Francesca Cole

Francesca Cole

@francescacole.bsky.social

I study meiosis - how chromosomes segregate into sperm and eggs All opinions are my own Science, food, and cocktails

1,585 Followers 2,132 Following 104 Posts Joined Sep 2023
10 months ago

Wow - Sharon Dent is amazing - this is so great! Congratulations Sharon ❤️

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Soni Lacefield Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Soni Lacefield, PhD, a professor of biochemistry and cell biology at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, has been named a 2025 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (…

Congratulations to @lacefieldlab.bsky.social and all the other @aaas.org Fellows! 🥳

geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/so...

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Spring dinner - Kale Leek Galette

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11 months ago

It’s been a devastating 24 hours with 3 NIH grants terminated…all focused on the health and wellbeing of trans or intersex youth. If folks have any ideas of foundations that may be interested in supporting the completion of these projects so years of work aren’t wasted, please let me know. 🙏

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Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) OverviewTopic AreasMore InformationOverviewATN is the only multicenter research network in the United States devoted to the health and well-being of adolescents and young adults living with or at risk...

Horrible news - The Adolescent Medicine Trials Networks for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) funded by the NIH has just been terminated.

Stopping a clinical trial mid-course like this is insane.

www.nichd.nih.gov/research/sup...

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11 months ago

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

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FedFreeze.org Fight Trump's funding freeze to protect lifesaving care and research.

Unfortunately, there was another round of FUNDED grants cancelled yesterday. These illegal cuts stop projects that have been in progress for years, interrupt lifesaving research, and destroy the public good of science in the US.

If you were impacted, please share you story with us: fedfreeze.org

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Mentee sign-up for the 2025 C. elegans Community Mentor Match program The 2025 C. elegans Community Mentor Match is open to graduate students, postdocs, and faculty at any career stage. This survey collects information to help the committee (a) identify the most appropr...

PhD students, postdocs and early-career faculty members of the C. elegans community - Do sign up for the 2025 C. elegans Community Mentor Match program

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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11 months ago

Thank you!

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11 months ago

Thanks Paula! I applied pre and girding myself for post - doing my best whilst living in interesting times

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11 months ago

We had a lot of fun! SURP poster session madness!!

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11 months ago

Thanks Tamara!

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Thanks Maureen!

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11 months ago

So happy to join the dream dean team at the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences!

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1 year ago

This is a beautiful story / check it out!

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Atlanta Stand Up For Science March poster, State Capital, Liberty Plaza, March 7, 2025 noon-4

Stand Up For Science next Friday (3/7)! In 2024, Georgia institutions received just over $1 billion in funding and had more than $30 billion in economic impact in GA. That's a PHENOMENAL return for tax payers- let's share that news!

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R. Scott Hawley: A Pioneer in Genetics and Mentor to Many - PLOS Biologue Authors: Gregory P. Copenhaver, Monica Colaiácovo, Giovanni Bosco, Julia Squarr We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. R. Scott Hawley…

A tribute to my friend R. Scott Hawley:
biologue.plos.org/2025/02/11/r...

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1 year ago

Important to note that the pause applies only in the 22 suing states. That means the rest of the country is still subject to the 15-percent cap.

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1 year ago

Could be an interesting opportunity to build a red/blue state coalition?

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1 year ago

We are encouraging
-Wackiness
-Scrappiness
-FOCUS on people who DO NOT GET ANY SCIENCE. Not schools.
-Ensuring that people don't need to "come to you" to experience your project
-And again- I mean it- putting science *where it does not currently exist*.

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SCIENCE IRL: Community SciComm mini-grant Skype a Scientist is offering $300-$1,000 mini-grants to support boots-on-the-ground science communication. The Science IRL mini-grants will support projects that put either 1) important science mess...

Apps are due FRIDAY for the Science IRL grant

We're funding projects that tackle humanity's big science-centric problems, while reaching people who are NOT engaging with science. Bring me your creative, unique projects that put science where there currently is none.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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1 year ago

🧵 If you’re applauding the abolishment of the Department of Education, you need to do a little research. You have ZERO clue what the DOE actually does.

Here’s a reality check on what the Department of Education actually does:
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It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.

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My lab strives to reduce infertility, miscarriages, and birth defects. We want y’all to have healthy kids.

I know it sounds weird, but indirect costs pay for lights, HVAC, maintenance, cleaning, safety, and admin.

It’s really hard to reduce birth defects in the dark.

Call your representatives

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1 year ago

🤦🏽‍♀️

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1 year ago

So sorry and thinking of all the people Scott helped in his storied career - hugs

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1 year ago

I’m so so sorry - Scott was so wonderful especially his incredible support for Junior scientists - heartbroken

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Elvan Böke, Felicity Jones, Francesca Cole and Ofer Rog

Hear hear, our 4 keynote speakers! #MAYosis

May 7th: Elvan Böke @crg.eu
May 14th: Felicity Jones @unigroningen.bsky.social
May 21st : Ofer Rog @theroglab.bsky.social @utah.edu
May 28th: Francesca Cole @francescacole.bsky.social @mdanderson.bsky.social

meiosis.cornell.edu/mayosis2025/...

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