the other Rebecca, PhD

@rebelipar

Schadenfreude appreciator, cat person, terminally online, bike commuter, amateur (film) photographer, EmoryUnite! (SEIU/WU Local 29) bargaining committee member-emeritus, postdoc in my spare time. VA → NOLA → RVA → ATL → Philly! (She/her)

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the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· 14d

Critical Mass Philly has been reborn!

A bunch of cyclists on JFK Blvd in Philly, with skyscrapers and the sun shining through happy clouds

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· 19d

Saw this on a trip to New Hampshire a few days ago. A small bit of chestnut hope (they are trying to breed resistance into the American Chestnut)

A sign in a field of small trees: New London Conversation Commission, American Chestnut Restoration Site 1

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· 28d

This is also such a frustrating aspect, the secrecy. And, as someone who has witnessed abusive behavior from a PI to his staff, where can you really go? What's the best case scenario? They fire the guy and now the staff he abused are jobless (and if they're on visas they have very little time)?

“I believe that a senior scientist that abuses his position of power should not be able to move on to the next thing with his reputation fully protected—all while his victim(s) and lab members suffer the consequences,” Adam Rochussen, a postdoc in Panda’s lab who attended the meeting, wrote in an email. According to Rochussen, Panda told him it would be career “suicide” if lab members didn’t go along with his official story.

A second trainee at Salk expressed concern that vulnerable employees, especially international ones who rely on Salk to sponsor their visas, felt silenced by the decision to allow Panda to resign without revealing the investigation’s nature or outcome. “This dynamic can create an environment where people feel unable to ask questions or share information,” they said.

Jennifer Freyd, a psychologist and president of the Center for Institutional Courage who studies sexual harassment, echoes this sentiment. Allowing a person who commits harassment to resign quietly, she says, “is really harmful to the people who’ve been victims of this person but also bad for the institution and the next institution where he shows up. It’s a very destructive pattern to do that.”

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· 28d

www.science.org/content/arti... Despite being a circadian researcher, I'm bad at names (and, sorry, I haven't paid that much attention to last authors, being a "first author stage" person) so I only heard about this guy like two months ago. Happy to return to not knowing who he is.

Tiffany Chin, a graduate student at Salk who left Panda’s lab in April, said the research assistant approached her in late February. She told Chin that Panda had been harassing her, including giving her massages in his office. She said on one occasion she turned down a foot massage, and he later screamed at her that she would never make it in science, which “scared her,” Chin told Science in a text. “It made her realize that unless she complies with him that she’d lose her letter of recommendation, might get fired, etc.” The research assistant also showed Chin texts Panda sent her that she found inappropriate. She told Chin she planned to make a formal complaint against Panda to Salk’s human resources (HR) department.

Other people who spoke with the research assistant said she reported that Panda had drunk alcohol with her in his office and made sexually explicit references in conversation. One person Science spoke with witnessed Panda regularly meeting with the research assistant for hours in his office—far more time than he usually spent with his postdocs and graduate students. “She was the favorite among the lab personnel—[the favorites] were mostly women,” the person says.

A source with knowledge of the situation says in recent years Salk has conducted at least one other formal investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by Panda. The source says an employee then in Panda’s lab alleged that while the two were traveling to a conference, he suggested she share a hotel room with him. The source says Salk took disciplinary action against Panda at the time.

In an email, Panda denies the “allegations and accusations. … I am deeply committed to maintaining a safe, respectful, and professional environment for everyone in my research team and across the Institute. These values are central to my leadership.”

Laura van Rosmalen, a postdoc in Panda’s lab, reached out to Science and said she finds Panda to be a good mentor to all lab members. “I see that he’s very supportive to the people in the lab and caring for everyone,” she says. The lab “really feels like a family,” she says.

After the February incidents, the research assistant went on extended leave and then resigned from the lab, according to multiple people.

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· 29d

My weather app today just says the weather is "smoke"

A Wunderground screenshot showing 92 degrees and Smoke

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· Jul 15

I may not have those shoes in which to walk there, but I can still soothe my sorrows with fancy beers from the store down the block. You win some, you lose some.

An Alchemist brewing Focal Banger can next to a Rosalind Franklin-decorated glass (filled with said beer)

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· Jul 15

My first Philly package theft. I must really live here now.

My package sitting out in the open, fully visible on my stoop. Not in my delivery box, or even by the trash cans or something. Just right there, almost asking to be taken. Thank you, FedEx.

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· Jul 12

I can't stop thinking about this melon that I had no idea was growing until yesterday's storm disheveled the leaves... She's so perfect. I must protect her at all costs

An approx. 5in greenish melon on a vine, surrounded by the leaves

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· Jul 7

Just vibin'

A lightning bug on a squash leaf in the foreground, the background is a bunch of blurry yellow flowers (brown-eyed Susan)

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· Jul 3

I survived Seeing Big Boy 2026 (so hot)

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· Jul 2

Sat outside for a while in a halfhearted attempt to acclimate for the incoming assault

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· Jul 1

This but make it hotdogs

Graph showing average number of drinks per capita by decile. Even the 7th decile is only 2 drinks per week and the 9th second is 15.28 drinks per week. The 10th is 73.85 drinks per week.

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· Jun 27

Happy Caturday

My calico tabby cat zonked out on the bed, but her paw is outstretched and touching my arm

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· Jun 25

There are so many fireflies in my backyard, this is awesome The neighbor's yard is "overrun" with jumpseed and I think it has formed a nice undisturbed place for them to do their thing, adorbs

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· Jun 21

Yesterday I cobbled together a patch for a hole in my backyard fence because some kids thought it very inviting. They did enjoy helping me water the garden, but man I cannot have unsupervised young children wandering around my yard, it is not child-proofed even slightly

Chicken wire stapled and zip-tied to patch a damaged chain-link fence

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· Jun 13

Yesterday made a nice lil salad with lettuce, nasturtium leaves, and mint from the tower (dressing was my usual white and red wine vinegar, olive oil, and grainy mustard)

A metal bowl on a table filled with torn leaves, including variegated nasturtium

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· Jun 13

How it's going

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· Jun 13

How it started...

Garden tower planter, only tiny baby plants visible

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· Jun 7

First backyard mai tai in Philly--it's hard to find good rum here, who'd've thought booze shopping was better in Georgia?

A mai tai with a float of dark rum and a garnish of line and mint sitting on a purple metal table, garden plants in the background

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· May 31

Hello I would like to report that it is perfect outside in Philadelphia

Looking up at the blue sky, some fluffy white clouds and higher up wisps. At the bottom is a backlit tree, at the top some fence posts

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· May 30

I saw one back in April and was enamored! So green! The little spots!

A shiny green beetle on dead leaves. Wissahickon Valley Park

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· May 25

I'm tired of this website trying to make me Catholic (not on the JD Vance way, which I appreciate, but still)

Screenshot of muting the word Pope in blue sky app settings

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· May 23

My war against whoever is eating my plant stems continues

A line of plants in my backyard, surrounded by chicken wire cages and covered in mesh

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· May 17

Earning my spritz

Map from Wandrer showing my ride around West Philly. 5.8 new miles

An aperol spritz with a garden in the background

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· May 16

The grease pole climb was everything I ever hoped for

Several, very greasy, men forming a tiered arrangement to climb a large greased pole

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· May 9

I love my new-to-me country of Philadelphia

Map of my bike ride around Philly today. 9.28 miles, 243 ft of elevation (#blessed). From West over to Giovanni's room to get a book I saw a few weeks ago and they still had it (again, #blessed)

The Philadelphia horticultural society pop up beer garden on South Street for a beer and looking at the new photo book. Yes.

Checked out the Clark Park May Fair and they had a petting zoo, including this adorable tiny piglet and sheep

You've heard of the golden hour, but the golden minute?? Here's the last bit of sun glowing through my lil garden. (Work in progress)

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· Apr 25

If my landlord asks, what do you mean, that's always where the gravel extended to, nothing has changed, don't be silly

A mostly gravel backyard with a new garden bed in a strip across the back against the chain link fence. There are some freshly planted natives, including a small serviceberry tree

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· Apr 16

Me: *waiting at the light in a contraflow bike lane* Driver: you're going the wrong way, hun No...I'm not. (But it is admittedly an incredibly stupid intersection with an essentially unmarked bike lane, so I can see why she thought that.)

Google Street view screenshot showing the weird bike lane. It's not great here, but it's worse now because of construction

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· Apr 10

I straight up broke my glasses trying to clean them, Happy Friday 🫠 (Thankfully I'm a weirdo who sometimes suddenly hates the feeling of a particular pair of glasses on my face and had a second pair in my bag.)

Close up of my broken glasses. The arm snapped in half right at the joint by the hardware.

the other Rebecca, PhD@rebelipar· Apr 1

Guess I'm a robot