I help biomedical postdocs do awesome stuff | Alumna @EmoryUniversity @VanderbiltU | postdoc affairs | sci admin | I'm very into cats | views = mine | she/her
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1/ Alright the people have spoken and they want more cat genetics. So, I present to you all "Cat Coat Genetics 101: A Tweetorial", feat. pics of many real life cats (for science, of course...this baby is Caterpillar).
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🧪 What I wish I'd known about lab notebooks in year 1:
A thread about what has actually worked for me (learned the hard way...) 🧵
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People: What productivity software do you us?
Me:
ALT A task on the list "NOW" that says "take out the trash" and under that it says "135 weeks ago."
If you’re on the Bethesda campus of NIH, the Nerds In Harmony a cappella group will be singing TODAY at noon in the courtyard outside of the B1 cafeteria in Building 10! Come hear some music while you eat lunch!
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Got a reviewer commenting that my writing should be proofread by a native English speaker. I hope this reply I’m drafting isn’t too much! 😬
So thrilled for this news!!
Mary Munson has been elected to serve as President of ASCB in 2025. Munson, a Professor in the Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology at UMass Chan Medical School, will serve as President-Elect on the ASCB Executive Committee beginning in 2024. R ascb.org/society-news/mary-m…
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Last year, a coworker randomly asked me to hand-deliver an antique violin across the country. I said yes, because why not. I had no idea what I was getting into, and now I need your help. A 🧵
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it finally happened. I got to be the first person to tell a kid why the barbed wire fence in his backyard is always covered with impaled lizards
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ChatGPT is everywhere and everyone is using it.
But most academics don't know how to use it *smartly.*
Here's how to use ChatGPT intelligently (and ethically) for academic purposes:
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PhDs is trending so I want to remind the world you don’t need a PhD to be a scientist.
I cannot adequately explain to you all how excited I am to now have an ACTUAL PERMANENT DESK in the office and to see my name on the wall above it. It’s the little things that make you feel like you belong ❤️
Wholesome educator content, I love everything about this thread ❤️
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This weekend, my lab tried a new experiment: we wrote a paper in one day! Inspired by @JnfrLTackett, we blocked out a whole Sunday, & in <8 hours, we cranked out a surprisingly decent full-length draft. Plus, we had fun, ate a lot of snacks, & fit in a Starbucks run. Here's how!
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Me to 10-year-old: Want to talk about your day?
10 yo: No. Let's talk about cat genetics.
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I’m an autoclave.
I’m an essential machine widely used across many fields.
This is my daily routine:
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Really excited to launch @Dev_journal "Pathway to Independence Programme"
Are you, or do you know, a dev bio or stem cell researcher planning to apply for their 1st PI position in 2023?
Then this scheme is for you. See how to apply:
journals.biologists.com/dev/…
Public opinion question of the day: With the current postdoc crisis at the front of mind, fair postdoc salary is one of the first issues that we talk about. But what would a fair postdoc salary actually look like?? Throw some numbers at me, either here or DM me!
