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Amy E. Baxter, PhD

@amylizbaxter.bsky.social
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Scientist @UPenn; immunologist and virologist; views my own

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 17/09/2026
Everybody keeps talking about how natural treatments and cures should be utilized, well here's exactly that. A cancer treatment that harnesses the power of your immune system to take down cancer cells. It only took four decades to make, thanks to reliable funding of science and research.
The graphic contains a photo of an IV bag and all graphics contain the white Stand Up for Science logo. The graphic reads: "Harnessing the Immune System to Treat Cancer. A series on how cancer treatments are discovered and developed."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/09/2026
The feminist movement was never a threat to men. Secure men have always understood that. They stood beside women, fought for equality, and some proudly called themselves feminists too. If women having equal power feels like oppression to you, feminism isn’t the problem.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Today is my PhD anniversary. On this day, I defended my dissertation. Nothing prepares you for the horror of forgetting to turn on the water cooling system for your overnight Western blot transfer, when the data does the opposite of what you thought it would do, mycoplasma contamination.🧪
My PhD Experience
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 21/08/2026
Trump's pick to lead the FDA, Heidi Overton, says the FDA, CDC, and NIH need to be "reformed" to fund more "conservative-based" research instead of peer-reviewed and evidence-backed medical science. #Trump #Overton #Science #StandUpForScience #FDA
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
"Those who believe in free, open, & responsive institutions must recognize how critically linked science is to democracy itself & defend its integrity with every tool at their disposal." A reminder: Each $ invested in the #NIH yields a 250% ROI ($2.57 in revenue) 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A democracy tax in support of science
Over the past 19 months, the devastating effects of federal cuts to science funding in the United States have become plain: Young researchers are leaving scientific fields. Labs are struggling to fund...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/08/2026
Pilot pulls off Count Binface stunt for Clacton byelection
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Pilot pulls off Count Binface stunt for Clacton byelection
Plane spends 30 minutes off the Essex coast marking out shape of a bin in apparent tribute to Nigel Farage’s rival A pilot has traced the shape of a bin with their flight path near Clacton before Count Binface challenges Nigel Farage in a byelection on Thursday. The light aircraft spent around half an hour between 2,100ft and 4,150ft above the sea near the Essex coastal town zigzagging to mark out the shape of a bin, according to data from Flightradar24. Continue reading...
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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
As a reminder for everyone saying, "The US had never before scored four goals in a World Cup" that they mean the men's team had never before scored that many. The women's team has absolutely scored more than four goals in a world cup, including in the final. And they also wins things.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I don’t want to hear another damn word that women are too emotional and are not fit to lead. While growing up I was told that women cannot attain enlightenment because of our menstrual cycles. POTUS throws ketchup at the wall and rage posts late into the night. #Pinks
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The NY Times apparently thinks fairness in journalism means having no values at all. Trump assaults one of the key factors in America's rise to global leadership — immigration — and the best the Times can do is call it a “risky pivot.”
Trump Is Setting His Sights on Restricting Legal Immigration
After a year focused on immigrants here illegally, the Trump administration is now making it harder for legal migrants to stay in the country. It is a risky pivot.
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The Colton Consortium for Autoimmunity @coltonconsortium.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Join us next Tuesday (May 19, 11am ET) for the Colton Consortium Virtual Seminar featuring Montserrat Anguera, PhD (Penn Vet) who will be covering "Sex Differences in Autoimmune Disease: Xist RNA-Mediated Mechanisms That Influence B Cell Function." Registration required: bit.ly/4wwhLdP
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Colton Virtual Seminar Series
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Thank you for your courage to publicly address abusive language.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This is a well-documented pattern in medical research and reflects systemic gender bias in pain assessment and treatment.👇
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This has been the GOP's "starve-the-beast" scheme for nearly 50 years. Meanwhile, millions suffer and struggle to get ahead as the rich get richer. See the problem here?
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Things are not okay.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I'm no fancy political consultant, but, hey, if you're in Dem comms, you should notice that Fox News panicked over Trump wearing a cheap Trump merch baseball cap to receive the bodies of soldiers he got killed for no reason he can articulate, and you should absolutely lean into that.
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Wow.
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Andy Moore @aaandmoore.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Not something you see in textbooks very often: tripolar mitosis.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
In 2025, departures of govt scientists outnumbered new hires by a ratio of 11 to 1. This reduction in STEM PhDs translates to 106k yrs of federal work experience across 10,000 employees. These talents will take their expertise elsewhere. Experience is indispensable. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
“Hey, can we just talk about life right now without bringing up politics?” “I want to know talk about human biology but can we just ignore blood and bones? And also organs. Tissue as well.” “I just want to focus on matter itself and not carbon. Can you just leave carbon out of everything?”
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John Paul Helveston @jhelvy.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Incredible self own for the US. The damage being done to the US scientific enterprise is generational. We will look back on this as a tipping point where the US chose all on its own to stop leading the world in science. www.science.org/content/arti...
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U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Do you know how hard it is to get cops to seemingly side with people shot by a bunch of officers
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 24/01/2026
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice." Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 22/01/2026
I just thought everyone should see this
Dr Kareem Carr
man: i wish to publish
@kareem_carr
Jan 21
reviewer 2: your paper is no good
man: i'll do anything to improve
reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini
man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini
Andre Pagliarini
@apagliar
Jan 21
a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini
Jan 21, 2026 • 3:47 PM UTC
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Dr. Sophia Jex-Blake was born #OTD in 1840 + Led the campaign to secure women access to a university education in the UK + First practicing woman doctor in Scotland + Founder, Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women, 1886 + Helped establish the London School of Medicine for Women, 1874 #WomenInSTEM
Black-and-white close-up portrait of young Sophia Jex-Blake, a woman with dark center-parted hair pulled back smoothly, gazing thoughtfully to the side. Painted by Samuel Laurence around 1865, she wears a high-collared dark dress with a light collar, set against a softly shaded background.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it. We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics. What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
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FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”. NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC. ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr. Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
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Amy E. Baxter, PhD @amylizbaxter.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Really excited to share this work from the @laura-a-vella.bsky.social and @derek-oldridge.bsky.social labs, led by an amazing MD/PhD student! Sam asked if Tfh spatially localised within germinal centers have distinct gene expression programs & identified GNG4 as a key feature of GC-positioned Tfh.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 16/11/2025
If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Paul Nurse describing the main job of a PI (From ‘The Thinking Game’, 2024)
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Claudia Gonzaga-Jauregui @cgonzagaj.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
"...researchers who invest time in their students tend to lead more-productive, more-collaborative groups and attract stronger future students than those who do not." "Time spent with the next generation of scientists is an investment." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research.
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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪 Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students. I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
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How a Harvard maverick forever changed our concept of the stars
At just 25, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin applied quantum physics to a treasure trove of astronomical observations to show that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium.
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
27 years ago, two years after the introduction of effective HIV treatment, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s lesbian and gay community newspaper, ran ‘No Obits’ as its headline. It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.
The Bay Area Reporter front page, 13 August 1998.
The headline ‘No obits’ is written in red above the lead story.
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Thiago Krause @thiagokrause.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
As always, Ted Chiang is great in this interview. cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
I cannot emphasize enough that the playbook being used against mRNA vaccines (and vaccines in general) is IDENTICAL to the playbook used to restrict voting rights after the 2020 election: actively sow public distrust, then cite the distrust you sowed as an independent reason for your desired policy
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Opinion | Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines
As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/08/2025
kennedy is going to kill a lot of people
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/08/2025
This is moving. Kamala Harris feels the pain we feel. Not just from her loss, but from the trauma and abuse our country is living through. What could have been…
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Science Magazine @science.org · 15/07/2025
In an exclusive chat with Science, Loreen Willenberg describes remaining HIV-free even after immune-suppressing therapies for brain and lung tumors. scim.ag/4lYu3pl
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‘Something remarkable has happened’: Cancer treatments bolster evidence of a natural HIV cure
In exclusive chat with Science, Loreen Willenberg describes remaining HIV-free even after immune-suppressing therapies for brain and lung tumors
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Dr. Raven the Science Maven @ravenscimaven.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
NASA is more than rockets and moonwalks. NASA is behind much of our everyday technology. From space discovery, to Air Jordans, to CAT scans, NASA has played a role. We get it all on less than a penny of every federal dollar. Now their science may be gutted by 50%. #NASADidThat
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
1/2 You could write a book about one atrocious headline in print NYT today (I sort of wrote this book 30 years ago, Breaking the News, but others can take a turn.) What's wrong this headline? Mamdani "faces scrutiny" **ONLY AND EXCLUSIVELY** because NYT decided to make this a "thing." Really bad.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 21/05/2025
Behind every cure, every breakthrough, every treatment — is someone who needed it. If NIH funding helped you, your research, or someone you love, your story can help protect it. Share your “why” and help defend the future of NIH & science. Fill out the form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Share Your “Why” In Support of a Strong National Institutes of Health
United for Medical Research (UMR) is launching a campaign called "My Why" to highlight the critical role of NIH funding and its impact on the education and careers of researchers and scientists as wel...
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
say it again: 4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 16/05/2025
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first.

One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish.

Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points.

We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are.

Anelise Feldman
Freshman, Yarmouth High School
Yarmouth
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 15/05/2025
PI: "this draft is so great, why didn't we write it this way in the first place??" PhD student: "I did, and then you told me to change it"
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Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The worst happened. We were DOGE’d. Our NSF funding is gone. So now there’s nothing stopping me from sharing Expert Voices Together, a crisis response system for US-based researchers and journalists facing harassment. It's a true passion project. 🧵 1/ expertvoicestogether.org
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© 2025 Expert Voices Together
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🧪 Here is a resource that tracks federal grants that have been terminated. grant-watch.us
grant-watch.us
Grant Watch
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/05/2025
“The political environment in Russia made it hard to do science because everything was unpredictable. […] That type of uncertainty is incompatible with science, which requires the ability to plan what type of experiments and research you will do a year into the future.”
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Phie Jacobs @phiejacobs.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
It was a privilege to help tell the stories of U.S. scientists whose lives have been upended during the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s administration in this recent piece for @science.org
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U.S. scientists’ lives and careers are being upended. Here are five of their stories
As the second Trump administration sends U.S. science into upheaval, countless researchers are fighting for their futures
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