🌿 Asst Prof. #NewPI. Molecular host-bacterial-fungal interactions. NCSSM/NCSU/Cornell alum. Y'all means all. Views are my own. she/her
Morgan Carter
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New: NSF is tightening its conflict of interest rules in what could be a headache for the understaffed agency. Starting in August, reviewers will no longer be able to participate in a panel with any proposals from their own institution.
My reporting for @science.org:
Yes, and— if you are an established PI who expects n reviews on your submissions, then you owe the community at least* n reviews per submission in return.
www.science.org
Researchers say changes could further burden the understaffed agency
In just 3 years, I've had students come through my lab that want to work for the USDA. The CDC. NASA.
Talented, intelligent people who are deciding they want their life to go towards science for the public.
And that is being ripped away as a possibility. 💔 I have a lot of feelings about this.
One of my favorite parts of this job is having to do a grant budget revision with multiple back and forths for approval to pay for $20 of shipping since there was no shipping line in the internal budget.
(not)
Morgan Carter
Morgan Carter
Our DHS grant was terminated last week. This was awarded via the University of Alaska Anchorage's Arctic Domain Awareness Center, which was dissolved by the Trump administration last year and then brought back by Senator Dan Sullivan. We were barely allowed to spend any of the funds.
The reason?
Some pretty bacteria in purple and blue watercolor artologica.etsy.com/listing/4516... #sciart
Breaking: A new Special Collection in @asm.org #mSphere and #mSystems – “Lab Launches - New Leaders, New Discoveries”. We started it bc that first paper is important – it communicates the group’s identity as well as the discoveries that propel a scientific career. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
In the United States and some other countries, many small businesses mark their beginnings
by posting their first earned dollar (or whatever relevant currency) from their very
first transaction on a p...
I'm not honestly sure where this narrative of academic research being "low-risk" comes from. I think people see "low-reward" work as a waste of time; but incremental science (described by Khun as "normal" science) a critical mode of work required to enable scientific revolutions. SMH
Jessica R. Glass, PhD
Artologica aka Michele Banks
The list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2027 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/MAGd4ohyPeoY... students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely! 🧪
Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2027 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...
The Thermo Fisher situation keeps getting worse. We've now collected 450+ problematic images presented as verification data in TF's antibody catalog. This includes:
🖌️ Dozens more images with duplications or painting
🖨️ Hundreds of blots that all share the same background (behold slideshow below)
