Cooper Battle
@chbattle.com
Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Willamette University. Bio-organic chemist.
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science. I celebrated by having a senior man attend a meeting with me to repeat everything I say and back me up on leadership decisions. 🫠
February 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science. I celebrated by having a senior man attend a meeting with me to repeat everything I say and back me up on leadership decisions. 🫠
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Rarely have I been less surprised than I am by the move of the American Chemical Society to delete its website on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Respect.
The organization that has never taken a stand on anything has continued that trend.
The organization that has never taken a stand on anything has continued that trend.
February 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Rarely have I been less surprised than I am by the move of the American Chemical Society to delete its website on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Respect.
The organization that has never taken a stand on anything has continued that trend.
The organization that has never taken a stand on anything has continued that trend.
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This is the text of the Montana bill banning mRNA vaccines.
Scientifically inaccurate. Conceptually incoherent. Fearmongering nonsense. So it will likely pass.
🚨We MUST work together to do more to counter this bunk. Rise up for reason!🚨
Scientifically inaccurate. Conceptually incoherent. Fearmongering nonsense. So it will likely pass.
🚨We MUST work together to do more to counter this bunk. Rise up for reason!🚨
February 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This is the text of the Montana bill banning mRNA vaccines.
Scientifically inaccurate. Conceptually incoherent. Fearmongering nonsense. So it will likely pass.
🚨We MUST work together to do more to counter this bunk. Rise up for reason!🚨
Scientifically inaccurate. Conceptually incoherent. Fearmongering nonsense. So it will likely pass.
🚨We MUST work together to do more to counter this bunk. Rise up for reason!🚨
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This framing is their framing, and NYT took the bait. The correct and accurate framing is: “Deep cuts to medical research threatens progress on cancer and heart disease research, costs the economy $80B, and threatens 300,000 jobs across red and blue states”
February 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This framing is their framing, and NYT took the bait. The correct and accurate framing is: “Deep cuts to medical research threatens progress on cancer and heart disease research, costs the economy $80B, and threatens 300,000 jobs across red and blue states”
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HHMI just cancelled our grant. We were in the second year of developing programs to retain students from all backgrounds in STEM. All that work, all that energy…..I am profoundly disappointed. Well-funded HHMI labs, what do you think of dismantling funding for these training programs?
If anyone has the resources to resist, its HHMI. Ending this program with no notice and literally scrubbing evidence it ever existed from the website is shocking and dosappointing
February 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
HHMI just cancelled our grant. We were in the second year of developing programs to retain students from all backgrounds in STEM. All that work, all that energy…..I am profoundly disappointed. Well-funded HHMI labs, what do you think of dismantling funding for these training programs?
Extremely disappointed to see HHMI decide to kill their Inclusive Excellence program, including terminating the current IE3 awards to over a hundred institutions effective this year in the middle of a 6-year grant. I was hoping HHMI (and other private funders) would continue to lead the way.
February 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Extremely disappointed to see HHMI decide to kill their Inclusive Excellence program, including terminating the current IE3 awards to over a hundred institutions effective this year in the middle of a 6-year grant. I was hoping HHMI (and other private funders) would continue to lead the way.
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Oh great… the same new PIs who were hit by a global pandemic just as they started are now trying to renew their grants and get tenure when the funding agencies are actively being destroyed. But sure.... that COVID tenure clock extension reeaaallly made a difference....
January 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Oh great… the same new PIs who were hit by a global pandemic just as they started are now trying to renew their grants and get tenure when the funding agencies are actively being destroyed. But sure.... that COVID tenure clock extension reeaaallly made a difference....