<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><br></div><div><div><div><font size="4" face="HelveticaNeue">Hello, dear community of postdocs, scholars, visitors, and project scientists,</font></div><div><font size="4" face="HelveticaNeue"><br></font></div><div><font size="4" face="HelveticaNeue">We hope you're doing well. </font><font size="4">Please see an email notification from a professor at UMass ~</font></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div name="x_messageBodySection"><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">Federal funding for scientific research is under unprecedented threat. But how the public responds to this threat depends on the stories they hear, and who they hear them from. Unfortunately, local communities rarely get to connect with the scientists whose work their tax dollars support. Direct communication is how we re-establish trust between the scientific community and the public who fund us. To increase public awareness of the value of federally funded research being done across the United States, </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://biophysics.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=54cc657bd9979ee5df0cbf8f7&id=e33701bfd0&e=b26dade777__;!!OLyWHuc!U4v4pJsHsjTpJIQzJGnZbDqpKwHddgrOkDxgs9zSQxQm5md2DyTUjuKmvVQX3BTkBaBTLmBY45nVkyy9rKmrJw$" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">sign up now</span></strong></a><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://biophysics.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=54cc657bd9979ee5df0cbf8f7&id=e33701bfd0&e=b26dade777__;!!OLyWHuc!U4v4pJsHsjTpJIQzJGnZbDqpKwHddgrOkDxgs9zSQxQm5md2DyTUjuKmvVQX3BTkBaBTLmBY45nVkyy9rKmrJw$" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";"> to participate in the McClintock Letters Initiative</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">.</span><br><br><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">This initiative, <span style="background: yellow;">organized by 20+ grad groups across the U.S.,</span> along with Science Homecoming and Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club (ASAP), encourages scientists to <strong>write opinion pieces for their hometown newspapers</strong> - sharing what their research is about, why it matters, and why science is worth investing in. The goal is to publish over <strong>1,000 op-eds across the country around June 16th</strong> – Nobel Prize-awarded geneticist Barbara McClintock’s birthday. To contextualize, 1,000 articles will reach an estimated 8 million people who otherwise may not hear from scientists. Visit their </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://biophysics.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=54cc657bd9979ee5df0cbf8f7&id=91cec3c304&e=b26dade777__;!!OLyWHuc!U4v4pJsHsjTpJIQzJGnZbDqpKwHddgrOkDxgs9zSQxQm5md2DyTUjuKmvVQX3BTkBaBTLmBY45nVkyw3W4nHZQ$" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">website</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";"> and </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://biophysics.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=54cc657bd9979ee5df0cbf8f7&id=8e3ed0a65e&e=b26dade777__;!!OLyWHuc!U4v4pJsHsjTpJIQzJGnZbDqpKwHddgrOkDxgs9zSQxQm5md2DyTUjuKmvVQX3BTkBaBTLmBY45nVkywgycUGbQ$" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">FAQ</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";"> for more information and to sign up now to write a McClintock Letter about your research and its importance.</span><br><br><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; background: aqua;">Additionally, there is a </span><span style="background: aqua;"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://biophysics.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=54cc657bd9979ee5df0cbf8f7&id=84a17c497c&e=b26dade777__;!!OLyWHuc!U4v4pJsHsjTpJIQzJGnZbDqpKwHddgrOkDxgs9zSQxQm5md2DyTUjuKmvVQX3BTkBaBTLmBY45nVkyxssLft9A$" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">free McClintock Letters writing workshop</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; background: aqua;"> hosted by Dr. Katherine Xue of UC Irvine this <strong>Friday, June 6 @ 12p ET</strong> via Zoom, a flyer is </span><span style="background: aqua;"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://biophysics.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=54cc657bd9979ee5df0cbf8f7&id=0faf1e5799&e=b26dade777__;!!OLyWHuc!U4v4pJsHsjTpJIQzJGnZbDqpKwHddgrOkDxgs9zSQxQm5md2DyTUjuKmvVQX3BTkBaBTLmBY45nVkywWxwwT9A$" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">here</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; background: aqua;">.</span><br><br><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">Lastly, this project is not limited to federally funded researchers, or to grad students, as we need the voices of all scientists speaking to their communities. Please share this request with your networks and encourage everyone to participate.</span><br><br></p><div><div name="x_messageBodySection"><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">***</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div name="x_messageSignatureSection"><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lynmarie K Thompson, PhD (she/ella)<br>Professor, Department of Chemistry: </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.chem.umass.edu/__;!!OLyWHuc!U4v4pJsHsjTpJIQzJGnZbDqpKwHddgrOkDxgs9zSQxQm5md2DyTUjuKmvVQX3BTkBaBTLmBY45nVkyzP9GD9vQ$" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">chem.umass.edu/</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br> and Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology: </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://gpls.cns.umass.edu/mcb__;!!OLyWHuc!U4v4pJsHsjTpJIQzJGnZbDqpKwHddgrOkDxgs9zSQxQm5md2DyTUjuKmvVQX3BTkBaBTLmBY45nVkyyaize-og$" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">gpls.cns.umass.edu/mcb</span></a><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">President, Biophysical Society, </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.biophysics.org/__;!!OLyWHuc!U4v4pJsHsjTpJIQzJGnZbDqpKwHddgrOkDxgs9zSQxQm5md2DyTUjuKmvVQX3BTkBaBTLmBY45nVkyw2WZ1BbA$" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">biophysics.org</span></a><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br><br></span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chemistry Biology Interface program:</span> <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cbi.chem.umass.edu/__;!!OLyWHuc!U4v4pJsHsjTpJIQzJGnZbDqpKwHddgrOkDxgs9zSQxQm5md2DyTUjuKmvVQX3BTkBaBTLmBY45nVkyxWjdqVXw$" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">cbi.chem.umass.edu</span></a><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Co-PI, ACS Bridge program: </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.umass.edu/chemistry/graduate/bridge-program__;!!OLyWHuc!U4v4pJsHsjTpJIQzJGnZbDqpKwHddgrOkDxgs9zSQxQm5md2DyTUjuKmvVQX3BTkBaBTLmBY45nVkyw73w8eyw$" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">umass.edu/chemistry/graduate/bridge-program</span></a><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">University of Massachusetts Amherst<br>710 North Pleasant St.<br>Amherst, MA 01003-9336</span></p></div></div></div></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">———</p></div></div></div><br><div>
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