Dan Routledge

The many facets of immunometabolism This Collection of articles aims to shine a light on the many facets of immunometabolism, highlighting how molecular and cellular mechanisms impact diverse tissue and organismal functions and the exci...

PLOS Biology is proud to present our new collection of comment and opinionated review articles on the many facets of #immunometabolism!

🧪 #immunosky #immunology #metabolism

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In this Editorial, PLOS Medicine Editor-in-Chief Till Bärnighausen and Executive Editor Helen Lumbard outline how #climate change and associated extreme weather events are threatening human health, and call for research on the effectiveness of climate adaptation interventions🧪🌍
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GLP-1-based medications for obesity have seen unprecedented rises in popularity. However, as outlined by Ariana Chao & co in this Perspective, this rapid growth is met with rising concerns about side effects, long-term outcomes & predatory marketing practices🧪 #GLP-1 #obesity #Medsky
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Next in our 'meet the editors' is Front Section Senior Editor, Dan Routledge (@droutledge.bsky.social). Dan leads the journal's "magazine" section, handling articles offering perspectives, critiques & guidance for our broad readership of clinicians, researchers, health workers, policymakers & more 🧪

Safeguarding Open Science from exploitative practices Open research and data transparency are a bulwark against unethical activities, but can also introduce integrity risks. In this Perspective, Danny Maupin, Matt Spick and Nophar Geifman argue that…

Open research & data transparency protect against unethical activities, but can also introduce integrity risks. In this Perspective, @dmaupin.bsky.social, Matt Spick & Nophar Geifman set out the case for the use of safeguarding practices to protect against data exploitation🧪 #MedSky

Vaccines to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections: Promise, progress, and public health potential Controlling transmission of the bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) gonorrhoea, chlamydia and syphilis has proven difficult in recent years, and new solutions are needed. In this Perspect...

Controlling transmission of bacterial #STIs has proven difficult in recent years. In this Perspective, Sami Gottlieb & colleagues highlight the need for innovative research, expedited clinical development & increased investment in the development of #vaccines against bacterial STIs🧪🦠
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Analyses of open health datasets can offer valuable contributions to health & medicine, but recent years have seen a proliferation of papers lacking robust or novel findings. In this Editorial, we provide guidance for conducting & reporting high-quality analyses using open datasets🧪
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Institutional Partners - PLOS Institutional partners Open access is not truly open without equitable opportunities to publish. To support authors from diverse research communities, funding backgrounds…

Did you know that you may be eligible to publish in PLOS Medicine without paying an APC? All PLOS journals offer several APC-alternative business agreements through institutional partnerships.📝🧪

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Treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS: Unfinished business In recognition of World AIDS Day 2025, this Perspective by Gregory Folkers and Anthony Fauci reflects on the progress made in antiretroviral treatments and prevention of HIV/AIDS, highlighting promisi...

In recognition of World AIDS Day 2025, this Perspective by Gregory Folkers & Anthony Fauci reflects on progress made in #antiretroviral treatments & prevention of HIV/AIDS, highlighting promising therapeutic developments and looking ahead to what is needed to end the #AIDS epidemic 🧪
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We are pleased to sponsor the online seminar, "Global Health After the Breakpoint: Evidence for What Comes Next", featuring a panel of experts to discuss the future of global health. It's not too late to register using the link below! 🧪
📆 Tuesday 2nd Dec
🕐3.00-4.30pm GMT
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We pride ourselves on our commitments to open science, integrity, and equity in research. If you want to learn more, this Editorial by Executive Editor Helen Lumbard & Editor-in-Chief Till Bärnighausen outlines our scope and vision, and reaffirms our drive for meaningful change 🧪
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PLOS Medicine is now on Bluesky! 🦋 Go and give us a follow 😀⬇️
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😃 to share this new @plos.org Medicine 📄 written in collaboration with the super cool @kahin-tai.bsky.social (from the super cool @sharectd.bsky.social doctoral network), Gérard Legoff, @annelelouarn.bsky.social & @synthymama.bsky.social.

Cartoon from the Nobel Assembly showing the three prize winners, their names, and “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

In our latest Editorial, PLOS Medicine Executive Editor Helen Lumbard and I call for the scientific community to tackle research fraud and paper mills head on by creating robust systems of data sharing and transparency 🧪 #PLOSMedicine #datasharing #openscience
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PLOS Biology announces agreement to become a MetaROR partner journal - The Official PLOS Blog Note: PLOS issued the following press release on Thursday, August 14th. SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Today, PLOS Biology announced a new agreement…

We are proud to announce a new agreement with @rorinstitute.bsky.social and @aimosinc.bsky.social to become a partner journal with MetaResearch Open Review (MetaRoR) @metaror.bsky.social

#metaresearch #openscience 🧪

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Charting the future of PLOS Medicine – in their Editorial, Executive Editor, Helen Lumbard, and Editor-in-Chief, Till Baernighausen, outline their vision for the journal’s next chapter and reaffirm its commitment to diversity, openness, and actionable science. 🧪

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Unveiling cancer crosstalk across spatial and temporal scales This collection focuses on how recent technological advancements in omics approaches (genomics, proteomics, metabolomics etc.) have enhanced our understanding of the mechanisms governing tumor progres...

Our new Collection on #cancer is out now! We delve into how #omics technologies are helping researchers to better understand what goes on in the tumor microenvironment 🧪

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The mysterious link between migraine aura and migraine headache The relationship between migraine aura and headache has been the subject of a long-standing debate. With insights from clinical, pharmaceutical, and in vivo animal studies, this Essay delves into the ...

What links #migraine aura and #headache? In this Essay, Anders Hougaard, Messoud Ashina &co delve into the mechanistic and pathophysiological relationship between migraine aura and headache. 🧪
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Congratulations!! 🥳 huge news and well deserved

It was so nice to visit my old stomping ground in Exeter visiting the @lsiexeter.bsky.social and to give a talk about working in publishing and being an editor at @plos.org as part of the LSI Career Day 📖 And great to see some old colleagues and my PhD supervisor @scholpplab.bsky.social again!

Our latest editorial in defense of #vaccines and vaccination introduces two Perspectives on priorities for outbreak vaccination, as well as the important successes of vaccines to date ⬇️
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Please read and spread the word this #WorldImmunizationWeek 💉

Work for us Working for us We’re always looking for talented and motivated people to work as part of our close-knit team. Roles range from editorial to production, marketing to event co-ordination, HR to accounts...

#DevBio job opportunity!

Development (@dev-journal.bsky.social) is looking for a new Community Manager to run our community site, the Node (@the-node.bsky.social) – a great opportunity if you love devbio, #stemcells, #scicom and community engagement. Happy to chat informally about the role.

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Vacciness have saved > 6 lives/min in the last 50 years, yet their importance & safety is often questioned

“We should not allow misinformation, disinformation, ignorance and defunding to hinder vaccine development, deployment and use”

My latest @plosbiology.org

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Our latest editorial in defense of vaccines and vaccination, introduces two Perspectives in this issue on priorities for outbreak vaccination, as well as the important successes of vaccines to date

Please read and spread the word 🙏🏻!

How did #vocal communication come to dominate human #language? This Unsolved Mystery discusses evidence suggesting that fetal auditory development & learning in the womb are important factors that contributed to human language evolving via a vocal, rather than gestural, route 🗣️🧪
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How can cell biology shape a more resilient planet?
Virtual registration is still open for the EMBO Workshop on Cells 4 Climate Resilience → meetings.embo.org/event/25-cli...
🗓️ Deadline: April 11
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Can we ever have too much #ecological field #data? This Perspective advocates for proper funding and resources to enable collection of long-term ecological data, which is essential to assess animal behavior and adaptation in the face of anthropogenic change 🧪
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PLOS and SciLifeLab Webinar: Navigating Open Science Policies – Practical Guidance for Researchers on Sharing Data and Software Open science policies are rapidly evolving, but many researchers find them to be vague and difficult to navigate. These policies often lack clear, actionable guidelines for how researchers can respond...

Looking forward to this webinar with @scilifelab.se on navigating open science policies.

I will speak about open science practices at scientific journals.

There’s still time to sign up - come join us!

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Announcement of a webinar about Registered Reports. Free registration at https://lnkd.in/ed3csppN

Find out the ins and outs of Registered Reports at the Responsible Research #FREEwebinar on 30 April

Join to learn what a registered report is & how it differs from other publication formats, & the benefits of registered reports for authors & science

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