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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

For all those folks defending Google Maps because map updates are automatic/beyond their control. They had the Appalachian Trail mislabeled for close to 5 years after a reroute causing a police dispatcher to tell me it was safe to continue on a trail leading me straight into a fire...

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Reese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A massive update: At least ~15 companies~ are selling scientists antibodies using faked validation data. We've documented 18,000+ manipulated images on 17,000+ products sold by leading laboratory suppliers including Thermo Fisher, Abcam, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Millipore Sigma and Bio-Techne. 1/🧵

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I have to be better about doing this moving forward as I am regularly using ZFIN to find reagents.

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Finally finished sorting through my Iceland photos a month after I returned. Any fellow trekkers out there if the Laugavegur trek is not on your bucket list, it should be

Hills with snow patches and a blue hot spring

A green valley with green hills in the background and patches of snow on said hills

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I do always get a kick out of the comically large packaging scientific supply companies use

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Its the week before classes start so sent an e-mail to the lab about having students sign up for meetings to discuss fall semester plans, and within an hour 4 of the 5 had already scheduled said meetings. Bodes well for a productive fall semester!

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It’s someone’s 17th birthday today

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Not a bad view to sit and drink some tea looking at

A city scape with water and mountains in the background

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Come teach Neurobio with me!! Our Biology Department is hiring a new Assistant Professor who will teach in both Biology and Neuroscience. provost.lafayette.edu/2027-28-biol.... Reposts appreciated.

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2027-28 Biology Department, Assistant Professor · Provost · Lafayette College

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

It’s mountain laurel season! Fun fact mountain laurel is the Pennsylvania state flower.

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

It’s very easy to feel hopeless these days but every so often the good guys win. We have to keep pushing back…

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Reese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The Thermo Fisher situation keeps getting worse. We've now collected 450+ problematic images presented as verification data in TF's antibody catalog. This includes: 🖌️ Dozens more images with duplications or painting 🖨️ Hundreds of blots that all share the same background (behold slideshow below)

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The Senate vote need to happen in the next week or the 60 days is up. I just called again today. My cats also let her thoughts on this atrocity be known in the background

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Has any major scientific organization or company been doing meaningful work to try and rally the troops against the attacks on science in this country? I haven't seen it, but maybe I'm missing something...

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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Megathread about responding to new OMB grant funding rules (feel free to add/link more!) I was collecting these for me, but figured I'd round 'em up for everyone 🧪 What's the problem? arstechnica.com/science/2026... elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

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Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time

Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.

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Zebrafish Rock! 🎃 @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Dearest shoalmates: Please consider posting a comment to the NIH regarding the Strategic Plan that includes reducing funding for animal research. Responses from the research community are currently greatly underrepresented compared w/ advocacy groups opposing animal experimentation. 🔗 below ⬇️ 1/2

Image of racks of zebrafish tanks. Credit to NC3Rs. https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/events/guide-refinement-fish-species

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Upsetting news from one of our Lehigh Valley neighbors.

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Got to wear my new regalia for the first time. With an added accessory. Admittedly would take 50 and raining over 90+ and baking sun for graduation day any day.

A person wearing academic regalia and a clear poncho

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Pennsylvania native species day seems a good day to share some more pictures of some of the #nativeplants in my yard

Trumpet honeysuckle. Red slender flowers on a vine

Maple leaf viburnum. Small white flowers

Alumroot. Green leaves some with white coloring

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Glad to see there are still outdoors brands a gal can feel good about supporting while others disappoint (I'm looking at you REI)

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Today is a good day to be at a college that uses Moodle as their course management site.

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I wrote a letter to the editor to my local paper (the Morning Call) about speaking out for public lands, and it got published!!! If you'd like to speak out for Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument @protectwildutah.bsky.social has some great resources here: suwa.org/actions-you-...

Speak out to protect the planet
In April we celebrated the planet with Earth Day and Arbor Day; in the same month we also saw continued attacks on our public lands. The Senate voted to use the Congressional Review Act to overturn a mining ban in the area outside of Boundary Waters National Recreation Area. This follows a vote in the House in January along the same lines. The ban was put in place when environmental studies showed mining would cause irreparable harm to the area and a public comment period with approximately 98% of comments being in favor of the ban.

Using the CRA in this way was unprecedented, with Sen. David McCormick and Rep. Ryan Mackenzie both voting yes. A similar bill exists to overturn the management plan for Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.

However we are still seeing the power of speaking out. The National Recreation Area in the Delaware Water Gap is the result of people speaking out against a proposed dam. On Earth Day, it was announced that a bill that would have weakened the Endangered Species Act was pulled. We must continue to speak out to protect our planet and open spaces in this country for generations to come.

— Tamara Stawicki, Easton

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Guessing we will see more and more of this in the years to come

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Earth day also seems a good day to share some photos of some of the April blooming #nativeplants in my yard.

Low bush blueberry. Small white bell shaped flowers on a leafy branch

Virginia bluebells. Blue bell shaped flowers

Foam flower. Small white flowers sticking up from leaves.

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

It's Earth Day!!! Which seems a good day to try and protect Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. If you haven’t had the chance to visit this magical place you can read about why it is so special here: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/fbdd...

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Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument

A Crown Jewel of America’s Public Lands

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

some data on the shrinkage

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Yesterday, by a vote of 50-49, the Senate used the Congressional Review Act to undo public lands protections for the first time in history, rolling back mining protections in National Forest Land right outside Boundary Waters National Recreation Area. (1/7)

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Today’s important life lesson when calling the authorities to figure out how to get off the mountain that has caught on fire during your hike make sure they have up to date trail maps so when you tell them you are on the AT they know that’s leading you straight towards the fire and not safely down

A mountain ridgetop with smoke in the distance

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

If you know a graduating undergraduate looking for the chance to spend 1-2 years in a lab before graduate school, we're hiring! Our lab explores morphogenesis, defining how the cell adhesion & cytoskeletal machinery work together to allow cells to change shape & move tarheels.live/peiferlab/ 1/n RT

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Didn’t have anything ready to present at MARZ this year but did get to see my former student Amanda presenting her work from her new lab

A woman smiling and standing next to a poster

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Not only did I finally get my mini split but it also seems I successfully convinced the school that my basement lab (where I often need to call facilities from when things fail) does indeed need a physical phone in it.

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Back in 2018 I learned our campus shuts off power for a day every summer and started my efforts to try and get more things on backup power, including HVAC for my fish room. Through the years I've reached out to facilities and many an administrator over this on multiple occasions.

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

A the first nice day of spring. Which would be a wonderful day to sit and work outside if not for the fact that it seems every leaf blower the college owns is in operation.

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I remember the excitement of reading about/teaching about the Huntington’s Gene Therapy trial in the fall. Now it’s been added to the list of trials the FDA has decided they no longer like and want rerun. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/h...

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F.D.A. Faces Upset Over Denials of New Drugs

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Got my tenure gift from the college. No more rentals!

A photo of the woman in regalia’s back showing the hood

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Last year there was a lot of press over some grey wolves that were edited to have white coats as if it meant we could de-extinct animals. Meanwhile this actual meaningful de-extinction work seems to be getting hardly any press youtu.be/OnG0ChH1yN0?...

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Giant tortoises return home to Galapagos island after 150 years

YouTube video by SBS News

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

And this is why you stand up to bullies… If only more would.

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Does anyone have any recommendations for a low cost amplifier for extracellular recordings that would be good for a teaching lab? We have been using the Grass Instruments P55 ones but they no longer appear to exist and we are running out of working ones. Sharing of this message would be appreciated.

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

About a month ago (it took me that long to sort through the pictures) I got to cross the Galapagos Islands off the bucket list.

An iguana hanging out on treat branches on the ground

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I was in the room where it happened. Great talk on the importance of being true to your authentic self in your room. Teacher in me also appreciated the shoutout to process in your writing and importance of good mentors .

A sign advertising a lecture by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda and the President of Lafayette College under a Lafayette 200 sign

A screen showing Lin-Manuel Miranda sitting in a chair

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

It seems Darwin is my spirit scientist.

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I went before starting my postdoc and it was amazing. Highly recommend.

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Did not enjoy clearing the snow last weekend, but did enjoy getting to break out the snowshoes to go play in it this weekend.

A snowy scene with green bushes and tree trunks

A frozen stream surrounded by snow and tree trunks

Ice coming down the side of a cliff with folks climbing up them

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Was proud to see my former student Amanda already listed as an author on a preprint in her new lab.

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

For those like me feeling pretty hopeless in light of the news of the day 5 Calls has scripts up both to encourage voting against the DHS funding Bill: 5calls.org/issue/dhs-bu... and Stopping ICE's agressive attacks on citizens and immigrants: 5calls.org/issue/ice-ra....

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Defund ICE (UPDATED 1/22) - PASSED HOUSE, SENATE VOTE NEXT WEEK ⭑ 5 Calls

Updates January 22, 2026: By a 220-207 vote, the House has passed H.R. 7147, the standalone DHS appropriations bill. Republican Rep. Massie (KY) voted …

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Tamara Stawicki, PhD @tamarastawicki.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Did this last year and am in the middle of preparing activities based on what I learned for the spring. Highly recommend bsky.app/profile/alle...

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