Rebecca Cuellar, PhD, STS
@radcuellarphd.bsky.social
medicinal chemist, regulatory affairs, professional worrier (research administration & mom), impatient fixer, coach, documenter
*love science, thy neighbor, thy planet*
*love science, thy neighbor, thy planet*
Mr. Rogers said we should look for The Helpers like these -- a school cafeteria worker serving tomorrow's leaders & ICU nurse serving Veterans who fought for our freedom. You can support the rule of law AND accountability. The best time to say it's gone too far was earlier, the 2nd best time is now.
ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
January 25, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Mr. Rogers said we should look for The Helpers like these -- a school cafeteria worker serving tomorrow's leaders & ICU nurse serving Veterans who fought for our freedom. You can support the rule of law AND accountability. The best time to say it's gone too far was earlier, the 2nd best time is now.
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Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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Liam’s mom dressed him in all those layers to keep her little boy warm and safe in this frigid weather, packed his book-bag w/ everything he’d need for a good day at school, and then our govt stole him out of their driveway. Used her little boy as bait. These people are monsters.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 22, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Liam’s mom dressed him in all those layers to keep her little boy warm and safe in this frigid weather, packed his book-bag w/ everything he’d need for a good day at school, and then our govt stole him out of their driveway. Used her little boy as bait. These people are monsters.
Seeking driven undergrads to join us at the Univ. of MN next summer for an exciting career development internship w/ research in med chem, pharmacology, pharmaceutical sciences, & pharmacy! Please share with potential SCoPE scholars & encourage them to learn more & apply at z.umn.edu/SCoPEprogram
December 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Seeking driven undergrads to join us at the Univ. of MN next summer for an exciting career development internship w/ research in med chem, pharmacology, pharmaceutical sciences, & pharmacy! Please share with potential SCoPE scholars & encourage them to learn more & apply at z.umn.edu/SCoPEprogram
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Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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🚨🚨Calling all North Carolina voters!! Here is a list of every voter that Jefferson Griffin is trying to disenfranchise, please if you are a NC voter check to see if your name is on here, you have 15 days to cure your ballot to make sure your vote counts. thegriffinlist.com/assets/griff...
thegriffinlist.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🚨🚨Calling all North Carolina voters!! Here is a list of every voter that Jefferson Griffin is trying to disenfranchise, please if you are a NC voter check to see if your name is on here, you have 15 days to cure your ballot to make sure your vote counts. thegriffinlist.com/assets/griff...
Excellent turn for keeping already awarded medical research funds in place!
April 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Excellent turn for keeping already awarded medical research funds in place!
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And history will repeat itself unless Republicans join us and stand up to these across the board tariffs.
April 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
And history will repeat itself unless Republicans join us and stand up to these across the board tariffs.
If you're looking for @hcrichardson.bsky.social and her amazing Letters on FB, you can still see them via Recent Post search function. At least engagement via reaction can still be kept up even though they're being shadow banned. And subscribe to her emails/Substack! She is a national treasure.
April 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
If you're looking for @hcrichardson.bsky.social and her amazing Letters on FB, you can still see them via Recent Post search function. At least engagement via reaction can still be kept up even though they're being shadow banned. And subscribe to her emails/Substack! She is a national treasure.
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Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏
April 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏
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:: BREAKING NOW: Multiple polling places across Milwaukee are running low or have run out of ballots as turnout is at record levels.
MKE Election Commission is aware and sending out fresh ballots.
If you are in line -- or know someone who is -- ballots are on the way.
MKE Election Commission is aware and sending out fresh ballots.
If you are in line -- or know someone who is -- ballots are on the way.
April 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
:: BREAKING NOW: Multiple polling places across Milwaukee are running low or have run out of ballots as turnout is at record levels.
MKE Election Commission is aware and sending out fresh ballots.
If you are in line -- or know someone who is -- ballots are on the way.
MKE Election Commission is aware and sending out fresh ballots.
If you are in line -- or know someone who is -- ballots are on the way.
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Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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March 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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"I think you caved. I don't think you showed the fight this party needs right now, because you're playing by a rulebook where the other party has thrown that rulebook away" -- here's the full clip of Sunny Hostin confronting Schumer today on The View
March 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"I think you caved. I don't think you showed the fight this party needs right now, because you're playing by a rulebook where the other party has thrown that rulebook away" -- here's the full clip of Sunny Hostin confronting Schumer today on The View
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Good morning, US colleagues!
In Switzerland, we'll speak up for you and #science everywhere!
#Standupforscience walkout in #Geneva
So many came even with little notice ☺️
We'll stay with you, and we'll only grow
🙏🏼 to the great leadership of #unige
#ScienceSky #MedSky #EpiSky
In Switzerland, we'll speak up for you and #science everywhere!
#Standupforscience walkout in #Geneva
So many came even with little notice ☺️
We'll stay with you, and we'll only grow
🙏🏼 to the great leadership of #unige
#ScienceSky #MedSky #EpiSky
March 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Good morning, US colleagues!
In Switzerland, we'll speak up for you and #science everywhere!
#Standupforscience walkout in #Geneva
So many came even with little notice ☺️
We'll stay with you, and we'll only grow
🙏🏼 to the great leadership of #unige
#ScienceSky #MedSky #EpiSky
In Switzerland, we'll speak up for you and #science everywhere!
#Standupforscience walkout in #Geneva
So many came even with little notice ☺️
We'll stay with you, and we'll only grow
🙏🏼 to the great leadership of #unige
#ScienceSky #MedSky #EpiSky
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What a photo.
Green must be the start of something, not the end.
Green must be the start of something, not the end.
March 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
What a photo.
Green must be the start of something, not the end.
Green must be the start of something, not the end.
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Reposted by Rebecca Cuellar, PhD, STS
Not so fun facts about measles
🦠 one of, if not the most contagious viral infection
🦠one person can infect up to 18 others
🦠can be deadly
🦠can have late effect of a deadly & progressive brain disorder
Funnest fact about measles
💉two doses of the vaccine is 97% protective against infection
🦠 one of, if not the most contagious viral infection
🦠one person can infect up to 18 others
🦠can be deadly
🦠can have late effect of a deadly & progressive brain disorder
Funnest fact about measles
💉two doses of the vaccine is 97% protective against infection
February 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Not so fun facts about measles
🦠 one of, if not the most contagious viral infection
🦠one person can infect up to 18 others
🦠can be deadly
🦠can have late effect of a deadly & progressive brain disorder
Funnest fact about measles
💉two doses of the vaccine is 97% protective against infection
🦠 one of, if not the most contagious viral infection
🦠one person can infect up to 18 others
🦠can be deadly
🦠can have late effect of a deadly & progressive brain disorder
Funnest fact about measles
💉two doses of the vaccine is 97% protective against infection
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More not so fun measles facts
🦠wipes out up to 73% of your antibodies to bacterial and viral infections (immune amnesia)
🦠prior to the vaccine, measles killed 2.6 million people a year
🦠can survive 2 hours in a room after an infected person leaves
🦠99% of unimmunized that are exposed are infected
🦠wipes out up to 73% of your antibodies to bacterial and viral infections (immune amnesia)
🦠prior to the vaccine, measles killed 2.6 million people a year
🦠can survive 2 hours in a room after an infected person leaves
🦠99% of unimmunized that are exposed are infected
Doesn’t it also reset your immune system?
February 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
More not so fun measles facts
🦠wipes out up to 73% of your antibodies to bacterial and viral infections (immune amnesia)
🦠prior to the vaccine, measles killed 2.6 million people a year
🦠can survive 2 hours in a room after an infected person leaves
🦠99% of unimmunized that are exposed are infected
🦠wipes out up to 73% of your antibodies to bacterial and viral infections (immune amnesia)
🦠prior to the vaccine, measles killed 2.6 million people a year
🦠can survive 2 hours in a room after an infected person leaves
🦠99% of unimmunized that are exposed are infected
Sounds like a super great time for USAID to be under attack 🙄
Even if moral reasons don't compel them to help, do the Powers That (currently) Be not selfishly realize that instability anywhere in the world can quickly become instability on the home front?
apnews.com/article/cong...
Even if moral reasons don't compel them to help, do the Powers That (currently) Be not selfishly realize that instability anywhere in the world can quickly become instability on the home front?
apnews.com/article/cong...
A mystery illness in Congo has killed more than 50 people hours after they felt sick
Health experts say an unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks.
apnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Sounds like a super great time for USAID to be under attack 🙄
Even if moral reasons don't compel them to help, do the Powers That (currently) Be not selfishly realize that instability anywhere in the world can quickly become instability on the home front?
apnews.com/article/cong...
Even if moral reasons don't compel them to help, do the Powers That (currently) Be not selfishly realize that instability anywhere in the world can quickly become instability on the home front?
apnews.com/article/cong...
I'm with Peggy!
In Ojibwe, my name means ‘speaks in a loud and clear voice woman.’
Today, I’m officially launching my campaign for the U.S. Senate to go to D.C. and speak in a loud and clear voice for ALL of Minnesota.
Today, I’m officially launching my campaign for the U.S. Senate to go to D.C. and speak in a loud and clear voice for ALL of Minnesota.
February 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I'm with Peggy!
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Per @isabellacueto.bsky.social:
“Deep cuts at Health and Human Services over the weekend = loss of workers who:
- inspected pharma manufacturing plants
- guarded infant formula supply
- reviewed medical products
- monitored wastewater for mpox
- expanded maternal health access
+++ more”
“Deep cuts at Health and Human Services over the weekend = loss of workers who:
- inspected pharma manufacturing plants
- guarded infant formula supply
- reviewed medical products
- monitored wastewater for mpox
- expanded maternal health access
+++ more”
Drug inspectors, AI experts, maternal health workers: Trump’s health agency cuts are far-reaching
In interview after interview with STAT, those who were fired from federal health and science agencies, along with officials who remain, argued the cuts would be deeply felt.
www.statnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Per @isabellacueto.bsky.social:
“Deep cuts at Health and Human Services over the weekend = loss of workers who:
- inspected pharma manufacturing plants
- guarded infant formula supply
- reviewed medical products
- monitored wastewater for mpox
- expanded maternal health access
+++ more”
“Deep cuts at Health and Human Services over the weekend = loss of workers who:
- inspected pharma manufacturing plants
- guarded infant formula supply
- reviewed medical products
- monitored wastewater for mpox
- expanded maternal health access
+++ more”
Condemn
We must not move on from this. What he said here is utterly un-American. You either condemn it, laugh it off, or embrace it. History will remember your response.
February 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Condemn
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CISA – a federal agency that helps secure elections from foreign threats and disinformation – has placed its employees on administrative leave. The move puts the security and integrity of elections in the U.S. at risk.
CISA Puts Election Staff on Administrative Leave
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
CISA – a federal agency that helps secure elections from foreign threats and disinformation – has placed its employees on administrative leave. The move puts the security and integrity of elections in the U.S. at risk.