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Diana Crow (aka CatalyticRxn)

@dianacrow.bsky.social
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Science writer, procrastinator, investigator of curiosities.

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Diana Crow (aka CatalyticRxn) @dianacrow.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
My website (dianacrowscience.com) is down. I'm working to get it reinstated but don't have access to my email. If you need to reach me via email, please use crow.j103@gmail.com.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
If any sharky grad students want to do a larger-scale version of this, do it with my blessing, just let me know how it goes! And here's a template paper for fisheries from @trevorabranch.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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What makes some fisheries references highly cited?
We identify the 199 most-cited fisheries references up to July 2014, topped by Nelson's Fishes of the World. Few book chapters, databases or reports were included, but review articles and field guide...
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Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
NSF is re-hiring nearly all fired probationary employees following an OPM directive and a Friday judge order. This is 84/86 probationary staff being hired back; 84 "experts" are still terminated My Signal : nidhisubs.11
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Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
If you're a journalist downloading CDC data today, please consider filling out this form so we have a centralized guide to who has what. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Downloaded CDC Data And Where To Find It
Journalists and scientists are downloading a bunch of public health data they suspect might be at risk of deletion. Instead of all of us privately reinventing the wheel over and over, what if we share...
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Nsikan Akpan @monscience.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The CDC's landing page for HIV is down, and the recirculation link is broken. I mean, it's HIV... ::rubs temples:: www.cdc.gov/hiv/about/in...
A CDC webpage displaying the message "The page you were looking for has moved." The URL shown in the browser is cdc.gov/hiv/. The message indicates that users will be automatically redirected to the new location within 10 seconds, with an option to click a link labeled "HIV" for immediate access.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 27/01/2025
Most of the money that researchers spend is on paying other researchers. In other words, canceling research funds is taking money out of local economies by removing people and their spending power from them. 🧪
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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 27/01/2025
🧪 @apoorvanyt.bsky.social details how the #H5N1 outbreak has escalated, infecting over 900 dairy herds and 67 people, and resulting in one death. Experts warn of pandemic risks as reinfections, mutations, and food contamination complicate containment. 🩺 🛟
nytimes.com
Bird Flu Enters a New Phase, Scientists Say (Gift Article)
A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including cattle that may have been reinfected.
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MaggieBeth @maggiebeth.space · 27/01/2025
Seeing that NSF panels are being cancelled. How will this affect the GRFP? I’m sure there will be some impact, similar to NIH panel cancellations leading to some grad programs reducing the number of spots for this year. 🔭🧪
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Diana Crow (aka CatalyticRxn) @dianacrow.bsky.social · 02/11/2023
Wow! People spend 30-50% of their time thinking about something other than what they are currently doing. Glad to know it's not just me & excited to dig into this review later. #Neuroskyence www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Diana Crow (aka CatalyticRxn) @dianacrow.bsky.social · 02/11/2023
#HiSciSky! I'm a science writer, mostly working for Harvard's Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) dept & constantly reading science news stories. I'd like to join some of the science feeds! 🔬🧬🧠🧪
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Teresa Lee @snickclunk.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
Calling all geneticists! Remember to get your #TAGC24 abstracts submitted by *Thurs Nov 9* for consideration for a talk. (about a week away!) Come present your work to science-friends spanning all the model organism communities AND MORE! genetics-gsa.org/tagc-2024/ab... 🧬 #Celegans #drosophila
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John Upton @johnupton.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
The Solutions Journalism Network is looking for a new leader for its climate initiatives. jobs.lever.co/solutionsjou...
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Solutions Journalism Network - Director, Climate
Title: Director, Climate Reports to: Chief Program & Operating Officer Position Type: Full Time Location: Hybrid for candidates in the New York City area who are able to work from SJN’s midtown offi...
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Diana Crow (aka CatalyticRxn) @dianacrow.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
It's weird being a social media "egg" again
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Popular Science @popsci.com · 01/11/2023
Evolution is so cool. 🧪
popsci.com
The sea star's whole body is a head
‘It’s not at all what scientists have assumed about these animals.’
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Ainissa Ramirez, PhD @ainissaramirez.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
Happy Norbert Rillieux Day! He was an African American inventor who came up with a process to turn sugar cane juice into sugar crystals. #Halloween would be nothing without his innovation.
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Popular Science @popsci.com · 31/10/2023
People living by the Cape Fear River have been plagued by PFAS pollution for years. Now, the problem looks even more drastic. 🧪
popsci.com
8 new types of 'forever chemicals' found in river linked to US cancer cluster
North Carolina researchers identified eight new PFAS or "forever chemicals" at a Chemours Fayetteville Works Plant near the Cape Fear River.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
The news in the world is awful, but it's almost Halloween, so let's talk about pumpkin enrichment for big cats. This is Jinx the black leopard (Big Cat Rescue, Florida) enjoying shredding a pumpkin.
Jinx the black leopard at Florida Big Cat rescue absolutely tearing into a pumpkin.  You can read more about Jinx (and his rescue story) here:
https://bigcatrescue.org/jinx/
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Diana Crow (aka CatalyticRxn) @dianacrow.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
Hi, everyone! I'm a science writer working for Harvard's Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) department. Here to figure out how this platform works!
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