Lea Drogalis Beckham

She’s broken but she’s fun. Ph.D. candidate in molecular biology. Slinging sass, science, and silliness 💁‍♀️🧬🥸

[Lea Drogalis Beckham @lea_drogalis]

Popping back in to shamelessly promote my husband’s glass business. Shop small businesses this holiday season!

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Like the sound of @SolvingForSci Discovery Stack/ Discovery Curator publishing model? Here’s how you can help the pilot! (See my previous post for link)

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This is an amazing endeavor and I encourage everyone to check it out! And if you’re an immunologist, sign up as a reviewer/author!

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Publishing is broken — so we're trying something new! Be part of a groundbreaking shift: a transparent, community-driven platform for storing and assessing discoveries. Come watch the pitch! https://t.co/LrhogpPt8x

[Lea Drogalis Beckham @lea_drogalis]

@Iowahuasca “An Axolotl at work” we’re gonna ignore that?

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“Lately I’m not dreaming, so what’s the point in sleeping? It’s just that at night, I’ve got nowhere to hide.”

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“There are no tears, just pity and fear. And a vast ravine, right in between.”

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My special skill is that I can cry silently. You won’t know till it’s too late.

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Not my monkey, not my goddamn circus.

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I had a bunch of academic hot takes today but I was good and only publicly posted one.

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“Let’s just jump into it…” as an intro into a very complex topic that I am unfamiliar with sounds more like “I don’t care whether you understand or not”

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“Cause they know and so do I, the high road is hard to find.”

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I am unbelievably lucky to have a colleague who makes me feel useful on my worst days and uses their own project as an opportunity for me. Mentor, guru, friend— people like Brian are how you survive grad school.

[Lea Drogalis Beckham @lea_drogalis]

Sundays are for Seinfeld.

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Went to @dcfc Transatlanticism and @PostalService Give Up anniversary tour last night and I would love to share a video but I ruined them all by singing along loudly into the phone. Trust me, though, it was an amazing night I’ve dreamed of for a long time.

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Just hopping back on to remind everyone in academia that having mental health issues does not mean you are incapable, it means you start at a deficit every day that must be overcome before the actual work even begins. And if no one told you today, good job. You got out of bed.

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@ccp4_mx can I get the windbreaker with the logo now?

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IYKYK

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If you aren’t allowing the sweet sounds of Debussy to lift you up while you write, are you even writing? (Probably not because it’s so emotionally captivating)

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@KassWebber @science_SRH Proud to be a Buff just like her!

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Feelings I didn’t expect #25; I have the emotional range to perform the roles I dreamed of when I was a ballerina now that I’m an adult— but none of the ability to execute. No matter how hard I work, it’ll always be part of the past.