Paula Ladd

Scientist, Molecular Diagnostics, mom, She/Her

[Paula Ladd @PLadd01]

@macys Why is it so hard to get a customer service rep at Macys?

[Paula Ladd @PLadd01]

@MicrobiomDigest @MattNachtrab The idea that peer review is expected of scientists, both pre- & post-publication must not translate well outside of the sci community. Science fraud is a problem, particularly when bad science is used to make therapeutics. It takes a scientist to review data, not an investor.

[Paula Ladd @PLadd01]

@Rushteamapparel total fail today at WAII WA State XC Championship meet!!!!!!!! 1.5 hours to pick up preorders but 30 min for new sales?????

[Paula Ladd @PLadd01]

@Jeanc9orf72 I would love to see population screening for unstable repeats including C9ORF72, for many reasons, including your questions

[Paula Ladd @PLadd01]

@Jeanc9orf72 Me too! I will look for you

[Paula Ladd @PLadd01]

I am making the move to "Azure Atmosphere" so that I can see #SciTwitter folk in my feed. I would LOVE to see patient advocates, particularly #Syngap #ALS #Huntingtonsdisease #AD #PD make the move!

[STAT @statnews]

They carry a gene for #ALS but aren’t sick. What does medical research owe them? https://t.co/0n5KwO9m5P

[Andrea Pauls Backman (she/her) @AndreaBackman05]

I’ve watched @Jeanc9orf72 go from being the only one in the room to plead #ALS clinicians and researchers to consider pre-symptomatic gene carriers in treatment regimens to seeing it become the norm. What she’s done in a very short time is changing the field.

[JeanneWrites @JeanneMcArdle]

@drmoneymatters Please ease up on the paternalism. Nobody has to sign into the portal and read their results. It’s a choice. Nobody’s results are forced in front of their eyeballs. Don’t take away my right to my records to “protect” others.

[Paula Ladd @PLadd01]

@BrielmaierL Probably-sigh

[Paula Ladd @PLadd01]

I might have just set a record while job hunting. In less than 30 minutes after contacting an organization about an advertised position with a great match to my experience, the company promptly said "no thank you". It is nice to get a response, but why so fast??

[Paula Ladd @PLadd01]

Why is it that some folks who are leaving a full parking lot will suddenly turn into parking squatters when they see someone waiting for their spot? The lot is full!!! Someone is going to park in the spot, so what is up with the stand off?

[Paula Ladd @PLadd01]

@BobsBurgersOTD Such a valuable list!

[Paula Ladd @PLadd01]

@PSBROOKES “The kit-indication of life science is a huge problem” might be the science version of “get off my lawn” to scientists of the last decade who may not know there was a time before kits.

Fortunately a reviewer (you) has caught this!

[Effie Parks @OnceUponAGene]

#GeneticTesting
Let's get the kids diagnosed sooner and lessen the odyssey and give them a better opportunity to get care and contribute to research.
And all the adults!! Where they at?

[Paula Ladd @PLadd01]

@geeky_jane Agree! But sadly, no one wants to highlight fraud, no matter how much someone speaks up.

[Paula Ladd @PLadd01]

@CraigBierle That is pretty amazing!

[Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources @waDNR]

Can't believe we have to say this, but: STOP FLYING DRONES NEAR WILDFIRES. DRONES GROUND OUR AIRCRAFT.

Our firefighting operations are more important than those 12 likes you'll get on Instagram.

[Paula Ladd @PLadd01]

@SurlyAmy Sending positive vibes to SoCal!

[Paula Ladd @PLadd01]

My mother passed away 6 months ago. Her closest friend’s health declined rapidly within weeks of her death & went to live in the same nursing facility & THE SAME ROOM that my mother had resided. Today, my mother’s dear friend has died. I would like to believe they are reunited 💔