Constanza Torres-Paris
@connietp.bsky.social
Enzymes, biophysics, bacteria and everything in between. She/her/ella. Latina 🇨🇱 Postdoc at @scripps.edu. PhD at @ucsandiego.bsky.social My views are my own
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Mallory is a postdoc in Alexis Komor's lab. She brings gene editing to high schools, showing them what a future in science looks like. Without funding from the NSF, this outreach would not be possible. #BehindEveryBreakthrough
October 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Mallory is a postdoc in Alexis Komor's lab. She brings gene editing to high schools, showing them what a future in science looks like. Without funding from the NSF, this outreach would not be possible. #BehindEveryBreakthrough
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Decades of research have found that acetaminophen is safe for children when administered as recommended. Misleading claims link the medicine to autism. These false claims send a dangerous message to parents and does a disservice to autistic individuals. www.aap.org/en/news-room...
September 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Decades of research have found that acetaminophen is safe for children when administered as recommended. Misleading claims link the medicine to autism. These false claims send a dangerous message to parents and does a disservice to autistic individuals. www.aap.org/en/news-room...
Just registered to be a STEM professional penpal with letters to a prescientist for the 2025-2026 school year :) If you are a STEM professional and want to make a change, consider volunteering with them. More info here: prescientist.org/volunteers/?...
For STEM Professionals - Letters to a Pre-Scientist
Pen Pal Program Overview We encourage STEM Professionals of all kinds to get involved with Letters to a Pre-Scientist! STEM professionals send and receive letters throughout a school year from ...
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July 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Just registered to be a STEM professional penpal with letters to a prescientist for the 2025-2026 school year :) If you are a STEM professional and want to make a change, consider volunteering with them. More info here: prescientist.org/volunteers/?...
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Now published! Phosphorylation patterns modulate transient secondary structures of the intrinsically disordered CTD of RNA polymerase II www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Phosphorylation modulates secondary structure of intrinsically disorder regions in RNA polymerase II
The intrinsically disordered C-terminal domain (CTD) of RNA polymerase II contains tandem repeats with the consensus sequence YSPTSPS and coordinates …
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May 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Now published! Phosphorylation patterns modulate transient secondary structures of the intrinsically disordered CTD of RNA polymerase II www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In the uncertain times we live as scientists in the US, a conference feels like an oasis. I am very grateful to have attended the 2025 conference on Polyphosphate Biology. We
shared great science with an amazing international community. Looking forward to keep nerding about polyP with y’all!
shared great science with an amazing international community. Looking forward to keep nerding about polyP with y’all!
May 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
In the uncertain times we live as scientists in the US, a conference feels like an oasis. I am very grateful to have attended the 2025 conference on Polyphosphate Biology. We
shared great science with an amazing international community. Looking forward to keep nerding about polyP with y’all!
shared great science with an amazing international community. Looking forward to keep nerding about polyP with y’all!
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The W-S lab is seeking to hire a research scientist!
This person will lead wet-lab innovations in our team as we combine AI and experiments to understand and design dynamics!
Thanks for sharing/RTs!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/scienti...
This person will lead wet-lab innovations in our team as we combine AI and experiments to understand and design dynamics!
Thanks for sharing/RTs!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/scienti...
Scientist and Lab Operations Coordinator - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Job Summary:
The Wayment-Steele Lab seeks a Research Scientist to lead experimental operations within our highly interdisciplinary team, integrating both computational "dry" and experimental "wet" l...
jobs.wisc.edu
May 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The W-S lab is seeking to hire a research scientist!
This person will lead wet-lab innovations in our team as we combine AI and experiments to understand and design dynamics!
Thanks for sharing/RTs!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/scienti...
This person will lead wet-lab innovations in our team as we combine AI and experiments to understand and design dynamics!
Thanks for sharing/RTs!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/scienti...
Sending my last lettter of the school year to my pre-scientist penpal through “Letters to a Pre-scientist”. If you are a STEM professional, consider volunteering with them starting in August :) It’s a fun and easy way to pay it forward to the next generation of pre-scientists!
April 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Sending my last lettter of the school year to my pre-scientist penpal through “Letters to a Pre-scientist”. If you are a STEM professional, consider volunteering with them starting in August :) It’s a fun and easy way to pay it forward to the next generation of pre-scientists!
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First post here- Hello Bluesky!
Quick science query: These 2D classes are from negative stain of
a FLAG pulldown (HEK cell eluate). Does this look like a real complex or a common contaminant? Would live to hear from anyone who’s worked on similar prep!
#negativestainEM #pulldown #HEKcells
Quick science query: These 2D classes are from negative stain of
a FLAG pulldown (HEK cell eluate). Does this look like a real complex or a common contaminant? Would live to hear from anyone who’s worked on similar prep!
#negativestainEM #pulldown #HEKcells
April 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
First post here- Hello Bluesky!
Quick science query: These 2D classes are from negative stain of
a FLAG pulldown (HEK cell eluate). Does this look like a real complex or a common contaminant? Would live to hear from anyone who’s worked on similar prep!
#negativestainEM #pulldown #HEKcells
Quick science query: These 2D classes are from negative stain of
a FLAG pulldown (HEK cell eluate). Does this look like a real complex or a common contaminant? Would live to hear from anyone who’s worked on similar prep!
#negativestainEM #pulldown #HEKcells
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International students and recent graduates from universities across the United States are having their ability to legally stay in the country called into question. scim.ag/4jB1fC6
International students in the U.S. are reeling amid revoked visas and terminated records
The moves also affect a temporary work program heavily used by STEM graduates
scim.ag
April 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
International students and recent graduates from universities across the United States are having their ability to legally stay in the country called into question. scim.ag/4jB1fC6
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Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN
Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...
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April 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
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Go California! Please write to your representatives in the California Senate and ask them to support Mr. Scott Wiener's Bill.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Fearing Trump cuts, California Democrat proposes creating state’s own NIH
The ambitious state lawmaker argues moves by Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. show the Golden State must “step up” as a global leader.
www.politico.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Go California! Please write to your representatives in the California Senate and ask them to support Mr. Scott Wiener's Bill.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Today I learned that my institution located in La Jolla (92037) cannot have an on-site day-care because we are apparently on an airplane route. Does anyone know who I should reach out to to change this rule/law? @repscottpeters.bsky.social @sarajacobs.house.gov
March 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Today I learned that my institution located in La Jolla (92037) cannot have an on-site day-care because we are apparently on an airplane route. Does anyone know who I should reach out to to change this rule/law? @repscottpeters.bsky.social @sarajacobs.house.gov
Today in San Diego, CA!
We #standupforscience There is no science without diversity. There is no future without science 🦠🧫🧬🔬🧪
We #standupforscience There is no science without diversity. There is no future without science 🦠🧫🧬🔬🧪
March 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Today in San Diego, CA!
We #standupforscience There is no science without diversity. There is no future without science 🦠🧫🧬🔬🧪
We #standupforscience There is no science without diversity. There is no future without science 🦠🧫🧬🔬🧪
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Postdoctoral students, graduate students and other junior scientists in large research groups are more likely to drop out of academia than are their peers in smaller groups, says a study of more than one million early-career researchers.
https://go.nature.com/3F8sZyV
https://go.nature.com/3F8sZyV
How a PhD student’s lab size affects their chance of future academic success
Trainees in big research groups tend to go on to greater academic success than their small-group counterparts ― but are more likely to quit academia altogether.
go.nature.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Postdoctoral students, graduate students and other junior scientists in large research groups are more likely to drop out of academia than are their peers in smaller groups, says a study of more than one million early-career researchers.
https://go.nature.com/3F8sZyV
https://go.nature.com/3F8sZyV
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As some of us go out to Stand Up for Science today, we should be aware and cognizant of folks who cannot make it today, either due to concerns about immigration status or due to accessibility reasons. If we can make it then we are doing it for them too. they are with us in their hearts.
March 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
As some of us go out to Stand Up for Science today, we should be aware and cognizant of folks who cannot make it today, either due to concerns about immigration status or due to accessibility reasons. If we can make it then we are doing it for them too. they are with us in their hearts.
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Hey San Diego!! Come Stand Up for Science on Friday!!!
UCSD @ noon and then downtown @ 2!! 🧬🔬🧪✊🏼
UCSD @ noon and then downtown @ 2!! 🧬🔬🧪✊🏼
March 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Hey San Diego!! Come Stand Up for Science on Friday!!!
UCSD @ noon and then downtown @ 2!! 🧬🔬🧪✊🏼
UCSD @ noon and then downtown @ 2!! 🧬🔬🧪✊🏼
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please reskeet and spread the word! 🧪
please reskeet and spread the word! 🧪
Stand Up for Science 2025 - Denver, CO
Stand up for science with us on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org
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March 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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please reskeet and spread the word! 🧪
please reskeet and spread the word! 🧪
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It is important at this pivotal moment to @standupforscience.bsky.social. Looking forward to sharing my thoughts on why this should be a national priority at tomorrow’s rally in SF:
March 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It is important at this pivotal moment to @standupforscience.bsky.social. Looking forward to sharing my thoughts on why this should be a national priority at tomorrow’s rally in SF:
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I will be at UCSD this Friday! Come by, say hello, and Stand Up for Science🧪
March 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I will be at UCSD this Friday! Come by, say hello, and Stand Up for Science🧪
On Friday, I will #standupforscience2025 because, as a daughter of an oncologist, I have witnessed how dramatically the NIH-funded research has improved my mother’s patient’s chances in only 30 years. Most of them used to die when she started. The NIH brings them hope. Let’s save science!
March 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
On Friday, I will #standupforscience2025 because, as a daughter of an oncologist, I have witnessed how dramatically the NIH-funded research has improved my mother’s patient’s chances in only 30 years. Most of them used to die when she started. The NIH brings them hope. Let’s save science!
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OpEd by @scripps.edu Pres. Pete Shultz: "the consequences would extend beyond Scripps Research, threatening the broader San Diego life sciences ecosystem, which contributes over $27 billion to the regional economy and supports tens of thousands of jobs."
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/25/o...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/25/o...
Opinion: Science funding cuts are based on flawed logic. Here’s the truth.
Earlier this month, the National Institutes of Health issued supplemental guidance indicating it would immediately impose a 15% cap on indirect costs for research grants, an unprecedented and abrup…
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
OpEd by @scripps.edu Pres. Pete Shultz: "the consequences would extend beyond Scripps Research, threatening the broader San Diego life sciences ecosystem, which contributes over $27 billion to the regional economy and supports tens of thousands of jobs."
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/25/o...
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/25/o...
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February 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Please also consider speaking at our Stand Up For Science Rally Sacramento on March 7th. The cuts to #sciencefunding will have a devastating impact on #SacramentoCounty families as well, by removing upwards of $50M from the local economy, and countless jobs as well. @standupforscience.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Please also consider speaking at our Stand Up For Science Rally Sacramento on March 7th. The cuts to #sciencefunding will have a devastating impact on #SacramentoCounty families as well, by removing upwards of $50M from the local economy, and countless jobs as well. @standupforscience.bsky.social