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Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis @vbs55.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Published in JHB: the story of the discovery of DNA newly revised thanks to Alistair Sponsel and Brian Sutton who studied Rosalind Franklin's notebooks and camera work and images--she did "see it" after all, unlike what Watson and so many others thought. www.science.org/content/arti... website.

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How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t

New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51

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Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis @vbs55.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Congratulations to Lily Balloffet, the recipient of the 2026 Mendelsohn Prize for “Environment, Tropical Disease, and Scientific Networks in Argentina: Folclore and Multiscalar Mobilities," published in JHB 58.3 (2025):387-411 in Megan Raby's Topical Collection! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Environment, Tropical Disease, and Scientific Networks in Argentina: Folclore and Multiscalar Mobilities - Journal of the History of Biology

This article employs space and place as analytic categories in the history of life sciences and public health research in rural Argentina. The historical-ecological panorama of South America’s “Gran C...

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Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis @vbs55.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

The very final program of the 2025 Porto Meetings of ISHPSSB is available as a PDF booklet on the conference website now. Do take a look a the stunning diversity of topics from participants at all career stages from all over the world. ishpssb2025.icbas.up.pt/program/

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Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis @vbs55.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

ISHPSSB Council has approved an ISHPSSB Community Award recognizing a member who has played an outstanding role in supporting, managing, or building our organization, or fostering a spirit of community. Nominations may be made by a brief one-page letter by any member to bsmocovi@ufl.edu by June 30.

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ISHPSSB2025 @ishpssb2025.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Soon you will all be here! #ISHPSSB2025 #philsci #hpbio #histSTM #histsci #philbio #hbio #sts

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Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis @vbs55.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Registration for the 2025 ISHPSSB Porto meetings is now open. Scroll down on the green box to register: ishpssb2025.icbas.up.pt/registration...

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Science Magazine @science.org · 07/03/2025

Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4

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Thousands gather across U.S. in Stand Up for Science events

Scientists rally across the country in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/03/2025

Christiane Amanpour’s reaction to the Oval Office ambush has me shook. I feel like she’s seen it all. I think she knows this was staged because Trump and Vance don’t want peace unless Putin gets it all.

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Freddy Tran Nager @professorfreddy.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

"Regardless of style and tactics, everyone in the American scientific community must hold to the principles of independence, peer evaluation, and inclusion. These have enabled the country’s success in science & technology for at least a century. We will not turn our backs on them now." #AcademicSky

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Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis @vbs55.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

The deadline for ISHPSSB's travel grants to Porto is on March 1. Please check the ISHPSSB's conference website for more information on this and on hotels. Some have started to fill up. I recommend the HF hotels like Tuela and Ipanema near the conference venues and listed on the conference website.

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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

In celebration of Darwin Day 2025, Darwin Online has issued the largest collection of Darwin caricatures ever assembled, including, they claim, 30 that were previously unknown. Here’s a link: darwin-online.org.uk/Caricatures.ht… 🌱🐋🧪🐡 #HistSTM #EvoBio

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Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis @vbs55.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Applications for Travel Support for Porto 2025 are now open at the conference website: ishpssb2025.icbas.up.pt/registration... Scholars who are independent, early career (within five years of receiving the PhD), or still students are eligible to apply. The application deadline is 1 March 2025.

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