Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 22/10/2025We were afraid of peanut allergies…. So we accidentally jacked up peanut allergies. It’s straight up hygiene hypothesis proven right. 131
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 14/10/2025In my long career of catching anoles, it was not unusual to sometimes see lizards missing whole limbs. It was awesome to be part of this huge collaboration to study this phenomenon broadly! 041
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 19/08/2025First session of “Hacking College” by Ned Laff and @carlsonics.bsky.social book group yesterday with new academic advisors at SUNY Potsdam. So much excitement about implementing ideas into our model of student support. 020
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Really wanted to send in a piece for your contest, @carlsonics.bsky.social but this month has been a whirlwind of real estate and moving. You will just have to take a vacation again next year! 😁 000
Reposted by Susan PerkinsCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/05/2025This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.socialreuters.comModerna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccineModerna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 385124215816
Reposted by Susan PerkinsAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 18/05/2025say it again: 4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x demolishing higher education is economic sabotage 6547951843
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Um…these numbers/proportions say quite a lot. www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgTrump officials take steps toward a radically different NSFEfforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress 000
Reposted by Susan PerkinsMike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 12/05/2025OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/ 737225157754
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 03/05/2025As I remember the amazing and special @jillsobule.bsky.social , this one just went up several notches. It’s brilliant and fun - just like her. open.spotify.com/track/26Cm9S...open.spotify.comKaren by NightJill Sobule · Jill Sobule · Song · 1995 000
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Hey everyone! Your friendly microbiologist here with a PSA. Measles can wipe out a lots of your B cells…the memory cells of your immune system. It’s called “immune amnesia” - so, you might survive the measles infection…but your immunity to every other infection could be lost/diminished for years. 110
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 03/05/2025For decades, the US raced to be the best in STEM. Now, while we are in a race to literally sustain human life on this planet, the US has benched its starters and canceled all training camps. It won’t just end our country - it may cause the extinction of our species. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comTrump proposes unprecedented budget cuts to US scienceHuge reductions, if enacted, could have ‘catastrophic’ effects on US competitiveness and the scientific pipeline, critics say. 022
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Just read the phrase “rapidly evolving research landscape.” I would prefer “temporarily bass-ackwards.” 030
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Such a good essay! “If the federal government holds an abiding distrust of universities, why would it leave the nation’s research infrastructure even more completely in their hands?” www.chronicle.com/article/the-...chronicle.comOpinion | The Incoherent Policy Change Wreaking Havoc on University ResearchThe fight over NIH indirect costs has high stakes. 100
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 06/04/2025For freaks sake, stop saying protestors are paid. It’s literally what the protests were about - I.e., paying to get what you want as opposed to democratic decisions. 000
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Everyone download this now. open.spotify.com/track/7kjg2N...open.spotify.comThe Revolution Will Not Be TelevisedGil Scott-Heron · Pieces of a Man · Song · 1971 000
Reposted by Susan PerkinsChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 31/03/2025THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at McMaster University have discovered a NEW peptide antibiotic that targets a broad range of disease-causing bacteria INCLUDING those RESISTANT to existing antibiotics. This discovery marks the first potential new class of antibiotics in NEARLY 30 YEARS. 🧪🧵⬇️ 22792302731
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Or play Question of the Day on @wfuv.bsky.social and do this every day! It’s on their app and you can stream the station from anywhere! 000
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Everyone needs to see the new film “Counted Out: Math is Power” - it’s vital!! 000
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 29/03/2025As I look through this feed, it is absolutely clear that we are in a dystopian nightmare…and we aren’t doing anything…and the reason we aren’t doing anything…. is that we have this internet structure to simultaneously expose us and also protect us. 120
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I am torturing my husband in the best way. 80’s Canadian rock is still A+ music but cringe music video today…but in a good nostalgic way. 010
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Been watching 80’s music videos from the Canadian greats tonight… so many emotions. 😂 110
Reposted by Susan PerkinsAdvanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center @asrc-gc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Congrats! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social President @joshbrumberg.bsky.social, The City College of New York Dean of Science @nycuratrix.bsky.social, and @huntercollege.bsky.social Professor Mandë Holford elected fellows of @aaas.org. bit.ly/3XD8EYV 0113
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 27/03/2025What an unbelievable honor!! Thank you to everyone who supported me along this amazing journey! www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/ccny-sc...ccny.cuny.eduCCNY Science Dean Susan Perkins earns top AAAS honor 2113
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 27/03/2025The floof had a rough day. Lots of chaos as we try to get ready to move. 010
Reposted by Susan PerkinsScott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 26/03/2025An incredible peek behind the curtain at official NIH grant termination documentation by @maxkozlov.bsky.social. This is such an absurdly haphazard, ill-conceived, extraordinarily vague, slipshod, slapdash effort. Talk about arbitrary and capricious. 25423
Reposted by Susan PerkinsPeter Rebeiro, PhD, MHS @prebeiro.bsky.social · 26/03/2025“Vitamin A is not an effective way to prevent measles…two doses of the [MMR] vaccine are about 97 percent effective. …vitamin A can cause liver damage…doctors at West Texas hospitals have said they’ve seen patients with yellowed skin and high levels of liver enzymes…both signs of a damaged liver.” 10414122
Reposted by Susan PerkinsElinor Karlsson @elinork.bsky.social · 27/03/2025How did Coati get their stripes? Not yet known ... but we know how another Carnivore loses them! 3 mutations in gene TAQPEP changes a cat from tabby striped to blotchy #RIP #2025MMM www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 27116
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 24/03/2025From the super-talented @nycmikewp.bsky.social angryblackliberal.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...angryblackliberal.blogspot.comThe Revolution Will Not Be Streamed! (All apologies to Gil Scott-Heron) 010
Reposted by Susan PerkinsErika Wittekind @erikalyn.bsky.social · 22/03/2025The power of on-screen representation 😻🐈⬛ 587265164144
Reposted by Susan PerkinsMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/03/20252022: "The Supreme Court would NEVER overturn Roe v. Wade!" 2025: "The administration would NEVER take away Social Security!" 558256137926
Reposted by Susan PerkinsJeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 22/03/2025the people who told you to calm down about Roe are the same people telling you to calm down about Social Security, in case you hadn't noticed 534390649807
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Begging for mercy from @lowes-official.bsky.social - we are trapped in a horrible situation involving a damaged product. We 👋🏼 just 👋🏼 need 👋🏼 to 👋🏼 cancel. Please. Let us do that. 001
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 23/03/2025One of my favorite photos that I’ve taken. Tanzania. 040
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 19/03/2025We need some new punk and rap for these times. That’s it. That’s my post. 010
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 16/03/2025The Department of Defense has erased multiple Black heroes and tagged the 404 page with “dei”. 210
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Sold my car, sold my stock, deleted my X account. 👋🏼 010
Reposted by Susan PerkinsCUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 07/03/2025@cunychancellor.bsky.social Félix V. Matos Rodríguez touts the Graduate Center’s R1 status as a top research university and the public benefit that it brings to New Yorkbuff.lyOp-Ed | CUNY research success brings big public benefit | amNewYorkThey are part of a long tradition of researchers at the nation’s largest urban public university dating back well over a century. Advancing scientific 032
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 06/03/2025This makes so much more sense now. They don’t know the difference between transgenic and transgender. Or are betting their supporters don’t. 000
Reposted by Susan PerkinsThe City University of New York @cuny.edu · 04/03/2025We're teaming up with the Yankees for a special "CUNY Day at Yankee Stadium" this spring. Students, faculty, staff and their families and friends can get discounted tickets for the game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday, May 3. All tickets include a one-of-a-kind co-branded cap! 153
Reposted by Susan PerkinsJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 04/03/2025This is an attempt to criminalize free speech and suppress dissent. If we don’t take a strong stand against this, it’s the end of our democracy, and not just higher education. Universities are the trial balloon, but it doesn’t end here. Next, it will be employers, cities and towns, and individuals. 20459132
Reposted by Susan PerkinsRobyn Schultz (she/her) @justrobyns.bsky.social · 04/03/2025I stumbled onto this quick read and thought it merited a share. Glad that the Senate stood up today, but this is becoming so much of a thing when maybe, as the author said, 'Coexisting peacefully really isn’t as complicated as it’s made out to be.' queeryourthoughts.substack.com/p/a-trans-gi...queeryourthoughts.substack.comA Trans Girl Approached Me in the Ladies’ Bathroom and It Bothered Me. Here’s Why.Why the girls’ bathroom is a sacred space for women and how we must seek to keep it that way. 001
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Day 23 of #BlackVinyl is this jazz gem from Boogaloo Joe Jones. It is “No Way!” from 1971, his fifth album. 000