Dr Noni

Good luck to Australian researchers waiting for the DP EoI outcomes today!

Somebody yelled at me for posting about Ganymede instead of /the state of things/ last night.

I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.

Panel 1 a blue alien (being) plays with a laser pointer as their cat pounces on the red dot being is seated on a couch and has a video game controller in their other hand Being (to cat): ha you enjoy pretending you are a mighty hunter Panel 2: being (continued): when it is just a simulation with blinking lights Panel 3: Being puts down laser pointer and puts both hands on video game controller Panel 4: A red light flashes onto the being, bathing the room in red light

I’m a much better person with carbs in my diet.

[making pizza rolls]

instructions: heat them up

me: yes

instructions: let them cool

me: no

People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.

Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea

Rex Patrick, Rick Morton, Jacqui Lambie: Who were readers' picks for shitstirrer of the year? Some fan favourites did not make our esteemed list of shitstirrers this year. There will be no recount!

I've somehow made it onto @crikey.com.au's "2024 Shitstirrers Index Honourable Mentions"!

Thanks for the nominations – what a Xmas pressie! 💩🥄

"For giving researchers across Australia info that the ARC could totally tell them, but chooses not to."

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www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/20/r...

Yes.

The Boring Fund: Apply today | WILDLABS The Boring Fund supports the essential but overlooked aspects of conservation technology. With the support of Arm, $50,000 in grants will go to critical, foundational activities that will help build a...

Love that a funder has set up a 'boring fund' to fund the boring stuff such as maintaining existing technology that no one ever funds but is essential for impact.

(Even better - just fund core costs)
wildlabs.net/funding-oppo... (HT Tom Steinberg who I don't think is here yet)

Making Narrative CVs work for your researchers By Dr Rachel Herries, Research Culture Manager How can research leaders make Narrative CVs accessible to researchers? And how can we ensure the effort put in has more value than ‘just a CV’?  …

This year’s most read post on The Auditorium (our team blog)! You might be thinking What is a Narrative CV? How do I write a Narrative CV? What do I use it for? And ‘How can I support my researchers…?’ Well then, this is for you!

theauditorium.blog/2024/02/27/m...

#ResearchCulture
#NarrativeCV

I did not expect this violence on Bluesky 😅

Research thrives on innovation and the diversity of ideas, yet our funding system often penalizes both. In our new study published in PNAS, we explore the hidden costs of competition in allocating scarce research funds. (1/10) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

finally got a watch i like and the lifestyle is honestly crazy. im just checking the time constantly. it’s 1:08pm for instance

Wonderful resource! Thanks for flagging this, @dzorich.bsky.social!

bsky.app/profile/dzor...

#AcademicSky #PhDsky #postdoc #AcWri

There are structural barriers to relationship building in healthcare.

Yet, within interactions between clinicians and patients we can still examine how approaches to communication result in rapport. 🧵

#healthcarecommunication #personcentredcare #healthcommunication

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

Good news, Altmetric has now started watching BlueSky for mentions of publications. And by the way, provides an easy comparison between this and the old site for a recent preprint of mine which I posted simultaneousl at both. Numbers speak by themselves !

On Tuesday, I did some introductory research communication skills training with our researchers @uniofnottingham.bsky.social

We did an activity where they communicated their research using Lego - which sparked some very creative outputs! 🥳😎

#Lego #ResearcherDevelopment #Communication #SciComm

Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years Orcas off the coast of Washington State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it's the 1980s, but researchers still aren't sure why they do it.

Embarrassing. They're going to feel so stupid in 10 years when nobody's wearing dead salmon hats anymore.

Is there any alternative to the gamification of academic metrics? Drawing on discussions with academics who have oriented their work around public engagement and social impact, Daniel Pearson suggests these academics present an opportunity to rethink the existing…

Recently at @lseimpactblog.bsky.social:

"Incentives to game the system redirect efforts from more intangible and difficult to measure forms of communication, such as public outreach." - @dankpearson.bsky.social

blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

#AcademicSky #ResearchImpact #PublicScholarship

Same down under - just replace the cold and dark with hot/flooded/burning etc

Definitely not too early! Wonderful

UBI saves a ton of public money, but its lack of cruelty sends certain people into a rage, so it’s hard to put into practice.

If your #NHMRC ideas grant was unsuccessful and you have a story to share about the impact of this on your #biomedicalresearch, career, team - get in touch. Federal DOH have asked #NARF to collect stories of impact of low funding. #SaveOzScience #DiscoveriesNeedDollars #EMCRs

Huge day in Australian Research with grant outcomes for both #ARC Discovery Projects and #NHMRC Ideas released.
Congratulations to all those successful, and sincere apologies to the >85-90% who missed out. It's a brutal, brutal system with so many great grants and research missing out.

🚨 #DiscoveryProjects #DP25 announcement:

❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Projects 2025❗️

See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...

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The unexpected joys of collaborative writing There are solid lists and words of advice out there on what makes a collaboration successful or how to be a co-author. I’m not seeking to recreate or evaluate that sort of guidance here. Rather, I’…

Unexpected joys of collaborative writing (by @drmeagantyler.bsky.social)

"it’s not always the publications that stay with me...it’s the enduring & very human connections that come from collaborating on writing & research." - Tyler

researchwhisperer.org/2022/11/01/t...
#AcademicSky #AcWri #PhDSky

A snip of my profile. Banner image incldes Arendt, Durkheim, Fanon and others drawn rouglys on eggs in Black and White. Profile picture is me in front of some autumn leaves. Key descriptive text identifies me as a criminologist working on atrocity crime. At the bottom, highlighted by a big red arrow is my ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7463-1302

A snip from my ORCID profile page - at the left is a list of institutional and other links to social media, including one to Bluesky, highlighted by a big red arrow.

Academics wanting to 'verify' their Bluesky profile as genuine might give an ORCID identifier in their profile and link back to their Bluesky profile from ORCID.

#AcademicSky

Cheese is Grate Important scientific survey to discover cheese grating habits

It occurred to me that I have no idea if the number of cheese graters I own is above or below average, so I've written a survey:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...