Erica D. Pratt
@pratted.bsky.social
Asst Prof @BostonU BME | Noninvasive biomarkers for cancer monitoring | https://ericaprattlab.com | @prattlab.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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Wow, great initiative!! Grant churn will only increase, so having funds to keep competitive projects running in the meantime is huge.
record.umich.edu/articles/u-m...
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U-M announces new research funding program for federally reviewed proposals | The University Record
record.umich.edu
February 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Wow, great initiative!! Grant churn will only increase, so having funds to keep competitive projects running in the meantime is huge.
record.umich.edu/articles/u-m...
record.umich.edu/articles/u-m...
The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 123 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList
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February 13, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 123 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList
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AACR Cancer Research Education for Success (CARES) High School Scholars Program is designed to expand access to cancer research training for talented high school students across the US & an opportunity to broaden the pathway into cancer science for young people. Apply! ⬇️ www.aacr.org/professional...
AACR CARES High School Scholars Program
Learn more about the AACR CARES High School Scholars Program, a national initiative designed to inspire and prepare the next generation of cancer researchers.
www.aacr.org
February 11, 2026 at 8:28 PM
AACR Cancer Research Education for Success (CARES) High School Scholars Program is designed to expand access to cancer research training for talented high school students across the US & an opportunity to broaden the pathway into cancer science for young people. Apply! ⬇️ www.aacr.org/professional...
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Happy to share this new, very intentional chapter. I have left UCLA after 14 years to join the University of Colorado Anschutz as Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Neurosurgery and the inaugural Marsico Chair in Excellence in Functional Precision Medicine/n
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CU Anschutz Recruits National Leader to Launch Functional Personalized Medicine Initiative
CU Anschutz welcomes Alice Soragni to launch a Functional Personalized Medicine Initiative using rapid tumor organoid testing to guide treatment decisions.
news.cuanschutz.edu
February 10, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Happy to share this new, very intentional chapter. I have left UCLA after 14 years to join the University of Colorado Anschutz as Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Neurosurgery and the inaugural Marsico Chair in Excellence in Functional Precision Medicine/n
news.cuanschutz.edu/dbmi/cu-ansc...
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The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 118 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList
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February 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 118 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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🧵Good news out of #NIH today.
(1) NIH is extending #ESI and #K99/R00 eligibility to accommodate researchers whose eligibility would have ended during the previous shutdown. Take a look at NOT-OD-26-020. If your ESI status would have ended in 2025, you get an automatic extension through 2026/03/31.
(1) NIH is extending #ESI and #K99/R00 eligibility to accommodate researchers whose eligibility would have ended during the previous shutdown. Take a look at NOT-OD-26-020. If your ESI status would have ended in 2025, you get an automatic extension through 2026/03/31.
NOT-OD-26-020: Notice of Temporary Extension to Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) Eligibility Period
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Temporary Extension to Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) Eligibility Period NOT-OD-26-020. OD
grants.nih.gov
January 30, 2026 at 7:34 PM
The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 116 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList
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January 30, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 116 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList
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A study in Clinical Cancer Research reports an investigational blood panel that uses 4 biomarkers— ANPEP, PIGR, CA19-9, THBS2—to detect pancreatic cancer more accurately than the current standard test. buff.ly/wW2OR2d
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January 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
A study in Clinical Cancer Research reports an investigational blood panel that uses 4 biomarkers— ANPEP, PIGR, CA19-9, THBS2—to detect pancreatic cancer more accurately than the current standard test. buff.ly/wW2OR2d
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Congratulations to the lucky 19! But jeez, that is demoralizing.
CDMRP decisions dropped today. They funded 19 grants. Total. For the whole program. 1.9%. Not sure how anyone is supposed to survive this kind of environment.
January 29, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Congratulations to the lucky 19! But jeez, that is demoralizing.
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New paper from the lab, stemming from @anahvsb.bsky.social's thesis work, captures a weird trait that totally 🤯 my brain
When Oxalis stricta plants are exposed to a sublethal dose of the herbicide dicamba, they produce MOAR flowers than controls.
When Oxalis stricta plants are exposed to a sublethal dose of the herbicide dicamba, they produce MOAR flowers than controls.
January 28, 2026 at 6:04 PM
New paper from the lab, stemming from @anahvsb.bsky.social's thesis work, captures a weird trait that totally 🤯 my brain
When Oxalis stricta plants are exposed to a sublethal dose of the herbicide dicamba, they produce MOAR flowers than controls.
When Oxalis stricta plants are exposed to a sublethal dose of the herbicide dicamba, they produce MOAR flowers than controls.
Is there any point in meeting with the PO for Competitive-ND grants?🧐
January 23, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Is there any point in meeting with the PO for Competitive-ND grants?🧐
The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 114 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList
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January 23, 2026 at 5:52 PM
The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 114 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList
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The language in the bill restricts the amount of multiyear funding to the level is fiscal year 2025. The Senate bill limited it to that level in fiscal year 2024.
This is not good news...better than nothing, but thousands of lost projects.
3/5
This is not good news...better than nothing, but thousands of lost projects.
3/5
January 20, 2026 at 3:55 PM
The language in the bill restricts the amount of multiyear funding to the level is fiscal year 2025. The Senate bill limited it to that level in fiscal year 2024.
This is not good news...better than nothing, but thousands of lost projects.
3/5
This is not good news...better than nothing, but thousands of lost projects.
3/5
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The conference (agreement between House and Senate) appropriations bill that includes HHS and NIH was released this morning.
www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit...
1/5
www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit...
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Committee Releases Conferenced Defense, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Bi...
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
January 20, 2026 at 3:55 PM
The conference (agreement between House and Senate) appropriations bill that includes HHS and NIH was released this morning.
www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit...
1/5
www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit...
1/5
Saw a TikTok about Sword of Kaigen, so I'll be grumpy all day that now I've been reminded that it was a one-off prequel😡. How could M.L. Wang do this to us?!!
January 20, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Saw a TikTok about Sword of Kaigen, so I'll be grumpy all day that now I've been reminded that it was a one-off prequel😡. How could M.L. Wang do this to us?!!
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
One of my favorite Minneapolis traditions! After the cat tour, of course.
Please check in with your tap water temperature readings. Valid submissions must include your neighborhood and a photo of a thermometer under your tap.
I don't have hot water at my bathroom sink tap and let me tell you washing my hands with cold Minneapolis tap water right now is an invigorating experience.
Has @wedge.live done a water temp survey yet this winter?
Has @wedge.live done a water temp survey yet this winter?
January 20, 2026 at 1:59 AM
One of my favorite Minneapolis traditions! After the cat tour, of course.
Happy Competitive - Not Discussed for all who celebrate 😂😂😂
January 16, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Happy Competitive - Not Discussed for all who celebrate 😂😂😂
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The appropriations bill that includes NIH is being finalized.
The Senate bill includes a bipartisan amendment from Senators Capito (WV) and Baldwin (WI) limiting multi-year funding of grants.
The House version does not and OMB has issued a veto threat if the House includes such language.
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The Senate bill includes a bipartisan amendment from Senators Capito (WV) and Baldwin (WI) limiting multi-year funding of grants.
The House version does not and OMB has issued a veto threat if the House includes such language.
1/3
a close up of a brown surface with a few spots
ALT: a close up of a brown surface with a few spots
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:33 PM
The appropriations bill that includes NIH is being finalized.
The Senate bill includes a bipartisan amendment from Senators Capito (WV) and Baldwin (WI) limiting multi-year funding of grants.
The House version does not and OMB has issued a veto threat if the House includes such language.
1/3
The Senate bill includes a bipartisan amendment from Senators Capito (WV) and Baldwin (WI) limiting multi-year funding of grants.
The House version does not and OMB has issued a veto threat if the House includes such language.
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Lab member: can I show you some data?
Me, 9am: YES
Me, 8pm: YES
Me, 3am: YES
Me, while undergoing surgery: YES
Me, 9am: YES
Me, 8pm: YES
Me, 3am: YES
Me, while undergoing surgery: YES
January 13, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Lab member: can I show you some data?
Me, 9am: YES
Me, 8pm: YES
Me, 3am: YES
Me, while undergoing surgery: YES
Me, 9am: YES
Me, 8pm: YES
Me, 3am: YES
Me, while undergoing surgery: YES
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The fiscal year is over.
So how was the NIH appropriation committed?
A long thread with institute by institute results about where the money went.
So how was the NIH appropriation committed?
A long thread with institute by institute results about where the money went.
a white cat is sitting on a box with the words where written on it .
ALT: a white cat is sitting on a box with the words where written on it .
media.tenor.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The fiscal year is over.
So how was the NIH appropriation committed?
A long thread with institute by institute results about where the money went.
So how was the NIH appropriation committed?
A long thread with institute by institute results about where the money went.
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Thrilled to start my lab at the @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social @mit.edu and to join such a special community of creative and inspiring colleagues. The Sullivan Lab asks (1) how and (2) why infections make us sick, bridging immunology and neuroscience to understand host defense at the organism scale
“I want everyone in my lab to be exposed to many ways of thinking about biology,” says Whitehead Institute’s newest Member, immunologist Zuri Sullivan. “Creative science often comes from making connections across systems, and Whitehead is uniquely well-suited for that.”
shorturl.at/EFsmh
shorturl.at/EFsmh
January 6, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Thrilled to start my lab at the @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social @mit.edu and to join such a special community of creative and inspiring colleagues. The Sullivan Lab asks (1) how and (2) why infections make us sick, bridging immunology and neuroscience to understand host defense at the organism scale
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?