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 · 20/09/2025I don’t run it any longer but it’s still a great resource! Let me know if you’d like any help, though! 010
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 · 19/07/2025I always feel like if there’s a bodega cat there, it makes itself known! 010
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Has a cat Sells weed pens Is playing a baseball game Is playing a cricket match Sells lottery tickets 110
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 With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine.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withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccineModerna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 385124205813
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 6547931842
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/ 736225137753
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 10/05/2025I obviously loved it. Bought 5 more copies for the advising team at Potsdam and excited to discuss. Hoping to do a pilot cohort this fall! Let’s keep in touch about this! 110
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 · 03/05/2025www.bbc.com/future/artic...bbc.comMeasles: The race to understand 'immune amnesia'Scientists have known for years that measles can alter the immune system – but the latest evidence suggests it's less of a mild tweaking, and more of a total reset. 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 · 08/04/2025(It is paywalled, but most colleges have a library subscription!) 000
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. 🧪🧵⬇️ 22792262730
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Yes!! Just posted a one-sentence version of that on FB. 020
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 · 29/03/2025And there’s that. We are in such a weird place. Hoping we can get back…hoping for the core to survive. 010
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 · 29/03/2025All over the place but Severance is a must, Årne murders is good, and for something that will start a bit slow and then you’ll fall in love with the characters, AP Bio 130
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Nights sneaking away to Ottawa flashbacks… !!!! 020
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Sort of a one-hit wonder… just an important one to our Gen of Canadian rockers 010
Susan Perkins @nycuratrix.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Here’s my playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/49n...open.spotify.comCanada DayPlaylist · Susan Perkins · 22 items 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