Cassie Robertson
@cassierobertson.bsky.social
First they came for the Scientists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Scientist
#StandUpForScience
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Scientist
#StandUpForScience
In an email with the subject line "Evolving our approach to DEI and moving forward together," the mighty University of Michigan just announced it will cave to the Trump administration on everything.
March 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
In an email with the subject line "Evolving our approach to DEI and moving forward together," the mighty University of Michigan just announced it will cave to the Trump administration on everything.
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This is a great piece on how acting NIH Director Matthew Memoli and his MAGA cronies at HHS are twisting the story on indirect costs. @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Why the NIH cuts are so wrong (opinion)
Christopher Newfield writes that higher ed has a better counternarrative to share.
www.insidehighered.com
March 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This is a great piece on how acting NIH Director Matthew Memoli and his MAGA cronies at HHS are twisting the story on indirect costs. @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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📢 Thrilled to see this out, an atlas of e/sQTL across multiple tissues and diverse ancestries in 14,324 TOPMed participants: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Grateful to the #TOPMed #Omics WG for giving me an opportunity to learn and contribute to this important work 🧬
Grateful to the #TOPMed #Omics WG for giving me an opportunity to learn and contribute to this important work 🧬
Cross-cohort analysis of expression and splicing quantitative trait loci in TOPMed
Most genetic variants associated with complex traits and diseases occur in non-coding genomic regions and are hypothesized to regulate gene expression. To understand the genetics underlying gene expre...
www.medrxiv.org
February 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
📢 Thrilled to see this out, an atlas of e/sQTL across multiple tissues and diverse ancestries in 14,324 TOPMed participants: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Grateful to the #TOPMed #Omics WG for giving me an opportunity to learn and contribute to this important work 🧬
Grateful to the #TOPMed #Omics WG for giving me an opportunity to learn and contribute to this important work 🧬
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wow
much competency
so efficient
much competency
so efficient
February 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
wow
much competency
so efficient
much competency
so efficient
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I see these hot takes: "Academia had it coming for [reasons]."
The problem with this is that unless you can explain why immigrants, LGBTQ people, minorities, teachers, federal employees, aid workers, health professionals, etc., ALSO had it coming, you'll end up short of a parsimonious explanation.
The problem with this is that unless you can explain why immigrants, LGBTQ people, minorities, teachers, federal employees, aid workers, health professionals, etc., ALSO had it coming, you'll end up short of a parsimonious explanation.
February 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I see these hot takes: "Academia had it coming for [reasons]."
The problem with this is that unless you can explain why immigrants, LGBTQ people, minorities, teachers, federal employees, aid workers, health professionals, etc., ALSO had it coming, you'll end up short of a parsimonious explanation.
The problem with this is that unless you can explain why immigrants, LGBTQ people, minorities, teachers, federal employees, aid workers, health professionals, etc., ALSO had it coming, you'll end up short of a parsimonious explanation.
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So are we still paying federal income tax or…
February 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
So are we still paying federal income tax or…
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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.
February 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.
Looking for someone with extensive experience with CRISPR editing and single cell sequencing platforms (10X, split pool, and sequential barcoding)? The federal government terminated a terrific person and talent from a highly productive intramural NIH lab. Please be in touch and I will connect you.
February 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looking for someone with extensive experience with CRISPR editing and single cell sequencing platforms (10X, split pool, and sequential barcoding)? The federal government terminated a terrific person and talent from a highly productive intramural NIH lab. Please be in touch and I will connect you.