Adrianne Wallace-Povirk
@awallacepovirk.bsky.social
Pancreas cancer researcher, reader & questioner. Devoted cat mom 🐈. Views my own.
Finally, maybe feeling better. 🤧
December 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Finally, maybe feeling better. 🤧
Cooking success, despite the brief power loss. So many laughs with family I’ve missed. Thankful ❤️
November 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Cooking success, despite the brief power loss. So many laughs with family I’ve missed. Thankful ❤️
Cooking for Thanksgiving just changed to cooking by candlelight. Hoping the power comes back on soon. 🤞
November 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Cooking for Thanksgiving just changed to cooking by candlelight. Hoping the power comes back on soon. 🤞
Cookies and Christmas Music time.
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Cookies and Christmas Music time.
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Chances are, you've seen one of his recipes online (his hasselback potato gratin for @nytimes.com is having a moment). Author and food scientist J. Kenji Lopez-Alt shares that the secret behind a great Thanksgiving meal is solid chemistry. 🧪🦃
Spice Up Your Thanksgiving With Science
Should you brine your turkey? Why do mashed potatoes get glue-y? Cookbook author Kenji López-Alt tackles the science behind thanksgiving.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Chances are, you've seen one of his recipes online (his hasselback potato gratin for @nytimes.com is having a moment). Author and food scientist J. Kenji Lopez-Alt shares that the secret behind a great Thanksgiving meal is solid chemistry. 🧪🦃
Wonderful Saturday of prepping for Thanksgiving, and decorating for Christmas. 🎄 But first…tire rotation.
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Wonderful Saturday of prepping for Thanksgiving, and decorating for Christmas. 🎄 But first…tire rotation.
New journal and pen really make Monday better ✍️
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
New journal and pen really make Monday better ✍️
Sweatpants, sweatshirt, heated blanket, purring cat. Best Friday night after a long day. ❤️
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Sweatpants, sweatshirt, heated blanket, purring cat. Best Friday night after a long day. ❤️
Happy National Cat Day to my closest pals ❤️ We’ve been through a lot together 💕
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Happy National Cat Day to my closest pals ❤️ We’ve been through a lot together 💕
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Last year, two teams have independently found the long-awaited mutation and discovered a protein that influences hair color in a way never seen before in any animal.
Learn more on #NationalCatDay: https://scim.ag/3LdWP8b
Learn more on #NationalCatDay: https://scim.ag/3LdWP8b
October 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Last year, two teams have independently found the long-awaited mutation and discovered a protein that influences hair color in a way never seen before in any animal.
Learn more on #NationalCatDay: https://scim.ag/3LdWP8b
Learn more on #NationalCatDay: https://scim.ag/3LdWP8b
Sigh of relief & beautiful fall evening.
September 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Sigh of relief & beautiful fall evening.
So it begins…again.
September 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
So it begins…again.
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As teams grow, new Ph.D. graduates are less likely to land tenure-track jobs and more likely to leave science—especially women and international researchers, according to research from last year. https://scim.ag/3JHinJs #ScienceMagArchives
Larger teams worsen academic career prospects
As teams grow, new Ph.D. graduates are less likely to land tenure-track jobs and more likely to leave science—especially women and international researchers
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August 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
As teams grow, new Ph.D. graduates are less likely to land tenure-track jobs and more likely to leave science—especially women and international researchers, according to research from last year. https://scim.ag/3JHinJs #ScienceMagArchives
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In the new book Labwork to Leadership, chemist Jen Heemstra offers actionable leadership advice to principal investigators.
Read the #ScienceBooks Review: https://scim.ag/4mljVr1
Read the #ScienceBooks Review: https://scim.ag/4mljVr1
August 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In the new book Labwork to Leadership, chemist Jen Heemstra offers actionable leadership advice to principal investigators.
Read the #ScienceBooks Review: https://scim.ag/4mljVr1
Read the #ScienceBooks Review: https://scim.ag/4mljVr1
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations Dr. Dobersch! Phenomenal and important work to better understand what drives the basal subtype of PDAC!
Congratulations Dr. Dobersch! Phenomenal and important work to better understand what drives the basal subtype of PDAC!
HMGA2 and protein leucine methylation drive pancreatic cancer lineage plasticity - Nature Communications
Basal Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is more aggressive than the classical subtype of pancreatic cancer. Here the authors report that RNA-binding protein LIN28B and its target HMGA2 drive bas...
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May 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations Dr. Dobersch! Phenomenal and important work to better understand what drives the basal subtype of PDAC!
Congratulations Dr. Dobersch! Phenomenal and important work to better understand what drives the basal subtype of PDAC!
Afternoon walk, peaceful by the water
May 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Afternoon walk, peaceful by the water
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NEW content online!
Targeted protein degradation for cancer therapy
Nature Reviews Cancer, Published online: 25 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41568-025-00817-8Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is an emerging pharmacological modality in cancer therapy. In this Review, Hinterndorfer et al. outline the mechanistic bases of TPD and discuss the characteristics, advantages and applications of established compounds as well as upcoming classes of degraders.
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April 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
NEW content online!
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90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
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March 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.