polidy pean

MD, PhD in immunology

[Hun Sen @hunsencambodia]

Today, a ceasefire violation occurred involving the use of mortars and machine guns. Prime Minister Hun Manet and I convened an emergency online meeting, instructing our armed forces to exercise restraint and refrain from retaliation.

After the gunfire subsided, both sides accused each other of violating the ceasefire. Each party filed complaints to the Interim Observer Team (IOT), with Cambodia in particular making an urgent request for the IOT to conduct an on-site investigation.

To ensure integrity, transparency, neutrality, and credibility, I have submitted a proposal to the leadership of the Malaysian military, who currently chairs the ASEAN-member-led IOT team, to undertake two critical tasks:

1. Conduct ballistic forensics, as both countries use different types of ammunition.
2. Most importantly, inspect the sites where the shells landed to determine the origin and direction of fire whether it came from Cambodia towards Thailand or vice versa. Shell trajectories cannot be manipulated after impact.

Cambodian forces are properly preserving shell craters and creating favorable conditions for IOT observers to perform accurate forensic analysis and inspections. I hope the Thai side will demonstrate the same level of cooperation. Just as pure gold does not fear fire, any refusal to allow inspections by IOT observers would imply guilt on either side, Cambodia or Thailand.

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[Dr. Dominic Ng @DrDominicNg]

New research reveals sleep loss triggers the same metabolic dysfunction seen in Alzheimer's.

Here's the mechanism – and the fixes that work:

[polidy pean @polidy]

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[George Stern @georgestern]

The 16 communication skills of top performers -

Use these to thrive at work:

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[Frontiers for Young Minds @FrontYoungMinds]

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[The Struggling Scientists @TheStrugglingS4]

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[Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @VirusesImmunity]

@ImmunologyAAI has officially launched #ImmunologyExplained, a campaign to help explain the science of the immune system so that everyone can make informed decisions about their immune health. Stay tuned for more content in the future!

Visit https://t.co/4BVZtMcEyI.

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

📍The thing that worries me about the new #EG5 variant is whether it is incredibly immunity evasive against past infections/vaccines (especially the 80-85% who never got Omicron bivalent booster shot)— and how infectious & severe it will be? And why now this summer if it has been steadily growing a while (but not spiking)—was it the July epic heat wave that sent people into indoors for AC? And is the latest case surge going to overload hospitals or just create a modest wave? I’m still trying to figure this out using data collated from US and Europe. I’m being more cautious with this new WHO-proclaimed #COVID19 “variant of interest”. Meantime please #MaskUp and #ventilate and #HEPA disinfect your schools and office buildings. Better safe than #LongCovid sorry—because 10-20% LC among those infected is ENORMOUS and itself going to crush healthcare systems down the road. #CovidIsNotOver

[Andrew Akbashev @Andrew_Akbashev]

Not able to produce “favorable results” in the lab? You are a “loser”.

Stay in the shadows of those who can bring cool data to the Big Prof.

Sounds familiar? It's not only about this case at Stanford.

It's about academic culture in general:

- Keep pushing for metrics. Quantity over quality. Look for flashy conclusions.

- Skyrocket your profile. Build your research enterprise. Outcompete everyone in your field.

Isn’t it how academia works today? 🤨

▫️

Albert Einstein remarked: “An academic career, in which a person is forced to produce scientific writings in great amounts, creates a danger of intellectual superficiality”. 

Peter Higgs said he could NOT replicate his discovery in today’s academic climate: “Not enough peace and quiet in the present sort of climate to do what I did in 1964”.

▫️

Wonder about the results of this “culture”?

1. Thousands of FAKE research articles are published. 30% of all scientific articles may be fake products of paper mills. There is even a special lengthy page on Wiki called “Replication crisis”.

2. Life-draining tenure requirements that fuel the rat race. Why? To ensure the university ranking and recognition is going up.

3. Most PhDs don’t see themselves in science anymore. In many places, you are not required to be creative and knowledgable. Instead, you should demonstrate you can win a race.

Everyone knows it but few things change.

▫️

I am happy that Stanford showed courage and carried out investigation. It is an excellent example of HOW to react to manipulated papers and unhealthy lab dynamic.

It's just another reminder that:

We should STOP focusing on taking “professional selfies”.

We should STOP trading our passion for glory.

Focus on science instead

#AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #phdchat

[Institut Pasteur, since 1887 @institutpasteur]

Salle comble pour la cérémonie en l’honneur de Pr Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, 40 ans de combat contre le VIH #40ansVIH

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@asiersc @institutpasteur @amalelfidha @Anais_hamburg Congratulation

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

I once had abdominal pain and did a smartphone ultrasound to find that I had a dilated kidney/renal colic. Smartphone ultrasound imaging is now being done in remote parts of the world and someday will be commonplace everywhere
https://t.co/cqHYQjCziX

[Dr Asma Jabeen @DrasmaJabeen1]

#Research #Academia #AcademicTwitter

[IAS - the International AIDS Society @iasociety]

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