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Morgan Glass
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PhD student @HarvardMed ⛰️👩‍🔬 | she/her | McAllister Lab 🧫⏳ | Join WV Scientists here: https://forms.gle/MAQccBovMvdATKPy5
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Reposted by Morgan Glass
NSF changed their eligibility requirements for the GRFP a month before the deadline. Students used to be able to apply in their 1st or 2nd year, now only 1st years can apply - excluding an entire cohort of students with no notice. Yet another way this admin is kneecapping American science
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If human biology were simple, we’d have already figured everything out. Just because we don’t know the answer to something, doesn’t mean we can push an answer into a spot and pretend it fits.
September 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Wow. Check this out.
Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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RFK Jr has vowed to find out what’s responsible for the rise in autism diagnoses, but scientists say he is ignoring answers from decades of research

go.nature.com/3JGsaQ2
Autism is on the rise: what’s really behind the increase?
Nature - RFK Jr has vowed to find out what’s responsible, but scientists say he is ignoring answers from decades of research.
go.nature.com
August 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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“We feel like the lost generation.” A story on the collapse of US science, which is hitting young scientists hardest www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
At Harvard, Trump administration cuts hit young scientists hard
More than 700 graduate students and nearly 800 postdoctoral researchers at Harvard get salaries, stipends or tuition support from federally funded research.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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It’s out!!!!! We hope our review on aging, immunity, and cancer is helpful.

Such a rewarding group effort led by Melissa Dolan, with Kendra Libby, Alison Ringle, and @vangalenlab.bsky.social

So grateful to @gabriellebrewer.bsky.social @natrevcancer.nature.com for her efforts and support
August 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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WV Scientists, let's stick together and show each other support! First meeting is tonight-- shoot me a message if you're interested in joining! Tremendous thank you to @morgan-glass.bsky.social for organizing!
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August 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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mRNA tech is some of the coolest, most powerful, most promising scifi shit humans are currently doing. They are being investigated to help with cancers, autoimmune diseases, M.S., stroke recovery, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and high cholesterol.
August 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
My latest in Harvard’s ScienceInTheNews Blog: 📚➗✖️

sites.harvard.edu/sitn/2025/07...
Education itself at the root of the math gender gap
A massive study reveals four months after starting school, the gender gap in math appears
sites.harvard.edu
July 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Nature research paper: Neutrophils drive vascular occlusion, tumour necrosis and metastasis

go.nature.com/4lzilSb
Neutrophils drive vascular occlusion, tumour necrosis and metastasis - Nature
Neutrophils actively induce tumour necrosis, driving vascular occlusion, pleomorphic necrosis and metastasis.
go.nature.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Donald Trump is ripping away America’s role as a world leader in science and innovation.

Cuts to health care breakthroughs.
Cuts to tech development.
Cuts to energy research.

How is this America first?
July 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Nature research paper: Nerve-to-cancer transfer of mitochondria during cancer metastasis

https://go.nature.com/46c474I
Nerve-to-cancer transfer of mitochondria during cancer metastasis - Nature
A study reports the development of a method to trace intercellular transfer of mitochondria, and demonstrates that cancer cells that receive mitochondria from neurons have enhanced metastatic capabilities.
go.nature.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Happy to see the article I wrote in print back home! Thankful for the McClintock Letters organizers (‪@cornellasap.bsky.social‬) and Science Homecoming (@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social‬) for all their hard work in coordinating this effort.
Science Funding Cuts Affect Our Present and Future
Zebrafish are cool. They’re just one of a handful of animals that can regenerate their brain, spine, and even heart after injury. Unsurprisingly, a lot can be learned from studying how these injured o...
www.theintelligencer.net
June 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Published in the Wheeling Intelligencer this week as part of the #McClintockLetters

www.theintelligencer.net/opinion/loca...
June 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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June 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM