Mark A. Hanson
@hansonmark.bsky.social
New PI interested in #immune #evolution, host #pathogen interactions, and #ScientificPublishing @ University of Exeter, UK. He/him. 🇨🇦
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Yeah I mean the PISS paper is a litmus test: there's an agreed level where endogeny extends into misconduct according to pub policies. Unlike fraud, PISS is easily diagnosed at submission.
Will they see documented repeated egregious violation as cause for reflection?
If not, will indexers delist?
Will they see documented repeated egregious violation as cause for reflection?
If not, will indexers delist?
January 18, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Yeah I mean the PISS paper is a litmus test: there's an agreed level where endogeny extends into misconduct according to pub policies. Unlike fraud, PISS is easily diagnosed at submission.
Will they see documented repeated egregious violation as cause for reflection?
If not, will indexers delist?
Will they see documented repeated egregious violation as cause for reflection?
If not, will indexers delist?
Broadly, S. aureus weak to ROS. In Kayla's work, Efae coevolved with Staph upregulated SOD as a mechanism to suppress Staph, and coevolved with host upregulated host mechanisms to produce ROS to suppress Staph. Efae much better tolerance to extracellular ROS.
Nice to have this extra puzzle piece!
Nice to have this extra puzzle piece!
January 17, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Broadly, S. aureus weak to ROS. In Kayla's work, Efae coevolved with Staph upregulated SOD as a mechanism to suppress Staph, and coevolved with host upregulated host mechanisms to produce ROS to suppress Staph. Efae much better tolerance to extracellular ROS.
Nice to have this extra puzzle piece!
Nice to have this extra puzzle piece!
Very cool to see this @kimingeneva.bsky.social, congrats both!
Reminds me of findings in flies & nematodes about the susceptibility of S. aureus to ROS (reviewed in Table 1 here: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...).
@kayla-king.bsky.social's shown Efae suppresses Saur through ROS
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Reminds me of findings in flies & nematodes about the susceptibility of S. aureus to ROS (reviewed in Table 1 here: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...).
@kayla-king.bsky.social's shown Efae suppresses Saur through ROS
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January 17, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Very cool to see this @kimingeneva.bsky.social, congrats both!
Reminds me of findings in flies & nematodes about the susceptibility of S. aureus to ROS (reviewed in Table 1 here: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...).
@kayla-king.bsky.social's shown Efae suppresses Saur through ROS
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Reminds me of findings in flies & nematodes about the susceptibility of S. aureus to ROS (reviewed in Table 1 here: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...).
@kayla-king.bsky.social's shown Efae suppresses Saur through ROS
1/2
Ignoring the corners of the internet that we don't like, or that we view with indignance, has worked out swimmingly for global politics as we can all see.
The same lessons apply here. We should not ignore the actors encouraging the current & next generations to lean in to perverse incentives.
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The same lessons apply here. We should not ignore the actors encouraging the current & next generations to lean in to perverse incentives.
5/5
January 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Ignoring the corners of the internet that we don't like, or that we view with indignance, has worked out swimmingly for global politics as we can all see.
The same lessons apply here. We should not ignore the actors encouraging the current & next generations to lean in to perverse incentives.
5/5
The same lessons apply here. We should not ignore the actors encouraging the current & next generations to lean in to perverse incentives.
5/5
If we don't speak up, and loudly, to highlight these actors and what their philosophies produce, then ECRs curious to get involved with reviewing, editing, etc... end up being mentored first by MDPI and the like on what peer review, what 'rigorous' publishing looks like.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
If we don't speak up, and loudly, to highlight these actors and what their philosophies produce, then ECRs curious to get involved with reviewing, editing, etc... end up being mentored first by MDPI and the like on what peer review, what 'rigorous' publishing looks like.
4/5
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What I do think is a bigger picture issue is that these ridiculous misconduct examples might be silly to us. But if we ignore them, they still go on. And it's groups like MDPI, Frontiers, etc... who are reaching out to ECRs with invites to contribute, to review, to edit.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
What I do think is a bigger picture issue is that these ridiculous misconduct examples might be silly to us. But if we ignore them, they still go on. And it's groups like MDPI, Frontiers, etc... who are reaching out to ECRs with invites to contribute, to review, to edit.
3/5
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The spectrum of behaviours we cover in this trilogy of papers is documenting what #PublishOrPerish incentives do to drive publisher and author behaviours. PISS is really about authors taking advantage of opportunities afforded to them - and it doesn't really matter where those come from.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The spectrum of behaviours we cover in this trilogy of papers is documenting what #PublishOrPerish incentives do to drive publisher and author behaviours. PISS is really about authors taking advantage of opportunities afforded to them - and it doesn't really matter where those come from.
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Yeah maybe that's fair. I'd walk that back a bit. As we say, endogeny itself is not misconduct per se, but these extreme rates are. It's not the most salient part of all this.
Maybe re-phrased to hit closer to where I wanted that to go...
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Maybe re-phrased to hit closer to where I wanted that to go...
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January 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Yeah maybe that's fair. I'd walk that back a bit. As we say, endogeny itself is not misconduct per se, but these extreme rates are. It's not the most salient part of all this.
Maybe re-phrased to hit closer to where I wanted that to go...
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Maybe re-phrased to hit closer to where I wanted that to go...
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Well... they certainly know about it
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Well... they certainly know about it