Olena Zhulyn
@ozhulyn.bsky.social
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I study tissue regeneration, rejuvenation & repair | Scientist @SickKids| Assistant Prof @UofT | former postdoc @Stanford | she/her | views my own | #axolotls #ribosomes #mRNA #regeneration #aging
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ozhulyn.bsky.social
Looking for a post-doc? Join us at #SickKids recently voted the Top Pediatric Hospital in the world rankings.newsweek.com/worlds-best-...
ozhulyn.bsky.social
SickKids Research Institute has just launched a search for Program Head in Developmental, Stem Cell and Cancer Biology. Phenomenal colleagues, amazing science and great food all in the most multicultural city in the world. Join us: www.sickkids.ca/en/research/...
Developmental, Stem Cell & Cancer Biology | SickKids Research Institute
The Developmental, Stem Cell & Cancer Biology program has led significant discoveries in developmental genetics, genomics, stem cell and cancer biology.
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markhoofnagle.medsky.social
The ethical implications of this from long established principles are atrocious - from denial of consent and respect for persons and their wishes, to beneficence with a high rate of harm to the potential child and justice. This is a violation of all 3 Belmont principles of ethical medical care.
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annikabarber.bsky.social
One of my axolotls will find and eat any food I give her. The other must be hand fed one morsel at a time, because she only eats things that smack her in the face at the precise moment she was pondering a lil snack anyway.
Gilgamesh, a melanoid axolotls, peers out from her feeding bin. She was the runt of her tank and it shows. Enheduanna, a pink leucistic axolotls, peers out, probably mid bite. She’s nicknamed princess pork chop for a reason.
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jsundman.bsky.social
There was lots of cool science at the #synbiobeta synthetic biology conference in San Jose last week — not to mention some awesome technology that I dreamed up 25+ years ago! But there was also a lot of what I can only call cowardice in the face of MAGA's war on science. Please share. 🧪
I was in the house when the house burned down, part one
SynbioBeta 2025: a failure of a synthetic biology conference
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Read this excerpt of an interview with Jay Bhattacharya, new NIH director.

And do not miss the last graf.

Via @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social

www.science.org/content/arti...
On a Nature news article reporting that NIH planned to suspend subawards for foreign collaborations:
"No, that's false. There's going to be a policy on tracking subawards. The NIH and the government should be able to see where the money's going."
"I'm really uncomfortable with this conversation, because you're like, actually spreading rumors that you don't know anything about. ... Nature also is spreading rumors. Halt foreign collaborations, that's not true."
"We're working on the policy, Jocelyn. You shouldn't be reporting rumors. I know there's leaks all over here, but the leaks don't actually reflect what's happening.
Don't write about rumors. It actually makes the things that you and I care about worse.
Like it spreads panic."
Later that day, NIH released a policy that halted future subawards to foreign scientists and said they will need to apply directly for money under a system still in development.
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lluismontoliu.bsky.social
Group picture at the wonderful 19th @transtechsociety.org #TT2025 meeting at @ethzurich.bsky.social in Zürich (Switzerland) Thanks to Stefan Selbert, Nataša Savić and rest of local organizers abd committees for putting together a great conference with balanced technical and scientific talks. Go ISTT
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hillaryclinton.bsky.social
Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.

If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.

Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
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georgetakei.bsky.social
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
A tweet by Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25
) reads: "He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. Don’t you see what’s happening here?"
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barackobama.bsky.social
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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hillaryclinton.bsky.social
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?

Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.

Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Graphic: As many as 69 million American women lack access to valid birth certificates
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andyfraser.bsky.social
Wonderful initiative!! Canada is friendly, Toronto science is world class and we don’t have the brainmeltingly toxic politics of America. Come to Canada, do great science with great people - and you don’t have to worry about being deported to an El Salvador concentration camp! The choice is clear.
uhn.ca
Today UHN launches the Canada Leads 100 Challenge! 🇨🇦💯

We’re making an ambitious investment to recruit 100 world-leading scientists. Together, we'll drive the future of health research and position Canada as a leader in global innovation!

Learn more:
www.uhn.ca/corporate/Ab...
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themodsisyphus.bsky.social
They are now estimating 2.3 million across the country. Keep it going folks.

#handsoff #50501protests
Images of protests and crowds across the country. 

HANDSOFF APRIL 5TH 2025
BOSTON
NEW YORK
CHICAGO
PORTLAND
SAN FRANCISCO
SAN DIEGO
IDAHO
UTAH
OAKLAND
(AND SOOOO MANY MORE!)
ozhulyn.bsky.social
Grateful to receive a 2025 #HFSPResearchGrants to lead a dream project with a dream team:‬ Mounia Lagha ‪@laghalab.bsky.social‬, Neil Kelleher @nlkproteomics.bsky.social and Alexander Van Oudenaarden.

@hubrechtinstitute.bsky.social
@sickkidsto.bsky.social
@umontpellier.bsky.social
hfspo.bsky.social
🥳Congratulations to the 104 pioneering scientists from 30 nations awarded 2025 #HFSPResearchGrants! 🎉Your frontier research is shaping the future of #LifeSciences! 🌍🔬🧪
🏆 Meet the awardees & their projects: www.hfsp.org/bookletRG202...
#ScienceDiplomacy #HFSP #FrontierScience #sts
New HFSP research Grant Awardees 2025
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joachim123.bsky.social
regarding Columbia University, I just learned about this (anonymous) account of negotiations of the Hitler regime in the 1930s with Frankfurt University -- Germany's most prestigious university at the time: