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Jennifer Biddle @jenbiddle.bsky.social · 5h

Hey Biologists : Have you made any comments on the NIH Biosafety Policy for Biohazards? Because some of the changes are REDONKULOUS - and there are only 40 comments on file - Submit comments by Oct 19! osp.od.nih.gov/comment-form.... 🦠 #microsky

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Comment Form: Draft NIH Biosafety Policy for Research Involving Biohazards

Request for Information: Draft NIH Biosafety Policy for Research Involving Biohazards

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 5h

I need all the reviewers who criticize the fact that the work you're asking money for hasn't been done yet to congregate and ask themselves why this make sense to them...

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"AI will free us from medical tyranny" "AI is better informed than doctors" I want OFF this ride

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I guess I have attained god-like status with the students and can now quit Academia 💀

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

NEW: Yet another group of researchers is suing the NIH and HHS over a massive purge of federal research grants. The class-action suit alleges the Trump admin is violating scientists' first amendment rights by using keyword searches to censor science that doesn't align with its political views.

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Researchers Challenge NIH Screening of Grants for Disfavored Viewpoints | American Civil Liberties Union

Class action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

“There has to be a point where, as a government, we say, ‘You’re responsible for your actions, and you’re responsible for your safety,’” This has to be one of the wildest public health takes I've seen in a minute. What do they think their responsibilities are? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/u...

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Drinking Raw Milk Is Risky. Should People Be Able to Buy It Anyway?

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Still waiting on the NoA but, per the USDA press release, we did it Joe!

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I was already having a bad day... and then this happened 💀 Now I'm on campus, in my underwear, squeezing water out of my clothes. Gotta love Galveston brutal showers...

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

So, NIAID has quietly withdrawn from the T35 program just before the May cycle deadline. Nobody said a word. No email from the PO. No statement. Nada. Wanna now how I found out? 👇🏽🙃

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I would argue that some people already do exactly that 😂

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I made these slides last Sunday... Glad I did because I already have 4 seminars scheduled on the next 10 days 💀

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Your reminder that parasitic colleagues only thrive because the environment allows them to do so. There's always an enabler somewhere trying to dress taking advantage of someone as a gracious opportunity.

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

A med school student who's now graduating just asked me what concentration I was in because "we've been here for the same amount of time and we never ended up in the same class" That's actually perfect because I was thinking of crashing the world cup game screening organized by the student assoc. 😂

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Also serves as a reminder that some demographics really go through certain aspects of life on easy mode.

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Nothing like being lectured on "how to improve trust" by someone who stole a grant that was sent to him for feedback 🤣 That incident is literally documented but we still have to entertain him. You gotta love academia man... truly a place of wonders lol

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Those Galveston Aedes sollicitans are probably doing proboscis stretches and wing aerobics right now in anticipation of the field day they're going to have soon...

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I absolutely hate imposing on people but had to stay with a friend due to damage in my house. I also wake up at 3:45-4:30 so was definitely anxious about that. Look what I found when I came out of my room 🥹

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It's honestly quite depressing to see how the standards we're held to as random people literally don't apply to people in the most important offices in the country.

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

What are you guys using for Phylogeny? The software I was using is no longer supported and MEGA gives me impulses that would ultimately send me to jail. Alternatively, does someone still have access to the Topali install files?

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

love this game where if you choose wrong, you are penalized anywhere from a minimum of $1,000 to stroking out at the cvs ☺️

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

My student's bacteriology work is so clean, his petri dishes literally look like stock images

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Caro Kobras 🐍 @carokobras.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Super exciting news 🚨 I am hiring a technician to join my brand new lab at the University of Birmingham! @imibirmingham.bsky.social Come and support my BBSRC-funded research on understanding how staphylococci survive antibiotics. Please share! 🧫🧪 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRH271/a...

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Assistant Technical Specialist at University of Birmingham

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Jason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The RasgonLab is anticipating several postdoc openings to work on development & application of CRISPR in arthropods, dependent on final approval of funds and HR approval of positions. Candidates must already be physically located in the USA. H1B visa sponsorship is not possible. Email me for info

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

A beautiful way to rebuild trust in science. Now, people will certainly stop believing that we only publish what big pharma allows us to publish 🙃 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

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C.D.C. Cancels Publication of Study Showing Benefits of Covid Vaccines

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Turns out your friend above may be protecting you from a lot of things but fleas aren't one of them. Can't wait to share our data on flea-borne pathogens in fleas collected in churches.

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

There's truly nothing like Bartonella phylogenetic analyses to ruin a perfect day...

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

My neighbors and I were talking about how it seems like no matter how transparent we try to be as scientists, some people will always believe we're trying to hide something. Their 8yo then said: how can you guys be hiding something when you talk about your work AAAALLL THE TIMMEEE to ANYBODY?

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a woman is making a funny face while holding her chest and says geez .

ALT: a woman is making a funny face while holding her chest and says geez .

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Isn't this one of the best things your grad students can tell you? 🥹

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

There sooooo many examples of this, plenty of them found in The Economist, that even with all the good faith in the world, it's becoming really hard to dispute 😅

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

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Drinking Raw Milk Is Risky. Should People Be Able to Buy It Anyway?

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Where did Ezra Klein come from? Can he go back?

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Isn't he cute? Ceratophyllus gallinae (or the hen flea).

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Can someone explain to me like I'm 5 why something as important as qualifying exams isn't standardized across institutions and across departments within the same institution? Of course, the type of department (PH vs basic science for example) plays a role but other than that...?

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I got a DM asking if I think it's reasonable to empathize with these parents right now. 1. You don't achieve anything meaningful by calling people stupid. 2. The only difference between me and the hesitant people is that I already have the answers to my questions because of my education.

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Maureen Laroche 🇲🇶 @tattooed-bug.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

You know what's funny? People always accuse scientists of being disconnected from reality, caring only about their science. They have no idea how much empathy and understanding of the broader picture is required for good Public Health work. So you get stuff like this...

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