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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Congratulations to the newest official PhD Candidate in the Starbird lab, Johnna Bingham!!! 🍾🎉

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Camila Arango @biophysgal.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

how many Diet Coke cans will it take me to finish my PhD? The postdoc in my lab and I calculated that for 5 years of PhD I will consume approx 1300 cans (averaging 5 cans per week) @cocacola pls sponsor me

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Camila Arango @biophysgal.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

My first ever BPS conference was more than a success!! I gave a talk, presented a poster, networked with potential postdoc mentors, made new science friends, schemed with the lab tech in the exhibitor halls, dilly dallied and explored San Fran with my lab and friends #BPS2026

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

A problematic stance from someone like @holdenthorp.bsky.social who has the position & privilege that comes with being Editor-in-Chief of Science Journals. Yes, scientists need to continue to do science. But science leaders can't leave the risk that comes with speaking up to others. 🧵1/8

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Rebecca Berlow @berlowlab.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Today is a busy day at #bps2026 but you can catch me speaking at two exciting events! Intrinsically Disordered Proteins I 10:45-11 AM Rooms 209/210/211 Steps and Suggestions for Getting Your Scientific Paper Published Monday 2:30-4 PM Esplanade 155

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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I am SO incredibly excited to announce the launch of a global list of Inspiring Black Scientists. You can use this list to nominate and connect with researchers. Please share and join us in highlighting these outstanding scientists for #BlackHistoryMonth and beyond! www.wiley.com/en-us/resear...

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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Proud of the newest Starbird Lab (aka Starbirdian) to become an official PhD candidate! Congratulations Camila @biophysgal.bsky.social !!! She will also be presenting her work in a talk at the Biophysical Society annual meeting where she won a travel award, so stay tuned. Lots to celebrate! 🎉

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Camila Arango @biophysgal.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I embrace my silly side in the lab all the time with my lab mates and it’s made my relationship with them stronger and I get excited to come to lab everyday for the science but also for the jokes … We started a quote wall on our inside jokes, dressed up as our PI.. btw I also love axolotls

This is when I was gone, they put a pic of me so I could be there for the potluck… I love them 😭😭😭

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Camila Arango ( @biophysgal.bsky.social ), a 3rd year graduate student in our lab, did a great job presenting part of her work to investigate how TAM receptor structures are changed by ligand activation at the annual Carolina Biophysics Symposium! 🤩

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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Our rotation student, Maria Lopez Vasquez, did an excellent job presenting her research on a new TAM ligand at the BBSP fall poster session! 👏🏾

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 03/11/2025

A couple months ago, the Carolina Latinx Center reached out and asked if I’d be willing to help start a brand new STEM speaker series! I helped put together an all-star team, and we made it happen. I was PUMPED to have @cterminiphd.bsky.social come give a talk! So inspiring!

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Willow Coyote-Maestas @willowcoyote.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Zara Weinberg passed away earlier this week. She joined my lab earlier this year when her postdoc lab formally closed. She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 15/09/2025

"I was thrilled to be on an exchange semester overseas, but I saw it as just a detour from my imagined career path. I didn’t realize I was already pedaling toward a different life—one that would make me reassess how to achieve a fulfilling research career." scim.ag/46EZ2kj

An illustration of a man walking out of a dark, paper-filled world into a bright, colorful one, with text: I thought science hinged on prestige. Moving abroad made me reassess my priorities

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 10/09/2025

And of course, I’m excited for the looming debuts of the Atlas of Inspiring Latin American Scientists (Fall 2025) and the Index of Inspiring Black Scientists (early Winter 2026). We also have a very motivated team working on the Atlas of Indigenous Scholars, stay tuned 👀

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

It bears repeating that nearly the entire US enterprise in science and technology has been irreversibly gutted. This is shocking. All this loss has occurred without any real benefit to the average US citizen. Except we now have the biggest, best funded secret police force perhaps ever. Yay for us!

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Camila Arango @biophysgal.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Saw a science content creator (and fellow PhD student at UNC) say that grad school really teaches you to become desensitized to failure in one of her vids. She framed that as a privilege — and it really is. So many people are afraid to try something new because of fear of failure…

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Camila Arango @biophysgal.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Big congrats to Celeste, so happy and proud of you 💗 happy to see a fellow IMSDer and friend from UNC win 🥳🎉

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Guy Thomas 〓〓 @guywrites.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Status and material things are empty vessels. Two imposters we often feel define us. We live in a society that pushes them as the definition of success. Real success - and true growth - is measured in our ability to be kind, humble, and selfless. May your week ahead be peaceful, my friends. 😊 #life

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

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María M. Hincapié Otero @mariamhincapie.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I’m so happy to share a project very close to my ❤️ launching this September: Atlas de Científicxs Latinoamericanxs que Inspiran ✨ We’re currently collecting nominations! This atlas spotlights researchers from LATAM who trained in the North & returned home to lead labs. Here’s why this matters 🧵👇

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María M. Hincapié Otero @mariamhincapie.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

A bit late to post, but a couple weeks ago I attended my 1st international conference—and had to share my hype! #EACR2025 @helloeacr.bsky.social Poster presented✔️ Great talks✔️ Lisbon explored✔️ Science batt🔋 recharged✔️ Thanks to everyone who stopped by my poster and shared insights and encouragement!

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Camila Arango @biophysgal.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

The places science can take you! In Salamanca, Spain for the 1st International Advanced Biophysics and Structural Biology course — in a town full of history, culture, and home to the oldest university in the world #BioPhySAL

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Physgal ⚛️ @physgal.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Now I'm really angry. They're banning "Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race", by Margot Lee Shetterly. 🧪 🔭 🎢 👩‍🔬

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Krystal Tsosie @kstsosie.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

We are grateful to all who made our IndigiData #Indigenous #data #science workshop on "Indigenous #Health & #Artificial #Intelligence" a reality! This was our largest workshop yet. Held on the lands of the Ak-Chin Maricopa Tribal Nation in central Arizona. @d4itdr.bsky.social @nativebio.bsky.social

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Alex Rubinsteyn @alexr.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Lyft driver picked me up from UNC, turned out he was a medicinal chemistry post-doc in a building near mine, until his grant got cut last month. Worked on novel antivirals.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 20/05/2025

Oh hey I made some #sciart

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K.T. Elliott @ktelliottmicro.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I know you all know this, but apparently it needs to be said that basic science is a NECESSARY PRECURSOR to translational science

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 05/05/2025

EU augments opportunities for scientists around the world to launch or re-launch their careers in Europe.

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Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club (ASAP) @cornellasap.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Federal research cuts impact local economies, and stall progress. Publish an opinion piece in your hometown paper on June 16th to SPREAD THE WORD about how scientific research contributes to the everyday health and wealth of the general public. #McClintockLetters blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...

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Morgan Carter @morgancarterphd.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

The moral injury facing academics (especially of minoritized groups) right now is not ok 💔

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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

'(...) German research institute BioMed X is stepping in to offer a lifeline. The institute has opened a matchmaking program to align threatened NIH grants with potential new funders from the pharmaceutical industry.' www.fiercebiotech.com/research/ger...

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German research institute launches program to match threatened NIH grants with pharma funders

As scientists across the U.S. face increasing uncertainty due to funding freezes and mass layoffs at health agencies, German research institute BioMed X is stepping in to offer a lifeline. | As scient...

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Leica has a 20% tariff fee now, including on servicing microscopes 🙃

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EBTrollFan @ebtrollfan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Alt text: UNC Gullings is cutting health equity The #1 public school of public health is eliminating it's Health Equity & Social Justice MPH concentration - undermining its own mission. This is an attack on health equity, racial justice, and the future of public health.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 27/03/2025

The NIH plans to resume posting notices of new solicitations for grant proposals. But there’s a catch: The HHS and DOGE will review each draft notice to ensure the research that will be funded aligns with the priorities of President Trump’s administration, Science has learned. scim.ag/3DJsafL

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Trump officials will screen NIH funding opportunities

Staff at biomedical agency worry about political interference in setting priorities

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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Our lab is excited to hire a postdoctoral researcher to study the mechanisms that viruses use to ‘hijack’ TAM receptors in viral spread. We are looking for someone who is excited to learn new techniques and work in a highly collaborative team! Please share! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/298...

Schematic of potential complexes that form between TAM receptors and apoptosis cells or viruses at the cell surface

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away. They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.

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Noelle @finallynoelle.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Here’s a cheat sheet with all the phone numbers for the US Senate. I have a feeling we’ll be calling them a lot in the near future.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

New @science.org On the US-Canada deep collaborations and partnership in science that absolutely need to be preserved despite "contemptuous musings on annexation to a tariff war" science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

If your sources are willing to share specific details of cancelled grants publicly, please encourage them to share using the Google Sheet below👇 The current lack of transparency on cancelled grants is really limiting organizing efforts and advocacy. bsky.app/profile/scot...

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Adam Harris @adamhsays.com · 10/03/2025

The Ed. Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 additional institutions "warning them of potential enforcement actions" for "violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination" including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Princeton, UNC, and several UC's

U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Sends Letters to 60 Universities Under Investigation for Antisemitic Discrimination and Harassment
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent letters to 60 institutions of higher education warning them of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students on campus, including uninterrupted access to campus facilities and educational opportunities. The letters are addressed to all U.S. universities that are presently under investigation for Title VI violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination.

“The Department is deeply disappointed that Jewish students studying on elite U.S. campuses continue to fear for their safety amid the relentless antisemitic eruptions that have severely disrupted campus life for more than a year. University leaders must do better,” said Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. “U.S. colleges and universities benefit from enormous public investments funded by U.S. taxpayers. That support is a privilege and it is contingent on scrupulous adherence to federal antidiscrimination laws.”

The schools that received letters from the Office for Civil Rights include:

American University
Arizona State University
Boston University
Brown University
California State University, Sacramento
Chapman University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Drexel University
Eastern Washington University
Emerson College
George Mason University
Harvard University
Illinois Wesleyan University
Indiana University, Bloomington
Johns Hopkins University
Lafayette College
Lehigh University
Middlebury College
Muhlenberg College
Northwestern University
Ohio State University
Pacific Lutheran University
Pomona College
Portland State University

Princeton University
Rutgers University
Rutgers University-Newark
Santa Monica College
Sarah Lawrence College
Stanford University
State University of New York Binghamton
State University of New York Rockland
State University of New York, Purchase
Swarthmore College
Temple University
The New School
Tufts University
Tulane University
Union College
University of California Davis
University of California San Diego
University of California Santa Barbara
University of California, Berkeley
University of Cincinnati
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
University of North Carolina
University of South Florida
University of Southern California
University of Tampa
University of Tennessee
University of Virginia
University of Washington-Seattle
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Wellesley College
Whitman College
Yale University

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

As federal funding for research is uncertain, we need to diversify funding sources for our PhD students. Here is a comprehensive list of >160 PhD fellowships and funding opportunities, mostly from private foundations and scientific societies. Download it here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 09/03/2025

I’m not defined by a rally. I’m defined by the mentees I mentored, the advocacy work I’ve done and continue to do, and my career mission to empower others. the rally was just a byproduct of the goals, I’ve been thinking “what’s next?” the entire time. Whenever there’s noise, I’ll find the signal.

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Sam Goldstein @samschuelstein.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

❤️ on my sleeve: As a PhD student, I'm researching intimate partner violence (IPV)-caused brain injuries in women survivors. I'm also a survivor of IPV. In my 20s, I was in an abusive relationship that destroyed my self-worth & agency, and silenced my voice. 1/3 @standupforscience.bsky.social

Woman stands in front of Lincoln Memorial with a sign that says "girls just wanna have fun-ding for science."

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Dr. Ahna Skop @ahnaskop.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Another fave

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

At @standupforscience.bsky.social and the signs are statistically significantly excellent

A person in a mask holding a painting that says “hands off my transgenic mice”

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