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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Securing biomedical funding from private foundations can feel like a black box. 📦 I'm joining the Big10+ Postdoc Affairs Network on July 28 (1-3 PM CT) to share tips on navigating non-federal HHMI, BWF, AHA & ACS postdoctoral fellowships. Register here: postdoc.wisc.edu/skills/resea...

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Research Development Series

The Big10+ Research Development Series provides domestic and international postdocs and graduate students across disciplines with webinars related to grant seeking and writing skills. Do you have sugg...

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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I am honored to receive the 2026 Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Award from The Grass Foundation! 🌟 Immense gratitude to my mentors Dr. Hoon & Dr. Robertson, and the Trustees for investing in an inclusive scientific community. Excited for my future lab: bridging ion channels and vision!

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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Incredibly honored and grateful to have received the 2026 Postdoctoral Enrichment Program (PDEP) from the @bwfund.bsky.social! 🎉 Huge thanks to my advisor Dr. Mrinalini Hoon at @uwmadison.bsky.social and to my peers for helping me prepare a successful application. Excited for the road ahead! 🙌🏾

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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

🚨@hhmi-science.bsky.social is looking for the next generation of lab heads who value inclusive mentorship as much as experimental breakthroughs.🚨 This is a unique opportunity to move beyond the constraints of traditional funding and build a legacy of both discovery and equity. Consider applying!

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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Today is the last day of #BPS2026! We loved celebrating the accomplishments of our community. Starting with our inaugural #BIBPS Travel Awardees, Emmanuel Osei and Skylar Grimsley, to the outstanding science shared at the #BlackInBiophysics Symposium. Congratulations to all! 👏🏾

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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

I learned so much from the @aicjanelia.bsky.social team at the #InsightFromImaging 2025 workshop this past week. Thank you so much! It was so fun and informative. I enjoyed the discussions between #HannaGrayFellows and the AIC team at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social. I’m off to do bioimaging experiments! 🔬

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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Send your abstract for the 2026 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social Meeting in San Francisco ✨TODAY✨ to be eligible to apply for our #BlackInBiophysics Travel Award❗️❗️❗️ #BPS2026

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SoBLa @sobla-biofisica.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

¡No olviden solicitar a nuestro premio de viaje para asistir a la conferencia @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social #BPS2026! Vean más detalles de cómo solicitar en el fondo 👇 --- Don't forget to apply to our travel award to attend the #BPS2026 Meeting! See application instructions below 👇

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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Submit your abstract for the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social 2026 Meeting by the October 1st deadline and apply to the #BlackInBiophysics Travel Award by October 3rd❗️ #BPS2026 #BIBPS @blackinx.bsky.social

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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Apply for the #BlackInBiophysics Travel Award to attend the 2026 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social Meeting in San Francisco ❗️❗️❗️ #BPS2026

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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

We can’t believe it’s already the final day of #BlackInBiophysicsWeek 2025! 🥹 We hope you’ve enjoyed our events and engaging with the #BIBPS community. But #BIBPSWeek is not over yet! 🚨 Don’t miss today’s #BIBPSSpotlight with the outstanding @drstarbird.bsky.social 🙌🏾 You can’t miss it!

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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Today we have @jonesylab.bsky.social taking over our social media and giving us insights into her #PI life! 🤩 Stay tuned! #BIBPSWeek

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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Jonesy's recent side-quests 🗺️ 🪂

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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

BTS submission day! 🧪📃 doi.org/10.1101/2024...

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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Hi everyone! It's Daniel and Eesha taking over for Jonesy lab at NYU! Meet our wonderful PI, Jonesy, an RNA structure enthusiast 🧬 Be sure to check out our lab website :) wp.nyu.edu/labjonesy/

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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

It’s #BIBPSWeek Day 2! 🙌🏾 Today is #BIBPSTutorial at 12pm PST with Bryan Nicholson-Dews❗️❗️❗️ Don’t forget to register! 🚨 Just follow this link: my.biophysics.org/Events/Calen...

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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Hi #BIBPSRollCall! I’m the Founding President of #BlackInBiophysics. As a neuroscientist/biophysicist, I study the roles of voltage-gated ion channels in the mammalian retinal circuit using transgenic mice, electrophysiology and high-res imaging 👁️ I love family time and anime 🫶🏾

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 21/05/2025

👀 Alright SUFS fam...it's time for an Ask Me Anything "Host a Teach In" Edition! ❓Drop your questions in the comments and we will get them answered❓ And don't forget to check out our event guide: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Share science with your community...protest style! Calling back to the Teach-in’s of 1965, we are taking to parks, pubs, & churches to tell our neighborhoods about how the budget cuts will impact them!

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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Excited for this year’s #BIBPSWeek! 🤩 Starting next week! Register below 👇🏾

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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Really excited for the Advanced Techniques in Neuroimaging Workshop this week! I love that an image of the retina is highlighted 🤩

Program for the Advanced Techniques in Neuroimaging Workshop

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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Stand up for science rally in the Wisconsin Capitol ✊🏾

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Theanne Griffith, PhD 🇧🇧👩🏽‍🔬🇭🇷 @doctheagrif.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Myself and 7 other neuroscientists, including @annaintegrated.bsky.social and @stevenssostre.bsky.social got to speak with @thetransmitter.bsky.social about why we think Standing Up for Science is important and imperative. Check out or thoughts here: www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...

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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

We all need to #StandUpForScience ✊🏾 standupforscience2025.org/local-events/ If your city isn’t listed as a site of an official #SUFS rally, you can still make your voice heard by joining the nationwide campus and workplace walkout at 12:00 PM local time on March 7th❗️❗️❗️ @uwmadison.bsky.social

Madison

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE 2025

March 7, 2025
Wisconsin Capitol
12-3pm

SCIENCE IS FOR EVERYONE

Find your local rally site and other ways to get involved: standupforscience2025.org

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/02/2025

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Call to Action: STAND UP FOR SCIENCE rally and protest. Washington DC and nationwide, March 7. If you are a scientist or value science, create your own events in addition to this. Form a science coalition. #3E #EndAutogenocide #standupforscience2025 #Mar7

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
2025
MARCH 7, 2025
Washington, DC and nationwide
SCIENCE FOR EVERYONE
Find your local rally site and other ways to get involved:
standupforscience2025.org

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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Thank you for coming to our second Meet and Greet with #BlackInBiophysics! We enjoyed meeting and connecting with you all 🫶🏾 #BPS2025 @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social

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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

The #BlackInBiophysics Symposium at #BPS2025 highlighted #BlackExcellence in broad areas of biophysics research. We congratulate Drs. Alaji Bah, Breann Brown, Oleta Johnson, and Wade Zeno for their outstanding work. You inspire us! #RepresentationMatters @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social

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Theanne Griffith, PhD 🇧🇧👩🏽‍🔬🇭🇷 @doctheagrif.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Attending #BPS2025? Want to know more about tangible steps you can take to challenge the attacks on science in the U.S.? Please attend an Emergency Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday at 1:30! @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social @blackinbiophys.bsky.social Please spread the word!

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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Emergency town hall at #BPS2025 Impact of U.S. policies on biophysics research and what you can do about it. Tuesday, February 18 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Room 411

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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Excited to be in LA for the #BPS2025 meeting! 🤩 I’m loving the @blackinbiophys.bsky.social t-shirts and stickers 😍 Come get yours at the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social booth 🙌🏾

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

5200 people. They just received notices apparently.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

And now back to our regularly scheduled $hitshow The dismantling of NIH programs to increase diversity in the biomedical workforce and the abhorrent treatment of talented young scientists

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

ATTENTION If you are someone who had an F31-Diversity (or similar) application submitted this cycle, please DM me here, contact me on signal (jeremymberg.78), or email me at jeremymberg@gmail.com. I will keep all information confidential. 2/n

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Hi all, I am in contact with a reporter at Science magazine who would like to talk with a trainee or mentor who successfully applied for an equity/DEI-related NIH training grant or a training supplement but have not received the Notice of Award and probably won't get the grant.

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

🚨PIs of Training Grants and Programs, ESPECIALLY training grants that support students from historically excluded groups (T32s and T34s, IMSD, MARC, PREP, MOSAIC, etc.)🚨 We need to push back on the loss of information and the disappearance of websites about these resources.

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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

The NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) K99/R00 Award updated its end date to today, according to grants.gov (search for “MOSAIC” in the keywords) Have any K99/R00 Fellows heard anything??? Is this just until Monday?

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Jhullian J Alston @jjalston.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Come and network at #BPS2025 with @blackinbiophys.bsky.social This is immediately preceding the Black in Biophysics Symposium. Great way to network, learn, and form community before we hear some great talks!

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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I am excited to connect with the Black in Biophysics community at #BPS2025! 🤩🤩🤩 We will continue to support one another 🫶🏾

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Angeline J. Dukes, PhD @heydrdukes.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Oh hey, I was on the news ☺️ I got to share my love for #BlackInNeuro and this beautiful community that we’ve built 🥰 youtu.be/KIzN7IarlZI?...

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University of Minnesota assistant professor named to Forbes' "30 Under 30" list

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Christian Cazares, Ph.D. @fleabrained.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

last minute edit to this weekend's poster

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Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

The official website for the #DSPAN F99/K00 transition award is down, together with the official #NINDSDiversity social media account and webpage. This is beyond terrifying. neuroscienceblueprint.nih.gov/archived/tra...

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Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Mark your calendars for the #BlackInBiophysics Meet and Greet and the Black In Biophysics Symposium at #BPS2025! Both events will be on February 18th, 2025 🗓️ If you haven’t already, please fill out the #BIBPS membership form below 👇🏾 forms.gle/oDStzvxzMKCRSV… @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social

Biophysicists are invited to mingle and network with the Black In Biophysics community! This social, preceding the Black In Biophysics Presidential symposium, will facilitate networking, establishment of mentor-mentee relationships, exchange of research and professional opportunities, and development of collaborations between members and allies of the Black In Biophysics community. Check out BlackInBiophysics.com or follow @BlackInBiophys on X or @blackinbiophys.bsky.social on Bluesky for more information from the community. Refreshments will be provided. All individuals at all levels of training who seek to establish friendships, community, and collaborations with colleagues at Black In Biophysics are invited to join.

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