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Dr Kate Keller

@katekeller.bsky.social
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From Scotland to Portland in the beautiful Pacific Northwest 🏕️, Glaucoma researcher 👩‍🔬, microscopy lover 🔬. Views are my own. she/her

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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Looking at publicly-funded contraceptive services on a county level surprised me a bit New maps reveal massive gaps in access to affordable birth control across the U.S. www.npr.org/2026/09/16/n...
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New maps reveal massive gaps in access to affordable birth control across the U.S
Because of a data lag, the current reality of access may be even worse.
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Sciences @sciences.skyfleet.blue · 18/09/2026
Why AI is speeding up scientific research but not lab experiments
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Why AI is speeding up scientific research but not lab experiments
A new report from Google, Google DeepMind and M.I.T. finds that researchers are using AI—a lot. It’s just not helping as much in the lab
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Grant Witness @grantwitness.org · 24/08/2026
Hello all! Grant Witness has a new website at grantwitness.org, and you can now subscribe to our newsletter and follow us at @grantwitness.org, or on whatever social feed you prefer (find them at linktr.ee/grantwitness)
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Grant Witness
An independent, up-to-date, grant-level record of federal science funding disruptions in the United States.
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This resonated: "Academic writing is a collaborative venture... very few researchers have a comprehensive conversation about GenAI use before they collaborate" and "GenAI introduces the possibility that other people will introduce writing into your paper that can be credibly accused of plagiarism"
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GroovyShelly @groovyshelly.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I'd love to credit whoever wrote this. No idea. But I'm 100% with its message. When I think of how the '80s ethos, "Greed is Good" has metastasized, it surprises and depresses me. Imagine having so many millions, hundred of millions, even billions & caring about nothing except your own vanity.
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The iconoclastic Mr Byrne. An amazing show that certainly burned down the house!
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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Diana Voss @dianavoss.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Baby KJ update! 🧪 He's looking so good now 🥹 Hope this little guy continues to thrive and that the team at CHOP gets to save more kids like him.🫶 youtu.be/dMY-nYMeis4?...
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Baby KJ One Year Later: Gene-Editing Breakthrough Update
YouTube video by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
This is exactly how I feel about science. Scrolling through Pubmed is inspiring, but can be so demoralizing. www.instagram.com/p/DGSHyOhMmno/
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
This year on Bluesky, my favorite posting time is Tues at 5pm, so here you go!!!! Apparently I love saying "reviewers" and 🌍! www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...
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katekeller.bsky.social's Bluesky Wrapped 2025
Check out katekeller.bsky.social's year on Bluesky!
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
There's so many errors being propagated in the literature that this is a must.... read the original!
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it. Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
It's nearly impossible for reviewers to know what is actual science and AI generated. Is there something embedded in the images that gives the game away? [note: I'm an old school scientist]
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
🧪This is a must watch. Please watch tonight's episode @60minutes.bsky.social. Joan Brugge is an eminent scientist that was one of the first pioneers of 3D culture in breast cancer. She had two of her grants canceled last spring. We used her protocols to develop our own for our research.
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
It has to be seen to be believed.
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Man, I just read a quote from Carrie Fisher that's going to be burned into my brain forever. "Things are getting worse faster than we can lower our standards."
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers. My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers. We found 437 of them. Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Would you like to know more about how to stand up for vision research / NIH funding? This is a fantastic resource to help you broaden your knowledge and get involved. www.seewhatmatters.org
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See What Matters | Stand Up for Live-Saving Science
The National Eye Institute (NEI) is at risk of being consolidated into a larger Brain and Neuroscience Institute under proposed NIH reforms. This would dilute its vision research focused mission and j...
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Happy to share our collaborative work showing a switch in integrin signaling in young versus old primary human trabecular meshwork cells. a5 integrin expression is lost in old cells, while avb5 becomes activated. iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...
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Age-Related Dysregulation of α5β1 and αvβ3 Integrin Activity Alters Contractile Properties of Trabecular Meshwork Cells | IOVS | ARVO Journals
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Senate hearing on the FY26 NIH budget with Jay Bhattacharya June 10, 10am ET www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...
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A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Happy Friday 😄 #fluorescencefriday
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Includes bladeless LASIK surgery. #fundNIH #fundNSF
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
This is a great idea. There are going to be many brilliant brains let go.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
This is just a partial glimpse of the destruction of American science by Trump and the GOP.
Table showing the massive cuts in federal science funding for EPA- 54.5%, NASA -24%. NOAA - 24%, NSF -56%, USGS- 38% etc.
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I need to get more eyeball themed clothing for next year's conference! (although these will be hard to beat👀 #ARVO2025
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@arvoinfo.bsky.social‬ @arvoinfo.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Invest in the next generation of vision scientists by donating to the ARVO Foundation Matching Gift Campaign during #ARVO2025. Your tax-deductible gift will be generously matched by past @arvoinfo.bsky.social president Patricia D’Amore, PhD, MBA, FARVO. Support today: bit.ly/3GwIJMW
Large group of ARVO Foundation travel grant awardees standing on stair levels and waving
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I came home today and sat out in the yard listening to the birds sing, while the woodpecker was hammering away. A great destressor!
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM Implementation of Schedule F This is what a lot of us have been worried about. This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs. BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD... 1/n
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
These are my thoughts entirely
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The vultures are circling (I feel very fortunate that this is the view from my office window).
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia? Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
A photo of a bunch of Nike shoes.
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I heard about bloom scrolling, so here you go 🌱🌼
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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Tis the day for opinion pieces! This one in eLife by my favorite person who is not on bluesky, Nick Gilpin at LSU. Here he lays out why NIH is a great investment for taxpayers. elifesciences.org/articles/106...
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Science Under Threat in the United States: The NIH is a sound investment for the US taxpayer
Research funded by the National Institutes of Health is essential for improving the health of Americans and developing new drugs and treatments for a wide range of diseases.
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Happy to share our latest study investigating fibrosis gene expression in glaucoma cells. Several fibrotic biomarkers are elevated, but you should check out the size of their focal adhesions. Mightily impressive!!
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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
There’s an HHS official database for all the grants they are canceling..they wouldn’t want you to miss all their “efficiency” and “savings” 🫠 taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
NASA capsule was lowered using 4 giant Tunnocks tea cake wrappers!
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Currently watching the live NASA feed of the space capsule undocking from the ISS🛰️. After an unexpected 9 months there, I'm sure Suni and Butch are looking forward to being back on Earth. 🌍
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Ed Hagen @edhagen.net · 17/03/2025
Almost 100k papers have been published in the last year with NIH funding. These are the top 200 most frequent title words from 10k of them. Disrupting NIH will cause incalculable harm to US citizens 🧪
Top 20 words: "cell"        "cancer"      "patient"     "analysis"    "health"      "disease"    "adult"       "effect"      "outcome"     "protein"     "risk"        "care"    "human"       "trial"       "clinical"    "treatment"   "review"      "disorder"    "impact"      "association"
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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Yay: Most postponed study sections have been rescheduled at this point. Yikes: To do this, CSR has scheduled *289* study sections from 03/24-05/16/2025. For comparison, there were only 96 study sections from 3/24-5/17/2024. And NIH still plans to RIF more staff. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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2025 Study section tracking
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Skies cleared just in time for a cool lunar eclipse. Blood moon. (taken with my phone in my backyard).
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
NIH is the epitome of government efficiency - turning tax $ into real wealth.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
When you've been in the cell culture hood all day and finally get to take off your gloves:
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
NIH announces that it will move all grant reviews to Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and terminate about half of its review staff. This comes as there is already a building backlog from cancelled review meetings and layoffs. "We're already massively behind schedule," a review officer tells me.
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NIH centralizes peer review to improve efficiency and strengthen integrity
The proposed approach is expected to save more than $65 million annually.
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Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
This checks out! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Behind every great woman in science, there’s another great woman in science
To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Good resource about your state... www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
@mcuban.bsky.social Could you invest in the NIH too? It's being decimated. NIH returns approx $5 for every $1 invested.
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
... and right at March cycle of R01 submissions. By coincidence?🤔
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
We all know that Elon and his tech bros are part of the problem. So how about asking our Governor to cut electricity of data centers in our state to a cap of 15% "to ensure taxpayer dollars are used in ways that benefit the American people and improve their quality of life"
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Dr Kate Keller @katekeller.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
It's a war on academia. OHSU provides healthcare for so many Oregonians, but this will cripple our Institution. Scientific research is crucial so we can understand diseases and find treatments and cures.
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