Father, editor [@elife.bsky.social], rower. Views my ownhttps://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3mlo27bfc2k2pSCIENCE UNDER THREAT Politicians have reduced public funding for science and dismantled scientific institutions in Argentina and the US. In @elife.bsky.social, @humbertodebat.bsky.social discusses how the scientific community should respond to such crises. https://elifesciences.org/articles/11148712 May 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo27bfc2k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3mlnizxauf22pCurvature of membranes influences transfer of lipids in bilayers: Research article in @elife.bsky.social by @meineckelab.bsky.social: https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/106979 Insight article: https://elifesciences.org/articles/11137312 May 2026 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnizxauf22phttps://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3mll62waepc2pFeature Article in @elife.bsky.social about #PeerReview. Article describes course module that teaches early-career researchers how to respond to reports from peer reviewers. https://elifesciences.org/articles/10261911 May 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mll62waepc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3mki365emhs2pDoes the brain really know what word is coming next? Insight article by @rjantonello.bsky.social about fascinating research article in @elife.bsky.social by @ines-schoenmann.bsky.social, @mheilbron.bsky.social and others. https://elifesciences.org/articles/111163 https://elifesciences.org/articles/10654327 Apr 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki365emhs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3mk6j6v5bgk27New Feature Article in @elife.bsky.social describes a module to teach postgrad students about responding to comments from referees during the peer review process. #ResearchPublishing #PeerReview https://elifesciences.org/articles/102619 (1/2)23 Apr 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6j6v5bgk27https://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3mhisjoz3lc27New article in @elife.bsky.social describes an EASY WAY TO IMPROVE LAB MEETINGS @monteirotiago.bsky.social #researchculture https://elifesciences.org/articles/11109520 Mar 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhisjoz3lc27https://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3mgryeh5u7c25Making surrogates for microglia Articles in @elife.bsky.social explain how progenitor cells isolated from bone marrow can be converted into microglia-like cells. (1/2) https://elifesciences.org/articles/11075311 Mar 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgryeh5u7c25https://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3mgkcqmkg722fFor International Women’s day: a recent Feature Article in @elife.bsky.social highlights four women whose pioneering contributions to science have been largely overlooked. Ethel Browne Harvey; Hilde Mangold; Ida Henrietta Hyde; Marthe Gautier #WomenInScience https://elifesciences.org/articles/11064408 Mar 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgkcqmkg722fhttps://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3mgac7774fc2fThere’s more to light than meets the eye in Drosophila!!! Articles in @elife.bsky.social explain how an ancient photoreceptor that senses light outside of the retina can regulate how flies respond to a range of visual cues. https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/109811 https://elifesciences.org/articles/11080704 Mar 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgac7774fc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3mg5qgnasl22fHow can moths navigate for THOUSANDS of kilometres in the dark? Read more in this research article and related Insight article about moths called fall armyworms in @elife.bsky.social: https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/109098 https://elifesciences.org/articles/110796 Image credit: David Hobern CC BY 2.003 Mar 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5qgnasl22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3mfoztl34lc2jThanks @berniefolan.bsky.social and @dacrotty.bsky.social In the first instance authors could decide that publication as a preprint is enough for thier purposes [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Feb 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfoztl34lc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3mf54okuxmk2sLatest Feature Article in @elife.bsky.social e.bsky.social highlights four women whose pioneering contributions to science have been largely overlooked. Ethel Browne Harvey; Hilde Mangold; Ida Henrietta Hyde; Marthe Gautier #WomenInScience https://elifesciences.org/articles/11064418 Feb 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf54okuxmk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3meydvxx7hc22More articles on lab handbooks from @elife.bsky.social The SAFE Labs handbook: https://elifesciences.org/articles/108863 Welcome to the lab: elifesciences.org/articles/79627 Why every lab needs a handbook: elifesciences.org/articles/88853 [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Feb 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3meydvxx7hc22https://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3menwdiqfik2sFeature Article in @elife.bsky.social about four women whose pioneering contributions to science have been largely overlooked. https://elifesciences.org/articles/110644 (1/6)12 Feb 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3menwdiqfik2shttps://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3md3ry3ainc2yFeature Article in @elife.bsky.social about efforts to improve #ResearchCulture in the UK. The Researcher Development Concordat has led to improvements, but there is still more to do. (1/2) https://elifesciences.org/articles/11012623 Jan 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3md3ry3ainc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3makvp74ayk2vFeature article in @elife.bsky.social about the safelabs.info project [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Dec 2025 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3makvp74ayk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3m52d65bdn22dHARSH!!! One day you are the editor-in-chief of @nature.com Next, according to @science.org, you are an “Unaffiliated scholar, London, UK”07 Nov 2025 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52d65bdn22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3m4t4iekils2zAI leads to surge in the number of letters being sent to scientific journals or, as one editor-in-chief puts it - “the mass production of junk” [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Nov 2025 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4t4iekils2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3m36evjahpk2dReplication studies meet #metaresarch!! @vtraag.bsky.social and colleagues at @rorinstitute.bsky.social and elsewhere attempted to replicate two phenomena of interest to ECRs and funders: the Matthew effect and the early-career setback effect. https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/109042; @elife.bsky.social14 Oct 2025 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m36evjahpk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/drpeterrodgers.bsky.social/post/3lptljpbw5c2rWebinar about the Brazilian Reproducibility Initiative next Friday. And you you cannot wait until then . . . . https://elifesciences.org/interviews/388d5959/brazilian-reproducibility-initiative [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 May 2025 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:ev2teqoqu5aha5p4tttd4tk5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptljpbw5c2r