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Last week Nature published the "Leiden manifesto for research metrics", which is a very well thought set of principles for a more rational use of bibliometric data by Universities and funding agencies. I would like everybody to read it because it provides an overview of the evolution of research metrics, their initial objectives, and how they have been used in a misguided manner. I completely endorse the manifesto, and strongly believe that in the past decades the "index obs

We published this week a new report showing that reelin—a large protein involved in neuronal migration and axonal pathfinding during development, and in neuronal plastiscity in the adult brain— may be able to cross the blood-brain barrier. These findings are relevant because previous studies have shown impairments in reelin expression in several neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, autism, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. If you would li

Editage Insights published today the second article of my series "The American experience for foreign postdocs". These series aims to provide some guidance for foreign postdocs planning to move to the United States. You can find the reposts here, or read the original articles in Editage Insights Enjoy! ----------------------------------------------------- THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE FOR FOREIGN POSTDOCS: Finding information and evaluating your options Emma Perez-Costas, PhD; Feb

Hello, Editage Insights published today the first of my series of articles "The American experience for foreign postdocs". These series aims to provide some guidance for foreign postdocs planning to move to the United States. You can find the repost of the first article right here, or read the original article following the links above. Enjoy! THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE FOR FOREIGN POSTDOCS: Organizing and preparing yourself Emma Perez-Costas, PhD; February 19, 2015 (Originally

This is my first post in my blog "Science Morsels". A morsel is a small piece, a small bite. I have chosen this name for the blog of my Science Editing Services web site, because the intent of this blog is to provide little bites of information concerning science in a broad sense, as well as some little "morsels" of specific information about science editing and science writing. I decided to start my blog before the end of the year, instead as a the typical "new year resoluti