William H. Grover

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Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California, Riverside | loves microfluidics, sensors, and weird computers | hates fake medicines | groverlab.org

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The pandemic PPE shortages are fresh enough in my memory that it seems unthinkable that a face mask factory could be abandoned (and shortsighted to be auctioning off its equipment). 🧪🦠

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, Riverside is recruiting a part-time lecturer - please share! 🧪 #bioengineering #biomedical

Part-Time Lecturer in Bioengineeringaprecruit.ucr.edu University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!

In honor of R.E.M. performing together again last night, here's a little story about my adventure leading up to seeing them perform in Knoxville in 1995:

The R.E.M. and James Agee storygroverlab.org A true story from my undergrad days at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.* * *Back in college I got interested in Knoxville history, so it wasn’t long b...

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Berry, Buck, Mills and Stipe playing together as R.E.M. tonight at the Songwriters Hall of Fame(!!) induction ceremony merits a newsletter about fandom, growing with our favorite music and (of course) the lovely "Losing My Religion" performance. anniezaleski.substack.com/p/oh-life-it...

Brunch on the tarmac at Flabob Airport, Riverside, CA ✈️

Flabob takeoffvimeo.com This is "Flabob takeoff" by William Grover on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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I am looking for a lab manager for the brand-new Emotional Lives lab (starting this Fall) at UC Riverside. Sharing would be much appreciated :) jobsportal.ucr.edu/jobs/33028489

University of California, Riverside - Jobsjobsportal.ucr.edu UCR is hiring for this great opportunity!

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New preprint! Feedback welcome. *User friendly multi- #OrganOnChip system *Recirculating media and no tubing! Just a knob to turn. *The chip reproduced the lymph node's early (6 hr) response to vaccination at an upstream injection site #Immunoengineering www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Multi-organ immunity on a 3D-printed multi-tissue chip with tubing-free impeller pumpwww.biorxiv.org bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

In 2017 I investigated the fake "California South University" which was created to support predatory journals. I only found out because they stole the history of the (real) University of Alberta. Today they could use ChatGPT to generate a unique fake history in seconds. @dereklowe.bsky.social 🧪

"The University of Alberta, Southern California"groverlab.org I get about a dozen emails a day from predatory journals looking for editorial board members. I assume they’re predatory; any journal that thinks I’m an exp...

This piece by @dereklowe.bsky.social perfectly captures my anxiety about AI accelerating fraud in scientific publishing 🧪 #SciComm

The Business of Scientific Publishingwww.science.org

Oooooh, I'd love to see this on stage. "Good Night, and Good Luck" is one of my favorite movies - highly recommended (and very relevant to 2024)

George Clooney will make Broadway debut in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ | CNNwww.cnn.com George Clooney is coming to Broadway.

I sense a theme among the top weather apps… 🧪🔭

NOAA is not holding back on the exclamation points!

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This sunspot is IMMENSE. I just went out and saw it easily just using my eclipse glasses! If you still have yours go look!

A very spotty #Sun today! 🌞 #sunspot #sunspots

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My lab is hiring two summer field techs to help resurvey our forest dynamics plot. Please pass to interested individuals. $20-22/ hour + benefits details here: mspaso.wixsite.com/traitecology...

Join the Lab | Spasojeviclabmspaso.wixsite.com

I ran into a celebrity in Baltimore - Mr. Trash Wheel! He’s a semiautonomous trash interceptor keeping Baltimore Harbor clean. I asked for his autograph but he was too busy eating trash. www.mrtrashwheel.com 🧪

If you get a bacterial infection after surgery, where did the bacteria probably come from? (hint - look in a mirror) A great writeup by @dereklowe.bsky.social about new research out of the University of Washington School of Medicine 🧪

Where Do Post-Surgical Bacterial Infections Come From, Anyway?www.science.org

Biologists: Interesting in imaging live aquatic organisms from the top *and* the side simultaneously, with low-cost #DIY #opensource hardware? Check out the brilliant "GLUBscope" by @siavasha.bsky.social 🧪🐟🔬

Here is our GLUBscope paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (Now on Hardware X) All resource also shared via OSF osf.io/9mw7d/

Back from #Denmark, which is apparently one of the world's happiest countries. Even the electrical outlets are cheerful:

From a recent doctor's visit. Seems unnecessarily complex to require a Latin decoder like this. Are there good reasons why these might still be used? PO=orally QD=once/day BID=twice/day TID=3x/day QID=4x/day PRN=as needed QHS=at bedtime AC=before meals PC=after meals c=with s=without

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The 2023-2024 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 130 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList Add a job: forms.gle/KHsGtn5nroc5... Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/

Four years ago this week we collected all the PPE in the lab for donation to healthcare workers. I took home the lab's 3D printers and started cranking out face shields.

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Come be my colleague! Tenured Associate or Full Professor of Black Study at UC RIverside aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01833

Tenured Associate or Full Professor in the Department of Black Studyaprecruit.ucr.edu University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!

We're working on a site that collects all of our open-source science hardware and software in one place. Still a work in progress, but you can already access blood rockers, pressure loggers, and bumblebee trackers! 🧪

open.groverlab.orgopen.groverlab.org Open-source hardware and software made with ❤ by the Grover Lab

@wellerstein.bsky.social A little something for your collection?

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BRB using this to motivate all my NIH grants /s

what the actual fuck www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

This NYTimes article is not about me, but it's also not not about me...

Got in a hike before the next atmospheric river arrives.

Another recent preprint from the lab: pneumatic logic circuits that use air (not electricity) to detect problems in air-powered systems (robots, medical devices, etc.) 🧪 #scicomm arxiv.org/abs/2401.16500

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Couple of photos from our secret life of sand dollars exhibition.

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If you are around CSULB come checkout our interactive and immersive exhibition The secret life of sand dollars (In collaboration with Profs Behnaz Farahi and Douglas Pace). We be delighted to see you there !!