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Morgan Glass
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PhD student @HarvardMed ⛰️👩‍🔬 | she/her | Join WV Scientists here: https://forms.gle/MAQccBovMvdATKPy5
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In case you didn't hear, many Harvard Graduate Student Workers are on strike. The union is fighting for better wages and benefits, support for non-citizen workers, and protections against harassment. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Thousands of Harvard graduate students strike — bringing research to a halt
Workers at the elite US university want higher pay and better protection for vulnerable students.
www.nature.com
April 26, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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Motherhood derails women’s academic careers — these data reveal how and why www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"...women have almost five times the amount of childcare responsibilities that men have."

"...more pronounced among mothers who were trained in departments without women in senior positions"
March 30, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Always excited to talk aging and cancer !
Chelsea Chen and Morgan Glass were rock stars today at the Gene Lay Institute symposium!

#AgingandCancer #McLab

@chelseachenmd.bsky.social
@morgan-glass.bsky.social
March 27, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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Just ONE DAY TO GO till Stand Up For Science hosts rallies NATIONWIDE to complete three goals: Save Science, Protect Health, Defend Democracy!

Visit standupforscience.net/march7 to find your local rally!

(1/2🧵) *Check below for a fun science fact!*
March 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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BREAKING: The National Institutes of Health has agreed to evaluate grant applications that were wrongfully frozen due to the Trump administration’s ideological purge of biomedical research.
December 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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🗞️Our December issue is live, featuring the identification of age-related cell states in breast cancer on the cover!📷The issue also includes work on ECM aging, somatic mutations, epigenetic drift, intrinsic capacity and much more. Read it all here: nature.com/nataging/vol...
December 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The relative absence of rural perspectives in science “stokes a cultural divide between urban & rural populations that propagates large-scale societal problems —science skepticism, vaccine hesitancy, & a lack of support for science funding.”
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Rural exclusion from science and academia
Rural individuals are underrepresented in science at all levels. The disenfranchisement of rural people in science and research foments a cultural divide between rural America and the scientific community. Science can improve inclusion of rural ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Online now!✨Parsons et al profile age-associated changes in the tumor microenvironment of triple-negative and estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer nature.com/articles/s43... rdcu.be/eOc8t @vangalenlab.bsky.social @sandramcallister.bsky.social @mgbresearch.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social
Cell populations in human breast cancers are molecularly and biologically distinct with age - Nature Aging
Parsons and colleagues characterize age-associated changes in the tumor microenvironment of triple-negative and estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer using computational analysis of transcriptomic ...
nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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NSF changed their eligibility requirements for the GRFP a month before the deadline. Students used to be able to apply in their 1st or 2nd year, now only 1st years can apply - excluding an entire cohort of students with no notice. Yet another way this admin is kneecapping American science
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Wow. Check this out.
Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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RFK Jr has vowed to find out what’s responsible for the rise in autism diagnoses, but scientists say he is ignoring answers from decades of research

go.nature.com/3JGsaQ2
Autism is on the rise: what’s really behind the increase?
Nature - RFK Jr has vowed to find out what’s responsible, but scientists say he is ignoring answers from decades of research.
go.nature.com
August 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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“We feel like the lost generation.” A story on the collapse of US science, which is hitting young scientists hardest www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
At Harvard, Trump administration cuts hit young scientists hard
More than 700 graduate students and nearly 800 postdoctoral researchers at Harvard get salaries, stipends or tuition support from federally funded research.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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It’s out!!!!! We hope our review on aging, immunity, and cancer is helpful.

Such a rewarding group effort led by Melissa Dolan, with Kendra Libby, Alison Ringle, and @vangalenlab.bsky.social

So grateful to @gabriellebrewer.bsky.social @natrevcancer.nature.com for her efforts and support
August 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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WV Scientists, let's stick together and show each other support! First meeting is tonight-- shoot me a message if you're interested in joining! Tremendous thank you to @morgan-glass.bsky.social for organizing!
West Virginia Scientists 🫵 ⛰️🧑‍🔬

I think you’re awesome, and I want to meet you —> so fill out the link below to join a network of WV scientists

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August 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM