Super thrilled and grateful to finally be able to share that I've received an R37 MERIT Award from National Cancer Institute! In collaboration with AIMRC, UAMS Cancer, and Dartmouth 🌲 we'll study breast tumor innervation from a metabolism perspective. UArk BME

May is recognized as #NationalCancerResearchMonth .

We are grateful for our generous donors who have allowed us to donate over $2,500,000 to pancreatic cancer research.

Find ways to get involved and help support our mission here: kostenfoundation.com/get-involved

The new MD Anderson Cancer Center faculty space is open and amazing!! Faculty when you are able to meet, snack, relax, huddle, collaborate in Pickens (next to the lunch seating) go do it!! Wow! Anne Tsao, MD, MBA Carin Hagberg, MD and Senior Faculty Committee amazing job!!

Daniel Gallego-Perez has received the 2024 Ohio State Early Career Distinguished Scholar Award for his development of novel biomedical micro- and nanoscale technologies for fundamental and translational applications. OSUengineering Ohio StateMed erik.osu.edu/story/ecdsa-20…

The Maldives is building new land in the ocean with no end in sight.

“I worry that our livelihood is being stolen from us. Our nature is being snatched away.” says one local activist.

Read my immersive story in nature funded by Pulitzer Center

nature.com/immersive/d415…

The deadline to submit BMES abstracts is only a few weeks away! Submit your work to the women’s health track!

Great weather to come together as a BU Engineering lab for #PurpleStride ! It is a privilege to honor the patients and their families.

Thank you to PanCAN Boston Affiliate for as always putting together such an uplifting and inspiring event!

Congrats to Loran on giving a great seminar about her PhD research developing peptide probes to measure methyltransferase activity!

We were proud to celebrate 150 years of Cornell Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering yesterday! We reflected on our history with former directors, explored the present with student-led tours, and envisioned the future with alumni from NASA JPL, SpaceX, and Planetary Society. 🚀On to the next 150 years! #Sibley150

Getting rejected from a grant submission

I am a little stressed by my gloxinia's insistence on throwing a million buds this year. But I am looking forward to the grand debut!

I can't quite find the words to say how honored I feel to be named ABRF's Mentor of the Year - it is far and away the proudest moment of my scientific lifetime. I feel incredibly privileged every day to get to work with an amazing team of brilliant, hard-working scientists (1/3)

left my mark on the lab before I leave in 5 days😎🥸🙂‍↔️ Michael King

In the weeks since our work on RAS inhibition was published, we have received many emails and calls from PDAC patients. To educate and disseminate info, I've posted a discussion on our website targeted to lay audience, addressing common patient questions. olivelab.org/ras-inhibitor-…

These are the realities that those who pretend to embrace “colorblindness” are willfully ignoring and seeking to cement.

Final FY24 budget for US research is a disaster.
Budgets of federal agencies are mostly or cut down

NIH $47.08B flat
NSF $9.06B (-5%)
NASA Sci. $7.33B (-6%)
CDC $9.2B flat
DOE Sci. $8.24B (+1.7%)
ARPA-E 0.46B (-2%)
DOD Sci. $2.6B (-9%)
DARPA $4.1B flat
Global Health $10B (-5%)

So many core memories are saved on this platform. And a ton of you have been with me for the entire ride of (almost) 10 years!

Speaking of which, let me get that ESI extension request submitted right quick🤣.

Applying to STEM grad programs? Know someone who is? 🎓

Sign ups are ✨OPEN✨ for #GSMI2024 !🤩

Applications due 6/1
cientificolatino.com/gsmi

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regularly count rows and count NAs in your variables! great way to spot “oh I fucked up my data prep code” oopsies before they ruin your analysis

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