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Kevin Hall @kevinh-phd.bsky.social · Apr 16

Specifically, I experienced censorship in the reporting of our research because of agency concerns that it did not appear to fully support preconceived narratives of my agency’s leadership about ultra-processed food addiction.

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · Apr 7

More updates on what’s happening to federally funded US science. Roughly the same magic touch Trump has brought to world trade, actually.

Today’s examples are on drug-resistant gonorrhea and vaccine approvals, both of which are going to hell.

The Continuing Crisis, Part XI: Feral Children, Breaking Things

www.science.org

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Julia Bauman @juliabauman.bsky.social · Apr 7

Haha, super interesting, that would be a good one to include!

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Julia Bauman @juliabauman.bsky.social · Apr 6

Yes I’ll post here as well!
Great ideas. Would be awesome to do a larger funded effort

Julia Bauman @juliabauman.bsky.social · Apr 5

I’d love to be able to a video per week, but prob can’t swing it working alone.

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Julia Bauman @juliabauman.bsky.social · Apr 5

I’m planning a video series on the wonders of everyday medicines, from ibuprofen to prostaglandin analogs, to help point out biological innovations taken for granted (subtext: how NIH funding helps everybody)

Looking for help w research and scripting, or just ideas for what to cover & why!

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Julia Bauman @juliabauman.bsky.social · Apr 5

Any scientists want to help with a science communication project? Will reach thousands on TikTok!
Details⬇️

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · Apr 4

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security

Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)

Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.

www.nytimes.com

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Julia Bauman @juliabauman.bsky.social · Mar 26

Even if that were somehow true, it wouldn’t be comforting to know that a journalist can just scheme their way into White House communications🙄

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Mar 25

Gee, I wonder what that study on vaccines and autism will show www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
"Geier and his father, Mark Geier, have published papers claiming vaccines increase the risk of autism, a theory that has been studied for decades and scientifically debunked."

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Gabrielle Brewer @gabriellebrewer.bsky.social · Mar 17

Interesting panelist discussion at #KSTumorMetab25 on communicating science effectively to combat misinformation in this era.

Check out this #WorldView that we, @natrevcancer.bsky.social, published from @juliabauman.bsky.social who posts 60-second TikToks explaining recent papers.

bit.ly/41trLps

Maximize your research impact with storytelling - Nature Reviews Cancer

Although sometimes overlooked, storytelling is a powerful tool for communicating scientific research. In this World View, Julia Bauman outlines what is needed to convey a strong scientific narrative, ...

www.nature.com

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Julia Bauman @juliabauman.bsky.social · Mar 7

Lemme see if I can edit a version down to <60s!

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Julia Bauman @juliabauman.bsky.social · Feb 22

I haven’t seen any good data, but there are probably a ton of bots. Still plenty of accounts that I know to be real humans too!

Julia Bauman @juliabauman.bsky.social · Feb 21

I know Twitter sucks but it’s a *great* time to try to spread messages about harms to US science to non-academics

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Silas Maniatis @manimota.bsky.social · Feb 21

www.aacr.org/about-the-aa...

AACR Statement and Call to Action Regarding the Administration’s Recent Actions Affecting NIH and the American People

www.aacr.org

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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · Feb 20

Glad to see this post getting some traction, because the Federal Register is the WHOLE ballgame, folks. To drive this point home, a recent EO declares that all posts to FR now must be approved by the White House. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Feb 12

I have had a TON of people asking how they can help...here is what would help us the most right now: SHARE SHARE SHARE SHARE SHARE!

Tell us why you #standupforscience2025! Send flyers to your colleagues and labs! Change your bluesky banner! Tell your professional orgs and departments!

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Aidan Milliff @aidanmilliff.com · Feb 8

Cuts to the NIH are a strategy to strangle research universities not “reduce waste”

Graphic from United for Medical Research showing that NIH funding produces $2.46 in economic activity for every $1.00 awarded

Graphic from United for Research showing that NIH funding produced over $92B in economic activity in FY 2023

Graphic from United for Research showing that $914M in NIH grants to Florida institutions supported 14,688 jobs and produced $2.78B in economic activity

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · Feb 7

It is indeed my understanding that most research institutions won't survive if this is implemented. I know I will contact my congress and senate members.

5calls.org

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Jacob Schreiber @jmschreiber91.bsky.social · Feb 5

Insanely good news if this holds up.

Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor

Prion disease is caused by misfolding of the prion protein (PrP) into pathogenic self-propagating conformations, leading to rapid-onset dementia and death. However, elimination of endogenous PrP halts...

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Jason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · Jan 28

Took me 3 minutes to call both of my Senators and my representative. Just do it.

Jeremy Stanley @jstanley0.bsky.social · Jan 28

I hate phone calls, and I have GOP reps, but I made the calls: "It's unconstitutional--Congress has the power of the purse. I urge Senator Curtis to oppose this power grab. Even if he agrees about certain funds, it's not worth abandoning the checks and balances at the foundation of our republic."

Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · Jan 28

I know you hate this advice. I know you hear it all the time, but for gods sake you need to be calling your congressperson. Now. Today.

If you have a GOP representative, you need to call and ask if they approve of stripping congress of its constitutional authority. If they like being powerless.

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Julia Bauman @juliabauman.bsky.social · Jan 27

Our paper is out!!

TLDR; Cell Painting as a phenotypic readout in whole-genome CRISPR screens is very informative, cheap per cell, & we find some interesting biology!

JT Neal @jtneal.bsky.social · Jan 27

Our paper “A genome-wide atlas of human cell morphology” is finally out today in @naturemethods.bsky.social ! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

(I tweeted about our preprint in 2023 over at the bad place, but deactivated my account, so here we go again!)

A genome-wide atlas of human cell morphology - Nature Methods

An optical pooled cell profiling platform (PERISCOPE) based on Cell Painting and optical sequencing of molecular barcodes was used to develop the first unbiased genome-wide morphology-based perturbati...

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Julia Bauman @juliabauman.bsky.social · Dec 21

Dying for a bookmark function on @bsky.app!

How else am I supposed to add to my massive list of unread papers 😰

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Laurence Ettwiller @ettwiller.bsky.social · Dec 9

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our study published today on #bioRxiv describe the identification of a deaminase that converts 5mC to T, enabling direct sequencing of the human methylome and genome. This achievement was made possible through a collaborative effort across all departments at #NEB.

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Julia Bauman @juliabauman.bsky.social · Dec 10

Thank you, Ardem!

A template for writing your senator: bsky.app/profile/juli...

Julia Bauman @juliabauman.bsky.social · Dec 3

If the idea of an RFK Jr. HHS Secretary (or any of the other scientific/medical agency appointees) is concerning to you, contact your senators to express your worries.

Feel free to borrow my template below:

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