First became aware of this last week when the NatComm paper received a public comment. Since then things have gotten very bad.
I think I first said, passively, oh yeah there is smoke... now we've found a wildfire.
bsky.app/profile/bria...
I think I first said, passively, oh yeah there is smoke... now we've found a wildfire.
bsky.app/profile/bria...
"To maintain the integrity of global influenza surveillance, we further recommend the sequences generated in this study be verified and potentially withdrawn."
Help. My Flu Databases -- they are sick.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Help. My Flu Databases -- they are sick.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evidence of widespread sequencing errors in global avian influenza study - Nature Communications
Nature Communications - Evidence of widespread sequencing errors in global avian influenza study
www.nature.com
November 12, 2026 at 12:23 PM
First became aware of this last week when the NatComm paper received a public comment. Since then things have gotten very bad.
I think I first said, passively, oh yeah there is smoke... now we've found a wildfire.
bsky.app/profile/bria...
I think I first said, passively, oh yeah there is smoke... now we've found a wildfire.
bsky.app/profile/bria...
#PeripheralArteryDisease
#NicotinamideRiboside (1 g/d for 3/6 mo) alone improves 6-min walking distance & #MuscleStemCell density
N=90 (14 intermittent claudication, 76 atypical/no leg exertional leg symptoms)
30 NR
30 NR+resveratrol
30 placebo
#NatComm 2024
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#NicotinamideRiboside (1 g/d for 3/6 mo) alone improves 6-min walking distance & #MuscleStemCell density
N=90 (14 intermittent claudication, 76 atypical/no leg exertional leg symptoms)
30 NR
30 NR+resveratrol
30 placebo
#NatComm 2024
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM
#PeripheralArteryDisease
#NicotinamideRiboside (1 g/d for 3/6 mo) alone improves 6-min walking distance & #MuscleStemCell density
N=90 (14 intermittent claudication, 76 atypical/no leg exertional leg symptoms)
30 NR
30 NR+resveratrol
30 placebo
#NatComm 2024
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#NicotinamideRiboside (1 g/d for 3/6 mo) alone improves 6-min walking distance & #MuscleStemCell density
N=90 (14 intermittent claudication, 76 atypical/no leg exertional leg symptoms)
30 NR
30 NR+resveratrol
30 placebo
#NatComm 2024
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Say hello to Infernogallus jamesi!
Out today in NatComm, we describe the most complete caenagnathid yet known, with an intact skull. Analysis of its biomechanics shows unique adaptations for processing food paralleled only by specialized fruit-eating parrots.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Out today in NatComm, we describe the most complete caenagnathid yet known, with an intact skull. Analysis of its biomechanics shows unique adaptations for processing food paralleled only by specialized fruit-eating parrots.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 11, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Say hello to Infernogallus jamesi!
Out today in NatComm, we describe the most complete caenagnathid yet known, with an intact skull. Analysis of its biomechanics shows unique adaptations for processing food paralleled only by specialized fruit-eating parrots.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Out today in NatComm, we describe the most complete caenagnathid yet known, with an intact skull. Analysis of its biomechanics shows unique adaptations for processing food paralleled only by specialized fruit-eating parrots.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is not a specific dig at NatComm. They publish some nice papers. But this type of paper can be found at many journals.
September 23, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This is not a specific dig at NatComm. They publish some nice papers. But this type of paper can be found at many journals.
For a few years now, I've been paying attention to the yearly reports on academic jobs in communication distributed by @NatComm. The headline for this recent cycle seems to be a very slight recovery compared to last year, but...
November 13, 2024 at 10:11 AM
For a few years now, I've been paying attention to the yearly reports on academic jobs in communication distributed by @NatComm. The headline for this recent cycle seems to be a very slight recovery compared to last year, but...
Excited to share “Synthetic Aptamer Mechanoreceptors Enable Cell-Specific Force Sensing and Temporal Control via DNA Circuits.” in NatComm. This is our most significant excursion into mechanobiology #mechanobiology #DNAnanoscience #aptamers www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Synthetic aptamer mechanoreceptors enable cell-specific force sensing and temporal control via DNA circuits - Nature Communications
Engineering synthetic mechanosensing systems with both cell-specificity and programmability remains challenging, especially for classical mechanoreceptors. Here, the authors develop an all-DNA mechano...
www.nature.com
March 24, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Excited to share “Synthetic Aptamer Mechanoreceptors Enable Cell-Specific Force Sensing and Temporal Control via DNA Circuits.” in NatComm. This is our most significant excursion into mechanobiology #mechanobiology #DNAnanoscience #aptamers www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The pyramid of tears and disappointment. #natcomm #embo2025cytoskeleton quotation from @wormlockholmes.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The pyramid of tears and disappointment. #natcomm #embo2025cytoskeleton quotation from @wormlockholmes.bsky.social
🚀 Excited to share our NatComm paper on varVAMP – a open-source tool for degenerate primer design in viral genome seq & qPCR!
🔬 Supports diverse viruses SC2, HEV, Polio ...
🤝 Built in collaboration with amazing virus experts
🔗 github.com/jonas-fuchs/varVAMP
🧬 nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60175-9
🔬 Supports diverse viruses SC2, HEV, Polio ...
🤝 Built in collaboration with amazing virus experts
🔗 github.com/jonas-fuchs/varVAMP
🧬 nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60175-9
GitHub - jonas-fuchs/varVAMP: Design degenerated primers on highly variable alignments for full genome sequencing or qPCR. Specifically developed for viruses.
Design degenerated primers on highly variable alignments for full genome sequencing or qPCR. Specifically developed for viruses. - jonas-fuchs/varVAMP
github.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🚀 Excited to share our NatComm paper on varVAMP – a open-source tool for degenerate primer design in viral genome seq & qPCR!
🔬 Supports diverse viruses SC2, HEV, Polio ...
🤝 Built in collaboration with amazing virus experts
🔗 github.com/jonas-fuchs/varVAMP
🧬 nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60175-9
🔬 Supports diverse viruses SC2, HEV, Polio ...
🤝 Built in collaboration with amazing virus experts
🔗 github.com/jonas-fuchs/varVAMP
🧬 nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60175-9
This map from recent paper in NatComm is just another example of how russia uses science in its war. It shows that russians sequenced plant samples from annexed Crimea & temporary occupied territories in Ukraine. The question is how it passed peer-review & got published without problems.
October 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This map from recent paper in NatComm is just another example of how russia uses science in its war. It shows that russians sequenced plant samples from annexed Crimea & temporary occupied territories in Ukraine. The question is how it passed peer-review & got published without problems.
In a recent #NatComm study, researchers leveraged high-resolution #cryoEM structures of the κ-opioid receptor bound to difelikefalin to guide the design of a more selective compound with reduced side-effect potential. 👉 cryosparc.com/blog/kor-sbdd
#StructuralBiology #SBDD #CryoSPARC
#StructuralBiology #SBDD #CryoSPARC
CryoSPARC | Scratching Beneath the Surface: Cryo-EM Guides New Opioid Drug Design
Cryo-EM revealed the molecular basis of KOR signaling bias, enabling structure-based drug design of an anti-pruritic peptide with reduced side effects.
cryosparc.com
June 16, 2026 at 11:57 AM
In a recent #NatComm study, researchers leveraged high-resolution #cryoEM structures of the κ-opioid receptor bound to difelikefalin to guide the design of a more selective compound with reduced side-effect potential. 👉 cryosparc.com/blog/kor-sbdd
#StructuralBiology #SBDD #CryoSPARC
#StructuralBiology #SBDD #CryoSPARC
#CfP: @NatComm #PolComm Division at #NCA17 in Dallas. Deadline: March 29 https://ww4.aievolution.com/nca1701/index.cfm?do=pln.viewPlanner&plannerID=1395
November 18, 2024 at 11:05 PM
#CfP: @NatComm #PolComm Division at #NCA17 in Dallas. Deadline: March 29 https://ww4.aievolution.com/nca1701/index.cfm?do=pln.viewPlanner&plannerID=1395
@NatComm Chairs: @leah_sprain, Laura W. Black , Anna Wiederhold Wolfe, and @mcarcasson
via @AEJMC_PCIG
via @AEJMC_PCIG
November 18, 2024 at 4:52 PM
@NatComm Chairs: @leah_sprain, Laura W. Black , Anna Wiederhold Wolfe, and @mcarcasson
via @AEJMC_PCIG
via @AEJMC_PCIG
#CfP: @NatComm Pre-Conference "Pubic Deliberation and Activism in an Era of Rising Authoritarianism". Deadline: asap https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScd5mW6aK2mRi3Ci-YOP0C9yGqrUMwtIXAHxD1Jc08VS1igmA/viewform
November 18, 2024 at 4:28 PM
#CfP: @NatComm Pre-Conference "Pubic Deliberation and Activism in an Era of Rising Authoritarianism". Deadline: asap https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScd5mW6aK2mRi3Ci-YOP0C9yGqrUMwtIXAHxD1Jc08VS1igmA/viewform
#CfP: 2nd @NatComm / Communication University of China conf 'Communication, Media, and Governance in the Age of Globalization' in Beijing (CN). Deadline: Feb 1 https://www.natcom.org/calendar/call-participants-communication-media-and-governance-age-globalization
November 18, 2024 at 1:27 PM
#CfP: 2nd @NatComm / Communication University of China conf 'Communication, Media, and Governance in the Age of Globalization' in Beijing (CN). Deadline: Feb 1 https://www.natcom.org/calendar/call-participants-communication-media-and-governance-age-globalization
Was amazed to find, upon acceptance of a paper at NatComm, that the price they were asking for was on par with that of a decent used car... we should consider expanding the definition of 'predatory journals'
February 20, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Was amazed to find, upon acceptance of a paper at NatComm, that the price they were asking for was on par with that of a decent used car... we should consider expanding the definition of 'predatory journals'
"Mean daily temperatures predict the thermal limits of malaria transmission better than hourly rate summation" new paper now out in NatComm, led by @martashocket.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
April 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"Mean daily temperatures predict the thermal limits of malaria transmission better than hourly rate summation" new paper now out in NatComm, led by @martashocket.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Our paper on motion direction representation in the visual cortex has now been published in NatComm. We describe a Bayesian observer model combining information about velocity and orientation signals ('motion streaks') and test its predictions using fMRI decoding and behavior. #VisionScience
Motion direction is represented as a bimodal probability distribution in the human visual cortex - N...
The visual system quickly infers an object’s direction of motion from noisy sensory signals. Here, the authors show that orientation signals are used in this process, leading to bimodal probabilisti...
www.nature.com
November 28, 2023 at 10:33 AM
Our paper on motion direction representation in the visual cortex has now been published in NatComm. We describe a Bayesian observer model combining information about velocity and orientation signals ('motion streaks') and test its predictions using fMRI decoding and behavior. #VisionScience
Looking to connect with new or old NatComm (NCA) members -- no matter your focus area, methodology, terminal degree, experience, whatever - say hey!
October 19, 2023 at 6:43 PM
Looking to connect with new or old NatComm (NCA) members -- no matter your focus area, methodology, terminal degree, experience, whatever - say hey!
🔹 @kerenlasker.bsky.social et al. (2022) NatComm
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
tldr: engineering of a condensation-driving PopTag
🔹 Heinkel et al. (2019) PNAS
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
tldr: LLPS in native bacterial membrane transporters
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
tldr: engineering of a condensation-driving PopTag
🔹 Heinkel et al. (2019) PNAS
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
tldr: LLPS in native bacterial membrane transporters
Phase separation and clustering of an ABC transporter in Mycobacterium tuberculosis | PNAS
Phase separation drives numerous cellular processes, ranging from the formation of
membrane-less organelles to the cooperative assembly of signalin...
doi.org
April 3, 2026 at 12:45 PM
🔹 @kerenlasker.bsky.social et al. (2022) NatComm
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
tldr: engineering of a condensation-driving PopTag
🔹 Heinkel et al. (2019) PNAS
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
tldr: LLPS in native bacterial membrane transporters
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
tldr: engineering of a condensation-driving PopTag
🔹 Heinkel et al. (2019) PNAS
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
tldr: LLPS in native bacterial membrane transporters
How does biomolecular condensation and #LLPS look for membrane proteins in bacteria?🔬
See our📜: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
@linnikdmitrii.bsky.social et al. "Structural and functional implications of phase separation of membrane protein LacY in E. coli🦠" #NatComm
See our📜: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
@linnikdmitrii.bsky.social et al. "Structural and functional implications of phase separation of membrane protein LacY in E. coli🦠" #NatComm
April 3, 2026 at 12:45 PM
How does biomolecular condensation and #LLPS look for membrane proteins in bacteria?🔬
See our📜: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
@linnikdmitrii.bsky.social et al. "Structural and functional implications of phase separation of membrane protein LacY in E. coli🦠" #NatComm
See our📜: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
@linnikdmitrii.bsky.social et al. "Structural and functional implications of phase separation of membrane protein LacY in E. coli🦠" #NatComm
Is NatComm actually a higher bar, though? I do not see higher quality work there than in JCB or MBoC.
October 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Is NatComm actually a higher bar, though? I do not see higher quality work there than in JCB or MBoC.
Celebrando el paper en NatComm con @suescudero.bsky.social en el Aliatar.
Y brindando a la salud del caballero @javisburgos.bsky.social.
Y brindando a la salud del caballero @javisburgos.bsky.social.
September 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Celebrando el paper en NatComm con @suescudero.bsky.social en el Aliatar.
Y brindando a la salud del caballero @javisburgos.bsky.social.
Y brindando a la salud del caballero @javisburgos.bsky.social.
If you're @NatComm bright and early, come see Kelly and I talk about the Daughters of the American Revolution on a cool panel about rethinking nationalism. I am sure this panel will be efficient and insightful. Chesapeake 7, 8am Thurs.
November 15, 2023 at 8:05 PM
If you're @NatComm bright and early, come see Kelly and I talk about the Daughters of the American Revolution on a cool panel about rethinking nationalism. I am sure this panel will be efficient and insightful. Chesapeake 7, 8am Thurs.
Not just peer pressure: study shows bots are tweeting about the perks of vaping 🤖🙀
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April 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Not just peer pressure: study shows bots are tweeting about the perks of vaping 🤖🙀
x.com/NatComm/status…
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