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Amanda Johnson

@amandajohnz.bsky.social
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PhD candidate in the Gardel Lab @ UChicago ✦ NIH F31 Fellow ✦ CIRM Bridges Alumni ✦ I follow cells around because I have a thing for gastrulation.

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Robert Haase @haesleinhuepf.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
My tutorial materials & slides about #Reproducible #BioImageAnalysis using Python, Napari, Jupyter and #AI are available #openaccess. Thanks to #EMBOlsm25 for having me! It so great to visit friends at my former academic home campus for a couple of days 🤩 scads.github.io/embo-lsm-bia...
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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Final presentations for Physiology 2025 were last weekend; the students did an awesome job. @sseethar.bsky.social, @andyletzhang.bsky.social, @squishycell.bsky.social, and I were all very proud 🤩.
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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
TAing the third rotation for Physiology at @mblscience.bsky.social with the Gardel Lab has been busy but a lot of fun, final moments here until we go back home!
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
“If you cut out these diversity measures, you're going to make science full of people that are very elite…Full of people who have grown up with a large amount of privilege, who were able to work in a lab in high school because their dad was a prof at Cornell.” 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
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How Trump’s D.E.I. Cuts Are Hurting Rural White Americans Too
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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
What a great time to leave the US and join an awesome lab, led by someone who has taught me most of the techniques I’ve learned in my PhD. (Including babying me through multiple western blots…😂)
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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Received the most appalling message from NIH about my F99/K00 proposal, just....wow. Apparently including trainees from diverse backgrounds "does nothing to expand our knowledge of living systems". #NIH #HHS #StandUpForScience
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Kirk Murphy @kirkmurphy.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
"Ecologist Katharyn Boyer must shutter the beloved marine research center she manages on the San Francisco Bay’s shores — unless she can raise millions of dollars by next week. Scientists, conservationists and community members statewide have rallied to save the Estuary and Ocean Science Center..."
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A Unique San Francisco Bay Marine Lab Faces Closure. It Has Days to Raise Millions | KQED
San Francisco State University, which operates the Estuary and Ocean Science Center, has said it can no longer afford to keep the doors open, but $10 million could avert its closure.
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
BOOM: Harvard sues Trump administration. Defendants include the agency heads of NIH, NSF, Dept of Ed, DOE, DoD, NASA, GSA, and...DOJ (Pam Bondi). Full compliant here: www.harvard.edu/research-fun... NYT summary (gift): www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
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Harvard University Sues Trump Administration (Gift Article)
Harvard’s lawsuit comes after the administration sought to force the university to comply with a list of demands by cutting billions in federal funding the school receives.
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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I did everything right I thought, and it feels like it’s all just erased. Very convenient to get this the day after this cycle closed too. #F31 #NIGMS #NIH
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ACLU @aclu.org · 02/04/2025
BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants. This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
#standupforscience2025 #chicago
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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
My ARC F99/K00 app just got assigned a study section (03/25), I hope this is good news finally??
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Neil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.
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Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I have to say I am DYING at the fact that "female" and "women" are on these NSF/NIH flag lists and "men" isn't!!!!!! Fragile masculinity scientists rise up!!!!! It's your time
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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Our gorgeous native Red Squirrels are a rare sight, with only a few isolated populations in England & Wales. I have never actually photographed one before so here's my drawing, I'll call it 'Smile'! 😊🧡 Please see special thanks below. #Art #SciArt #NearbyNature2025 #mammals #squirrel #UKWildlife
A coloured pencil portrait drawing of a Red Squirrel, in side profile of his head and shoulders, looking to the right.  The background is blended pan pastels in neutral colours.
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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Waiting for my most likely cancelled review panel meeting in March (for a NOFO that has now disappeared)
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Joy Franco, PhD @engineeringjoy.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
It's very difficult for people who have benefited from nepotism their entire lives to accept that what they see as their superior merit is in fact just a byproduct of privilege.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 22/01/2025
“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO
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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
This is the craziest and most calculated pro Trump “ad” ever.
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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Have An Ice Day. This morning's start along Chicago's lakefront.
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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Had a great time at #ascb2024 as usual: not just with the Gardel lab, but also reconnecting with old friends and meeting so many amazing new people!
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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
If you are at #ascb2024 today I’ll be talking about my work at 4:18PM in 28C! Subgroup is “Bridging Genomic and Morphological Definitions of Cells and Tissues” ❤️
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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Dinner with the Gardel lab at @ascbiology.bsky.social, glad to be back in my hometown San Diego ❤️
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Virtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks @vgzt2021.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Next week, we’re back with two unique development talks: mouse gastruloids 🐭 with Kristina Stapornwongkul and turtles 🐢 with Agáta Horáčková & Barbora Straková. Mark your calendar—you won’t want to miss this! 🗓️ Dec 5, 12:30 EST / 18:30 CET / 17:30 UTC 🕥
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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I guess I can handle yet another app on my phone … 🥲
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