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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I’ve had a few recent moments when something egregious happens and I think to myself, “I can see how this would make someone quit” and “it would be much easier to pretend this didn’t happen”. I didn’t make it this far to do either of those things.

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Congratulations to the 8th cohort of @fredhutch.org Dr. Eddie Méndez scholars! Co-directing this program is one of my favorite part of the job. We are excited to welcome you to Fred Hutch later this summer to share your research with our scientific community. www.fredhutch.org/en/news/rele...

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Fred Hutch names 8 recipients of the Dr. Eddie Méndez Award

Fred Hutch names eight recipients of the Dr. Eddie Méndez Award, which celebrates early-career scientists' research in cancer, infectious disease and basic sciences.

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This job is hard and absolute chaos mixed with emotional taxation sometimes, but all in all, this is where I want to be. I am thankful to the people who have helped me make this place my scientific home 🏡 🩸 🧪

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

We at the CCEH are working to centralize hematology datasets & analysis resources (scRNAseq, proteomics data, code, etc) for the benign hematology research community 🩸📊💻 Know of any resources we should include? Please help by submitting the info here: forms.office.com/r/eXUvFqBBjY

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Dr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🚨🧪🧵URGENT INPUT NEEDED: NIH asks input for next strategic plan-including emphasis on non-animal models (NAMs) to replace animals. Per NIH insider, anti-animal responses now outnumber scientists 200-700x. Please please provide input. Deadline: May 26, 11:59 PM ET. grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

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NIH Seeks Input on Framework for Next NIH-Wide Strategic Plan | Grants & Funding

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Happy 4th birthday, Termini Lab! So grateful that I get to work with this outstanding group of scientists every day to explore the cool and complex underworkings of hematopoiesis. We are another year older, smarter, and stronger! ❤️🐁🩸☢️🍭🎂

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Excited to share recent work from our lab in @bloodjournal.bsky.social #BloodAdvances! We studied the impact of CD45-targeted radioimmunotherapy (RIT) on the bone marrow vascular niche. Turns out the vasculature is majorly disrupted by hematopoietic targeted RIT ☢️🩸 shorturl.at/qzWIB

Micrograph of immunohistocheical staining of a mouse femur for bone marrow vaculature (CD31) after CD45-targeted radioimmunotherapy showing major disruption of the bone marrow vascular niche.

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MadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

On Thursday April 23rd, I will be talking about how I am using neurons of the spinal cord of zebrafish to understand the development of the nervous system. Old and new technologies combined to dissect the emergence of patterns in a population of cells! 🐟🧪

Promotional poster of the talk. It is white background with splashes of yellow and black letters. The series are called the Franklin-Prasher-Kimmel Webinar series, and there's a drawing of all three of their faces. This is organized by the Young Researcher Committee of the IZFS, with support of ZDMS ICI.
The announcement says that the talk is on April 23rd, 2026 at 12pm EST/6pm CET. The two speakers are myself, Joaquin Navajas Acedo (title Spatiotemporal emergence of somatosensory neuron diversity in zebrafish) and Ece Atayeter (PhD student in UT Austin; title Cilia.io: a machine learning approach reveal spatial patterns of cilia beating dynamics). There's a bunch of logos and a couple of QR codes you can scan to get to the registration link.

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Interested in doing a postdoc in Seattle?? Announcing Seattle DROP: Discover Research Opportunities for Postdocs on May 5th. 👇👇👇Registration is ~~FREE~~ 🥼🧪🧫

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Once a microscopist, always a microscopist 🔬 ♥️

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

📣 💰 Hematology funding alert! Travel awards are available from the NIDDK-sponsored Cooperative Centers of Excellence in Hematology (CCEH) to support early career scientists who are presenting at upcoming conferences! Due 4/15 👇👇👇 cceh.io/funding/cceh...

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CCEH Travel Award Submission Instructions

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JoAnn Trejo @joann-trejo.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Boost your grant funding success!! Now accepting applications for the UCSanDiego Health Sciences @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social summer Grant Writing Course (GWC), proven success. Apps due March 17th, space is limited.

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

My goal this week is to protect my peace. I’m going to take a deep breath instead of reacting to frustrations as they arise. Who’s with me?

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

My cup is so full after spending last week at the Keystone Meeting on Hematopoiesis. Time with cutting-edge science, supportive mentors & colleagues, and getting to share this with members of my lab was priceless. Excited to bring new ideas back to the lab - blood rules! ♥️🩸

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Dr. Arnaldo Díaz @ajdiazphd.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Excited to visit Penn later this week and share my career journey with graduate students. Penn took a chance on me 15+ years ago, and I’ll always be grateful for how it helped shape such a rewarding path.

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 08/12/2025

"The only reason I don’t have this funding is because my last name is Rodriguez,” he said. “It has nothing to do with the science." STAT on the betrayal of early-career researchers: www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...

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NIH shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs

Special Report: The NIH has shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs.

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

The Werner-Washburne principles… preach!!

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Day 1 of #CellBio25 - don’t miss the Mentoring Keynote by Maggie Werner-Washburne in Room 126A at 8:45!!!! @ascbiology.bsky.social

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Vijay G. Sankaran @bloodgenes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Grateful to Isabella Alves & @cterminiphd.bsky.social for writing this fantastic N&V in @natcellbio.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Nicely covers our 📰 led by della Volpe & co: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Say cheeeeese! Me and the current, future, and past Presidents of ASCB. Seeing is believing ♥️ 🧬 💗 📸 #CellBio2025 @marymunson4.bsky.social

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Mary Munson @marymunson4.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Super excited for the upcoming #cellbio2025 @ascbiology.bsky.social @embo.org meeting in Philadelphia! Check out the Special President's session on "The Rising Tide of Science Denial" on Saturday at 1pm!

Image of the four speakers for the "Rising Tide of Science Denial", special President's session on Saturday Dec 6 at 1pm: Kenneth R. Miller, Michael Mann, Paul Offit, and Gale M. Sinatra

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Who’s going to ASCB this week? Let’s connect ♥️ 🧫

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

This faculty journey would be so much harder without a best friend to go through it with. We share all the drama, all the wins, and all the in between. I hope every PI finds a person who gets them like we get each other - thank for @myron_evansPhD this and every season ♥️ 🍁

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Recent office addition: peel and stick wallpaper to add some more brightness to accompany my endowed purple chair. It’s a dark time right now, so every bit helps keep me inspired and focused to take on the challenges that each day brings ♥️ 🌺 🩸 🦙

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 16/11/2025

lol sorry to break it to you but America does not like women

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Mari Sosa @marisosa.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Applications are open for the 2026 Zara Weinberg cohort of Leading Edge, named in honor of the incredible, brilliant, fearless @weinberz.witchlab.org. The LE community has been truly transformative for my scientific journey and my happiness. Please apply!! www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/

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Apply | leadingedgesymposium

Apply. The 2026 Leading Edge cohort application is now open! This cohort is named the Zara Weinberg Cohort, in honor of 2021 Leading Edge Fellow, Zara Weinberg. Applications are due February 2, 2026.

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 14/11/2025

Thank you for your bravery as an advocate for honest and accurate science, for your passion to pursue the mission of human health, for your service to the nation, and for being a role model to us all. May HHS and NIH leadership see the light and course correct for the benefit of all Americans 🙏

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/

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I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Not every mentor is for every person. I always tell grad students to listen to what folks in the lab say about a mentor, but it’s okay to also see it for yourself in a rotation. It’s about the match - finding the person who can meet your needs (which are unique!).

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

🚨 Calling all postdocs 🚨 We are soliciting applications to our 8th cohort of Fred Hutch Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholars! Awardees will be invited to present at a symposium celebrating their achievements 🧵 Apply here 👇 👇 👇 apply.interfolio.com/176955 📆 Applications due 2/1/2026

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Leading Edge Fellows Program @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor. The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2. www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/

Candid photo of Zara Weinberg. She has short red hair, bangs and glasses. She is laughing.

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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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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

We are all better because of the energy, inspiration, brilliance, and tenacity that Zara was. A bright light, role model, advocate & snarky tweeter... everything I needed in a person when I was navigating dark times when we met in 2021. You will be missed deeply, Zara, but never forgotten ❤️

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Mary Munson @marymunson4.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

100% all of this 👇. So grateful to have had you in my life, Zara, and I will miss you so much.

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

Grateful to the incredible team we put together for this project: @cterminiphd.bsky.social, @biophysgal.bsky.social, @jpflores.rbind.io, Joselyn Landazuri, Esteban, and Karen❤️. You all inspire me! Also, huge thanks to friends helping to share and amplify this: @sciforgood.bsky.social

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Be the scientist who provides thoughtful and critical feedback to strengthen an idea without changing the idea completely. We need creative minds, not clones of thought. Mentors who foster creativity can have an enormous impact on the scientific enterprise: self-awareness is key ♥️ 🔑

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

✅ I had my first screening mammogram performed today: with a familial history of breast cancer spanning generations and most of my maternal aunts, it was time to check in. Happy to report that it was easy to schedule after getting a referral from my PCP, painless, and fast.

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Early morning flash talk ready at @thevfoundation.bsky.social Thank you for inviting me to sharing our work on the sparkle code in leukemia ♥️ 🩸

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

#NewPI achievement unlocked: first manuscript rejection 🫠☢️🫠🩸🫠 Bart is disappointed that we weren’t invited to resubmit, but at least we made it to review and got some useful feedback. Gotta keep it moving…

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Interested in doing a postdoc in Seattle? Join us on May 6 for Seattle DROP, a virtual biomedical postdoc recruitment event. The first 250 US registrants enjoy lunch via delivery voucher! 🥪 All postdoc candidates are invited to attend. 👇👇👇 Registration: tinyurl.com/seattledrop25

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Seattle DROP: Discover Research Opportunities for Postdocs

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

My auntie fought breast cancer hard, but recently passed away. She would always ask, “Have you found a cure yet?” to which I would say, “We’re working on it!”. And we are still working on it. Learn about her journey or donate to her cancer research fund: engage.fredhutch.org/goto/Yolanda...

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Help Fred Hutch Cancer Center advance innovative research. Donate today!

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

We as a scientific community need to be more intentional than ever in supporting, mentoring, and being available to help scientists from disadvantaged backgrounds. I urge everyone to think deeply about what they can do. For example…

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

As a person who directly benefitted from many of the programs being dismantled (F31 Diversity, diverse postdoc seminar series, cluster hire, etc), it hits so hard every time I see one of these programs go away. I am gutted.

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I’m learning to immense value of self-preservation for persisting in this job. If I acted on or even just reacted to every single thing I felt outrage about, I’d have an empty tank. This is a really hard part of the job, but essential.

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

It’s just one of those days where I feel like a total loser and like I don’t belong here (in academia, in science, in a leadership position). I keep showing up, though, because I know I actually do deserve to be here. It’s just hard… 😩 🥸

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

The wave of energy I get from talking to the scientists in our lab about their projects and discoveries is unparalleled. It truly keeps me going! ♥️♥️♥️

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

We were delighted to have @king5news.com.web.brid.gy visit us in the Termini Lab to discuss how NIH funding cuts could affect cancer research: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Szo9... We NEED indirect costs to provide funding needed complete research studies that will lead to life saving discoveries.

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Potential NIH funding cuts could affect local cancer research

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Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

How it felt when my R01 score dropped last year…

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jp flores (he/him) @jpflores.rbind.io · 05/03/2025

Where will you be on March 7th? 👀 @standupforscience.bsky.social

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