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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Elder millennial here to confirm. I still remember the egg frying in the pan!

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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Congratulations to Samantha Lewis of UC Berkeley, recipient of the 2026 WICB Junior Award for Excellence in Research recognizing outstanding early-career scientific achievement. www.ascb.org/society-news/ascb-anno…

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Breaking: A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted on Wednesday in favor of a blood test for multiple cancers. The Galleri test is designed to help screen for cancers before symptoms appear, but some experts say more research is needed before approval.

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Blood test for multiple cancers clears crucial hurdle on track to FDA approval

If approved, the test could help catch cancers early—but more research is still needed, experts say

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NCI visuals is gone again? 😱

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Científico Latino @cientificolatino.com · 15/09/2026

🧬🔬 Applying to Competitive Graduate School Fellowships this year?⁠ ⁠ Join our webinar on "Applying to Graduate School Fellowships"⁠ with a focus on HHMI Gilliam, NIH F31, and NSF-GRFP. ⁠ 📅 Thursday, 10/1 @ 12pm ET⁠ 🔗 Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/applying-t... #CientificoLatino #CLAcademy⁠

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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The 2027 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 159 tenure-track positions and 13 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemchat ⚗️🧪

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The 2027 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List

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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Chemical Engineering Faculty Jobs List (by Todd N. Whittaker) has 34 research/teaching positions and 3 teaching positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemEjobs

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AY26-27 Chemical Engineering Faculty Jobs List

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Against the Current really came out swinging from EP 1. Like...what is HAPPENING?

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm with you. I don't understand why so many people will just spill their guts in response to every question 😂.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am the very model of a modern day typographer I know the type tonalities from elegant to jocular I am a master tracker and my kerning is harmonical I know the sacred swatches and can name the hues Pantonical (Full version of Modern Day Typographer now on my YouTube channel)

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Modern Day Typographer - Elle Cordova

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The 2026-2027 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 28 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList Add a job: forms.gle/Qq4GmF9axXHE... Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This is so awful and unnecessary. Why can't they set up proper continuously protected lanes?!

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Cracked me up that "y'all", "roly poly", and "coke" are what cracked the code on where I'm from 😂. So many places take diphthongs *really* seriously

A map of the United States showing regional American English dialect patterns. Blue indicates “least like you” and red indicates “most like you,” with strongest red across much of the South and central U.S. and strongest blue in the Northeast. Cities marked include Oklahoma City, Dallas, and Miami.

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

That means you are so lucky that you get to experience her awesomeness now!

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It’s my 7 year anniversary @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social and I have been a professor for 10.5 years total! It has been an amazing journey so far and I’m lucky to have such a wonderful team to work with. I started my @ucdavis.bsky.social journey on 9/1/2019 and here we are today!

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The 2026-2027 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 22 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList Add a job: forms.gle/Qq4GmF9axXHE... Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I LOVE the Abhorsen series and it is seriously underrated*. Now I need to go listen to the audiobook pronto! *I pick all of our lab computer names from the Abhorsen family tree😂

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Sholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Today I'm posting a new blog! Nearly two hundred papers have muddled the names for different proteins and recorded using the wrong antibody for a range of experiments. This time it's PERK vs. p-ERK. Including researchers from Harvard, the Mayo Clinic, and more. sholto.substack.com/p/perk-vs-p-...

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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The Chemical Engineering Faculty Jobs List (by Todd N. Whittaker) has 13 research/teaching positions and 3 teaching positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemEjobs

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AY26-27 Chemical Engineering Faculty Jobs List

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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The 2027 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 72 tenure-track positions and 3 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemchat ⚗️🧪

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The 2027 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Just had my daily reminder of how wonderful the NIH peeps are who handle all of the work involved in managing grants for those of us out here in extramural land. The NIH staff really are the best humans, working so hard to ensure that the science can continue in incredibly challenging times.

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Right? I would be right there with the village mob as we went house to house to figure out who's been slacking🤣.

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

You could give me a detailed meteorological explanation for what's happening and I would still absolutely refuse to think a *single* rude thought in that cloud's general direction.

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Ok, I can totally see why villages would descend into hysteria and burn everything down. Because this is CLEARLY a portent of DOOM.

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The 2026-2027 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 10 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList Add a job: forms.gle/SDCEzzXSHGZV... Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Ironically, that's the best indicator that it should be treated! Physicians are notoriously difficult patients. The last thing I want to hear is how they would treat themselves🤣.

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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Please share--the Shansky lab is currently recruiting at all levels to work on an NIH-funded project investigating sex differences in the neural circuits that drive defensive behaviors. The official job ad isn't yet up, but interested folks can contact me as instructed here www.shanskylab.com/join

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Join — Shansky Lab

The lab at our end-of-semester field day

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Becca @sciencelizard.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Phrased that wrong! More accurate: 5-6 *days* of Claude prompts ~ one -80 freezer daily use (15-20 kWh) ~ half of a regular US house (or one entire day for a small apartment)

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

That "likely sufficient" is going to give a lot of people ulcers😅.

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tastewart 🦋 @tastewart.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Jeanne Gibson, beloved “Rosie the Riveter,” passed away on July 29, 2026 at 100. Gibson became a welder at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle, helping build destroyers for the Allied war effort during WWII. Gibson helped pave the way for millions of women who stepped into critical wartime roles.

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The 2026-2027 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 4 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList Add a job: forms.gle/pv2PmF3Vdttb... Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The entire thread is worth reading. But I want to sidebar to ask *who* thought caffeine-infused pantaloons would ever be a good idea?!!

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Feels like a good morning to tell Bluesky the story about when I overdosed on my underwear, so let’s do this! 🧵

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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The 2027 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 27 tenure-track positions and 1 teaching-only position: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemchat ⚗️🧪

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The 2027 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List

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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The 2027 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 23 tenure-track positions and 1 teaching-only position: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemchat ⚗️🧪

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The 2027 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

unfortunately the part of the brain responsible for writing can only be activated by passing through this emotional state. i did in fact NEED to have a full blown emotional breakdown in order to access the proper mental state. this is sustainable and i’m not getting weirder every time.

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The BME Faculty Jobs List is back for 2026-2027! My goal is to support early-career faculty candidates with a centralized & open-access database. Please share & contribute! #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList Add a job: forms.gle/Qq4GmF9axXHE... Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/

Header of Pratt Laboratory website showing a colorful word cloud with terms like "computational," "biomaterials," "medical," and "systems," above the text "Tenure Track Faculty Positions in Biomedical Engineering." *alt-text generated using OpenAI GPT-4.1 mini*

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Right? It's so good! I don't even think he realized how cold of a line it was. I remember being like, wow you didn't need to straight up murder that man, and he was *so* confused.

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

My PhD advisor once said, "I will give you the opportunity to rephrase" to someone who did *not* watch how they spoke. I have wanted to say that *so many times* as a grownup PI 🤣.

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I love when my brain decides that eggs taste like egg and are therefore morally and gastronomically unacceptable. Had to happen on a fresh carton, too.

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Like, I *wish* people had served up these many compliment sandwiches when I was twelve years old and attending writing workshops to get feedback on my book drafts😂.

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I'm so lucky to have multiple people giving me detailed grant feedback! But I think I need to add a disclaimer about my 10+ yrs of experience publishing short stories before I was a PI. I'm used to evisceration of every word choice. Editing is love! I want to see red dripping from the page! In short

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Tear The Bitch Apart Bitch

ALT: Tear The Bitch Apart Bitch

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

This is such premium tree law subreddit bait that it *has* to be a troll post🤣.

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LibraryThing @librarything.com · 22/06/2026

Today is the birthday of African American science fiction author #OctaviaEButler. The winner of numerous Hugo and Nebula Awards, she was the first science fiction author to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. #💙📚 #Booksky Have you read her work? www.librarything.com/author/butle...

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Me, watching Dale briefly consider the consequences of his actions and then still doing the Dalest thing possible. #WidowsBay

Guy pulling off his headset in disgust meme

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

These are an amazing form of science communication! Torn between Whooping Cough or Rabies as my favorite. Wouldn't it be great if they put out a series of one-shot mangas for each disease describing their infection lifecycle?

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