hey twitter! check out my most recent post on the #impossibleburger scihowandwhy.wixsite.com/howandwhy/post… #scicomm #science #impossiblefoods #sustainablefood #plants #plantbased

could there still be microbial life in Venus’ atmosphere? Check out my Instagram how & why for more! #howandwhy

awesome simulation from #NASA shows a black hole. The orange disk around it is made from v hot matter orbiting the black hole. It’s actually flat, but the black hole’s pull literally warps spacetime, which is why it appears to bend at top & bottom

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This might be the first-ever recording of an octopus changing colors while it's dreaming. 😱🦑 Professor David Scheel recorded the mollusk as it lay in a research tank. Need more evidence octopuses are just aliens living on Earth? Here ya go: trib.al/fjE8ugl

LIVE NOW: Astronauts at work! Christina H Koch and Astronaut Andrew “Drew” Morgan are suited up for today’s spacewalk to install new lithium-ion batteries that will upgrade the International Space Station's power systems. Tune in: x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

The Nobel Prize in Physics awarded was very well-deserved. However, next time you hear Vera Rubin didn't win for discovering dark matter bc *insert excuse here*, let today show exactly why she didn't win for discovering one of cosmology's most pressing questions: she was a woman.

Why should #AcademicTwitter care about the #SCOTUS hearing today on #LGBTQ workplace discrimination? Absence of anti-discrimination laws measurably affects the stigma experienced by LGBTQ researchers & few top research institutions are located in states w/such laws: #RiseUpOct8

Hi #scicomm tweeps. Today we're talking about #CRISPR & gene editing in food, plants, & animals. A good way to start is a reminder that CRISPR is literally in much of the yogurt we eat & has been for more than a decade. Here's the backstory! theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

my friends & colleagues at SACNAS - University of Chicago crushing it! Diversity, Equity, and Justice in #STEM is critical and groups like SACNAS and UChicago Graduate Recruitment Initiative Team are paving the way towards inclusive & just science. #scienceisforeveryone #DiversityandInclusion #diversitymatters

me presenting my work on enhancer transcription in the mouse retina at #CSTxnDEV ! instagram.com/p/B35RIWFhNI1/…

Scientists have developed a new gene-editing technology that could potentially correct up to 89% of genetic defects, including those that cause diseases like sickle cell anemia. cnn.it/2JetXKe

15 of us (Bio & Phys Science Ph.D students) are at #SACNAS to help you get into graduate school. We are here because people helped us succeed. Let us do the same for you. DM us and let us know what time you’d like to chat. To reach as many as possible, please RT! #SACNAS2019