Magda Grabowska

The funny thing about getting older is you start wondering why you are the way you are...and after spending a week with your parents it all makes sense.

I've been telling people "happy Friday" since Monday. Work weeks after conferences that span weekends are hard 😅

If you want to rediscover your youth, join a book club and relive the young adult anxiety of having to finish a book on time or passably fake it in front of new friends.

New NCI K32. Up to $80K for salary. $30K/yr research development.
US citizenship NOT required. 🧪

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Sending me "year in review" information on December 10th is just violence. Do you know how many goals I'm intending to hit between now and the end of the year 😅

A selfie with costumed characters playing cornhole in the background.

Bless my colleagues for keeping a straight face during our conversations while these joyful critters played cornhole. #ASH24

How dare you 😅

It's not the jingle of Santa's sleigh bells, but thousands of heme folks rushing through the San Diego Convention Center's halls. #ASH24

Circular architecture of the San Diego Convention Center with morning light peeking through.

Good morning #ASH24! I'm ready for some science...as soon as I finish this letter of recommendation and haul over to the Hyatt where my morning sessions are 😅

Oh, I'm seeing a really nice amount of #ASH24 skeets. So grateful to have a new vibrant place to engage with conference attendees and content!

I worry less about AI taking my job and more about how much of my job becomes 1) verifying AI-generated claims and 2) figuring out where the AI went wrong and fixing it.

I love December. The festive spirit, the cheesey movies, and the race to finish 2 months of year-end activities and planning for January events in a very short 3 weeks 🫠

I feel this deeply!

Very excited to see the increasing number of #ASH24 posts! Looking forward to connecting with everyone in San Diego later this week.

Raffle tickets for half a hog

I've always lived in places where school fundraisers focused on silent auctions and selling wrapping paper. I like this option better.

Happy "pie for breakfast day" to all who celebrate.

Actually, the best time to start thawing your turkey was the day after Halloween.

Good morning to everyone trying to decide precisely how invested they are in cooking Thanksgiving this year.

In retrospect, using my computer's desktop as a catch-all for projects in progress was a mistake.

Petra presents her work in front of a full audience, with a presentation slide asking "what are foam cells?".

A little belated, but huge congrats to @petrapopovics.bsky.social for her SBUR Young Investigator award, plus a neat talk on her labs work on BPH. I've enjoyed seeing this project develop!

It's wild how quickly I've progressed from reading printed scientific papers to consuming scientific literature largely on my phone.

This is also my approach to making friends 😅

Great question! No idea these days 😅

Evergreen conference skeet:
Have I had too much caffeine or not enough caffeine?

I know there are some very clever ways to reconnect with folks I've previously followed in other places, but I'm really enjoying spontaneous and intentional rebuilding of my timeline.

A placard with a koala, reading "I'm not drunk or lazy. I'm just saving energy. I need to sleep for around 20 hours a day due to my low energy diet. I'm awake for short periods during both day and night, but generally, I'm most active around sunset."

Adorable koala in a tree with a handful of eucalyptus

I love everything about this sign.

Cartoon for #inktober2024 project #creativecryptids is The Are You Done Yet-i. A shaggy monster is asking "Are you finished with your thesis yet?" "What about that paper yet?" "OK. What HAVE you gotten done yet?"

Day 1 of my #inktober2024 project #CreativeCryptids is the dreaded Are You Done Yet-i. Terrifyingly annoying with all these questions about your productivity and whether you're making any progress. Sheesh. #sciart

1/Our preprint "A renewed call for open artificial intelligence in biomedicine" is now available!

This commentary, led by Anthony Gitter, discusses the importance of data, code, and model sharing for further scientific progress and independent evaluation of claims in biomedical #AI 🧪🧬🖥️ #AcademicSky

A truly worthy addition!

New paper I'm extremely proud of: "Extended time, elevated expectations: The unappreciated downsides of pausing the tenure clock". We argue that extensions should be treated as a safety net, not insurance policy (1/6) www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....