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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · 6d

This nonsense never changes 😔

Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · 6d

Remembering the NYT obit of Yvonne Brill, NASA rocket scientist, which began "She made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job to job and took eight years off from work to raise three children." 🤦‍♀️

Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 6d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 6d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · 29d

Wrapping up a great conference on acid-base regulation in Copenhagen. Beautiful venue at the Royal Danish Academy. Our Canadian and European colleagues are aghast at the rapid dismantling of science and democracy in the US.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Sep 4

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Aug 26

Ladies and gentleman, this is the state of Goddard Space Flight Ctr of NASA today. Spouse just returned from a trip abroad to this 🤦‍♀️

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Aug 23

Strawberry 🍓 crostata for 4 yo Rhys’ birthday next door 🎉

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Aug 23

If I wrote a book on the joy of picking tomatoes, would you read it? My writing style is irreverent, self deprecating humor

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Aug 17

Sure!

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Aug 14

Today's lesson in pointless security: Digitally signed PDFs cannot be merged w/o the signatures disappearing. Apparently, merging is a disallowed modification.

How do I know this? NIH returned the merged Other Support docs on our multi-PI RPPR because the signatures had disappeared 🤡

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thanks!

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Aug 10

Nature forgives.
Rabbits decapitated the seedlings, bugs destroyed the zucchini and heat made the basil bolt. But we persevered - added chicken wire fencing, more compost and plenty of TLC. This was today's haul. No bushels of tomatoes this year, but a small harvest is better than no harvest. 🙏

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Aug 10

Thanks! It's easy, just use your favorite corn bread recipe.

Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Aug 10

Thanks! Sometimes we are inspired to make patterns with the red and yellow tomatoes 😄

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Aug 10

Too many cherry tomatoes? Arrange them cut side down on parchment paper lined skillet and pour corn bread batter over it. Voila! Upside down cherry tomato corn bread. Courtesy of my daughter Anjana. #foodsky

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Aug 9

Always ends with my getting up and doing some service for him 😀

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Aug 9

He feels my angst.

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Aug 9

A very good boy too! 🥰

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Aug 9

He knows me well (as do you) 😭

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Aug 9

He’s eaten his breakfast and shared mine, washed it down with some milk from when I made my coffee (twice!). But he is a bottomless pit for food!

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Aug 9

What does he want? 😂

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Aug 1

The hypocrisy and political pandering from the NIH leadership is deeply disturbing and cannot be good for the future of evidence based scientific research in the US. 🧪

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 1

Incredibly well reported deep dive on NIH and health disparities research in STAT. 🧵

www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/n...

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Jay Bhattacharya once studied health disparities. As NIH director, he’s allowed such research to wither

Jay Bhattacharya’s tenure as NIH director has seen health disparities research swept up in the Trump administration’s attack on DEI

www.statnews.com

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Jul 30

Hopefully, yes! Depending on which option.

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Jul 30

🧪BREAKING: NIH has laid out 5 options for funding publications costs on grants (yes, FIVE!). This is hugely impactful.

Make your opinions known by September 15, fellow scientists.
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grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

NOT-OD-25-138: Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs NOT-OD-25-138. NIH

grants.nih.gov

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · Jul 29

few outcomes, except for 99% of FDA-approved drugs, 174 recipients of 104 Nobel Prizes, training ~30K MDs and ~10K PhDs per year to enter the workforce, and a 34% reduction in age-adjusted cancer deaths since 1990 -- the largest decrease in history

Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · Jul 29

Now do the Department of Defense budget, Andrew.

“Washington has thrown billions at NIH for decades with little accountability and few measurable outcomes,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a statement to Future Pulse.

www.politico.com/newsletters/...

NIH spending battle’s ripple effect

www.politico.com

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Rajini Rao @madamescientist.bsky.social · Jul 29

One of the demands of being a 🌞morning person is a hot and savory breakfast. No cold muesli for me! By the time I’ve taken Samwise for a walk, tackled the most urgent and demanding jobs from work and checked on mom in India, I’m hungry! Thanks to Sammy 🐶 I made quick work of this pita melt #foodsky

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