msandstr
@msandstr.bsky.social
I'm interested in scientific collaboration and everything that makes it work.
Currently: research infrastructure & HPC at the Swedish Research Council. Past: #FAIR & #OpenScience, research software advocacy, community engagement, #SciComm, #compneuro.
Currently: research infrastructure & HPC at the Swedish Research Council. Past: #FAIR & #OpenScience, research software advocacy, community engagement, #SciComm, #compneuro.
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Scientists revive old Bulgarian recipe to make yogurt with ants. Ants carry lactic and acetic acid bacteria that help coagulate milk, as well as formic acid to acidify it. They even partnered with Danish chefs to create three recipes using ant yogurt. arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Scientists revive old Bulgarian recipe to make yogurt with ants
Ants carry lactic and acetic acid bacteria that help coagulate milk, as well as formic acid to acidify it.
arstechnica.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Scientists revive old Bulgarian recipe to make yogurt with ants. Ants carry lactic and acetic acid bacteria that help coagulate milk, as well as formic acid to acidify it. They even partnered with Danish chefs to create three recipes using ant yogurt. arstechnica.com/science/2025...
This year's ESS/MAX IV/SciLifeLab Summit takes place at The Loop in Lund near ESS and MAX IV. Topic: #AI for science & Data Processing. I'll be part of a panel on policy later today.
The event will be recorded.
The event will be recorded.
October 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This year's ESS/MAX IV/SciLifeLab Summit takes place at The Loop in Lund near ESS and MAX IV. Topic: #AI for science & Data Processing. I'll be part of a panel on policy later today.
The event will be recorded.
The event will be recorded.
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EMBO is a co-author and founding signatory of @dorassessment.bsky.social.
We are pleased to announce that Sandra Bendiscioli will succeed Bernd Pulverer as EMBO’s representative on the DORA Executive Board. #ResponsibleResearchAssessment #research 🧪
We are pleased to announce that Sandra Bendiscioli will succeed Bernd Pulverer as EMBO’s representative on the DORA Executive Board. #ResponsibleResearchAssessment #research 🧪
October 1, 2025 at 7:16 AM
EMBO is a co-author and founding signatory of @dorassessment.bsky.social.
We are pleased to announce that Sandra Bendiscioli will succeed Bernd Pulverer as EMBO’s representative on the DORA Executive Board. #ResponsibleResearchAssessment #research 🧪
We are pleased to announce that Sandra Bendiscioli will succeed Bernd Pulverer as EMBO’s representative on the DORA Executive Board. #ResponsibleResearchAssessment #research 🧪
The second day of @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social User Days start with a presentation of the #EuroHPC User Forum. I'm pleasantly surprised to see they have a connection to the two high-level advisory groups *and* the support project - not all user forums get that kind of channel upward.
October 1, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The second day of @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social User Days start with a presentation of the #EuroHPC User Forum. I'm pleasantly surprised to see they have a connection to the two high-level advisory groups *and* the support project - not all user forums get that kind of channel upward.
If you are interested in using #EuroHPC resources - and to see what others do with EuroHPC resources - this is the event to follow. Just now we are getting advice from the peer-review office on Access Application do's and don'ts.
🔜 DAY 1 of @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social User Days starts soon! 🎉
The day will start with a plenary session on access modes & services.
The afternoon has parallel sessions on engineering, chemical sciences & high energy physics
📺 Join the web-streaming online: www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/media-events...
The day will start with a plenary session on access modes & services.
The afternoon has parallel sessions on engineering, chemical sciences & high energy physics
📺 Join the web-streaming online: www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/media-events...
September 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
If you are interested in using #EuroHPC resources - and to see what others do with EuroHPC resources - this is the event to follow. Just now we are getting advice from the peer-review office on Access Application do's and don'ts.
Idag tog jag på mig en riktigt gammal hatt (populärvetenskapshatten) och pratade praktisk elektrokemi i köket med P1 Kropp & Själ. Med fruktbatteriexperiment!
Känns smått overkligt att det är 14 år sedan jag skrev Matmolekyler med @lisaforare.bsky.social
sverigesradio.se/play/avsnitt...
Känns smått overkligt att det är 14 år sedan jag skrev Matmolekyler med @lisaforare.bsky.social
sverigesradio.se/play/avsnitt...
Dolda hälsofällor i köket - Kropp & Själ
När köttbullarna ska värmas inför kalaset är de plötsligt täckta av aluminium. Det har skett en kemisk reaktion i kylskåpet.
sverigesradio.se
September 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Idag tog jag på mig en riktigt gammal hatt (populärvetenskapshatten) och pratade praktisk elektrokemi i köket med P1 Kropp & Själ. Med fruktbatteriexperiment!
Känns smått overkligt att det är 14 år sedan jag skrev Matmolekyler med @lisaforare.bsky.social
sverigesradio.se/play/avsnitt...
Känns smått overkligt att det är 14 år sedan jag skrev Matmolekyler med @lisaforare.bsky.social
sverigesradio.se/play/avsnitt...
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📢 We are pleased to announce our 4th open science summer school! #OSSS25
📌 Sept 15-19, Munich & Zoom
🔥 keynotes and outstanding hands-on workshops
2️⃣ dual-track: open science training and instructor training tracks!
➡️ apply before July 14 or register anytime for the public lectures!
📌 Sept 15-19, Munich & Zoom
🔥 keynotes and outstanding hands-on workshops
2️⃣ dual-track: open science training and instructor training tracks!
➡️ apply before July 14 or register anytime for the public lectures!
LMU Open Science Center Summer School 2025
programme and application process
lmu-osc.github.io
June 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
📢 We are pleased to announce our 4th open science summer school! #OSSS25
📌 Sept 15-19, Munich & Zoom
🔥 keynotes and outstanding hands-on workshops
2️⃣ dual-track: open science training and instructor training tracks!
➡️ apply before July 14 or register anytime for the public lectures!
📌 Sept 15-19, Munich & Zoom
🔥 keynotes and outstanding hands-on workshops
2️⃣ dual-track: open science training and instructor training tracks!
➡️ apply before July 14 or register anytime for the public lectures!
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The National Institutes of Health has removed gender identity variables from the ongoing Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, @thetransmitter.bsky.social has learned.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/gender/abcd-...
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/gender/abcd-...
ABCD Study omits gender-identity data from latest release
The removal counteracts the goals of the longitudinal study by “pretending that some aspects of adolescent brain development don’t exist,” says sex differences researcher Nicola Grissom.
www.thetransmitter.org
July 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The National Institutes of Health has removed gender identity variables from the ongoing Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, @thetransmitter.bsky.social has learned.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/gender/abcd-...
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/gender/abcd-...
Sneaky: hiding instructions to the 'reviewing' AI agent mid-document, in tiny white font. I wonder if a similar approach could be used to game AI-based filtering in recruitment processes?
This is quite astonishing - Scientists hide messages in papers to game AI peer review
Read this to find out how much you can fit into a single space after a full stop (if you use a very small font)
🧪 #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Read this to find out how much you can fit into a single space after a full stop (if you use a very small font)
🧪 #AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Scientists hide messages in papers to game AI peer review
Some studies containing instructions in white text or small font — visible only to machines — will be withdrawn from preprint servers.
www.nature.com
July 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Sneaky: hiding instructions to the 'reviewing' AI agent mid-document, in tiny white font. I wonder if a similar approach could be used to game AI-based filtering in recruitment processes?
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"Announcing the Biomedical Data Translator: Initial Public Release" pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40635371/
Translator is the knowledge-graph integration system we're developing to support hypothesis generation by scientists. Funded by NCATS.
As I said in the past, best consortium ever. Awesome people.
🧪
Translator is the knowledge-graph integration system we're developing to support hypothesis generation by scientists. Funded by NCATS.
As I said in the past, best consortium ever. Awesome people.
🧪
Announcing the Biomedical Data Translator: Initial Public Release - PubMed
The growing availability of biomedical data offers vast potential to improve human health, but the complexity and lack of integration of these datasets often limit their utility. To address this, the ...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
July 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
"Announcing the Biomedical Data Translator: Initial Public Release" pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40635371/
Translator is the knowledge-graph integration system we're developing to support hypothesis generation by scientists. Funded by NCATS.
As I said in the past, best consortium ever. Awesome people.
🧪
Translator is the knowledge-graph integration system we're developing to support hypothesis generation by scientists. Funded by NCATS.
As I said in the past, best consortium ever. Awesome people.
🧪
Interesting paper on mathematical modeling of narrative recall in Physical Review Letters, using random trees. Spotted via a very good popular science writeup based on an interview with the senior author (Misha Tsodyks) on MedicalXpress. [1/N]
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07...
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07...
Mathematical model reveals how humans store narrative memories using 'random trees'
Humans can remember various types of information, including facts, dates, events and even intricate narratives. Understanding how meaningful stories are stored in people's memory has been a key object...
medicalxpress.com
July 12, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Interesting paper on mathematical modeling of narrative recall in Physical Review Letters, using random trees. Spotted via a very good popular science writeup based on an interview with the senior author (Misha Tsodyks) on MedicalXpress. [1/N]
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07...
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07...
One of the less crowded Valborg bonfires I've been to (yes, really!), in Södra Ängby in the northern part of Stockholm yesterday. My daughter was in the choir singing spring songs.
May 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
One of the less crowded Valborg bonfires I've been to (yes, really!), in Södra Ängby in the northern part of Stockholm yesterday. My daughter was in the choir singing spring songs.
Interesting TC interview with China Miéville on subcultures going mainstream. He comments that #scifi isn't mainly about the future: "It’s always a reflection. It’s a kind of fever dream, and it’s always about its own sociological context. It’s always an expression of the anxieties of the now."
Author China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers
Author China Miéville says we shouldn’t blame science fiction for its bad readers
It’s been 25 years since China Miéville stepped into the literary spotlight with his novel “Perdido Street Station.” Combining elements of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, the novel introduced readers to the fantastically complex city of New Crobuzon, filled with insect-headed khepri, cactus-shaped cactacae, and terrifying slake moths that feed on their victims’ dreams. It […]
tcrn.ch
April 8, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Interesting TC interview with China Miéville on subcultures going mainstream. He comments that #scifi isn't mainly about the future: "It’s always a reflection. It’s a kind of fever dream, and it’s always about its own sociological context. It’s always an expression of the anxieties of the now."
This was probably the funniest science-themed April fool's joke I saw today.
Big day for Brians! Please tag a Brian who should join us in this research.
Scientists have learned a lot about brains, but they know hardly anything about Brians. That's why we're shifting from brain science to Brian science.
🧠📈 alleninstitute.org/news/announc...
Scientists have learned a lot about brains, but they know hardly anything about Brians. That's why we're shifting from brain science to Brian science.
🧠📈 alleninstitute.org/news/announc...
Announcing a shift from brain science to Brian science
Leading researchers at Allen Institute to study interests, behaviors, and brains of Brians.
alleninstitute.org
April 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This was probably the funniest science-themed April fool's joke I saw today.
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OpenMethods is looking for volunteers and editors. Further info: openmethods.dariah.eu/open-call-fo... #dh #digitalhumanities
Open Call for Volunteers and Editors to join OpenMethods Metablog
The OpenMethods platform is intentionally interdisciplinary and multilingual, aiming to showcase the richness of DH discourses as they take shape in different regional, national and language commun…
openmethods.dariah.eu
March 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
OpenMethods is looking for volunteers and editors. Further info: openmethods.dariah.eu/open-call-fo... #dh #digitalhumanities
I just read this neat story about why the #NIST Atomic Spectra Database is useful to a wide range of users, and why the person working on it (Alexander Kramida) really enjoys his job: www.nist.gov/blogs/taking...
Shedding Light: How NIST’s Light Database Helps Bring You Computer Chips, Welded Steel and More
Atomic spectroscopy helps to bring us many things we use every day, but without updated information, it would be harder for scientists and experts to create these things. That’s where a NIST atomic sp...
www.nist.gov
March 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I just read this neat story about why the #NIST Atomic Spectra Database is useful to a wide range of users, and why the person working on it (Alexander Kramida) really enjoys his job: www.nist.gov/blogs/taking...
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Big news this week for #cryptography geeks! The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is going to standardize a code-based public key system for post-quantum encryption. www.nist.gov/news-events/... (More things to add to the second edition!😁)
NIST Selects HQC as Fifth Algorithm for Post-Quantum Encryption
The new algorithm will serve as a backup for the general encryption needed to protect data from quantum computers developed in the future
www.nist.gov
March 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Big news this week for #cryptography geeks! The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is going to standardize a code-based public key system for post-quantum encryption. www.nist.gov/news-events/... (More things to add to the second edition!😁)
Pi Day, so round food for dinner (although since the meatballs are only approximately round, I should probably have served them 22/7 instead) #piday
March 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Pi Day, so round food for dinner (although since the meatballs are only approximately round, I should probably have served them 22/7 instead) #piday
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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🗣️ Arts and Humanities Scholars: Are you ready? 🗣️
We are 👏 thrilled 👏 to announce that ORCID now supports an expanded range of work types, such as 🎼 musical compositions, 🎨 still and 🎞️ moving images, and even 📝 teaching materials!!
Learn more: https://info.orcid.org/new-work-types/
We are 👏 thrilled 👏 to announce that ORCID now supports an expanded range of work types, such as 🎼 musical compositions, 🎨 still and 🎞️ moving images, and even 📝 teaching materials!!
Learn more: https://info.orcid.org/new-work-types/
January 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
🗣️ Arts and Humanities Scholars: Are you ready? 🗣️
We are 👏 thrilled 👏 to announce that ORCID now supports an expanded range of work types, such as 🎼 musical compositions, 🎨 still and 🎞️ moving images, and even 📝 teaching materials!!
Learn more: https://info.orcid.org/new-work-types/
We are 👏 thrilled 👏 to announce that ORCID now supports an expanded range of work types, such as 🎼 musical compositions, 🎨 still and 🎞️ moving images, and even 📝 teaching materials!!
Learn more: https://info.orcid.org/new-work-types/
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📣 We are excited to announce that the second Nordic-RSE conference will take place on May 20–21, 2025, in Gothenburg, Sweden!
Find more details and submit your abstract here: nordic-rse.org/nrse2025/
Find more details and submit your abstract here: nordic-rse.org/nrse2025/
2025 Nordic-RSE conference
2025 Nordic-RSE conference
nordic-rse.org
February 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
📣 We are excited to announce that the second Nordic-RSE conference will take place on May 20–21, 2025, in Gothenburg, Sweden!
Find more details and submit your abstract here: nordic-rse.org/nrse2025/
Find more details and submit your abstract here: nordic-rse.org/nrse2025/
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Here are some excellent guidelines to improve the computational reproducibility of scientific 🧪 research, based on an analysis of 168 research papers.
January 29, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Here are some excellent guidelines to improve the computational reproducibility of scientific 🧪 research, based on an analysis of 168 research papers.
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Nu råkade jag i farten skriva en replik (!) på en ledartext som tror att likabehandlingsarbete strider mot meritokrati. (Däremot har den rätt i att ombildning till stiftelser inte garanterar ökad akademisk frihet).
Chalmers satsning på jämlikhet är ett modigt initiativ – Svensk filosofi
Enligt ledarskribenten Emma Jaenson strider Chalmers nya forum mot meritokratin. Så är det inte alls, menar David Brax.
svenskfilosofi.se
January 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Nu råkade jag i farten skriva en replik (!) på en ledartext som tror att likabehandlingsarbete strider mot meritokrati. (Däremot har den rätt i att ombildning till stiftelser inte garanterar ökad akademisk frihet).
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Save the date: on 18th February we are having a launch event for our #EVERSE Network of Research Software Quality. Come and join us in the quest of shaping the future of #RSQ! All details about the Network and the event to be found here: indico.cern.ch/event/1501988/ . Don't forget to register!
EVERSE Network Launch
This is the launch event for the EVERSE Network of Research Software Quality - a community that will improve the quality of research software in Europe and beyond. We invite everyone who is interested...
indico.cern.ch
January 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Save the date: on 18th February we are having a launch event for our #EVERSE Network of Research Software Quality. Come and join us in the quest of shaping the future of #RSQ! All details about the Network and the event to be found here: indico.cern.ch/event/1501988/ . Don't forget to register!
Glad att se att Carl Johan Sundberg har blivit invald i Forum för Forsknings- kommunikations Hall of Fame. När jag doktorerade (~20 år sedan) gick jag en fantastisk kurs i forskningskommunikation som han höll på KI. Värdig pristagare! #forskom
forumforforskningskommunikation.se/carl-johan-s...
forumforforskningskommunikation.se/carl-johan-s...
Carl Johan Sundberg först att få utmärkelsen Hall of Fame - Forum för forskningskommunikation
Carl Johan Sundberg, professor och dekan vid Karolinska Institutet, blev den första personen att ta plats i Forum för Forskningskommunikations Hall of Fame. Utmärkelsen delades ut under årets konferen...
forumforforskningskommunikation.se
December 2, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Glad att se att Carl Johan Sundberg har blivit invald i Forum för Forsknings- kommunikations Hall of Fame. När jag doktorerade (~20 år sedan) gick jag en fantastisk kurs i forskningskommunikation som han höll på KI. Värdig pristagare! #forskom
forumforforskningskommunikation.se/carl-johan-s...
forumforforskningskommunikation.se/carl-johan-s...