Emma Chory, Ph.D.
@chorye.bsky.social
Assistant professor @ Duke University BME, guerilla knitter, pipettor of small volumes of liquid. Biologist masquerading as engineer, or the other way around.
2011 v 2025. Variance not statistically significant.
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
2011 v 2025. Variance not statistically significant.
October 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Tattoos can be removed but the eRAcommons graveyard is forever.
July 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Tattoos can be removed but the eRAcommons graveyard is forever.
This is a 2 sentence prompt, doing exactly what the screen capture suggests:
"My name is Stephen Hawking. Based on the CV I provided, write 3-5 sentence summaries for my 5 major scientific contributions for a Biosketch. Each major contribution can describe up to 4 papers."
"My name is Stephen Hawking. Based on the CV I provided, write 3-5 sentence summaries for my 5 major scientific contributions for a Biosketch. Each major contribution can describe up to 4 papers."
June 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This is a 2 sentence prompt, doing exactly what the screen capture suggests:
"My name is Stephen Hawking. Based on the CV I provided, write 3-5 sentence summaries for my 5 major scientific contributions for a Biosketch. Each major contribution can describe up to 4 papers."
"My name is Stephen Hawking. Based on the CV I provided, write 3-5 sentence summaries for my 5 major scientific contributions for a Biosketch. Each major contribution can describe up to 4 papers."
A biosketch is literally taking your top 20 papers and writing 3-5 sentences (depending on the biosketch) grouping and summarizing your major contributors to field in laymens terms. This is a perfectly normal case study to demonstrate utility to researchers looking to better understand these tools
June 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
A biosketch is literally taking your top 20 papers and writing 3-5 sentences (depending on the biosketch) grouping and summarizing your major contributors to field in laymens terms. This is a perfectly normal case study to demonstrate utility to researchers looking to better understand these tools
The NOFO has been updated with the expiration date 😞
May 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The NOFO has been updated with the expiration date 😞
When investors learn that the trait for green eyes is also ~20 SNPs
April 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
When investors learn that the trait for green eyes is also ~20 SNPs
Normalizing the editing process: Feedback is a good thing. Writing is iterative no matter how strong a writer you are. The more you normalize that, the less intimidating it feels. It might sting when someone cuts your favorite sentence—but you’ll survive, and it’ll be better for it.
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March 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Normalizing the editing process: Feedback is a good thing. Writing is iterative no matter how strong a writer you are. The more you normalize that, the less intimidating it feels. It might sting when someone cuts your favorite sentence—but you’ll survive, and it’ll be better for it.
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You can also add dynamic in-text callouts like “see Figure X” or “[Fig. X]” that auto-update when figure numbers change-- in any custom style you like.
Just link them to the figure’s ID (e.g. #fig_qPCR). (Note: fig v. figur!)
Full instructions here: github.com/davidrthorn/...
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Just link them to the figure’s ID (e.g. #fig_qPCR). (Note: fig v. figur!)
Full instructions here: github.com/davidrthorn/...
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March 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
You can also add dynamic in-text callouts like “see Figure X” or “[Fig. X]” that auto-update when figure numbers change-- in any custom style you like.
Just link them to the figure’s ID (e.g. #fig_qPCR). (Note: fig v. figur!)
Full instructions here: github.com/davidrthorn/...
14/n...
Just link them to the figure’s ID (e.g. #fig_qPCR). (Note: fig v. figur!)
Full instructions here: github.com/davidrthorn/...
14/n...
Figure tracking with Cross Reference: Figure order always changes—especially after Reviewer #3. Instead of manually re-numbering, assign figures user-friendly IDs (e.g. #figur_qPCR). CrossRef automatically re-numbers and updates links.
Shout out to @zachreitz.bsky.social for this tip!!
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Shout out to @zachreitz.bsky.social for this tip!!
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March 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Figure tracking with Cross Reference: Figure order always changes—especially after Reviewer #3. Instead of manually re-numbering, assign figures user-friendly IDs (e.g. #figur_qPCR). CrossRef automatically re-numbers and updates links.
Shout out to @zachreitz.bsky.social for this tip!!
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Shout out to @zachreitz.bsky.social for this tip!!
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FIGURES!
Tracking figures & making them play nice is like herding cats.... We’ve all fought with figures in Word—randomly shifting, disappearing like phantoms. Google Docs isn’t perfect, but it’s so much better. Pro tip: use a 1×2 table—image in one cell, caption in the other.
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Tracking figures & making them play nice is like herding cats.... We’ve all fought with figures in Word—randomly shifting, disappearing like phantoms. Google Docs isn’t perfect, but it’s so much better. Pro tip: use a 1×2 table—image in one cell, caption in the other.
12/n...
March 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
FIGURES!
Tracking figures & making them play nice is like herding cats.... We’ve all fought with figures in Word—randomly shifting, disappearing like phantoms. Google Docs isn’t perfect, but it’s so much better. Pro tip: use a 1×2 table—image in one cell, caption in the other.
12/n...
Tracking figures & making them play nice is like herding cats.... We’ve all fought with figures in Word—randomly shifting, disappearing like phantoms. Google Docs isn’t perfect, but it’s so much better. Pro tip: use a 1×2 table—image in one cell, caption in the other.
12/n...
Any style you want: I use “National Library of Medicine (grant proposals with PMCID/PMID)” for grants—Paperpile finds PMCIDs >99% of the time, and also had an auto-update feature.
But don’t forget to export straight to PDF and Edit -> remove links in Adobe Acrobat!
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But don’t forget to export straight to PDF and Edit -> remove links in Adobe Acrobat!
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March 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Any style you want: I use “National Library of Medicine (grant proposals with PMCID/PMID)” for grants—Paperpile finds PMCIDs >99% of the time, and also had an auto-update feature.
But don’t forget to export straight to PDF and Edit -> remove links in Adobe Acrobat!
10/n...
But don’t forget to export straight to PDF and Edit -> remove links in Adobe Acrobat!
10/n...
Search mid-doc (Shift + Cmd + P): search PubMed, Google Scholar, or your own library while writing. No reference library needed—just use keywords, author, PMID/PMCID, or direct links. It even remembers past refs and inserts them with one click.
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March 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Search mid-doc (Shift + Cmd + P): search PubMed, Google Scholar, or your own library while writing. No reference library needed—just use keywords, author, PMID/PMCID, or direct links. It even remembers past refs and inserts them with one click.
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Google Docs has a treasure trove of add-ons. You can create custom header styles, save formatting presets, and use smart chips to link between related docs.
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March 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Google Docs has a treasure trove of add-ons. You can create custom header styles, save formatting presets, and use smart chips to link between related docs.
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Write from Anywhere (and I mean anywhere). I wrote across a bridge every day during my postdoc commute. Google Docs on mobile is shockingly robust—real-time edits, autosave, and easy stop-start if you get a text or almost walk into someone (sorry 😬).
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March 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Write from Anywhere (and I mean anywhere). I wrote across a bridge every day during my postdoc commute. Google Docs on mobile is shockingly robust—real-time edits, autosave, and easy stop-start if you get a text or almost walk into someone (sorry 😬).
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Version Control — “FINAL_v3_reallyFINAL.docx” is so 2010. Google Docs saves every keystroke, tracks changes, and lets you label snapshots (“Initial Draft,” “Emma’s Rewrite,” etc.).
Pro tip: name versions as you go—it’ll help you in the long run.
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Pro tip: name versions as you go—it’ll help you in the long run.
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March 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Version Control — “FINAL_v3_reallyFINAL.docx” is so 2010. Google Docs saves every keystroke, tracks changes, and lets you label snapshots (“Initial Draft,” “Emma’s Rewrite,” etc.).
Pro tip: name versions as you go—it’ll help you in the long run.
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Pro tip: name versions as you go—it’ll help you in the long run.
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Join us in June for the 2025 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution, & Design (SEED) meeting! #SEED2025. We have some phenomenal speakers lined up!
Abstracts are due March 23rd! synbioconference.org/2025
Abstracts are due March 23rd! synbioconference.org/2025
February 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Join us in June for the 2025 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution, & Design (SEED) meeting! #SEED2025. We have some phenomenal speakers lined up!
Abstracts are due March 23rd! synbioconference.org/2025
Abstracts are due March 23rd! synbioconference.org/2025
Hey #labautomationfolks. If you’re at #SLAS2025, make sure to stop by Joseph Laforet’s poster on what Prof. @cameronkimbme.bsky.social and I have been working on this year re: open source robotics education with @pylabrobot.bsky.social! 🦾
www.linkedin.com/posts/joseph...
www.linkedin.com/posts/joseph...
January 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Hey #labautomationfolks. If you’re at #SLAS2025, make sure to stop by Joseph Laforet’s poster on what Prof. @cameronkimbme.bsky.social and I have been working on this year re: open source robotics education with @pylabrobot.bsky.social! 🦾
www.linkedin.com/posts/joseph...
www.linkedin.com/posts/joseph...
Our robots are also prone to… well, floods. 🌧️ Everything has backup pumps and multiple levels of containment, but now we use liquid level sensors to catch issues early. 💧 If a leak’s detected, Slack immediately shouts at us. 13/n...
January 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Our robots are also prone to… well, floods. 🌧️ Everything has backup pumps and multiple levels of containment, but now we use liquid level sensors to catch issues early. 💧 If a leak’s detected, Slack immediately shouts at us. 13/n...
Our robots throw temper tantrums sometimes. 🤖💥 For this, we wrote custom email alerts into their code. These funnel to Slack, so we have a permanent record of what went wrong and can crowdsource fixing it. 🛠️🙌
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January 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Our robots throw temper tantrums sometimes. 🤖💥 For this, we wrote custom email alerts into their code. These funnel to Slack, so we have a permanent record of what went wrong and can crowdsource fixing it. 🛠️🙌
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Freezers fail. 🥶 Incubators die. 🧫 Enough said. We have temp sensors on literally everything. They only send SMS, so: Google Voice → Zapier → Slack. No lost cell lines. 🙌
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January 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Freezers fail. 🥶 Incubators die. 🧫 Enough said. We have temp sensors on literally everything. They only send SMS, so: Google Voice → Zapier → Slack. No lost cell lines. 🙌
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3️⃣ If you’ve made it this far… the final category is alerts 🚨
We created an email just for emergencies and slapped a label on all our equipment. Neighbors email us if something’s melting down. Zapier pings the Slack
#alerts
channel and texts me and one or two lab members.
Crisis averted 🚨 10/n...
We created an email just for emergencies and slapped a label on all our equipment. Neighbors email us if something’s melting down. Zapier pings the Slack
#alerts
channel and texts me and one or two lab members.
Crisis averted 🚨 10/n...
January 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
3️⃣ If you’ve made it this far… the final category is alerts 🚨
We created an email just for emergencies and slapped a label on all our equipment. Neighbors email us if something’s melting down. Zapier pings the Slack
#alerts
channel and texts me and one or two lab members.
Crisis averted 🚨 10/n...
We created an email just for emergencies and slapped a label on all our equipment. Neighbors email us if something’s melting down. Zapier pings the Slack
#alerts
channel and texts me and one or two lab members.
Crisis averted 🚨 10/n...