Krystal Tsosie
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Krystal Tsosie
@kstsosie.bsky.social
Indigenous (Diné/Navajo) geneticist and bioethicist | Indigenous-led research and data innovation
Some members of the Tsosie Lab for #Indigenous #Genomic #Data Equity & #Justice are so happy to present @sacnas.bsky.social in Columbus, OH #NDiSTEM2025! Here's for an amazing Friday lineup across #IDSov. Hope to see you soon! @d4itdr.bsky.social @caterpillar-coevo.bsky.social #SACNAS #STEM
October 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Reposted by Krystal Tsosie
This was one of my favorite parts of #ASHG25. Should have been a plenary!

"Data for us, by us"

So many underrepresented minorities could learn from this model. I dream of eventually turning @beyondxandy.bsky.social into something similar for trans people

d4itdr.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Reposted by Krystal Tsosie
Check out our D4I session tomorrow at ASHG!

#DataSovereignty #Indigenous #IDSov #Tribal #Data #Conference #ASHG #ASHG25 #ASHG2025
October 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Reposted by Krystal Tsosie
"Consequently, the Indigenous data sovereignty movement formed to protect collective interests in data governance and ensure that benefits derived from data are directed back to Indigenous peoples"

Heck yeah! @joseph-yracheta.bsky.social @kstsosie.bsky.social
A Tribal data repository to advance Indigenous health and sovereignty www.nature.com/articles/s41... (read free: rdcu.be/eLiqc)
October 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Thanks! A Tohono O'odham artist by the name of Alfonso Chavez designed it for us. It's a stylized thunderbird (a Diné motif) with a version of fire colors for the nucleotides. Correct handedness for the DNA helix!
October 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I am asking around. But I am also happy to send a PDF via email me (krystal.tsosie AT asu DOT edu)!!
ASU Homepage | Arizona State University
asu.edu
October 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Out today via @natgenet.nature.com, the first federally funded #Tribal #data repository, a revolutionary approach to data management and applied/operationalization of IDSov @d4itdr.bsky.social. Also, if you are at #ASHG25, come see us this morning in 205ABC
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Reposted by Krystal Tsosie
Welcome to #ASHG25! As our President Sarah Tishkoff just noted, next year for the first time the ASHG exec cmte will be all women. Glad to have anyone and everyone participating in this society now and in the future.
October 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
For those interested in #Indigenous #Genomics and #ASHG25 in Boston, here are some interested posters/talks/events coming out of the Tsosie Lab, @nativebio.bsky.social, and @d4itdr.bsky.social. For those looking for Friday plans, attend our Ancillary Event, debuting a #Tribal #data repository!
October 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
INTERNATIONAL SURVEY ON TREE OF LIFE
My PhD student Jocelyn Cheé-Santiago (Binnizá) is leading an online survey on scientific practices re: biodiversity, biocollections, conservation. If you work in these areas, we'd appreciate your insights. 10-15 mins. Details
asu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
When Indigenous peoples build our own #Tribal #data repositories, we self-direct #health #research & create #education resources to train next-gen of #Indigenous science

From PhD student, Karina Hernandez-Hernandez (P’urhépecha) it is “hope-giving” news.asu.edu/20250917-sci...
@d4itdr.bsky.social
Professor creates 'a safe harbor' for Indigenous data | ASU News
Among Indigenous populations in the U.S., there is a history of personal data being used without consent. Now, a new digital repository hopes to change both who benefits from biomedical data and who g...
news.asu.edu
September 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A preview of cool emerging #genomics and #Indigenous #science media… but this is my second interview of the day in this blue blazer! 🎥
September 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Reposted by Krystal Tsosie
Is "consumer genetics privacy" an oxymoron?
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.org
"A databank [23andMe] of this type and magnitude requires heightened protection for privacy and security."
The precarious future of consumer genetic privacy
Congress and other lawmakers must act to robustly protect direct-to-consumer genetic data and biospecimens into the future
www.science.org
September 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Reposted by Krystal Tsosie
If you are attending the ASHG Annual Meeting in Boston this year, and you would like to hear about advances in Indigenous digital sovereignty and Tribal Nation-led health research, please sign up for our limited seating engagement on Friday, Oct 17th. Lunch provided: tinyurl.com/5aj9544f
September 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In my Bio & Soc class, UGs act as reviewers/editors as a mock peer review. They see
-difficulty finding responsive reviewers (& w/o COI)
-variable quality reviews
-issues matching reviewers to article

Goal is to unveil realities of science evaluation (& hopefully train better reviewers). This helps
August 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Agree to all. Funneling between reviewers accepting papers that cite them often starts with editors’ invite to review. As a guest editor, I also see compounding that, due to time, many reviewers recommend accepting w/o seemingly in-depth review. Many factors contribute to the observed outcome
August 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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August 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🌟 Exciting! I’m presenting at the Featured Symposium entitled "Authentic Engagement Beyond the Lab: Engaging Communities in the Future of #Genetic #Medicine" #ASHG25! October 15 in Boston! Plus two of my students are presenting posters! See you then! Register: meetings.ashg.org/event/ASHG25...
August 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Reposted by Krystal Tsosie
“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”
AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study
Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.
www.bloomberg.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
British Sir Francis Galton rocking a Canadian tuxedo for American Eagle.

He wants you to know that he, too, has great jeans.

(Yes, this was the result of five minutes with an #AI image generator.)
July 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This pretty much sums up a lot of my time on too many committees related to policy, ethics, equity, innovation, research, and healthcare in governmental and academic settings: #Indigenous #academia #policy
July 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Faculty want to be helpful to students, but our time is split, and we must prioritize students in which we have a prior (and formalized) commitment.

(And yes, I as an early career researcher am learning new ways to be more protective of my time, too. So this serves as a self-reminder, too.)
July 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
#PhD students: pls don't make heavy asks of faculty time/expertise for your dissertation if you cannot include them on your committee. Use your existing committee, drop unhelpful members, or ask someone with service commitment (DGS). Heavy asks can be disproportionate to untenured faculty, esp. WOC.
July 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM