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at The Coffeestation in Long Beach, CA (great coffees and carrot cake!)

Send papers/cases this way. I'm bored.

NEW #microbiomedigest (Elisabeth Bik)👋microbiomedigest.com/2024/04/11/apr…

• dietary fiber/Hamdi Matt Snelson

• fasting glucose/Ayya Keshet Smadar Shilo

• ocean microbiome /log[lab]

• Microbiome Virtual International Forum & Australasian Human Microbiome Research Network Journal Club invitation!

Happy Friday!

Recycled images of rat livers. imagetwin Is great for finding these. Some controls reused, but descriptions of methods are not the same.

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Reviewing a manuscript where none of the 30 papers cited exist irl. Clearly AI-generated. I’m never going to review for this journal again because they should be checking this stuff before wasting reviewers’ time.

Oopsies.

Courtesy of Springer Nature's journal Clinical and Experimental Medicine and researchers from First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University.

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'...no link between Covid-19 mRNA vaccines & cardiac arrest in young people.'

The CDC just killed another Covid vaccine conspiracy theory msnbc.com/the-reidout/re… by Ja'han Jones

Fits with conclusion of lots of research that has shown, for example:
- 'COVID infection poses higher…

On April 18 (9:00 am PT, 18:00 pm CET), I'm delighted to give a virtual talk at the Metrics International Forum Stanford University. I'll be speaking on 'Paper mills: challenges, current understanding and unanswered questions'. Info about the link can be found here metrics.stanford.edu/metrics-intern…

David Palmer Elisabeth Bik Megan Molteni STAT i'm a loyal Animal Bioscience customer and although I do feel and look younger I will say my wife is not fond of me shitting in the back yard

To simplify the corrections in the bibliography of IHU Méditerranée Infection here, you can find a database of concerning articles with the corresponding EoC and retractions, in alpha version.
Remarks and corrections are welcome.
ihu-correction.com

#AccessMicro proudly unveils its negative results collection, showcasing top studies published since the platform's inception.

Dive into the introductory editorial by Elisabeth Bik Elisabeth Bik & explore the collection here: microb.io/4afpQIj

#OpenScience #OpenAccess

Harvard longevity scientist sparks furor with claim about reversing aging in dogs
Megan Molteni writes STAT
statnews.com/2024/03/05/dav…
See my critical review of the study here.
pubpeer.com/publications/0…
[Spoiler alert: the supplement does NOT reverse aging in dogs]

Happy Friday, to those who celebrate.

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Any of my followers at Cal State Long Beach
Cal State Long Beach up for a hello or a coffee this Saturday?