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Nuno Miguel Gonçalves

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Animal Research @EARA.eu 🐁🔬 Molecular Biology PhD 👨‍🔬🧬 Science Communication MSc 👨‍💻🦠 LGBTI Activism @esQrever.com 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Cinephile 🧟‍♂️🎞️ boxd.it/sy8b Gaymer 🎮🧚

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Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Nov 18

As a #scicommer, I often feel like we are talking in an echo chamber. 🎙️🔁 Preaching to the converted. Recycling the same ways of sharing science. 🧪 The main reason the reach is low isn’t a lack of information; it’s a lack of understanding of the scientific process itself! 🔍 1/5

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Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Aug 4

This research was fascinating to read and shows how models can and should evolve 🧠🐒

EARA @eara.eu · Aug 4

Researchers from Tabula Microcebus Consortium have mapped nearly 780,000 brain cells of the mouse lemur 🐒, uncovering unique primate cell types and highlighting its potential as a model for brain evolution and disease.
www.eara.eu/post/mouse-l...
#AnimalResearch #brain #primates

Mouse lemur, a promising model for primate studies

Research from a global consortium has produced a cell atlas of the mouse lemur brain, revealing distinct brain cell features in primates.Comparative studies of brain cell types across species are…

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Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Jul 9

🧑‍🔬🐁I’m so proud of these new workshops! We’ve been doing them for more than a year now, and the trainees always surprise me in the best way.

🧑‍💻💡Their enthusiasm and ideas always make me want to keep learning myself and improving all the exercises.

📆🙌Join us on September for new ones!

EARA @eara.eu · Jul 9

📢 Back by popular demand!
EARA’s online workshops return this summer with updated content and exclusive post-workshop support.

These interactive sessions are ideal for anyone looking to improve public engagement and #transparency around #AnimalResearch.

#ScienceCommunication #NTS #EARAworkshops

Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Jun 28

Haven’t been using this in a while, but…

Sunnyi Melles. That’s all.

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EARA @eara.eu · Jun 2

The Be Open about Animal Research Day is starting now!
Show your support and share on #BOARD25

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Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Jun 2

🇬🇷 🚨Athens calling! #FELASA2025 is ongoing and we are all here to help institutions improve openness in #AnimalResearch.

🐁🤩We are hosting sessions, presenting in them, posters and also a workshop. And we are at #Booth22 in the Association Village so come and talk with us!

EARA @eara.eu · Jun 2

EARA's team is on FELASA 2025, in Athens!
Come meet us at EARA's booth - #22 at the Association Village, on Muses Level - or in these sessions and workshops.

#FELASA #FELASA2025 #AnimalResearch

Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · May 22

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www.eara.eu/40-reasons

Forty Reasons Why | EARA

40 reasons why animals are used in biomedical research. EARA has produced some compelling reasons why animal research is still needed.

www.eara.eu

Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · May 22

Check our features for more information on this: 1/2

www.eara.eu/replacing-an...

When will animals be replaced in biomedical research?

Increased political pressure in Europe has raised expectations about the possible phasing out of animal use in scientific research, but what is the reality? In this EARA feature we look at the safety ...

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Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · May 22

A great counterpoint thread by Roman on the flawed arguments for ending animal testing in biomedical research.

This very dangerous and life-threatening move from the US for future treatments.

Roman Stilling @neuromancing.bsky.social · May 21

This opinion piece @statnews.com hailing the new FDA approach to animal testing (and by extension the Trump Administration) is a real impertinence.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/a...
Here's why: ⬇️ 🧵

The end to animal testing marks the beginning of better biomedicine

No longer will our medicines be gated through animals, but rather through entirely human systems — leading to breakthrough options for the humans that need them.

www.statnews.com

Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · May 14

Was great to talk a little bit about how to use AI responsibly to communicate #AnimalResearch in a more accessible way, namely through better Non-Technical Summaries. 🐁📑

Thank you to COST-TEATIME for the invite. ☕️💻

aRukon @arukon0.bsky.social · May 8

🤖 @scinuno.bsky.social (@eara.eu) shared how ChatGPT helps create Non-Technical Summaries (NTS).

He highlighted how AI fosters clarity, transparency, and supports the 3Rs. #NTS #3Rs #AnimalResearch

📺 See his talk here: youtu.be/O0X1kI-TCs8?...

USING AI TO CREATE NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARIES (NTS) OF ANIMAL STUDIES

YouTube video by COST_TEATIME

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Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Apr 6

Still one of my favourite comedies ever.

Everyone drooling on Jennifer Coolidge and Parker Posey because of #TheWhiteLotus need to catch them with Catherine O’Hara and the others of the Christopher Guest film troupe 🩷🤣🎭

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A ★★★★★ review of Best in Show (2000)

This is a true gem and a comedy masterpiece. Christopher Guest is always unreal but the setting of this in a dog show where the owners and handlers are way more insane than the show itself. And if you...

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Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Mar 26

Are you at the @neurowissg.bsky.social meeting? Let’s talk about #AnimalResearch for a bit.

#NWG2025

EARA @eara.eu · Mar 26

🧠🐁We are at the @neurowissg.bsky.social 2005 meeting with @tvvde.bsky.social to give neuroscientists more tools to communicate their research with non-specialists.

🛎️📄Come visit us between rooms 003 and 004! We have loads of useful materials.

#NWG2025

Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Mar 10

This is how to social media in science! It's been a long coming. 😍👸

Congrats on both 😀👍

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Inês Serrenho @iserrenho.bsky.social · Feb 25

Studies in females are key to understand diseases affecting #women and how drugs act in the female body - which is different in many ways from the male body, right?
Let's make relevant #AnimalResearch that contributes to biomedical breakthroughs for both genders!
#SexBias #WomenInScience

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Feb 24

Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...

Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies

Such a shift would “put us back in the dark ages in terms of our science,” says neuroscientist Anne Murphy, who helped to formulate the original policy.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Mar 7

🚨Last day today!

🐁🔬Share your good practices of communicating #AnimalResearch.

#BOARD25

EARA @eara.eu · Mar 6

🚨 Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to register for #BOARD25!

✍️ Don't miss out on taking part – sign up here: forms.office.com/e/hrcR1sd0n8

Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Mar 3

Another Sue came in though 🥺💔 #oscars

Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Mar 2

Elizabeth Sparkle is not maintaining the balance. She definitely took all the stabilizer from Sue. 😱💚 #thesubstance #oscars

Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Mar 2

David Lynch is happier than ever ❤️‍🔥💙 #Oscars

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Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Mar 2

Vou ver na Disney for sure.

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Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Mar 2

Elizabeth Sparkle is not maintaining the balance. She definitely took all the stabilizer from Sue. 😱💚 #thesubstance #oscars

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Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Mar 2

The winners so far. By far. #Oscars

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Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Mar 2

Me at 41 trying to follow the #Oscars. Taking bets on how long I can stay up. 🥱🎞️

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Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Feb 25

🗣️ℹ️How do we prevent misinformation? By talking about it, without reservations and full openness.

🧫🐁It is the same with science communication and #AnimalResearch specifically.

💉💡Even if you somehow oppose it… know why it is still needed.

EARA @eara.eu · Feb 18

📄 We have updated our popular website information page '40 reasons why animals are needed for #BiomedicalResearch'.

🔬 The page which presents compelling reasons why #AnimalResearch continues to be essential in medical advances & scientific discovery.
www.eara.eu/post/40-reas...

40 reasons why animals are needed – updated EARA page

EARA has updated its popular website information page 40 reasons why animals are needed for biomedical research, which presents compelling reasons, in bitesize form, why the use of animals continues t...

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Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Feb 21

Há canções ao fim do dia?
Há canções ao fim do dia.

Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Feb 19

a man in a tuxedo is holding a microphone in his hand

ALT: a man in a tuxedo is holding a microphone in his hand

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Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Feb 17

Oh yeah

Nuno Miguel Gonçalves @scinuno.bsky.social · Feb 16

Unless there’s a parafilmase resistant to ubiquitination, parafilmase-like will always win.

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