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Kathryn Braden, PhD @katybraden.bsky.social · Jun 29

This last week was a truly unforgettable experience. Thank you @napainschool for the incredible opportunity to make connections with so many inspiring people!

I look forward to seeing you all again, but I am so happy to be home with my own tiny human ❤️

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · May 18

say it again:

4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities

ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x

demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · May 18

There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.

University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · May 18

A must read

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Sally Hudson @sallylhudson.bsky.social · May 18

With mRNA and CRISPR this country could be entering a scientific heyday and instead we’re torching the institutions that make it all possible.

Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · May 17

Poll: weekly, more than 90% of ppl use weather forecasts, job market reports, food safety warnings, & other info based on fed sci.

But only *10%* concerned cuts to fed support for science might impact their access to that info.
🛟📈🧪 Policysky sociology

Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

www.npr.org

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · May 18

*whispers*
Two $70,000,000 fighter jets fell off a navy ship in the past two weeks.

But 24/7 weather monitoring across the US is considered “wasteful”.

The math ain’t mathin

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · May 17

🚨URGENT RESPONSE CALL🚨

🌪️23 LIVES WERE LOST OVERNIGHT AS TORNADOS HIT KY.

KY has one of several regions in the US without 24/7 National Weather Service coverage, due to DOGE cuts. W/out overnight monitoring, ppl don't receive weather warnings.

THIS is how science cuts cost lives.
shorturl.at/JgTjU

Multiple deaths reported in Somerset and London due to late night tornadoes UPDATED

The towns of Somerset and London have been hit particularly hard with many homes and buildings damaged in the early morning hours.

www.weku.org

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Ya'el Courtney, PhD @scienceyael.bsky.social · May 16

As a former @hhmi.org Gilliam fellow, I’m deeply disappointed to see HHMI cancel the Hanna Gray this year and pause all competitions.

@leslievosshall.bsky.social, Erin O’Shea — this was a moment to lead with vision, not retreat.

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · May 16

Come the fuck ON, @hhmi.org! You have money and you have lawyers.

Ya'el Courtney, PhD @scienceyael.bsky.social · May 16

As a former @hhmi.org Gilliam fellow, I’m deeply disappointed to see HHMI cancel the Hanna Gray this year and pause all competitions.

@leslievosshall.bsky.social, Erin O’Shea — this was a moment to lead with vision, not retreat.

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Ted Price @tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social · May 15

This is what we are talking about when we say NIH funding saves lives. Specifically these researchers stepped in created a therapy that may well save this child's life. It is amazing. This is what is at stake. If NIH goes away, we lose all of this, for at least a generation.

NEJM.org @nejm.org · May 15

A lipid nanoparticle–delivered base-editing therapy was custom designed for an infant with a ureacycle disorder. The affected infant was treated at approximately 7 and 8 months of age. Read the Brief Report: nej.md/42XF03F

#ASGCT2025 #MedSky @asgct.bsky.social

Patient-Specific In Vivo Gene Editing to Treat a Rare Genetic Disease | NEJM

Base editors can correct disease-causing genetic variants. After a neonate had received a diagnosis of severe carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 1 deficiency, a disease with an estimated 50% mortality ...

nej.md

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Daniel Castro @flanbrain.bsky.social · Apr 29

@usasp.bsky.social here we are! Excited for the coming days and getting to see everyone in Chicago!! 🤩💃🏻💃🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻 don’t forget to see @katybraden.bsky.social poster tomorrow morning!! It has motivation, CRISPR, opioids, and pain! 😱😱👀👀😳😳🫢

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Apr 15

HAPPY TAX DAY!
How much would you spend on a year of tornado warnings? The average US taxpayer spends only $4 a year to help fund the NWS. It’s a smart investment—every $1 invested in NWS yields approx. $73 in social benefits.
🌪️❄️ Support science. Support the NWS.
Stay tuned for more this #TaxDay

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Daniel Castro @flanbrain.bsky.social · Apr 9

It finally happened, the Castro lab's first paper! Congrats to
@katybraden.bsky.social
!! In this review we examine what we know, and more importantly, what we DON'T know about neuropeptides in the dorsal raphe/ventromedial PAG. Here we go! www.frontiersin.org/journals/beh...

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Kathryn Braden, PhD @katybraden.bsky.social · Dec 14

Congratulations!! 🎉👏

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Kathryn Braden, PhD @katybraden.bsky.social · Dec 12

To cap off an incredible week at #ACNP2024 I woke up to the Notice of Award for my NRSA!!!

I am so grateful for this opportunity to grow and develop more as a scientist. Thank you @flanbrain.bsky.social for your support and incredible mentorship! I’m so excited for this next chapter of my career!

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Daniel Castro @flanbrain.bsky.social · Dec 7

Headed to @acnporg.bsky.social come see our panel on opioids and depression Monday morning, and DEFINITELY stop by our lab’s postdoc @katybraden.bsky.social poster to learn more!! 🤩🤩💃🏻💃🏻👯‍♂️👯‍♂️👯‍♂️

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