Cai M. Roberts, PhD
@yddraigarian.bsky.social
Asst Prof of Pharmacology @ Midwestern University. Epithelial mesenchymal transition + drug responses in ovarian and other cancers. Follow for all things teaching, science, sci-fi, or occasionally memes and cats. Opinions mine. Same handle elsewhere.
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Putative Biomarkers for Prognosis, Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition, and Drug Response in Cell Lines Representing Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Progression
Background/Objectives: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common form of head and neck cancer and accounts for over 50,000 new cancer cases annually in the United States. The survival rat...
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First there was the preprint, now comes the full paper! Congrats to student authors Mohamad Hamoui and Shuaa Rizvi and thanks to collaborator Hilal Arnouk MD PhD! Read our description of putative biomarkers to gain more insight into oral squamous cell carcinoma here:
www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/16...
www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/16...
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Despite These Times...my department is hiring! I really like my department, we have a good mix of disciplines and organisms and we're really low-drama. We also get pizza at faculty meeting. So if you're a computational and structural biologist, join us! 🧪 jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/260...
Assistant Professor - Tenure Track Faculty
The Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is inviting applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. The position requires a doc...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Despite These Times...my department is hiring! I really like my department, we have a good mix of disciplines and organisms and we're really low-drama. We also get pizza at faculty meeting. So if you're a computational and structural biologist, join us! 🧪 jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/260...
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It’s so easy to comment. I did! Making institute directors political appointees will destroy the ability to do unbiased science. It will destroy the scientific integrity of federal grants. 🧪
Today is the last day to comment on schedule F, Russ Vought's plan to politicize the civil service, by making many positions political appointments. Please take the time to comment today. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/last-day-t...
Last chance to weigh in on Trump's plan to politicize the civil service
Trump has already shown us how he would use Schedule F powers
donmoynihan.substack.com
June 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It’s so easy to comment. I did! Making institute directors political appointees will destroy the ability to do unbiased science. It will destroy the scientific integrity of federal grants. 🧪
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There is still time to register for the GLC ASPET Meeting! Abstracts must be in by this Friday, June 6 for inclusion in the program and consideration for the poster competition. Submit today!
June 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
There is still time to register for the GLC ASPET Meeting! Abstracts must be in by this Friday, June 6 for inclusion in the program and consideration for the poster competition. Submit today!
If you want to know what speaking truth to power looks like, watch this. 🎤⬇️
I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"
YouTube video by Annie Andrews
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May 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
If you want to know what speaking truth to power looks like, watch this. 🎤⬇️
Tell your reps - not another dollar gets taken away from patients in need!
Shagah is a 3-time cancer survivor.
The #EnhancedSubsidies passed by Congress made it possible for her to access lifesaving, affordable care.
Now, these are at risk. If Congress doesn’t act, they will expire & millions like Shagah will face higher health insurance costs. FightCancer.org/Affordable
The #EnhancedSubsidies passed by Congress made it possible for her to access lifesaving, affordable care.
Now, these are at risk. If Congress doesn’t act, they will expire & millions like Shagah will face higher health insurance costs. FightCancer.org/Affordable
May 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Tell your reps - not another dollar gets taken away from patients in need!
Insult to injury of the worst kind.
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
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May 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Insult to injury of the worst kind.
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Discounted early bird registration ends this Friday, May 16! Sign up to attend and submit your abstract today!
May 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Discounted early bird registration ends this Friday, May 16! Sign up to attend and submit your abstract today!
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Today, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) called on Congress to reject the Administration's nearly 40% cut to the NIH budget and allocate a bipartisan funding increase to $51.3 billion for the agency to accelerate progress for patients. www.aacr.org/about-the-aa...
May 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Today, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) called on Congress to reject the Administration's nearly 40% cut to the NIH budget and allocate a bipartisan funding increase to $51.3 billion for the agency to accelerate progress for patients. www.aacr.org/about-the-aa...
Looking forward to #ILCancerActionDay25 and #ILSuitsandSneakers on May 7 with @acscan.bsky.social Illinois! Join us to advocate for policies to save lives from cancer!
April 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Looking forward to #ILCancerActionDay25 and #ILSuitsandSneakers on May 7 with @acscan.bsky.social Illinois! Join us to advocate for policies to save lives from cancer!
Who all amongst my BlueSky folks are coming to AACR in Chicago? Let's meet up at the conference! I have a poster Sunday, come say hi.
The cancer research community will gather in Chicago for #AACR25 to discuss the latest breakthroughs, share ideas, and forge new collaborations to accelerate progress in cancer science and medicine. Learn more about this pivotal meeting: www.aacr.org/about-the-aa... #AACRStories
April 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Who all amongst my BlueSky folks are coming to AACR in Chicago? Let's meet up at the conference! I have a poster Sunday, come say hi.
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To folks in IL, if you're passionate about access to cancer prevention and treatment, consider joining the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network for Cancer Action Day, vising lawmakers in Springfield. Details and registration link below. Please share!
March 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
To folks in IL, if you're passionate about access to cancer prevention and treatment, consider joining the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network for Cancer Action Day, vising lawmakers in Springfield. Details and registration link below. Please share!
To my colleagues in Chicagoland and beyond, register today to join us at Northwestern in June!
Registration is now open for our annual meeting! Check out our lineup of speakers and register to attend at the link below or by scanning the QR code. Discounted rates end May 16th!
April 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
To my colleagues in Chicagoland and beyond, register today to join us at Northwestern in June!
To folks in IL, if you're passionate about access to cancer prevention and treatment, consider joining the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network for Cancer Action Day, vising lawmakers in Springfield. Details and registration link below. Please share!
March 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
To folks in IL, if you're passionate about access to cancer prevention and treatment, consider joining the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network for Cancer Action Day, vising lawmakers in Springfield. Details and registration link below. Please share!
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#Science 🧪 #PharmSky 💊 Interested in science advocacy and science policy? Applications open for the #ASPET #WashingtonFellowsProgram on May 1st, 2025. I highly encourage this or a program like it through another professional society. www.aspet.org/aspet/advoca...
ASPET Washington Fellows Program
www.aspet.org
March 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#Science 🧪 #PharmSky 💊 Interested in science advocacy and science policy? Applications open for the #ASPET #WashingtonFellowsProgram on May 1st, 2025. I highly encourage this or a program like it through another professional society. www.aspet.org/aspet/advoca...
Except we have a little thing in this country that says we have "the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
March 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Except we have a little thing in this country that says we have "the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
From my alma mater ... Love to see it!
March 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
From my alma mater ... Love to see it!
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We are hiring! We are accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in our department. Applicants should have a PhD or equivalent and a passion for research and teaching. More info and application instructions can be found here:
recruiting.ultipro.com/MID1016/JobB...
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March 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We are hiring! We are accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in our department. Applicants should have a PhD or equivalent and a passion for research and teaching. More info and application instructions can be found here:
recruiting.ultipro.com/MID1016/JobB...
recruiting.ultipro.com/MID1016/JobB...
Our department is hiring! Anyone looking for a faculty position in the pharmacology field? MWU and Chicagoland are great places to be. More info and application here:
recruiting.ultipro.com/MID1016/JobB...
recruiting.ultipro.com/MID1016/JobB...
March 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Our department is hiring! Anyone looking for a faculty position in the pharmacology field? MWU and Chicagoland are great places to be. More info and application here:
recruiting.ultipro.com/MID1016/JobB...
recruiting.ultipro.com/MID1016/JobB...
At an R15 medical school, I feel much the same!
I spent 14 years at a teaching-focused primarily-undergraduate institution (PUI) and found it be a stimulating, challenging, and rewarding environment. Check this out 👇
"How I found professional satisfaction by adjusting my definition of success" | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
"How I found professional satisfaction by adjusting my definition of success" | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
How I found professional satisfaction by adjusting my definition of success
As a professor at a teaching-focused university, this scientist has “discovered not just success, but significance”
www.science.org
February 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
At an R15 medical school, I feel much the same!
Surprised some of them are aware PR is a US territory at all!
There are moments in these deportation fights when I can just FEEL how pissed off they are that I’m Puerto Rican 😂 they want to threaten me with it so bad 😂
February 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Surprised some of them are aware PR is a US territory at all!
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Life scientists and supporters: The Coalition for Life Sciences is here! Many of our professional societies work together through the CLS to advocate for science and now their work is even more important. Follow them!! @c4lifesciences.bsky.social www.coalitionforlifesciences.org
February 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Life scientists and supporters: The Coalition for Life Sciences is here! Many of our professional societies work together through the CLS to advocate for science and now their work is even more important. Follow them!! @c4lifesciences.bsky.social www.coalitionforlifesciences.org
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Accidentally fired the guys running the nuclear program.
Accidentally fired experienced air traffic controllers.
Accidentlly fired the people trying to contain the bird flu....
Accidentally fired...
Accidentally fired experienced air traffic controllers.
Accidentlly fired the people trying to contain the bird flu....
Accidentally fired...
JUST IN: USDA says it accidentally fired several officials working on bird flu.
"We are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters," a spokesperson says.
"We are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters," a spokesperson says.
February 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Accidentally fired the guys running the nuclear program.
Accidentally fired experienced air traffic controllers.
Accidentlly fired the people trying to contain the bird flu....
Accidentally fired...
Accidentally fired experienced air traffic controllers.
Accidentlly fired the people trying to contain the bird flu....
Accidentally fired...
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We have an open position for a research technician position in my lab at Cleveland Clinic. We study oncogenic signaling in leukemia and lymphoma. DM for details.
February 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
We have an open position for a research technician position in my lab at Cleveland Clinic. We study oncogenic signaling in leukemia and lymphoma. DM for details.
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“The very fact that I am having to publish this anonymously in a country that has the right to free speech written into our Constitution is an indictment of what is happening. Like all federal employees in the US, I took an oath to the Constitution, not to a president…” 🧪 www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Anger, despair, and defiance from a voice within the US federal research system
People around the world are watching with disbelief as the new US government closes down its aid programme, withdraws from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Paris agreement on climate change...
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February 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“The very fact that I am having to publish this anonymously in a country that has the right to free speech written into our Constitution is an indictment of what is happening. Like all federal employees in the US, I took an oath to the Constitution, not to a president…” 🧪 www.bmj.com/content/388/...