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Sam Lord

@samjlord.bsky.social

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Cell biology and microscopy researcher in the @MullinsLab at UCSF. I publish as Samuel J. Lord. https://blog.everydayscientist.com/

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Sam Lord @samjlord.bsky.social · Nov 18

Q: What's wrong with these plots?

A: Pooling cell-level measurements across multiple runs conceals experimental reproducibility.

Read more in JCB (with @fritzlaylin.bsky.social @katrinavelle.bsky.social & Dyche Mullins): rupress.org/jcb/article/...

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Arthur Charles-Orszag @acharlesorszag.bsky.social · Apr 16

Preprint alert! I’m publishing my last paper from my postdoc work on archaeal cell biology, with @mullinslab.bsky.social, @archaellum.bsky.social, @samjlord.bsky.social, @marleenvw.bsky.social, @arghya93.bsky.social, and more great folks (thread below with more details)

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Sam Lord @samjlord.bsky.social · Mar 25

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Sam Lord @samjlord.bsky.social · Feb 17

It’s “Washington’s Birthday,” officially.

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Christophe 🔬 L @christlet.bsky.social · Feb 6

New actin probe from @veselin-nasufovic.bsky.social et al! SiR-XActin and its variants are more photostable and less perturbative than SiR-actin or FastAct. And it's already available from @spirochrome.com! With some beautiful data from @chillinwithpfn1.bsky.social:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Jessica Polka @jessicapolka.bsky.social · Jan 27

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Sam Lord @samjlord.bsky.social · Jan 8

@jjalston.bsky.social congrats on the Hanna Gray!

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Sam Lord @samjlord.bsky.social · Jan 3

But the tapeworm text is mocking the raw guy? At least that’s what I’m hoping. I can’t believe that folks would intentionally get parasites.

Sam Lord @samjlord.bsky.social · Jan 2

I have to believe that the original video was done in jest.

Sam Lord @samjlord.bsky.social · Jan 2

Now we’ll get people complaining how it’s inappropriate to send reminders so early in the new year. 🤣

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Sam Lord @samjlord.bsky.social · Jan 2

That time of year…

Sam Lord @samjlord.bsky.social · Dec 21

Will you and @theatlantic.com publish a follow-up story that the dangers were 10x lower than the scientific paper originally claimed?

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Corrigendum to ‘From e-waste to living space: Flame retardants contaminating household items add to concern about plastic recycling’ [Chemosphere 365 (2024) 143319]

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Sam Lord @samjlord.bsky.social · Dec 21

Why shouldn’t we be 10x less concerned now?

Sam Lord @samjlord.bsky.social · Dec 21

How can the dose be an order of magnitude lower than they first estimated, but then have zero change in their conclusion? Shouldn’t their concern about black plastic cookware be 10x lower now??

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Study That Called Out Black Plastic Utensils Had a Major Math Error — WIRED

Despite the correction, the study’s authors stand by their conclusions about the risks of certain kitchen utensils.

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Sam Lord @samjlord.bsky.social · Dec 20

I still miss the tan M&Ms.