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Cathy 👩🏼‍🔬

@cathypaddock.bsky.social

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Midwesterner #UglyDogs, Bench Scientist (I do the experiments) and podcast obsessive. She/her Joined June 15, 2023 #131,329

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Cathy 👩🏼‍🔬 @cathypaddock.bsky.social · Nov 12

Moving my pinned post over here. It's a 2019 WUWM story about the international volunteer work my husband does.

www.wuwm.com/podcast/lake...

Milwaukee-Area Engineer Aids International Environmental Crises

Parts of the Midwest are still reeling from spring flooding caused by a winter's-worth of snow melting in a very short period of time. The floods have…

www.wuwm.com

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RavenMae @ravenmae.bsky.social · 13h

TIL!

My muscle relaxers have 2 generics that my pharmacy gets, but one does absolutely nothing. I didn't know I could report that anywhere other than to tell my pharmacist that the round pink ones are useless. 🙃

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 15h

Periodic reminder: if you get a generic that is less effective for you, of any medicine, filing a Form 3500 with the FDA's MedWatch if you're able contributes to getting non-bioequivalent generics pulled from the market: www.fda.gov/safety/medic...

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Cathy 👩🏼‍🔬 @cathypaddock.bsky.social · 13h

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Cathy 👩🏼‍🔬 @cathypaddock.bsky.social · 13h

Aww, scritches for the old man 💜

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Cathy 👩🏼‍🔬 @cathypaddock.bsky.social · 13h

a box of dunkin ' donuts says we almost there on it

Alt: a box of dunkin ' donuts says we almost there on it

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RavenMae @ravenmae.bsky.social · 16h

I know we're all passing the same $50 back n forth at this point, but if you can pass some to Becca & Tupac, please do. If you can't, please RT. That helps more than you know here! 💜
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Donate to cover Tupac's Veterinary Costs, organized by Melissa Mendelson

Hi! I am Melissa Mendelson, I am making this fundraiser for Becca Booth and… Melissa Mendelson needs your support for Donate to cover Tupac's Veterinary Costs

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Savluv @savluvx.bsky.social · 15h

#uglydogs

Pile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 1d

Industrious Scrembles!

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Cathy 👩🏼‍🔬 @cathypaddock.bsky.social · 16h

Happy Birthday Scott, maybe there're on their way south and are inviting you to join them for the winter!

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Cathy 👩🏼‍🔬 @cathypaddock.bsky.social · 16h

OMG, so exciting!

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poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 23h

boo?

a drawing of a little black cat with a ghost costume saying “boo?”

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Cathy 👩🏼‍🔬 @cathypaddock.bsky.social · 19h

It's such a crock that they are not. People should be able to consume things safely.

Cathy 👩🏼‍🔬 @cathypaddock.bsky.social · 20h

Of course! Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳

Cathy 👩🏼‍🔬 @cathypaddock.bsky.social · 20h

Oh Mary, lots of scritches for Priya and love to you while you worry.

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Nature @nature.com · 1d

The number of infections for this time of year is unusual and could seed outbreaks in countries that are heading into winter

go.nature.com/4om5VOt

Japan declares a flu epidemic — what this means for other nations

Researchers say that the number of infections for this time of year is unusual.

go.nature.com

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Cathy 👩🏼‍🔬 @cathypaddock.bsky.social · 22h

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Cathy 👩🏼‍🔬 @cathypaddock.bsky.social · 22h

#UglyDogs FYI

World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 1d

World Central Kitchen’s Relief Team is in Alaska, where Typhoon Halong left a devastating wake of flooding and destruction in remote coastal cities. Our teams will be serving first responders and impacted families.

We’ll share more information soon. #ChefsForAlaska
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Cathy 👩🏼‍🔬 @cathypaddock.bsky.social · 22h

Oh no. That sounds terrible.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 23h

In humans, #SARSCoV2 booster vaccines recall memory B cells to germinal centers, where they undergo additional selection to recognize both ancestral and evolving Omicron variants of the virus.

Learn more in #ScienceImmunology: https://scim.ag/3J9cQvk

Germinal center–mediated broadening of B cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 booster immunization

SARS-CoV-2 variant booster vaccination broadens human B cell responses through the germinal center reaction.

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Cathy 👩🏼‍🔬 @cathypaddock.bsky.social · 1d

Dang girl!

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Toni Reitter @tonichelle.bsky.social · 1d

Dan had some real treasures and he and Shirley believed in giving back to the community. #MusherSky #Alaska

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

AFN has a story today. This is the first that I heard someone died. So many villages devastated. It will take years to recover because it's so expensive to build in these rural villages.

www.adn.com/alaska-news/...?