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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 5h

He orders extrajudicial killings. He sent troops into our cities. He terrorizes citizens with ICE raids. He raised taxes without congressional approval. He has ruined American farmers and ranchers. He plans to starve the vulnerable. He demolished our house.

Remove him from office.

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 21h

@ anyone who’s gotten a #phd how do you figure out what to do next #science #gradschool #sciencesky

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 5d

“My name is Dr. Sara Teichholtz.
And I’m here because in 2023, NIH saved my life.”

From the NIH #NoKings rally this weekend.

Powerful and honest and brave from Sara. 🧪

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 8d

Philadelphia Freedom. 🇺🇸 #NoKings

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 8d

Heart is so full after #ASHG25. I learned a lot not just about biomedical science but also newborn screening, health insurance, forensic science, genetic counseling, and so much more. It feels like my career path is on the right track 🥲

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks to all who came to my talk, asked questions, and shared your stories with me afterward! I love meeting other #RareDiseaae advocates and so many have come to this meeting and reached out to me! #ASHG25

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 10d

Huge congratulations to my former rotation PI Dr. Elizabeth Bhoj, and my former NHGRI Institute Director Dr. Eric Green for their awards at #ASHG25 !! Two fantastic mentors who have shaped my career!!

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks so much!!

Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 11d

I won’t be talking about #marfan tomorrow but I’ll be talking about my work on another cardiovascular connective tissue disorder called PXE (Thurs at 1:30, room 206). Should be fun !!

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 11d

Here’s to people with #marfansyndrome living longer healthier lives 🥺 #ASHG25

American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) @geneticssociety.bsky.social · 11d

🎖️Congratulations to the ASHG 2025 Lifetime Achievement Awardee Harry (Hal) Dietz, MD, and Mentorship Awardee Carole Ober, PhD! Learn more about the award and their work here: www.ashg.org/membership/a... #ASHG25

Lifetime Achievement Awardee Harry (Hal) Dietz, MD during the ASHG 2025 Annual Meeting

Mentorship Awardee Carole Ober, PhD, during the ASHG 2025 Annual Meeting

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 11d

Everybody in this room now knows what #MarfanSyndrome is. That knowledge alone will save lives. #ASHG25 #Marfan

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 11d

Also the fact that ASHG voted to award this honor to a scientist studying connective tissue disorders reminds me that people do care about patients with connective tissue disorders and making our lives better. I am so lucky. So lucky. #ASHG25

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 11d

Incredibly surreal moment watching Dr. Hal Dietz win the #ASHG25 Lifetime Achievement Award. The discovery that FBN1 is the causal gene of #MarfanSyndrome has saved my life and my family’s lives. I hope to continue contributing to this field to help patients like me.

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 11d

Listened to some great talks today on Mendelian disease gene discovery, then saw some fascinating posters about my favorite topic, aortopathy genetics! #ASHG25

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 11d

Time to learn about authentic community engagement outside the lab! super relevant topic for me as both a #raredisease patient and scientist! I want to learn how to use this unique perspective to advance science that matters to the community :) #ASHG25

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 11d

Of course I’m here in my science role, but being surrounded by other geneticists at #ASHG25 has made me think a lot about my identity as someone with a genetic disorder. There are 6000 people in this room who care about developing therapies for people like me. It is so cool 🥲

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 12d

Looking forward to connecting with all of you at #ASHG25 (once our flight is able to take off! 😅)!

Excited to meet others in the #raredisease field! my talk is Thursday at 1:30 - the last talk of my #PhD before I’m doctor and I couldnt ask for a better venue for it!

Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · Sep 18

More exciting news: want a sneak peek of what I've been up to the last four years? I'll be presenting my work in a Platform Talk at #ASHG25 in Boston on Thursday, October 16 in the "Gene Editing and Gene Replacement for Rare Disease" session at 1:30PM!

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 12d

we have the same ones!!

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 15d

really well said, as someone with a life-limiting genetic disorder it was both beautiful and really challenging to witness the baby KJ story unfold every day before my eyes in real time. obviously I am so so so happy for him and his family!

Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 17d

Celena Lozano: Parents of children with rare diseases ask: How long until our CRISPR miracle? As a neuroscience Ph.D. candidate and mother of a son with PURA syndrome, I try to manage expectations. www.statnews.com/2025/10/09/c... via @statnews.com

Parents of children with rare diseases ask: How long until our CRISPR miracle?

How to better manage expectations around gene editing drugs for families of children with rare diseases.

www.statnews.com

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 17d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 20d

Wanted to share my talk details for those attending #ASHG25 !
My talk "Therapeutic genome editing for the hereditary connective tissue disorder pseudoxanthoma elasticum" will be Thursday in the Gene Editing and Gene Replacement for Rare Disease session!
Excited to connect with all of you!

Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · Sep 18

More exciting news: want a sneak peek of what I've been up to the last four years? I'll be presenting my work in a Platform Talk at #ASHG25 in Boston on Thursday, October 16 in the "Gene Editing and Gene Replacement for Rare Disease" session at 1:30PM!

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 20d

and no I do not have them anymore otherwise I would not be STRESSED right now, I’d be comatose

Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 20d

story time, my resting HR has always been ~58 but I used to be on beta blockade which wrecked me and brought my midday HR to 40s. I took them every night before bed (to not pass out during the day), except Sundays in fall, when I took them before bills games to sedate myself before kickoff 😭

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 20d

It’s that time of the bills game where I start contemplating the antihypertensives a liiiittle bit earlier than scheduled 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬

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Lauren Testa @laurenctesta.bsky.social · 26d

Every day of writing my dissertation I alternate between “I am a subject matter expert” and “I’ve learned nothing in five years” and there is no in between

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