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Jennifer Schisa

@jschisa.bsky.social
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Bio Prof at CMU. Fan of phase transitions, oocyte quality, developmental cell bio, cool imaging, and the worm.

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Xantha Karp @xanthakarp.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The Central Michigan University contingent had a fantastic time at #wormtopicmeeting2026 in Madison! C. elegans meetings are the best
Five people with name tags posing for the camera in front of a colorful display
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Stacey D. Smith @iochromaland.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
On Friday, my son stayed home from school because he had a sore throat and wasn’t feeling well. He went with my husband to his office for the morning while I handled our daughter. When he came back at lunch, he was not interested in eating, saying his throat hurt too much. 1/n
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors... Being silent won't protect you.
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Are you a scientist or student heading to a @standupforscience.bsky.social ‬rally this Friday? We want to hear from you. Tell us about yourself and why you’re going, how far you’re traveling, why you’re fired up, and whether there will be car snacks. Call or text us at (646) 767-6532.
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Jack Lee @jackjlee.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Working on a story for @sfchronicle.com about the administration's impacts to science, including #NIH and #NSF funding. Hoping to chat with early-career scientists, especially grad students and postdocs, about how you've been affected. Thanks! Signal: jacklee.55
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/02/2025
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s idea of efficiency is stopping research on curing cancer.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 13/02/2025
See here's how to do a headline. fortune.com/2025/02/13/e...
Some federal workers are ‘getting wealthy at taxpayer expense,’ says Elon Musk, whose companies have received at least $20 billion from the government
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Further confirmation that there is no enforcement mechanism for these orders. Musk and co. are going to keep going until someone physically stops them.
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leslie berntsen, ph.d. 😷 👩🏽‍🏫 🇳🇮 @leslie-bern.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Sent a DM the other day like "Yeah, I'll help!" and now I'm co-authoring press releases for an honest-to-god nationwide science protest, like WHAT #standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Stand Up For Science 2025 Announces National Day of Action:
March 7, 2025

WHAT: A rally to defend science as a public good and central pillar of social progress.

WHY: Science is for everyone–and benefits everyone. When the federal government supports scientific research through taxpayer funding, it fuels innovation, creates jobs, and sustains the world we live in. From purified water to the polio vaccine to the cell phone you might be reading
this on, science has significantly impacted our lives in countless ways.

We’re mobilizing to keep science free from interference and censorship by government officials. We’re also mobilizing because attacks on diversity, equity, inclusion, and access are attacks on science, and vice versa. Science is at its best when it includes everyone and when it stands to improve people’s lives. It’s time–as ever–to stand up for science, for everyone who does it, and for everyone who benefits from it. 

WHO: Everyone! If your life is better because of science, this rally is for you.

WHERE: Washington, DC & state capitals nationwide

WHEN: March 7, 2025

Forthcoming details about local rallies: www.standupforscience2025.org

Press contact: standupforscience2025@gmail.com
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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Extremely honored to receive this award from a Society I value, full of colleagues and friends. Dev Bio is well and alive, and we're proof of it! Dev Bio FTW
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
If you have an undergrad that will graduate this year but who needs a little more research experience before their next step, encourage them to apply to the UConn RAMP program. genome-postbac.biology.clas.uconn.edu. The application deadline for the 2025 cohort is February 21st. 🧪 1/2
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Home | Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates
Welcome to the UConn RaMP on Genomic NoveltyUConn RaMP is the yearlong Research Training Program for recent graduates with a primary focus on first generati ...
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Another resource for those looking for good data on impact of NIH funding: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/wp-content/u... Highlights: - supported 412,041 jobs in FY 2023 - generated $92.89 billion in economic activity in FY 2023 - every $1 invested in NIH creates $2.46 in economic activity
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
HEADS UP: If anyone is submitting an app this week or soon, check with your grants office to make sure they have language that allows them to correct indir cost recovery if the 15% level is modified. It is likely that they will be on top of this, but it's possible to lock in the low rate by mistake
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a close up of a brown surface with a few spots
ALT: a close up of a brown surface with a few spots
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Stephen Floor @snf.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl. can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
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Buck Samuel 🪱🦠🧬🔬 @microbeminded.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
For these uncertain times, we all need support of our communities more than ever. An updated list of 180+ researchers for the #Celegans community is here: C. elegans #1 (150 full) - go.bsky.app/HP1h3nW C. elegans #2 (30+) - go.bsky.app/J7soTHG #CeleganSky 🧪 1/n cc: @genetics-gsa.bsky.social
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Mistake to see this solely as a higher ed issue. The design of scientific infrastructure after WWII was govt funding a broad network of research via universities. That worked out pretty well for the US, helped make American higher ed a very successful industry w a positive economic externalities
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/02/2025
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
what a fucking Friday afternoon news dump: they are capping indirects at 15% grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
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rabidx.bsky.social @rabidx.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Black Scientists who should be celebrated for more than Black History month but this is where we're getting started: #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSTEM #BlackScientists
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Black History Month STEM - Learn More About These 40 Scientists for Black History Month! | Science Buddies Blog
Celebrate Black History Month by learning more with your students about these 38 African American scientists and engineers.
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UMD Science @umdscience.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
New findings out of #UMD's Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics Department could lead to breakthroughs in RNA-based #DrugDevelopment. Antony Jose and his team's research on how double-stranded molecules naturally enter cells and influence future generations was published in @elife.bsky.social.
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New Study Reveals How RNA Travels Between Cells to Control Genes Across Generations | College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland
UMD researchers uncover key mechanisms in gene regulation that may lead to better design of RNA-based medicines.
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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
If you think the NSF is a waste of government money, you should stop using any technology created using NSF-funded research. Like cell phones. Or the Internet
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AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
This a funding myth. There are no untapped wells of charity money that can support the kind of research biomedical scientists need to perform today. Most foundation grants are in 25 to 75K/year range, many are on the order of 1-3 years, and in spite of this, are highly competitive.
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Science solidarity. This alleged cut would end NSF. NIH would be next. University presidents: where is your courage to speak out?
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Mya Breitbart @viromegirl.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Devastating to all the hard-working folks at NSF and all the incredible, critical science and people doing it 💔
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Savage-Dunn lab @cswormlab.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
🧪Very proud of our latest publication at @elife.bsky.social, brought to you by #NIH funding! This collaboration with Chris Rongo's lab covers a lot of ground, focusing on the transcriptional response to BMP/Smad signaling. 1/n doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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Genome-wide analysis of Smad and Schnurri transcription factors in C. elegans demonstrates widespread interaction and a function in collagen secretion
Smad and Schnurri transcription factors engage in context-dependent interactions as well as independent genomic activities, leading to regulation of collagen secretion to mediate body size regulation ...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT NIH FUNDING Closed sessions of institute and center Advisory Counsel meetings are now permitted. This is where grant applications are discussed and approved for potential funding. Open sessions where there are public presentations and discussions are still not allowed.
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a man with glasses and a black shirt says " it 's a small step that really goes a long way "
ALT: a man with glasses and a black shirt says " it 's a small step that really goes a long way "
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Glad to see @ascbiology.bsky.social Diversity resources remain--stay strong colleagues www.ascb.org/about-ascb/d...
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - ASCB
Actions Completed (updated as of 2/27/23) 2023 January: Kandice Tanner, National Institutes of Health, NCI, has joined the editorial board of Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC). 2022 December:  Mich...
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Joseph Yaroch @jcyaroch.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky
This is the front page of a fraudulent research article that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. The word "RETRACTED" is written across it in large red letters. 

Wikipedia: On 28th February 1998, a fraudulent research paper by physician Andrew Wakefield and twelve coauthors, titled "Ileal-Lymphoid-Nodular Hyperplasia, Non-Specific Colitis, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder in Children", was published in the British medical journal The Lancet.[1] The paper falsely claimed causative links between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and colitis and between colitis and autism. The fraud involved data selection, data manipulation, and two undisclosed conflicts of interest.
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Really appreciate Jonathan Lambert pointing out that NSF grants are congressionally mandated to weigh how grants broaden participation in science, putting the administration's executive order against DEIA in conflict with, and potentially undermining, congressional legislation
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Brian Ricketts @kiwigeolog.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Another in the Pioneering Women in Earth Sciences series - Elizabeth Gray (1831-1924) - Scotland’s foremost fossil collector, spent her life in well-worn boots, wielding a hammer over rocky bluffs and rubble in search of Lower Paleozoic specimens www.geological-digressions.com/elizabeth-gr... ⚒️🧪
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Elizabeth Gray (1831 - 1924)
Elizabeth Gray, spent a life in dusty boots, wielding a hammer over rocky bluffs in search of Scotland's Lower Paleozoic fossils.
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me. Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Post the amazing science things you have done with federal funding.
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Eva de la Serna @sciencedoodles.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
This course is a perfect opportunity for grad students & postdocs using optical microscopy to study biology! You will strengthen fundamental knowledge and confidence in approaching your quantitative light microscopy experimentation. Apply by Jan 31! 🔬
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Robert Talbert @roberttalbert.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Are you using some form of flipped learning in your classes? If so, I am looking for instructors to interview for the second edition of Flipped Learning: A Guide For Higher Education Faculty. You can have a massive impact! Just fill out this form, and share it widely. tinyurl.com/fl2e-interview
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Flipped Learning: A Guide For Higher Education Faculty, second edition interview form
Thanks for your interest in the forthcoming second edition of Flipped Learning: A Guide For Higher Education Faculty. The author, Robert Talbert, is looking to interview instructors who have used some...
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Vicki @vickiboykis.com · 04/01/2025
Yes. arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
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Phase behavior of Cacio and Pepe sauce
"Pasta alla Cacio e pepe" is a traditional Italian dish made with pasta, pecorino cheese, and pepper. Despite its simple ingredient list, achieving the perfect texture and creaminess of the sauce can ...
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
and why are they called "Toll"-like receptors? Because of the pioneering work of Kathryn Anderson in Drosophila! 🧪 academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
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The 2012 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal: Kathryn V. Anderson
Abstract. The Genetics Society of America annually honors members who have made outstanding contributions to genetics. The Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal recogni
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Wallace Marshall @wallaceucsf.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
How do organelles fit together inside a crowded cell? Answering this question requires a way to image many organelles in a whole cell at high resolution with high throughput. Our new preprint shows how to do this in yeast using soft x-ray tomography www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Jennifer Schisa @jschisa.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Looking for a great new colleague! The Department of Biology at Central Michigan University seeks applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin Fall 2025. Review begins December 1, 2024. For more details and to apply, lnkd.in/ePqRU6Ai.
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Dr Zeinab Rekad 🔬🧬🧪 @zeinabrekad.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Another great day for #RNA research, check this new method from @jmtali.bsky.social 's lab to detect localized RNA without the need for biotinylation! Don't have the time? just read the brilliant tread decrypting the paper! just here 👇
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Katherine Brown @katherine-brown.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Ok now I’m here, time for an intro. I’m the Executive Editor of Development, published by The Company of Biologists (@biologists.bsky.social). I care deeply about supporting the devbio, regeneration & stem fields and the people who work in them, and in improving the way we do scientific publishing.
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Tiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota @tlowepower.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
🧪🧫 Scientist friends, as we are building community here, I have a question to get to know you: What is a mistake that you made in the lab?
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Jennifer Waters @jencwaters.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
A PSA for PIs: If you have a light microscope, please have watch your lab watch these short practical videos on how to prevent damage to your objective lenses! Trust me on this one, they need it... #savetheobjectives youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Objective Lenses - YouTube
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Seema Grewal @seemagrewal.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I’m seeing lots of job postings on here so now might be a good time to mention that we recently added a ‘Cell biology jobs’ board to our community site over at FocalPlane. It’s free to post (and obviously free to browse): focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology... #cellbiology
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Cell Biology Jobs Archive - FocalPlane
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
Friends, I wrote up a quick guide to getting started on Bluesky for folks who are used to old Science Twitter. Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪 www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...
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Bluesky is now open. Science Twitter, here’s how to use it!
The once-great science twitter is, depending on who you talk to, either dying or dead. Once a vibrant place for many discussions related to my fields of marine biology, ocean conservation, and publ…
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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 17/01/2024
“Curiosity-driven, basic science has yielded a deeper understanding of how life forms develop and function in their environment and has had wide implications for health and our planet. Investing in this is vital for scientific progress and is worth protecting in a democracy.” —Ruth Lehmann
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Basic science is not just a foundation - Nature Cell Biology
Intellectual freedom for scientists, unconstrained by commercial interests and direct application, fuels unexpected discoveries. Curiosity-driven, basic science has yielded a deeper understanding of h...
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Kevin Bird @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 06/01/2024
Randomized exposure to high school biology curriculum shows that moving curriculum beyond simple Mendelian treatments of genetics in ways that highlight the true patterns of human variation (e.g. Lewontin's famous results) & the multi-factorial basis of complex traits can reduce genetic essentialism
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bioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
Securin Regulates the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Separase www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Securin Regulates the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Separase https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.12.571338v1
Separase is a key regulator of the metaphase to anaphase transition with multiple functions. Separas
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/12/2023
In a study using a database containing genetic material from half a million volunteers, researchers found hundreds of mutations that could boost a young person’s fertility and that were linked to bodily damage later in life.
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Genes That Boost Fertility Also Shorten Our Life, Study Suggests
A study of DNA from half a million volunteers supports an old evolutionary theory about why our bodies eventually wear out.
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Jennifer Schisa @jschisa.bsky.social · 01/12/2023
Excited to be @ #cellbio2023 with my student Mohamed Elaswad. Come find us to hear about our latest on the regulation of RNA-binding protein phase transitions during C. elegans oogenesis. Boards 672, 673 on Tues. pm.
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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 24/11/2023
Agenda item for your next departmental meeting
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