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Laura Herndon

@enchiladalaura.bsky.social

PhD scientist, aging researcher, WormAtlas editor who loves to travel, read and enjoy nature whenever the opportunity arises.

121 Followers  |  251 Following  |  3 Posts  |  Joined: 15.11.2024  |  2.1135

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Fay: Cuts to research funding risk the collapse of U.S. science and technology I started as an assistant professor of molecular biology at the University of Wyoming in 2001.

Thanks to @isakoditomassi.bsky.social and the McClintock Letters Initiative who motivated me to submit this.

19.07.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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It doesn’t get any more classic than this #worm25

01.07.2025 07:10 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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WormAtlas has had a great time meeting so many new people and visiting with old friends. If you haven’t already, please come by and say hello on Tuesday afternoon. #worm25

01.07.2025 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Very grateful to get to have such a helpful and informative in-person meeting of the WormAtlas Board this morning to discuss the current content and future direction of WormAtlas. #Worm25

30.06.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Columbia University professor and Nobel laureate Martin Chalfie: β€œI strongly believe in DEI!”

Demonstrators gather in NYC and across the nation in the name of science.

March 7, 2025

#standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social

08.03.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 361    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Turmoil at Pentagon (Gift Article) The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. reflects the president’s insistence that the military’s leadership is too mired in diversity issues and has lost sight of its combat role.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

22.02.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In case anyone had any doubt as to Trump’s agenda…

22.02.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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February 19, 2025 The past week has solidified a sea change in Americanβ€”and globalβ€”history.

February 19, 2025

20.02.2025 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2696    πŸ” 729    πŸ’¬ 83    πŸ“Œ 136
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Academics in N.J., Philly protest Trump administration cuts to scientific research Rallies in Center City and at Rutgers University were part of a nationwide day of action to speak out against Trump administration cuts.

whyy.org/articles/res...

20.02.2025 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rutgers University Scientists Stand up Against Trump Cuts - Insider NJ Rutgers University scientists, educators and staff this afternoon called attention to the ravaging, destabilizing cuts.

www.insidernj.com/rutgers-univ...

19.02.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Scene from Rutgers "Hands Off Our Research" Protest. Professor Monica Driscoll - National Academy of Sciences member - rallies our undergrads, grad students, postdocs, staff, faculty, and community. The resistance is growing!!! @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social @aaup.bsky.social #celegans

19.02.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 147    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6
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What the actual fuck?! America, it’s time to rise. When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty!

19.02.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 41745    πŸ” 10010    πŸ’¬ 2559    πŸ“Œ 1269
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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.

Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.

Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

01.02.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 7819    πŸ” 4392    πŸ’¬ 588    πŸ“Œ 1666

Impossible to overstate the devastating impact this could have on NYC.

Puts food assistance, child care, affordable housing, special ed, infrastructure projects etc at risk.

The cruelty and chaos is the point.

We need to fight this blatantly illegal action with everything we’ve got.

28.01.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

This is so important for understanding why research in model organisms is so powerful.

Trained bioscientists find it easy to believe that many results relevant to cancer were discovered in yeast.

By laypeople, particularly if they are skeptical for other reasons, think we are stupid or nuts.

/fin

27.01.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anthropic CEO Sees AI-Powered Advances Doubling Human Lifespans | PYMNTS.com Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday (Jan. 23) that accelerated advances in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in biology, can lead to a

Amazing how these people are suddenly experts in everything.

Anyone who knows anything about the biology of aging realizes that doubling human lifespan is not going to be a matter of a few miracle drugs. This is complete and utter snake oil, and they sound increasingly desperate by the day.

24.01.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 774    πŸ” 132    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 24

Menopause affects or will affect 50% of us. There is a dearth of research-based information. Here's some πŸ§ͺ #womeninSTEM

26.01.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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January 24, 2025 β€œNUTS!”

January 24, 2025

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