Kay-Marie Lamar (@KayMarieLamar) profile picture

2022-2023 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, geneticist, twin mom, foodie

Joined May 2020
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Students from around the US gathered at NSF to start a 9 week Summer Scholars Internship Program - doing work to expand AI, visualize NSF funding in education, and communicate EPSCoR successes. So cool! So proud of their success so far. @BeaucoupChem @teamkorie @KayMarieLamar
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So excited to announce that I have started a new position as a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow! I'll be working at the NSF Directorate for Engineering, Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities. Honored to be a part of the 50th @AAAS_STPF class!
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Kay-Marie Lamar retweeted
BEFORE WE GO: Parents of small kids who still can’t get vaccinated, I see you #TheSourceKasie🕵🏻
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Great to have a night of food and fun with the lab - only regret is too busy eating to snap a group pic!! @calhoujd @KayMarieLamar @HC_Happ @jen_z_cheng @Aish__Ram and others not (yet) on Twitter
Replying to @CarvillLab
@CarvillLab Pizza night makes its glorious return!! pizza numero uno 1/tbd
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Kay-Marie Lamar retweeted
Staying up to date with your #COVID19 vaccines: 1. Helps protect you from severe illness & death from all known variants 2. Lowers your risk of infection 3. Slows the spread of COVID-19 4. Helps slow the emergence of new variants Find a vaccine: vaccines.gov.
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The Clock is ticking (bit.ly/CRCountUp). Please pass the updated budget by Feb 18 so that life-saving biomedical research continues to be funded. #fundscience #CRsStopProgress @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer @LeaderMcConnell @GOPLeader
Shoutout to grad student Aishwarya (not on Twitter) for securing a win for team #OldBay with unanimous fave veggie puffs at our inaugural @CarvillLab bakeoff challenge – at Chicago, IL
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I have the BEST lab… student gave practice talk, we ran out of time&I had to go, walk in lab 45 min later&they all STILL going through slides giving feedback! Lovit! THIS is how trainees succeed! thx @calhoujd @KayMarieLamar @HC_Happ &others not yet on Twitter
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Had a great meeting with @RepBillFoster today about his continued support of biomedical research, including #neuroscience research and funding for the @NIH, @NSF, and @USBrainAlliance. @MarshaPiercePhD #SfNHillDay #NeuroAdvocate #BrainAwarenessWeek
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Thank you to Jessica McNiece (@cusejess) from @SenatorDurbin's office for meeting with us today about the impact of the pandemic on biomedical research and the importance of continued funding for the @NIH, @NSF, and @USBrainAlliance. #SfNHillDay #NeuroAdvocate #BrainAwarenessWeek
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Thank you to Jessica Liu from @SenDuckworth’s office for meeting with us today about the impact of the pandemic on biomedical research and the importance of continued funding for the @NIH, @NSF, and the VA Medical and Prosthetic Research program. #SfNHillDay #NeuroAdvocate
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For #WomenInScienceDay I would like to shout out my labmates, @KayMarieLamar, @pneivaschneider, @HC_Happ, @mcalovesdna, Aishwarya, and Jennifer (not on Twitter). They are awesome scientists and I feel lucky to be able to work with them!
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🎉Congrats to the 20 early-career scientists who were recently chosen to join the 2021 SfN Early Career Policy Ambassadors (ECPA) program! Read more about the 2021 ambassadors: bit.ly/3aY2Xvr
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Kay-Marie Lamar retweeted
Pandemic hit academic mothers especially hard, new data confirm sciencemag.org/careers/2021/…
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Let's celebrate Black History Month - this week we want to honor Claudette Colvin (1939), Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862 - 1931), and Jane Bolin (1908 - 2007).
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