Dr. Valentina Alaasam
@vale-alaasam.bsky.social
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Scientist | 🏳️‍🌈 | NSF Postdoctoral Researcher at NYU. Living in a big city, studying how animals cope with living in big cities 🌃🐦✊🏾
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Reposted by Dr. Valentina Alaasam
carnage4life.bsky.social
The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.

This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
restoredcdc.org
Reposted by Dr. Valentina Alaasam
girlsinscience.bsky.social
Universities and Institutions have to push back NOW.

When they threaten one group of scientific institutions, if we are silent, we will be next.

HHMI and the other potential targets need to work with red state Unis to stall this illegal targeting in courts.

www.science.org/content/arti...
HHMI kills program aimed at boosting inclusivity in STEM education
“Inclusive excellence” program had committed $60 million to 104 institutions
www.science.org
Reposted by Dr. Valentina Alaasam
parmvir.com
#SuperbOwl in the form of a screech owl. Taken during 2017 @tasteofscience.bsky.social event in Tampa.
A screech owl sitting on a glove.
Reposted by Dr. Valentina Alaasam
astrokatie.com
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
Reposted by Dr. Valentina Alaasam
acyn.bsky.social
AOC: Trans girls are girls. And for all the folks that are so concerned, thank you for your concern for women for the first time. I don't know who has been to gym class, I’ve played co-ed sports all the time
Reposted by Dr. Valentina Alaasam
kmwinchell.bsky.social
#ProudPI moment: postdocs @vale-alaasam.bsky.social & Anthony Snead co-organized an amazing #SICB2025 symposium & PhD students Fallon Meng crushed her first conference talk!
vale-alaasam.bsky.social
Have you ever thought about the perks of doing fieldwork in your own backyard? ...Are you "urban-ecology-curious"?

Come to our workshop at #SICB2025 on Jan 4 10:30-12:00 to learn about urban field safety, accessibility, engaging undergrads, designing experiments, permit perils, and more!