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Jeff Keelan

@jkeelan57.bsky.social
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Professor of Biomedical Science, jazz-rock guitarist; advocates for science against pseudoscience and misinformation.

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Jen aka Grantifa 🐸 @grantifa9.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
WTF He hasn’t a clue that it was a primary election.
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bluevoter24.bsky.social @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I'll go with logic.. #politics #logic
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Mohave County Indivisible @mohaveindv.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
We haven’t confirmed this; but if true it would be one step in the right direction from their previous capitulations!
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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I AGREE!!!
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Jeff Keelan @jkeelan57.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Bravo BBC
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
You notice that the criminal-in-charge who sues everyone for everything is drop dead quiet about this. Says a lot.
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Jeff Keelan @jkeelan57.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
FFS, Trump says he knows housing better than anyone anywhere! This from the man that thinks he knows more about grass, renewable energy, courts, taxes, ISIS, climate change, drones....and South Korea. An ego the size of Antarctica and the brain of a penguin.
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Jeff Keelan @jkeelan57.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This is insane. Surely it cant be true? Trump Alleges That Democrats Secretly Paid Alex Pretti To Be Model Citizen — theonion.com/trump-allege...
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Trump Alleges That Democrats Secretly Paid Alex Pretti To Be Model Citizen
WASHINGTON—Claiming that no one would realistically devote their life to serving others without being funded by nefarious actors, President Donald Trump alleged Monday that Democrats had secretly paid...
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Jeff Keelan @jkeelan57.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Great article in JAMA. >New Immunization Schedule Sparks Grave Concern< “Unfortunately, now we can’t trust our federal government about anything related to vaccines, and that’s a tragedy,” Quote by pediatric infectious disease specialist Sean O’Leary, MD, MPH. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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New Immunization Schedule Sparks Grave Concern
This Medical News article discusses changes to the US government’s childhood and adolescent immunization schedule and what they mean for clinicians and families.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Just tried to search for Trump’s name in the Epstein files library on the DOJ’s website. You’ll be *shocked* to learn that there’s no mention of him whatsoever!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
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Jeff Keelan @jkeelan57.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
73% of Australians are worried about the future of democracy in the USA (ABC reporting). The impact of the disastrous Trump administration is being noticed around the world. How long before Americans rise up and take back their democracy?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
After Trump fired the last director because the numbers were terrible for him. Nothing to see here.
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Jeff Keelan @jkeelan57.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
I can't believe the President of the USA posted this for the world to see. So wrong on so many levels, it illuminates just how cruel, ignorant and corrupt he is. This alone is proof he is deranged, dangerous and not fit for office.
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Jeff Keelan @jkeelan57.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Great suggestions. Additional ideas welcome!
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Jeff Keelan @jkeelan57.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Excellent, well-informed and thoughtful article on the NEJM on the vaccine approval landscape in the US and what needs to happen next: The Path Forward for Vaccine Policy in the United States | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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The Path Forward for Vaccine Policy in the United States | NEJM
The former members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices consider paths forward for U.S. vaccine policy in the wake of their dismissal by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in...
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Jeff Keelan @jkeelan57.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
In my life I've seen the introduction of: Television Space flight Mobile phones Satellites/GPS Electronic music Computers/PCs Internet Email Social media Smart phones Online banking Electric cars Drones Solar power Bitcoin Generative AI What on earth is the next 70 years going to bring???
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 10/06/2025
My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:
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Jeff Keelan @jkeelan57.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Excellent and illuminating article on Harvard's woes. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/o...
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Opinion | Harvard Derangement Syndrome
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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 09/06/2025
🧪NIH staff have released the Bethesda Declaration, a public statement signed by over 340 scientists and staff, urging their director to depoliticize the agency and reverse significant cuts and freezes to external grants. It comes in response to a proposed 40% budget cut to NIH for 2026. #MedSky
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NIH staff and biomedical community sound alarm about agency politicization, funding slowdown
In test of NIH director’s support of dissent, NIH staff sign Bethesda Declaration urging reversal of grant cuts and freezes
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Jeff Keelan @jkeelan57.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Please read the excellent letter in the NEJM regarding the gutting of women's health research under Trump. About $2.5 billion in NIH research funding has been rescinded, much in areas that affect women and families. Thousands of government websites have been stifled. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Undermining Women’s Health Research — Gambling with the Public’s Health | NEJM
The benefits of women’s health research haven’t been limited to women. But actions by the Trump administration threaten to dismantle the hard-won progress in this area.
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Jeff Keelan @jkeelan57.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Today we celebrate bioinnovation and entrepreneurship in the School of Biomedical Sciences at @UWA. www.uwa.edu.au/seek-wisdom/...
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Biomedical entrepreneurship at UWA paves the way for a bright future in biotechnology
At UWA, our partnerships with biomedical researchers are driving new discoveries in biotechnology, positioning UWA as a leader in the sector.
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Jeff Keelan @jkeelan57.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Korean study: 38.8M doses of vax, 687 serious adverse events reported = 1:58K Of 358 in study cohort, 160 deaths <42 days (0.0004% by dose) Median age 69y, multiple comorbidities, causality undetermined. Antivaxxer: Nearly HALF of Patients with Serious COVID-19 Vaccine Injuries DIE Within 6 Weeks!
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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Powerful new tool against Malaria (𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦) Instead of killing mosquitoes, bed nets coated with ELQs (endochin-like quinolones) KILL THE MALARIA PARASITES INSIDE THE INSECTS. Infected mosquitoes land, absorb the drug through their legs, and are rendered parasite-free www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Jeff Keelan @jkeelan57.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Interesting paper just published in PNAS: researchers identified metallic oxide nanoparticles (~25-1000 nm) in the majority of breast milk samples; they studied biological uptake, dissemination and transfer mechanisms in a mouse model: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Identification of nanoparticle infiltration in human breast milk: Chemical profiles and trajectory pathways | PNAS
Breast milk is crucial for infant health, offering essential nutrients and immune protection. However, despite increasing exposure risks from nanop...
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🧪 Here is a resource that tracks federal grants that have been terminated. grant-watch.us
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Grant Watch
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Mary C. Murphy @marycmurphy.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Academic friends, if your NSF grants have been terminated by the administration, FABBS is hosting a webinar Friday about appealing the decisions. It's important that as many people appeal as possible to show we're not accepting this targeting of science. Link to the webinar registration is below.
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Jeff Keelan @jkeelan57.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Of 400 phase 2/3 vaccine trials, only 22 included pregnant women. We need to do better and change the clinical trial culture. Great infographic presented at the 2025 SRI meeting earlier this year.
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Jake Scott, MD @jakescottmd.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
105 controlled vaccine trials. 110 yrs. 1.8 M participants. All in one live, crowd-sourced sheet. Built by contributors worldwide to counter the myth that vaccines weren’t tested with controls. Quiet work still breaks through the noise. www.bradspellberg.com/vaccine-rcts @bradspellberg.bsky.social
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Vaccine RCTs | mysite
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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
𝐓𝐁 𝐎𝐑 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐁 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 Study from Kiessling Lab MIT in PNAS exploits a rare sugar—methylthioxylofuranose (MTX)—to tag TB’s virulence glycans with oxaziridine probes Method distinguishes TB from nonpathogenic relatives and enables live-cell imaging, great promise toward diagnostics
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New molecular label could lead to simpler, faster tuberculosis tests
MIT chemists found a way to identify a complex sugar molecule in the cell walls of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest pathogen. This labeling could lead to simpler, faster TB tests.
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Michele/Meidas Fan @michelemanziano.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Insane is exactly the phrase I would have used! ‘This is insane:’ New NIH policy on funding foreign scientists stirs outrage www.science.org/content/arti...
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‘This is insane:’ New NIH policy on funding foreign scientists stirs outrage
Agency will make researchers outside United States seek grants of their own rather than “subawards” from U.S. scientists
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Jeff Keelan @jkeelan57.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Excellent article detailing the devastating consequences of the Trump administration's war on health research funding: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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How to respond when biomedical science and global health is under existential threat - Nature Reviews Immunology
US spending in biomedicine has driven pre-eminence in academia, Nobel prizes, scientific training discovery, translation and healthcare. The associated USAID spend on global health programmes has worl...
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 30/04/2025
Recently, a new class of therapeutics that disable the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn), which protects IgG from degradation, has emerged to treat IgG-mediated autoimmune disease. Learn more in a new review: nej.md/42gEZYk #MedSky #GastroSky
Key points of FcRn interactions in IgG-mediated therapies
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Well, it's official. We just received notice that all authors on the Sixth National Climate Assessment have just been released from their roles. The NCA is a vital, Congressionally mandated resource for our nation as we prepare for the impacts of climate change. This is a huge loss.
NCA6 Update
April 28, 2025 
Dear NCA6 Participants, 

Thank you for your participation in the 6th National Climate Assessment. At this time, the scope of the NCA6 is currently being reevaluated in accordance with the Global Change Research Act of 1990. We are now releasing all current assessment participants from their roles. As plans develop for the assessment, there may be future opportunities to contribute or engage. 

Thank you for your service.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Trump becomes the first American president to lose a Canadian election
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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
New hope for LYME DISEASE, right under our eyes? Unbiased screen surprisingly shows PIPERACILLIN can wipe out 𝘉𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪 in mice at tiny doses — 100 times lower than doxycycline — while leaving gut bacteria intact Jutras Lab Northwestern Sci Transl Med www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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Jeff Keelan @jkeelan57.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Global study on Covid vaccine safety falls victim to Trump cuts
Groundbreaking project has produced some of the world’s most comprehensive studies on vaccine efficacy and safety
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 24/04/2025
Almost nobody is ok with it. But was it on your local news today? If not, nobody is going to know about it in order to not be OK with it. Ppl oppose almost everything this administration is doing, when they’re told what those things are. But most people aren’t!
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Dr Rae Duncan @sunny-rae1.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Published today after 2years of work behind the scenes by us at WHN/DELPHI Executive team : Our Global Expert DELPHI Consensus document on Long Covid. 179 Experts from 28 countries around the Globe Participated. Please share. Happy Easter! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
This is an EXCELLENT article. I teach statistics to public policy students & tell them that data are essential for making the world a better place. We need good data to assess the state of things, see how things have changed over time, & evaluate if policies work. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose con...
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Nardhy Gomez @ngllab.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Excited to share our invited review in AJOG: The maternal-fetal interface at single-cell resolution. Big kudos to our PhD student Dustyn Levenson for leading this effort! Free access on ScienceDirect until June 7, 2025—no sign-up needed! lnkd.in/gqt3MYPM
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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Devastating, as expected. But numbers help us talk about the harm. 🙁 (NB: this article primarily quantifies DEATHS, & some pregnancy-associated outcomes. It doesn’t count disability, illness, emotional injury, malnutrition, etc. The full effect of these cuts will be so much larger 🛟)
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Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her) @placentadoc.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Omega-3s have potential to counteract THC effects on fetal development "The best way to prevent the adverse cardiac health outcomes in offspring is to stop using cannabis, but this study raises the exciting possibility that an Omega-3 diet could be beneficial to those…exposed to cannabis in utero."
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Omega-3s have potential to counteract THC effects on fetal development, study finds
Previous studies show exposure to Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)—the main psychoactive component in cannabis—while in utero can lead to lower birth weight and potential heart complications in newborn anim...
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Prof Jo James @drjojames.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
👏👏👏 what BMJ said 👏👏👏
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The Society for Reproductive Investigation @sriwomenshealth.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
SRI stands in solidarity with our colleagues at the NIH and CDC. To our colleagues at NIH and CDC: You are not alone. The scientific and reproductive health communities stand with you.
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ISIR @isimmunolreprod.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Exciting News! ISIR is now officially a member of the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) @iuis-online.bsky.social! This milestone opens new doors for collaboration, research, and advancing reproductive immunology
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