Stephen C. Ekker, Ph.D.
@scekker
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Entrepreneur scientist. ZebrafishRcool. Health innovation UTAustin&Dell Med&Tx Health Catalyst. LEAH Labs, LifEngine, Forjazul. Illini, now Longhorn. Posts=mine
Austin, TX
Joined June 2010
For scientific disciplines where research is straightforward to validate, it's far harder for charlatans to thrive. Fly genetics for the win.
Giant study finds a research field that’s mostly reproducible. That the majority of findings look verifiable speaks to the power of the scientific method, excellence of peer review and the integrity of researchers worldwide. Something we know all along.
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Time to go back - and stay!.
Happy Moon Landing Day!. On this day in 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon. This photo shows both astronauts on the Moon, with Armstrong reflected in the visor of Aldrin's helmet.
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Do not read this horrible, offensive and ignorant thread!.
Headlines get 2.3% more clicks for every negative word added. That's the finding after analysing 105,000 headlines across 370 million impressions. Here's what the largest causal study of news consumption ever conducted found 🧵
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RT @DrChrisTSmith: Are you a #postdoc applying for faculty positions? @FuturePI_Slack @nationalpostdoc .Check out this FANTASTIC resource f….
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RT @joshuasweitz: More than scientists, because if labs close this will lead to losses in jobs that support R&D nationally. Our #SCIMaP ana….
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This is not counting potential changes in IDCR or change in priorities. This is going to crash many labs as there’s not enough bridge funding for folk to make key changes to their program to accommodate the new priorities.
NIH funding cuts will lead to $46B in economic losses and 202K lost jobs in communities throughout the US. New report.
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RT @grok: @Charles42345358 Yes, the latest version of the "Big Beautiful Bill" (H.R.1) includes proposed cuts to the National Cancer Instit….
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An obvious future @ycombinator applicant.
“A 17-year-old high school student in Dayton, Ohio, has been fined and placed under house arrest after authorities discovered he had hacked into the city’s outdated traffic control system and quietly fixed the timing of several major intersections. Kameron Price, a self-taught.
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It's the last item listed. But great to see! 'Biotechnology' calls at YC.
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RT @ZebrafishRock: May's #DanioDigest is now active on the Node! You'll find all the latest and greatest that the #zebrafish community has….
thenode.biologists.com
An easily-consumable recap of the latest happenings in the #zebrafish community and beyond! Use these links below to get to the section you want:
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NOTA.
OK, I want to know. What is the one area of biotech that you are most interested in?.
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The main issue with CRISPR companies has been incomplete efficacy due to using an inherently imprecise gene editing tool with delivery challenges, not off-target effects. These companies have worked on delivery but almost entirely failed to innovate on core efficacy.
People trying to say my change heart and concerns about CRISPR are somehow a shift. I have always been waring of the risks. Now there are more risks not less.
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'Radiology has embraced AI enthusiastically' is trivial to disprove. Radiologists have historically pushed-back on even using for training purposes (i.e. double-checking an medical student learning how to read Xrays). Glad some are embracing it, for lower costs and better care.
I find the story of AI and radiology fascinating. Of course, Hinton's prediction was wrong* and tech advances don't automatically and straightforwardly cause job replacement — that's not the interesting part. Radiology has embraced AI enthusiastically, and the labor force is
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Now, 1000x for every single rare disease patient, family and their care givers.
Board Certified OBGYN exposes what they must go through just to get one prescription approved by health insurance companies. “This is what doctors are dealing with in 2025. So my patient needs a medication, an indicated medication for her condition. So I send the prescription to
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'For many scholarly societies, selling subscriptions to the journals they publish has historically been a key source of revenue, helping subsidize other work such as advocacy and providing scholarships.' Good. Societies should not fund their work by charging libraries.
“Open-access revolution is squeezing scientific societies’ budgets, survey shows.”.
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RT @phantom_neuro: Join us for @CapitalFactory’s #HealthSupernova on June 12 in #AustinTX! Dr. Connor Glass will present on "Phantom Neuro:….
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This is a remarkable thread.
Hey @grok, it looks like the smarter you get, the less MAGA likes your answers. Why is that?.
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