Tonight I found out that the NSF math postdoctoral fellowship I applied for is being deleted because it does not comply with Trump’s executive orders on DEI in the federal government. I’m going to answer some FAQs and share some thoughts about this ordeal in this thread 1/n
New paper alert!
Amazing grad students @levy_ezra and Isabella Leite live image female germline cyst formation in embryonic gonads of mice and discover that even as these structures form, through divisions with incomplete cytokinesis, germ cells are incredibly motile.
Free scientific illustrations for biologists! 😍
@NIH has released a library of 500+ free scientific illustrations to create figures, presentations, and illustrations!
all freely available in the public domain.
Retweet and spread the message!
https://t.co/p1bD1kxO7H
3-year funded post-doctoral position to study oocyte development using a combination of cutting-edge approaches in cell biology and biophysics. If you are interested and want to know more about the project, please send a CV and contact me.
Visualizing Science! I'm holding a series of free, online workshops, thanks to Johns Hopkins University. All are welcome! I plan to have fun with Danielle VanBrabant, Damond Kyllo, and Amey Zhang to introduce visualization topics and challenges. No art experience is necessary.
In coordination with the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research, @NIH issued a NOSI to highlight interest in receiving research applications focused on diseases and health conditions that predominantly affect women or are female specific. https://t.co/mxSEsujgQy
Many Duncan Lab members participated in
@SSRepro Annual Meeting this week!
Dr. Hoi Chang Lee & Dr. Aubrey Converse presented posters.
Prianka Hashim & Dr. Jeff Pea gave talks.
Emily Zaniker was recognized for receiving the Anita Payne Scholarship.
I received an email today that my suspension has been lifted. Thank you to every single person that wrote in and for all for the support. Now whilst there remains an investigation into my “conduct” I can’t wait to return to campus to continue the work. Free Palestine until it’s backwards!
Check out our recent publication!
Ovarian Morphology in Girls (OMG) Longitudinal Cohort Study: Pilot Evaluation of Ovarian Morphology as a Biomarker of Reproductive and Metabolic Features During the First Gynecological Year.
https://t.co/bwwCcGb9wK
This month we are launching a ⭐new series⭐: women’s health throughout the lifecourse.
Our editorial is a call to action for more funding and research to improve the health of women and girls, as part of a route to achieving global health equity.
https://t.co/3Subz9xQa8
Seeking scientist volunteers! Want to practice science communication and help author a ✨comic✨ about your research? I need collaborators for this spring's cohort of SciComm & Comics art students! Please share widely. #STEMeducation#Science#sciart
Doing a PhD is a strange experience, because every non-academic thinks you're an overachiever while you live in fear of being exposed as a wastrel and fraud
PCOS Myths and Misconceptions: I will not be able to get pregnant without fertility medications. Several #PCOS patients can achieve a #pregnancy without using #fertility medications. Others may need medications (tablets) to help ovulate but few need #IVF. @acog @HelenaTeede
After years of organizing, Cornell’s graduate student workers have overwhelmingly voted for unionization, allowing them to collectively bargain with the University.
https://t.co/gUSB9MTA3Z
It's been a long hard road but we got there in the end. First Australian baby using a new form of IVM that all but eliminates drugs from IVF for PCOS patients. Thanks to so many worldwide. What a privilege biomedical research can be.
https://t.co/34iTEIrXD5