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Lai (Linda) Chan 🫶

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Asst Prof 🧪🔬🧫🧬💊🩸@CCLRI @CleClinicLCM @CWRUSOM @CaseCCC, oncogenic signaling, blood cancers, cancer biology, therapeutics, drug resistance | views = my own | #FirstGen #WomenInSTEM | ❤️ Music | Foodie

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Lai (Linda) Chan 🫶 @lindacphd.bsky.social · Nov 14

New lab picture just dropped! #NewPI ##CancerResearch

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 11d

When I was at NIH and shutdowns loomed, it was discovered that the administration was planning to shut down PubMed. The head of NCBI called the powers that be and pointed out that this would threaten patient safety

Who knows what will happen now

Just in case, remember Euruope-PMC
(europepmc.org )

a cartoon of donald trump with the words be prepared above him

ALT: a cartoon of donald trump with the words be prepared above him

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Lai (Linda) Chan 🫶 @lindacphd.bsky.social · 8d

Stopped watching his show many years ago.

Lai (Linda) Chan 🫶 @lindacphd.bsky.social · 8d

Yup, but not shocked.

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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 8d

Despite These Times...my department is hiring! I really like my department, we have a good mix of disciplines and organisms and we're really low-drama. We also get pizza at faculty meeting. So if you're a computational and structural biologist, join us! 🧪 jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/260...

Assistant Professor - Tenure Track Faculty

The Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is inviting applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. The position requires a doc...

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Lai (Linda) Chan 🫶 @lindacphd.bsky.social · 9d

Good luck with yours, too!🍀 Looking forward to catching up. It's been quite a year. 😅

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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 10d

Who’s shaping the future of cell biology? 🌟 Find out at the MBoC 2025 Early Career Award Webinar (Part 1) → Oct 7, 12–1 pm ET.

Free registration 👉 www.ascb.org/ascb-meeting... #ASCB #CellBiology

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Lai (Linda) Chan 🫶 @lindacphd.bsky.social · 9d

Same...just doing what I can now. I am planning to go to ASCB this year. See you there?

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Lai (Linda) Chan 🫶 @lindacphd.bsky.social · 9d

Mine is going through internal review. Fingers crossed.

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Lai (Linda) Chan 🫶 @lindacphd.bsky.social · 13d

Awesome!!!!

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The Cancer Letter @cancerletter.com · 14d

SPECIAL REPORT: Anthony G. Letai to be named NCI director
The Dana-Farber (@danafarber.bsky.social) and Harvard physician-scientist is an inspired choice, colleagues say
https://cancerletter.com/nci/20250925_1/

Anthony G. Letai to be named NCI director The Dana-Farber and Harvard physician-scientist is an inspired choice, colleagues say - The Cancer Letter

Anthony G. Letai, a physician-scientist at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute whose research is focused on apoptosis and functional diagnostics, has been tapped by the Trump administration to become the 18th director of the National Cancer Institute. To access this subscriber-only content please log in or subscribe.If your institution has a site license, […]

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Lai (Linda) Chan 🫶 @lindacphd.bsky.social · 15d

Happy birthday!

Lai (Linda) Chan 🫶 @lindacphd.bsky.social · 17d

"Based on what I feel..." 🤦‍♀️

Lai (Linda) Chan 🫶 @lindacphd.bsky.social · 19d

2-mile walk at the Lake View Cemetery.🚶‍♀️

Lai (Linda) Chan 🫶 @lindacphd.bsky.social · 20d

Early afternoon walk. #HappySaturday

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 20d

Any academic folks on H1B visas (even with stamps in passports) please get legal advice from your University attorneys before leaving the US.

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Lai (Linda) Chan 🫶 @lindacphd.bsky.social · 20d

Dinner with friends. #HappyFriday

Lai (Linda) Chan 🫶 @lindacphd.bsky.social · 21d

Food looks good!

Lai (Linda) Chan 🫶 @lindacphd.bsky.social · 26d

#candlelightconcert

Lai (Linda) Chan 🫶 @lindacphd.bsky.social · 26d

Taking a break from writing. #candlelightconcert

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27d

The University of California, Berkeley, said on Friday that it provided the names of students, faculty and staff in cases of alleged antisemitism to the federal government, complying with the Trump administration’s investigation of universities it has accused of failing to protect Jewish students.