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Nuno Henrique Franco @nunohfranco.bsky.social · Aug 20

"We need to talk about sexes"

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We Need to Talk about Sexes - Addressing the Prevalence of Single-Sex Animal Studies

YouTube video by Nuno Henrique Franco

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COST TEATIME @cost-teatime.bsky.social · Jun 7

What an incredible #FELASA2025 conference packed with scientific energy and innovation! Outstanding variety of presentations—from thought-provoking lectures to creative and data-rich posters—contributing to the advancement of #animalresearch.

@nunohfranco.bsky.social @stefanogaburro.bsky.social

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COST TEATIME @cost-teatime.bsky.social · Jun 8

At the Bratislava Training School, @nunohfranco.bsky.social will teach key principles of #experimentaldesign—such as randomization, blinding, sample size, and bias control—to help ensure that #animalresearch is reliable, #reproducible, and aligned with the #3Rs.

@costprogramme.bsky.social #training

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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · Apr 1

Donald Trump is withdrawing medical research dollars from some of our top universities. This is a disaster for medical breakthroughs. He says it is about Anti Semitism, but criticizing Israel’s policy in Gaza is not per se Anti Semitism.

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · Mar 29

Peter Marks’s resignation letter. Everyone should read this.

Peter Marks, MD, PhD
Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research U.S. Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20903
March 28, 2025
Sara Brenner, MD, MPH
Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20903
Dear Dr. Brenner:
It is with a heavy heart that I have decided to resign from FDA and retire from federal service as Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research effective April 5, 2025. I leave behind a staff of professionals who are undoubtedly the most devoted to protecting and promoting the public health of any group of people that I have encountered during my four decades working in the public and private sectors. I have always done my best to advocate for their well-being and I would ask that you do the same during this very difficult time during which their critical importance to the safety and security of our nation may be underappreciated.
Over the past years I have been involved in enhancing the safety of our nation's blood supply, in advancing the field of cell and gene therapy, and in responding to public health emergencies. In the last of these, during the COVID-19 pandemic I had the privilege of watching the vision that I conceived for Operation Warp Speed in March 2020 in collaboration with Dr. Robert Kadlec become a reality under the leadership of HHS Secretary Azar and President Trump due to the unwavering commitment of public servants at FDA and elsewhere across the government. At FDA, the tireless efforts of staff across the agency resulted in remarkably expediting the development of vaccines against the virus, meeting the standards for quality, safety, and effectiveness expected by the American public. The vaccines undoubtedly markedly reduced morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 in the United States and elsewhere. Many of these same individuals applied learnings from the pandemic during a flawless response helping…

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Nuno Henrique Franco @nunohfranco.bsky.social · Mar 15

Age yourself with a cartoon you watched as a kid.

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COST TEATIME @cost-teatime.bsky.social · Mar 6

TEATIME members @okalliokoski.bsky.social and @nunohfranco.bsky.social are leading a workshop before #FELASA2025 in Athens, as part of ESLAV/ECLAM summer school.

eclam.eu/home/pre-diploma/residents/suggested-study-references/study-resources/eslav-eclam-summer-school/

#animalresearch

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COST TEATIME @cost-teatime.bsky.social · Mar 4

Our member @nunohfranco.bsky.social updated us on the progress of a new paper and an experimental design #workshop he is organizing for TEATIME members in April.

#animalresearch @costprogramme.bsky.social

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Nuno Henrique Franco @nunohfranco.bsky.social · Feb 26

New paper on Animal Welfare journal!

We explored contactless body temperature assessment as a refinement for signalling humane endpoints in a mouse model of sepsis.

TL:DR: Subcutaneous temperature is a better predictor than weight loss, in severe murine models of sepsis.

doi.org/10.1017/awf....

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Nuno Henrique Franco @nunohfranco.bsky.social · Feb 24

Happy to share that I will be a guest speaker at the ESLAV/ECLAM Summer School in Athens, delivering a full-day Experimental Design workshop with Otto Kalliokoski on May 31st 2025.
Register to attend until March 10th.

eclam.eu/home/pre-dip...

Nuno Henrique Franco @nunohfranco.bsky.social · Feb 24

Não, não é. Eu já deixei de tentar perceber as pessoas.

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Nuno Henrique Franco @nunohfranco.bsky.social · Feb 20

If the language required is English, why post a job advert in French?

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Nuno Henrique Franco @nunohfranco.bsky.social · Feb 14

Could someone explain why Spaniards - and only Spaniards - often send emails with queries in Spanish to an international organization, which website (and courses, and content), is all in English?
What would they say if we replied to them in Finnish, Hungarian, or German?

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aRukon @arukon0.bsky.social · Jan 28

🗣️ Why is communication in animal research essential?

@nunohfranco.bsky.social (@i3suporto.bsky.social) 🧑‍🔬 highlighted the evolution of social acceptability in animal research over time and its relevance today.

His insights inspire us to reflect on the role of public opinion in science. 🌟💡

Animal Research #communication webinar will kick off with the amazing @nunohfranco.bsky.social from i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde. He’ll dive into the social acceptability of animal research in the past and present. Don’t miss this fascinating talk!

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Nuno Henrique Franco @nunohfranco.bsky.social · Dec 21

Já agora fica mais um esclarecimento. Óxido de ferro (ferrugem) não causa tétano, mas antes o tipo de ferida como aquele causado por um prego, que é profunda e muito estreita, pois cria condições de nas quais as bactérias que causam o tétano proliferam.

Nuno Henrique Franco @nunohfranco.bsky.social · Dec 20

Tenho duas contas no Twitter. Uma em inglês, outra em tuga. A primeira mais profissional, onde sigo e sou seguido por colegas, outra mais informal, onde escrevo o que me apetecer.
Comecei a ser seguido e identificado em publicações de colegas estrangeiros no Bsky. E agora? Não quero duas contas!!!

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Nuno Henrique Franco @nunohfranco.bsky.social · Dec 10

Banger

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⚒ José Simões ⚒ @josesimoes.bsky.social · Dec 10

Gisèle Pelicot, person of the year 2024

www.theneweuropean.co.uk/viva-gisele-...

Gisèle Pelicot, person of the year 2024

Our 2024 Person of the Year has changed the rules, reversed the language and given women permission to reject shame

www.theneweuropean.co.uk

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Nuno Henrique Franco @nunohfranco.bsky.social · Dec 10

Eu conheci a minha sogra com 21 anos, de traje académico, ar ressacado, a deixar-lhe a filha às 7.00 da manhã em casa quando ela tinha o primeiro dia de trabalho nesse dia. Passados 23 anos, continuo com a mesma (mulher e sogra) e ela ainda trabalha na mesma empresa.

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Nuno Henrique Franco @nunohfranco.bsky.social · Dec 10

Não faltam casos de homens com duas mulheres, duas casas, duas famílias. E isso implica que pelo menos uma delas não conheça ninguém da família dele, durante anos. Eu passo por familiares da minha mulher (meu também, por afinidade) quase todos os dias. Parece impossível, mas acontece.

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Nuno Henrique Franco @nunohfranco.bsky.social · Dec 7

TL:DR - Não pode ser um palerma.

Emma (Aquela do Barreiro) @emmabat.bsky.social · Dec 4

Uma cena que me faz perder a tesão por um gajo, sigam este thread 🧵

*sim gajo. Porque se perdi a tesão, passou a gajo

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Nuno Henrique Franco @nunohfranco.bsky.social · Dec 7

1. O termo "estatisticamente significativo" está mal aplicado e sem referências.
2. Há muita iliteracia numa certa esquerda. É vê-los aos magotes a fazerem Reiki e homeopatia.
3. A legitimação - por via da regulação - de práticas pseudocientíficas foi uma iniciativa de um partido de esquerda.

Paulo @pquerido.bsky.social · Dec 7

Há uma coisa que não percebo, me intriga e da qual suspeito: o desdém, muitas vezes transformado em ódio, de uma parte estatisticamente significativa da direita pela ciência, pelos cientistas e pelos avanços deles.

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Nuno Henrique Franco @nunohfranco.bsky.social · Dec 3

Se for acima de 10 paus é muito

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Nuno Henrique Franco @nunohfranco.bsky.social · Dec 1

A literacia científica salva vidas. E carteiras.

Mariana Vasconcelos @marianagvas.bsky.social · Dec 1

Vocês precisam de entender que a grande maioria dos produtos que alegam qualquer tipo de benefício, - seja cosmetico, saúde fisica ou mental, etc - são banha da cobra. Só os medicamentos têm de provar as suas alegações. O resto só tem barely de provar que não é letal.

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Nuno Henrique Franco @nunohfranco.bsky.social · Nov 29

What a gay thing to say 😀 Now seriously, these guys are absolute morons.

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