Rob Patro

robp.bsky.social

19 October 2026 14:43

New journal idea just dropped: "Journal *actually for* Computational Biology" Premise, we should let people actually access the articles and read them, even if they are *only* 31 years old.

Titus Brown

titus.idyll.org

17 October 2026 14:54

great paper by @blekhman.bsky.social

Richard Sever

richardsever.bsky.social

17 October 2026 14:53

"Because manuscripts reflected real progress towards our field’s goals, our assessment systems began relying on them as primary metrics...which is obviously flawed...Generative AI has broken this already-flawed proxy completely" journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Rob Patro

robp.bsky.social

17 October 2026 13:33

I agree with Stephen on the main point here. I think there may even be reasons to go even further, but certainly, as a practical matter, I don't think such disclosures are long for this world. I also think they have some coherence problems from first principles.

Mike Inouye

mikeinouye.bsky.social

17 October 2026 13:32

Looking forward to seeing colleagues at the International Genetic Epidemiology Society meeting in Estérel, Quebec. Should be a cracker! www.geneticepi.org/2026agenda