Biological physics brings the physicist's style of inquiry to bear on the complex and beautiful phenomena of life. The breadth and depth of this activity are extraordinary, and we signs of unifying principles. The field today emerges from a long and fascinating history ... 1/6
BREAKING: The U.S. Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, securing her place as the first Black woman on the high court. https://t.co/d5KVZKv4iG
Drawing the mind, one neuron at a time: A new book walks readers through the life and work of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the Spaniard whom many consider the founder of modern #neuroscience.
Read a new review from @SciMagBooks: https://t.co/IbsLxhP4tf
i just got asked about the “politicization” of choosing to wear a mask. let’s be sure — if you decide to keep wearing a mask tomorrow, it is not a political stance, it’s an act of care/love for those around you and keeping science/evidence in motion.
Mapping the brain’s blood vessels: Researchers in a new Science study have generated a cellular-resolution atlas of the adult human cerebrovasculature. Learn more: https://t.co/OyEdO682uU #ScienceResearch
How our words are understood doesn’t depend just on how we express our ideas. It also depends on how someone receives what we’re saying. I think the most important part about communicating is the listening we do beforehand.
Whooping cough killed approx 5,700 children a year in the early 1900s — until these 3 women worked overtime to develop a vaccine
(via @smrtgrls & @shift7)
People (99.9% XY) complain that this conversation is tired and say that women are better off than they were in the 1940s, etc. Well, the bar was on the floor back then and know it’s *maybe* hip height. The conversation continues because it needs to 💁🏻♀️ https://t.co/QYMWla8YgY
3/5/1871 — b. Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-German economist, philosopher, socialist revolutionary. Studied natural science and political economy; affiliated w/prominent intl socialism org, the SPD; she later advocated for an intl class revolution of worker #womenshistory#WomenInSTEM
Happy International Women’s Day! A few of the ladies in our lab are currently focusing on studying the effects of mTORC1 on organismal growth 👩🔬🧫🤰#WomenInScience
@TheRealMerb@CitiusMag Hot take- I respectfully disagree with this tweet! What if you have a job or responsibilities in life and can’t watch but eagerly check the results in the morning. You’re not a real fan? We need all the fans we can get!
Academics have two and only two speeds:
1. Can you review this manuscript by this afternoon?
Or
2. Sorry I missed your email in 2016 - do you still want to chat?
#epitwitter#AcademicChatter#phdchat
“Please think of the children first. If you ever have anything to do with their entertainment, their food, their toys, their custody, their child care, their health care, their education—listen to the children, learn about them, learn from them. Think of the children first.”