My manuscript after the first round of peer review

After 10 years of implanting Utah Arrays in 5 participants with spinal cord injuries…

we provide a methodological roadmap to target and evoke tactile finger sensations using intracortical microstimulation.

John Downey Robert Gaunt Jen Collinger

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Animals interrupting wildlife photographers - a thread 🧵

1. A curious fox by Dan Dinu

Our Assistive Rehabilitative Technology “ART” Studio is home to cutting edge research and development that gives innovation center stage.

We are re-imagining recovery and rehabilitation within our own walls.
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This is a funny way of saying, 'Your article will be published next week, but you can only access YOUR OWN article by paying us money.'

OpenAcademics Academic Chatter™

So if you’re a student who peacefully protests then you can get arrested, but if you’re a white male PI who’s also a sexual predator then a whole new institute can be founded just so you can keep your job???

Just so you know, if you have a paper published in an MDPI journal, I will not cite it.📄🗑
My lab has a strict ban on citing papers from this predatory publisher that forgos the peer review process (it pretends, but it's a farce).🤡

OpenAcademics Academic Chatter™

#PubPeerPearl
'who authorised you to scan data, pl. educate, you did not seek my permission before scanning my papers. Stop threatening. your intention seems to threaten people and destabilise workers.'
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Our team at University of Pittsburgh is participating in the NSF’s Innovation-Corps training program this spring. If you or someone you know has expertise in/uses a DBS system, please reach out via email or QR-code below (lnkd.in/eM-YRjiM) to volunteer for a quick call with us!

I would say the bribes with extra credit worked 😅

#newPI #AcademicTeaching #PlayTheGame

You know what's a bummer about the peer review process? To get published, a large part of it is appeasing reviewers, even if you don't completely agree. Reviewers don't know everything. But we have to stroke their egos to get our work accepted for publication.

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I’m begging ya’ll to stop asking your students to interview a professor for their class assignments

I can’t express how excited I am by these results The possibility that neurostimulation can revert neurodegenerative processes of circuit function in a motoneuron disease is truly fascinating and critical for patients, really proud of our team Elvira Pirondini Robert Friedlander 1/2

🚨Helps us recruit participants for our study exploring the effects of Neurostimulation ⚡️🧠 to improve motor function in people with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)!! Help us beat paralysis 💪SMA-Europe SMA Foundation Genentech University of Pittsburgh RNEL UPMC Physician Resources Pitt Neurosurgery

I think it's finally time to put this to bed. Map of countries that are not New Zealand

Ortho, dis you?

I can’t even list all the reasons with 240 characters! 1) dedication to training the next generation of scientists 2) loving being able to share what I love and seeing someone love it for the first time 3) making a huge impact on people’s lives 4) someone took a chance on me