The Feminist Scientist @feministscientist.bsky.social · 05/09/2026An icon in every way, gone but not forgotten. 💛 011
The Feminist Scientist @feministscientist.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Today, I have been reflecting on the incredible women who have transformed their fields despite systemic barriers. Their dedication and grit paved the way for the next generation of women scientists. Let’s come together to honor their accomplishments and commit to a more inclusive future.🧪👩🔬 #IWD2026 0209
The Feminist Scientist @feministscientist.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Researchers have published the BRCA breakome—a map of double-strand breaks in DNA that occur long before breast cancer is detected. Strikingly, healthy-looking cells in BRCA carriers were more molecularly similar to cancer cells than to healthy controls. 🧪 doi.org/10.1038/s414... My full breakdown—open.substack.comThe BRCA 'Breakome': A Molecular Blueprint for Breast Cancer RiskScientists can now look for signature DNA damage before cancer even begins. 0121
The Feminist Scientist @feministscientist.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Scientists have developed Talineuren (TLN), a liposomal formulation of GM1 ganglioside that can cross the blood-brain barrier. In ALS mouse models, this nanoparticle delivery preserved mitochondrial function and synaptic integrity, significantly improving motor symptoms. 👩🔬🧪 doi.org/10.1002/advs...eurekalert.orgMizzou researcher applies novel delivery method to treat ALS symptomsA researcher at the University of Missouri has made a promising breakthrough in the quest to help people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the neurodegenerative disorder commonly known as Lou ... 13211
The Feminist Scientist @feministscientist.bsky.social · 28/02/2026A reminder that it’s never too late to really start living. 💛 000
The Feminist Scientist @feministscientist.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Independent journalists make our democracy great. The arrests of Georgia Fort and Don Lemon are an egregious attack on the First Amendment. The Trump administration knows—independent voices can’t be bought or managed like corporate media. Keep writing. Keep filming. Keep standing up. 132
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Alert: Former CNN anchor Don Lemon taken into custody. 73901203
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Engineer & astronaut Christina Koch was born #OTD in 1979 + December 28, 2019: she broke the record for longest continuous time in space by a woman, ultimately returning from space on Feb. 6, 2020, after 328 days. + October 18, 2019: Participant, all-female spacewalk #WomenInSTEM #AstronautEnvy 🚀 181255189
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Biochemist/molecular biologist Joan Steitz was born #OTD in 1941. She (& team) figured out how our cells read/use genetic instructions to make proteins. A key person who helped crack the code on RNA—the molecule that acts like a messenger between DNA & and the proteins our bodies need. #WomenInSTEM 6737168
The Feminist Scientist @feministscientist.bsky.social · 26/01/2026#ICEoutopen.substack.comFour small things you can do—even if you’re feeling overwhelmed by it allThere is power in every action, no matter how small. 000
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Marjory Stephenson was born #OTD in 1885 + Helped establish modern microbial biochemistry + Wrote foundational textbook 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 (1930), shaping the discipline for decades + Co-founded, Society for General Microbiology + 1 of the first 2 women Fellows, Royal Society, 1945 #WomenInSTEM 212261551
The Feminist Scientist @feministscientist.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Me after a long week in the lab when someone asks me to put together a slide deck for Monday. 🤦♀️🧫🥼🧬 000
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistUL Research Institutes @ulresearchinst.bsky.social · 21/01/2026🏆 We're pleased to share Katie Paul Friedman, Ph.D., has been awarded the 2026 @sotoxicology.bsky.social Achievement Award. Katie is the Director of the Center for Chemical Informatics and Screening UL Research Institutes' Chemical Insights and will be recognized at the #ToxExpo in March. 🧪 263
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistElizabeth Gibney @lizziegibney.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Great @nature.com story from @nicolakimjones.bsky.social 🧪 "How central 'being a man' was to someone’s sense of self wasn’t particularly predictive of which group they landed in. "'Manly' men are not necessarily toxic," says Hill Cone. "There is positive masculinity." www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comCan ‘toxic masculinity’ be measured? Scientists try to quantify controversial termA study has outlined eight indicators of toxic masculinity in heterosexual men — and finds that ‘manliness’ is not necessarily a problematic aspect of masculinity. 1163
The Feminist Scientist @feministscientist.bsky.social · 21/01/2026A new meta-research study examined the time spent in review for millions of biomedical and life science articles indexed in PubMed. The conclusion is clear, female-authored articles spend longer under review compared to male-authored articles. 🧪dx.plos.orgBiomedical and life science articles by female researchers spend longer under reviewWomen are underrepresented in academia, especially in STEMM fields, at top institutions, and in senior positions. This study analyzes millions of biomedical and life science articles, revealing that f... 1157
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.thezebra.orgDr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away 545270789546
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Not surprising news flash: A new review/meta-analysis out of Europe that included a total of 60 studies show that there is no link between Tylenol use during pregnancy & autism. This supports a previous Swedish study of 2.5 million births. Another debunk of Kennedy et al. 🧪 archive.today/dShVNstatnews.comTylenol use during pregnancy not linked to autism, new study saysAcetaminophen use during pregnancy is not likely to raise the risk of having a child with autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability, according to a new study published Friday. 19327150
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistHistory Can't Hide from Kahlil Greene @historycanthide.skystack.xyz · 18/01/2026The FBI Tried to Blackmail MLK Into Committing Suicide. Every Year, They Pretend Like Nothing Happened. • While politicians who gut voting rights quote King every January, the institution that hunted him has never faced a public reckoning for its campaign of psychological terror.historycanthide.substack.comThe FBI Tried to Blackmail MLK Into Committing Suicide. Every Year, They Pretend Like Nothing Happened.While politicians who gut voting rights quote King every January, the institution that hunted him has never faced a public reckoning for its campaign of psychological terror. 033
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistWomen Forward ❌ 👑 @womenforward.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Exhausting. 49944
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistAlbert and Mary Lasker Foundation @laskerfdn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Happy birthday to Katalin Karikó! She won the 2021 #LaskerAward for modified mRNA technology, enabling rapid development of highly effective #COVID19 vaccines. 🧪 #RNAbiology #WomenInSTEM Read: ow.ly/IVHY50XYOfG Watch: ow.ly/6TVG50XYOfI 16413
The Feminist Scientist @feministscientist.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Apparently 2016 is trending 👀 Here’s a few from my camera roll. 💚 Can anyone’s guess what the bottom right image is? Hint: it’s a lab fail 🤣🧪 872
The Feminist Scientist @feministscientist.bsky.social · 16/01/2026In 2025, women’s health research finally became ‘mainstream’, securing funding and regulatory successes while weathering the attack on US science.🧪🧬💚open.substack.comThe Feminist Science Fix: 2025 Year in ReviewAnother year has come and gone. Let’s reflect on some of the most impactful stories of 2025 from the world of women’s health research. 063
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 16/01/2026This is a step in the right direction. News of this unethical study elicited outrage from scientists. Guinea-Bissau has one of the highest burdens of hepatitis B in the world. 90% of babies exposed at birth develop chronic infection. 🧪 www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...cidrap.umn.eduControversial CDC hep B vaccine study in Guinea-Bissau may be canceled 25621
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/01/2026"He said he saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, 'No puedo respirar' — Spanish for 'I can’t breathe'..." www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...washingtonpost.comMedical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording saysA fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3. 439105105293
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistHistory Can't Hide from Kahlil Greene @historycanthide.skystack.xyz · 14/01/2026Claudette Colvin was More Than Just the Precursor to Rosa Parks. • She was a plaintiff in the lawsuit that actually ended bus segregation—but civil rights leaders decided a dark-skinned, pregnant teenager wasn't "respectable" enough to be remembered.historycanthide.substack.comClaudette Colvin was More Than Just the Precursor to Rosa Parks.She was a plaintiff in the lawsuit that actually ended bus segregation—but civil rights leaders decided a dark-skinned, pregnant teenager wasn't "respectable" enough to be remembered. 054
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistWomen Forward ❌ 👑 @womenforward.bsky.social · 16/01/2026At a press conference announcing the impeachment of Kristi Noem, Rep. Nydia Velázquez drew the line: Americans want fairness — not brutality, especially toward women and children. We’re watching. 0175
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistDerek May @derekmay.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Renee Nicole Good 18428
The Feminist Scientist @feministscientist.bsky.social · 14/01/2026My latest blog post covers the highs and lows from 2025– “…women and underrepresented groups in STEM will be seriously impacted. According to an analysis by the UltraViolet, an estimated $20.4 million in STEM education grants for women and girls have been cut by the National Science Foundation.”open.substack.comThe Feminist Science Fix: 2025 Year in ReviewAnother year has come and gone. Let’s reflect on some of the most impactful stories of 2025 from the world of women’s health research. 001
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 28/12/2025🧪A reminder of how measles made headlines over a century ago. Headline From The Bridgeport Evening Farmer November 22, 1913 We have forgotten. History rhymes. #ImpeachRFKJr #SackTheQuack 614892
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistElee Shimshoni, PhD @eleeshimshoni.bsky.social · 28/09/2025🧪We joined the party and provided a detailed response to RFK and Trump's latest statement on Tylenol use during pregnancy and Autism: www.lbscience.org/en/2025/09/2... @lbscience.orglbscience.orgTylenol and Autism – Setting the Record Straight - Little, Big ScienceAutism is an umbrella term for neurodevelopmental conditions that manifest, among other things, as difficulties in communication and social interaction. The diagnostic criteria for autism and other fo... 12916
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Great news. Let's do this everywhere. www.krqe.com/news/politic...krqe.comGovernor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child careNEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch… 456164224403
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistC&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Handheld test for urinary tract infections takes 30 min After an easy prep, samples are loaded directly into a detector and can be tested for antibiotic resistance. cen.acs.org/analytical-c... #chemsky 🧪cen.acs.orgHandheld UTI test takes 30 minAfter an easy prep, samples are loaded directly into a detector and can be tested for antibiotic resistance 2164
The Feminist Scientist @feministscientist.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Happy Birthday, Rosalind Franklin. She captured an X-ray diffraction image of DNA and stated that a helical structure was probable. Watson and Crick then created a detailed model based on her results. They initially received credit for the discovery and were awarded the Nobel Prize after her death.🧪 623294
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistScience Magazine @science.org · 16/07/2025Barbie, in the eponymous 2023 hit movie, sings, What Was I Made For? A new version of the celeb Mattel doll has a clear answer: to help children who have type 1 diabetes feel more included. scim.ag/4eSKAsgscim.agMeet the diabetes researcher behind Barbie’s new pink (insulin) pumpsNew line of dolls aims to help children with type 1 diabetes feel more included 0388
The Feminist Scientist @feministscientist.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Congratulations to this year’s Frontiers Planet Prize winners. Launched in 2022, the prize aims to accelerate breakthrough solutions for planetary health. Prof Zahra Kalantari, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and Dr Arunima Malik, University of Sydney, are the first women to receive this honor. 🧪science.orgFor the first time, women scientists win $1 million climate research prizeFollowing criticism for all-male winners in the past, women earned two of the three Frontiers Planet Prizes this year 04111
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistProf Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 23/06/2025🧠 Parenthood in academia affects mental health – but not equally Academic mothers face a much higher risk of depression than fathers or non-mothers. Risk is greatest for those without support, or who are Black or have disabled children. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #AcademicSky 🧪nature.comThe impact of parenthood on mental health within the academic community: highlighting vulnerabilities and identifying high-risk groups - Humanities and Social Sciences CommunicationsHumanities and Social Sciences Communications - The impact of parenthood on mental health within the academic community: highlighting vulnerabilities and identifying high-risk groups 05220
The Feminist Scientist @feministscientist.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Congratulations to Salk Assistant Professor, Deepshika Ramanan, who has been named a Rita Allen Foundation Scholar. The distinction comes with funding for up to five years to support her research on the mechanism of maternal immunity transmission through breastmilk. 🧪salk.eduSalk Institute scientist Deepshika Ramanan named Rita Allen Foundation Scholar - Salk Institute for Biological StudiesLA JOLLA—Salk Assistant Professor Deepshika Ramanan has been named a Rita Allen Foundation Scholar, a distinction given to early-career leaders in the biomedical sciences whose research holds exceptio... 07911
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistScott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 19/06/2025🧪 For the first time, women have won the $1.1M Frontiers Planet Prize. The shift follows criticism of past all-male winners, but the award's solo-winner model is still debated for obscuring the work of large research teams.science.orgFor the first time, women scientists win $1 million climate research prizeFollowing criticism for all-male winners in the past, women earned two of the three Frontiers Planet Prizes this year 0165
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistRobert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Sally Ride became the first US woman in space #OTD in 1983. She was one of three mission specialists aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger for STS-7. At age 32 she was also the youngest US astronaut. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 Image: NASA 223067
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistProf Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 09/06/2025🌾🔥 Climate shifts, failed crops – and women’s health suffers In drought-prone southern Ethiopia, changing rainfall and crop failures are linked to rising malnutrition in women. Food insecurity directly mediates this climate–health crisis. 🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour... #SciComm #ClimateHealth 🧪doi.orgEffect of climate variability, crop production, and household food insecurity on malnutrition among women: A mediation analysis from a drought-prone area in Southern EthiopiaMalnutrition is viewed as one of climate change’s five most considerable adverse health impacts. This study, from a drought-and famine-prone food insecure setting in the Rift Valley of southern Ethiop... 1168
The Feminist Scientist @feministscientist.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Congratulations to Dr. Tova Holmes and colleagues on receiving a grant from the Simon’s Foundation. Their proposal aims to advance the field of particle physics by working towards the creation of a muon collider. 🧪 @tovaholmes.bsky.socialeurekalert.orgTova Holmes wins Simons Foundation support for muon collider groundworkUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville Assistant Professor Tova Holmes is part of a scientific trio that won $1 million from the Simons Foundation to break new ground in particle physics an... 0192
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistFrançois Levrier @francoislevrier.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Adelaide Ames was born #OTD in 1900. She worked with H. Shapley at Harvard, publishing a catalog of galaxies that pointed to an heterogeneous distribution across the sky, eventually leading to the concept of superclusters. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaid... 12511
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistNSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 02/06/2025A quarter for your thoughts? 🪙 We think Vera C. Rubin is a great choice to be honored with a quarter... and with an observatory! Rubin was an accomplished astronomer who provided the first convincing evidence of dark matter, influencing a new subfield of astrophysics. 🧪🔭 08526
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistShicheng Guo @shihcheng.bsky.social · 26/05/2025A fungal metabolite from the gut helps counter liver disease by reducing metabolic disorders. A surprising ally for liver health! PMID:40310928, Science 2025, @ScienceMagazine doi.org/10.1126/science.adx1789 #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪doi.orghttps://doi.org/10.1126/science.adx1789No description available 0183
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistNature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 23/05/2025The authors of a Comment article in Nature “urge STEMM scientists in the United States to avoid the mistakes of the past and instead stand together and fight for both personal and academic freedom.” #Academicsky 🧪 go.nature.comUS researchers must stand up to protect freedoms, not just fundingCurtailment of freedoms and disregard for the rule of law in the United States is destroying the ability of science to serve the nation’s, and the world’s, interests. Researchers can take action. 27735
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistJavi Ibarrondo @jibarrondo.bsky.social · 16/05/2025www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 🧪motherjones.comRFK Jr. is coming for abortion pillsHe's relying on shoddy science to make his case. 2210041
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 13/05/2025"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant." 311285939
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistIRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org · 12/05/2025#DorothyHodgkin unveiled the structures of penicillin, B12 & insulin using X-ray crystallography—earning the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Her work shaped modern medicine & broke barriers for women in science. #WomenInSTEM #NobelPrize 🧪 02510
Reposted by The Feminist ScientistEle Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Happy birthday to founder of modern nursing, social reformer, statistician, data visualization innovator and writer Florence Nightingale (1820 – 1910)! 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬🧮 #histsci Nightingale earned the nickname “The Lady with the Lamp” during the Crimean War, from a phrase used by The Times, describing her 🧵 19723