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Peri Kurshan
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Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Love synapses and C elegans, science and mentoring, NYC and mountains. Mom of 2. www.KurshanLab.org
Just sent 12 tubes of worms to genomics.umn.edu/service/mode..., will let you know how it goes!
Model Organism Sequencing Service | University of Minnesota Genomics Center
genomics.umn.edu
May 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Reposted by Peri Kurshan
The NYT wants you to think universities became dependent on government. This is false.

The government invested in the national research infrastructure by competitive grants to universities. The taxpayers built this. It got us to the moon. Won the Cold War. Created Silicon Valley. Made the McRib.
April 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I wholeheartedly agree!
March 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM