José Manuel García-Fernández
@jmgarciafnandez77.bsky.social
Professor @UnivCordoba. Working on adaptive mechanisms in the N and C metabolism in marine picocyanobacteria: Prochlorococcus & Synechococcus. Opinions my own.
I have heard much noise about the app Essayist for Mac (which received an App Store Award recently), and I wonder which are its advantages over EndNote to quickly change the formatting of academic papers.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I have heard much noise about the app Essayist for Mac (which received an App Store Award recently), and I wonder which are its advantages over EndNote to quickly change the formatting of academic papers.
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Multispecies grasslands produce more yield from lower nitrogen inputs across a climatic gradient | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Multispecies grasslands produce more yield from lower nitrogen inputs across a climatic gradient
High-yielding forage grasslands frequently comprise low species diversity and receive high inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. To investigate multispecies mixtures as an alternative strategy, the 26-site i...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Multispecies grasslands produce more yield from lower nitrogen inputs across a climatic gradient | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The United Nations Ocean Decade: A catalyst for international collaboration enhancing ocean monitoring and data | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The United Nations Ocean Decade: A catalyst for international collaboration enhancing ocean monitoring and data
In recognition of the ocean’s essential role in supporting life, the economy, and human well-being, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 2017 declared 2021 to 2030 the Decade of Ocean Science f...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The United Nations Ocean Decade: A catalyst for international collaboration enhancing ocean monitoring and data | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
How some treatments can lead to a ‘functional cure’ for HIV | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
How some treatments can lead to a ‘functional cure’ for HIV
Specific class of immune cells help keep virus at bay for months or years—even in the absence of drugs
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December 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
How some treatments can lead to a ‘functional cure’ for HIV | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
A glasses-free 3D display uses AI to direct images straight to the viewer’s eyes www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A glasses-free 3D display uses AI to direct images straight to the viewer’s eyes
A machine-learning algorithm calculates the optimal light field for the viewer’s left and right eyes.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A glasses-free 3D display uses AI to direct images straight to the viewer’s eyes www.nature.com/articles/d41...
We are all mosaics: vast genetic diversity found between cells in a single person www.nature.com/articles/d41...
We are all mosaics: vast genetic diversity found between cells in a single person
Technical advances allow researchers to trace the genetic changes that occur over time.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We are all mosaics: vast genetic diversity found between cells in a single person www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Anti-woke’ policies blamed for falling attendance at some US conferences www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Anti-woke’ policies blamed for falling attendance at some US conferences
Scientific meetings that support Black, Latino and Indigenous researchers are grappling with funding cuts and other restrictions.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
‘Anti-woke’ policies blamed for falling attendance at some US conferences www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Great science happens in great teams — research assessments must try to capture that www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Great science happens in great teams — research assessments must try to capture that
Europe must reform the ways in which science is evaluated. To boost innovation, it must improve research culture.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Great science happens in great teams — research assessments must try to capture that www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Enhorabuena a Claudia Redondo Alonso, Estrella Montes Muñoz, Rafael Pagador Sánchez de Medina, Miguel López León, María Álvarez Cantos, Sara Conde Maestre, María López Estévez y Alberto Puntas Díaz-Malaguilla, mejores comunicaciones en una nueva edición (¡y van 10!) del Congreso de Noveles ✨ 🏆
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Enhorabuena a Claudia Redondo Alonso, Estrella Montes Muñoz, Rafael Pagador Sánchez de Medina, Miguel López León, María Álvarez Cantos, Sara Conde Maestre, María López Estévez y Alberto Puntas Díaz-Malaguilla, mejores comunicaciones en una nueva edición (¡y van 10!) del Congreso de Noveles ✨ 🏆
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It is an honour to receive this amazing support by the @kawresearch.bsky.social to decipher interactions between plasmid-dependent phages, plasmids and their shared bacterial host! Excited to work on this topic and explore the secrets of their coevolution!
#ECOPHARM
#ECOPHARM
Another 27 promising researchers will now receive five-year basic research grants from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. This funding provides researchers in the beginning of their careers with the opportunity to contribute groundbreaking new knowledge
#research #science
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#research #science
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Long-term research grants awarded to 27 new Wallenberg Academy Fellows | Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
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December 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It is an honour to receive this amazing support by the @kawresearch.bsky.social to decipher interactions between plasmid-dependent phages, plasmids and their shared bacterial host! Excited to work on this topic and explore the secrets of their coevolution!
#ECOPHARM
#ECOPHARM
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Una alumna del IES de Fernán Núñez gana la Olimpiada Filosófico-Científica de la Universidad de Córdoba dozz.es/n89jv5
Una alumna del IES de Fernán Núñez gana la Olimpiada Filosófico-Científica de la Universidad de Córdoba
Se llama Lucía Rubio Prieto y se ha hecho con el primer puesto en el certamen gracias a su intervención titulada '¿Conviene invertir en energía nuclear?'
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December 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Una alumna del IES de Fernán Núñez gana la Olimpiada Filosófico-Científica de la Universidad de Córdoba dozz.es/n89jv5
Documentan un caso especial de remisión del VIH tras un trasplante de células madre a un enfermo de cáncer www.eldiario.es/1_c37a2e
Documentan un caso especial de remisión del VIH tras un trasplante de células madre a un enfermo de cáncer
El hombre, de 60 años, era portador del VIH y desarrolló una leucemia para la que recibió un trasplante de células madre con una mutación que protege contra el sida; seis años después del trasplante, ...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Documentan un caso especial de remisión del VIH tras un trasplante de células madre a un enfermo de cáncer www.eldiario.es/1_c37a2e
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"The ERC is receiving additional budget for the scheme from the EU, so its regular schemes, which suffer from limited budgets, should not be negatively affected, Leptin said."
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"The ERC is receiving additional budget for the scheme from the EU, so its regular schemes, which suffer from limited budgets, should not be negatively affected, Leptin said."
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Let’s run the numbers on this new @ERC_Research “ERC-Plus” scheme. About 30 grants to be awarded, and we’re told “better apply for a regular grant, your chances are 30× higher.”
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ERC’s new €7m Plus Grants open to researchers at any career stage - Research Professional News
European Research Council president describes scheme as part attempt to lure US talent
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November 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Let’s run the numbers on this new @ERC_Research “ERC-Plus” scheme. About 30 grants to be awarded, and we’re told “better apply for a regular grant, your chances are 30× higher.”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Here's a zero-cost proposal for ERC to lure US talent: condition participation in a Synergy grant to a relocation to the EU. Will help the incoming PI not only with money but also a supporting collaboration. Right now SyG is funding US labs while NIH has cut all funding to foreign collaborators.
November 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Here's a zero-cost proposal for ERC to lure US talent: condition participation in a Synergy grant to a relocation to the EU. Will help the incoming PI not only with money but also a supporting collaboration. Right now SyG is funding US labs while NIH has cut all funding to foreign collaborators.
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
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The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
ERC’s new €7m Plus Grants open to researchers at any career stage - Research Professional News
European Research Council president describes scheme as part attempt to lure US talent
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November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
· #AcademicSky ·
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
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My bsky feed goes through three overlapping outrages about mega ERC grants, AI, and phase separation - and that's not to mention anything US&Ukraine related. 2025 is an intense year!
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My bsky feed goes through three overlapping outrages about mega ERC grants, AI, and phase separation - and that's not to mention anything US&Ukraine related. 2025 is an intense year!
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants live starting now www.youtube.com/live/Dzkas7f...
Webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants
YouTube video by European Research Council
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November 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants live starting now www.youtube.com/live/Dzkas7f...
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
ERC Plus Grants
• No career limit, current ERCs are not eligible
• Major challenge, transformative research
• Up to 7 million euros, up to 7 years
• 30 grants per year, 2 years, only once per lifetime
• Same application format, plus vision statement
• Deadline in September 2026, 2 stage evaluation
• No career limit, current ERCs are not eligible
• Major challenge, transformative research
• Up to 7 million euros, up to 7 years
• 30 grants per year, 2 years, only once per lifetime
• Same application format, plus vision statement
• Deadline in September 2026, 2 stage evaluation
Webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants live starting now www.youtube.com/live/Dzkas7f...
Webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants
YouTube video by European Research Council
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November 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
ERC Plus Grants
• No career limit, current ERCs are not eligible
• Major challenge, transformative research
• Up to 7 million euros, up to 7 years
• 30 grants per year, 2 years, only once per lifetime
• Same application format, plus vision statement
• Deadline in September 2026, 2 stage evaluation
• No career limit, current ERCs are not eligible
• Major challenge, transformative research
• Up to 7 million euros, up to 7 years
• 30 grants per year, 2 years, only once per lifetime
• Same application format, plus vision statement
• Deadline in September 2026, 2 stage evaluation
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Worth about 200M€ = 150 ERC StG!
Not convinced this is a good move for Europe research!
Not convinced this is a good move for Europe research!
ERC Plus Grants
• No career limit, current ERCs are not eligible
• Major challenge, transformative research
• Up to 7 million euros, up to 7 years
• 30 grants per year, 2 years, only once per lifetime
• Same application format, plus vision statement
• Deadline in September 2026, 2 stage evaluation
• No career limit, current ERCs are not eligible
• Major challenge, transformative research
• Up to 7 million euros, up to 7 years
• 30 grants per year, 2 years, only once per lifetime
• Same application format, plus vision statement
• Deadline in September 2026, 2 stage evaluation
Webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants live starting now www.youtube.com/live/Dzkas7f...
November 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Worth about 200M€ = 150 ERC StG!
Not convinced this is a good move for Europe research!
Not convinced this is a good move for Europe research!
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Con la humanidad atemorizada por la mortífera segunda ola del coronavirus, una revista científica publicó un estudio con la solución: los amuletos de jade podrían prevenir la covid. Su caída expone el pelotazo de las editoriales en la ciencia
La caída de una megarrevista científica expone el pelotazo de las editoriales en la ciencia
Una de las cabeceras que más estudios publican en el mundo, expulsada del sistema por irregularidades. Su editorial, Elsevier, supera los 1.300 millones de euros de beneficios al año
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November 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Con la humanidad atemorizada por la mortífera segunda ola del coronavirus, una revista científica publicó un estudio con la solución: los amuletos de jade podrían prevenir la covid. Su caída expone el pelotazo de las editoriales en la ciencia
Reposted by José Manuel García-Fernández
Topological adaptation of heliorhodopsins enables exogenous second-antenna acquisition in monoderm phototrophs www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Topological adaptation of heliorhodopsins enables exogenous second-antenna acquisition in monoderm phototrophs www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Science of the Total Environment has been removed from the core collection of Web of Science. This has been a first decile journal in Environmental Sciences for several years in a row.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Science of the Total Environment has been removed from the core collection of Web of Science. This has been a first decile journal in Environmental Sciences for several years in a row.
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AlphaFold is five years old — these charts show how it revolutionized science www.nature.com/articles/d41...
AlphaFold is five years old — these charts show how it revolutionized science
Since it was unveiled in 2020, Google DeepMind's game-changing AI tool has helped researchers all over the world to predict the 3D structures of hundreds of millions of proteins.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
AlphaFold is five years old — these charts show how it revolutionized science www.nature.com/articles/d41...