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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

If any sharky grad students want to do a larger-scale version of this, do it with my blessing, just let me know how it goes! And here's a template paper for fisheries from @trevorabranch.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

NSF is re-hiring nearly all fired probationary employees following an OPM directive and a Friday judge order. This is 84/86 probationary staff being hired back; 84 "experts" are still terminated My Signal : nidhisubs.11

If you're a journalist downloading CDC data today, please consider filling out this form so we have a centralized guide to who has what. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The CDC's landing page for HIV is down, and the recirculation link is broken. I mean, it's HIV... ::rubs temples:: www.cdc.gov/hiv/about/in...

Most of the money that researchers spend is on paying other researchers. In other words, canceling research funds is taking money out of local economies by removing people and their spending power from them. 🧪

🧪 @apoorvanyt.bsky.social details how the #H5N1 outbreak has escalated, infecting over 900 dairy herds and 67 people, and resulting in one death. Experts warn of pandemic risks as reinfections, mutations, and food contamination complicate containment. 🩺 🛟

Seeing that NSF panels are being cancelled. How will this affect the GRFP? I’m sure there will be some impact, similar to NIH panel cancellations leading to some grad programs reducing the number of spots for this year. 🔭🧪

Wow! People spend 30-50% of their time thinking about something other than what they are currently doing. Glad to know it's not just me & excited to dig into this review later. #Neuroskyence www.nature.com/articles/s44...

#HiSciSky! I'm a science writer, mostly working for Harvard's Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) dept & constantly reading science news stories. I'd like to join some of the science feeds! 🔬🧬🧠🧪

Calling all geneticists! Remember to get your #TAGC24 abstracts submitted by *Thurs Nov 9* for consideration for a talk. (about a week away!) Come present your work to science-friends spanning all the model organism communities AND MORE! genetics-gsa.org/tagc-2024/ab... 🧬 #Celegans #drosophila

The Solutions Journalism Network is looking for a new leader for its climate initiatives. jobs.lever.co/solutionsjou...

It's weird being a social media "egg" again

Evolution is so cool. 🧪

Happy Norbert Rillieux Day! He was an African American inventor who came up with a process to turn sugar cane juice into sugar crystals. #Halloween would be nothing without his innovation.

People living by the Cape Fear River have been plagued by PFAS pollution for years. Now, the problem looks even more drastic. 🧪

The news in the world is awful, but it's almost Halloween, so let's talk about pumpkin enrichment for big cats. This is Jinx the black leopard (Big Cat Rescue, Florida) enjoying shredding a pumpkin.

Hi, everyone! I'm a science writer working for Harvard's Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) department. Here to figure out how this platform works!