Greg Carter

(1) Choose collaborators carefully, and
(2) Personally I found it more fruitful to collaborate with fellow asst profs operating with similar timelines and incentives than sr faculty.

3. The POs for NIGMS and NIA have been phenomenal (as well as NIBIB, which is an aspiration for us). They have been very calm and reassuring, even as I know that their individual lives are very challenging. We are very lucky to have these staff and should be fighting for them whenever possible. 4/n

As a member of @model-ad.bsky.social it pains me to acknowledge that @niagads.bsky.social won the #AAIC25 swag battle. Well played!

Congratulations to Bruce, wearer of an extra snazzy purple tie today! #EndALZ

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My commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion remains and I hope many will continue to follow regardless of the times

I found the new review criteria to be helpful for critique construction. No more "weakness counting" for those who wish to avoid it. Execution will probably depend on the SRO but my n=1 to date was positive.

Few things make me grumpier than people raising "grantsmanship" as if it was scorable

Agreed (n=2, doubling the evidence!). Too many repackaged and hastily assembled proposals, especially when taking a flyer on an RFA.

Ok Teams is a disaster but honestly I really like the new Factor 1/Factor 2 review rubric. Much cleaner discussions, more focused on the science and outcomes, and clear boundaries for the SRO/chair to enforce.

The way NIH's Teams meetings sporadically mute audio between random pairs of participants is a marvel of government efficiency. Bravo on the move away from a reliable videoconf platform, a decision I'm sure was made after consulting with the affected CSR staff.

Surprisingly solid pronunciation of Washougal by Phil Liggett #tdf #analysis

But now it's extra sad for Minnesota

Yup, just a measure of player outcome regardless of later team moves. Also some of these picks were traded on draft night and probably chosen by the destination team.

And here's how well your team has drafted given who was available at the time (based on career WS data from bbref). League average for making the best possible choice is only 10.8%.

Trans-regulatory loci shape natural variation of gene expression plasticity in Arabidopsis Abstract. Organisms regulate gene expression in response to environmental cues, a process known as plasticity, to adjust to changing environments. Research

The important genetic effects act in trans academic.oup.com/genetics/art...

Discuss it with the people the grant supports. They might be considering other career paths if no one upstairs can be bothered to object.

NYT spelling bee denies Laplacian instead of awarding me the 100 points I deserve

mad now

A spider living a fine spider life in our white porcelain bathroom sink, before it died as it had lived

Anyone know the appropriate ceremony for the death of a spider that has been living in your sink for the past six weeks?

RIP, you

A group of six people is engaged in a discussion in a small office. One person, dressed in a suit, stands and listens, while another in an aloha shirt is explaining something. The others sit around a table, listening attentively. The walls are adorned with various university pennants.

I was just sent this picture of me explaining something to one of the staffers of Representative Suzanne Bonamici (Oregon's 1st congressional district). The thing that impressed me about these congressional staffers is how smart and dedicated they are. I wish we could remove partisan politics.

Four cows in polite attention as I explain how to change a bike tire

I taught these cows how to change a flat bike tire. They were very polite.

Trees, shrubs, lichens, mosses, liverworts, and who knows what else covering a granite ledge

Rain and fog almost every day in May but at least the granite isn't bare

No gold patch on their jerseys so I guess they don't claim it?

Reliable methods to determine which experimental/preclinical models are truly predictive of human responses.

Two young cows enjoying their afternoon

Met two new calves today, that was nice

Always the right choice

Put more effort into making things easier for those below you in the hierarchy than you do for those above you

Weird freak plane

Flying Delta tomorrow, so excited to see the inside of one of these

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