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Emma Ganley @emmaganley.bsky.social · 2d

✨ Research assessment needs a rethink — and it finally feels like change might be possible.
At protocols.io (@protocolsio.bsky.social) and in my past life as a journal editor, I’ve had countless conversations about how we evaluate researchers. It’s a topic that keeps coming up — and for good reason.

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www.protocols.io @protocolsio.bsky.social · 5d

Explore our new featured protocols protocols.io/welcome

Bring structure to your research - protocols.io

A secure platform for developing and sharing reproducible methods.

protocols.io

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 3d

In which I look at animal research for The New York Times and find some surprising answers.

Opinion | Can Trump End This Impossibly Cruel Practice?

www.nytimes.com

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Emma Ganley @emmaganley.bsky.social · 5d

Listening to #WhatTheRef podcast on the train en route to Birmingham for The Festival of Hidden Ref tomorrow and Weds, perfect listening material, thanks @hiddenref.bsky.social,
I'm giving a lightning talk on Thurs - very much looking forward to this event :)

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Lenny Teytelman @lteytelman.bsky.social · 9d

I've been dreaming about this for a decade and it's now live!

"Global Collaboration Made Easier: Multilingual Protocols Now Available on protocols.io"
www.protocols.io/blog/global-...

Global Collaboration Made Easier: Multilingual Protocols Now Available on protocols.io

Research is a global endeavour, yet the expectation to communicate in English often creates barriers and an additional burden for non-native speakers. At the lab bench or in t...

www.protocols.io

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Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · 24d

Copy our protocols!

📝 Find many of our lab protocols and techniques on @protocolsio.bsky.social at www.protocols.io/search?q=%22...

🎥 Go deeper with recorded video tutorials of some of our most requested methods: alleninstitute.org/education/sc...

#OpenScienceWeek

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Michael Meers @mpmeers.bsky.social · 19d

We published a detailed protocol for our Plate-CUT&Tag method on @protocolsio.bsky.social to accompany our recent preprint (www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...) give it a try! Feedback welcome! dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.n2bvjed5wgk5/v1

Plate CUT&Tag (Meers Lab version)

This protocol describes a method for carrying out CUT&Tag-Direct in 96 well microplates for high-throughput processing of samples by a single operator with only standard lab...

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James Fraser @fraserlab.com · Sep 8

Why hasn't Preprint Peer Review caught on more?

I discovered a small, but simple reason - authors are missing out on the JOY of getting feedback because they aren't notified when feedback occurs.

more in thread below!

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Emma Ganley @emmaganley.bsky.social · Aug 14

We're hiring at protocols.io (@protocolsio.bsky.social) in NY or Jersey City - Associate Scientific Engagement Manager

See LinkedIn post for more info & feel free to message me: www.linkedin.com/posts/eganle...

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🌟 We’re Hiring: Associate / Scientific Engagement Manager
📍 Location: New York or Jersey City (Hybrid)

I'm excited to share that we're looking for an Associate Scientific Engagement Manager to join the protocols.io team at Springer Nature

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to lead outreach and engagement efforts across the global research community—hosting webinars, collaborating with institutions, and supporting researchers in adopting protocols.io to improve reproducibility and accelerate discovery.

🔬 If you have a background in research, love science communication, and thrive in collaborative environments, we’d love to hear from you!

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · Aug 11

"proliferation of LLMs has prompted many people without experience to start creating [screening] tools...Simpler approaches often perform better [and] LLM results may not be reproducible...The fact that you can use an LLM doesn’t mean that you should." www.arxiv.org/abs/2507.17991
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Use as Directed? A Comparison of Software Tools Intended to Check Rigor and Transparency of Published Work

The causes of the reproducibility crisis include lack of standardization and transparency in scientific reporting. Checklists such as ARRIVE and CONSORT seek to improve transparency, but they are not ...

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · Aug 11

We just published: Why you should sequence your plasmids (and how to do it for free)

Through @GetGenome scientists in 100 countries can access free whole-plasmid sequencing —giving researchers the confidence to move their experiments forward.

medium.com/p/why-you-sh...

Why you should sequence your plasmids (and how to do it for free)

Through GetGenome, scientists in 100 countries can access free whole-plasmid sequencing — removing barriers, improving quality control…

medium.com

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Lenny Teytelman @lteytelman.bsky.social · Aug 6

Neither did I! Just randomly read
‪the awesome blog post from Professor Hennessy (@c-hennessy.bsky.social‬) outdoor.wildlifeillinois.org/articles/deb... and then wondered what ChatGPT and Copilot would say.

Debunking the Myth: Opossums Don’t Eat Ticks

<p>Researchers have debunked a popular meme about Virginia opossums eating ticks. Careful analysis of opossum stomach contents (yes, the work of some researchers!) revealed many items, including worms...

outdoor.wildlifeillinois.org

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Lenny Teytelman @lteytelman.bsky.social · Aug 6

There's no evidence that opossums eat any ticks, but it's a common myth (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...).

I asked ChatGPT & Copilot, "Do opossums eat ticks?"

Both confidently: "yes, thousands per week!". I then prompted, "Isn't it a myth?" And both answered: "yes, it's been debunked!"

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Magnetic Resonance News @nmr900.bsky.social · Jul 31

Protocols @nmrfam.bsky.social Alex Paterson, Network for Advanced NMR Materials (NAN) Solid-State NMR Data Acquisition Protocols V.2 www.protocols.io/view/network... #NMRchat #NMR 🧲

Network for Advanced NMR Materials SSNMR Data Acquisition Protocols

The NAN Materials SSNMR Data Acquisition Protocols collection is part of the NAN Materials SSNMR Knowledgebase; a collection of resources, training and educational material, pul...

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · Aug 1

How do we correct preprints? Caveat emptor, revisions & withdrawals - what this means for the scientific record. My presentation to the National Academies 1/n vimeo.com/1102568612?s...

Day 2-Corrections and Retractions: Upgrading the Scientific Record

This is "Day 2-Corrections and Retractions: Upgrading the Scientific Record" by The National Academies on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the…

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Lenny Teytelman @lteytelman.bsky.social · Jul 30

So, Elon Musk, a Silicon Valley technocrat, created DOGE with the supposed goal of increased government efficiency.

But what we got instead is an extra government entity that has inserted senseless chaos and waste and worsened the existing bureaucracy?

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BaglaenkoLab @baglaenkolab.bsky.social · Jul 29

Author here to answer any questions. The full protocol is online at protocols.io and all codebooks on github

Bring structure to your research - protocols.io

A secure platform for developing and sharing reproducible methods.

protocols.io

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · Jul 28

The U.S. has led the world in science since the mid-20th century for two reasons: funding & welcoming students and researchers from around the world. The Trump administration is destroying both advantages (1/2)

Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · Jul 28

Science is the most international endeavor in human history.
This flagrantly racist administration is destroying the U.S.'s lucrative and life-saving leadership. www.thetransmitter.org/policy/what-... on @thetransmitter.bsky.social

What U.S. science stands to lose without international graduate students and postdoctoral researchers

Neuroscience in other countries will strengthen—at the United States’ expense—as rising visa restrictions and rejections block many international students from enrolling at U.S.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Yi Yang @ohrp.bsky.social · Jul 22

Comparative Analysis of Phage Profiles in Environmental Samples: Metagenomic Sequencing Versus Culture-Based Isolation www.protocols.io/view/compara...

Comparative Analysis of Phage Profiles in Environmental Samples: Metagenomic Sequencing Versus Culture-Bas...

Culture-based isolation of bacteriophages from wastewater relies on a limited set of laboratory‐cultivable host strains, causing it to recover only a small fraction of the tru...

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BaglaenkoLab @baglaenkolab.bsky.social · Jul 23

Happy to answer any and all questions about this work. We'd love to see more people try it.
Full protocol: www.protocols.io/view/craftse...
Full analysis: github.com/immunogenomi...

CRAFTseq

Genetic studies have identified thousands of individual disease-associated non-coding alleles, but identification of the causal alleles and their functions remain critical bottl...

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Anya Suppermpool @asupp.bsky.social · Jul 22

Load gels? Use #zebrafish 🐟? Want to do more sustainable research w/out compromising science? We-G Gestri, K Turner, G Powell @stevewilsonlab.bsky.social-made these protocols. Yes, we use these in our @science.org [email protected] papers.
www.protocols.io/view/re-usin...
www.protocols.io/view/washing...

Re-using pipette tips for gel loading

Gel loading tips can be reused for most applications; there’s REALLY no need to throw them away after a single use. In our labs, we routinely reuse tips when loading gels, onl...

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brunolemaitre.bsky.social @brunolemaitre.bsky.social · Jul 16

Comment on our @Reproducibility project in @Drosophila immunity. It is a normal that findings—however exciting and important at the time—may later prove to be more complex than initially believed. Re-evaluations is essential to the self-correcting nature of science. www.science.org/content/arti...

Majority of fruit fly immunity studies can be replicated, huge analysis finds

Verification of 50 years of data bolsters immunology research, but identifies “suspicious” papers that don’t hold up

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Anneke_P @plants-genes-bugs.bsky.social · Jul 4

The easiest publishing process ever! After testing & retesting this protocol adapted from a large-volume industry standard method, I finally clicked “Publish” over at @protocolsio.bsky.social today. Can recommend; would publish again!! 🌾 🍞 🧪

dx.doi.org/10.17504/pro...

Microplate Beta Glucan Assay

This assay measures the mixed linkage beta glucan content of cereal grain flour through specific, enzyme-catalysed, step-wise hydrolysis of the polysaccharide to glucose and qua...

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Lenny Teytelman @lteytelman.bsky.social · Jun 26

Wow, that is a gorgeous protocol! Thank you for sharing it publicly!

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Dr. Bryan H. Juarez (He/They) @bhjuarez.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨🚨 We just published a protocol for non-lethally measuring morphology in 3D in small aquatic organisms!! 🚨🚨 www.protocols.io/view/non-let...

The work was led by undergrad Daniela Granados 🎉🎉 and our collaborators include Najva Akbari, and Lauren O'Connell!

Non-lethal 3-D imaging techniques for estimating tadpole morphology

The majority of protocols for imaging biological specimens are lethal and this raises both ethical and scientific concerns. One major limitation of most imaging protocols is tha...

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