#ScienceTakesTime
Really important for trainees, grant funders, and the public to appreciate that research takes time… even in the accelerated and info-rich world we live in. Here is a play-by-play account of the 9 year road to produce 1 study published in a high impact journal. ⬇️ #ScienceTakesTime #ScienceStories
Science takes time - a lot of time. Time that is more and more difficult to make available because of increased workloads. Time that exceeds the temporary contracts of postdocs and PhDs.

I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature
Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...
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November 29, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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Ah, the slow burn of #impact! My most-cited #SpringerNature article in 2024 was actually published in 2018: 'A one-step procedure to probe the viscoelastic properties of cells by Atomic Force Microscopy.' Eventually, they’ll master it. No rush, academia. #ScienceTakesTime 😅
February 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM