California Council on Science and Technology (CCST)
@ccst.us
Making California's policies stronger with science and technology. Training CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellows. Nonpartisan, nonprofit. Established via California State Legislature. #AI #Energy #Wildfire
Welcome Henriette Canino, CCST’s new Partnership & Impact Officer! Henriette's deep experience in science policy and strategic partnerships (across gov’t/ research/ international orgs) is key to connecting CA's world-class S&T expertise to state policy. ccst.us/people/staff...
Henriette Canino - California Council on Science & Technology (CCST)
As Partnership and Impact Officer, Henriette Canino builds and manages CCST’s strategic relationships across California’s science, technology, innovation, and policy ecosystem.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Welcome Henriette Canino, CCST’s new Partnership & Impact Officer! Henriette's deep experience in science policy and strategic partnerships (across gov’t/ research/ international orgs) is key to connecting CA's world-class S&T expertise to state policy. ccst.us/people/staff...
🎉 Welcome Bailey MkNelly to the CCST team!
Bailey joins as Program Associate, supporting communications across CCST. We’re thrilled to have her on board! 👏 ccst.us/people/staff...
Bailey joins as Program Associate, supporting communications across CCST. We’re thrilled to have her on board! 👏 ccst.us/people/staff...
Bailey MkNelly - California Council on Science & Technology (CCST)
Bailey MkNelly is a Program Associate with CCST, supporting the organization's communications team.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🎉 Welcome Bailey MkNelly to the CCST team!
Bailey joins as Program Associate, supporting communications across CCST. We’re thrilled to have her on board! 👏 ccst.us/people/staff...
Bailey joins as Program Associate, supporting communications across CCST. We’re thrilled to have her on board! 👏 ccst.us/people/staff...
CCST CEO @juliannemccall.bsky.social joined other global science leaders in Berlin to speak at the Falling Walls Science Summit. The Resilient Pharma Round Table explored ways to navigate change & accelerate therapeutic breakthroughs for better patient care. #FallingWalls #ScienceSummit2025
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
CCST CEO @juliannemccall.bsky.social joined other global science leaders in Berlin to speak at the Falling Walls Science Summit. The Resilient Pharma Round Table explored ways to navigate change & accelerate therapeutic breakthroughs for better patient care. #FallingWalls #ScienceSummit2025
"QSA will help realize this future by co-designing the algorithms, devices, and engineering innovations that will make quantum solutions possible.” — Carol Burns, Deputy Lab Director for Research at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov and CCST Board Member.
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#quantum #tech
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#quantum #tech
The Quantum Systems Accelerator Embarks on Next Five Years of Pioneering Quantum Technologies for Science
Berkeley Lab-led center will accelerate progress toward practical quantum computers, ultra-precise sensors, and powerful new tools for science.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"QSA will help realize this future by co-designing the algorithms, devices, and engineering innovations that will make quantum solutions possible.” — Carol Burns, Deputy Lab Director for Research at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov and CCST Board Member.
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#quantum #tech
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#quantum #tech
🌟 CCST is #hiring!
We’re seeking an Executive Assistant to support our CEO and senior leadership — coordinating meetings, managing complex schedules, and connecting California science & policy.
📍 #Sacramento hybrid
🔗 californiacouncilonscienceandtechnology.applytojob.com/apply/AJl2MA...
#scipol
We’re seeking an Executive Assistant to support our CEO and senior leadership — coordinating meetings, managing complex schedules, and connecting California science & policy.
📍 #Sacramento hybrid
🔗 californiacouncilonscienceandtechnology.applytojob.com/apply/AJl2MA...
#scipol
Executive Assistant - California Council on Science and Technology - Career Page
Executive Assistant position for California Council on Science and Technology. CCST is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization looking for administrative support
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October 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🌟 CCST is #hiring!
We’re seeking an Executive Assistant to support our CEO and senior leadership — coordinating meetings, managing complex schedules, and connecting California science & policy.
📍 #Sacramento hybrid
🔗 californiacouncilonscienceandtechnology.applytojob.com/apply/AJl2MA...
#scipol
We’re seeking an Executive Assistant to support our CEO and senior leadership — coordinating meetings, managing complex schedules, and connecting California science & policy.
📍 #Sacramento hybrid
🔗 californiacouncilonscienceandtechnology.applytojob.com/apply/AJl2MA...
#scipol
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We're searching for a Managing Director to join our leadership team and help shape the future of science & tech policy in California, responsible for driving organizational excellence while connecting our extraordinary scientific ecosystem with policymakers to tackle our state's greatest challenges.
October 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We're searching for a Managing Director to join our leadership team and help shape the future of science & tech policy in California, responsible for driving organizational excellence while connecting our extraordinary scientific ecosystem with policymakers to tackle our state's greatest challenges.
🚀 CCST is hiring!
Join our senior leadership team as Managing Director, helping guide operations, governance, and strategy to strengthen California’s science-policy partnerships.
📍 Sacramento hybrid
🗓️ Apply by Oct 31
🔗 ccst.us/managing-dir...
#SciencePolicy #CCST
Join our senior leadership team as Managing Director, helping guide operations, governance, and strategy to strengthen California’s science-policy partnerships.
📍 Sacramento hybrid
🗓️ Apply by Oct 31
🔗 ccst.us/managing-dir...
#SciencePolicy #CCST
Managing Director - California Council on Science & Technology (CCST)
CCST's Managing Director serves as a strategic partner to the CEO and a key member of the leadership team, responsible for ensuring organizational excellence across all dimensions of CCST's work.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🚀 CCST is hiring!
Join our senior leadership team as Managing Director, helping guide operations, governance, and strategy to strengthen California’s science-policy partnerships.
📍 Sacramento hybrid
🗓️ Apply by Oct 31
🔗 ccst.us/managing-dir...
#SciencePolicy #CCST
Join our senior leadership team as Managing Director, helping guide operations, governance, and strategy to strengthen California’s science-policy partnerships.
📍 Sacramento hybrid
🗓️ Apply by Oct 31
🔗 ccst.us/managing-dir...
#SciencePolicy #CCST
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Fires are burning faster. “Nearly every year for the past decade, there’s been at least one town in California, or a large part of town, decimated by wildfire," @weatherwest.bsky.social @ucanr.edu told @bresnick.bsky.social. "That didn’t use to happen”
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Revealing America’s brutal new firestorms
Scientists say that the fires ravaging the western United States are burning differently these days. Documenting the aftermath requires a new approach as well.
www.nationalgeographic.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Fires are burning faster. “Nearly every year for the past decade, there’s been at least one town in California, or a large part of town, decimated by wildfire," @weatherwest.bsky.social @ucanr.edu told @bresnick.bsky.social. "That didn’t use to happen”
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"Effective communication involves explaining trade-offs clearly and presenting them as part of a broader, robust risk-management strategy."
Essential reading from @compassscicomm.bsky.social on effective risk communication for #wildfire.
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#scipol #scicomm
Essential reading from @compassscicomm.bsky.social on effective risk communication for #wildfire.
www.compassscicomm.org/effective-ri...
#scipol #scicomm
Effective Risk Communication: Lessons from Wildfire Science | COMPASS
As climate change intensifies weather patterns, disrupts ecosystems, and endangers human health and infrastructure, the need for effective communication that supports informed action to prevent and re...
www.compassscicomm.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Effective communication involves explaining trade-offs clearly and presenting them as part of a broader, robust risk-management strategy."
Essential reading from @compassscicomm.bsky.social on effective risk communication for #wildfire.
www.compassscicomm.org/effective-ri...
#scipol #scicomm
Essential reading from @compassscicomm.bsky.social on effective risk communication for #wildfire.
www.compassscicomm.org/effective-ri...
#scipol #scicomm
Scientists and policy experts came together at #ScienceDay2025 to build partnerships that strengthen California’s resilience.
See highlights from our 3rd annual event with @canaturalresources.bsky.social
& Sec. @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social ccst.us/scientists-a...
#SciencePolicy #ccst-alumni
See highlights from our 3rd annual event with @canaturalresources.bsky.social
& Sec. @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social ccst.us/scientists-a...
#SciencePolicy #ccst-alumni
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October 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Scientists and policy experts came together at #ScienceDay2025 to build partnerships that strengthen California’s resilience.
See highlights from our 3rd annual event with @canaturalresources.bsky.social
& Sec. @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social ccst.us/scientists-a...
#SciencePolicy #ccst-alumni
See highlights from our 3rd annual event with @canaturalresources.bsky.social
& Sec. @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social ccst.us/scientists-a...
#SciencePolicy #ccst-alumni
Listen to our latest briefing via the @americaadapts.bsky.social podcast. #scipol #scicomm #climatechange
New (unusual) America Adapts #podcast: #ClimateChange & Human Mobility — rebroadcast from the @ccst.us series I moderated.
We unpack “climate havens,” how climate stress can raise civil war risk, and why NAPs must plan for mobility.
Listen here!
We unpack “climate havens,” how climate stress can raise civil war risk, and why NAPs must plan for mobility.
Listen here!
Special Episode — Climate Change and Human Mobility (Rebroadcast of a CCST Panel Conversation) — AMERICA ADAPTS The Climate Change Podcast
Special Episode — Climate Change and Human Mobility (Rebroadcast of a CCST Panel Conversation). Ep. 238.
www.americaadapts.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Listen to our latest briefing via the @americaadapts.bsky.social podcast. #scipol #scicomm #climatechange
I’m incredibly honored & humbled to have been sworn in as Chair of the @airresources.bsky.social by @cagov.bsky.social. CA doesn’t wait for the future—we lead it. Time & time again we’ve proven that clean air, economic growth & innovation can go together.
October 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Just getting started!
Register: Climate Change and Human Mobility Across Borders
Facing extreme #climate events, communities grapple with decisions to stay in place, or relocate to safer areas.
🔗 ccst.us/climate-chan...
@americaadapts.bsky.social @stanforddoerr.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social #scipol #caleg
Facing extreme #climate events, communities grapple with decisions to stay in place, or relocate to safer areas.
🔗 ccst.us/climate-chan...
@americaadapts.bsky.social @stanforddoerr.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social #scipol #caleg
October 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Just getting started!
Register: Climate Change and Human Mobility Across Borders
Facing extreme #climate events, communities grapple with decisions to stay in place, or relocate to safer areas.
🔗 ccst.us/climate-chan...
@americaadapts.bsky.social @stanforddoerr.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social #scipol #caleg
Facing extreme #climate events, communities grapple with decisions to stay in place, or relocate to safer areas.
🔗 ccst.us/climate-chan...
@americaadapts.bsky.social @stanforddoerr.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social #scipol #caleg
October 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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“What makes Daniel @weatherwest.bsky.social special is that he doesn’t just do the fundamental science, he somehow finds the time to explain it to the public,” @michaelemann.bsky.social wrote about the @ucanr.edu climate scientist
#TIME100Next
#TIME100Next
🎉 UC ANR’s Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social joins the 2025 #TIME100Next, spotlighting 100 rising leaders worldwide. A climate scientist & communicator, Swain studies droughts, floods & wildfires—& makes complex science accessible to the public & policymakers.
More here: bit.ly/4nXePlk
More here: bit.ly/4nXePlk
September 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
“What makes Daniel @weatherwest.bsky.social special is that he doesn’t just do the fundamental science, he somehow finds the time to explain it to the public,” @michaelemann.bsky.social wrote about the @ucanr.edu climate scientist
#TIME100Next
#TIME100Next
We are kicking things off at Science Day 2025 with the California Natural Resources Agency with Secretary Crowfoot. First up? A keynote panel on cross sector #scipol partnerships moderated by CCST CEO @juliannemccall.bsky.social #ccstscienceday
September 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We are kicking things off at Science Day 2025 with the California Natural Resources Agency with Secretary Crowfoot. First up? A keynote panel on cross sector #scipol partnerships moderated by CCST CEO @juliannemccall.bsky.social #ccstscienceday
How can we craft resilient solutions by partnering across research and policy spaces? Tune into our Science Day keynote, held with the California Natural Resources Agency @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social.
Register (Zoom | 9:30am PT):
ca-water-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#scipol #scicomm #caleg
Register (Zoom | 9:30am PT):
ca-water-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#scipol #scicomm #caleg
September 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
How can we craft resilient solutions by partnering across research and policy spaces? Tune into our Science Day keynote, held with the California Natural Resources Agency @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social.
Register (Zoom | 9:30am PT):
ca-water-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#scipol #scicomm #caleg
Register (Zoom | 9:30am PT):
ca-water-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#scipol #scicomm #caleg
September 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
How can we craft resilient solutions by partnering across research and policy spaces? Tune into our Science Day keynote, held with the California Natural Resources Agency @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social.
Register (Zoom | 9:30am PT):
ca-water-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#scipol #scicomm #caleg
Register (Zoom | 9:30am PT):
ca-water-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#scipol #scicomm #caleg
Register: Climate Change and Human Mobility Across Borders
Facing extreme #climate events, communities grapple with decisions to stay in place, or relocate to safer areas.
🔗 ccst.us/climate-chan...
@americaadapts.bsky.social @stanforddoerr.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social #scipol #caleg
Facing extreme #climate events, communities grapple with decisions to stay in place, or relocate to safer areas.
🔗 ccst.us/climate-chan...
@americaadapts.bsky.social @stanforddoerr.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social #scipol #caleg
September 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Register: Climate Change and Human Mobility Across Borders
Facing extreme #climate events, communities grapple with decisions to stay in place, or relocate to safer areas.
🔗 ccst.us/climate-chan...
@americaadapts.bsky.social @stanforddoerr.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social #scipol #caleg
Facing extreme #climate events, communities grapple with decisions to stay in place, or relocate to safer areas.
🔗 ccst.us/climate-chan...
@americaadapts.bsky.social @stanforddoerr.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social #scipol #caleg
Call for Peer Review: Pre-Plant Fumigant Use in California and Alternatives to #Fumigation
Phase 2 report on pre-plant soil fumigation focuses on pre-plant soil fumigants methyl bromide and the methyl isothiocyanate generators (dazomet, metam sodium, and metam potassium).
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Phase 2 report on pre-plant soil fumigation focuses on pre-plant soil fumigants methyl bromide and the methyl isothiocyanate generators (dazomet, metam sodium, and metam potassium).
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Seeking Peer Reviewers for Study on Pre-Plant Fumigant Use in California and Alternatives to Fumigation - California Council on Science & Technology (CCST)
The Phase 2 report on pre-plant fumigation, which focuses on pre-plant soil fumigants methyl bromide and the methyl isothiocyanate generators
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September 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Call for Peer Review: Pre-Plant Fumigant Use in California and Alternatives to #Fumigation
Phase 2 report on pre-plant soil fumigation focuses on pre-plant soil fumigants methyl bromide and the methyl isothiocyanate generators (dazomet, metam sodium, and metam potassium).
ccst.us/seeking-peer...
Phase 2 report on pre-plant soil fumigation focuses on pre-plant soil fumigants methyl bromide and the methyl isothiocyanate generators (dazomet, metam sodium, and metam potassium).
ccst.us/seeking-peer...
It’s a beautiful day to celebrate biodiversity! CCST is at Camp Pollock in Sacramento for the #CABiodiversityDay kick-off, hosted by Sacramento Valley Conservancy and with opening remarks from Secretary @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social. Come say hi!
September 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It’s a beautiful day to celebrate biodiversity! CCST is at Camp Pollock in Sacramento for the #CABiodiversityDay kick-off, hosted by Sacramento Valley Conservancy and with opening remarks from Secretary @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social. Come say hi!
Celebrate #CABiodiversityDay at Camp Pollock 🌿 📅 Sat, Sept 6 | 9AM–12PM 🔍 BioBlitz, booths, service project, & more! Free + family-friendly. RSVP: sacramentovalleyconservancy.org/event/bio-20...
Biodiversity Day and BioBlitz
Kickstart Biodiversity Day with special guest speakers, a friendly BioBlitz competition with iNaturalist, and all your favorite local environmental groups!
sacramentovalleyconservancy.org
September 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Celebrate #CABiodiversityDay at Camp Pollock 🌿 📅 Sat, Sept 6 | 9AM–12PM 🔍 BioBlitz, booths, service project, & more! Free + family-friendly. RSVP: sacramentovalleyconservancy.org/event/bio-20...
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🔥 FIRE ACTIVITY UPDATE 🔥
The TCU September Lightning Complex is burning across multiple fires, totaling approximately 11,900 acres as of this morning (9/3).
For the latest updates and details on this and other incidents, visit: fire.ca.gov
#CALFIRE #LightningComplex #TCU
The TCU September Lightning Complex is burning across multiple fires, totaling approximately 11,900 acres as of this morning (9/3).
For the latest updates and details on this and other incidents, visit: fire.ca.gov
#CALFIRE #LightningComplex #TCU
September 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🔥 FIRE ACTIVITY UPDATE 🔥
The TCU September Lightning Complex is burning across multiple fires, totaling approximately 11,900 acres as of this morning (9/3).
For the latest updates and details on this and other incidents, visit: fire.ca.gov
#CALFIRE #LightningComplex #TCU
The TCU September Lightning Complex is burning across multiple fires, totaling approximately 11,900 acres as of this morning (9/3).
For the latest updates and details on this and other incidents, visit: fire.ca.gov
#CALFIRE #LightningComplex #TCU
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Scientists at @Livermore_Lab have helped develop an advanced, real-time tsunami forecasting system—powered by the world’s fastest supercomputer—that could dramatically improve early warning capabilities for coastal communities near earthquake zones. https://bit.ly/45WGxHB
Scientists explore real-time tsunami warning system on world’s fastest supercomputer
An advanced, real-time tsunami forecasting system could dramatically improve early warning capabilities for coastal communities near earthquake zones.
www.universityofcalifornia.edu
September 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Scientists at @Livermore_Lab have helped develop an advanced, real-time tsunami forecasting system—powered by the world’s fastest supercomputer—that could dramatically improve early warning capabilities for coastal communities near earthquake zones. https://bit.ly/45WGxHB
👏 Thank you @benallenca.bsky.social for mentoring Fellows like Dr. Cooper and being a longtime champion for making policies #strongerwithscience!
Honored our brilliant @ccst.us on the Senate Floor this week! My office has benefited tremendously from the addition of Dr. Adam Cooper this year, who has worked on issues such as cap & trade, the use of forever chemicals, environmental contaminants, wildfire recovery efforts, and more.
August 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
👏 Thank you @benallenca.bsky.social for mentoring Fellows like Dr. Cooper and being a longtime champion for making policies #strongerwithscience!