Assistant Professor, Department of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis
www.ozpolatlab.org
Regeneration, stem cells, annelids, spiralians, germ cells.
Formerly a Hibbitt Fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory
#ScienceArt #BlackLivesMatter (She/her)
It's #tax season, so #TurboTax is once again advertising just about everywhere.
Remember:
• TurboTax spent decades fighting to stop Americans from filing taxes for free:
https://www.propublica.org/series/the-turbotax-trap?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
• There are ways to file for free without TurboTax:
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-file-taxes-for-free-without-turbotax?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
This analysis, by a Turkish and Turkey scholar who lost close family in the earthquake is worth reading.
t's a remarkable achievement to become a pillar of a local community and Chapel Hill/Carrboro's Jamil Kadoura fits the profile. The owner of the iconic Med Deli has spent the last 30 years building a business and supporting our community 1/n
https://indyweek.com/food-and-drink/med-deli-profile/
My trusted sources who are well-connected to NGOs and foundations tell me that Turkish Philanthropy Funds is a good place to donate, especially if you are in the US. Because they have 503(c) status, your employer may match your donations!
https://donate.tpfund.org/campaign/tpf-turkiye-earthquake/c465112
TPF is in touch with several active organizations on the ground and they are transferring the funds as soon as possible.
If you aren't able to donate, please spread the word, that is as precious and helpful. 💕
#earthquake
Options for donations:
AKUT - https://akut.org.tr/en/donation
AHBAP - https://ahbap.org
Doctors Without Borders
International Rescue Committee
(Syria specific, though I am not personally familiar with) https://twitter.com/molhamteam/status/1623081054394368004
#earthquake #Turkey #Syria (2/2)
Friends, the disaster in Turkey and Syria is so immense, I am losing sleep. There are more than 200,000 people still under the rubble. With every passing hour, we lose the opportunity to recover them alive. In addition, millions of people are now experiencing homelessness. This region will need continued support, so please consider supporting NGOs. Spread your donations to different organizations, so you are helping at different levels and both Turkey and Syria. #earthquake (1/2)
Are there any reliable programmatic methods for identifying papers containing negative/null results?
Don't miss the chance to enter our competition 'Make your negative result a preprint winner' - if you have posted a #preprint reporting a negative/null result, submit it now to be considered for a $1,000 award. Deadline for submissions is TODAY January 31.
https://buff.ly/3TXL7NC
From George Floyd to Tyre Nichols.
Why has there been so little change – no change even in the area of policing, which was at the very heart of the reform debate that briefly ensued after the summer of 2020?
Some thoughts in this thread, building on a crucial column by @perrybacon:
RT @conrad_helm
The sea spider Pycnogonum litorale overturns the paradigm of the absence of axial regeneration in molting animals!!!! Great article by Georg Brenneis et al.; http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2217272120
This is not an ant.
SICB is on Mastodon! Welcome @SICB :)
This makes me so happy!
https://twitter.com/maralampert/status/1618288577603076097?s=20&t=qgEwLdfjTBcl8mQJ6Psd4g
Over 100 billion people have lived on our planet.
Just 622 have been to space.
Just 12 have set foot on another celestial object, our barren moon.
Not a single human has been to another planet.
We know of no other planet that can sustain human life.
Why is it so damn hard to get people to care about protecting the only home we've ever had and the only place we can live?
🙂👀
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RT @wonderofscience
An Ecsenius yaeyamaensis, also called the Yaeyama clown blenny. This small fish lives in coral reefs in the western Pacific and Indian oceans.
Credit: Atsushi Sadaki
https://twitter.com/wonderofscience/status/1616775240385708033
RT @clawedfeet
Undergrads who have 2 more summers and interest in doing research on developmental biology, and meet eligibility are invited to apply for Choose Development Fellowship @SocDevBio - deadline Feb 1 2023: https://www.sdbonline.org/choose_development https://twitter.com/rrbehringer/status/1616430891198185472
It's #NationalPopcornDay! Do you know what makes popcorn pop (hint: it's not the sound of the kernels themselves cracking)? Find out more in this graphic: https://www.compoundchem.com/2017/01/19/popcorn/
@allan_littlecar Allan, I won't be available unfortunately but you may want to post this on Spiraliabase Slack!
Next week I will be talking about embryonic organizers, cool larvae and evolution of animals with bilateral symmetry.
Reply if you would like the zoom link 🤘🏼🪱🪱🪱🤘🏼
@jamesbriscoe One of the people I met through these interactions was Lucie Laplane. She has a book about Cancer Stem Cells where she proposes a theory. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674088740&content=bios
