists @Westlake_Uni have developed an embedded-writing embedded-sintering process to create complex freeform geometries for custom microelectronics and metamaterials.

Find out more: https://t.co/IAF6r5vnyC

[Ali Khademhosseini @khademh]

New Electric Bandages Speed Wound Healing by 30% https://t.co/XrXEn1LuzV

[Advanced Portfolio @AdvPortfolio]

Mimicking the brain is hard, but researchers are making progress.

Using 3D printing, scientists created brain organoids with realistic extracellular matrices and blood vessel networks.

@Sloan_Lab @vserp1 @EmoryMedicine

📰 Read the ASN article: https://t.co/yd2yB28DU5