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Liz Wayne

@lizwaynephd.bsky.social
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Asst Professor at UW Bioengineering | Mississippi raised me I macrophage biosensors | Office Hours Podcast I #BlackANDSTEM Register for CMBE 2026 Meeting in Puerto Rico! www.bmes.org/2026/cmbeconference

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten says his office is reopening the investigation into the 2024 gang rape of a student at a Cornell University fraternity abcnews.com/US/district-...
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District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'
Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Our research team is ramping up for coming midterms. Looks like we'll be busy. If you're interested, here's an interactive graph (thanks to Stephen Prochaska) showing how X influencers re-ran the "rigged election" narrative during/following the CA primaries. faculty.washington.edu/kstarbi/Cumu...
A cumulative line graph titled "2026 CA Primary – 'Rigged Election' Allegations: Cumulative Tweets Graph," showing total tweets on the Y-axis (ranging from 0 to 1,500,000+) and time in UTC on the X-axis (June 2–10, 2026). The data, obtained using Brandwatch Consumer Research, shows a steadily accelerating upward trend in tweets over the period. Points are color-coded by tweet type: dark blue for original tweets, salmon/pink for replies, and gold/yellow for quotes. Larger hollow circles overlaid on the line indicate highly shared posts sized by number of retweets. Several notable clusters of large circles appear around June 3, June 5, June 7, and June 9, suggesting bursts of high-engagement viral posts driving spikes in cumulative tweet volume.
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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Though President Trump rescinded the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, it is having a second life. As red and blue states draft their own versions, they're drawing on the vocabulary Americans have long reached for to contest power, @alondra.bsky.social writes. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A civic grammar for AI rights
Earlier this year, the artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic, developer of the large language model Claude, published a document it calls “Claude’s Constitution,” described by the company as ...
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
My biggest conspiracy theory is that telling working class people that engagement in the arts is a middle / upper class thing and to do so makes you a class traitor is a psyop to make them disengaged with themselves and the world and the beauty of being human, so that they accept worse treatment.
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Liz Wayne @lizwaynephd.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Glad the young scientists are out here thriving.
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
BREAKING: Greenwood Leflore Hospital in the Mississippi Delta warns employees it will close permanently on June 15 as Medicaid clawbacks cause severe financial stress. Residents of 70%-Black Greenwood would have to travel 33 miles to the nearest hospital. Kevin Edwards reports:
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Greenwood Leflore Hospital Warns Staff It Could Close Permanently in June Amid Medicaid Woes
Greenwood Leflore Hospital warned employees on Monday that it may close in June if its efforts to stay open fail.
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Each Friday night, I write a briefing on what happened in US science & higher ed. 🧪  Mar 27 (Year 2, Week 13) - attacks on DEI via accreditation bodies & medical schools - missed deadline for CDC director nomination: measles still rising - #noKings & so much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
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Year 2, Week 13
Mar 21-27, 2026 - work the problem
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.
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‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI
As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities - and society at large
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Liz Wayne @lizwaynephd.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Seeing black twitter survive and thrive on reddit is soo satisfying
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 07/03/2026
Devan Jenkins' home in Memphis' Whitehaven neighborhood—a stone's throw from Southaven—has been disrupted by a persistent drone making it hard for her to think and sleep. The noise is from xAI's data centers and the gas turbines powering them. "You can feel it rattling your eardrums," she said.
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‘We Are Not Expendable’: Southaven Residents Fight xAI Plan for 41 Gas Turbines to Power Musk's Grok
Many residents around Southaven, Mississippi, oppose xAI’s data centers and presence in their backyards, fearing for their health and environment.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 04/03/2026
Trump’s war will easily cost more than it would have cost to extend the ACA tax credits. Republicans are telling the American people—there is always money for war, always money for billionaire tax breaks. Just never any money for health care or families here at home.
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Liz Wayne @lizwaynephd.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
You know if there are fundamental biology differences that lead to disparities in chronic disease…then why not let people continue to study them? Let the experts do what they’ve been doing.
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American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE) @aimbe-official.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
🚨 AIMBE calls on the scientific community to take a minute to send our new advocacy letter urging Congress to support the immediate reauthorization of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) & Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs! Please share 👇 takeaction.io/aimbe/sbir-s...
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SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Urgently Needed
Use AIMBE's letter template below to send an email to your Members of Congress on issues that matter. We encourage you to edit and personalize the note, sharing your individual experience. Please note...
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Liz Wayne @lizwaynephd.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This was a super fun and insightful conversation! Thanks for joining the podcast Mike! @profmikeking.bsky.social I forgot to bring to ask you about your book!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/02/2026
One insurance denial for Teressa’s husband stated, “your newborn does not meet the criteria for coverage.” “This is when I really start to think they’re just denying,” she recalled. “They’re not even looking. They’re just ‘deny, deny, deny.’” (Published Sept. 2025)
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“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope
After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necess...
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Liz Wayne @lizwaynephd.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Interesting topic
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 22/02/2026
After I heard about the incident a few hours ago, I spent some time reading about N-word tics and intrusive thoughts and what I came away with was a feeling of deepened anger about the way white supremacist society has associated “Black person” with this word so it’s there, in people’s brains
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Liz Wayne @lizwaynephd.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
less draftkings commercials. period.
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Liz Wayne @lizwaynephd.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
seriously though, was that wedding real?
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 09/02/2026
Did they actually get married??
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Liz Wayne @lizwaynephd.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Great halftime performance!
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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 118 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList Add a job: forms.gle/bwEzwHAEehBj... Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/
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bmes-cmbe.bsky.social @bmes-cmbe.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
🫁🧬Organoids work better with immune cells inside. Rising Star Awardee Elizabeth Wayne (University of Washington) optimizes incorporation of monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages into human airway organoids. Building airways with immunity included.🌟 #CMBE2026 #RisingStar
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bmes-cmbe.bsky.social @bmes-cmbe.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
🧬⚡Healing isn’t one-size-fits-all. Vision Speaker Jenny Robinson (University of Washington) challenges how we think - reDEFINING: Hormones, Healing, and the Future of Sports Medicine. Science that changes the game. #CMBE2026
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Brendan Harley @profharley.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Was disappointed to miss the conference. Thanks to the organizers, @bmes-cmbe.bsky.social, and everyone who made it out to #cmbe2026. A privilege to be invited and share my perspective on the future of bioengineering. ❤️
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bmes-cmbe.bsky.social @bmes-cmbe.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Welcome to CMBE 2026! We are excited to kick off the CMBE Conference here in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Here's to an exciting few days of scientific discovery and collaboration. 🌴✨ #CMBE2026
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bmes-cmbe.bsky.social @bmes-cmbe.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Great kick off for #cmbe2026 with wonderful co-chairs @bellasfatlab.bsky.social & @lizwaynephd.bsky.social in leading us through Renew, Recharge, Reimagine - Transforming Cell and Molecular Bioengineering Together
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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Please join me on Wednesday, December 10, from 12:30–1:30 p.m. ET. I’ll be in conversation with three esteemed STEM colleagues as we share insights on navigating rapid change and uncertainty across the field. www.pathlms.com/asm/webinars...
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Brewing Change - Navigating Uncertainty Together by Centering Science and Community | ASM Online Learning Center
Join us for an inspiring virtual panel discussion hosted by the PIAA Committee of the Board! This event will bring together four esteemed...
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Liz Wayne @lizwaynephd.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
I think Lizzo’s reflection about how movements move is really important. I like how she discusses what it means to be a symbol in a movement and the power but also weight of that responsibility. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Why is everybody losing weight and what do we do? Sincerely, a person who’s lost weight
Author’s note: when I use the term “ozempic boom” it is not a demonization of Glp-1s and the people who use them. Rather, it is a punchy term to describe the new ‘thin-is-in-era’ of the 2020’s
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 14/11/2025
If AI is inevitable then why does it need so much government support and why are they constantly worried Rhetorical RHETORICAL
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 12/11/2025
OPINION: "For the past half-century, the jobs that have commanded the greatest earnings have increasingly concentrated on knowledge work, especially in science and technology. Now with the spread of generative artificial intelligence, that may no longer be true," Jennifer L. Steele writes.
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Opinion | Kids Need Stronger Soft Skills in the Age of AI
Jennifer L. Steele writes that teachers still have tools to teach children soft skills even as artificial intelligence becomes more popular.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 09/11/2025
“Breaking the supermajority means restoring checks and balances—and ensuring that every Mississippian’s voice counts in their state government,” Mississippi Democratic Party Vice Chair Jodie Brown said in a party press release Wednesday morning.
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After six years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
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Liz Wayne @lizwaynephd.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
NOT Naming a sports team the Seattle Freeze is a missed opportunity.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 07/11/2025
People keep telling me that GenAI is the inevitable future but if that’s true, why does it need so many government subsidies and other assistance ? (rhetorical)
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 06/11/2025
Residents of Yazoo City, Mississippi, are being ordered to shelter in place after an ammonia plant exploded at C.F. Industries, which produces nitrogen products, including ammonia and fertilizer. Some residents and businesses were ordered to evacuate, including a nearby Walmart.
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Yazoo City Told to Shelter in Place After Explosion, Ammonia Leak
Officials are asking residents of Yazoo City to shelter in place after an ammonia plant exploded around 4:25 p.m. at C.F. Industries.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 06/11/2025
The new Democratic Mississippi House representative says he supports expanding Medicaid to improve health-care access, especially in rural areas. Crosby says he wants to boost urgent care facilities and access to telemedicine in his district.
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Democrat Justin Crosby Flips Mississippi House Seat, Ousts Republican Incumbent
Democrat Justin Crosby defeated incumbent Republican House Rep. Jon Lancaster in the Nov. 4 special election for Mississippi House District 22.
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American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE) @aimbe-official.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Yesterday, AIMBE hosted our first Biomedical Engineering Multidisciplinary Alliance (BEMA) Roundtable. This roundtable convened 30+ cross-sector experts across the biotechnology space for collaborative discussions around "Building Supply Chain Resilience in the Medical Device Industry" 💪
A group photo of the 2025 AIMBE BEMA Roundtable attendees.A group photo of the 2025 AIMBE BEMA Working Committee. From left to right: Phil LeDuc, SuPing Lyu, Joe Delaney, Dawn Beraud (AIMBE Executive Director), Becky Bergman, Jason Marvin (AIMBE Director of Outreach and Engagement), and Utkan Demirci.A picture of the welcome sign at the AIP venue for AIMBE's BEMA Roundtable.
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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
The 2025-2026 BME TT Faculty jobs list has 78 positions. #FacultySearch #BME #BMEJobsList Add a job: forms.gle/bwEzwHAEehBj... Jobs list: ericaprattlab.com/bme_jobs_list/
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Liz Wayne @lizwaynephd.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Enhancing human performance isn't just for athletes. Walking/bending/standing are everyday movements often we don't notice until we lose it. I learned so much from Colin Bowersock at the OK Human Performance and Nutrition Research Institute go.okstate.edu/hpnri/ www.bmes.org/podcast/offi...
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Office Hours: Episode 4
Explore how Dr. Collin Bowersock's research in biomedical engineering enhances recovery and mobility through personalized rehabilitation and innovative adaptive devices for movement disorders.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Report from ISD describing how Ireland is experiencing online rumors, misinformation, and targeted disinformation undermining the legitimacy of elections, including via content generated by AI.
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Jonathan Treble @jonathantreble.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
The Department of Education is under attack, and as a father to a daughter in Arizona public schools, I am running for Congress to protect public education. We need fighters in Congress right now, and I'm ready to bring this fight directly to Secretary McMahon.
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Each Friday, I write a briefing on what is happening to American science & higher ed. 🧪 This was Week 40: - UVA signed a dangerous deal - AWS outage pain - Incoming grad cohorts ⬇️ - Shutdown, alt-MMWR, & imminent loss of food aid for 42 million & much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
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Week 40
Oct 18-24, 2025 - care and feeding
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Liz Wayne @lizwaynephd.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
This part.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o... With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
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Opinion | You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator
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Liz Wayne @lizwaynephd.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
I’ve been flirting with the idea of reverting to a low-tech classroom setting. The way to get students to think again is to go back to the principles of learning as well as teaching.
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Yep, we've seen the massive #NoKings rallies, with tens of thousands gathered in big cities across the country. But y'all look at this small protest of 11 people in the small, small town of Kosciusko, Mississppi. That's democracy, too. www.mississippifreepress.org/no-kings-pro...
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Mississippians Say ‘No Kings’ From Kosciusko to Gulfport
Thousands of Mississippians took to the streets in No Kings protests on Saturday, Oct. 18, from small towns to the state’s largest cities.
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Liz Wayne @lizwaynephd.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
CMBE BMES Award winners have just been announced @bmes-cmbe.bsky.social www.bmes.org/2026/cmbecon... I'm so excited about this cohort of senior and junior scientists. Please check them out. and again congratulations! #CMBE2026
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2026 CMBE Awards | 2026 CMBE Conference
Celebrate the 2026 CMBE Award winners and recognize outstanding contributions in cellular and molecular bioengineering at the upcoming BMES conference.
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Britt Wray @brittwray.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
The Unthinkable resource hub as featured in @grist.org: "...compiles hundreds of tools — books, podcasts, contemplative practices, support groups, climate-aware therapy initiatives, and more — into one searchable database for people to find what’s most useful to them." grist.org/looking-forw...
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Internal activism
This week, we’re sharing a new database of resources to help people work through different forms of climate anxiety and grief.
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