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Cara Marshall

@carajmarshall.bsky.social

Speechwriter. Communications director for 🇨🇦’s chief science advisor @chiefscican.bsky.social

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Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · last yr.

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · last yr.

Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

HHS Winds Down mRNA Vaccine Development Under BARDA WASHINGTON, DC—AUGUST 5, 2025—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), including the cancellation and de-scoping of various contracts and solicitations. The decision follows a comprehensive review of mRNA-related investments initiated during the COVID-19 public health emergency. “We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted,” said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “BARDA is terminating 22 mRNA vaccine development investments because the data show these vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu. We’re shifting that funding toward safer, broader vaccine platforms that remain effective even as viruses mutate.”
Grandiloquent Word of the Day@grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · last yr.

Cullion [KUL-ee-un] (n.) - A base, despicable, or vile fellow; a rascal. A rude, mean-spirited person. Used in a sentence: “That slubberdegullion is a smelly old cullion, strutting through gilded halls; if you mention the list, he’ll clench up his fist and say that the news is false.”

Grandiloquent Word of the Day logo - Sepia-toned graphic with a baroque Victorian typeface and a pen-and-ink illustration of a corpulent old guy in a top hat, walking with an air of superiority as he knocks upon a door while holding a long list in his hand.
Vanessa Sung, PhD | 宋宜臻，生化博士 🇹🇼🇨🇦@vanessasung.bsky.social · last yr.

The world’s first case of personalized CRISPR therapy! This is an amazing achievement with a Canadian connection - the CRISPR therapy was delivered using lipid nanoparticles developed by Acuitas Therapeutics, a company based in BC 🧪 🇨🇦

Nature@nature.com · last yr.

A baby boy with a devastating genetic disease is thriving after becoming the first known person to receive a bespoke, CRISPR therapy-for-one, designed to correct his specific disease-causing mutation https://go.nature.com/4ml3ZW6

Vanessa Sung, PhD | 宋宜臻，生化博士 🇹🇼🇨🇦@vanessasung.bsky.social · last yr.

In dark uncertain times, it’s ever more important to have hope. Not passive hope. We need to work, resist, fight w/ hope. Pls read this excellent speech by 🇨🇦 Vice-Chief Science Advisor & remember that the human scientific spirit will not be dimmed #science 🧪 www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-s...

When Science Stand Strong

Ceci est le texte que j'ai livré à la réception offerte par le Consulat Canadien à Boston le 13 février 2025 This is the text I delivered at the reception offered by the Canadian Consulate in Boston o...

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Cara Marshall@carajmarshall.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is fascinating. “… although individual ants cannot grasp the global nature of the puzzle, their collective motion translates into emergent cognitive skills.” Full paper is here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... www.threads.net/@itsthemind/...

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Ants Solving A Puzzle Credit: "Comparing cooperative geometric puzzle solving in ants versus humans" (scientific paper, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2414274121, Tabea Dreyer, Amir Haluts Amos Korma...

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Cara Marshall@carajmarshall.bsky.social · 2y ago

Taking this occasion of Sagan’s 90th birthday to reflect on the awesome and somewhat comforting reality that “the earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.” There’s a lot of stuff out there in the universe… Maybe some of it is intelligent?

A photo of the grave of Carl Sagan, taken by the author many years ago. It depicts a black stone slab flush against the grass that reads “Carl Edward Sagan, November 9, 1934 to December 20, 1996.” Surrounding the gravestone are scores of blue marbles, representing the earth, or “pale blue dot, which were left by people paying their respects over the years. Also in the frame is a copy of Isaac Asimov’s _Foundations Edge_. Bild