Catarina Bettencourt
@catarinabett.bsky.social
Undergraduate researcher and premed student. All views are my own
Interests: healthy aging // oncology // data science // clinical trial design // advocacy and representation in research
https://bettencourt-c.github.io
Interests: healthy aging // oncology // data science // clinical trial design // advocacy and representation in research
https://bettencourt-c.github.io
Reposted by Catarina Bettencourt
From Altadena to Asheville, people devastated by recent disasters encountered helpers trained in Psychological First Aid. Like CPR, anybody can learn it.
In the LA fires and the NC floods, 'CPR for mental health' treats unseen wounds
From Altadena to Asheville, people devastated by recent disasters encountered helpers trained in Psychological First Aid. Like CPR, anybody can learn it.
www.npr.org
February 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
From Altadena to Asheville, people devastated by recent disasters encountered helpers trained in Psychological First Aid. Like CPR, anybody can learn it.
Reposted by Catarina Bettencourt
Former President Jimmy Carter posthumously won his fourth Grammy Award for his audiobook "Last Sundays In Plains: A Centennial Celebration."
Carter was 100 years old when he was nominated, making him the oldest nominee – and now winner – in Grammy history.
Follow the Grammys live: cnn.it/3Q2lagi
Carter was 100 years old when he was nominated, making him the oldest nominee – and now winner – in Grammy history.
Follow the Grammys live: cnn.it/3Q2lagi
February 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Former President Jimmy Carter posthumously won his fourth Grammy Award for his audiobook "Last Sundays In Plains: A Centennial Celebration."
Carter was 100 years old when he was nominated, making him the oldest nominee – and now winner – in Grammy history.
Follow the Grammys live: cnn.it/3Q2lagi
Carter was 100 years old when he was nominated, making him the oldest nominee – and now winner – in Grammy history.
Follow the Grammys live: cnn.it/3Q2lagi
Reposted by Catarina Bettencourt
Up until today I had been really focused on the shutdown of the NIH from a scientist perspective and today as I sat as a patient at the cancer center receiving my infusion I thought about it from the patient perspective.
January 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Up until today I had been really focused on the shutdown of the NIH from a scientist perspective and today as I sat as a patient at the cancer center receiving my infusion I thought about it from the patient perspective.
Reposted by Catarina Bettencourt
A federal court has declared that warrantless searches of US person’s communications collected for national security purposes is unconstitutional. Now it’s our job to make sure Congress knows that when they renew this law in a little over a year.
VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional
In a landmark ruling, a federal district court held that backdoor searches of databases full of Americans’ private communications collected under Section 702 ordinarily require a warrant. Congress sho...
www.eff.org
January 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A federal court has declared that warrantless searches of US person’s communications collected for national security purposes is unconstitutional. Now it’s our job to make sure Congress knows that when they renew this law in a little over a year.
Reposted by Catarina Bettencourt
Supervised exercise for metastatic breast cancer patients boosts quality of life and costs savings, proving highly cost-effective.
by Schouten AEM, Hiensch AE (...) May AM et 31 al. in J Clin Oncol #MedSky
📖 read the article: https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO-24-01441
by Schouten AEM, Hiensch AE (...) May AM et 31 al. in J Clin Oncol #MedSky
📖 read the article: https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO-24-01441
January 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Supervised exercise for metastatic breast cancer patients boosts quality of life and costs savings, proving highly cost-effective.
by Schouten AEM, Hiensch AE (...) May AM et 31 al. in J Clin Oncol #MedSky
📖 read the article: https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO-24-01441
by Schouten AEM, Hiensch AE (...) May AM et 31 al. in J Clin Oncol #MedSky
📖 read the article: https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO-24-01441
Reposted by Catarina Bettencourt
Skin: Fighting infections with self-made antibodies
New research reveals the skin's role as an immune powerhouse, independently producing antibodies to balance its microbiota and prevent harmful infections.
Paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
News
www.news-medical.net/news/2024121...
New research reveals the skin's role as an immune powerhouse, independently producing antibodies to balance its microbiota and prevent harmful infections.
Paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
News
www.news-medical.net/news/2024121...
December 21, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Skin: Fighting infections with self-made antibodies
New research reveals the skin's role as an immune powerhouse, independently producing antibodies to balance its microbiota and prevent harmful infections.
Paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
News
www.news-medical.net/news/2024121...
New research reveals the skin's role as an immune powerhouse, independently producing antibodies to balance its microbiota and prevent harmful infections.
Paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
News
www.news-medical.net/news/2024121...
Last week, I had the opportunity to share my first presentation on behalf of the work at LAB:SYNC! Thank you to the Women’s Research Engagement Network (WREN) for such an amazing event
#WomeninResearch
#WomeninResearch
December 15, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Last week, I had the opportunity to share my first presentation on behalf of the work at LAB:SYNC! Thank you to the Women’s Research Engagement Network (WREN) for such an amazing event
#WomeninResearch
#WomeninResearch
Excited to share our lab’s latest work, led by Dr. Aston K. McCullough at LAB:SYNC, in PLOS ONE!
This pilot study displays evidence that free-form dancing can serve as moderate-to-vigorous physical activity without formal training
🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#Dance #HealthyAging #NewPaper #Research
This pilot study displays evidence that free-form dancing can serve as moderate-to-vigorous physical activity without formal training
🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#Dance #HealthyAging #NewPaper #Research
Absolute and relative intensities of solo, free-form dancing in adults: A pilot study
Objectives Engaging in dance of various styles confers health benefits among adults; however, additional studies on free-form dancing are needed to quantify its intensity and advance research on dance...
doi.org
December 15, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Excited to share our lab’s latest work, led by Dr. Aston K. McCullough at LAB:SYNC, in PLOS ONE!
This pilot study displays evidence that free-form dancing can serve as moderate-to-vigorous physical activity without formal training
🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#Dance #HealthyAging #NewPaper #Research
This pilot study displays evidence that free-form dancing can serve as moderate-to-vigorous physical activity without formal training
🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#Dance #HealthyAging #NewPaper #Research
Reposted by Catarina Bettencourt
tRNAs play an important role in regulating mRNA degradation during translation. @science.org #Biology #scisky #News #Science
Read more
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Read more
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 23, 2024 at 3:02 PM
tRNAs play an important role in regulating mRNA degradation during translation. @science.org #Biology #scisky #News #Science
Read more
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Read more
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Catarina Bettencourt
Folks, if you're interested in clinic-bound gene editing, this Wednesday the FDA CBER will gather ~10 sponsors of INDs - academia and industry - and take the entire day to look at use cases to make CRISPR into a platform for gene editing.
Well worth your time imho.
alliancerm.org/arm-event/fd...
Well worth your time imho.
alliancerm.org/arm-event/fd...
FDA Scientific Exchange 2024: Advancing Gene Editing Platforms for Rare Diseases - Alliance for Regenerative Medicine
ARM, ISCT, and Danaher will convene key stakeholders to explore how to advance gene editing platforms. This Scientific Exchange with the FDA seeks to make progress on therapeutic development for rare ...
alliancerm.org
November 16, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Folks, if you're interested in clinic-bound gene editing, this Wednesday the FDA CBER will gather ~10 sponsors of INDs - academia and industry - and take the entire day to look at use cases to make CRISPR into a platform for gene editing.
Well worth your time imho.
alliancerm.org/arm-event/fd...
Well worth your time imho.
alliancerm.org/arm-event/fd...
Reintroducing myself here, I’m Catarina and I’m an undergraduate researcher at NEU focusing on health outcomes associated with dance. I’m a premed student, but I’ve joined bsky to connect with others and learn about what’s current in the field. My other interests include data science and dance!
November 13, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Reintroducing myself here, I’m Catarina and I’m an undergraduate researcher at NEU focusing on health outcomes associated with dance. I’m a premed student, but I’ve joined bsky to connect with others and learn about what’s current in the field. My other interests include data science and dance!