Peyton Lab
@peytonlab.bsky.social
Biomedical Engineering @TuftsBME #blacklivesmatter #biomaterials #cancer #TBI. Tweets by Shelly Peyton PhD she/her/hers. 🏳️🌈😷
also this same org has this super useful infographic, breaking down the difference between direct and indirect (also called Facilities and Administration) costs and what F&A costs can and cannot be used for at a research university or institute
Rebecca D. Burdine, PhD@rburdine1.bsky.social · last yr.PDF fact sheet: www.aau.edu/sites/defaul...
"As out of fashion as it is to talk this way, we are all really in this together. Academia and industry do different things most of the time, and we each benefit from that. And that’s why the silence from industry about what’s going on with the NIH et al. is so infuriating."
Derek Lowe@dereklowe.bsky.social · last yr.Biopharma companies and CEOs are keeping their heads down at their own peril. They should speak up about what’s happening to the NIH and other science agencies before it’s too late. Silence gives consent. And no one should consent to this.
Join us at the HUB annual meeting! It's directly before the #SFB annual meeting - so easy for you biomaterials folks. one day meeting, packed with great speakers and networking, and an opportunity for pilot grant $$!!!
HUBCenterOfficial@hubcenter.bsky.social · last yr.Excited to introduce the HUB and our free inaugural Annual Meeting! Attending this meeting offers an opportunity for $100k pilot grants for faculty! The new innovative program is also great for students and post docs. Register TODAY by clicking the link below: forms.gle/fdviGSeY1epo...
Travel Award Announcement! @lolaumich.bsky.social and @kellystevens.bsky.social have won an NIH center grant, Humanity Unlocking Biomaterials (the HUB): www.humanityunlockingbiomaterials.org
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There is something about a haka that is absolutely undeniable. It’s embodied resistance to colonization that is completely alive & a source of strength & determination. It’s a practice that reminds these people of their power. They blocked this bill that would have rolled back indigenous rights.
Josh | writer, painter, tinkerer@tworuru.com · 2y agothis rules 🇳🇿 #nzpol
🧪New paper out from @peytonlab.bsky.social , my **first** first author paper! In it we show how crosslinking kinetics of thermosetting polymers can be tuned by copolymerization with macromonomers as a way of shielding reactive sites pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Molecularly Shielded, On-Demand, Ultrasound-Cured Polymer Networks
Networks formed from polymers can range from soft hydrogels to ultrahard protective coatings, making them useful for a wide range of applications, from cell culture to highly bonded adhesives. Polymer...
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6 hour flight delay on a saturday at bradley means everyone's getting their email's answered.
NIGMS program officer talking about T32s: "The stipend is meant to defray living expenses. It is not meant to be a living wage."
🧪 My department is hiring! Tenure track faculty position in genetics. Researchers using any eukaryotic model, including fungi and plants are encouraged to apply! We are a broad biology department with strengths across all kingdoms. Join us! Apply by March 1 tinyurl.com/y4evds8p
The 2023-2024 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 125 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList Add a job: forms.gle/KHsGtn5nroc5... Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/
Parody newspapers have a long tradition in American political speech. Bringing criminal charges against students for this is really bad. dailynorthwestern.com/2024/02/02/l...
Letter calls on Students Publishing Company to drop criminal complaint against two students connecte...
Eighty-nine student organizations, faculty and Northwestern community members signed a letter to the editor published by North by Northwestern Friday calling on Students Publishing Company — The Dai...
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Arizona, California, Massachusetts, New York, Alaska, Florida, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming, you no longer need to go through a commercial preparer to do the free e-file: the IRS is pilot testing a direct version in your states
Alexander Howard@digiphile.bsky.social · 3y agoThe U.S. Department of the Treasury launched the pilot Direct File website for the Internal Revenue Service! directfile.irs.gov. Taxpayers from 12 states can now file federal taxes directly with the IRS for free this season. No flying cars yet, but Americans are getting better digital .gov services
christ RIP to carl weathers. a hilarious, insanely charismatic actor. he should have been one of the biggest stars on the planet. variety.com/2024/film/ne...
Carl Weathers, ‘Rocky’s’ Apollo Creed and ‘Mandalorian’ Actor, Dies at 76
Carl Weathers, who starred as Apollo Creed in the first four 'Rocky' films, died Tuesday. He was 76.
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You saw the headline, now look at what happened when scientists actually evaluate the headline
This would have made them so much easier to learn!
M. Eugenio Vazquez@glowsticks.bsky.social · 3y agoThis allowed her to reduce the size of the data files needed to describe the sequence of amino acids in a protein, which I can imagine was a big deal in the 1960s, when hard drives had MB capacities 💾
New #LTEE paper out in #Science today. I wrote about it here, with an emphasis on "how civility, cooperation, and collaboration can succeed even in the highly competitive world of science." the-ltee.org/an-update-to... And here's a link to the paper itself: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An Update to the Changing Distribution of Fitness Effects
About a year and a half ago, I wrote about a pair of papers posted on the bioRxiv preprint website. Both papers examined the evolution of the distribution of fitness effects (DFE) in the LTEE popula...
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This is terrible. To me, this is a signal that the department chair does not care about their colleague. I would also write a great letter but I will also add that the department chair needs to do more to support their colleagues in the letter.
Prof. Andrea Armani@drarmani.bsky.social · 3y agoDear all dept chairs: Pls give tenure & promotion letter writers more than 2-3wks. This is really important. Dear all Asst (and Assoc) profs, Yes, I'm going to agree to write a letter, and yes, I'm going to do a good job. Don't worry. 🧪 💡 @academic-chatter.bsky.social
This is such an important lesson, y'all: peer networks are so often where the most relevant and useful support can happen.
Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · 3y agoHere’s what I tell my student when they express this anxiety: Write in community along the way and your community will be there to support you further down the path too. Share your work with friends. Go to readings and cheer on peers and mentors. Activate yourself as a literary citizen.
FGF9 binds to integrin αvβ3 (Other integrins?) Integrin-binding deficient FGF9 R108E variant acts as a dominant negative mutant in MAPK signaling + Cell proliferation How? Competing for FGF receptors or HSPG or FGF9 WT monomer?🤔 Yoshikazu Takada lab bioRxiv 2023 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I read an article that always haunted me about a humanist tech writer who met with the "ultra wealthy" thinking they would want to know how to use their vast wealth and power to avoid a climate disaster. Instead they all wanted to know how best to insulate themselves from it
Our evaluative practices CYCLICALLY REINFORCE unequal outcomes
The 2023-2024 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 115 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList Add a job: forms.gle/KHsGtn5nroc5... Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/
lot to unpack here.
skooks@skookses.bsky.social · 3y agoLSU political science professor is married to another LSU political science professor. He is sleeping with his graduate assistant. He also has the grad assistant scan the wife's syllabi for evidence of Critical Race Theory to use in lobbying for anti-CRT legislation. twitter.com/ag_landry/st...
This week, I flex my plastic expertise to talk about one of my least favorite influencer products of 2023. Join me for a lesson on toxicology, recycling, disability, and more! #plastics #scicomm #AirUp thatannamarie.substack.com/p/you-dont-n...
You Don't Need A Scented Water Bottle
On plastic to avoid...a new series?
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For my friends with long covid, this is a great interview (from last May) of Dr. James Jackson. I'm excited to read his book! For my friends who know someone with long covid: have a listen, especially around the 33:30 mark. www.npr.org/2023/05/08/1...
