Sneha Rao
@sneharao.bsky.social
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Dev Bio PhD candidate in @oweinerlab.bsky.social at UCSF. Embryos, microscopy, developmental mechanics. Leader of @spgatucsf.bsky.social. Advocating for #SciPol & #SciComm training for all grad students! 🎻 🧶 📚
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“I will miss the creativity of teaching.”

On #WorldTeachersDay, check out this #ScienceWorkingLife essay from a retired professor emeritus on how she challenged students to think beyond facts—and how she learned to teach like a scientist. https://scim.ag/4nvwosR
People diving into a pool of books and figures, with text: How I learned to teach like a scientist
sneharao.bsky.social
Dialogue is so important in science engagement.

“Our responsibility is … to speak with humility, to listen with care, and to earn the trust of those we hope to reach… To change what people believe, we must first understand why they believe it and what purpose that belief serves in their lives.”
sneharao.bsky.social
The best group!!! Now is a great time to join us if you’re interested in learning about how to engage in advocacy and policy as a scientist!
spgatucsf.bsky.social
SPG hosted our annual Welcome Picnic last week - what an energizing start to the new year! Our group brainstorm/jam board of policy issues and ideas shows a teaser of some of our upcoming events… 👀

Watch this space to check out the new initiatives our members cook up this year!
New and returning members of the Science Policy Group at UCSF gather for a picnic around the trees in Koret Quad, Mission Bay campus. New and returning members of the Science Policy Group at UCSF engage in discussion about science policy issues. New and returning members of the Science Policy Group at UCSF stand around a whiteboard posted with sticky notes of science policy issues and event ideas.
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kdmr.bsky.social
Very lucky to be at UCSF with such great microscopy facilities. These instruments are definitely pushing the limits of what we thought feasible in live imaging! Excited to keep exploring how these single cells organize and secrete such precise morphologies.
tanner-fadero.bsky.social
If you've ever wanted to know what the actin filaments on the scales in a developing moth wing look like in 3D, here you go!

Kyle DeMarr from @mullinslab.bsky.social acquired these beautiful data on the single objective light sheet at the UCSF Center for Advanced Light Microscopy.

#snouty
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mjarnett.bsky.social
Science is under unprecedented threat in the US, and we need to speak out to save it.

If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle....

Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.
Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science
The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...
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jbwallingford.bsky.social
We all know scientists who are also musicians In fact, one of my favorites just dropped a new album last month. I was surprised me, though, since she died over 800 years ago. Turns out she might also be the first woman to ever write about developmental biology. 🧵 1/16
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sciforgood.bsky.social
There's still time to write a McClintock Letter in support of federal funding of research!

Interested and don't know where to start?

Join this workshop tomorrow, June 6th, at 12 ET ☀️

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Image for a McClintock Letters writing workshop tomorrow at 12p ET, hosted by Dr. Katherine Xue at UC Irvine, who has written for the New Yorker. She will walk participants through how to write and pitch your op-ed!
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abankston.bsky.social
As citizens concerned about the future #STEM #workforce, we want to hear stories and impacts of #federal #funding cuts on early career #scientists. Take the surveys by June 6! @scienceforgood.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io

Impacts survey: bit.ly/3Z1aFPj
Stories survey: bit.ly/3Sghx7R

#savescience
Are you an early career scientist impacted by federal research funding cuts? We want to hear your views and stories! Impacts survey: https://bit.ly/3Z1aFPj 
Stories survey: https://bit.ly/3Sghx7R. Open May 23 - June 6, 2025.
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davidimiller.bsky.social
🧪 Ranking member Lofgren and 11 other House dems sent a fiery 7-page letter to acting NSF director today

"The cancelation of these awards suggests instead that NSF is willing to apply political censorship of awards under direction from President Trump and the DOGE teenagers"

Share widely #SaveNSF
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pspdg.bsky.social
Are you interested in writing for the McClintock Letters, but aren't sure where to start?

Join us for an Op-Ed workshop led by author and NYT reporter and editor Clay Risen @risenc.bsky.social this Wednesday, May 7th at 4pm ET. Register here to attend on Zoom: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
sneharao.bsky.social
So important to stay in touch with our local and hometown communities - write for the #McClintockLetters and be part of this incredible grassroots initiative!
spgatucsf.bsky.social
📣 Federally funded scientists!

Now more than ever before, it is critical that we bridge the gap btw scientists & the community to rebuild trust & address misinformation. Join the national #McClintockLetters movement to #DefendResearch, improve #SciComm, & share your scientific story! ⤵️
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jesseveenvliet.bsky.social
😱 A very hungry #PacManoid ate the original post 🍬🍬🍬

Here’s the 🧵 on our latest in @cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social again!

Gastruloids w/ a sweet tooth better model natural embryos: doi.org/10.1016/j.st...

Spearheaded by @cryaaa.bsky.social & Alba Villaronga-Luque @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social
sneharao.bsky.social
Energizing day at @aaas.org #CASE2025, representing UCSF w @aasencor.bsky.social, Yanilka Soto-Muñiz & Kai Trepka!

“Relationships are built in teaspoons & lost in buckets” - AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh’s advice to show up consistently in your community to affect grassroots change.

#MakingOurCASE #SciPol
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Would love to be added!