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Beta Cell Biologist. Sprinkler of Black Girl Magic. Purveyor of Fine Spirits. Superwoman hiding plain sight.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
"Black applicants would, on average, need credit scores approximately 120 points higher than white applicants to receive the same approval rate, and about 30 points higher to receive the same interest rate."
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 06/06/2025
Holy smokes! Our article is on the cover of The Lancet!!!!!!!!!! Nbd 💅
The cover of The Lancet with this quote from our commentary: "If we in academic medicine give in to the campaigns against diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, the consequences will include resegregation and fewer opportunities for marginalised groups."
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
A photo of Viola Ford Fletcher with her hands clasped
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
BREAKING: Reports that Trump would try to cut NIH's budget by 40% have come true. The request released moments ago would: - Cut $18 BILLION to NIH's $47b budget - Eliminate NIMHD, NCCIH, FIC - Collapse ICs into five 'focus areas' There's also a long screed about NIH's deficiencies.
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Thank you to @ascbiology.bsky.social for standing up for what is right!
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
So PROUD of the accomplishments of my COMPASS scholars! Our first cohort of students are graduating and presented their two years of work at our first COMPASS symposium. Thank you to @cirmnews.bsky.social for your support of our program! @stemcell.keck.usc.edu
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Brittany Charlton @britshmit.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
⛔ NIH ended ALL of my grants mid-project, given LGBTQ health focus 🏳️‍🌈 ⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr. As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“ #SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth
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Harvard Medical researcher sues NIH for cutting grant to study LGBTQ mental health
"This is not just an attack on the LGBTQ community — it is a blow to the integrity of science and the health of every American," a Harvard Medical School associate professor studying the mental…
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Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
This makes a lot of sense and I think the best explanation I’ve seen so far. Part of why the people who benefit the most from nepotism are so afraid of DEI 🙄
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope you’ll read and share the piece. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
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What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Listening to these MOSAIC/PREP/IMSD, etc. scholars talk about how limited their options have become, I’m going to ask that more of you ‘put your money where your mouth is’ Losing them because of these grant cancellations IS an actual example of policy discrimination.
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
"The lack of any justification or explanation...for these terminations is highly concerning. 1st - and most importantly - these terminations deprive the NIH (and the American people) of the expertise needed to perform a balanced and thorough review of the intramural biomedical research enterprise"
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Good job LAUSD!
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
After some really rough times, today there are glimmers of positivity... 1. My grad student’s F31 was FUNDED! 2. A new patient for our biorepository of rare mutations relevant to diabetes was consented and collected today. Finally, it feels like I’M WINNING TODAY! #keepthefaith #ibetonme
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This is why having real scientists in public debate is so important. The public deserves the truth, not the glossy 1-pager. Thank you @newscientist.com
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
We told you so. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
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Opinion | Black Americans Are Not Surprised by What Trump’s Doing (Gift Article)
Many Black Americans are not surprised by the way Trump is running roughshod over the rule of law, because they have seen it happen throughout American history.
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Buying any capital equipment for your lab/institution will not just be cost prohibitive, but impossible, because tariffs push up the prices dramatically. If a grant can’t support a 25% increase in the price, where will it come from? Supplies? Salaries? Who will do the experiments? With what?
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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The termination of the NIH MOSAIC program is a critical loss. As one of the 5 societies supporting MOSAIC scholars, ASCB remains dedicated to supporting early-career scientists & broadening the biomedical workforce. We'll continue our mentorship & development efforts through the end of the grant.
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ASCB Responds to the NIH’s Termination of the MOSAIC Program - ASCB
As one of the five scientific societies funded to provide professional development support through the NIH Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program, th...
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
An important point getting overlooked: When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies. They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
This type of courage deserves support.
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Ryan Hernandez @rdhernand.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I have learned that the directors of ALL: PREP, IMSD, and IRACDA programs across the country have received similar cancelation notices. This follows previous cancellations of MARC and URISE programs. This further dismantles the mechanisms that enable scientific training opportunities for SO MANY.
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
YES YES YES!!!
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
This is who is leading us into a healthier future?
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Thank you Senator Booker. Signed, A proud Jersey Girl living in CA.
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
"Private investors in the life sciences tell C&EN that their coffers don't compare to a juggernaut like the NIH, with its nearly $48 billion budget. Even if they did, industry players say their role is to fund science with immediate applications" cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...
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As research funding dries up for US science, few alternatives appear
Private investors unlikely to support basic biomedical research
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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The funding for these long COVID research grants was given back bc disability activists urged us to contact our reps persistently, in high volume, and we did. Remember that these tactics work the next time someone tries to get you to passively react instead of taking an active part in organizing!
This returned funding is a rare win for Long COVID advocates and researchers amid a climate of fear and uncertainty. Earlier in the week, the Trump administration ordered the closure of the federal government's Office of Long COVID Research and Practice as part of a wider restructuring of health agencies, and last month, it terminated a federal advisory_committee on Long_COVID.

Long COVID advocates stepped up to contact their representatives and advocate for RECOVER funding and other federal Long COVID initiatives to remain in place. While the research program's broader future remains uncertain, these restored grants are a significant milestone, said RECOVER patient representative Megan Fitzgerald.

"This is so significant because it allows critical studies to better understand how Long COVID affects the body, identify treatment targets, and develop new therapies," she wrote in an email to The Sick Times.
"I'm especially relieved as a parent that this reinstates really important funding for studies in kids. And I think we can all breathe a little easier knowing that all the hard work of patients and researchers over the last few years won't go to waste."
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 29/03/2025
A Tufts University doctoral student who was detained this week can’t be deported to Turkey without a court order, a federal judge in Massachusetts said on Friday.
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Detained Tufts student can't be deported to Turkey without court order, judge says
A Tufts University doctoral student who was detained this week can’t be deported to Turkey without a court order, a federal judge in Massachusetts said on Friday.
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
I’ll be there April 5th. Silence is not an option.
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The NIH distributes approximately $37B in external grants/awards in FY 2024. These grants/awards have a force-magnifying effect, generating $2.56 of economic activity for each $1 supported, i.e., more than $94B in activity and more than 400K jobs www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/annual-econo...
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I was on DW News yesterday discussing Trump's attacks on science, and here is a clip where I was talking about the importance - and joy - of diversity in science.
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
THIS.RIGHT.HERE.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This a sign of the dark times in which we live & I'm not bragging about it. My team posted an open position for an industry research scientist and we got 20 times the response rate in the 1st week we normally would & the seniority of the applicants was way higher than the norm. All from academia.
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
USC has been committed to continuing support our grad students, but we cut our class by 10%. The future is so uncertain for these bright young people. We must fight for their future in science www.wired.com/story/the-ch...
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The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling
As graduate programs lose spots and labs face shutdowns following Trump administration cuts to science funding, the path to a science career for students and researchers just got a whole lot harder.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I sincerely think that universities should suspend their productivity standards for scientists and ask them instead to hold town halls in schools, public libraries, museums, shopping malls, and anywhere else and communicate what is being lost with the collapse of the research ecosystem.
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.
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A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
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Bateman Horne Center @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Dr. Bateman discusses how Long COVID research is translating into better care for Long COVID, ME/CFS, & related conditions. From growing networks to global medical education—change is happening! 🩺📚 Read more: loom.ly/lgIzGrY #LongCOVIDAwarenessWeek #LongCOVID #MECFS
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Are Long COVID Research and Education Leading to Better Treatment and Care?
The answer is yes—though progress is painfully slow. Still, I see significant forward movement, and I remain hopeful. The number of scientists and clinicians engaged in Long COVID and comorbid…
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This here is weighing on my soul… how loud can I be, what am I willing to put on the line? The question of my willingness is easy to answer once I define for whom- my family. Trainees. Patients/donors. Unprotected underrepresented scientists. Protected scientists who need allies. All.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 15/03/2025
A #SciencePerspective by @zalaly.bsky.social and @erictopol.bsky.social identifies key issues that need to be prioritized in the study of #LongCovid. Learn more on #LongCovidAwarenessDay: scim.ag/3XKbds3
Many forms of Long Covid: Long Covid is a multisystemic disease with sequelae that affect almost all organ systems. Various putative mechanisms that underlie these sequelae are not mutually exclusive and may explain the myriad health effects seen in Long Covid. Therapeutics that target these pathways, such as antivirals, anti-inflammatory agents, microbiome restoration, and anticoagulant drugs, may ameliorate symptoms.
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AlphaFold Unofficial @alphafold.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
“Unless you're a tech billionaire, this is going to lead to a worse future for you and the people you care about. Expect AI to be unfair, discriminatory, unsafe, and deployed irresponsibly,” And the major AI companies in the U.S. are complying. We’re compiling lists. www.wired.com/story/ai-saf...
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Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models
A directive from the National Institute of Standards and Technology eliminates mention of “AI safety” and “AI fairness.”
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Science Magazine @science.org · 08/03/2025
"The academic structure … makes planning for a family feel like an impossible luxury." In this #ScienceWorkingLife, two postdocs share how, as women in academia, having children can feel impossible—and how talking about it makes them feel less alone. scim.ag/3F60VMt #InternationalWomensDay
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As women in academia, having children can feel impossible. Talking about it makes us feel less alone
The struggle is “balancing their careers not just with motherhood, but with what comes before: relationships and planning for a family,” these postdocs write
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
“Our next generation of researchers are now poised on the edge of this cliff, not knowing if there’s going to be a bridge that’s going to get them to the other side, or if this is it” Musk and Trump are blowing up science careers for every STEM student.
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
With my daughter at the Los Angeles STAND UP FOR SCIENCE rally! #StandUpForScience #SUSF#USCPIBBS #FaceofScience
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
See you in Westwood today
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Science Magazine @science.org · 06/03/2025
Science has identified more than two dozen halted grants amid Trump’s transgender crackdown, right as NIH suspends its own researchers who worked on topic. scim.ag/43ppHl2
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New NIH grant terminations target transgender studies—even in mice
Science has identified more than two dozen halted grants amid Trump’s transgender crackdown, right as NIH suspends its own researchers who worked on topic
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Pippa @pippaesque.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
So the Department of Education opened up its anti-DEI portal so people can narc on educators. It would be a shame if it got flooded with inaccurate reports, wouldn't it? enddei.ed.gov #WritingCommunity #buildtheresistance #EduSky
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The impact on the future of science will be swift and long lasting. We are cutting our best pipelines off from the source. We will see less students go to college interested in a research career or be interested in getting PhDs after college.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Tom Maniatis coming in hot in @CellCellPress to spell out in no uncertain terms what cutting indirect cost rates to 15% will cost science. And a call to action: "A united front...is essential to preventing this devastating policy from taking effect." 💯 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Safeguarding the future of biomedical science in the United States
NIH’s abrupt decision to cap indirect cost reimbursement at 15% threatens the critical infrastructure supporting groundbreaking biomedical research in the United States. This policy jeopardizes Americ...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/03/2025
WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!? Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one! #standupforscience2025
Map of Stand Up for Science events, with official SUFS events in Red and solidarity events in Blue
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Senta Georgia @skg598.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
We are facing generational losses within the scientific ranks that will Compromise our competitiveness in the future
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