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@BrachtLab

An associate professor of biology at American University, studying epigenetics, genome rearrangements, and evolutionary genomics. President of AU-AAUP Chapter.

Washington, DC Katılım Mayıs 2018
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BrachtLab@BrachtLab·
Genetic mutations are a double-edged sword. If you are an asexual organism, mutations can accumulate and kill you. On the other hand, the loss of those mutations can also be deadly. How do asexual organisms cope? Read the latest research from my lab: link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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@GraceJUttarotai Thanks Grace! I have a speed-vac for concentrating samples but I don't use it that much. In this case I needed a slow rotation of the DNA to promote long-molecular weight precipitation.
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Grace J Uttarotai@GraceJUttarotai·
@BrachtLab I do not quite remember what we did; however, when I was interning, at the hospital, we vacuum centrifuged nucleotide samples to decrease the likelihood of intercalation of water molecules, for if or when you receive additional funding.
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BrachtLab@BrachtLab·
Necessity is the mother of invention. Needed a 3 RPM rotation for DNA precipitation. A sideways tray shaker plus a lever plus sideways centrifuge did the trick.
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I should clarify: this message was delivered to American University President Alger's door (not the federal government).
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BrachtLab@BrachtLab·
@AmericanU The faculty, staff, and students at American University have a message to the President: protect the vulnerable, protect academic freedom and protect the core mission! (The letters on the door outline this in more detail). The 95 theses have been delivered.
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AAUP-AmericanU@AAUP_AmericanU·
Come one, come all for our Day of Action for Higher Ed on the @AmericanU campus!
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@AmericanU, listen--and respond--to these students who are courageously speaking out.
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AAUP-AmericanU@AAUP_AmericanU·
This week American University's AAUP membership endorsed the attached proposal to prevent academic administrators from burdening speech, expression, and association and provide a mechanism for blocking and reversing policing that do so! americanuniversityaaup.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/an-…
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BrachtLab@BrachtLab·
In case you missed it--an important statement on academic freedom and AU's suppression of speech. @AmericanU, be better. Speech protections are critical in higher ed, and it is concerning to see them eroding at our institution.
AAUP-AmericanU@AAUP_AmericanU

@AmericanU cancelled a Students for Justice in Palestine workshop on grounds that violated its own freedom of expression policies. No university committed to learning should be picking & choosing whose opinions can be heard. AU leadership own goal. americanuniversityaaup.wordpress.com/2025/02/27/ame…

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Statement by AAUP chapter leadership, faculty and broader AU community objecting to the university suppressing student expression freedom.
AAUP-AmericanU@AAUP_AmericanU

@AmericanU cancelled a Students for Justice in Palestine workshop on grounds that violated its own freedom of expression policies. No university committed to learning should be picking & choosing whose opinions can be heard. AU leadership own goal. americanuniversityaaup.wordpress.com/2025/02/27/ame…

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BrachtLab@BrachtLab·
@AAUP_AmericanU Huron is soooo last year. We're on to Lockton now, who are consulting on the b̶u̶d̶g̶e̶t̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶l̶i̶g̶n̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ layoffs.
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BrachtLab@BrachtLab·
Really important analysis here of the budget crisis that AU is currently facing. Faculty want to know that administrators are with them, not targeting them for layoffs and/or salary reductions while themselves taking home corporate-style paychecks. @AU_Provost
AAUP-AmericanU@AAUP_AmericanU

"Eating the University"--a 🧵 Last week @AmericanU 's CFO and Provost hosted 2 meetings to discuss our dire budget situation. They hinted, via euphemism, about coming layoffs (e.g. 'workforce alignment strategies). 1/14

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