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Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project www.thetrevorproject.org

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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️

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The AMS is temporarily opening its career services to all who need them, regardless of membership status, and offering dues waivers and meeting registration fee reductions for those impacted by job loss due to changes in the government. Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk

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Remarkable thread offering guidance to current and prospective NSF grantees about how to navigate the times ahead — from an NSF program officer who was fired in yesterday's DOGE purge (!)

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ATTENTION (PLEASE SHARE) If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread. There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.

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A historic graphic of corruption. The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies. (📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)

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If you are a NIH funded researcher and your state is not on this list, you need to be calling your AG office

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KEEP THE PRESSURE ON — Call your reps, senators, state AG and governor!

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Holy shit “fleshy cowboy head” was also a commercial. Fewer body part commercials next year please

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Omg another hair flying off faces commercial WTF is going on

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Oh gosh I can’t decide which commercial will haunt me more, Seal the seal or the coffemate cold foam tongue commercial 🦭👅

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It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.

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Have you been asked, as a federal worker, to do something you don't want to do? But they won't put it in writing? DON'T DO IT. If they're going to punish you? MAKE THEM PUT IT IN WRITING. ALL OF IT. Document, document, document. Act confused. Be confused! Go slow. Require clarity. Lots. Document

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RhlR-mediated cooperation in cystic fibrosis-adapted isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa By @ajaidandekar.bsky.social et al journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

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Is it anything Hfq-like (RNA chaperone)? Or similar to CsrA (global translation modulator)? We don't know yet. But as it stands, Bacteroidota RRM proteins appear as excellent candidates to map post-transcriptional networks in a substantial fraction of the microbiota. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Finally deleted my Twitter account. Kept getting error messages the first few times I tried. Feels great.

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Do you know a UK-based wheelchair user who works in a lab and would be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users? Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...

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1 year ago I was randomly scrolling Twitter and I saw @nedpyle.com posting about this little foster Blinken. Reached out to @doggoneseattle.bsky.social and the rest is history. Wrigley you can have all the soft fuzzy blankets and chase all the balls in the world. Happy gotcha day 🤩

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Y’all our CSA is delivering Ludacrisp apples this week! applerankings.com/ludacrisp-ap...

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Omg GO BLUE

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This week in @science.org Molecular basis of #mRNA delivery to the bacterial #ribosome www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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The Pseudomonas Genome Database is now on Bluesky with the Pseudomonas.com web address! We encourage using the #pseudomonas hashtag to note interesting research #pseudomonas #bacteria #microsky #idsky #PsWatch

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Text this to your cousin who is planning to fry their Turkey this year - www.youtube.com/shorts/4IbIV...

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Hardcover copies of my book are back in stock on Amazon! Get your copy here: a.co/d/aNweOUM 💙📚

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Oh look! @asm.org is here now 🧪🧫

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The #measles vaccine has saved an estimated 5 lives every second since 2000. Prevent measles by getting vaccinated with two doses of the measles vaccine. #VaccinesWork bit.ly/48SAtkf

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