Pam Mork
@pammork.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Chemistry
passionate educator
believes in growth mentality
votes blue
buys fountain pens
Atlanta Braves fan
she/her
passionate educator
believes in growth mentality
votes blue
buys fountain pens
Atlanta Braves fan
she/her
Yes!! This!
We must take a long view on how research impacts society, not pull our heads into our shell and put blinders on.
#science
We must take a long view on how research impacts society, not pull our heads into our shell and put blinders on.
#science
Federal research funding works. It’s not an expense–it’s an investment. It’s not overhead–it’s a down payment on the future. The value of computing research has never been greater cacm.acm.org/federal-fund... #research #science #NIH #NSF
Keeping the Dream Alive: The Power and Promise of Federally Funded Research – Communications of the ACM
cacm.acm.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Yes!! This!
We must take a long view on how research impacts society, not pull our heads into our shell and put blinders on.
#science
We must take a long view on how research impacts society, not pull our heads into our shell and put blinders on.
#science
There's a Pelikan M600 and M800 that are screaming my name.
My wallet is also screaming for restraint.
I'm debating who is louder 🙀
#fountainpens
#fountainpenday
#pelikan
My wallet is also screaming for restraint.
I'm debating who is louder 🙀
#fountainpens
#fountainpenday
#pelikan
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There's a Pelikan M600 and M800 that are screaming my name.
My wallet is also screaming for restraint.
I'm debating who is louder 🙀
#fountainpens
#fountainpenday
#pelikan
My wallet is also screaming for restraint.
I'm debating who is louder 🙀
#fountainpens
#fountainpenday
#pelikan
Happy FP Day to those who celebrate!🥳
#FountainPen
#FountainPen
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Happy FP Day to those who celebrate!🥳
#FountainPen
#FountainPen
November 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Domesticated animals have pulled our heavy carts and turned our large mills for centuries. But what about the opposite end of the spectrum—what if the wheel you want to turn is so small you can’t see it?
Turns out we can harness the power of bacteria to power the world’s smallest machines.
1/7 ⚛️🧪
Turns out we can harness the power of bacteria to power the world’s smallest machines.
1/7 ⚛️🧪
October 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Truth bomb!
A Christianity that causes the hungry to go without food, the sick to go without healthcare, the stranger to be mistreated, and God’s creation to be ravaged, all while the greedy and cruel satisfy their every desire, is a Christianity that can no longer claim to follow Christ.
October 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Truth bomb!
"Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are reshaping them..." #ClimateCrisis #Migration @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised
Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are re...
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Spending Sunday night grading.
Currently, I hate the version of me that added this last problem to just "see how they'll handle it."
Anyone else spending Sunday evening with a red pen in hand? At least I have a nice fountain pen for grading.
#academicsky
#teaching
#redpen
#grading
Currently, I hate the version of me that added this last problem to just "see how they'll handle it."
Anyone else spending Sunday evening with a red pen in hand? At least I have a nice fountain pen for grading.
#academicsky
#teaching
#redpen
#grading
October 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Spending Sunday night grading.
Currently, I hate the version of me that added this last problem to just "see how they'll handle it."
Anyone else spending Sunday evening with a red pen in hand? At least I have a nice fountain pen for grading.
#academicsky
#teaching
#redpen
#grading
Currently, I hate the version of me that added this last problem to just "see how they'll handle it."
Anyone else spending Sunday evening with a red pen in hand? At least I have a nice fountain pen for grading.
#academicsky
#teaching
#redpen
#grading
Powerful analysis of the cost of stopping research. Not to mention the absolute stupidity.
#scisky
#research
#academicsky
#scisky
#research
#academicsky
How do research funding cuts hurt the US? There are many ways to answer that question. For a dollars and cents perspective, you can read this analysis.
"Cutting federal R&D by 20% would cost the U.S. economy up to almost $1.5 trillion compared with China’s growth pace."
🧪
itif.org/publications...
"Cutting federal R&D by 20% would cost the U.S. economy up to almost $1.5 trillion compared with China’s growth pace."
🧪
itif.org/publications...
How Reducing Federal R&D Reduces GDP Growth
Cutting federal investments in R&D may appear to save billions in the budget, but it could cost the economy trillions. In fact, ITIF estimates that cutting federal R&D by 20 percent would cost the U.S...
itif.org
September 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Powerful analysis of the cost of stopping research. Not to mention the absolute stupidity.
#scisky
#research
#academicsky
#scisky
#research
#academicsky
Reposted by Pam Mork
The problem isn’t just getting people to think scientifically.
It’s getting them to want to…
It’s getting them to want to…
September 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The problem isn’t just getting people to think scientifically.
It’s getting them to want to…
It’s getting them to want to…
We aren't in a time of history known to act on good science.
Good article
#science
#academicsky
#microplastics
Good article
#science
#academicsky
#microplastics
September 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
We aren't in a time of history known to act on good science.
Good article
#science
#academicsky
#microplastics
Good article
#science
#academicsky
#microplastics
Very cool science!! I'd never heard of a bottlebrush polymer before......
#medsky
#academicsky
#science
#chemotherapy
#medsky
#academicsky
#science
#chemotherapy
Researchers in the Johnson Lab have shown that chemotherapy drugs carried by a bottlebrush polymer can be attached to an antibody, which guides the molecule to a tumor. This approach could avoid many of the side effects of systemic chemotherapy delivery.
chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-ne...
chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-ne...
September 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Very cool science!! I'd never heard of a bottlebrush polymer before......
#medsky
#academicsky
#science
#chemotherapy
#medsky
#academicsky
#science
#chemotherapy
Of all the nonsense that our unqualified HHS secretary has said, this is near the top.
Well delivered response!!
#science
#autism
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SdnCoq/
Well delivered response!!
#science
#autism
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SdnCoq/
TikTok video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
www.tiktok.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Of all the nonsense that our unqualified HHS secretary has said, this is near the top.
Well delivered response!!
#science
#autism
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SdnCoq/
Well delivered response!!
#science
#autism
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SdnCoq/
This is the kind of science that we need to focus on for sustainability. And fund!!
#academicsky
#science
#sustainability
#academicsky
#science
#sustainability
September 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This is the kind of science that we need to focus on for sustainability. And fund!!
#academicsky
#science
#sustainability
#academicsky
#science
#sustainability
I've been doing this long enough to see this downturn. It always shocks me when someone expresses serious science skepticism.
Rebuilding confidence will be a huge job.
#academicsky
#scicomm
#science
Rebuilding confidence will be a huge job.
#academicsky
#scicomm
#science
In 2019, 70% of Republicans said science has had a mostly positive effect on society. A few years later, fewer than half of Republicans (47%) said so.
www.pewresearch.org/science/2023... 🧪🌐
www.pewresearch.org/science/2023... 🧪🌐
September 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I've been doing this long enough to see this downturn. It always shocks me when someone expresses serious science skepticism.
Rebuilding confidence will be a huge job.
#academicsky
#scicomm
#science
Rebuilding confidence will be a huge job.
#academicsky
#scicomm
#science
I know I'm preaching to the choir here.
How do we get across to them that their opinions are NOT more valid than the facts??
#Vaccines
#VaccinesSaveLives
#Vaccinate
How do we get across to them that their opinions are NOT more valid than the facts??
#Vaccines
#VaccinesSaveLives
#Vaccinate
September 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I know I'm preaching to the choir here.
How do we get across to them that their opinions are NOT more valid than the facts??
#Vaccines
#VaccinesSaveLives
#Vaccinate
How do we get across to them that their opinions are NOT more valid than the facts??
#Vaccines
#VaccinesSaveLives
#Vaccinate
"An all-female team of scientists devoted to preserving and expanding Brazil’s national meteorite collection...journey to far-flung regions to recover fallen space rocks and educate local communities about their scientific significance."
#academicsky
#womeninSTEM
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/s...
#academicsky
#womeninSTEM
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/s...
The Space Rock Stars of Brazil
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"An all-female team of scientists devoted to preserving and expanding Brazil’s national meteorite collection...journey to far-flung regions to recover fallen space rocks and educate local communities about their scientific significance."
#academicsky
#womeninSTEM
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/s...
#academicsky
#womeninSTEM
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/s...
August 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Holding this poem close today.
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
August 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Holding this poem close today.
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
New level of hell unlocked:
Loaner computer takes 90 sec to load a page.
Now big deal, right? Except classes start in one week!!
Im stuck cleaning my office and eagerly waiting the call that my new computer is ready...
#academicsky
Loaner computer takes 90 sec to load a page.
Now big deal, right? Except classes start in one week!!
Im stuck cleaning my office and eagerly waiting the call that my new computer is ready...
#academicsky
a cartoon of a brown bear cleaning a desk with the word sorry on the bottom right
Alt: a cartoon of a brown bear cleaning a desk
media.tenor.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New level of hell unlocked:
Loaner computer takes 90 sec to load a page.
Now big deal, right? Except classes start in one week!!
Im stuck cleaning my office and eagerly waiting the call that my new computer is ready...
#academicsky
Loaner computer takes 90 sec to load a page.
Now big deal, right? Except classes start in one week!!
Im stuck cleaning my office and eagerly waiting the call that my new computer is ready...
#academicsky
Something to think about. But the media message is to blame the person who likely makes less than you and had to work harder than you to get to where they are.
August 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Something to think about. But the media message is to blame the person who likely makes less than you and had to work harder than you to get to where they are.
Incredible footing from inside the eye of Hurricane Erin
#HurricaneErin
#HurricaneErin
Unbelievable footage from NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters inside the eye of Hurricane Erin.
Simply incredible.
Simply incredible.
August 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Incredible footing from inside the eye of Hurricane Erin
#HurricaneErin
#HurricaneErin
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
August 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM