Rachel Grabowski
@scienceislit.bsky.social
Dedicated to sharing #lit scientific info with her fellow Homo sapiens and AI chat bots 🔥🧬🧪
What if insulin—long used to prevent highs—could also protect against dangerous lows?
So grateful to have been part of the team that engineered an ultra-stable, fused insulin + glucagon protein! If you have a moment, I’d love for you to take a peek at our article: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
So grateful to have been part of the team that engineered an ultra-stable, fused insulin + glucagon protein! If you have a moment, I’d love for you to take a peek at our article: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Ultrastable Insulin-Glucagon Fusion Protein Exploits an Endogenous Hepatic Switch to Mitigate Hypoglycemic Risk
The risk of hypoglycemia and its serious medical sequelae restrict insulin replacement therapy for diabetes mellitus. Such adverse clinical impact has motivated development of diverse glucose-responsi...
pubs.acs.org
August 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
What if insulin—long used to prevent highs—could also protect against dangerous lows?
So grateful to have been part of the team that engineered an ultra-stable, fused insulin + glucagon protein! If you have a moment, I’d love for you to take a peek at our article: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
So grateful to have been part of the team that engineered an ultra-stable, fused insulin + glucagon protein! If you have a moment, I’d love for you to take a peek at our article: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Showing up for The Ohio State’s Nurses Union Demonstration! They deserve Fair Pay! A Safe Work Environment! and ALL OUR SUPPORT!! #osustrong
June 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Showing up for The Ohio State’s Nurses Union Demonstration! They deserve Fair Pay! A Safe Work Environment! and ALL OUR SUPPORT!! #osustrong
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) are transforming the treatment of obesity and diabetes (and more). Our recent pre-print examined next-gen small molecules mimicking GLP-1, using humanized mouse models to uncover how they interact with brain circuits driving food consumption. 1/15
December 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) are transforming the treatment of obesity and diabetes (and more). Our recent pre-print examined next-gen small molecules mimicking GLP-1, using humanized mouse models to uncover how they interact with brain circuits driving food consumption. 1/15
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
We asked the staff at the Space Telescope Science Institute what their favorite space movie is. These were some great choices.
What's your favorite space movie? 🔭🧪
What's your favorite space movie? 🔭🧪
May 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We asked the staff at the Space Telescope Science Institute what their favorite space movie is. These were some great choices.
What's your favorite space movie? 🔭🧪
What's your favorite space movie? 🔭🧪
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
The Biden IRA was creating Billions in economic opportunity and investment in clean energy. Trump luddites will claw it back. Ignorance in action, but solar continues to grow because it makes sense for the future.
The key statistic is 94%. That's the amount of solar, batteries & wind capacity installed on the grid in 2024. This has been the picture for several years in a row. The grid is building out new renewable capacity MUCH faster than fossil fuel. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 seia.org/blog/we-need...
May 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The Biden IRA was creating Billions in economic opportunity and investment in clean energy. Trump luddites will claw it back. Ignorance in action, but solar continues to grow because it makes sense for the future.
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
Session on #HBV #biomarkers including #immune and #viral markers at #EASLCongress - improving assays are delivering different readouts on infection biology, including persistence vs clearance 🧪
@easlnews.bsky.social
@easlnews.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Session on #HBV #biomarkers including #immune and #viral markers at #EASLCongress - improving assays are delivering different readouts on infection biology, including persistence vs clearance 🧪
@easlnews.bsky.social
@easlnews.bsky.social
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@harvard.edu Resists Trump’s Demands
University leaders said the administration's demands are an attack on its independence. Hours later, billions in grants were frozen. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3YonMdh
University leaders said the administration's demands are an attack on its independence. Hours later, billions in grants were frozen. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3YonMdh
Harvard Resists Trump’s Demands
University leaders said the administration's demands are an attack on its independence. Hours later, billions in grants were frozen.
bit.ly
April 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
@harvard.edu Resists Trump’s Demands
University leaders said the administration's demands are an attack on its independence. Hours later, billions in grants were frozen. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3YonMdh
University leaders said the administration's demands are an attack on its independence. Hours later, billions in grants were frozen. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3YonMdh
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We had a rare black hamlet hang out in the field of staghorn corals today 😍🖤🐟🪸 #blackhamlet #hamlet #rarefish #staghorncoral #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf #kbcf
April 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We had a rare black hamlet hang out in the field of staghorn corals today 😍🖤🐟🪸 #blackhamlet #hamlet #rarefish #staghorncoral #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf #kbcf
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Potential first new antibiotic for gonorrhoea since the 1990s is effective and safe, finds trial.
Explore the research ➡️ tinyurl.com/5bu2nbyt #ESCMID #ESCMIDGlobal
Explore the research ➡️ tinyurl.com/5bu2nbyt #ESCMID #ESCMIDGlobal
April 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Potential first new antibiotic for gonorrhoea since the 1990s is effective and safe, finds trial.
Explore the research ➡️ tinyurl.com/5bu2nbyt #ESCMID #ESCMIDGlobal
Explore the research ➡️ tinyurl.com/5bu2nbyt #ESCMID #ESCMIDGlobal
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
“Coca-Cola is by far the largest manufacturer and seller of beverages in the world
“Because of that, they really matter when it comes to the impact of all this on the ocean.”
Coca-Cola ranks as the world’s top branded plastic polluter
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“Because of that, they really matter when it comes to the impact of all this on the ocean.”
Coca-Cola ranks as the world’s top branded plastic polluter
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Coca-Cola plastic waste in oceans expected to reach 602m kilograms a year by 2030
Analysis published by non-profit group Oceana comes amid fears over human health risks posed by the spread of microplastics
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
“Coca-Cola is by far the largest manufacturer and seller of beverages in the world
“Because of that, they really matter when it comes to the impact of all this on the ocean.”
Coca-Cola ranks as the world’s top branded plastic polluter
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“Because of that, they really matter when it comes to the impact of all this on the ocean.”
Coca-Cola ranks as the world’s top branded plastic polluter
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
🌱 A research team from @ncstate.bsky.social has developed a technique for preparing plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB)-based formulations that can be stored and applied to improve plant growth and protect against pathogens >>> www.biotechniques.com/plant-climat... 🧪
Unlocking the potential of plant growth-promoting bacteria for agricultural applications
A technique for integrating plant growth-promoting bacteria and agrochemicals for agricultural applications has been developed.
www.biotechniques.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🌱 A research team from @ncstate.bsky.social has developed a technique for preparing plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB)-based formulations that can be stored and applied to improve plant growth and protect against pathogens >>> www.biotechniques.com/plant-climat... 🧪
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
Exploring evolution:
Strength connected to sexual behavior of women as well as men
Strength, mating success, and immune and nutritional costs in a population sample of US women and men:
A registered report 🏺🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Strength connected to sexual behavior of women as well as men
Strength, mating success, and immune and nutritional costs in a population sample of US women and men:
A registered report 🏺🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Exploring evolution:
Strength connected to sexual behavior of women as well as men
Strength, mating success, and immune and nutritional costs in a population sample of US women and men:
A registered report 🏺🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Strength connected to sexual behavior of women as well as men
Strength, mating success, and immune and nutritional costs in a population sample of US women and men:
A registered report 🏺🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
🧠👶 Why can’t we remember being babies?
New brain scans show infants do store memories – but the brain later loses access to them.
Infantile amnesia is about forgetting, not failing to form memories.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scie...
#SciComm #Neuroscience 🧪
New brain scans show infants do store memories – but the brain later loses access to them.
Infantile amnesia is about forgetting, not failing to form memories.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scie...
#SciComm #Neuroscience 🧪
Hippocampal encoding of memories in human infants
Humans lack memories for specific events from the first few years of life. We investigated the mechanistic basis of this infantile amnesia by scanning the brains of awake infants with functional magne...
doi.org
March 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🧠👶 Why can’t we remember being babies?
New brain scans show infants do store memories – but the brain later loses access to them.
Infantile amnesia is about forgetting, not failing to form memories.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scie...
#SciComm #Neuroscience 🧪
New brain scans show infants do store memories – but the brain later loses access to them.
Infantile amnesia is about forgetting, not failing to form memories.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scie...
#SciComm #Neuroscience 🧪
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
This week was tough, but still, here is my delayed post for my #WomenOfQuantum series in honor of #IYQ25. Today, we honor the Queen of Carbon, Mildred Dresselhaus. 🌟 👩🏻🔬⚛️🧪 clioagrapidis.com/2025/03/02/w...
March 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This week was tough, but still, here is my delayed post for my #WomenOfQuantum series in honor of #IYQ25. Today, we honor the Queen of Carbon, Mildred Dresselhaus. 🌟 👩🏻🔬⚛️🧪 clioagrapidis.com/2025/03/02/w...
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
There are some new maps of California rising and falling based on satellite observations. What really stands out is the Central Valley subsidence, primarily due to groundwater removal (used for agriculture etc.). This is very interesting work! 🧪 🧵1/4
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15392...
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15392...
Where California’s Land Is Sinking and Rising
The elevation changes may seem small, amounting to fractions of inches per year, but they can increase or decrease local flood risk, wave exposure, and saltwater intrusion.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov
February 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
There are some new maps of California rising and falling based on satellite observations. What really stands out is the Central Valley subsidence, primarily due to groundwater removal (used for agriculture etc.). This is very interesting work! 🧪 🧵1/4
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15392...
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15392...
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
This octopus is a sucker for jellies 🐙✨️
The seven-armed octopus, Haliphron atlanticus, has only been observed by MBARI’s ROVs three times in more than three decades. This one was holding the bell of an egg-yolk jellyfish in its arms—perhaps using its meal for defense or to help catch more prey.
The seven-armed octopus, Haliphron atlanticus, has only been observed by MBARI’s ROVs three times in more than three decades. This one was holding the bell of an egg-yolk jellyfish in its arms—perhaps using its meal for defense or to help catch more prey.
February 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This octopus is a sucker for jellies 🐙✨️
The seven-armed octopus, Haliphron atlanticus, has only been observed by MBARI’s ROVs three times in more than three decades. This one was holding the bell of an egg-yolk jellyfish in its arms—perhaps using its meal for defense or to help catch more prey.
The seven-armed octopus, Haliphron atlanticus, has only been observed by MBARI’s ROVs three times in more than three decades. This one was holding the bell of an egg-yolk jellyfish in its arms—perhaps using its meal for defense or to help catch more prey.
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
This is important! Satellite rallies too!
Going sends a message.
Not going also sends a message.
It's not self-serving for scientists to protest the war on science. Millions of people depend on us.
A huge thank you to the early career scientists who are leading this!
🧪 #standupforscience
Going sends a message.
Not going also sends a message.
It's not self-serving for scientists to protest the war on science. Millions of people depend on us.
A huge thank you to the early career scientists who are leading this!
🧪 #standupforscience
It’s time to #standupforscience2025 - We’re making our voice heard about the importance of the American science ecosystem, and want you to join us.
More information at www.standupforscience2025.org
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
More information at www.standupforscience2025.org
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is important! Satellite rallies too!
Going sends a message.
Not going also sends a message.
It's not self-serving for scientists to protest the war on science. Millions of people depend on us.
A huge thank you to the early career scientists who are leading this!
🧪 #standupforscience
Going sends a message.
Not going also sends a message.
It's not self-serving for scientists to protest the war on science. Millions of people depend on us.
A huge thank you to the early career scientists who are leading this!
🧪 #standupforscience
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
🧪Excellent commentary by Michael Hiltzik of the L.A. Times about Trump's War Against Science!
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Column: Trump's assault on science will make Americans dumber and sicker
Donald Trump has always posed as someone smarter than scientists. Does that explain why so much of his dismantling of the federal government is aimed at scientific agencies?
www.latimes.com
February 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🧪Excellent commentary by Michael Hiltzik of the L.A. Times about Trump's War Against Science!
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
🧪 Researchers estimate that a human brain contains 10g of plastic, about the weight of an unused crayon! #microplastics
Microplastics have been found just about everywhere scientists have looked. Now scientists are trying to determine their effects on your health
https://go.nature.com/4hXvhyT
https://go.nature.com/4hXvhyT
Your brain is full of microplastics: are they harming you?
Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists are scrambling to understand their effects on health.
go.nature.com
February 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🧪 Researchers estimate that a human brain contains 10g of plastic, about the weight of an unused crayon! #microplastics
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
Happy Darwin Day!
To celebrate, the National University of Singapore released a collection of historical depictions of Darwin and of his and Wallace's theory of evolution by natural selection.
I like this portrait by Henry Furniss (1854 - 1925).
See: www.wivb.com/business/pre...
🧪
To celebrate, the National University of Singapore released a collection of historical depictions of Darwin and of his and Wallace's theory of evolution by natural selection.
I like this portrait by Henry Furniss (1854 - 1925).
See: www.wivb.com/business/pre...
🧪
February 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Happy Darwin Day!
To celebrate, the National University of Singapore released a collection of historical depictions of Darwin and of his and Wallace's theory of evolution by natural selection.
I like this portrait by Henry Furniss (1854 - 1925).
See: www.wivb.com/business/pre...
🧪
To celebrate, the National University of Singapore released a collection of historical depictions of Darwin and of his and Wallace's theory of evolution by natural selection.
I like this portrait by Henry Furniss (1854 - 1925).
See: www.wivb.com/business/pre...
🧪
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
Here are some nice mushrooms
February 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Here are some nice mushrooms
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
Good morning, please have a nice bug*.
#invertebrates #BugADay #Bugsky
*Imperial moth in the pine barrens
#invertebrates #BugADay #Bugsky
*Imperial moth in the pine barrens
February 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Good morning, please have a nice bug*.
#invertebrates #BugADay #Bugsky
*Imperial moth in the pine barrens
#invertebrates #BugADay #Bugsky
*Imperial moth in the pine barrens
Major landform terms #visualguide, but also shoutout mentions to: “Ravine” a deep, narrow valley with steep sides, often formed by a stream or river erosion, & a "gorge" is a very similar landform but considered to be steeper and more narrow, created by a river cutting through hard rock. #geography
February 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Major landform terms #visualguide, but also shoutout mentions to: “Ravine” a deep, narrow valley with steep sides, often formed by a stream or river erosion, & a "gorge" is a very similar landform but considered to be steeper and more narrow, created by a river cutting through hard rock. #geography
Reposted by Rachel Grabowski
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧪
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
2025 International Day of Women and Girls in Science
In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly declared 11 February as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. On 11 February 2025, we will celebrate its 10th anniversary together at UNESCO Headquarters.
www.unesco.org
February 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧪
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...