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Robert Haase @haesleinhuepf.bsky.social · Aug 12

My tutorial materials & slides about #Reproducible #BioImageAnalysis using Python, Napari, Jupyter and #AI are available #openaccess.
Thanks to #EMBOlsm25 for having me! It so great to visit friends at my former academic home campus for a couple of days 🤩
scads.github.io/embo-lsm-bia...

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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · Jul 31

Final presentations for Physiology 2025 were last weekend; the students did an awesome job. @sseethar.bsky.social, @andyletzhang.bsky.social, @squishycell.bsky.social, and I were all very proud 🤩.

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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · Jul 26

TAing the third rotation for Physiology at @mblscience.bsky.social with the Gardel Lab has been busy but a lot of fun, final moments here until we go back home!

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I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · Jul 23

Because you needed a video of a group of cute otters chasing a butterfly... 😊

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Jul 10

“If you cut out these diversity measures, you're going to make science full of people that are very elite…Full of people who have grown up with a large amount of privilege, who were able to work in a lab in high school because their dad was a prof at Cornell.” 🧪

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...

How Trump’s D.E.I. Cuts Are Hurting Rural White Americans Too

www.nytimes.com

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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · Jul 9

What a great time to leave the US and join an awesome lab, led by someone who has taught me most of the techniques I’ve learned in my PhD. (Including babying me through multiple western blots…😂)

Shailaja Seetharaman @sseethar.bsky.social · Jul 9

Excited to be starting my research group as a tenure track Presidential Young Professor at the Mechanobiology Institute @mbisg.bsky.social, and the Dept of Physiology at @nusingapore.bsky.social in the fall! More about our work on vascular mechanobiology in health & disease mechano-medicine-lab.com

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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · May 20

Received the most appalling message from NIH about my F99/K00 proposal, just....wow. Apparently including trainees from diverse backgrounds "does nothing to expand our knowledge of living systems". #NIH #HHS #StandUpForScience

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Kirk (Antifa Social Secretary™️) Murphy 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 ❌👑 @kirkmurphy.bsky.social · Apr 25

"Ecologist Katharyn Boyer must shutter the beloved marine research center she manages on the San Francisco Bay’s shores — unless she can raise millions of dollars by next week.

Scientists, conservationists and community members statewide have rallied to save the Estuary and Ocean Science Center..."

A Unique San Francisco Bay Marine Lab Faces Closure. It Has Days to Raise Millions | KQED

San Francisco State University, which operates the Estuary and Ocean Science Center, has said it can no longer afford to keep the doors open, but $10 million could avert its closure.

www.kqed.org

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Apr 21

BOOM: Harvard sues Trump administration.

Defendants include the agency heads of NIH, NSF, Dept of Ed, DOE, DoD, NASA, GSA, and...DOJ (Pam Bondi).

Full compliant here: www.harvard.edu/research-fun...

NYT summary (gift): www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...

Harvard University Sues Trump Administration (Gift Article)

Harvard’s lawsuit comes after the administration sought to force the university to comply with a list of demands by cutting billions in federal funding the school receives.

www.nytimes.com

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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · Apr 9

I did everything right I thought, and it feels like it’s all just erased. Very convenient to get this the day after this cycle closed too. #F31 #NIGMS #NIH

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ACLU @aclu.org · Apr 2

BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.

This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.

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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · Mar 7

Thank you! 😊

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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · Mar 7

#standupforscience2025 #chicago

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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · Feb 11

My ARC F99/K00 app just got assigned a study section (03/25), I hope this is good news finally??

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Neil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social · Feb 8

Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.

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Dr. Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · Feb 4

I have to say I am DYING at the fact that "female" and "women" are on these NSF/NIH flag lists and "men" isn't!!!!!! Fragile masculinity scientists rise up!!!!! It's your time

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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · Jan 31

Our gorgeous native Red Squirrels are a rare sight, with only a few isolated populations in England & Wales. I have never actually photographed one before so here's my drawing, I'll call it 'Smile'! 😊🧡
Please see special thanks below.

#Art #SciArt #NearbyNature2025 #mammals #squirrel #UKWildlife

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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · Jan 29

Waiting for my most likely cancelled review panel meeting in March (for a NOFO that has now disappeared)

Amy Orsborn @neuroamyo.bsky.social · Jan 28

How it feels to be working on a grant application right now.

a sign that says " what is even happening " next to a dumpster

ALT: a sign that says " what is even happening " next to a dumpster

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Joy Franco, PhD @engineeringjoy.bsky.social · Jan 23

It's very difficult for people who have benefited from nepotism their entire lives to accept that what they see as their superior merit is in fact just a byproduct of privilege.

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Science Magazine @science.org · Jan 22

“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring

Researchers facing

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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · Jan 19

This is the craziest and most calculated pro Trump “ad” ever.

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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · Jan 5

Have An Ice Day. This morning's start along Chicago's lakefront.

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Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · Dec 19

Had a great time at #ascb2024 as usual: not just with the Gardel lab, but also reconnecting with old friends and meeting so many amazing new people!

Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · Dec 17

If you are at #ascb2024 today I’ll be talking about my work at 4:18PM in 28C! Subgroup is “Bridging Genomic and Morphological Definitions of Cells and Tissues” ❤️

Amanda Johnson @amandajohnz.bsky.social · Dec 15

Dinner with the Gardel lab at @ascbiology.bsky.social, glad to be back in my hometown San Diego ❤️

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