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Schenley Park, Pittsburgh after a storm. Three days without power and counting!

Assessing and alleviating state anxiety in large language models - npj Digital Medicine The use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in mental health highlights the need to understand their responses to emotional content. Previous research shows that emotion-inducing prompts can elevate “anxiety” in LLMs, affecting behavior and amplifying biases. Here, we found that traumatic narratives increased Chat-GPT-4’s reported anxiety while mindfulness-based exercises reduced it, though not to baseline. These findings suggest managing LLMs’ “emotional states” can foster safer and more ethical human-AI interactions.

A study in npj Digital Medicine finds that traumatic narratives increased Chat-GPT-4’s reported anxiety while mindfulness-based exercises reduced it, though not to baseline. The findings suggest managing LLMs’ “emotional states” can foster safer and more ethical human-AI interactions. 🧪

History has overlooked these 8 women scientists — but not anymore These pioneering women were behind some of history’s greatest discoveries, from the greenhouse effect and nuclear fission to the structure of DNA and breakthrough leprosy treatment.

Happy International Women’s Day! Today I’m reflecting on these inspiring women whose contributions to science were initially overlooked. Let’s use today to highlight their stories and uplift current and future generations of women in STEM. Who are you celebrating today?👩‍🔬🧪💚
#IWD2025 #BreakTheBias

Pubmed is back! Obviously the DNS server issue has been resolved.

Nevertheless, I've created an account on Europe PMC and implemented my saved searches... better safe than sorry. Scientists are so dependent on NIH services, we should start to support more decentralized/federated infrastructure!

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Terminated Parks Employee Warns of the Danger and Cruelty of Job Cuts | Atmos His job was to make wildlife monitoring at the NPS faster and cheaper—so getting dismissed for “government efficiency” was a bitter irony.

he was a National Park biologist whose job was to make their wildlife work more efficient using AI, drones, and other technology.

so to be terminated by a tech mogul under the guise of "government efficiency" was a cruel and bitter irony

today's op-ed in @atmosmagazine.bsky.social 🌎🧪

Touching Lives: How Dr. Burhan Gharaibeh is Shaping Future Health Professionals with the Power of Digital Learning | ADInstruments Dr. Burhan Gharaibeh, Teaching Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, is prioritizing active learning and taking a dynamic approach to his teaching methodologies. By incorporating digital learning...

Touching Lives: How Dr. Burhan Gharaibeh is Shaping Future Health Professionals with the Power of Digital Learning
www.adinstruments.com/blog/burhan-...

How a cancer researcher lost a gender-related grant to Trump’s executive orders “Unethical, unlawful, inhumane”: NIH-backed scientist decries termination of study collecting data on sexual orientation and gender identity of cancer patients

The cancellation of the project for political reasons “is pretty alarming,” says cancer researcher Mandi Pratt-Chapman. scim.ag/4b7RZCx

SCIENCESHOTS What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before

When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018.

Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx

Women in Science symposium, PittBio

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science from the Department of Biological Science, University of Pittsburgh

YouTube video by Netflix After School Poison Dart Frogs 🐸 Life in Color with David Attenborough | Netflix After School

youtu.be/9TlVCXegmMw?...

Probably both 😂 I do have some different EKG deflections than theirs and the interpretation becomes a chore.

Organ: kidney. System: cardiovascular. A&P fun: physiology lab using Lt sensors and my students showing me traces prettier than those in the textbook!

Annual - Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) The HAPS 39th Annual Conference will be held in Pittsburgh, PA on May 21 – 25, 2025 The conference is split into two parts: Update Seminar and Workshops. However, attendees can go to both by registeri...

Join HAPS for their Annual Conference in Pittsburgh, PA from May 21-25, 2025!

Early Registration, Poster Proposal, & Workshop proposal deadline is Friday, Feb 14, 2025.

Here is the full link: www.hapsweb.org/conferences-...

#haps #hapsannualconference #anatomy #physiology #anatomyandphysiology

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Need a laugh?

Here are this week's best science memes.

#AcademicSky 🧪

The Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh. 24 Jan 2025.

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring Researchers facing “a lot of uncertainty, fear, and panic”

This is the beginning of so many negative impacts for #science by the Orange Cheeto. #Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

George Monbiot - The Secret History of Neoliberalism How can you fight something if you don’t know it exists? Legendary environmentalist George Monbiot joins us to take on the ideology that controls our lives.

I'm coming to Nottingham and London in March and April to talk about how we got into this polycrisis and how the hell we get out of it, with some wonderful people. Do join us. howtoacademy.com/events/georg...

Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern A flurry of scientific gatherings and panels across federal science agencies were canceled on Wednesday, at a time of heightened sensitivity about how the

there's confusion as fed agencies cancel scientific meetings, including NIH study sections

some pause on activities is expected, experts said, but many are on edge w/o knowing how long it will last

w/ @pompanolab.bsky.social & @annikabarber.bsky.social
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www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/t...

Youngest cancer patient treated with Nanoknife is cancer-free Two-year-old George, from Camden, is the youngest person in the world to have the procedure.

Youngest person treated by Nanoknife is cancer-free. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I’m a Beijing-based wildlife conservationist. I celebrate the wildlife of Beijing and further afield. Glad to be here!

How Southwest Airlines crusaded against Texas' bullet train The airline didn't want public funds to be used for a bullet train project decades ago. And it likely didn't want the competition either.

For decades, different groups have tried to get Texas on board with the idea of high speed rail in the Lone Star State.
Each time, the proposals have been derailed, partially thanks to Texas-based Southwest Airlines.

www.chron.com/culture/arti...

I knew that there was snow in the forecast for #Pittsburgh today, but I didn't expect it to look like THIS. For a little over an hour the snow really came down before tapering off, and the view from the Duquesne Incline was perfect...even if you couldn't see the city.

On the second day of anatomy class my instructor gave to me …. 2 turtle dove skeletons
#medart #sciart #medsky #anatomy, #12DaysofAnatomy

Sex differences in skeletal muscle metabolism in exercise and type 2 diabetes mellitus - Nature Reviews Endocrinology This Review focuses on currently available literature describing sex differences in skeletal muscle metabolism in humans, as well as highlighting current research gaps within the field. These discussi...

New from Anna Krook and team. Biological sex differences in skeletal muscle metabolism and exercise adaptation in People with type 2 diabetes
#myoblue #exercise #metabolism
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Should have tagged this 🧪 Follow along to see some of our labs new insights into how cells change shape and move

Text: Rampant consumerism is burning up the Planet! -threatening wildlife, pushing arctic and mountain animals to narrower, ever higher latitudes and altitudes. White Friday - Buy nothing day! Images show white animals, including polar bear, snowy owl, beluga whale and stoat.

Consumerism is one of the underlying issues responsible for climate and biodiversity crises. Can we stop "celebrating" Black Friday, and do a White Friday (in honour of polar and montane wildlife) instead? A "buy nothing" day - or maybe week, month or more? Who's with me?

Visual by Toni Llobet.
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Immensely proud to host the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) Annual Conference in Pittsburgh. Dr. Natasha Baker from the School of Dental Medicine is my co-host and we have a great program being built.
Join us A&P colleagues. #HAPS @pitt.bsky.social

One of.the many benefits of #HumanAnatomyAndPhysiologySociety ... the #HAPS #bookclub! Join HAPS at www.hapsweb.org ! #anatomy #physiology #highereed #teaching #edresearch #pedagogy