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Tim Stearns
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Professor and Dean at The Rockefeller University. Cell biologist. Believer in the power of science education.
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    Tim Stearns
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    Apr 25, 2020
    In 1720 Marseille allowed a ship from plague-ridden Cyprus into port, under pressure from merchants who wanted the goods and didn’t want to wait for the usual quarantine. More than half the population of Marseille died in the next two years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pla…
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    Tim Stearns
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    May 14, 2021
    Parsley flowers doing their anaphase A of mitosis imitation
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    Tim Stearns
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    Dec 11, 2022
    And we keep science twitter going why, exactly?
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    Tim Stearns
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    Jul 11, 2019
    I am sad and angry about the murder of Suzanne Eaton. Sad because she is someone I’ve known and admired for 25 years. Angry because every woman has to think about this happening to her every time she walks alone in the world. This has to change. bbc.com/news/world-eur…
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    Tim Stearns
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    Apr 18, 2021
    Technical replicate. x.com/urupzia/status…
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    Tim Stearns
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    Oct 15, 2022
    Nobody likes journal clubs that are just a march through the figures of a paper that most haven’t read. But there are many better ways to engage with the literature in lab groups or classrooms! Add your own examples below.
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    Tim Stearns
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    Jun 3, 2022
    Reading two nice new papers in Nature, but: Paper 1: submitted January 2020, published May 2022 Paper 2: submitted June 2020, published June 2022 Neither available as a preprint. Why do we still allow journals to hold up dissemination of science? We need a preprint mandate.
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    Tim Stearns
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    Dec 13, 2020
    As we prepare to inject millions with an mRNA-based vaccine, it’s worth remembering that mRNA wasn’t even known to exist 60 years ago. The historic 1961 review by Jacob and Monod proposed its existence and it was isolated soon after (pg. 349). gs.washington.edu/academics/cour…
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    Tim Stearns
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    Jul 26, 2023
    Extraordinary news in a preprint on condensed matter physics: Lee, et al. claim to have made the first material that is a superconductor at ambient temperature and pressure. If true, will change the world. arxiv.org/abs/2307.12008 arxiv.org/abs/2307.12037
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    Tim Stearns
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    Jun 16, 2018
    I'm happy to report that Stanford Biology will not require the GRE for PhD admissions this year. Late to the game, and not without some heated discussion, but the right thing to do, I think. #GRExit
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    Tim Stearns
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    Feb 26, 2021
    Rosalind Franklin, reanimated by running through Deep Nostalgia. She wants her DNA x-ray image back, Jim Watson. #WomenInSTEM myheritage.com/deep-nostalgia/
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    Tim Stearns
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    Jan 3, 2019
    In the interest of promoting an understanding of the history, this scathing letter from Crick to Watson in 1967 is a remarkable document. Crick lays out a detailed criticism of the draft of Watson's "Double Helix" (provisionally titled "Honest Jim" here). profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/access/SCBB…
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    Tim Stearns
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    May 19, 2020
    It's 1955, and Rosalind Franklin, already a renowned structural biologist, has to beg her supervisor for a raise equal to her position. Surprising to no women in academia today.
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    Tim Stearns
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    Jul 15, 2020
    20 years after the announcement of the "working draft" of the human genome, we have the first complete assembly of a human chromosome. It's hard work to chase down every last base! rdcu.be/b5Dka