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Barbara Stranger

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Human Geneticist. Sex differences. Women's Health. Computational Genomics. Professor at University of Colorado. Data, Analysis, Travel, Dogs, Live music. she/her

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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Check out this summary of a recent NIA workshop on sex differences across the lifespan. Lots of exciting perspectives.
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Short-form video (~8 mins) on threats to science from @evidentmedia.org, an Emmy-winning nonprofit newsroom, featuring takes from @cdelawalla.bsky.social, @drstarbird.bsky.social & me. Ongoing efforts by OMB are another indication of the ongoing existential threats to American leadership in science.
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Inside the Collapse of U.S. Science Funding
The Trump administration cut or froze more than $3 billion in approved research grants from the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation in 2025.
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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
NIH ORWH has a new Data Science Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Women's Health. See more info here: www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/...
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Zintellect - National Institutes of Health (NIH) - NIH Data Science to Advance Women’s Health Research - NIH-DPCPSI-ORWH-DataScience-2026
This postdoctoral research opportunity offers an immersive STEM learning experience within the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Research on W
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
There hasn't previously been a treatment vs pancreatic cancer this successful. Striking improved (a doubling) survival results @nejm.org and @ascocancer.bsky.social published today with daraxonrasib, which also became available via an FDA-approved early access program nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Oncologists and researchers at the ASCO 2026 conference give a standing ovation after the experimental drug daraxonrasib nearly doubles survival in a metastatic pancreatic cancer trial! #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
And, here, in much more detail. This is an absolutely critical read for all federally funded scientists and institutions. Now is not the time to sit in the corner, hoping you won't be noticed - now is the time for action. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going destroy American Science
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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
wow — the preprint host, arxiv, is banning authors for a year if they submit papers with hallucinated citations 🤖
Twitter thread from Thomas Dietterich, reading "Attention 
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 authors: Our Code of Conduct states that by signing your name as an author of a paper, each author takes full responsibility for all its contents, irrespective of how the contents were generated. 1/
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If generative AI tools generate inappropriate language, plagiarized content, biased content, errors, mistakes, incorrect references, or misleading content, and that output is included in scientific works, it is the responsibility of the author(s). 2/
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We have recently clarified our penalties for this. If a submission contains incontrovertible evidence that the authors did not check the results of LLM generation, this means we can't trust anything in the paper. 3/
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The penalty is a 1-year ban from arXiv followed by the requirement that subsequent arXiv submissions must first be accepted at a reputable peer-reviewed venue. 4/
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Examples of incontrovertible evidence: hallucinated references, meta-comments from the LLM ("here is a 200 word summary; would you like me to make any changes?"; "the data in this table is illustrative, fill it in with the real numbers from your experiments") end/"
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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
2017-24: Of studies w both sexes, 83% report sample sizes by sex, yet only 44% conduct sex-based analyses. Sex-based analyses are more common in articles w/ women 1st authors. Articles w/ women as 1st & last authors are significantly more likely to analyze data by sex. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Incorporation of the National Institute of Health (NIH) sex as a biological variable policy by R01 grant awardees - Communications Medicine
Warden et al. analyze 574 NIH-funded publications (2017–2024) to assess implementation of the Sex as a Biological Variable policy. They find that most studies include both sexes, but fewer than half a...
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
NIH-funded research lags in reporting sex differences, new study finds. Lack of data makes it hard to know whether results apply equally to men and women. www.statnews.com/2026/04/27/n... via @statnews.com
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NIH-funded research lags in reporting sex differences, new study finds
Fewer than half of papers published by NIH-funded researchers analyze or report their data by sex, a new study found.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
In spirit of open conversation, a few current* and recent NIHers prepared some Qs for Bhattacharya during his #NASEM fireside chat. We will submit these on the NASEM Slido this afternoon. Let's see if they get asked! *in personal capacity 🧵1/7
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Elaine Hernandez @emhernandez.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Let me get this straight, we exclude women from biomedical research for decades & then defund hundreds of NIH grants mentioning women? And after ignoring AND defunding them, we wonder why our maternal mortality rate is so high? Why women don’t *want* to become pregnant? Shocking.
Where U.S. science has been hit hardest after Trump’s first year
The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.
April 19, 2026

By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Lydia Sidhom and Susan SvrlugaTitle: Number of competitive grants mentioning “women” declined in 2025

The x axis is years from 2015-2025 & the y axis is from 1300 to 1900. Grants steadily rose from 1400 in 2015 to a high over 1900 and then plummeted in 2025 to 1288.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 23/04/2026
Spending on new medical research by the National Institutes of Health has fallen roughly $1 billion behind the pace of years past, delaying thousands of scientific projects. Story by Ben Mueller & @irenatfh.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/4ctOSqM
Graph showing NIH awards by year. 2026 lags far behind 2021-2024 average.
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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
For folks working in women's health. CALL FOR PAPERS Genome Medicine is calling for submissions to a new Collection on omics advancements in women's health. Submission deadline: 27 November 2026 link.springer.com/collections/...
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Omics advancements in women's health
Genome Medicine is calling for submissions to a new Collection on omics advancements in women's health. This Collection invites researchers to explore the ...
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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Wow.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
So... A friend was supposed to give a PURELY SCIENTIFIC talk at NIH within the next couple of weeks and it was cancelled because of a "new process" where all speakers/talks have to be CLEARED BY A POLITICAL APPOINTEE.
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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The annual naming of the city snow plow contest is a Chicago tradition. Many great name suggestions as usual, but "Abolish ICE" seems a perfect one to land on. Love this city!
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Also, recall that I examined grant title changes for evidence of “remediation” and found 777 grants with titles changed from 2024 to 2025. Here is a word cloud of the removed words.
A word cloud with the largest words being Equity, Disparity, Health, Diverse, and Racial.
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Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge @geneticscam.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge invites expressions of interest from early career researchers who wish to be sponsored for external fellowships to establish an independent research group. ➡️For further details see the link below www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/group-l...
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Group Leader Research Fellowship Sponsorship Scheme
The Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge invites expressions of interest from early career researchers who wish to be sponsored for external fellowships to establish an independent
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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
This symposium at JHU today looks fantastic! Great line up of speakers, and I love the idea of brainstorming solutions during a 'pitch a problem' session.
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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
People have have asked me what is going on in Chicago right now. The ICE situation is worse than you imagine. People are being violently detained, bystanders gassed, protesters assaulted. On the flip side, concerned citizens are mobilizing. Read this summary to learn more: aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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I Want You to Understand Chicago
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Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
One of the highlights of #ASHG25 was reading the "I Advocate for Science Because..." wall
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
An astonishingly large crowd! Chicago
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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Wow! Chicago definitely turned out.
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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT
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Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
@sarahtishkoff.bsky.social: "This community is stronger when we stand together." Amen! Love that ASHG opened with a talk about the importance of diversity. Way to set the tone of the conference 👏 #ASHG25
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 10/10/2025
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
So... I did some analysis of grants that did receive noncompetitive renewals. In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed. Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph... 1/4
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 06/09/2025
Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.
Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/
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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Absolutely thrilled to see @audreyhendricks.com receive the ASHG Education award! We in @cubiomedinfo.bsky.social at @cuanschutz.bsky.social are lucky to have her as a colleague, mentor, and advocate for genetics and genomics education for all. Congratulations Audrey!
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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The Max Planck Society @maxplanck.de today launched its Transatlantic Program, aimed at strengthening scientific collaboration with US partners, while at same time creating new opportunities for talented researchers at multiple career stages, from PhD through to group-heads & directors. More info 👇🧪
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Max Planck Transatlantic Program
With its new Transatlantic Program, the Max Planck Society aims to strengthen collaboration and partnerships between its Institutes and leading U.S. institutions. At the same time, it seeks to counter...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/07/2025
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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adelaide tovar @adel-aide.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
URGENT: Please share widely with your networks!! Very tight turnaround (12 pm today 6/27) 🧪
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Rachel Ungar @raungar.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Are you an early-career researcher working on the computational analysis of population-level human genetics data? We want to hear from you about if, how, and why you use population descriptors in your research! Fill out our short survey: forms.gle/SCiNUq71wgi5... 🧬💻🧪
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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Excited for @liisagalea.bsky.social keynote at Annual meeting of @ossdcomm.bsky.social
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Tracy Bale @thebalelab.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) will hold a full committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget on May 14, 2025, at 1:30 pm ET. ☎️ CALL YOUR SENATORS and tell them how vital #NIH research is to America’s health 👩🏽‍⚕️🏥🧠
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Dr Martha Gulati @drmarthagulati.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
In an interview with Women’s Health Magazine I discuss my opinion of how Women’s Health Care will be affected by the changes in funding to research on women or examining sex differences @smidtheart.bsky.social @womensheart.bsky.social 📎 www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a6461...
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'We Are Moving Backwards': 4 Leaders In Women’s Health Care On Why Research Funding Is Essential
There's so much at stake—for everyone.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨 WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people. 4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic. Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
4 12x18 inch posters on a brick and concrete wall. The top left is pink and says funding science saves lives, written in microbes, next to a microscope. The one on the right says Biology is bigger than binaries, with a fish, a lily, and a bee. The bottom left says Protecting wildlife starts wtih you, with a bunch of adiorable woodland creatues in yellow, white and black, including an owl, fungi, a... um. weasel? salamanders, butterflies, slugs, and a rotting log. The bottom right says Will our oceans thrive or nosedive the choice is yours, with the ocean represented in a circle, half of which is dead and half of which is alive, including kelp and a mackerel
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
“How might the narrative about senior women be challenged or changed in order to respect these women who have achieved enough success to earn promotion? How do we stop this generational cycle so that women's wings aren't clipped as soon as they approach the power to soar.”
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The "Crazy/Bitch" Narrative About Senior Academic Women
When I was a graduate student there weren’t many senior women in my department. There were narratives about them that seemed unique to e...
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Abraham Palmer @abepalmer.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
A postdoctoral position is available at University of California San Diego to study the genome-wide contribution of tandem repeat and structural variants to tobacco use disorder and related traits. Candidates should have statistical genetics ad GWAS experience. Details: gymreklab.com/postdoc-trdr...
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Post-doc position - Gymrek Lab
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 28/04/2025
Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH. Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH. HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH. 99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH. Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
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Aaron Quinlan (he/him) @aaronquinlan.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The Department of Human Genetics at the University of Utah is sponsoring the Rising Stars in Genetics and Genomics symposium! - We are seeking nominations bu June 1. - September 18-19, 2025 - Please share with the star postdocs that you know. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Here’s the show. Please watch! It’s all about HHS and the first segment is about NIH. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H34...
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RFK Jr. & HHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years. 1/n
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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I wrote a thing. I am eternally grateful for my editor, who took the original draft and helped me narrow down my key points into a more effective piece with a broader reach. Also, thanks to the editorial & legal teams, who maintained the message while protecting us in this fraught moment.
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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Let’s dream up to ways to shit on women. Oh hey, let’s cancel the largest clinical trial ever for women www.science.org/content/arti...
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NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
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Arun Das @arun-das.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Hello Bluesky 👋🏾 I’m going to be defending my thesis on Wednesday, so I thought this was as good a time as any to introduce myself and my work. I’m Arun Das, I’m a PhD student in Schatz Lab @ JHU, and my work broadly focuses on algorithms to improve accessibility and representation in genomics.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 19/04/2025
Good Morning, friends! We’re fired up for today’s nationwide protests 🔥✊ Let’s show these power-hungry clowns who this country really belongs to. 🔗 Find an action near you: www.fiftyfifty.one 💬 In the streets, online, or from home — it all matters. Tell us what you’re showing up for 💪💚
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50501 — 50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement
Join the movement to uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach. 50 protests, 50 states, 1 day: #50501.
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Rachel Lee @rachelalee.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I'm the new VP of WVU's Graduate Women Advocating Science and I'm on a mission! We want to host a speaker who can tell us about activism in STEM for underrepresented voices. Know anyone? My following is on the micro scale so any reposts are deeply appreciated ❤️ #womeninSTEM #diversityinSTEM #SciComm
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Interested in postdoc opportunities in Seattle, WA? Join us May 6th for Seattle DROP, a virtual event about biomedical research in Seattle. Hear from recruiting faculty, finding the right mentor and enjoy lunch on us via a delivery voucher within the US! Registration: tinyurl.com/seattledrop25
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Seattle DROP: Discover Research Opportunities for Postdocs
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Rachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I can't believe I'm saying it, but I'll say it: way to go, Harvard! CHECK OUT THEIR NEW WEBSITE: www.harvard.edu. Stand up, science! Show our value! Links directly to the fantastic letter written by the president of Harvard. Good discussion of their tactics in this screenshot
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