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Lucia Peixoto

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Associate Professor. WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. Neuroscientist, Computational Biologist #sleep #development #autism #transcription #chromatin #LatinX #academicmama #uruguayan

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Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · Jul 16

It's an honor to be recognized for advocating for what you believe "that everyone belongs in computational biology and that all ideas are valued equally, recognizing that diversity of thought and background drives scientific excellence" doi.org/10.1093/bioi...

The 2025 Outstanding Contributions to ISCB Award—Dr Lucia Peixoto

Every year, the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) presents the Outstanding Contributions to ISCB Award in recognition of a society mem

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Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · 11d

WTAF

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Highly normal. Nothing to see here, folks.

Pregnant Women, DON’T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON’T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITAS B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS! President DJT

Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · 14d

Autism Scientists Strongly Oppose HHS Report Suggesting Links Between Tylenol and Autism. www.coalitionofautismscientists.org

Coalition of Autism Scientists | "autism scientists"

The Coalition of Autism Scientists formed in 2025 and is comprised of the leading autism researchers across the United States. The website includes statements made by researchers and science-based edu...

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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 14d

Decades of research have found that acetaminophen is safe for children when administered as recommended. Misleading claims link the medicine to autism. These false claims send a dangerous message to parents and does a disservice to autistic individuals. www.aap.org/en/news-room...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 18d

I cannot overstate how remarkable it is that under GOP rule, US federal health regulations have been captured by fringe crackpots who espouse views that the vast majority of the US public—and nearly 100% of health professionals—reject.

Gift link:

Kennedy’s Vaccine Panel Votes to Limit Access to Covid Shots

www.nytimes.com

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Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 22d

Science: only when you write up the manuscript, you realize what you should have done.

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 29d

In 1999, the Centers for Disease Control and *Prevention* (at least until the fascists change the name) highlighted the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century. Trump's people are undermining ~all~ ~of~ ~them~. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...

Ten Great Public Health Achievements -- United States, 1900-1999

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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 29d

I care for children in the hospital on inpatient & consult services.

Most weeks there are at least a few kids admitted with vaccine preventable diseases.

Often in children who can’t get vaccinated themselves.

15 years in pediatrics and I’ve never seen a single one admitted with vaccine injury.

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Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · Sep 6

Happy birthday! Need to treat you to something next week

Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · Sep 6

And now you cannot trust doctors.. anyone wants to guess who is being admitted to medical school more?

Sam Benc 🐟 @nonvieta.bsky.social · Sep 6

That whole article is trash but I want to hone in on this gem, the stinking core at the heart of the rise of anti-intellectualism that has become so pervasive, even among highly educated conservatives. Fascinating how this devaluation has gone hand in hand with men not dominating college.

Highlighted screenshot of an article “the Democratic Party has already forgotten how to talk to large groups of voters like young men, who have become considerably less likely to complete college than young women.”

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Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · Sep 6

a man in a suit is eating popcorn from a striped bucket

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Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · Sep 5

while drunk...

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Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · Sep 5

If you ever wanted to show your kid what having a meltdown as a man-baby looks like, here it is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKaU...

'I think you ought to resign': Recap of RFK Jr.'s heated Senate hearing

YouTube video by Associated Press

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Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · Sep 5

The world is going soon to be divided into two kind of people: the ones that know what AI can and cannot do well an use it as an assistant, and the ones that do not know any better and whose job is going to be replaced by AI.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Sep 4

RFK testifies before the Senate Finance committee today at 10am.

This will be a big moment. Amplify it for your family and friends.
Make sure they know that RFK Jr is trying to kill people as part of his decades-long antivax grift.
Some things to note:
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RFK Jr. to face questions about chaos at the CDC

Democratic lawmakers and more than a thousand current and former HHS staff say Kennedy's actions are endangering America's health. Kennedy says he came to clean house and he's delivering.

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Sep 3

Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.

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Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · Aug 29

I'm going for chocolate tonight. Tomorrow I am driving early and taking 9 yo girls to a water/amusement park.....

Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · Aug 28

Today I did two parent teacher conferences, submitted a manuscript and submitted a grant, please clap

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Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · Aug 28

In mice too I think journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

Transcriptional dynamics of sleep deprivation and subsequent recovery sleep in the male mouse cortex | Physiological Genomics | American Physiological Society

Sleep is an essential, tightly regulated biological function. Sleep is also a homeostatic process, with the need to sleep increasing as a function of being awake. Acute sleep deprivation (SD) increase...

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Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · Aug 28

Cellular redox homeostasis and generation of ROS is one of the cellular/molecular components of sleep pressure without a doubt IMO. Even without single cell resolution mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation features prominently in our latest study journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

Transcriptional dynamics of sleep deprivation and subsequent recovery sleep in the male mouse cortex | Physiological Genomics | American Physiological Society

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Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · Aug 26

Summer memories #Liverpool #ISMBECCB2025

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Aug 21

The numbers are in. The new maps republicans just passed in Texas reduce Hispanic Texans to one-third of a white person and Black Texans to one-fifth of a white person.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 20

Just now…

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Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · Aug 16

"DEI hires" my behind

Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · Aug 15

I have never been so relieved about an NOA for a non-competing renewal. I can breathe for another year

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Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · Aug 1

It seems clear that he never really cared about what really drives health disparities

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

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Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · Jul 31

In which world is this OK?

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Jul 31

I NEED to tell you the story of Tae Heung “William” Kim.

He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.

He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.

And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.

From left to right, Dr. Albert Mulenga, William Tae Heung Kim, Dr. Thu Thuy Nguyen, Dr. Alex Kiarie Gaithuma, Dr Hassan Hakimi and Emily Bencosme Cuevas. Kim is a Texas A&M researcher who was detained in San Francisco last Monday despite being a permanent resident of the United States and a green card holder.

COURTESY OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY