Our www.neurodesk.org paper was featured in Nature Methods today: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-023-02145-x

Neurodesk is a game-changer for accessible, flexible, and reproducible neuroimaging analysis across computing environments! 🧠💻

This is an excellent piece on the precarious state of Canadian science, including interviews with two leaders of #SupportOurScience. The Trudeau government can talk all they want about their “historic level of support for science and research,” but the foundation is rotting. The base funding to support students and postdocs has been stagnant for over 20 years.

https://www.universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/why-canada-is-losing-the-next-generation-of-researchers/

@academicchatter
@academicsunite
#Canada #science

This article, in @Nature, is called “Japanese research no longer world class — here's why”: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03290-1

But it could be called “Australian research in danger from underfunding & time fragmentation”.

This bit sounds eerily familiar👇

AITA, academic publishing edition.

Journal sends a review back to me because as reviewer I did not run the code and replicate the results.

My reply: "As an unpaid anonymous peer reviewer who handles probably 30 manuscripts a year, I am absolutely not in the position of running and evaluating code any more than I am in the position of running gels to evaluate lab results. If this is important to you, I suspect you can find a consultant who will do it at a reasonable rate."

Am I the asshole?

Gang-gang Cockatoo

Small and compact cockatoo found only in southeastern Australia. Primarily scaly gray-green; adult male has bright red ‘helmet’ and fluffy crest. Typically moves to higher altitudes during summer and returns to lower ranges in winter. Gives a loud creaking door hinge call.

Link: https://ebird.org/species/gagcoc1
Photo Location: Australia