Matthias Egger
@eggersnsf
Former president of @snsf_ch, epidemiology Prof @uniofbern, @BristolUni, @UCT_news. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7462-513 RTs/likes ≠ endorsements.
“It never dawned on me that I was ever going to be considered important”, said American biochemist Florence Seibert as she reflected on her life. Seibert was responsible for developing one of the most important medicines in controlling tuberculosis infections today.
The Trump administration's efforts to slash research funding have US graduate students, postdocs and other early-career scientists fearing for their careers. Some are considering changing jobs or leaving the country. Others say them might abandon research altogether.…
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. nytimes.com/2025/02/10/cli…
Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order nytimes.com/2025/02/06/hea…
Federal Council confirmed today: the plans for federal budget cuts of ~500M/year will proceed. These cuts threaten the ETH, @snsf_ch (affecting PhD candidates, postdocs, Ambizione), and the teaching quality & student mobility, among others.
‘Stamp out paper mills’ — science sleuths on how to fight fake research nature.com/articles/d4158… @WCRIFoundation @NRIN_Integrity @C0PE @scholarlykitchn @LSEImpactBlog @ZonMw @NWONieuws @peerrevcongress @OpenScience_NL @OSFramework
As the volume of published articles outpaces the number of practicing scientists, academics are increasingly overwhelmed. Where does this growth leave researchers? A new study published in @QSS_ISSI assesses the strain on scientific publishing. #OpenAccess direct.mit.edu/qss/article/do…
It's still true that no philosopher has had a bigger impact on science than Popper, who argued that we should make risky and bold predictions to test our ideas. Do the killer experiment, he would say; the one that has a chance to kill your hypothesis.
Can’t argue with @TimHarford 😂 “Here’s the problem with forecasts: some of them are right, and some of them are wrong, and by the time we find out which is which, it’s too late.” Great piece - and why #forecasts don’t help #PandemicPreparedness @BEreadyCohort @eggersnsf
The "forecasting paradox" - for a forecast to be useful, it's neither necessary nor sufficient that the forecast be correct: ft.com/content/ad6ba0…
Another ivermectin-COVID-19 retraction, this one of a paper by @SabinehazanMD @P_McCulloughMD et al. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… It's the 12th for the drug, among the 467 retractions of COVID-19 papers on our list. retractionwatch.com/retracted-coro…
Wonderful news to end the year with: the agreement between the European Union and Switzerland, which includes Switzerland's association with Horizon Europe, has been signed! I look forward to welcoming our colleagues from Switzerland back into the ERC!
Epidemiologist @PlacideMbala , who led research into the #Mpox outbreak that has killed hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is one of the remarkable individuals chosen for this year’s Nature’s 10. nature.com/articles/d4158… @SwissTPH @eggersnsf @Network_MMS
Exciting news! The Japanese edition of Systematic Reviews in Health Research, which we had the honor of translating, is now available! thanks to Professors @eggersnsf, Julian Higgins, @mendel_random for this groundbreaking work! #SystematicReviews #HealthResearch #MetaAnalysis
Systematic Reviews in Health Research: Meta-analysis in context (3rd edition) by @eggersnsf Julian Higgins now available in Japanese amazon.co.jp/dp/4469269972
📸🖼️🎞️Stunning photos, startling videos... to give research a face. That's what we are looking for in the SNSF Scientific Image Competition. Take part and submit your best images! 📌Submission deadline: 31 January 2025
Study of homeopathic treatments as replacement for antibiotics “by the Bavarian State Parliament fails.” faz.net/aktuell/wissen…