@staceybecker.bsky.social
Academic research integrity professional from Pittsburgh who is here to talk about science in general and regulatory compliance nerdery in particular, and tbqh, probably also to tell you that your cats are perfect. she/her.
...I was just scrolling quickly through the skyline and did a full screech-to-a-halt-and-scroll-back-up at the phrase "the Dracula tears paper."
The paper I’m trying hard not to mention came out in science. I only glanced at it and don’t want to look deeper cause the Dracula tears paper (below) made me sad, and I don’t want a repeat.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Count Dracula Resurrected: Proteomic Analysis of Vlad III the Impaler’s Documents by EVA Technology and Mass Spectrometry
The interest of scientists in analyzing items of World Cultural Heritage has been exponentially increasing since the beginning of the new millennium. These studies have grown considerably in tandem wi...
pubs.acs.org
December 12, 2024 at 1:18 AM
...I was just scrolling quickly through the skyline and did a full screech-to-a-halt-and-scroll-back-up at the phrase "the Dracula tears paper."
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I will be following this because it is such a useful example for my students of what not to do (allegedly)
stanforddaily.com/2024/12/02/j...
stanforddaily.com/2024/12/02/j...
Stanford misinformation expert accused of using AI to fabricate court statement
Communications professor Jeff Hancock cited two nonexistent sources in a recent court declaration against political deepfakes. Plaintiffs believe Hancock used AI tools that “hallucinated” the sources.
stanforddaily.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:30 PM
I will be following this because it is such a useful example for my students of what not to do (allegedly)
stanforddaily.com/2024/12/02/j...
stanforddaily.com/2024/12/02/j...
Saturday afternoon plan is eating nachos and reading this Reddit meltdown about community moderators publishing a pay walled autoethnography about the community. So far have wailed to friends, “that’s not how data works” and “that’s not how COIs work,” can’t wait to see what I will wail next.
Reddit - Dive into anything
The place where people can come and talk about reddit fights and other dramatic happenings from other subreddits.
www.reddit.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Saturday afternoon plan is eating nachos and reading this Reddit meltdown about community moderators publishing a pay walled autoethnography about the community. So far have wailed to friends, “that’s not how data works” and “that’s not how COIs work,” can’t wait to see what I will wail next.
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Not sure if it counts as spooky, but for the #histmed crowd, this is an early modern illustration in @asianlibrarynl.bsky.social’s Japan collections of some kind of internal organ—what organ, they don’t know! 😬 The label is “pathological drawing in color.” They welcome suggestions! 👀 #AsiaLibLeiden
October 30, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Not sure if it counts as spooky, but for the #histmed crowd, this is an early modern illustration in @asianlibrarynl.bsky.social’s Japan collections of some kind of internal organ—what organ, they don’t know! 😬 The label is “pathological drawing in color.” They welcome suggestions! 👀 #AsiaLibLeiden
Starting off my morning with an article on whether a rise in spelling errors in published research reflects anything about scientific culture. Love an article with a very serious graph labeled "pubic health."
Casual inference and pubic health – What a rise in common spelling errors says about the state of research culture
Based on an analysis of over 32 million abstracts published over the last fifty years, Adrian Barnett and Nicole White find a marked rise in common spelling errors. Evidence they suggest of a cultu…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 30, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Starting off my morning with an article on whether a rise in spelling errors in published research reflects anything about scientific culture. Love an article with a very serious graph labeled "pubic health."
I'm finally sitting down with the NSF research security training. I'm trying so hard not to crack up at this depiction of a conversation I have several times a week, but not usually with the researcher and me standing side by side, staring wild-eyed at nothing at all, certainly not at each other.
October 28, 2024 at 6:39 PM
I'm finally sitting down with the NSF research security training. I'm trying so hard not to crack up at this depiction of a conversation I have several times a week, but not usually with the researcher and me standing side by side, staring wild-eyed at nothing at all, certainly not at each other.
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I love finding poorly written questions. This one is hall of fame good
October 23, 2024 at 5:41 PM
I love finding poorly written questions. This one is hall of fame good
I've been in enough "how much of the genetic test results do we give back to the research participant, and with what counseling?" ethics board discussions to have found this article on Alzheimer's drug trials to be excellent food for thought. (Gift link.)
What Drugmakers Did Not Tell Volunteers in Alzheimer’s Trials
Genetic tests showed that certain patients were predisposed to brain injuries if they took the drugs. That information remained secret.
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2024 at 12:10 PM
I've been in enough "how much of the genetic test results do we give back to the research participant, and with what counseling?" ethics board discussions to have found this article on Alzheimer's drug trials to be excellent food for thought. (Gift link.)
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The revised Declaration of Helsinki explicitly mandates study registration predating recruitment, complete reporting, declaration of all funding and COI and making negative or inconclusive results publicly available
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki
This JAMA Special Communication presents the 2024 revision of the World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki, a set of principles to guide the ethical treatment of participants in medical res...
jamanetwork.com
October 22, 2024 at 1:27 PM
The revised Declaration of Helsinki explicitly mandates study registration predating recruitment, complete reporting, declaration of all funding and COI and making negative or inconclusive results publicly available
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Live your professional life such that your friends text you to make sure you know Philip Zimbardo died, and engage in some Saturday morning research ethics chat.
October 19, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Live your professional life such that your friends text you to make sure you know Philip Zimbardo died, and engage in some Saturday morning research ethics chat.
Spooky Moo Deng seems like a great vibe for a Friday!
*doing a quick double check that it's Friday before hitting post, since I am not yet properly caffeinated today and also because if it's not I will be so sad*
*doing a quick double check that it's Friday before hitting post, since I am not yet properly caffeinated today and also because if it's not I will be so sad*
I have some new stuff that I'm working. First up is everyones favorite hippo MOO DENG. Is was also able to snag some T-88's and a Moopsie from good old Quark. Here are a few work in progress shots.
#moodeng #hippopotamus #hippo #t88 #startrek #lowerdecks #moopsie #halloween
#moodeng #hippopotamus #hippo #t88 #startrek #lowerdecks #moopsie #halloween
October 18, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Spooky Moo Deng seems like a great vibe for a Friday!
*doing a quick double check that it's Friday before hitting post, since I am not yet properly caffeinated today and also because if it's not I will be so sad*
*doing a quick double check that it's Friday before hitting post, since I am not yet properly caffeinated today and also because if it's not I will be so sad*
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I've just posted on my blog about the International Research Ethics Committee needing panel members. Your help can make a difference!
Check it out & spread the word: helenkara.com/2024/10/15/i...
#IREC #ResearchEthics
Check it out & spread the word: helenkara.com/2024/10/15/i...
#IREC #ResearchEthics
Independent Research Ethics Committee – panel members needed!
You may already be aware that I have been involved in setting up a new Independent Research Ethics Committee (aka IREC). The aim is to offer ‘nose-to-tail’ ethical review, i.e. considering all aspe…
helenkara.com
October 15, 2024 at 11:30 AM
I've just posted on my blog about the International Research Ethics Committee needing panel members. Your help can make a difference!
Check it out & spread the word: helenkara.com/2024/10/15/i...
#IREC #ResearchEthics
Check it out & spread the word: helenkara.com/2024/10/15/i...
#IREC #ResearchEthics
This is a really excellent article on an aspect of misconduct that doesn't really get focused on enough - the ripple effects on others in the lab/field.
FEATURE: When scientific fraud occurs in the lab, many consequences follow. Some are professional—retractions, rescinded grants—whereas others are deeply personal. Our investigation explores what happens to the people left behind.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...
A scientific fraud. An investigation. A lab in recovery.
Science is built on trust. What happens when someone destroys it?
www.thetransmitter.org
October 14, 2024 at 12:58 PM
This is a really excellent article on an aspect of misconduct that doesn't really get focused on enough - the ripple effects on others in the lab/field.
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Am working my way through this very interesting book, which I only found out about because I attended this meeting
medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/master-of-bi...
Author Barbara Redman is delightfully kick-ass. I will post some quotes as I go
medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/master-of-bi...
Author Barbara Redman is delightfully kick-ass. I will post some quotes as I go
October 13, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Am working my way through this very interesting book, which I only found out about because I attended this meeting
medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/master-of-bi...
Author Barbara Redman is delightfully kick-ass. I will post some quotes as I go
medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/master-of-bi...
Author Barbara Redman is delightfully kick-ass. I will post some quotes as I go
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as a Big Nerd I have to tell you I went to Mendel’s abbey to look at his peas but the most notable part is actually the little hats he made for his microscopes
October 13, 2024 at 12:05 PM
as a Big Nerd I have to tell you I went to Mendel’s abbey to look at his peas but the most notable part is actually the little hats he made for his microscopes
As a little side hobby in the research admin world, I like to collect demographic forms that have made questionable choices in re: which genders exist and/or how we ask about them. Sometimes I find one that's broken in a new and very funny way.
October 10, 2024 at 11:32 PM
As a little side hobby in the research admin world, I like to collect demographic forms that have made questionable choices in re: which genders exist and/or how we ask about them. Sometimes I find one that's broken in a new and very funny way.
I'll be spending today remote-attending UPenn's symposium on research integrity. I'm so grateful for institutions that are still making the effort to make events like this hybrid, for those of us who can't travel! (Or whose cats simply prefer them to attend conferences from home.)
October 10, 2024 at 12:19 PM
I'll be spending today remote-attending UPenn's symposium on research integrity. I'm so grateful for institutions that are still making the effort to make events like this hybrid, for those of us who can't travel! (Or whose cats simply prefer them to attend conferences from home.)
Well, now I am cheering on Lemon Drop the sea turtle, who headed north all summer, got almost exactly to the part of New Jersey I grew up in, and noped out and turned around again. She feels like a kindred spirit.
thanks to @almostinfamous.bsky.social I learnt of the shark + turtle tracker and now I just have this open in a corner of the big screen.
www.ocearch.org/tracker/
🦑🧪
www.ocearch.org/tracker/
🦑🧪
OCEARCH Shark Tracker
OCEARCH is a data-centric organization built to help scientists collect previously unattainable data in the ocean.
www.ocearch.org
October 9, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Well, now I am cheering on Lemon Drop the sea turtle, who headed north all summer, got almost exactly to the part of New Jersey I grew up in, and noped out and turned around again. She feels like a kindred spirit.
I can't believe I started my research career in human fMRI work when I could have gone into cat EEGs instead and been the one to invent Tiny Cat Hats For Science.
Come for the knitted caps on cats, stay for the neuroscience!
Scientists used handknit caps to hold electrodes for feline brain scans, so they could test cats for chronic pain from osteoarthritis (which affects ~25% of adult cats) without having to sedate them 🧪
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.jn...
Scientists used handknit caps to hold electrodes for feline brain scans, so they could test cats for chronic pain from osteoarthritis (which affects ~25% of adult cats) without having to sedate them 🧪
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.jn...
Recording the cats in the hats
Scientists at UdeM knit little wool caps to contain electrodes that cats normally shake off when being tested for chronic pain.
nouvelles.umontreal.ca
October 8, 2024 at 3:32 PM
I can't believe I started my research career in human fMRI work when I could have gone into cat EEGs instead and been the one to invent Tiny Cat Hats For Science.
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There's still time to register for this free online panel where LGBTQ+ archaeologists will talk about their experiences. Non-SAA members can register, although you will have to set up a free account with their site.
saa.org/career-pract...
saa.org/career-pract...
Accessing Archaeology: Empowering Queer Voices in the Discipline [Career Pathways]
saa.org
October 8, 2024 at 3:12 PM
There's still time to register for this free online panel where LGBTQ+ archaeologists will talk about their experiences. Non-SAA members can register, although you will have to set up a free account with their site.
saa.org/career-pract...
saa.org/career-pract...
Somewhere around “shared the misleadingly accessed data with a DNA phenotyping service without approval” is where I started emitting a high pitched sound only dogs can hear.
Race scientist Bryan J. Pesta lost his lawsuit against Cleveland State University for firing him. He argued his free speech rights were being violated (where have I heard that before?) but the undisputed facts show it was because he misused NIH genetic data.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 7, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Somewhere around “shared the misleadingly accessed data with a DNA phenotyping service without approval” is where I started emitting a high pitched sound only dogs can hear.
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Want to take part in a collaborative reanalysis of an important paper based on a public dataset? Check out www.linkedin.com/pulse/call-d... @ijzerman.bsky.social
Call for Data Analysts: A Collaborative Reanalysis on Social Isolation
This post is co-authored by Drs Hans Rocha IJzerman and Nick Brown. The conversation around social isolation and loneliness has intensified in recent years due to the significant health and societal r...
www.linkedin.com
October 7, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Want to take part in a collaborative reanalysis of an important paper based on a public dataset? Check out www.linkedin.com/pulse/call-d... @ijzerman.bsky.social
Had to blink a couple of times at this image from an article on privatizing peer review, to figure out if the coffee hadn't kicked in yet or if we really were talking about "Lessessers from Insutitional Reviow Boards." Happy Monday?
October 7, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Had to blink a couple of times at this image from an article on privatizing peer review, to figure out if the coffee hadn't kicked in yet or if we really were talking about "Lessessers from Insutitional Reviow Boards." Happy Monday?