Silvia Paracchini

Ma il cielo è sempre più blu #ITAvSCO

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I'm delighted to share this interesting work, a wonderful collaboration with colleagues based in the Canary Islands. ☀️

Acta Psychol. 2026 [https://lnkd.in/e3Q_xQ-H].

#MathAnxiety #MathEd #MathTeacher #CogSci #Edusky #DevPsy @mclstrainee.bsky.social @mcls-official.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social

"We expect to open our funding opportunities in the summer, with completion of the wider UKRI transition expected by the start of the 2027 to 2028 financial year."

AlphaGenome is out in @nature.com today along with model weights! 🧬

📄 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

💻 Weights: github.com/google-deepm...

Getting here wasn’t a straight path. We discussed the story behind the model, paper & API in the following roundtable: youtu.be/V8lhUqKqzUc

Chapman said there were plans to talk about the decisions UKRI has made with stakeholders, but:

"We were not able to do that because of information leaks outside the organisation and so we ended up having to rush comms out when we hadn’t done that engagement, for which I am very sorry"

Workshop for Early-Career Researchers on Family-Based Genomic Analyses Join us for a two-day workshop for Early-Career Researchers on Family-Based Genomic Analyses. The workshop is hosted by the PsychGen Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Mental Health, Oslo – 09.04.202...

📝 The PsychGen Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Mental Health is hosting a two-day, in-person workshop for early-career researchers on family-based genomic analyses. The workshop takes place in Oslo, Norway, on 9-10 April 2026 and registration is now open:
shorturl.at/etXCN

It's a "cost reduction" - not a cut - apparently

I could only follow a bit before going to endless meetings, but Chi Onwurah was doing a great job at challenging Ian Chapman on the recent UKRI developments.

Parliamentlive.tv Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Watch live NOW: The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee discusses UKRI changes parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

Open letter from Ian Chapman to research and innovation community UKRI Chief Executive outlines changes to UKRI investment approach, addressing concerns about research funding and the financial position of STFC.

Today, we're sharing an open letter from our Chief Executive, Professor Sir Ian Chapman, outlining changes to UKRI investment approach, and addressing concerns about research funding and the financial position of STFC. Read his letter here: www.ukri.org/news/open-le...

As I've posted on before, heritability is one of the most commonly confused concepts in public (mis)understanding of genetics. 👇

Ah, the irony...just got the UKRI email inviting to submit to Researchfish 🐟 to provide the critical evidence which UKRI needs to *continue* making the case for public funding for research.

Screenshot from Irish Times article: "The researchers said the high volume of rain that fell in the seven days up to and including Storm Chandra turned the heavy but “not particularly remarkable” rainfall into a “devastating” flood event. They found the magnitude of the rainfall over the full week was 9 per cent greater than it would have been in the cooler Earth that existed before climate change. “We would have expected similar seven-day rainfall to happen once in every 150 years,” they said." #Ireland #Climate #Environment

Truly feels like we're sleepwalking into our own annihilation

Multiple protein structure alignment at scale with FoldMason Protein structure is conserved beyond sequence, making multiple structural alignment (MSTA) essential for analyzing distantly related proteins. Computational prediction methods have vastly extended ou...

FoldMason is out now in @science.org. It generates accurate multiple structure alignments for thousands of protein structures in seconds. Great work by Cameron L. M. Gilchrist and @milot.bsky.social.
📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌐 search.foldseek.com/foldmason
💾 github.com/steineggerla...

Useful thread - disheartening situation

MRC instructs grant review boards to slash funding rates - Research Professional News Boards asked to recommend just three applications for funding, as BBSRC also suspends calls

MRC instructs grant review boards to slash funding rates.

Boards asked to recommend just three applications for funding, as BBSRC also suspends calls.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

This week, we report in
@nature.com our effort to identify molecular convergence and divergence in #autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using human stem cell models.

#ArXiv is cracking down on #AI #slop and will only allow initial submissions based on recommendations from established ArXiv authors.

🌍 https://www.science.org/content/article/arxiv-preprint-server-clamps-down-ai-slop

#preprint #AIslop

Today @nature.com, it's #AlphaGenome, to decipher and determine functionality of the regulatory (very challenging) variants in our genome.
Another big step of AI for advancing life science
nature.com/articles/s41...

After 12 years as president, Tony Monaco is returning to genetic research - The Tufts Daily While Anthony Monaco may no longer be president, he’s taken on a new role at Tufts: Professor of Biology. After stepping down from his twelve-year role in June, President Emeritus Monaco is devoting h...

Fantastic news! No doubts Tony will continue to make huge contributions to the field 🧬🧠 🧪https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2023/10/after-12-years-as-president-tony-monaco-is-returning-to-genetic-research

Seemingly fake genetic study of left-handedness, first drawn to my attention by @ocklenburg.bsky.social , with laughable / frighteningly bad figures and false citations...!

Latest work from the lab by Aude Nommick et al., in which we propose a "size-scaling" model for microtubule force exertion that regulates centrosome centration vs decentration during embryo development!
@ijmonod.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Why evidence matters in health research Professor George Davey Smith explains why he encourages scientists to look for ways they might be wrong.

Mistaking correlation for causation doesn’t just waste research funding, it can shape real-world health advice.

In our new blog, Prof. George Davey Smith, 2025 MRC Millennium Medal winner, explains why he encourages scientists to look for ways they might be wrong.

www.ukri.org/blog/why-evi...

Come join our vibrant department for a year to learn about the development and treatment of mental health conditions!

That is all I could think of 🐭

Israel killed three journalists, including a CBS News contributor, the latest attacks in Gaza despite a U.S.-backed ceasefire that began in October.

Israel has killed about 220 journalists in Gaza since October 2023, according to Reporters Without Borders. https://wapo.st/4r5ZmRr

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Predatory aggression evolved through adaptations to noradrenergic circuits - Nature Noradrenergic circuits support and balance aggressive behavioural states in predatory nematodes, distinguish predatory from non-predatory nematode species and are associated with the evolution of complex behavioural traits.

Nature research paper: Predatory aggression evolved through adaptations to noradrenergic circuits

go.nature.com/3NxFCrs

Our latest CRISPR ring nuclease paper focusses on Csx15 - which seems to act as of a sponge as well as a canonical phosphodiesterase. Great work led by @haotianchi.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

MRC applicant-led grants status www.ukri.org/opportunity/...