Dr. Chrystal Ama Starbird PDB Depositer
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Scientist. Mother. Perpetual Learner. Asst. Professor @UNC_BCBP @StarbirdLab #NIHMOSAIC K99/R00 Scholar #BlackandSTEM | still I rise (Views my own)
New Haven, CT
Joined May 2018
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RT @NewsfromScience: The cancellation of the project for political reasons “is pretty alarming,” says cancer researcher Mandi Pratt-Chapman…
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Life doesn’t stop even now. Celebrating my youngest child’s 12th birthday with some sim racing at Apex Racing Labs! (he got the 4th all time best score on his track last time behind 2 professional sim racers 😮)
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RT @Lemonroadz: Indirect funds at 15% is not sustainable for R1 universities. Indirect funds support infrastructure such as electricity, su…
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RT @PracheeAC: 🚨Job Alert! Help us source the new crop of scientists at @ArcadiaScience! Are you an independent, generative, rigorous sc…
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RT @jscdavis: Summer Prog Alert: Deadline February 14, 2025 Help us spread the word to interested undergrads, community college students an…
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This is absolutely insane. Clearly the arguments about damaging global US leadership in science were ineffective because they really just want to end research as is.
Last year, $9B of the $35B that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) granted for research was used for administrative overhead, what is known as “indirect costs.” Today, NIH lowered the maximum indirect cost rate research institutions can charge the government to 15%, above what many major foundations allow and much lower than the 60%+ that some institutions charge the government today. This change will save more than $4B a year effective immediately.
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RT @Canderson0402: This is atrocious. This funding is what lets people stay in grad school and you're literally pulling the rug up from peo…
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Can we agree that science communication is important now?
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RT @storiesofwin: Next, we asked @BrielleRyan how her life experiences have shaped her research focus. To read our full 2024 interview with…
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RT @JasonCMarvin: It's extremely disappointing to see BME colleagues being silent about the imminent danger that the new administration pos…
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RT @CellPressNews: We are proud to announce the winners of the 5th annual Rising Black Scientists Awards! Learn more about each winner and…
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“Silence is not an option” should be the stance for more of us. My interview with BBC Science in Action:
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RT @ivancalcantara: This hallway at the NIH used to have posters of women and POC scientists but they just got taken down. But somehow thi…
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RT @ASCBiology: Your Action Is Needed! Congress needs to hear from scientists. Call your representatives to oppose funding freezes and res…
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@LindaCPhD Yeah, it’s crazy. And also, what’s his point? Like, the next administration will just reverse most of this (unless staying forever is the point, which is a worry)
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