
Stefan Rödiger
Prof. & Researcher focused on #Bioanalytics, #Bioinformatics, #Pharma, Human #diagnostics (#LiquidBiopsy) and a bit #Forensics

Next Monday I'll be giving a talk with @yabellini at the Big Team Science Conference. We'll be talking about @rOpenSci's community and resources for working together on statistical analysis code. After years of working independently, I've met some great colleagues and learned a lot. https://bigteamscienceconference.github.io

Big publishers took actions that are making your research output less FAIR than it was before. And we paid for that.
"That's 533,080 / 2,366,604 = 22.5% with abstracts in OpenAlex—a dramatic fall from the ~83% Bianca reported in November 2024." https://doi.org/10.59350/5cj54-ha154

"OpenAlex Analytics alpha is paused." https://openalex.org/analytics
@OpenAlex has paused their Analytics Dashboard alpha because it's too expensive and they want to focus on the backend rewrite.
Hopefully, they'll continue their work in the future! I really liked their interactive query writing interface.

Von Sicherheit in Krisenzeiten bis zu neuen Therapieansätzen bei Darmkrebs: Die DFG fördert vier neue #Forschungsgruppen mit insgesamt rund 20,5 Millionen Euro, darunter eine im Rahmen der D-A-CH-Zusammenarbeit mit dem @SNF_ch Schweizerischen Nationalfonds (SNF).
Einzelheiten: https://www.dfg.de/de/service/presse/pressemitteilungen/2025/pressemitteilung-nr-31

UK theoretical neuroscience workshop - Dec 16 in London. I'll be speaking at this alongside a load of other cool people. Come along! (It's free.)
https://dpinotsis.wixsite.com/uk-theoretical-neuro
#neuroscience #ComputationalNeuroscience #TheoreticalNeuroscience

Begutachtung, Bewertung ➡️ und dann die Entscheidung: Heute tagt der Hauptausschuss der DFG wieder turnusmäßig – und beschließt auch die #Förderung zahlreicher Projektanträge. Welchen Weg ein Förderantrag bis hier genommen hat und wie das Entscheidungsverfahren funktioniert, erklären wir in dieser Übersicht:
https://fcld.ly/entscheidungsweg

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Our study in Scientific Reports evaluates the performance of the CytoBead ANA 2 assay, a novel one-step method for detecting antinuclear antibodies (ANA) and specific autoantibodies in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs).
We compared CytoBead ANA 2 to traditional ANA indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) and the BioPlex™ 2200 multiplexed assay, finding substantial agreement (κ=0.74) and comparable diagnostic accuracy. The assay also effectively identified the dense-fine speckled (DFS) pattern associated with anti-DFS70 antibodies in non-SARDs patients.
This approach streamlines ANA testing by combining screening and confirmation in a single step, offering a promising alternative to the current two-tier process.
Read the full paper: Nature Scientific Reports
#Autoimmunity #Rheumatology #Diagnostics #ANA #Research