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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Reflecting on an amazing @aps-dbio.bsky.social APS DBIO program at the APS Global Physics Summit two weeks ago. As DBIO program chair, it was gratifying to see an excellent set of ~ 80 sessions in biological physics come to life. I’m honored and excited to serve as the Chair of APS DBIO this year!

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APS Division of Biological Physics @aps-dbio.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Global Physics Summit is around the corner! Make sure to stop by the DBIO membership table during the meeting for some free swag 🔥 And check out our excellent line up of over 90 DBIO sessions. Find the full program here: summit.aps.org/schedule/

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Schedule

Join the physics community in Anaheim, California, and virtually for talks on the latest research, networking events, special talks, and more.

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

There were calls for scientists to make more effort to communicate our research, its impact on knowledge creation and society, to enhance the public’s understanding. The mood was subdued and yet upbeat with many young smiling faces. We have to hope that the future is brighter. #StandUpForScience 🧪

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

A lot of people & energy at the #StandUpForScience protest. Inspiring speeches from leaders, students, scientists, raising voices to protest against federal firings, funding freezes, budget cuts, which will have devastating & lasting effects on research, health care, education, careers & society. 🧪

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Stand up for Science today - March 7, 12-4 pm at the Lincoln Memorial in DC and places nationwide. Join to rally for science & protest against federal firings, funding freezes & budget cuts for science, which will be devastating for scientific research & society. Lend your voice to support science!🧪

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/03/2025

"In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet 'agency priorities'" www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants

Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The institution of American science is on the front lines in the fight against fascism. This is more than just indirect cost caps. On March 7th, we stand for the freedom of thought, the power of knowledge, and, ultimately, democracy. #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall Please share widely!

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Hi @cdelawalla.bsky.social Thanks for organizing this much needed March!It’s unfortunate that’s it’s on a Friday. A weekend march would gather more people. I and many students/ postdocs from my lab / univ are interested in joining but can’t do so easily on a weekday. We’ll be there in spirit!

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Alfredo Sciortino @asciortino.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

New preprint out 🔥🔥 on my postdoc work with @manuelthery.bsky.social and @lblanchoin.bsky.social about how we can create sustained dynamic steady states of actin network inside microscopic wells that contract "forever" without collapsing! A thread 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

They’ve invested in this journey to discover basic truths, find cures for diseases, create knowledge and advance science. If not stopped, these actions will destroy labs and institutions. The loss will be irreparable, impact society at each level. Heartbreaking to hear stories from those affected.

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Photos from the rally last week to support science, protest firings at NIH, NSF & budget cuts for research. Careers of people who’ve worked hard for science & public service have been lost. There were many young people, including PhD students from my lab, who’re anxious about what the future holds.🧪

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

A great explanation about how science funding works and impacts scientists, and the extremely damaging effects of the current administration’s directives and cuts for scientific research, scientists and all of society. This is helpful for spreading the word among non-scientists in your community.

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Join the protest in support of science today (Feb 19, 12 pm) in DC! Join thousands of scientists as we raise our voice against federal firings, funding freezes and impending budget cuts which will be devastating for scientific research & discovery, shut down labs and is a threat to higher education.

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Join academic workers across the country in fighting restrictions on research - Feb. 19th Rally

Why? For the last three weeks, we have seen unprecedented attacks on science that have severely impacted our day-to-day work as scientists, researchers, and clinicians - funding that sustains critical...

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Entering the twilight zone? Federal firings continue. Last week NIH, CDC, today NSF. Careers & livelihoods of scientists. Science will slowly grind to a halt … with these & budget cuts, labs will shut, univs are shrinking incoming class numbers … an irreversible loss. 🧪 www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...

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National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce

NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.

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NIH Fellows United @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

📢FUND DON’T FREEZE!📢 Join researchers and academics in DC on February 19th at 12 PM to stand up for research, education, and jobs! Federal attacks on science and academia put all of our futures at risk - let’s show them we won’t back down! RSVP Here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Middle of the Left @middleoftheleft.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

🧪 posting to science feed

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

“ … scientists have ensured the integrity of science … science has flourished, turning the government’s investment into technological innovation and economic growth. Every $ invested in research & development has been estimated to return $5 on average - billions annually.” All of that is at stake. 🧪

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Gutting the CDC right as we’re on the cusp of major outbreaks of transmissible diseases is a very bad idea.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

It’s been buried in all the news today, but every scientist in the US should pay attention to this: Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Devastating for science and biomedical research, careers and livelihoods. Unimaginable. 🧪

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Edward Doherty PhD. @drtcell.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I just learned of this site as a place for the amazing women in STEM to be shared and celebrated. So I am sharing it with all I can. 🧪 #STEM #science womenrefusingtobeerased.org

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Women Refusing to Be Erased

Join us to inspire, educate, and uplift women/womxn.

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

One thing that I'm increasingly coming to believe is that stories are going to be central to what comes next. Stories of the harm done. Stories of the great things achieved by government in the past. Stories of valor kindness and quotidian simple resistance.

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

🛟 That last-ditch chemo trial your family member was hoping to be in 🥙 The investigation of a food-borne illness outbreak in the next town over 🧠The study looking for preventable causes of Alzheimer’s 🧪The assurance that TAXPAYER-PAID-FOR studies & data collection see the light of day

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

NIH funding at @UMich supports important medical research, such as extending the life of organs waiting for transplant, advancing treatments for cerebral palsy, and sustaining experimental genetic trials for children with brain cancer.

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Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email (klangin@aaas.org) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

The courts alone will not save us. Musk is attacking the courts, and the Supreme Court is packed with ideologues who support Trump. Don't sit back and wait for the courts to fix things. This is a moment where we all need to step up and speak out. 🧪 bsky.app/profile/kyl...

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Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social)

JUST IN: Judge Bates (who Musk has been relentlessly attacking on X since he ordered CDC to restore deleted health websites) just sided with DOGE and rejected an emergency effort to bar Musk allies from accessing systems at Labor, HHS and CFPB.

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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.com · 15/02/2025

It's bleak here folks. Real bleak 🧪 youtu.be/Y9e4Pxt_NOM?...

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Black Friday – Mass firings begin at the CDC.

YouTube video by Audiommunity

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I have had a TON of people asking how they can help...here is what would help us the most right now: SHARE SHARE SHARE SHARE SHARE! Tell us why you #standupforscience2025! Send flyers to your colleagues and labs! Change your bluesky banner! Tell your professional orgs and departments!

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Trump and Musk aim to push out 75% of federal employees. NIH has a highly trained workforce to perform, review, and support science in all 50 states. This cut will decimate America’s science. Cancer research will drop to a trickle. Talented workers will leave to go abroad. 🧪 #medsky 1/

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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #PCCM 🧪🛟@cdelawalla.bsky.social #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap initiated by Tom Maniatis. Please share far and wide. chng.it/mD9sLCZxXm

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This campaign needs you now

Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap (NOT-OD-25-068)

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Jeff Jackson @jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Breaking: The court has granted our request for another restraining order, this time to stop the federal government from unlawfully slashing research funding that was already approved. This would have cost NC’s universities hundreds of millions and damaged core industries, prompting major layoffs.

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Amanda Heidt @scattercushion.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

🧪Surprise, I'm back with another #breakingnews request. If you work in biomedical research (infectious disease, chronic disease, food safety, drug safety, vaccines, etc.), I'd love to hear (very soon) about how you think your field will fare under RFK's leadership of HHS. Please share widely!

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Contact your representatives in Congress to help save NIH and NSF funded scientific research! They must act now. 🧪

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

A very helpful explanation of the severe effect of cutting indirect (facilities & admin) costs on NIH funded research, on universities, countless people, higher education, economies and the infrastructures that support science. It will be devastating if not stopped. Take action. Call your reps. 🧪

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

The United States by virtue of a bipartisan commitment to biomedical research created one of the most vibrant, productive research ecosytems in the world. People came from all over to study here, do research here. It was a monumental accomplishment by both parties. 1/

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

American Physical Society. I’m on the leadership team (chair line of Division of Biological Physics). I’d like to help! www.aps.org

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American Physical Society

Fostering a vibrant, inclusive, and global physics community

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

This website shows you how many jobs NIH funding creates for your state along with the overall economic activity generated. www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

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NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research

Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Scientists and journalists need to figure out right quick how to explain to the average person how a massive change in research indirects will impact the medical care they and their children get (eg at the local children’s hospital), the education their children will get, the price of tuition, etc.

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Devastating for all research universities and especially for biomedical research. Who will keep the lights on? 🧪

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

This information is all out there, but it's good to have it in one place. The TL;DR is that the Trump administration's goal is nothing less than the destruction of American science, and they may well get it. 🧪 🧵

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Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

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Research is under attack. Help protect it! Paraphrased: Most US science is federally funded through NIH and NSF, both of which are being targeted by the new administration. What's happened? The executive branch halted communication, travel, and attempted to freeze grants. Longstanding programs and proposals suspected of promoting diversity and DEI are being eliminated. NSF has been instructed to shrink by 25-50%. Future threats: every NIH and NSF employee has been offered a buyout due to deep future cuts. Funding may be decentralized to block grants to states, giving states that are "loyal" more funding rather than merit based funding. Grant reviews may be done by government workers who don't have the expertise or time needed. Take action: contact your representatives and demand protection of NIH, NSF, and all government funded research. Call the capital switchboard at 202-224-3121. Submit a comment to the House subcommittee on science, space, and technology. Spread the word. Learn more by following trusted scientists on bluesky

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Severe budget cuts for #NSF would be devastating for fundamental research and scientists in so many fields of #science and #STEM 🧪

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Please let me know when the letter is ready. I have a leadership position and would like to help.

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Thank you. Hope to see the letter soon and push for some action against the recent directives that threaten science and scientists. 🧪

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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Hi all, I'm a WIRED journalist on the science desk. If you're a government scientist or federally funded researcher with info to share about the Trump transition, please feel free to contact me securely on Signal: emullin.06

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Arpita Upadhyaya @arpcomplex.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Call your representatives and lend your voice to help fight against federal budget cuts, and to advocate for science funding and continuation of research! Thanks ASCB @ascbiology.bsky.social for the very helpful info.

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