Erin Cram
@erincram.bsky.social
Worm PI, Kinda bad bassoonist, Survivor
cramlab.sites.northeastern.edu
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I think this should get more media attention, but it won't. People are just going to find out the hard way.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I think this should get more media attention, but it won't. People are just going to find out the hard way.
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
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The fight has come to NC, and it just hit close to home. Our daughter teaches in Durham public schools and she said almost all of the Latinx kids are not in school today. ICE is targeting everyone who "looks Hispanic", citizen or not. I am even more angry today-kids need to go to school!
November 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The fight has come to NC, and it just hit close to home. Our daughter teaches in Durham public schools and she said almost all of the Latinx kids are not in school today. ICE is targeting everyone who "looks Hispanic", citizen or not. I am even more angry today-kids need to go to school!
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Louder for everyone in the back
October 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Louder for everyone in the back
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We were all relieved that this didn’t happen on 9/11.
October 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We were all relieved that this didn’t happen on 9/11.
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My quote of the day
The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
October 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
My quote of the day
The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Congrats to my amazing colleague Bob Goldtein, winner of UNC's prestigious Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service Award, which recognizes the outstanding service of Carolina’s voting faculty. 1/n
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3 receive faculty, staff University Day awards | UNC-Chapel Hill
Bob Goldstein, Michael F. Almeida and Dr. Jeffrey Stringer will be honored at the University Day ceremony Oct. 12.
www.unc.edu
September 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Congrats to my amazing colleague Bob Goldtein, winner of UNC's prestigious Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service Award, which recognizes the outstanding service of Carolina’s voting faculty. 1/n
www.unc.edu/posts/2025/0...
www.unc.edu/posts/2025/0...
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Phew!!! Thank goodness we have a 2025 GRFP announcement!
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Phew!!! Thank goodness we have a 2025 GRFP announcement!
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If your state hasn't done this yet, call your governor's office as well as top public health official in your state, and request that they do this. If enough people start calling, they will hear us loud and clear!
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
August 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
If your state hasn't done this yet, call your governor's office as well as top public health official in your state, and request that they do this. If enough people start calling, they will hear us loud and clear!
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New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
August 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
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“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group”
Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group”
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Important.
August 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Important.
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Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.
August 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.
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Tomorrow (Thursday 8/21/25) at 1pm ET join IOS for a virtual office hour on... "Tips on Proposal Writing". Everyone can use some tips! See you there! You know y'all want to hear from me. 😆
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NSF IOS Virtual Office Hour
Tips on proposal writing
www.nsf.gov
August 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Tomorrow (Thursday 8/21/25) at 1pm ET join IOS for a virtual office hour on... "Tips on Proposal Writing". Everyone can use some tips! See you there! You know y'all want to hear from me. 😆
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As always, Ted Chiang is great in this interview.
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August 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
As always, Ted Chiang is great in this interview.
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
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The funds are approved! We're hiring a postdoc to build a CRISPRa toolkit to identify new aging mechanisms in C. elegans.
Email or DM me to find out more. Please share & repost!
Email or DM me to find out more. Please share & repost!
a man in a suit has a name tag on his jacket that says dennis
Alt: a man in a suit has a name tag on his jacket that says dennis
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August 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The funds are approved! We're hiring a postdoc to build a CRISPRa toolkit to identify new aging mechanisms in C. elegans.
Email or DM me to find out more. Please share & repost!
Email or DM me to find out more. Please share & repost!
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This is one of the best things I've listened to in a long time. Heroic team effort by Elizabeth Mynatt and @seanmcarroll.bsky.social to explain (with lots of examples) what the US is in the process of losing by gutting research. youtu.be/tm_EtHbqtQY?...
Mindscape 324 | Elizabeth Mynatt on Universities and the Importance of Basic Research
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll
Blog post with audio player, show notes, and transcript:…
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August 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is one of the best things I've listened to in a long time. Heroic team effort by Elizabeth Mynatt and @seanmcarroll.bsky.social to explain (with lots of examples) what the US is in the process of losing by gutting research. youtu.be/tm_EtHbqtQY?...
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If you can swing the dues, I recommend joining APHA and then fill out the form. This is the path I took for the first round of this suit
July 31, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Any updates on wormbase? We have been having trouble logging in for the past few weeks.
July 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Any updates on wormbase? We have been having trouble logging in for the past few weeks.
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RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
Exclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs
The task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients.
www.wsj.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
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It breaks my heart to see the best scientific system in the world collapsing before our eyes. Bravo @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social ! Keep fighting the good fight.
“Simply put, there is never a good time to pull out of an investment that continually pays such strong dividends and directly benefits the citizens of our state.”
Cuts to research funding risk the collapse of U.S. science and technology | Guest Column | wyomingnews.com
Cuts to research funding risk the collapse of U.S. science and technology | Guest Column | wyomingnews.com
Fay: Cuts to research funding risk the collapse of U.S. science and technology
I started as an assistant professor of molecular biology at the University of Wyoming in 2001.
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July 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It breaks my heart to see the best scientific system in the world collapsing before our eyes. Bravo @wyomingwormboy.bsky.social ! Keep fighting the good fight.
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Ten simple rules for faculty members building just and equitable environments in academic science | PLOS Computational Biology
Ten simple rules for faculty members building just and equitable environments in academic science
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July 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Ten simple rules for faculty members building just and equitable environments in academic science | PLOS Computational Biology
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And if you're wondering, "wait...I thought last week's Big Bill already codified these science funding cuts?"
Nope! Those are completely separate processes. FY26 appropriations process is still early stages in Congress.
Here's the best explainer I've seen so far on that:
Nope! Those are completely separate processes. FY26 appropriations process is still early stages in Congress.
Here's the best explainer I've seen so far on that:
Reconciliation vs Appropriations | American Astronomical Society
Here we outline the key difference between the reconciliation process, which deals with mandatory spending and taxes, and the appropriations process, which determines the funding levels for discretion...
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July 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
And if you're wondering, "wait...I thought last week's Big Bill already codified these science funding cuts?"
Nope! Those are completely separate processes. FY26 appropriations process is still early stages in Congress.
Here's the best explainer I've seen so far on that:
Nope! Those are completely separate processes. FY26 appropriations process is still early stages in Congress.
Here's the best explainer I've seen so far on that:
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If you, like me, are confused about the relationship of the "Big Beautiful Bill" to the 2025-2026 Federal budget and its relevance to science funding and other issues, here is a GREAT explainer from my friend Kevin Wilson 🧪@ascbiology.bsky.social
The "Big Beautiful Bill" isn’t the federal budget—it’s a reconciliation bill focused on tax cuts. The real FY26 funding decisions for NIH, NSF, and more are happening now in Congress.
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The "Big Beautiful Bill" is Not the Budget - ASCB
If you’ve read recent news about Congress trying to pass “the budget,” you may have noticed that even Washington, D.C. reporters don’t always have a firm grasp on the details of what they’re covering....
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July 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
If you, like me, are confused about the relationship of the "Big Beautiful Bill" to the 2025-2026 Federal budget and its relevance to science funding and other issues, here is a GREAT explainer from my friend Kevin Wilson 🧪@ascbiology.bsky.social