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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 4h

“A study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29%, their risk of hospitalizations by 39% & their risk of death by 64%”

Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors

Soren Larsen (SEGL) @sorenlarsen.bsky.social · 6h

Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

"The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says."

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 2h

this offends me deeply

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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 4h

One of the great advantages of biology is that you can write HELLO WORLD in amino acids since PROTEINS ARE AMAZING

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Simon Bayly @simonbayly.bsky.social · 4h

Only being able to say HELL WRLD seems apt somehow

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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 3h

🤣🤣🤣

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David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️ @gringene.org · 3h

Variants on Hello that work:

* Salam
* Tere
* Hei
* Lakwe
* Namaste
* Akkam
* Vanakkam

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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 4h

one of the great tragedies of biology is
that you can't write "HELLO WORLD" in amino acids
since there is no O

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 2d

More are united around a simple message: RFK Jr should not be HHS Sec. His decisions undermine our public health capacity and put lives and health at risk.

As 6 former Surgeon Generals argue:

"He has rejected science, misled the public and compromised the health of Americans."

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wapo.st/3VTALll

Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans

It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

wapo.st

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Maggie Sivit @msivit.bsky.social · 5d

An update from Jessie Fuentes

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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 5d

Celebrating our move to a new lab building! And two years of the Bartman lab!

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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 5d

Wow

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Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 5d

It's pronounced "bouquet"

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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 7d

So if there’s no portal to submit the NSF GRFP yet and the government is shut down…..

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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations!!

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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 9d

I think the R01 is basically a non-starter at NIGMS now. Data from NIH Reporter for new and competing awards, comparing number of R01s issued relative to R35s (MIRA). This has major ramifications for basic science and basic science investigators that are not yet in the MIRA pool

Graph showing total R35+R01 awards issued by NIGMS from 2020 to 2025. R01 in black showing a steep decline. R35 showing an increase. Total awards in 2025 slightly up from 2024 but these years are lower than 2020-2023

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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 9d

Welcome to Penn!!

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 12d

Announcing such a major change to NSF GRFP this late in the cycle is incredibly cruel. 2nd yr students (mine included) have been working so hard on their proposals despite ongoing uncertainty. They are driven and passionate about being outstanding scientists and helping those coming up behind them.

This means individuals in the following statuses at the time of application are eligible:

Undergraduate in the final (senior) year of a bachelor’s degree program
Bachelor’s degree-holder with NO enrollment in a graduate degree program (non-degree graduate coursework allowed)
Individual enrolled in a joint bachelor’s-master’s degree program with at least three undergraduate years completed
First-year graduate student in their first graduate degree program with less than one academic year completed in the degree program (according to institution’s academic calendar)
Individuals enrolled in joint bachelor’s-master’s degree programs are considered graduate students. For GRFP, joint bachelor’s-master’s degrees are defined as degrees concurrently pursued and awarded.
Not be a current NSF employee.

Applications that do not meet eligibility requirements will be returned without review as being ineligible for a fellowship.

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Jason Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 13d

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.

The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP

jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

jasonjwilliamsny.github.io

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 14d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 13d

The year 1984 is unfairly maligned. Have we considered changing the title of George Orwell’s classic to 2025?

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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 13d

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Kathrin Leppek @katleppek.bsky.social · 13d

I often think it would be great to have chloroplasts, do photosynthesis, and live off the sun.

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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 13d

Do you ever wish you could digest cellulose so you could eat the lollipop AND its stick

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John Ross @johnrossmd.bsky.social · 14d

After the fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral, they replaced much of the original wood framing with iron. So now, it has apse of steel

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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 14d

Florence, which machine is it?? WHICH MACHINE?

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