Diana Crow (aka CatalyticRxn)
@dianacrow.bsky.social
Science writer, procrastinator, investigator of curiosities.
My website (dianacrowscience.com) is down. I'm working to get it reinstated but don't have access to my email.
If you need to reach me via email, please use crow.j103@gmail.com.
If you need to reach me via email, please use crow.j103@gmail.com.
April 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
My website (dianacrowscience.com) is down. I'm working to get it reinstated but don't have access to my email.
If you need to reach me via email, please use crow.j103@gmail.com.
If you need to reach me via email, please use crow.j103@gmail.com.
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Reposted by Diana Crow (aka CatalyticRxn)
If any sharky grad students want to do a larger-scale version of this, do it with my blessing, just let me know how it goes!
And here's a template paper for fisheries from @trevorabranch.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
And here's a template paper for fisheries from @trevorabranch.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
April 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
If any sharky grad students want to do a larger-scale version of this, do it with my blessing, just let me know how it goes!
And here's a template paper for fisheries from @trevorabranch.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
And here's a template paper for fisheries from @trevorabranch.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Reposted by Diana Crow (aka CatalyticRxn)
NSF is re-hiring nearly all fired probationary employees following an OPM directive and a Friday judge order.
This is 84/86 probationary staff being hired back; 84 "experts" are still terminated
My Signal : nidhisubs.11
This is 84/86 probationary staff being hired back; 84 "experts" are still terminated
My Signal : nidhisubs.11
March 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
NSF is re-hiring nearly all fired probationary employees following an OPM directive and a Friday judge order.
This is 84/86 probationary staff being hired back; 84 "experts" are still terminated
My Signal : nidhisubs.11
This is 84/86 probationary staff being hired back; 84 "experts" are still terminated
My Signal : nidhisubs.11
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If you're a journalist downloading CDC data today, please consider filling out this form so we have a centralized guide to who has what. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Downloaded CDC Data And Where To Find It
Journalists and scientists are downloading a bunch of public health data they suspect might be at risk of deletion. Instead of all of us privately reinventing the wheel over and over, what if we share...
docs.google.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If you're a journalist downloading CDC data today, please consider filling out this form so we have a centralized guide to who has what. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Diana Crow (aka CatalyticRxn)
The CDC's landing page for HIV is down, and the recirculation link is broken.
I mean, it's HIV... ::rubs temples::
www.cdc.gov/hiv/about/in...
I mean, it's HIV... ::rubs temples::
www.cdc.gov/hiv/about/in...
January 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The CDC's landing page for HIV is down, and the recirculation link is broken.
I mean, it's HIV... ::rubs temples::
www.cdc.gov/hiv/about/in...
I mean, it's HIV... ::rubs temples::
www.cdc.gov/hiv/about/in...
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Most of the money that researchers spend is on paying other researchers. In other words, canceling research funds is taking money out of local economies by removing people and their spending power from them. 🧪
In Astronomy, NSF has only 1 call per year (grants last 3 years). This means that if the process is paused (or worse), it has a huge ripple effect: it changes how we do graduate admissions, as ~1/2 of our graduate students are funded by NSF grants. It changes if we can hire postdoctoral researchers.
January 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Most of the money that researchers spend is on paying other researchers. In other words, canceling research funds is taking money out of local economies by removing people and their spending power from them. 🧪
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🧪 @apoorvanyt.bsky.social details how the #H5N1 outbreak has escalated, infecting over 900 dairy herds and 67 people, and resulting in one death.
Experts warn of pandemic risks as reinfections, mutations, and food contamination complicate containment. 🩺 🛟
Experts warn of pandemic risks as reinfections, mutations, and food contamination complicate containment. 🩺 🛟
Bird Flu Enters a New Phase, Scientists Say (Gift Article)
A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including cattle that may have been reinfected.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🧪 @apoorvanyt.bsky.social details how the #H5N1 outbreak has escalated, infecting over 900 dairy herds and 67 people, and resulting in one death.
Experts warn of pandemic risks as reinfections, mutations, and food contamination complicate containment. 🩺 🛟
Experts warn of pandemic risks as reinfections, mutations, and food contamination complicate containment. 🩺 🛟
Reposted by Diana Crow (aka CatalyticRxn)
Seeing that NSF panels are being cancelled. How will this affect the GRFP? I’m sure there will be some impact, similar to NIH panel cancellations leading to some grad programs reducing the number of spots for this year. 🔭🧪
January 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Seeing that NSF panels are being cancelled. How will this affect the GRFP? I’m sure there will be some impact, similar to NIH panel cancellations leading to some grad programs reducing the number of spots for this year. 🔭🧪
Wow! People spend 30-50% of their time thinking about something other than what they are currently doing. Glad to know it's not just me & excited to dig into this review later. #Neuroskyence www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 2, 2023 at 5:24 PM
Wow! People spend 30-50% of their time thinking about something other than what they are currently doing. Glad to know it's not just me & excited to dig into this review later. #Neuroskyence www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#HiSciSky! I'm a science writer, mostly working for Harvard's Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) dept & constantly reading science news stories. I'd like to join some of the science feeds! 🔬🧬🧠🧪
November 2, 2023 at 5:12 PM
#HiSciSky! I'm a science writer, mostly working for Harvard's Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) dept & constantly reading science news stories. I'd like to join some of the science feeds! 🔬🧬🧠🧪
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Calling all geneticists! Remember to get your #TAGC24 abstracts submitted by *Thurs Nov 9* for consideration for a talk. (about a week away!)
Come present your work to science-friends spanning all the model organism communities AND MORE! genetics-gsa.org/tagc-2024/ab...
🧬 #Celegans #drosophila
Come present your work to science-friends spanning all the model organism communities AND MORE! genetics-gsa.org/tagc-2024/ab...
🧬 #Celegans #drosophila
November 1, 2023 at 1:38 PM
Calling all geneticists! Remember to get your #TAGC24 abstracts submitted by *Thurs Nov 9* for consideration for a talk. (about a week away!)
Come present your work to science-friends spanning all the model organism communities AND MORE! genetics-gsa.org/tagc-2024/ab...
🧬 #Celegans #drosophila
Come present your work to science-friends spanning all the model organism communities AND MORE! genetics-gsa.org/tagc-2024/ab...
🧬 #Celegans #drosophila
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The Solutions Journalism Network is looking for a new leader for its climate initiatives. jobs.lever.co/solutionsjou...
Solutions Journalism Network - Director, Climate
Title: Director, Climate Reports to: Chief Program & Operating Officer Position Type: Full Time Location: Hybrid for candidates in the New York City area who are able to work from SJN’s midtown offi...
jobs.lever.co
November 1, 2023 at 4:06 PM
The Solutions Journalism Network is looking for a new leader for its climate initiatives. jobs.lever.co/solutionsjou...
It's weird being a social media "egg" again
November 1, 2023 at 5:28 PM
It's weird being a social media "egg" again
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Evolution is so cool. 🧪
The sea star's whole body is a head
‘It’s not at all what scientists have assumed about these animals.’
www.popsci.com
November 1, 2023 at 4:41 PM
Evolution is so cool. 🧪
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Happy Norbert Rillieux Day! He was an African American inventor who came up with a process to turn sugar cane juice into sugar crystals. #Halloween would be nothing without his innovation.
October 31, 2023 at 12:33 PM
Happy Norbert Rillieux Day! He was an African American inventor who came up with a process to turn sugar cane juice into sugar crystals. #Halloween would be nothing without his innovation.
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People living by the Cape Fear River have been plagued by PFAS pollution for years. Now, the problem looks even more drastic. 🧪
8 new types of 'forever chemicals' found in river linked to US cancer cluster
North Carolina researchers identified eight new PFAS or "forever chemicals" at a Chemours Fayetteville Works Plant near the Cape Fear River.
www.popsci.com
October 31, 2023 at 6:15 PM
People living by the Cape Fear River have been plagued by PFAS pollution for years. Now, the problem looks even more drastic. 🧪
Reposted by Diana Crow (aka CatalyticRxn)
The news in the world is awful, but it's almost Halloween, so let's talk about pumpkin enrichment for big cats.
This is Jinx the black leopard (Big Cat Rescue, Florida) enjoying shredding a pumpkin.
This is Jinx the black leopard (Big Cat Rescue, Florida) enjoying shredding a pumpkin.
October 30, 2023 at 11:51 AM
The news in the world is awful, but it's almost Halloween, so let's talk about pumpkin enrichment for big cats.
This is Jinx the black leopard (Big Cat Rescue, Florida) enjoying shredding a pumpkin.
This is Jinx the black leopard (Big Cat Rescue, Florida) enjoying shredding a pumpkin.
Hi, everyone! I'm a science writer working for Harvard's Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) department. Here to figure out how this platform works!
October 30, 2023 at 8:19 PM
Hi, everyone! I'm a science writer working for Harvard's Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) department. Here to figure out how this platform works!