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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 28d

So... I did some analysis of grants that did receive noncompetitive renewals.

In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed.

Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 6

Know your rights, Illinois.

Stay safe and stay informed.

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · Jul 29

Absolutely thrilled to see @audreyhendricks.com receive the ASHG Education award! We in @cubiomedinfo.bsky.social at @cuanschutz.bsky.social are lucky to have her as a colleague, mentor, and advocate for genetics and genomics education for all.

Congratulations Audrey!

Audrey Hendricks @audreyhendricks.com · Jul 29

I am very honored to have received the ASHG Education award!

Grateful to work with so many amazing people to provide opportunities to folks that may not have even known that genetics and biomedical research was a career! Lots more work to do, but together we do make a difference!

Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · Jul 29

Huge congrats to @audreyhendricks.com for her 2025 ASHG Educator Award! So incredibly well-deserved.

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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · Jul 8

The Max Planck Society @maxplanck.de today launched its Transatlantic Program, aimed at strengthening scientific collaboration with US partners, while at same time creating new opportunities for talented researchers at multiple career stages, from PhD through to group-heads & directors. More info 👇🧪

Max Planck Transatlantic Program

With its new Transatlantic Program, the Max Planck Society aims to strengthen collaboration and partnerships between its Institutes and leading U.S. institutions. At the same time, it seeks to counter...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jul 8

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · Jul 8

It was used to indicate different effect sizes (not statistical 'bias'). So population-biased eQTLs, sex-biased eQTLs = inclusive of poss 'pop-/sex-'specific. There was lots of discussion about how to refer to these. 'specific' was a hard "no" for many of the reasons mentioned above in this thread.

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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · Jul 8

I agree!

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adelaide tovar @adel-aide.bsky.social · Jun 27

URGENT: Please share widely with your networks!! Very tight turnaround (12 pm today 6/27) 🧪

Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · Jun 26

APHA is gathering grants by TOMORROW NOON for Phase 2 of their lawsuit vs. NIH which regards NIH **applications** that were unfairly pulled from review, mishandled, or delayed from being awarded due to DEI issues.

To add your grant to this lawsuit, become an APHA member & submit this survey:

Microsoft Forms

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Rachel Ungar @raungar.bsky.social · Jun 2

Are you an early-career researcher working on the computational analysis of population-level human genetics data? We want to hear from you about if, how, and why you use population descriptors in your research! Fill out our short survey: forms.gle/SCiNUq71wgi5... 🧬💻🧪

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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · Jun 20

Yes! That would be fantastic for our trainees.

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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · Jun 2

Love this: In referring to studying sex differences: "It's not woke science, it's just SCIENCE." ❤️

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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · Jun 2

Excited for @liisagalea.bsky.social keynote at Annual meeting of @ossdcomm.bsky.social

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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · May 22

Congratulations!

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Tracy Bale @thebalelab.bsky.social · May 14

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) will hold a full committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget on May 14, 2025, at 1:30 pm ET. ☎️ CALL YOUR SENATORS and tell them how vital #NIH research is to America’s health 👩🏽‍⚕️🏥🧠

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Dr Martha Gulati @drmarthagulati.bsky.social · May 5

In an interview with Women’s Health Magazine I discuss my opinion of how Women’s Health Care will be affected by the changes in funding to research on women or examining sex differences

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📎 www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a6461...

'We Are Moving Backwards': 4 Leaders In Women’s Health Care On Why Research Funding Is Essential

There's so much at stake—for everyone.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · May 6

🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨

WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.

4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.

Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com

4 12x18 inch posters on a brick and concrete wall. The top left is pink and says funding science saves lives, written in microbes, next to a microscope. The one on the right says Biology is bigger than binaries, with a fish, a lily, and a bee. The bottom left says Protecting wildlife starts wtih you, with a bunch of adiorable woodland creatues in yellow, white and black, including an owl, fungi, a... um. weasel? salamanders, butterflies, slugs, and a rotting log. The bottom right says Will our oceans thrive or nosedive the choice is yours, with the ocean represented in a circle, half of which is dead and half of which is alive, including kelp and a mackerel

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · May 3

“How might the narrative about senior women be challenged or changed in order to respect these women who have achieved enough success to earn promotion? How do we stop this generational cycle so that women's wings aren't clipped as soon as they approach the power to soar.”

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Abraham Palmer @abepalmer.bsky.social · Apr 30

A postdoctoral position is available at University of California San Diego to study the genome-wide contribution of tandem repeat and structural variants to tobacco use disorder and related traits. Candidates should have statistical genetics ad GWAS experience. Details:
gymreklab.com/postdoc-trdr...

Post-doc position - Gymrek Lab

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Apr 28

Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.

Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.

HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.

99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.

Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.

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Aaron Quinlan (he/him) @aaronquinlan.bsky.social · Apr 28

The Department of Human Genetics at the University of Utah is sponsoring the Rising Stars in Genetics and Genomics symposium!

- We are seeking nominations bu June 1.
- September 18-19, 2025
- Please share with the star postdocs that you know.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Apr 28

Here’s the show. Please watch!
It’s all about HHS and the first segment is about NIH.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H34...

RFK Jr. & HHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · Apr 28

It broke my heart. 💔

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Apr 24

ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS

We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · Apr 24

I wrote a thing.

I am eternally grateful for my editor, who took the original draft and helped me narrow down my key points into a more effective piece with a broader reach.

Also, thanks to the editorial & legal teams, who maintained the message while protecting us in this fraught moment.

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.

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Barbara Stranger @bstranger.bsky.social · Apr 24

Thank you for writing this!

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