Dr. Natalie Clark

@nmclark2.bsky.social

Computational Scientist in the Proteomics Platform at the Broad Institute. Systems biologist integrating ALL the omics data. Views are my own. She/her.

Healey: Massachusetts insurers have to cover the cost of all vaccines approved by the state, no matter what the brainworm in chief says. This includes MassHealth and GIC.

Can someone please explain to my 11 month old that we lost an hour so he should sleep an hour later, not get up an hour earlier? In other news, this is my annual complaint about DST. I'm so tired 😴

My daughter's daycare just sent out an email about potentially needing to layoff staff because new babies about to start withdrew because of parental job losses. So if you're wondering how government layoffs and mass contract cancellations will affect the economy, here's an example

Travel permits of all US government employees (USDA, NSF) have been revoked shortly before the the maize meeting affecting: - The chair of the meeting - The winner of the most prestigious McClintock award - A plenary speaker - Two short talk presenters - 22 scientists presenting posters. #MGM2025

First slide of the maize meeting.

There is a whole crop of us who lost our minds trying to ramp up careers while handling ever-changing childcare arrangements. Our family went ~ two years without a solid month of scheduled childcare. It has taken so much time & energy to recover, w/the loss of productivity still being felt.

The parents of the youngest children are not okay

An epidemiologist on the health risks of the omicron variant, child care issues, and the unique pandemic struggles of working parents.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 2y ago

HEY PARENTS IN ACADEMIA!!! What do you wish people knew about your experience and how parenting impacts you/your career/your science/etc???