Chris Anderson, PhD. 🏳️🌈
@canderson0402.bsky.social
UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow
UCSD IRACDA Fellow
Bioengineer interested in 🫀regen and cultivated 🍖
UCSD IRACDA Fellow
Bioengineer interested in 🫀regen and cultivated 🍖
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9. Lawsuits like this one change the legal calculus. They make clear that discrimination is not the risk-free option hospitals hoped it would be, and that transgender patients will not quietly disappear when care is taken from them.
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
9. Lawsuits like this one change the legal calculus. They make clear that discrimination is not the risk-free option hospitals hoped it would be, and that transgender patients will not quietly disappear when care is taken from them.
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1. Earlier this year, Yale and CCMC capitulated to the Trump administration and ended care for trans youth.
Now, 10 families are suing them for violating state law.
Hospitals cannot be made to believe throwing trans people under the bus is risk free.
Our latest story.
Now, 10 families are suing them for violating state law.
Hospitals cannot be made to believe throwing trans people under the bus is risk free.
Our latest story.
Families Bring Legal Challenge Against Yale, CCMC For Capitulating To Trump On Trans Youth Care
Yale New Haven Health and Connecticut Children's Medical Center abruptly ended care for transgender people earlier this year.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
1. Earlier this year, Yale and CCMC capitulated to the Trump administration and ended care for trans youth.
Now, 10 families are suing them for violating state law.
Hospitals cannot be made to believe throwing trans people under the bus is risk free.
Our latest story.
Now, 10 families are suing them for violating state law.
Hospitals cannot be made to believe throwing trans people under the bus is risk free.
Our latest story.
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1. Transgender Rep. Sarah McBride railed agianst GOP attacks on transgender people and incoming bills today, joined by Reps. Ocasio-Cortez and Johnson.
"They are obsessed with transgender people."
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"They are obsessed with transgender people."
Read my latest, watch the video here, and subscribe to support our journalism.
“They Are Obsessed With Trans People:” Rep. Sarah McBride Rails Against GOP’s Upcoming Anti-Trans Votes
Rep. McBride joined Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Johnson in a speech against a felony national trans youth healthcare ban expected to be heard in Congress today.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
1. Transgender Rep. Sarah McBride railed agianst GOP attacks on transgender people and incoming bills today, joined by Reps. Ocasio-Cortez and Johnson.
"They are obsessed with transgender people."
Read my latest, watch the video here, and subscribe to support our journalism.
"They are obsessed with transgender people."
Read my latest, watch the video here, and subscribe to support our journalism.
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the irony of going after higher ed for "ideological litmus tests" (aka diversity statements) with their own ideological compact
the hypocrisy is truly the point
the hypocrisy is truly the point
October 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
the irony of going after higher ed for "ideological litmus tests" (aka diversity statements) with their own ideological compact
the hypocrisy is truly the point
the hypocrisy is truly the point
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AOC reassures trans kids, “You are fine just the way you are!” - buff.ly/iWGskqa
October 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
AOC reassures trans kids, “You are fine just the way you are!” - buff.ly/iWGskqa
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Americans and allies abroad: there are many international protests organized. Check out the website and RSVP! I’ll be at the Bastille (*chef’s kiss* for the location) on Saturday! Want to join me for this No Kings event? mobilize.us/s/ESsRoo
October 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Americans and allies abroad: there are many international protests organized. Check out the website and RSVP! I’ll be at the Bastille (*chef’s kiss* for the location) on Saturday! Want to join me for this No Kings event? mobilize.us/s/ESsRoo
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“we talk so much about what...white people are losing when they enter in those coalitions. And we don't have a clear sense of what they gain, which I have just always argued is, well, you get more humanity."
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Tressie McMillan Cottom on Nostalgia, Belonging, and Why Calling Trump an “Idiot” Misses the Point
Podcast Episode · The Hometown Holler · 10/06/2025 · 1h 9m
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October 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“we talk so much about what...white people are losing when they enter in those coalitions. And we don't have a clear sense of what they gain, which I have just always argued is, well, you get more humanity."
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Fenway health in Boston has stopped providing gender affirming care to trans youth.
I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.
I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.
October 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Fenway health in Boston has stopped providing gender affirming care to trans youth.
I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.
I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.
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Mother Linda Robinson, who lost her son to gay conversion therapy, has given a heartbreaking warning against reversing a ban preventing the widely criticised and discredited practice.
Read more: https://bit.ly/48mVipT
Read more: https://bit.ly/48mVipT
October 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Mother Linda Robinson, who lost her son to gay conversion therapy, has given a heartbreaking warning against reversing a ban preventing the widely criticised and discredited practice.
Read more: https://bit.ly/48mVipT
Read more: https://bit.ly/48mVipT
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Synthetic mechanotransduction
Synthetic mechanotransduction
Nature Reviews Bioengineering, Published online: 13 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s44222-025-00366-7Cells convert mechanical forces into biochemical signals through mechanotransduction, a process which can now be synthetically engineered. In this Review, we examine engineered artificial mechanotransduction mechanisms, from gene circuits responsive to mechanical cues to synthetic force-generating systems that reshape tissue behaviour and cellular function.
www.nature.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Synthetic mechanotransduction
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Trans swimmer is latest public figure to be targeted with false anti-LGBTQ+ quotes on social media
Trans swimmer is latest public figure to be targeted with fake anti-LGBTQ+ quotes
Swimming Australia has shut down fake anti-LGBTQ+ quotes attributed to Mollie O’Callaghan about trans athlete Lia Thomas.
www.thepinknews.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Trans swimmer is latest public figure to be targeted with false anti-LGBTQ+ quotes on social media
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New anti-DEI Meta AI advisor Robby Starbuck accused of ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’
New anti-DEI Meta AI advisor accused of ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’
Right-wing, anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck, who serves as Meta’s AI advisor, has been accused of “peddling lies and pushing extremism.”
www.thepinknews.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
New anti-DEI Meta AI advisor Robby Starbuck accused of ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’
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A novel immunotherapy strategy using in vivo generation of engineered CAR T cells can reduce fibrosis and restore cardiac function in a mouse model of heart failure, a 2022 Science study reports.
Learn more on #WorldHeartDay: https://scim.ag/3IiFJ8h
Learn more on #WorldHeartDay: https://scim.ag/3IiFJ8h
T cells to fix a broken heart
In vivo engineered T cells provide a promising approach to treat cardiac diseases
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September 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A novel immunotherapy strategy using in vivo generation of engineered CAR T cells can reduce fibrosis and restore cardiac function in a mouse model of heart failure, a 2022 Science study reports.
Learn more on #WorldHeartDay: https://scim.ag/3IiFJ8h
Learn more on #WorldHeartDay: https://scim.ag/3IiFJ8h
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This paper does a great job with a "It's a Wonderful Life" scenario about NIH, supposing the consequences of the bottom 40% of the funding NIH grants never existed.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
tl:dr The world would lose a lot, but directly and indirectly
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
tl:dr The world would lose a lot, but directly and indirectly
What if NIH had been 40% smaller?
Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research
www.science.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This paper does a great job with a "It's a Wonderful Life" scenario about NIH, supposing the consequences of the bottom 40% of the funding NIH grants never existed.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
tl:dr The world would lose a lot, but directly and indirectly
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
tl:dr The world would lose a lot, but directly and indirectly
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“It has also caused concern in the LGBTQ+ community, particularly among trans people who have questioned whether the IDs will contain information outing them.” Digital ID will be challenging to implement, is unnecessary and may endanger minorities. www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/26/d...
UK government's new digital IDs scheme causes concern among trans community
The UK government's new digital IDs scheme has caused concern among trans people over the impact it could have on their privacy.
www.thepinknews.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
“It has also caused concern in the LGBTQ+ community, particularly among trans people who have questioned whether the IDs will contain information outing them.” Digital ID will be challenging to implement, is unnecessary and may endanger minorities. www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/26/d...
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In the 1950s, Alabama went after Civil rights lawyers in the NAACP for challenging segregation. Now they're going after trans lawyers for challenging anti trans laws.
Nothing ever changes.
Nothing ever changes.
BREAKING: Feds indict LGBTQ org lawyer for testimony in long-running Alabama "judge-shopping" investigation.
In an indictment unsealed Monday, Lambda Legal counsel Carl Charles faces a felony charge of making a false declaration to the investigating judicial panel back in 2022.
New, at Law Dork:
In an indictment unsealed Monday, Lambda Legal counsel Carl Charles faces a felony charge of making a false declaration to the investigating judicial panel back in 2022.
New, at Law Dork:
Breaking: Feds indict LGBTQ org lawyer for testimony in Alabama "judge-shopping" investigation
In an indictment unsealed Monday, Lambda Legal counsel Carl Charles faces a felony charge of making a false declaration to the investigating judicial panel.
www.lawdork.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
In the 1950s, Alabama went after Civil rights lawyers in the NAACP for challenging segregation. Now they're going after trans lawyers for challenging anti trans laws.
Nothing ever changes.
Nothing ever changes.
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I encourage people to watch this video. The selected footage shows the professor doing nothing even slightly out of line, whereas the student misinterprets the law and hopes to impose her religious beliefs on the material.
Administrators caving to this is terrifying.
Administrators caving to this is terrifying.
Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I encourage people to watch this video. The selected footage shows the professor doing nothing even slightly out of line, whereas the student misinterprets the law and hopes to impose her religious beliefs on the material.
Administrators caving to this is terrifying.
Administrators caving to this is terrifying.
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Also, I know it is a small point in the overall march towards fascism, but the idea that gender is performative and a spectrum is backed by science.
The *actual* “gender ideology” is being imposed by the folks who insist, against fact and reason, on a strict binary.
The *actual* “gender ideology” is being imposed by the folks who insist, against fact and reason, on a strict binary.
Faculty in red states are being punished for failing to signal in their course descriptions that their classes will include content on "gender ideology."
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"?
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Also, I know it is a small point in the overall march towards fascism, but the idea that gender is performative and a spectrum is backed by science.
The *actual* “gender ideology” is being imposed by the folks who insist, against fact and reason, on a strict binary.
The *actual* “gender ideology” is being imposed by the folks who insist, against fact and reason, on a strict binary.
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Seen on a map board around Grand Teton National Park, in Wyoming.
September 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Seen on a map board around Grand Teton National Park, in Wyoming.
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A genocide prevention organisation is calling on the UN to revoke the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) top-grade status because of what they see as an attempt to ‘erase’ trans people.
UN urged to downgrade EHRC over trans policies
An international genocide prevention group has urged the UN to consider downgrading the EHRC over claims it has violated the Paris Principles.
www.thepinknews.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A genocide prevention organisation is calling on the UN to revoke the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) top-grade status because of what they see as an attempt to ‘erase’ trans people.
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Sabrina Carpenter has continued her campaign of pop perfection with a performance of ‘Tears’ at the 2025 VMA Awards that featured RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni and placards fighting for LGBTQ+ rights.
Sabrina Carpenter stages trans rights protest in VMA performance
Sabrina Carpenter's performance of 'Tears' at the 2025 VMA Awards featured RuPaul's Drag Race alumni and placards fighting for LGBTQ+ rights.
www.thepinknews.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Sabrina Carpenter has continued her campaign of pop perfection with a performance of ‘Tears’ at the 2025 VMA Awards that featured RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni and placards fighting for LGBTQ+ rights.
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Many conserved exons in the heart and brain utilize weak 5 ′ splice sites, yet they are accurately spliced. But how? We show that splicing fidelity is actively enforced through a QKI-U6 checkpoint at the U1→U6 handover in essential cardiac genes during organogenesis.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
QKI ensures splicing fidelity during cardiogenesis by engaging the U6 tri-snRNP to activate splicing at weak 5ʹ splice sites
During organogenesis, precise pre-mRNA splicing is essential to assemble tissue architecture. Many developmentally essential exons bear weak 5'splice sites (5'SS) yet are spliced with high precision, ...
www.biorxiv.org
September 8, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Many conserved exons in the heart and brain utilize weak 5 ′ splice sites, yet they are accurately spliced. But how? We show that splicing fidelity is actively enforced through a QKI-U6 checkpoint at the U1→U6 handover in essential cardiac genes during organogenesis.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
So I just found out BMES this year is literally in front of my old apartment this year. Too late to try and present... So that sucks.
September 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
So I just found out BMES this year is literally in front of my old apartment this year. Too late to try and present... So that sucks.
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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If you’re all in on Newsom, you haven’t been paying attention to what he’s actually done in California. Do better!
Y'all, there are three years to pick a better candidate than this. Three years
Three.
Years.
If you're already so all-in on newsom that you're out in these skeets fighting strangers about why we should give him a pass for hurting us and the people we love, i don't even know what to tell you. Bye
Three.
Years.
If you're already so all-in on newsom that you're out in these skeets fighting strangers about why we should give him a pass for hurting us and the people we love, i don't even know what to tell you. Bye
August 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
If you’re all in on Newsom, you haven’t been paying attention to what he’s actually done in California. Do better!