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Becca Riggins 🇻🇮 ⛵️🧪
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she/her. Full Prof, AD Educ & Training @LombardiCancer. #lobular, HER2+/ER+ BrCa, #nuclearreceptors, #GBM. Co-founder @nrimpact.bsky.social. When not sciencing, I'm enjoying ⛵️⛺️🏋🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️🥃 Skeets my own
And someone else should be taking on those teaching obligations
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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November 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
They've been good to me too, absolutely.
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Read the room, funder who we know but won't name here...
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It’s very important applicants know this, and the strategy you’ve taken in the past of aggregating your observations is a good one. I think the timing of pre vs post edit phase matters.
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If I’m recalling the same scenario as you, it was not just a standing member, but in fact the chair.
November 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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there was a deliberate decision to not cite my MIRA on this commentary, even though service to the scientific community is *supposed* to be a consideration during review

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent - Nature Cell Biology
Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases creativity and success in tackl...
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Also worth mentioning, the deletion test is impossible to do when we have so many hidden figures in science and medicine whose contributions were significant but poorly acknowledged: people like Vivien Thomas, Herman Branson, Rosalind Franklin, and many others who are more hidden by history.
October 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM