Erica D. Pratt
@pratted.bsky.social
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Erica D. Pratt
@pratted.bsky.social
· Jul 18
The BME Faculty Jobs List is back for 2025-2026! Our goal is to support early-career faculty candidates with a centralized & open-access database. Please share & contribute! #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList
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Watching the second season of Culinary Class Wars, and I am highly entertained! But why on earth are the chefs preparing these big ass bites of food for the blindfolded tasting? I hope the "spoon-bearers" are well trained in the Heimlich maneuver🤣.
December 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Watching the second season of Culinary Class Wars, and I am highly entertained! But why on earth are the chefs preparing these big ass bites of food for the blindfolded tasting? I hope the "spoon-bearers" are well trained in the Heimlich maneuver🤣.
In retrospect, this is obvious. But I am still flabbergasted. How is this not being regulated?
1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."
December 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
In retrospect, this is obvious. But I am still flabbergasted. How is this not being regulated?
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December 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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If I could say one sentence to cats and make them understand it, it would probably be "If you are going to puke, please do it on a hard surface."
December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If I could say one sentence to cats and make them understand it, it would probably be "If you are going to puke, please do it on a hard surface."
The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 105 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList
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December 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 105 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList
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I always tell my pre-PhD mentees: the first 2 years of PhD are brutal time-wise and workload-wise, the last 3 years are brutal *emotionally*. You will question everything. Lean on your support system - peers and mentors- during these times. I wouldn't have gotten through without them.
Getting rejected from a seminar where I was really hoping to present. In the later stages of grad school it's such a strange feeling, making you doubt everything you have done. Its almost making feel like I am not good enough and am not ready for the next career stages 🤷🏽♀️☹️
#gradlife #rejection
#gradlife #rejection
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I always tell my pre-PhD mentees: the first 2 years of PhD are brutal time-wise and workload-wise, the last 3 years are brutal *emotionally*. You will question everything. Lean on your support system - peers and mentors- during these times. I wouldn't have gotten through without them.
Is markdown actually working for anyone updating to the new NIH biographical sketch common form?
December 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Is markdown actually working for anyone updating to the new NIH biographical sketch common form?
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Psst: Postdocs, figures should not be included in your specific aims page. Now you know for Feb/March submissions.
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Format Attachments | Grants & Funding
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December 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Psst: Postdocs, figures should not be included in your specific aims page. Now you know for Feb/March submissions.
grants.nih.gov/grants-proce...
grants.nih.gov/grants-proce...
And congratulations to 2nd year PhD student Liz Medvedeva on being appointed to the BU T32 program in Synthetic Biology & Biotechnology (SB2)! She will receive two years of research support and advanced career development opportunities, including a summer industrial internship. Well done!
December 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
And congratulations to 2nd year PhD student Liz Medvedeva on being appointed to the BU T32 program in Synthetic Biology & Biotechnology (SB2)! She will receive two years of research support and advanced career development opportunities, including a summer industrial internship. Well done!
Back-to-back great news in the Pratt Lab to close out 2025!
Congratulations to Loran on successfully completing her qualifying exam!
Congratulations to Loran on successfully completing her qualifying exam!
December 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Back-to-back great news in the Pratt Lab to close out 2025!
Congratulations to Loran on successfully completing her qualifying exam!
Congratulations to Loran on successfully completing her qualifying exam!
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Does anyone have an example cover letter for a late NIH submission due to system issues?🙏
December 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Does anyone have an example cover letter for a late NIH submission due to system issues?🙏
Has anyone submitted an NIH grant for the Dec 8 deadline under NOT-OD-26-012? Tried submitting a grant today but it was rejected because the Oct 1 deadline had passed😭.
December 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Has anyone submitted an NIH grant for the Dec 8 deadline under NOT-OD-26-012? Tried submitting a grant today but it was rejected because the Oct 1 deadline had passed😭.
The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 95 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList
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December 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 95 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList
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"Comparison to other students in the graduate program at Fancy Pants Institution"
No disrespect to my colleagues who are fancy pants U alums!
No disrespect to my colleagues who are fancy pants U alums!
a man wearing glasses and a black suit stands in front of a green field
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a black suit stands in front of a green field
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December 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"Comparison to other students in the graduate program at Fancy Pants Institution"
No disrespect to my colleagues who are fancy pants U alums!
No disrespect to my colleagues who are fancy pants U alums!
I can't imagine living my life with this little anxiety.
This is great. More please! The more folk who rely on LLMs for funding planning means my chances go up even before I submit!
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I can't imagine living my life with this little anxiety.
What does "graphic expression" mean? #LORPalooza
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
What does "graphic expression" mean? #LORPalooza
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The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 330 tenure-track positions and 47 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemchat ⚗️🧪
The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List
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November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 330 tenure-track positions and 47 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemchat ⚗️🧪
The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 92 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList
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November 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 92 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList
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We are hiring with our friends over in Biology! Check out this unique opportunity for joint appointment and affiliation in the Biological Design Center! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31197
Boston University, Department of Biology, and<br>Biomedical Engineering
Job #AJO31197, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, US
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November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We are hiring with our friends over in Biology! Check out this unique opportunity for joint appointment and affiliation in the Biological Design Center! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31197
So...who's running the Adiyasuren fanclub?
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
So...who's running the Adiyasuren fanclub?
Mine is literally titled 'useful.docx' 😂. If I ever lose track of it I will literally perish, it's been so useful.
Writing down your ideas, and things you learn from papers, in one searchable place is a gift that keeps on giving. Even if it's impossible to organise the information to your satisfaction, it's repeatedly useful.
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Mine is literally titled 'useful.docx' 😂. If I ever lose track of it I will literally perish, it's been so useful.