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🔬New Methods and Protocols published!

The authors present a methodology for deep learning-based segmentation by transforming high-quality ex situ laboratory data to train models for segmentation of in situ synchrotron data, demonstrated through a metal oxide dissolution study.

Scientific data underpins progress across all sectors. A national governance framework ensures data is managed and shared responsibly, benefiting Canadians now and for generations.

Read our report: science.gc.ca/site/science...

#DataGovernance #Innovation #Canada #OpenScience #AI

🧬💻 CHARISMA’s latest publication introduces a powerful open-source #Python package designed to harmonize Raman spectroscopy data across instruments and labs.

📖 Read the article here: h2020charisma.eu/publications...

#Ramanspectroscopy #Ramantechniques #calibration

📢✨ CHARISMA’s latest publication explores how #peakfitting of reference material #spectra can enhance reproducibility and precision across labs.

📖 Read it here: h2020charisma.eu/publications...

#Ramanspectroscopy #Ramantechniques #ramaneffect

What’s in a README? Why your README matters, and how to create the best one possible.

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via @datadryad.bsky.social
HT to Clare Liggins @uomlibrary.bsky.social

New from @appliedspec.bsky.social!

Understanding and Employing (Non-)Linearities in Attenuated Total Reflection #ATR #Spectroscopy

Read the full article here: https://loom.ly/9W4GloQ

#SAS #SpecTacularScience #AppliedSpectroscopy

🚀 Excited to share scPortrait! Led by Sophia Mädler & Niklas Schmacke w/ the Mann lab — a new @scverse tool for standardized single-cell image data. Enables ML-ready extraction, >1B cell processing, cross-omics, & cancer macrophage insights.
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

So #AVS71 was a blast! 🚀
But now I'm stranded in Charlotte without passport or laptop, which is somewhat less fun 😣
Time to start writing my memoirs perhaps... 🤔

Congratulations Ian!

Alex Shard discussing the "Bitter Pill of Metrology" at #avs71

Off to AVS-71 for a fun week of science. Leaving rainy Manchester behind for the 30C of Charlotte, North Carolina. Tough decision!

More than a decade ago, I started making tutorial videos on how to use Adobe illustrator, targeted at scientists that needed to make figures and cartoons for talks or papers.

Now I'm getting started again, but this time with the free and open source vector editor Inkscape 🧪

youtu.be/E7n6SDni28Q

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SPEC 2026, the 14th International Conference on Clinical Spectroscopy, will be held in Nashville USA, May 16-21 2026.

More details coming soon...

For sponsorship opportunities, contact Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Andrea Locke, or Matt Baker at [email protected]

Getting ready to chair another ISO meeting at DIN, here in Berlin. Some important things to discuss and updates to hear. Looking forward to it!

[credit @_statology on the other platform]

A Concise Guide to Overfitting

Learn what overfitting is, why it happens, and how to prevent your models from memorizing training data.

www.statology.org/a-concise-gu...

Since the launch of the UKRI open access policy for research articles in August 2021, we have delivered targeted interventions to help libraries and researchers meet the policy’s requirements. Find out more, and what's next.

A Review in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology discusses the promises and limitations of liquid biopsy-based tests for multi-cancer early detection. go.nature.com/415KsQP 🔒

We love a good conference … but maybe it's time we start applying some version control to the naming conventions.

Bonus points if you’ve actually submitted an abstract to one of these.

#ScholComm #ConferenceBingo #AcademicLife #DeltaThink #FridayFunny

𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻: +40 libraries for UI Automation, Excel and PDF Processing, OCR, Scrapping, Secrets Management, etc.

Automate anything in #Python:
developers.botcity.dev/academy/en/c...

A new @aaas.org survey shows that many scientists still struggle to fully grasp the nuances of copyright agreements and terms of use when publishing their research.

#Research #Publishing #STEM #OA #OpenAccess #Copyright

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There are LOTS of different screen reader experiences, but some things to keep in mind:
There's often no scrubber - the only control you have is to restart the reading. Ideally the user will be able to restart just the alt text, but they might have to restart the whole post. Put important things 1st

Do you follow best practices for visualizing microscopy images?

#microscopy #microscopymonday #imaging #visualization #science

youtube.com/shorts/_HlXa...

Publishers and Journals Allowing Green OA Without an Embargo https://guides.libraries.psu.edu/open-access/green