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angelaandersen.bsky.social
Loves science and scientists. Mom, wife, science consultant, runner, Canadian transplant. "Humankind cannot bear very much reality" T.S. Eliot. Life Science Editors Foundation www.lifescienceeditors.org & Life Science Editors www.lifescienceeditors.com
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My home city again showing everyone how it’s done 👏🏾 www.boston.com/news/local-n...

Collier is a science communications hero.

Our upcoming 4-hour interactive workshop for PhDs and Post-docs at the Huntsman Cancer Institute next week is hosted by @sfmatheson.bsky.social and @angelaandersen.bsky.social, both former Cell Press editors. DM us if you want us to host a workshop at your institute.

Fellow Canadian, Seth Rogen, keeping it real. www.cracked.com/article_4622...

Friends, I am at the airport five hours in advance. I am SO ENERGIZED .

There are few things more humbling than the passport photo.

Endothelial cells don’t just passively absorb nutrients—they can say NO. This preprint reveals a protective checkpoint mechanism in which nitric oxide (NO) functions as a molecular switch to limit lipid uptake under metabolic stress. sciety.org/articles/act...

Check out one of our #Snippets, written by talented communicators and former-journal editors on our LSE team. Bringing cool science to your feeds in a digestible way. This one is a technological and biological tour de force published recently in @cp-cell.bsky.social but our write-up is better👇

Evo 2 reveals internal features that align with known biology, such as transcription factor motifs and structural domains. It also reveals other features that remain unannotated, suggesting unexplored dimensions of genome function. 🎉 sciety.org/articles/act...

This Prepraise for Preprints is brought to you by... Kelp! sciety.org/articles/act...

Is your spouse asking you to read their manuscript or R01? Is it the LAST thing you'd like to do this weekend? LOOK NO FURTHER. We're a bunch of former journal editors who love science and editing. Send this to your spouse (or spare your spouse) today 😉https://www.lifescienceeditors.com/submit/

1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world. 
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.

Embryonic timing isn't just about external signals—it's wired into the genome! 🚀 This study from Maria Rostovskaya's group at the Babraham Institute reveals a transcriptional clock that autonomously regulates the human pluripotency transition. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

This dataviz is absolutely amazing 😍 Global bird species' conservation status displayed as a massive flock! By Andrea Garrec, longlisted for the 2024 Information Is Beautiful Awards www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/731... #dataviz 📊🌏🧪🐦🦉🦆🦅

Check out this fabulous preprint from the Moon lab at the University of Michigan www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... and my prepraise sciety.org/articles/act... Congratulations to all the authors!🎉

Congratulations to JEDI Awardee Dr. Aishe Sarshad, Associate Professor at Gothenburg University! She will receive expert advice from LSEF volunteer Dr. Shawna Hiley! lifescienceeditors.org/success-stor...

THIS IS THE BEST NEWSLETTER EVER AND YOU MUST READ IT

Great new Snippet from @sfmatheson.bsky.social ! www.lifescienceeditors.com/2025/03/14/d...

PLEASE MAKE MORE

Last night in my dreams I was fixing a gel, and I made the fix with BSA and glycerol and scrunched a sequencing gel into a beaker. This is going to be one ugly autorad.

So I guess I should hide the awards I won for my DEI work or the articles I wrote on topics important to making science accessible. Just kidding, of course, because I’m not, I can’t, and I shouldn’t have to change who I am to be eligible for research funding.This should be unacceptable to everyone.

Much will be written about how 4 PhD students and a PhD –Colette Delawalla, Sam Goldstein, Emma Courtney, Leslie Berntsen & JP Flores – organized @standupforscience.bsky.social to unite scientists in the US and worldwide. Now let's keep the momentum going to defend science! bsky.app/starter-pack...

Great new snippet from @sfmatheson.bsky.social . I would really like a counter snippet from the virus perspective! 😉https://www.lifescienceeditors.com/2025/03/06/a-plant-virus-manipulates-both-its-host-plant-and-the-insect-that-facilitates-its-transmission/

Science is under attack. And we are going to sit back and watch it happen. Use the link below to learn more about rallies happening nationwide on Friday (March 7th) and to find a location near you. I hope to see big crowds on Friday! standupforscience2025.org

"Despite multiple attacks by the eagle, the goose remained unbowed. The raptor, defeated, flew off." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Here’s some tax-free Canadian content from you—a demographic known for its compassionate healthcare system and clever, layered lyrics (present company included, of course; I’ve been in the U.S. long enough not to shy away from virtue signaling and self-promotion) www.youtube.com/watch?v=aynC...

I love getting spam emails from marketing specialists that ask "How are you currently getting patients for scientific editing?" Now I'm asking all sorts of existential questions and rebranding questions, and wondering if I'm a "real doctor" after all. 🙃

JEDI awards are offered quarterly to scientists facing unfair and systemic obstacles to career progression. The award provides expert feedback on a manuscript, short grant proposal, or job application. Deadline March 10! lifescienceeditors.org/apply/

Very grounding and uplifting in a world of chaos - this newsletter is one of the things that helps me not give up entirely buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

Every Friday, I write a debrief about what’s happening in science & higher ed. It goes out late, and is written for all the friends & colleagues I wish I could sit down and talk it through with over drinks. buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

When efforts on DEIB are at risk, all help is great. Plus, I love the bame of these awards. Sharing for those that may benefit, applying for a job requires preparation💪🏿💪🏾💪🏽💪🏼💪🏻

🌟 Postdocs on the Job Market! 🌟 JEDI awards celebrate justice, equity, diversity, & inclusion in science & can give you expert feedback on your job application & CV before they're scrutinized by search committees. Let us help you shine! Next Deadline: March 10th lifescienceeditors.org/apply/

Deep tissue transcriptomics sounds a little bit like a spa treatment www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

During these times of uncertainty, new scientific discoveries can provide hope and maybe joy. Thrilled to share Natalie’s work - a new preprint from Anguera lab: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Guns are the #1 killer of American children & teens. These Parkland students & educators had a right to live, love, & prosper. Their dreams were violently stripped from them by weak & craven members of Congress & other elected officials who sacrifice children for gun industry profits.

US science is under attack ‘Americans who value the spirit of discovery — and eagerly await new ways to confront disease, strengthen our economy and improve the quality of human life — need to issue a strong outcry.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...

Californian here. Where do I sign?

Weeks ago I highlighted the false balance of “if only scientists could communicate better”. One OpEd writer kindly reached out to me and I want to share my main response to them because I find it remarkable that people still can’t see what we are now all seeing has been under way for years. 🧵👇