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Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · 7h

I should clarify - by Science Homecoming "is here" I meant "is there" :) i.e. I am not affiliated but had the benefit of working with them and highly recommend!

Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · 8h

Just a reminder that if you are a scientist wondering how you can communicate the value of federally-funded scientific research outside of your bubble, @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social is here to help you pitch and publish in your hometown newspaper
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Science Homecoming

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Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · 25d

Join us at the Seattle downtown waterfront tomorrow to advocate for science, public health, and research! @sufsseattle.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social #standupforscience

sufsseattle.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social · Sep 5

Seattle! We're joining forces to Save Our Science (SOS!)
The congressional budget is coming and we need EVERYONE to help protect our funding.

@defundmusk.bsky.social @wallingfordindivisible.com @sufsseattle.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social will be on hand.
Art @rojastopher.bsky.social

Seattle! We're joining forces to Save Our Science (SOS!)

Meet at the Seattle Waterfront (9/14) for a rally at 1pm, and to hear from speakers from a variety of scientific disciplines. The budget is coming up on the congressional calendar and we need everyone to help protect funding. This is your money after all!

Folks from @defundmusk, @wallingfordindivisible & @sufsseattle will be on hand to answer questions and offer ways you can help Save Our Science.

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Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · Aug 28

🙌 Join @sufsseattle.bsky.social on Sept 23 for “Foundations, Futures, and Federal Funding of Human-Computer Interaction - a Teach-In with @katestarbird.bsky.social”, for @standupforscience.bsky.social #SummerFightForScience. RSVP at act.standupforscience.net/events/found...

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Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · Aug 19

Yup and btw, @standupforscience.bsky.social has launched a petition to impeach RFK Jr www.standupforscience.net/rfk-impeachm...

Sign the IMPEACH RFK Citizens' Petition to Congress — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

Join with us to sign our Citizens' Petition to the US Congress to choose the people over Trump and Impeach RFK Jr Now!

www.standupforscience.net

Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · Aug 19

Could @lastweektonight.com help share this petition as a follow on to the latest ep on MAHA?!

Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚨BREAKING NEWS: RFK Jr. is a danger to this nation. Don’t give in to Trump & his cronies: we are NOT trading innovation for ideology. We demand the immediate IMPEACHMENT and REMOVAL of RFK. Stop the quack. Protect Science. Protect Democracy
Sign & share here: zurl.co/PEPyD
#StandUpForScience

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Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · Aug 8

I couldn't get the click-to-call to work, can the actions also post the direct numbers as a backup? I did leave a message at the. number noted here www.reddit.com/r/50501/comm...

Thanks for organizing us @standupforscience.bsky.social!

From the 50501 community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the 50501 community

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Jul 31

I thought this was a great run down of Trump's War on Science!

thehill.com/opinion/whit...

Views from the front lines of Trump’s war on the science community

The government’s war against science is a disaster for both.

thehill.com

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sufsseattle.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social · Jul 1

Smarty Pints! The Science of Science

Join professors Carl Bergstrom (UW Biology) and Kevin Gross (NCSU Statistics) for a conversation on how science works.

Let us know you are coming and get involved in the summer fight for science: www.standupforscience.net/summer-fight... .

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Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · Jun 17

👀 🧬 Curious how to respectfully, robustly, and flexibly use population descriptors in genomic research, and align with @nationalacademies.org recommendations?

Check out this work from the NIH-funded PRIMED Consortium @prsdiversity.bsky.social, co-led by Alyna Khan and Stephanie Gogarten

The American Journal of Human Genetics @ajhgnews.bsky.social · Jun 12

📣New from the PRIMED Consortium!
📄A data model for population descriptors in genomic research

A data model for population descriptors in genomic research

We describe a data model that organizes and retains detailed population descriptor data for future research use. The model supports a versatile, traceable, and reproducible harmonization system that a...

www.cell.com

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Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · Jun 9

Anger confirmed. My research group is on partial furlough due to these renewal delays.

Sign the #BethesdaDeclaration - www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jun 9

If you weren't angry enough already, here are the rates of non-competitive renewals through May.

4008 Non-competitive renewals were due to be funded in May.

The total funded was 99!

Some is due to terminations, but most is due to slow grant making due to DOGE review and other impediments.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jun 9

🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives.

This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
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Front-page-style graphic titled “BREAKING NEWS” with photos of RFK Jr. and Dr. Bhattacharya in front of a government hearing chamber. Text reads: “NIH Scientists Sound the Alarm as Health Research Faces Historic Threat” and “NIH Employees Send Trump Cronies Scathing Wake-Up Call.”

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · May 29

Our op-ed in the Guardian addresses the danger of Trump's "Gold Standard Science" executive order.

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@cdelawalla.bsky.social
@vambros.bsky.social
Carol Greider
@michaelemann.bsky.social
@briannosek.bsky.social

Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette Delawalla

The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way to state-controlled science

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · May 22

💬 The perfect antidote to feeling a helpless lack of agency - SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT against a proposed rule that would replace civil servants with political appointees.

More on why the proposed rule is bad - www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Jon Freeman @freemanjb.bsky.social · May 21

🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees

Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday

📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful

Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj

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Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · May 16

📢 🐙 🧬 Seattle area folks - come visit me at the waterfront on Sunday! You can write postcards to your reps, stamp your 'passport' at different 'Ask a Scientist' stations, hold signs, and just generally keep showing up for science! #standupforscience

sufsseattle.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social · May 13

Hello Seattle! We are excited to present the Science for All rally next Sunday, 5/18, from 9-11am on the Seattle Waterfront! Please sign up via our Mobilize link (www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...) if you plan on attending. Hope to see you there!

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Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · May 14

🙌 @alondra.bsky.social reminds us all to use our agency and our voices

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Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · May 8

We gotta keep showing up for science!!

sufsseattle.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social · May 8

Join us on Sunday, 5/18 from 9-11am for the Science For All rally! We'll gather from the ferry terminal to the sculpture garden along the waterfront. Activities include "ask a scientist" booths where you can ask questions to local scientists, postcards to contact your reps, and more!

Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · May 7

Research matters and it's under critical threat

www.washington.edu/research-mak...

New UW page makes the case and provides a link to sign up for critical alerts

Research Makes America

UW research makes America healthier, safer and more prosperous. But those gains are now at risk.

www.washington.edu

Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · Apr 24

Thank you @genandgenes.bsky.social for this clear and powerful message

Nature @nature.com · Apr 24

Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics

https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc

Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand

Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.

go.nature.com

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

Tax Day - round 3 - NIH 🩻🧠🧬

🧬 The average U.S. taxpayer contributes $105/year to NIH, helping fund:

• Cancer & rare disease breakthroughs
• Pandemic preparedness
• Children’s health
• Medical tech innovation
• Mental health science & more

NIH powers the science behind the healthcare we rely on.

A serious medical scene shows a healthcare worker in surgical scrubs standing in a hospital corridor. Bold white text overlays the image, reading: “Curing cancer. Preventing pandemics. What’s it worth?”

A dark blue graphic with white text centered over a soft-focus medical background. The message reads: “Just $105 per year from the average taxpayer funds the national institute of health. That’s all it takes to help save lives improve care, and fight disease”

A clean, square infographic with a dark blue background and light blue accents. The header reads, “What does that money actually do? Your $105 helps fund:” followed by six icons and descriptions:
1. Mental Health Research – Depression, PTSD, addiction
2. Cancer & Rare Disease Studies – From early detection to lifesaving treatments
3. Pandemic Preparedness – Vaccines, virus tracking, prediction and prevention
4. Children’s Health – Brain development, neonatal and pediatric care
5. Medical Innovation – Imaging, prosthetics, diagnostics
6. Basic Biomedical Science – Foundational research for future cures

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Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · Apr 12

Fine by me, but let me check with Knox News and get back to you…

Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · Apr 10

🚨🔥☎️ Time to call your Senators, folks - the House just passed a bill that will disenfranchise millions, especially women, people of color, and young people.

www.npr.org/2025/03/12/n...

The House has passed the Trump-backed SAVE Act. Here are 8 things to know

The House has passed legislation that would make sweeping changes to voter registration, including requiring those signing up to present documents proving U.S. citizenship.

www.npr.org

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Sarah Nelson @blueyedgenes.bsky.social · Apr 7

Thanks to @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social for giving me the inspiration and help to write this article for my hometown East Tennessee paper

www.knoxnews.com/story/opinio...

Sarah Nelson in her home office holding up the 2003 Journal of Undergraduate Research

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