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Ceire A. Hay @ceire-hay.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Happy to share that part of my thesis work on understanding T cell function in pediatric obesity is now available on bioRxiv! Big thank you to @sarahhenrickson.bsky.social for making this all possible!

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I'm proud of (and grateful for) this remarkable @upenn.edu sophmore for speaking up about the importance of science. In 2012, Whitehead became the first child treated with CAR T cell therapy, a treatment developed at Penn Medicine; she has been in remission since. www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/h...

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Cancer survivor warns against threats to health funding | CNN

Emily Whitehead and Tom Whitehead join The Lead

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Make the Road NY @maketheroadny.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

🪦 New Yorkers are in front of the New York Stock Exchange for a mass die-in to symbolize how these devastating cuts will destroy families & take lives. Deep spending cuts to programs like healthcare, food assistance, and education is a matter of life & death for millions. Congress: #StopTheCuts!

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/03/2025

The thing about scientific research is that it’s one of the few national investments that’s a clear public good even if you entirely discount the actual ostensible point of it.

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KLAB - finding a cure for GI dysmotility at #HarvardStrong @klab.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

UMASS IS RESCINDING ALL GRAD POSITIONS FOR THIS YEAR

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David A Knowles @davidaknowles.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Wow. "NIH" canceled my co-mentored (with Dave Sulzer) PhD student's F31 funding. His work is on understanding the genetics and neuroscience of language learning disorders. F31 provides no indirect $ to Columbia, just pays his salary. Not that it should matter, but he's an American citizen. W.T.F.

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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I want to say thank you to all the women who are older than me and fought for everything we have, to the women who never pulled up the ladder behind them, to the ones who walked into the room as the first woman ever to be there. Thank you 🙏

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Melissa Shusterman @melshust.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

“IKEA has better cabinets”. From the Philly Stand up for Science March. #standupforscience

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AAUP–Penn @aaup-penn.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Higher ed workers from GETUP-UAW, AAUP-Penn, and more are out with allies across Philly at City Hall today to speak out and STAND UP FOR SCIENCE!

Sam Layding, in a blue GETUP shirt, speaks at the podium in front of City Hall next to a banner reading “Philadelphia - STAND UP FOR SCIENCE”

Members of AAUP-Penn, GETUP-UAW, and more at the Stand Up for Science Rally at Philly’s City Hall holding AAUP-Penn signs that say “HANDS OFF OUR UNIVERSITY”

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Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Well done, Philly!! Even @maddow.msnbc.com said we were impressive. Excellent work standing up for science! #standupforsciencephilly

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Julie Haas @labhaas.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Haas Lab representing in Philly

4 members of the Haas Lab at Stand Up For Science

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Amber “Dino Lady” Redfield @palaeoamber.com · 07/03/2025

My Academy of Natural Sciences colleague, Mariangeles, speaking at Stand Up For Science rally in Philly. So proud of my team! 🧪🧬🔬👩🏻‍🔬📷🏛️ #standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence #standupfightback #marchforscience #philadelphia #scientists #research #naturalhistorymuseum #sciencemuseum #researchmuseum

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Caitlyn Cardetti, PhD @caitlyncardetti.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Amazing speech by @sarahmackattack.bsky.social inspiring us to be "bad" for the greater good - Embrace chaos and break the right rules. #StandUpForScience2025 #Philadelphia

A photo of Sarah on stage giving her speech at the Stand Up for Science rally in Philadelphia

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Marion Leary, PhD, MPH, RN @marionleary.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

My full speech from the Philly @standupforscience.bsky.social rally is linked below. "Just two days ago my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer —and as scary as those words are to hear, we are optimistic - and do you want to know why we are optimistic…because of science." youtu.be/ctCx6HWWeQg?...

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Philadelphia Stand Up for Science Speech

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Kushol Gupta @guptapenn.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

A great crowd here in Philadelphia at the @standupforscience.bsky.social rally! #standupforscience

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Jon Epstein @jonepstein1.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Emily Whitehead and her father on CNN with Jake Tapper speaking to the value of science. She is alive thanks to CAR T therapy developed at Penn and CHOP.

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Mike Schatz @mikeschatz.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

One of the most powerful moments of the day came from Emily Whitehead who told the story of how she was the first pediatric patient to receive CAR T-cell therapy for her leukemia at age 5: “I stand up for science because science saved my life. And that’s a fact.” @standupforscience.bsky.social

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itisthatsimple.bsky.social @itisthatsimple.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

#standupforscience2025 In Philadelphia was beautiful. Sending love to all my bothers and sisters of the laboratory. #sciencenotsilence #standupfightback @standupforscience.bsky.social These were my fav signs. Good job @x

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Green Philly @greenphilly.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

She continued to say: "But I think that the time that we are living in calls for a heavy helping of chaotic good". @sarahmackattack.bsky.social was joined by fellow scientists, city councilmembers & activists who spoke about how federal cuts to their funding will directly affect all Americans.

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Beth Willman @bethwillman.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Excellent speakers and excellent turnout at the Philadelphia #standupforscience2025 rally today.

Two smiling people holding signs at a rally in support of science.

A crowd of people attending a science rally.

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Aubrey Whelan @aubreywhelan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Philly scientists rallied on Friday to protest cuts to research funding by the Trump administration — part of a nationwide series of “Stand Up For Science” events. www.inquirer.com/health/trump...

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Philly scientists rally against Trump’s cuts to research funding

Organizers said they were encouraged by the high turnout Friday and hopeful that the rally could be a jumping-off point for continued advocacy for scientific research in the area.

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Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

"Philadelphia, the scientists of America need us" @sarahmackattack.bsky.social teaches Stand Up for Science Philly about the good of chaos!! #standupforscience2025

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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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2025 Study section tracking

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James @yjaykit.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I'll stand up for science by donating to local organizations that support the next generation of scientists like eCLOSE Institute! Philly folks, see you on March 7th! #standupforsciencephilly

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Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The Stand Up for Science 2025 rally has begun! Get fired up and fund basic science! #standupforsciencephilly

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eartha mae @endoeartha.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

My speech for the Philly #StandUpForScience Protest. Everything I do is for my community 💜✨

Hello Philadelphia!

I’m Dr. Eartha Mae Guthman. I’m a Philadelphian, a trans woman, a neuroscientist, and a proud card carrying union member with UAW. I first worked in a lab 15 years ago. I fell in love then and there with the scientific method, and I've worked as a scientist ever since.

Today, I want to talk to you about how this administration’s attacks on trans people and trans health research harm us all.

When I began transitioning seven years ago, I was terrified! For my safety. For my scientific career. Would my colleagues find me credible? Would they see a scientist who happened to be trans, or would they only see me through the lens of my transness? I decided then, regardless of the outcome, I would dedicate my life to improving healthcare for trans people.

For the past seven years I’ve worked towards this goal. I’ve spent holidays inventing new tools to study the brain and behavior. I’ve spent weeks going to work after dark, sitting with my mice to run overnight experiments, and then coming home, crossing the Delaware with the sunrise.

I’ve been fortunate to have achieved success in my work: I’ve published over a dozen papers, including guides on how to develop animal models for hormone therapy; I’ve been awarded highly competitive NSF and NIH grants; I’ve been appointed a fellow at the Center for Applied Transgender Studies and at other academic organizations.

And, about a year ago, I received the best news of my career:

I had been awarded a prestigious NIH grant to not only fund my research at Princeton, but to provide me funding to start my own lab.

In my lab, I want to ask questions about how hormones impact the brain to influence mood, the body, and behavior. I want to apply this research to design better hormone therapies– yes, for gender affirming care, but also for birth control, menopause, endometriosis, PCOS, the list goes on! My goal, set so many years ago, was within my grasp. I had put in the work and sacrifice, taken the risks, and it had all seemed worth it.

But my dream grows less likely by the day because of Republican efforts to reverse decades of acceptance for various minorities. Through anti-DEI and anti-trans executive orders and laws, the administration seeks to restore hierarchies centered around race and gender, resegregating America. A textbook example of fascism and fascist takeover of institutions.

Trump’s anti-DEI and anti-trans executive orders censor me and those like me. At the State of the Union on Tuesday, Trump complained that NIH wasted money on “transgender mice”, directly attacking the work my colleagues and I do. Wednesday, a White House press release called trans health research “fraud” and “waste”. Yesterday, Nature reported that the administration has bypassed congressional control of the budget to terminate ongoing grants related to trans healthcare. They report that the NIH will terminate hundreds of already awarded, active research grants if they support DEI or trans people in any way.

I don't know how or if I’ll get paid next month, and I don't know if I’ll actually get the funds that congress has already awarded me to start my lab.

I don't know what's going to happen to my career, and I'm really fucking furious. I've dedicated my entire adult life to this work. But to Trump and his supporters, I am not a scientist who should be judged for the work I do, who happens to be trans. To them, I am trans, and therefore cannot contribute to science because I’m inherently biased and unfit.

But I'm here speaking to you now because this moment is about more than just me. Under the guise of this anti-trans and anti-DEI moral panic, Republicans are weaponizing the state to attack all science. Their actions prevent us from making life-saving discoveries across all fields.

They see science as a tool to control people and carve their desired reality into our bodies and minds, not as a way to understand our beautifully complex world.

But we can stop them. Because we are many, and they are so, very, very few.

Right now we need to give our legislators hell until they start standing up for us. Push universities to establish contingency funds for researchers whose active funding is terminated.

And keep showing up, keep protesting. Keep standing up to cruel bullies and fascists. Don’t comply with unjust orders or demands, fight back! Fight for a world where the next scientist like me is seen for her contributions to science and human health, not seen only as trans. And lastly, fight for a world that loves and values trans people.

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Jordan Williams (she/her) @jolybdenum.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Pharmacology 💊 women in STEM 👩🏻‍🔬 showed up & out for scientific funding! 🧬 #standupforscience2025 #standupforsciencephilly

A group of smiling women posing in front of Philadelphia city hall with a sign that reads “science not silence”.

A women at Philadelphia city hall with her face partially obscured by a sign that reads “science not silence”.

A pair of smiling women posing at Philadelphia city hall with a sign that reads “science not silence”.

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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Standing up for science in Philly!

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Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Philly is out in full force to Stand Up for Science!!

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Ceire A. Hay @ceire-hay.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

“We can hold truth to power.” Dr. Kurt Koehler on the pseudo scientific propaganda offered by RFK Jr

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Ceire A. Hay @ceire-hay.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Dr. Eartha Guthman speaking to the censorship of her work due to this administrations anti-DEI and anti-trans policies. Thank you for sharing your experience today! @standupforscience.bsky.social #standupforsciencephilly #standupforscience2025

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Ceire A. Hay @ceire-hay.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Speaking for grad students who should be writing manuscripts or analyzing data right now. Thanks for the reminder Lindsay 😅😅😅 @standupforscience.bsky.social #standupforsciencephilly #standupforscience2025

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Ceire A. Hay @ceire-hay.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Philly’s own Dr. Sarah McAnulty reminding us of our talent at wreaking havoc for the greater good #standupforsciencephilly #standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social

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Ceire A. Hay @ceire-hay.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

“Communities are empowered when they have access to knowledge.” Important reminders from Dr. Mariangeles Arce in Philly @standupforscience.bsky.social #standupforscience2025 #standupforsciencephilly

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Ceire A. Hay @ceire-hay.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

“Science is not an elite thing. It touches every aspect of our lives and is essential to improving our lives and our community” Dr. Mariangeles Arce @standupforscience.bsky.social #standupforsciencephilly #standupforscience2025

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Ceire A. Hay @ceire-hay.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

“Progress in science should be based on evidence not ideology” Dr. Alyn Turner #standupforscience2025 #standupforsciencephilly @standupforscience.bsky.social

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Ceire A. Hay @ceire-hay.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

“Continue to show up and show out because this is what Philly looks like.” Thank you Saleemah McNeil @standupforscience.bsky.social #standupforsciencephilly

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Ceire A. Hay @ceire-hay.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Dr. Montserrat Anguera shares that 2 important grants her research depends are in limbo due to cancelled (and not rescheduled) study sections @standupforscience.bsky.social #standupforscience2025 #standupforsciencephilly

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Ceire A. Hay @ceire-hay.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

“Did we become scientist to get rich quick?” Dr. Naoko Neilson’s got jokes!! @standupforscience.bsky.social #standupforsciencephilly #standupforscience2025

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Ceire A. Hay @ceire-hay.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

“Science thrives when it’s inclusive” Rue Landau, Philadelphia City Councilmember @standupforscience.bsky.social #standupforsciencephilly

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Ceire A. Hay @ceire-hay.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

“Science must reflect the realities of all people, not just the privileged few.” Nicholas O'Rourke, City Council At-Large #standupforscience2025 #stnadupforsciencephilly @standupforscience.bsky.social

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Ceire A. Hay @ceire-hay.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

“Be a voice for facts when misinformation is rampant.” An important call to action from Philadelphia Council member-At-Large Dr.Nina Ahmad

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Ceire A. Hay @ceire-hay.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

“Science guides us in moments of crisis. And this is a crisis.” Dr. Nina Ahmad - Councilmember At-Large for Philadelphia #StandUpForScience2025 #StandUpForSciencePhilly @standupforscience.bsky.social

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