larissa

Neuroscience grad student, speculative fiction writer, flaming idealist.

[Tex Thompson @tex_maam]

In which @djolder makes the case against well-intentioned white silence. The Tex Files: Retweeting is Not Enough http://t.co/uj0U91i4Ms

[United Independent @UtdIndependent]

The United Independent Party Is Official, and Evan Falchuk’s Work Has Just Begun http://t.co/UNB4EjRE2B #mapoli (Go, @efalchuk!)

[larissa @prsmatic]

Women with PhDs review amazon's "sexy PhD costume"
Costume: ARGH. Reviews: hilarious.
http://t.co/msOfv7Ti1r #gradschoolproblems

[larissa @prsmatic]

My vote for @efalchuk & @angus4LG is in! UIP has come so far, and WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED. #ImWithFalchuk #mapoli #magov

[Malachy Browne @malachybrowne]

The most detailed piece you'll read on #Ebola outlook & treatment in W Africa, by Paul Farmer of Harvard and @PIH http://t.co/SODeGdujoW

[Partners In Health @PIH]

"Only 18 percent of Ebola patients in Liberia are currently being cared for in specialized treatment units." http://t.co/iEcaIt04R9

[larissa @prsmatic]

Apparently Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin has a biography and an autobiography (cited here):
http://t.co/8BWuOX91Qm
I'll add them to the list.

[Marcus Chown @marcuschown]

She wrote the most important astrophysics PhD of the 20th century yet hardly anyone knows her name...

[Brandie Tarvin @WannabeWriter06]

"It's not gender discrimination." Wait a sec... Yes, it really is. #womensrights http://t.co/k9j7gwHuZO

[larissa @prsmatic]

@quantumcowboy Boston Globe picks charter schools as a topic separating mayor candidates, but misses the problem: http://t.co/4pADXKSpcA

[larissa @prsmatic]

@QuantumCowboy Another politician to watch: a physicist/teacher who's running for congress in Illinois (as Dem): http://t.co/3KLUc544Vp

[larissa @prsmatic]

Non-partisan, non-profit resource for tracking and contacting senators and representatives: http://t.co/hnXe5tiFl5
Worth checking out!

[larissa @prsmatic]

@quantumcowboy My undergrad advisor's nonprofit: http://t.co/BSWTRoZQgf

[larissa @prsmatic]

@QuantumCowboy Article overstates & misinterprets the work's implications.Doesn't "reverse memory loss." Near irrelevant to etiology of Alz.

[larissa @prsmatic]

@QuantumCowboy Gorgeous! It looks like a painting, even more so with the wood framing the shot. Nicely done

[Hina Shamsi @HinaShamsi]

.@ACLU and human rights groups to President Obama: urgent action needed to avert Guantanamo human rights crisis http://t.co/4g4YXmFB5K

[larissa @prsmatic]

@QuantumCowboy @wslaton @BlackPhysicists Examples of awesome physics tools in neuro research:
http://t.co/lm46M3IcrK
http://t.co/jX5uNXluOG

[larissa @prsmatic]

@QuantumCowboy @wslaton @BlackPhysicists How neurons work, on many scales (membrane potentials, pharmacodynamics, molecular motion) and more