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Inspiring Scientists to continue science-ing by highlighting all the cool, sexy science stuff and beyond. Of course, these are my own thoughts.

Joined April 2018
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Cool! Please help us humanize science! storiesinscience.org – at Stoneham, MA
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Analysis of hippocampal-dependent learning and memory behaviour in mice lacking Nfix from adult neural stem cells. dlvr.it/QfBlrN
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We need to stop giving automatic authority to people with PhDs and MDs (think of all the books out there with pseudoscience hiding behind these letters trailing the author's name). Again, CRITIQUE THE CONTENT. CRITIQUE THE MOTIVE. CRITIQUE THE IMPACT.
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Get a university degree, get a #PhD, leave the academic rat race for professorship and make a career out of #scicomm 🤔🤭🤗 ... you can do whatever the heck you want to if you set your mind to it☝️💪 don't let someone EVER tell you what you can or can't
What is something you were told you could never do (or do well) that you have accomplished/are in the process of accomplishing?
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.@amikokauderer and I are happily married! We were very honored to have @SylvesterTurner officiate our wedding here in our hometown @HoustonTX overlooking @DiscoveryGreen last weekend. We’ll be sharing more from our weekend wedding & what’s next for us soon!
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Mice, rats, and humans can all fall victim to the "sunk cost" bias: ($) scim.ag/2meBtc8
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I just received a sneak peek trailer from @NatGeoChannel for Season 2 of #Mars. I am SO sharing it with all of you beautiful humans out there who love #space #mars #scifi #ComicCon2018 and #Natgeo. Happy Wednesday.
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CRISPR-based gene drives can spread a particular gene through a species at a rapid rate. They've just been used in mammals for the first time: scim.ag/2KKYwtV
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Have laptop, will travel: how one Ph.D. explored her way around the world while working as a scientific editor scim.ag/2KymEzv
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I will be speaking with an astronaut and a couple of JPL/NASA scientists at @NatGeoChannel's Nerd Nite on July 20th during San Diego @Comic_Con International! Come see us if you can!
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Spread the word -- We are looking to hire a research technologist. Interested candidates may apply at jobs.jhu.edu/search/?q=11186.
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There's no such thing as "chemical-free." Everything is chemicals. xitter.gq/Mantia/status/10135597…
What‘s something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?
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The gigantic piece of paper behind me represents more than 4 years of work!! Anytime you’ve seen me post a pic or video from the lab, I was working towards this! [deets: instagram.com/p/BkSycNBF5Lg/] – at Melbourne, Victoria
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Received official notice that my K23 grant is funded (by @NIH_NCCIH)! Over 5 years, I will optimize and evaluate a mindfulness-based intervention to improve sleep during pregnancy + receive in-depth training from leading experts in sleep, mindfulness, and women's health!
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Writing for #podcasts and #broadcast is different than writing for print. Pacing and clause length matters in how far you can pull your listener along @wroush #comscicon18
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CANCER CELL MIGRATION Movie shows a single cancer cell crawling around. Actin (purple); nucleus (yellow); Golgi (blue) #CellBiology #CancerResearch
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O #Canada! Beneath thy shining skies. You were beautiful during my #YearInSpace
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I feel mentoring is very similar to gardening. You cannot transform tomatoes into egg plants (so there is nothing PIs can do about who they are), but you can nurture them so that tomatoes grow to be good tomato plants... So, PIs job is not to mess up with the talent.
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Excited to get a phone call yesterday from @Space_Station from @Astro_Feustel! Reminisced about my old home, #ISS. He sent this photo of the gulf region too. I’m the shiny dot in #AbuDhabi.
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