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Meaghan Clark

@meaghansaurus.bsky.social

NSF Postdoc at UC Santa Cruz, studying population and conservation genomics, and taking photos of my cats. she/her

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So great to get out on the water, see some beautiful kelp beds, and learn more about kelp microbiome sampling!

10.07.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm beyond words at this point.

If I wanted to literally straight-up destroy any efforts at basic biology research in the US, this is exactly how I'd do it.

30.05.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is science political? - with Kevin Bird Tiny Living Beings Β· Episode

On this week’s ep, Kevin Bird (@stairwaytokevin.bsky.social) explains the events of the last 3 months, how science is funded in the United States, why it is being attacked so aggressively, and the ideologies behind these attacks. Found everywhere you get podcasts.
open.spotify.com/episode/0E9l...

05.05.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4

Congratulations Chris!

21.04.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I got an email yesterday afternoon that my NSF SPRF Postdoctoral Fellowship was terminated. My grant focused on testing interventions to address online misinformation and I was 8 months into a two year appointment.

19.04.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1055    πŸ” 466    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 25
Scientists' Stories - How to Contribute How to contribute a Story

If you have experienced direct harm to your work/lab/job due to recent changes at US NSF, & are willing to share this on behalf of the Am. Society of Naturalists and NSF, please DM/ email me ASAP (this is time-sensitive) or submit story here sites.google.com/view/scienti...
Please share widely

02.03.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 412    πŸ” 350    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 8

Hi NevΓ©! If you send me your email, I can add you!

31.01.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To expand on this, right now ~200 postdoc fellows directly funded by NSF are locked out of their salary &research funds right before the first of the month. No doubt other NSF funded grads &postdocs are affected as well. All requests for funds put in before the freeze are slowly being cancelled

29.01.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 223    πŸ” 147    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 8

I’m so sorry you’re in this position. None of us can receive money from our awards right now, but I’m not sure if there would be additional ramifications for starting the fellowship. If you send me your email, I can add you to the PRFB slack.

29.01.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As of this AM, it is uncertain how NSF postdoc fellows will be impacted.

If you are on an NSF PRFB and not a member of the slack group, send me a message.

28.01.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

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